Do you struggle with ideas for manly projects?  Well, check this fun little gift idea out!

Don't ya love it? What a great little sweet something to give someone to show your appreciation.  This project was created by Carrie for Craft Project Central.   Go and sign up for  May 2011 at Craft Project Central and you will have access to a great tutorial on how to make this  and a template too!

Isn't this gorgeous?  Would you like to learn how to make it?  Well, I am excited to share with you how you can do that!   Hop on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to May and you will receive a great tutorial on how to create this project designed by Julie.  When you subscribe you will receive a total of 10 project tutorials for the month.  Pretty cool deal huh?  I am really excited because I was asked to contribute a project for May!  Your subscription will include a project that I designed for Craft Project Central.  

Remember Stampin'Up! is donating $2 from the purchase of the Strength and Hope stamp set  to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  So, don't delay purchase your  Strength and Hope stamp set now and then head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe.

I have been working on  May birthday cards.  I wanted to use the new hostess set called Love and Care from the Summer mini catalog.    I am really happy with how this card turned out especially since it is a pretty quick one to make. 

Stamps: Love and Care
Ink: Vanilla Craft, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black markers, Black ink
Paper:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, and Love Letter DSP
Punches: Scallop edge punch
Extras:  Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, brads, Essentials Chunky Black glitter

The Very Vanilla craft ink takes a bit to dry since it is a pigment ink.  You can  heat it with a heat gun to speed up the drying.   The light color ink on the black makes a bold statement.

Here's the inside of the card.

For those of you born in May be on the lookout for your card and coupon.  If you don't receive one please contact me and I will make sure you do!

Fabulous Florets is a new stamp set in the Summer mini catalog and you know i love it!  I have been sharing lots of samples of it as sneak peeks and now the wait is finally over.  The Summer mini catalog is ready to order from.  I have to say it was hard saying goodbye to all the stamping and paper goodness that was in the Occasions mini.  There are some products that are "carrying over" and I have hopes that some of the stamp sets will appear in the new Idea Book and Catalog that will be released in July.  I will post a link in the sidebars so you can check all the products that are still available to purchase from previous mini catalogs.

Here's another Fabulous Florets sample which is  similar to one that I posted previously except it uses different papers from the Beyind the Garden DSP. 

Here's  a snippet of what all the patterns in the Beyond the Garden DSP looks like.

It is gorgeous out today and we are planning to get out and enjoy it.  Hope it is sunny and bright where you are!   Check back  soon, I have something exciting to share with you!