Oz-somestamps: A Scrapling?

A what? I was blog hopping around to my fav inspirational blogs and I ran across this little peach! Apparently the ladies over at Hero Arts came up with this while trying to use up their scraps! I KNOW! My personal FAV way to design! Check out the origin of these little ditties here. (it is all the way at the bottom of that page) SO I wanted to play with this idea - and I did not have any scrapling sized scraps so I decided to make a "set" by starting with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card and cutting it off to be a 4 1/4 square card - which leaves you with the scrapling size and a card. I liked the idea of using the mailing labels so I tried that too. I ended up with a pretty masculine design.

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SO now what to do with this little creation? Well I have seen it used as a gift tag on a present - cute! I thought why not hang it on a gift bag - great way to spruce up a plain cheapo bag right? Well I tied a ribbon around it and it looked not so great because it was such a masculine design. How can I use it on a bag with out adding ribbon or floss or something to tie it on??? Well check it out:

I simply cut a slit from the fold to the circle punch and it slips right onto the handle of the bag.

LOVE IT! Perfectly perfect for a masculine effect with no frilly ribbon to fluff it up.

This is one of my make and takes for the month of January - so if you get to come to one of my FUNshops you will get to make one of your very own.

SO today I caught up on some sleep this morning after running DJ to the school at O dark thirty - he is trying out for State Band today. I came home and went back to sleep since I was out cropping til Midnight last night in Wamego! The kids wanted me to watch Bolt with them this morning - what a cute movie! Eric was right though it did make me cry. I am such a sap. Made me think of my Patches and how much i miss my kitty.

So now I am in the studio waiting for the call to go and pick DJ up. I have a team meeting tomorrow for all my local Oz-some Inkin' Angels on my team with The Angel Company. We have lots of Make and Takes, Business discussions, Tool Time, Card swap, show and tell, lots of snacks - and well just a plain ole good time! I wish ALL my angels on my team could come! If you are looking for a creative way to use your hobby as a source of income you should check out TAC! You can e-mail me anytime with questions of course - but right now there is a $50 bonus for signing up! Think about it!

I am also preparing for that trip to San Antonio which is sneaking up in less than 2 weeks! YIKES! I started my swaps, have my Club MED trades done - and still have a few surprises up my sleeve! If you are an Angel going to retreat and you have not heard about the Shoe Box swap PLEASE contact me! We have some open crop time and I am organizinga shoebox swap - where you bring a project for everyone and then you get to make everyones projects. We are shooting for 20 participants at this time so join in the fun if you can!