Life Is Far too Short Not to Have a Little Umbrella in Your Drink

 I made these summery feeling cards based on one of my favorite sayings, which I use a lot:  "Life Is Far Too Short Not to Have a Little Umbrella in Your Drink."  It's true. All drinks should include a little umbrella (and maybe a cherry soaked in rum too).

The drink images are from SU's "Happy Hour" set.  I like the set fine except for the fact that they aren't clear plastic like CTMH's stamps, so lining up the umbrella (a separate stamp) so it sits in the drink is a little challenging.  It's a cute set though, but CTMH is still the best IMHO.  Here are the cards close up:

 

 

Again I embossed the background cs through my Cuttlebug for some dimension.  I added Stickles to all of the drinks for some sparkle.  The insides either say "Happy Birthday" or, like the one below, "Cheers!"

Cheers to you! --mr

Christmas Cards: Using My Stash of Stamps

Christmas stamps are the best.  I add to my stash every year and own way more than anyone would ever need.  With no plan to stop buying new ones, I'm going to start USING more of them.  Last year when the season was over, I had brand new sets still unused.  So this year, I'm going to TRY to make at least one card with every Christmas set (that's set--not stamp) I own.  Hopefully, that will mean a lot of blog posts too!

I'm not going to limit myself to CTMH stamps either.  This stamp and sentiment is from SU, and I just added it to my collection.  The set is called Happy Hour.  I paired it with CTMH's "Jingle" papers from a few years back.  (I'm going to try to use up some of my old paper stash too!).  I used my new favorite--CTMH Slate cs (see my last post), some punched snowflakes, CTMH Starburst Glitz (the drinks & the snowflakes all sparkle), and Liquid Pearls.