I don't know how it is that I missed these cute and versatile images from
Biblical Impressions for so long, but once I saw them I knew they had wonderful potential for fun cards! There is a small puzzle-piece border stamp, and a trio stamp of slightly larger pieces; scroll about 2/3 down the
miscellaneous page to see/order the images.
For this first card, I used the cuttlebug puzzle template, making white, yellow, blue, pink, and white puzzle sets. Then I assembled the puzzle, and inked the stamp with versamark ink. Then I separated the pieces and used cotton swabs to gently apply colored chalks to the individual pieces. I had hoped to avoid smearing the chalk on the white puzzle pieces, but I couldn't manage to do so. Perhaps if I had used a brush instead of cotton swabs it would have worked out better. For the card, I embossed with white embossing powder.
For the second card, I stamped the background with the
floral image with versamark. Then with black ink, stamped it several times, and colored each image slightly differently. Here's one I did not use, just to show you the original image. It's about 2.5" in length:
Then I stamped the larger puzzle pieces on top of the floral images, yielding about five pieces from each. After cutting out and attaching to panel, I stamped
thinking of you in the corner.
I also wanted to make a more "elegant" card with the smaller puzzle pieces, using H20's and gold embossing to create the effect. I envisioned placing them down the long side of a cream colored card... But although I really like how they look, well, it just seemed odd to have elegant puzzle pieces! So I went for a cute and glitzy birthday. However, I was really, really tired while coloring the
Happy Birthday image, and kept making mistakes. I was doing it on "borrowed time," so I couldn't take time to remake it. So, once again, just to give you an idea of how the pieces make a nice border, I threw the card together without gluing anything down and placed an acrylic mount over it to hold it in place. I do this all the time when laying out card possibilites.
Hope you have been inspired!
I ironed the paper but it never really straightened out..so I thought something more earthy , organic, for the image...instead of cute. These carrots fit the bill perfectly. I also used this verse stamp and Bismark ink to randomly stamp the back ground. Next up was to put the eyelet in the top flap..add the twine and poof..my simple little bag was done. Now I will be very honest, I think it is kinda plain..and i may have added something else to it..but in reality my kids wont appreciate me *making* a bag..so..plain and simple it is for them. If YOU wanted to make one..and jazz it up a bit, there are tons of possibilities..like using decorative scissors around the flap ..or a border punch..using patterned paper..etc..but for my candy hungry children..this will be it! ( Oh the carrots are a solid stamp..so I used my SU Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive to ink up the carrot..( I only have the spots..so it was super easy to ink up..) 
I love this image, because it pretty much makes the card with just one stamp. I stamped this one on cream CS, and colored with water color crayons. I trimmed it down, and layered onto a purple CS square, and a pastel green base. For a sentiment I used a sticker. Such a pretty spring image!
I found the cross PP in my stash left over from a project I made last year. I thought it went perfect with this stamp (and it was already cut to fit a card front exact!). I layered the PP onto some kraft CS, and added the ribbon. The image, I stamped onto some silver metallic CS, and added some glitter to the tulips. I love the simple colors of this card.
