Use It

Have you had a chance to check out Use It Tuesday?  Such a fun idea!  There are many things hiding here and there around my scrap room that are very unloved, not for any special reason, I just haven't gotten around to using them.  So, I love the idea of playing along with these challenges, plus the creators are two of the most fabulous ladies I've *met* in the blogosphere : )

This first challenge calls upon participants to use a stamp that they've never inked up before... yup, got those!  Not sure if I'm too late in playing along, but I wanted to do it anyway to challenge myself to do this.  I love this little party banner stamp from A Muse, purchased quite a while ago and never inked up, along with the background stamp.  I know this little birdie has touch an ink pad or two in it's life, but not very often, so I figured I'd incorporate her too. 

The background image is stamped all over in crumb cake ink from SU, the banner and bird are colored with some copics and I added some glitter and a pom-pom to her hat to dress her up a bit for the occasion. 

I created a little border at the bottom of the focal point with a scalloped lace border punch, machine stitching, and a bit of very vanilla ink.

Thanks to Samantha and Siobhan for the inspiration to use it!  This was lots of fun and I'm looking forward to the next challenge.  Hope you'll play along too!

Happy Friday!
Jennifer