It feels as though I haven’t blogged about anything creative for eons, which is very likely due to the fact that I haven’t blogged about anything creative for eons.  I recently created a folder on my computer called “to blog”, where I store photos that I have edited until such time as I can find a moment to post them here.  So rest assured, there be some stampin’ a comin’.  Sometime soon….

In fact here comes some now!

As demonstrators, we had the opportunity to pre-order a select few stamp sets in March, prior to the catalogue being released to customers in April.  It’s one of the many benefits of being a demonstrator – you can read some more such benefits here, and after you’re done there, you might be interested to know that YOU could become a demonstrator this month for the bargain price of $150.

But I digress…

One of the stamp sets that I pre-ordered was Good Friend, and the very day it arrived, I busted it open and set about putting it through its paces along with the brand new and delightful range of In-Colors.  I have posted a couple of these previously here and here.

And here are some more quite varied examples of the use of this very versatile stamp set!

Additional Stamp Set: Short & Sweet
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Large & Small Oval Punches, Certainly Celery wide grosgrain, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Additional Stamp Set: Occasional Greetings
Paper: Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: 1-3/8″  Square Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Aquapainter, Stampin’ Dimensionals
This card was inspired by one by Shanan Hambrick that I saw on Splitcoast Stampers. The use of the bird leg as flower stem was ingenious I thought!

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hoof Red, Summer Sun
Accessories: Whisper White grosgrain, Aquapainter, Stampin’ Dimensionals

This next one is my favourite of the bunch and I used it as one of the designs for my Convention swaps.  It was one of those “came to me in the middle of the night” ideas – to use white ink for the ‘puffy’ stamp and thereby make them into dandelions.  The last one has been blown away, hence the ‘wish’ greeting.  Geddit?!!

Additional Stamp Set: Life Definitions
Paper: Baja Breeze, Naturals Ivory, Kraft
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Whisper White Craft, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals

So there you have it – a quite varied variety (is there any other kind of variety?) of cards made with a single stamp set.

Which one is your favourite….?