The Back Page – Little Monkeys

First your inspiration -

Finish each day and be done with it.  You have done what you could.  Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can.  Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

We’re all having tons of fun this morning hopping through all the blogs!!  You probably hopped over from Vicki’s blog, but if you’re just starting here, click here to start at the beginning! Now for my project -

I used the Giggle Grove set on this layout, SEI pp & stickers, misc buttons.  I used up the last of the alpha stickers with this layout, so don’t remember the company for those.  I’ll try to find it and post if I can.  The bird stamp in the corner is Autumn Leaves and I ‘sign’ all my layouts with that stamp. 

Here’s a close-up of the Unity stamp I used – stamped it w/black Staz-On onto a clear sheet leftover from a clear stamp set.  Gotta love it when you can reduce, reuse, recycle!  hehe

From here, you’re off to Audrey’s blog! Keep having an awesome time!!! HOP HOP!

Almost forgot – Unity’s got a special for first-time customers – check it out!

Ever hurt your thumb? Sprained or whatever?  No idea what I did to my thumb, but it’s hurting like crazy – even just sitting in my lap not doing anything.  So, I’ll have to keep this short to limit my time on the computer.  It’s been an eye-opener, though, as to what great things these thumbs really are. 

Quick heads up – we recently switched part of our site (mostly just the shopping pages) to use another service and we’ve had some trouble with email in general.  Some messages are getting through, but lots haven’t – in and out.  We didn’t know there was a problem since some were making it through, but finally figured it out yesterday/day before yesterday.  I’m looking forward to being comfortable with email again.  It’s such an integral part of life these days.  So, if you haven’t heard from us, just know that we’re working through the kinks and will be doing as much follow-up as we can to check in with everyone.

In better, exciting, woohoo kind of news, the above is related to a pretty exciting change – our new Little Monkeys Shop!!  We’ve added lots of the features you’re looking for and really happy with the changes.  Visit the new shop today and save 20% off your next purchase!  Use the code – NEW02 – during check-out.  How’s THAT for sneaking in something special for everyone paying attention??? 

REALLY time to rest my thumb now, though, so I’m off to slowly work on things that I can do using my left hand more than my right. 

We get lots of questions about how the system works, so lots & lots of pics that I hope will help answer your questions!  I’ve got two videos, too, but still have to figure out how/where to put those – any suggestions?  In any case, pics are ready now so let’s get started…

quick shot of the full box loaded to the max with stamps!

all these sleeves are filled with inserts holding tons of stamps

the inserts slide in & out of the protective sleeves

got a full set of lowercase Ma Vinci stamps on one insert!

Next set follows the process step-by-step…

step one – stamp to your heart’s content

one of the Bundle Up stamps mounted on an acrylic block

step two – clean stamps

step three – remove stamp from block

step four – place stamp onto insert

step five – slide insert into sleeve

step six – return sleeve w/insert to box

step seven – find another stamp and repeat!

As for the current color sets…

Tropical Getaway Set – inserts from a variety of nine colors

Sweetheart Set – inserts from a variety of seven colors

Green Set – inserts from a variety of six monochromatic greens