Hello, and welcome to Take Two! Lisa Arana and I are so thrilled you are joining us to celebrate the first anniversary of Take Two. A year ago, Lisa and I teamed up for a week of fun showcasing the same stamps from Unity Stamp Company in two different ways. This year, we decided we had to do it again and the ΓΌber-awesome Angela Magnuson has once again generously donated all of the stamps sets we have chosen to feature. You will have all week to comment on ten posts, five on my blog and five on Lisa’s, which means you have loads of chances to win one of five stamp sets. Lisa is also giving away two of her fabulous watermarks to two winners which makes a total of seven lucky winners for this week!

Today, Lisa and have chosen Crappy Day as our featured stamp set. As soon as I saw the toilet paper roll and the sentiments that went with it, I cracked up and knew it had to be mine! Of course, I could’ve just set the roll on a cupboard but that’s not how I roll. πŸ˜‰ I like to look at my stamps at all angles to figure out how versatile they are and I knew what I was going to do when I turned the roll so it looked like it was hanging on the wall. The short sentiment didn’t quite work with it but I had some Unity alphabets I could use to alter the sentence. Then I realized I had the perfect word from Note to Self that I could just mask off. The red hearts were initially masked off the original stamp and stamped afterwards in red since they would’ve been sideways with the roll in this position. The insert arrow was handwritten with a marker. I think it would be hilarious to frame this card and put it up as a piece of decor in the bathroom. It doesn’t matter whether you prefer the flap to be under or over but my preference is over! LOL

Now head on over to Lisa’s blog to see her take on Crappy Day!

Sources: SU Natural Ivory cardstock; Bazzill Basics textured black cardstock; My Mind’s Eye Follow Your Heart – Be Amazing; Unity Stamp Co. Crappy Day & Note to Self; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; SU Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker; foam tape

53 thoughts on “Take Two Week {Day 1}”
  1. OK, that's hilarious πŸ˜‰ Even funnier because that IS how I roll, and since I'm the only one who ever CHANGES the darn thing, I always do it that way! lol

  2. So glad you guys are doing Take Two again – it's such an awesome feature and it's how I discovered Lisa. πŸ™‚

    Love how you always put your Emily twist on your stamps. πŸ™‚ The tp holder is brilliant and I love the adjusted sentiment!

  3. Love how you turned this stamp to "hang" rather than just sit. When I first saw this stamp I got quite a chuckle- it's just too cute!! And a PS: I def prefer over myself! I will change it if it's not at someone else's house!!
    (is that bad?!)

  4. Gorgeous, Emily!! That's a super cute card, and would certainly bring a smile to the recipient of the card. Adore it!! {hugs}

  5. Hilarious! Such a fun card with its 3-D effect. I like how you both patterned the roll and made the hearts really stand out — different, yet some common elements!

  6. Ha! The sentiment makes me chuckle — I grew up an "over" but converted to an "under" after marriage — a relatively painless conversion, eh?

  7. This is so funny! I love how you turned it to look like it's hanging down, I've used this stamp a few times and never even thought to turn it that way! From now on I'm going to take your advice and look at my stamps from every angle. Thanks for the inspiration!

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