Cat/Art Studio

Do you remember the stamp set, Crab & Company?  I looked for it on Monday and found it on my retired shelf.  It is definitely one of those 'keeper' stamp sets in this house!  I used it to make wrapping paper because my sister, Sarah, and her husband, Terry, were coming for a late Easter lunch.  At the Virginia Beach Craft Show I had found two gifts for them and had to get them wrapped ~ crab salsa and a metal crab for Sarah's flower pots.

I used the stamp set and Tempting Turquoise classic ink to stamp the images all over some plain wrapping paper ($ Store) and then added a glitter crab using Stampin' Up!'s Sticky Pages on page 180 in the Idea Book & Catalog.  I stamped the image using Stazon on the Sticky Pages and cut it out.  You can also use your Big Shot with the Sticky Pages to make as many of a shape as you want.  Next, I peeled off the back, stuck the crab to my wrapping paper, peeled off the red top layer (just like Sticky Strip) and added glitter to match.  Easy-Peasy!

Why all these crabs????  Sarah and Terry have a restaurant, Crabbie's, in Coinjock, North Carolina (on your way to the Outer Banks).  The food is fabulous ~ they do most of the cooking!  They just reopened after being closed for the winter.  They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 4 – 8 PM.  On Sunday, from 11 AM to 6 PM and closed on Monday.  I definitely recommend you give it a try ~ you won't be sorry.  The phone number is 252-453-6225, tell them Princess Calico sent you!

Oh, here's the finished package ~