New stamps!

Sale a Bration starts next month! As a demo I get to preorder some stuff. How fun! I got one of the new Sale a Bration stamp sets, a paper pack and a punch - all of them will be available to you for free with a $50 purchase next month! What a deal.

For this card I stamped the house and roof separate (the stamps come that way so you can mix and match) and the trees. Then I cut them out and popped up the trees on the background. Did I mention that these stamps are unmounted? They come in a cool case and you just put them onto an acrylic block to stamp. Very easy to use. To get the background behind the houses and trees (click on the picture for a larger view) I used markers and the Color Spritzer Tool. I haven't used it in ages. I forgot how much fun it is.

Stamps: Good Neighbor
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede
CS: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Welcome Neighbor DS
Other: Scallop Trim Border punch, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Color Spritzer, Markers, Soft Suede Ribbon

Sparkly card

This is the card I showed at a stamp club last night. They wanted to see how to use the Shimmer Paint in the mini catalog. I cased this card from a newsletter from Debbie McNeill. I did mine a little different though. I used White craft ink for some of the snowflakes and then for the background I used a Shimmer spray that I made with rubbing alcohol and the Shimmer paint. It is almost impossible to take a picture of the shimmer. The whole card looks like a light frosting of super fine glitter is over it. You just have to see it in person!

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes
Ink: White Craft, Platinum Shimmer Paint
CS: Kraft, Night of Navy, Silver
Other: Ribbon, Sponge dauber, Spray bottle, rubbing alcohol

Gift Bag

Here is the gift bag for the little box I posted yesterday. It is super easy to make. Just stamp a bag, punch a couple of holes in the top and thread a candy cane through to hold it shut.

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes
Ink: Real Red, Glorious Green
CS: none
Other: Gift bag, candy cane

Tag box

Every year my upline has a Holiday party for us. We started a 3D swap last year. This is my swap for this year. It is a little box with six gift tags in it. I also made a cute gift bag (I will post that tomorrow) to put the box in.

Stamps: Delightful Decorations
Ink: Real Red
CS: Whisper White, Glorious Green
Other: Dazzeling Diamonds glitter, Ornament Punch, Silver cord, Ribbon, Big Shot, Bitty Box & Envelope Die

Super easy Christmas cards

I made up these cards quick last weekend when I was at Archiver's with my friends.  I made 30 of them.  If you line everything up and do one step at a time they go pretty fast.  It is hard to see in the scan (and yes I know I scan really crooked) :) but the front is embossed with one of the texture plates.  Click on the pictures if you would like to see them larger.

Stamps: Sparkly & Bright

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke

CS: White, Always Artichoke

Other: 1 1/2 inch & 1 3/4 inch circle punches, Texture Plate, Big Shot, Always Artichoke Ribbon, Non SU glitter

Gift Bag

A while back while blog surfing I saw this cute idea for the top of a gift bag.  Punch a couple of holes and thread a candy cane through to hold it shut.  How cute and easy!  This is going to be one of the projects for my Stamp Camp this Saturday.  It only takes a minute to make one.

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes
Ink: Gold and Silver
CS: none
Other: White lunch bag, candy cane, 1/2 Circle Punch

Gobble, Gobble

I wanted to make up some cute little candy things for Thanksgiving this year.  I joined U Stamp with Dawn and Friends and got this pattern there.  If you are interested in joining there is a link on the side bar of my blog here.  There are patterns for new projects every day for a month.

Stamps: Gobble Gobble

Ink: none

CS: retired Autumn Vine DS, Confetti White, Sage Shadow

Other: Ribbon, 1 1/2 and 1 3/4 circle punches, Oval punch