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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Scallops and more!

Today it's all about scallops! I have had a chance to goof around a bit with the new scallop edge punch in the catalog & I LOVE IT!

Of course, you can make scalloped edges, but you can also make rick rack, too! Just you wait...it's pretty cool! Here's a sample of both:

I used the new Bella Rose paper, Pink Pirouette textured cardstock, Kiwi Kiss cardstock, scallop circle punch, Heard from the Heart (on sale!) & Chocolate Chip ink. Of course, I added some dazzling diamonds to the cut out rose (from the paper) to spruce it up a bit! Now for the punching stuff... It's easy to see how you can easily make a scalloped edge:

This punch is so cool! You don't even have to use it upside down to line up the scallops to make the rick rack! Check it out! I just lined up the "peaks" with the "valleys" of the original scallop using the printed scallops on the punch.
You can see the start of some rick rack:
Here's a done strip, pictured next to regular scalloped edged cardstock so that you can see better how they compare.

Here are all the new In Colors in rick rack glory! These really are lovely new colors! I've loved the In Colors each year, but this year's *whole* set of colors grabbed me right away...Baja Breeze is growing on me. In year's past some of the colors took awhile before they were *really* exciting to me - shockingly Groovy Guava, one of my favorites, was the last one that I really started to like & use (isn't that funny?).
Here's another card using the Bella Rose paper, Pink Pirouette textured cardstock, Chocolate Chip cardstock, Robin Hood Red trim & Heard from the Heart in Chocolate Chip.
In non-scallop news...I actually did something else in my stamp room. :O) I have been trying to clear out some of my old stamp sets & just couldn't part with my OLD Bees & Blossoms set, so I decided I *had* to use it or I'd have to lose it in the sale since I just shouldn't have stuff I don't use, right? (I guess that's why I've got sets hidden away so that I'm not reminded of that so frequently!)
Anyway, this is a perfect example of why I love my stamp-a-ma-jig! I don't know how people stamped that honeycomb in 1997 (when the set first came out) before the SAMJ came to be! Those old positioners were a pain to use, so I was glad to whip out my friendly little SAMJ. I needed something extra to finish the honeycomb, so I inked up the bee from the greeting & stamped him all over in Night of Navy & then just made little dotted "trails" with the marker when they were all stamped so that the honeycomb didn't look so plain. Then I popped the card into a book for my friend & mailed it off today...gotta love 3X3 cards, huh?
...here's a total cheater card! I didn't even stamp on it. *blush* I cut & punched to make the onesie layout & then just used a leftover self-adhesive die cut from last year's Simply Scrappin' kit for the front. I think it was cute even if my stamps did feel a bit left out! I used Baja Breeze for the onesie & Not Quite Navy for the cardstock trims around the neck & legs.



New & updated list of stamps looking for homes...yours, maybe?

I posted my list on a much bigger site to get a few more gone & I thought I'd post a more concise & updated list here now that some have left my house. HURRAY!!!! (Since I just ordered more, we need to make room around here, you know?)

The highlighted ones are spoken for & the ones that have been taken are gone from the list now.

$5 each:

Day-to-Day Flexible Phrases
Fabulous Four
Borders Mini
It's a Date
Festive Four
Build a Blossom
Watercolor Minis
Perfect Ending
Wee Watercolors
Say It Simply
Around & About
Letter Perfect Backgrounds
Best Blossoms
Big Blossom
Alphadot Numbers
By Design
A Little Love
Send a Celebration
Much Appreciated
Hearts & Clovers
Burst into Bloom
Flower Filled
Friendship Blooms
On the Spot
Holiday Basics
Fun Phrases
Fresh Flowers
Delight in Life
Sparkling Season
Glorious Garlands
Event Full
All I Have Seen
Love Without End
Very Punny


$10 sets:

Cheery Chat
Looks Like Spring
All Through the Year
For a Friend
Favorite Greetings
Eat Cake
Watercolor Minis (NEW)
Hearts & Posies (NEW)
Mini Mates
Ornamental Elements
Loving Hearts
Bold Shapes
A Greeting for All Reasons
Flower Garden
Quick Cards
Something to Celebrate
Phrase Starters
Sweet of You
Tag Time
Take Shape
Bloomin' Wonderful
Simply Circles
Perfect Party
Sketch It
Holiday Spirit
Flower Factory
Phrase Starters II
Simple Shapes
Painted Garden
Sketch an Event
Pansy (large *old* DD one)
Sketch a Party
Great Shapes
Season's Sketches
Stipple Celebrations
All Natural


$15 for these:

Tidy Alphabet
All Around Alphabet
Contemporary Alphabet
Alphadots
Year After Year
Classic Caps Alphabet
What Could Be Better
Outrageous Alphabet

Sunday, August 17, 2008

More needy stamps yet!

Last list (for now!). It looks like I'm gonna be out of stamps, but I actually have MANY more to keep my company in my stamp room! Many of these have been hanging out with me for many, many, many years...like nearly 8 in some cases!

$5 for the following:

Day-to-Day Flexible Phrases
Crosshatch
Fabulous Four
Borders Mini
It's a Date
Festive Four
Build a Blossom
Petite Patterns
Watercolor Minis
Perfect Ending
Wee Watercolors
Say It Simply
Around & About
Soft Swirls
Just Jeans
By Definition
Letter Perfect Backgrounds
Stipple Plaid
Best Blossoms
Big Blossom


$10 for the following:

Tag Time
On Gossamer Wings
Take Shape
Bloomin' Wonderful
Simply Circles
Perfect Party
Sketch It
Holiday Spirit
Flower Factory
Phrase Starters II
Simple Shapes
Painted Garden
Sketch an Event
Pansy (large *old* DD one)
Sketch a Party
Great Shapes
Season's Sketches
Stipple Celebrations
All Natural

$15 for the following:

Tidy Alphabet
All Around Alphabet
Contemporary Alphabet

Friday, August 15, 2008

More needy stamps

Here's another list...more to come tomorrow!

$5 for each of the following sets:

Wonderful Weaves
Alphadot Numbers
By Design
A Little Love
Send a Celebration
Much Appreciated
Hearts & Clovers
Burst into Bloom
Fresh Fillers
Smorgasborders
Flower Filled
Mini Messages
Friendship Blooms
On the Spot
Polka Dots & Paisley
Holiday Basics
Fun Phrases
Fresh Flowers
Delight in Life


$10 each for each of the following sets:

Through the Year
For a Friend
Favorite Greetings
Eat Cake
In Any Event
Watercolor Minis (NEW)
Hearts & Posies (NEW)
Mini Mates
Ornamental Elements
Loving Hearts
Bold Shapes
A Greeting for All Reasons
Frolicking Frogs
Flower Garden
Quick Cards
Something to Celebrate
Phrase Starters
Sweet of You


$15 each for each of the following sets:

Alphadots
Year After Year
Classic Caps Alphabet
What Could Be Better
Outrageous Alphabet

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Looking for an adoptive home for many stamps!

Won't you please help me in my search for happy adoptive homes for some of my retired, yet beloved, stamp sets?

My matchbox of a stamp room is overflowing with stamping fun stuff...I need to selectively send some items on their way...Here's the start of several lists to come:

$5 for any of the following that you'd like to adopt into your happy stamproom:
Happiest of Holidays - GONE!
Sparkling Season
Word by Word - GONE!
Glorious Garlands
All About Occasions (stamp set only) - GONE!
Frosty - GONE!
Alphabits
Event Full
All I Have Seen
Love Without End
Very Punny

$10 for the following:

I'm Here
Headline Alphabet
Cheery Chat
Flaky Friends - GONE!
Many Thanks - GONE!
Looks Like Spring
Greetings Galore

Shipping on these is $5 for the first set, and any more sets may fit into the same flat-rate envelope or it could bump your shipping up to the flat-rate box. You can Paypal me or give me a check/money order. If you come pick them up, shipping is, of course, non-existent! :O)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

How to make a coil pop-up card

Some convention-going demos posted samples using a coil to make pop-ups inside & I decided to try my hand at one, too! It was quick, easy, and looked pretty cool! I'm looking forward to playing more with this idea...here's the first (of many, I hope!) of my coil pop-up cards:

I used all retired colors along with Only Orange for the card base. I punched big stars out of Cool Carribean & stamped with small stars tone-on-tone and used a little Tempting Turqoise for the greeting.
I made the pop-up "mechanism" for inside the card...just cut out a big circle with your Coluzzle or any jumbo punch you might own & cut a freehand spiral into the center. You'll have to leave a big enough spot in the center to add adhesive & then add a little adhesive on the opposite side of the circle on the end of the "tail" of the spiral.
Check it out! I just added punched out stars using the big and small star punches from Stampin' Up & a little glitter here & there, of course!


Can anyone name those colors? Probably you guessed Purely Pomegranate & Cool Carribean, but the green goes way back before the In Colors were even a glint in Stampin' Up's eye...anyone else remember Luscious Lime? Yeah, I'm such a hoarder that I still have a stash of Luscious Lime cardstock (and just finally parted with the ink pad!)...discontinued back in 2000 along with the ever-hated Rocket Red!

I made this card for my friend & fellow demo, Patty Bennett who was just named to SU's advisory board...and maybe even more importantly, she gave me a catalog to tide me over until my shipment arrives! :-P