New Spellbinders Dies Coming to Stamped Designs!

These new dies from Spellbinders will be coming soon to Stamped Designs - and only Stamped Designs and other Crafter's Home stores. They will be available in non-Crafter's Home stores starting in late July. I don't have an actual ship date, but they will be featured in a Spellbinders blog hop later in May.
Get ready for some fun dies!
Jeannette

EK Border Punch Storage

My Mom discovered a very effective way to store the EK Success border punches. We have a lot of the 6-drawer Iris chests in the shop - a LOT! We store a lot of class supplies in them. We love the EK border punches because they fold and lock and will punch through Bazzill cardstock without breaking. Well, she discovered that you can stand them on edge (with the little label pointing up) in the drawers, saving a lot of space! Yes, there are a couple rogue Stampin' Up punches in the back, but they will likely get relocated as we add more punches.

So, if you have these drawers in your stamping storage collection, this is a great space saver!

Thanks for making us part of your day today!

Jeannette

Correction!

I slipped up when I gave the company name for the plaid cardstock used on the little tote bags in the previous post. It is made by We R Memory Keepers. Sorry for the goof!
Jeannette

Easter Treat Tote Bags

I made these little treat bags that look like the famous boat tote bags that are very New England. Of course, these have an Easter twist. Die Cuts With A View came out with this great plaid cardstock for the holiday and I used that as the trim on the bags with 3 different colors of Bazzill cardstock. Fill them up with some candy treats and you're ready to go!

Happy Easter everyone!

Jeannette

Last Minute Easter Card....

I am sure I am not the only one out there working on last-minute Easter cards! This is one that I can give personally tomorrow, so I am all set! I used a clear set from Stampendous with a couple elegant eggs (it also has a gorgeous butterfly). I stamped the eggs with Onyx Black Versafine ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder. You have to be quick with VersaFine when embossing, as the ink is designed to dry quickly. Then I colored the eggs with Copic markers - colors are shown below. The words are by Penny Black and I added a white satin ribbon down the side. This is an A-6 card (folded card measures 4-1/2 x 6-1/4"). A-6 cards are a great size - sometimes the standard A-2 cards are just a little too small and the A-6 is perfect. The pink dotted cardstock is BoBunny Double Dot (of course!). The rest of the layers are classic Bazzill cardstock.


These are the colors I used for coloring the eggs on the card. I chose to leave the main part of the egg white, as I thought it gave a little more contrast.

Thanks for stopping by today. I should have another post later today if I get all my Easter prep stuff done to show you!

Jeannette

Coloring glitter with Copics!

I cannot take credit for this card, as it was sent to me as a sample from Elizabeth Crafts Glitter. However, it does show how you can successfully color glitter with Copic markers. As you know, Copics are alcohol based, which means that they will dry on non-porous surfaces (which includes glitter). In this case, they started with the clear "highlites" glitter. All of the color is from the markers. Now, there are a couple things you need to pay attention to. The glitter can get into your marker tip - you want to use GENTLE pressure with the markers to reduce this as much as possible. You should be able to get the glitter off by running the tip on a piece of paper. Worst case, you can always replace the tip.

Just ANOTHER use for your Copics!

Jeannette

Gone Fishin'!

I needed to make a retirement card and I know that the guy likes to fish, so when I saw the Fishing Riley stamp on my shelf, I knew it could make the perfect card. I stamped Riley with black VersaFine ink and colored him with Staedtler watercolor pencils and a Dove Blender pen. I used a BoBunny stripe and double dot cardstock for layers and added a blue strip cut with an EK Success border punch. The words are from Impression Obsession. I added a few antique copper brads and a card is born! Relatively quick and easy. I actually made the identical card with a birthday sentiment for another person's birthday, as it is almost as quick to make 2 cards as one.

Thanks for stopping by! Jeannette