Stamp set sale!

I have many sets for sale as I'm trying to do a destash of my massive collection ... many sets are from the vault, meaning that they are no longer readily available and the price has jumped.

Just leave a comment with your email address and I will get back to you.

Prices in brackets are the original price.
See shipping and payment below list.

Papertrey Stamps and dies:
Background Basics: Vines – stamp set ($30 from the vault) --> $15 lowered to $12
Background Basics: Geometrics ($30 from the vault) --> $15 lowered to $12
Embellishments Coordinating dies ($8) --> $4
Stitches and Swirls - stamp set ($48 from the vault) --> $24
Bloomers stamp set and dies $20
Christmas Pointsettia dies ($8) > $5
Modern Basics stamp set ($48 from the vault) > $24
Damask Designs stamp set ($48 from the vault) > $24
Background Basics: Wrought Iron[/b] ($36 from the valut) > $24
Everyday Button Bits - images only - stamps $10


From other companies:
Hero Arts – Friends $5
Tim Holtz - Flights of Fancy $8

Shipping available to Canada, US and International based on weight:
One sheet (Canada $1, US $2, International $3.50)
Two sheets (Canada $1.50, US $3, International $6)
Payment via Paypal.
All sets have minimal staining, if any, come with labels and are from a smoke free, pet free home. :)

Best mama ever!

Although I have already made my mother's day card for my dear mother (check out the post here and the pic above for a glimpse), I still had another to make for my sister.  She is an amazing mother to my little nephew and she recently announced that baby #2 will be a little girl - can't wait!  Yippee!!

So I wanted to make her a fun mother's day card to show her how awesome I think she is.  I thought the sentiment BEST MAMA EVER would fit the bill.  What does a stamping girl do when she doesn't have the right sentiment?  Create her own with an alphabet set or two, of course!  I love stamping my own personalized sentiments ... this works well for baby cards (with the name), birthday cards, foreign languages or inside jokes ... I have quite a few alphabet stamp sets and love them all!  :-) 

I created a faux glassine bag with waxed paper and fashioned it into a shaker card with the Fabulous Frames die filled with some various sequins - gray, purple, silver, iridescent, vanilla ... you name it, it was in there!  I also kept it bright, cutting up some patterned papers from Lawn Fawn's collection - my sister likes fun colours so this should be right up her alley.

Inside I stamped hearts from Little Bitty Bird and Kelly Purkey's Plain Jane capital alphabet - I like the modern look of this font.

I quickly snapped these pictures with my phone just before writing in the card and rushing out to the mailbox to get it in the post in advance so the blue looks a little more neon than it really is in the pic above - oops!

Have you got your Mother's Day cards ready to go?  Mailed if necessary?

Supplies:
Paper: Staples pale grey card stock, Lawn Fawn patterned paper
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Fresh Sky Blue, Silver Lilac
Stamps: PTI Little Bitty Bird, Paper Smooches AlphaDot, Kelly Purkey Plain Jane alphabet
Misc: PTI Fabulous Frames die, waxed paper, various sequins from stash

Inspired by Pinterest - Gayatri's Challenge

(Photo Credit)

The super talented Gayatri Murali has a new Inspired by Pinterest challenge on her blog and I decided to play along.  I made cards for two of her other challenges but can't seem to find them to photograph ... : ( Sorry, Gayatri!! 

(Photo Credit)

I found a sketch of a camera online to use as my digital image.  Check our her site with the cutest mouse pointer in the shape of a moustache!!.  I copied the image and made it into a digital paper in Word by resizing it and changing the contrast and brightness on every second camera.  I then printed it onto card stock to use for my card.

 I swiped Distress Ink's Antique Linen ink over the white card stock to change the background colour.  I then adhered it to a rustic cream card base.  I cut out Alphabet Block letters in rustic cream and painstakingly adhered them with foam dots.  All done!

I loved the image so much I made one more card with a larger printed version.  A little fussy cutting of the camera with some good snips made simple work of this!  I stamped Say Cheese with Paper Smooches' Alpha Dots stamps.  I can't get enough alpha stamps - they are so perfect for creating your own cusomized sentiments.  Great for stamping names too!

 I used my new Wplus9 chevron impression plate over top after stamping the sentiment and adhered the Hawaiian Shores card front onto a white card base.  I then stuck the camera image that I had cut out with some foam dots to the front.  Some Glossy Accents on top to add a little shine and voilà!

 Thanks for inspiring me to create, Gayatri.  Your cards are always so gorgeous. <3

Supplies:

Oh snap!

Paper: Staples 110lb white, PTI Rustic Cream

Stamps: digital image from here

Ink: Antique Linen Distress Ink

Misc: PTI Alpha Block dies, foam dots

Say Cheese

Paper: Staples 110lb white, PTI Hawaiian Shores

Stamps: Paper Smooches Alpha Dots, digital image from here

Ink: Jenni Bowlin Fountain Pen

Misc: foam dots, Glossy Accents, Wplus9 Chevron Impression Plate

Baby shower thank you cards

I made some thank you cards for my friend as part of her gift for a baby shower.  I used a $1 Michael's onesie stamp that I stamped on My Mind's Eye De-Lovely paper.  I snipped them with my detail scissors and popped them up on foam dots.  I did a couple of different designs.  This one uses dark chocolate card stock with the cane print impression plate from Papertrey.

The sentiments here were from a Mat Stack set.

Here are some more of the ensemble:

I used the Thanks definition cling stamp from Hero Arts as the background of the cream cards and a Paper Smooches sentiment in Jenni Bowlin Spiced tin - the perfect navy colour ink!

 I used various Papertrey Impression plates on the kraft coloured cards after stamping the cute sentiment.

I made a box to hold all 8 of the cards - 4 cream and 4 kraft.  She absolutely loved them and they were a lot of fun to make. 

Supplies:
Paper: Chocolate brown, Staples 110lb, My Mind's Eye De-Lovely
Stamps: PTI Mat Stack 1 Collection, Michael's onesie, Paper Smooches sentiment sampler, Hero Arts thanks definition cling stamp
Ink: Jenni Bowlin spiced tin, stick candy
Miscellaneous: various Papertrey Impression plates, foam dots, detail scissors

Summer card camp - card #1

Look at this luscious combo of colours:

I made quite a few with this colour combination, so let's get started.  Here's card #1:

I used a variety of Versamagic ink colours and Jenni Bowlin's spice tin and soap powder with Papertrey's Delightful Doilies and a Paper Smooches sentiment.

Supplies:

Card #1
Paper: Staples 110lb white
Stamps: Papertrey Delightful Doilies, Paper Smooches sentiments
Ink: Versamagic, Jenni Bowlin soap powder, spiced tin

Summer Card Camp - submission #2 - Celebrate

Here is my second submission for this week's card camp.

I used the same ATD vibrant textured paper pack and cut various colours to create a ray like design inspired by Kristina Werner.  I used my fabulous fillable frames #4 die and stamp in Jenni Bowlin spiced tin and then the Paper Smooches sentiment in Distress Inks dusty concord.  Love those distress inks!!

 Here's a closeup of the window created:

Supplies:

Paper: ATD Vibrant textured paper pad, Staples 110lb white

Stamps: PTI Fillable Frames #4, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Ink: Jenni Bowlin spiced tin, Distress Inks dusty concord

Misc: PTI Fillable Frames #4 die