tea-drinking stamper

Being the tea-drinker that I am, I just had to order "A Nice Cuppa" stamp set with its accompanying "Cups & Kettle Framelits Dies" and "Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack".  This card uses only one stamp from the set but the teapot, spoon and heart are framelits. If you look closely, you will see that I sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the spoon to look like sugar. A fun card that I've made into a belated birthday card by using a verse from an old birthday greeting set inside. I also rounded the corners on one side of this card using our old punch, but you could use the Project Life Corner punch (135346, $8.00) for slightly larger rounded corners. Products Used: A Nice Cuppa stamp set (11 photopolymer stamps), 140683, $17.00 Cups & Kettle Framelits Dies (12), 140624, $29.00 Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack (48 sheets 6" x 6"), 140567, $8.00 Crushed Curry 8½" x 11" cardstock (24), 131199, $7.0...

As I was preparing for the Christmas Bazaar, I made sure to include some masculine birthday cards. It seems the Traveler stamp set and the World Map stamp go together so well, but I had never used the triple layer technique with the World Map before. Admittedly, I had to play with it because I had forgotten the measurements for the individual layers, yet even the slightly off cards turned out well. [The sequins are actually leftovers from the Cottage Greetings Card Kit, Project Life.] Products Used: Traveler stamp set (6), W 134510, $28.00; C 134513, $20.00 World Map background stamp, W 130342 $20.00; C 130345, $15.00 Birthday Blossoms (8), W 139167, $27.00; C 139471, $19.00 Basic Black 8½" x 11" cardstock (24), 121045, $7.00 Crumb Cake 8½" x 11" cardstock (24), 120953, $7.00 Archival Basic Black Stampin' Pad,  140931, $7.00 Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad, 126975, $6.50 Basic Black and Whisper White Baker's Twine (25 yards), 134576, $3.00

I always seem to need sympathy cards when I don't have any. So, in the process of preparing for the Christmas bazaar, I decided to include a couple sympathy cards. In a sense, the stamp sets I chose are from both ends of life's spectrum - Birthday Blossoms for the flowers and Thoughts & Prayers for the words of sympathy. Since I was running out of Whisper White envelopes, I decided to use Very Vanilla. Then, because I had some embellishments left over from the Cottage Greetings Card Kit, I incorporated the same color scheme. I used the reverse punch on the Envelope Punch Board to round opposite corners. Products Used: Birthday Blossoms stamp set (8), W 139167, $27.00; C 139471, $19.00 Thoughts & Prayers stamp set (8), W 128751, $26.00; C 127805, $19.00 Very Vanilla 8½" x 11" cardstock (40), 101650, $8.50 Mint Macaron 8½"x 11" cardstock (24), 138337, $7.00 Basic Gray Archival Stampin' Pad, 140932, $7.00 Mint Macaron Classic Stampin...

Just have to share photos of my table at the Christmas Bazaar this past weekend. Did fairly well, although I had so much stuff that I still brought a lot home. Hope to do better another year.

I've been super busy trying to sort through unused cards (I have to admit I have more than any one person can possibly use) in hopes of selling some of them at the Christmas Bazaar. And in the midst of all that, I've been stamping and punching and threading more gift tags to sell. Here are a few of them: They are all using retired cardstock. The wisemen are from a discontinued stamp set, but the snowmen are current. The stars are Gold Glimmer Paper cut with framelits.  Such fun! I've made so many Christmas gift tags that if they don't sell, I'll be set for years!

I'm still busily preparing for the Christmas bazaar next weekend. Because the bazaar is at a Christian conference center, I've made a number of card sets carrying the biblical message of Christmas. This retired stamp set (Come to Bethlehem) is perfect. And I like this design better than those I've made in past years. The champagne glitter glass on this card is also discontinued; I wish I had used it more when it was still available for purchase because it is much less messy than our finer glitter. The colors I've used for this card are Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. A little dab of Gold Glitz Dazzling Details in the center of the star added an extra touch of bling to complement the glitter glass.

Remember this old stamp set? I haven't used it in ages. But as I worked with retired designer papers getting ready for the Christmas Bazaar, I wanted stars to go with the couple strips I had left of this particular design. I love the way it turned out! I used the new fine tip glue to edge the large star and then sprinkled it with glitter. Messy, but effective. And, of course, our Gold Glimmer paper was perfect for the additional stars.