Whirlpool of Imagination

Pretty Poinsettia's

I'm still a bit on my Christmas kick but today I wanted to make some tags rather than a card.

I really love the Spellbinders dies - they have such pretty images and really make these tags a bit more elegant. The stamps are all from Papertrey. The sentiment is stamped with Memento tuxedo and the poinsettia with Memento rhubarb. The center was a bit empty so I added a rhinestone crystal to fill the area just a bit.

I just kept going so here's a set I made up.

These were fun to make so I see more in my future. But I will give you a Christmas break - that's all I've got for the holiday this week.

Lax Notes

I am forever striving to fill needs in the stationery market and make my store the place to shop for whatever occasion you might need to fill. Since Meg and Conor have gotten involved in lacrosse, I've noticed that there is not a lot on the market in this area and have started adding more items that would appeal to the lax enthusiast.

One of the first things I wanted to add was note card sets. My kids use note cards all the time for thank you notes and I myself are forever using them to drop a note to the school or send someone a quick note.

I think the hardest part of these flat note cards is finding images that will not take up too much writing space. I have been on the lookout for other sport images and will add to my inventory as I find images that work.

The stamp is from Raisin Boat and is part of one of the few lacrosse stamp sets out there. The front of the packaging was created with the same stamp. I just stamped it twice and used a nestibility die to place where I wanted the cut.

I'm posting early today so today I get to wish you a good day!

Simple Evergreen

I'm channeling the idea of a crazy busy hectic holiday season and by extension, working on clean and simple Christmas cards.

The tree is from Verve and the sentiment is from Papertrey. Both are stamped with hunter ink from Stampin' Up. Sadly, hunter is a retired color from Stampin' Up so eventually I will need a new pad in the hunter color family. If you have a good recommendation, let me know.

I'm working on lots of different projects at the moment - hopefully I'll start completing some so I can start posting them! Have a great night!

Embossed Holiday Ornaments

Well, we're in August, the dog days of summer so I've decided to show a Christmas card today. I haven't pumped out too many Christmas designs yet this year but I was itching to try this folder so that got me motivated.

 

This card is all about the embossing and of course one of my favorite color combo's, red and white. I embossed the ornaments first and then stamped the sentiment (Papertrey) with Stampin' Up real red ink.

The embossing jazzes up the simplicity of the card and I'm liking it. I haven't decided whether to play around with this design in other colors or not, but it's a thought.

EDITED TO ADD FOLDER INFO: I don't always know which company these folders come from but luckily, I checked and this one says it right on it - Cuttlebug folder from Provocraft

The kids were home last week so there was no creative mojo, hence the lack of blogging. I snuck down to the studio today so I'm hoping to have more to show you in the upcoming week, even more Christmas!

Have a great night!