Creative Day Three

Wasn't feeling the creative bug today...so i flipped through the new Stamper's Sampler and found a tag that caught my eye by Rachel Carver so I used that as my inspiration. I dug out a tag that was already inked up, stamped a Hero Arts fern in Weathered Wood distress ink,stamped a little sentiment from Printworks and punched out some squares from a different piece of inked cardstock I had in my stash. I threaded a few seed beads onto some wire and attached that around the squares and secured the wire on the back with masking tape. Added a punched circle to the tag hole and some fibers and called it done.

Day two

Cute card for Spring even though that darn ground hog said 6 more weeks. I can't complain though, we've had such a mild winter.
Entering this one in the current
Penny Black Saturday Challenge
The stamp is an oldie but a goodie from Penny Black. I used Twinkling H2O's to color and also for the background splatter. I distressed the edges lightly with Pumice Stone distress ink and a touch of Lipstick Pink and added a bit of Perfect Pearls(pearl) along the edges to soften it.

Creative Everyday

In my never quest for organization I decided to take advantage of the free color charts PDF's you can print from Ranger Industries website. I started with the Alcohol Inks since mine were a disaster-I had to throw out several bottles that had fallen over and leaked recently(a new plastic storage box from Creative Options is on order-I'll let you know how that works out). Well after all was said and done I realized I have a lot of holes in my collection!


My 2nd order of business was to fill up the awesome Ink Palette that Tim Holtz/Ranger came out with last Fall-a few drops of alcohol ink in one of the wells,let it dry(takes about 15 min) and you now have a fabulous palette of alcohol inks to color with using the Refillable Alcohol Ink pen(you fill it with blending solution, pick up a color and away you go!) I will be testing it out later this week.
































I also filled in a color chart with my beloved Distress Inks,only missing a couple of colors-I'll have to take of that ASAP.











And finally I decided to challenge myself to do something creative every day in February...here is today's offering. I had the distress ink background sitting on my table for months so I tore it to size,punched some butterflies from the remaining piece. Used a stamp from Unity that I have never used before( I have a lot of those,hoping to get more of them inky this month) and then used the same color distress ink(spiced marmalade) to spatter a little ink. I love that background-it is my absolute favorite technique!

I am entering this in the current Less is More Challenge

Memory Box

Just a few of the dies in stock...

http://pinterest.com/morningsun/memory-box/

I created a Pinterest Board just for memory Box ideas, I received a new order today and have another larger one coming by next Monday. If there is anything specific you are wanting please let me know, I plan to order twice per month for the next few months.

Work in Progress

Ummm, yeah I know-what a disaster but I swear there is some magic happening here somewhere.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags

Tim Holtz is hosting his 12 Tags of Christmas event again this year...it is beyond inspiring. Every year I think I am going to participate day by day but it never happens...maybe after the Holidays I can try out some of the techniques? This year he added the ability to upload your interpretation of his tag which is Fabulous...everyday there are hundreds of additional inspiring tags to look at!
My Ebay store is clearing out FAST...there are a few Tim Holtz dies,folders and embellishments left-I think one or two Holiday stamp sets, and a few of his tools. The place is echoing though..LOL..I have a very small order coming tomorrow with a few additional items. The week of Xmas I will do my year end inventory, clear out the old stuff and start fresh for 2012...are there any special requests for the NEW YEAR? I will continue to carry Memory Box dies(sorry the last order sold out with three hours of listing it) plus the additional of the Poppystamps dies. I am looking into dies and stamps from My Favorite Things..I adore their Pure Innocence line and would like to carry them along with their thin steel dies.
I suppose I should get my Holiday cards done(or even started before i end up having to make them into Valentines)...I have three or four ideas...I need to narrow it down to which one I can actually make multiples of within a reasonable amount of time. Sigh....

Memory Box Craft Dies

Have you tried the craft dies from Memory Box? The designs are unbelievable and I cannot keep these little gems in stock...I received two orders in the past month and have two more coming within the next 3 weeks. I haven't even been able to keep any for myself yet. These are super thin steel dies, made in the USA and are compatible with all the leading Die Cut machines. The basic "sandwich" is the same as you would use for the Spellbinder dies, you may need to "shim" it,every machine cuts differently. I am trying to get some Sizzix thin die adapters in stock but the darn things are always sold out.

In other news...have you started your Christmas cards yet?? yeah me neither...I have two stamps picked out to use but more than likely I will change my mind a thousand times and end up creating 5 or 6 different designs. Do you settle on all one design or do several?