A Mini-Vacation and stamps, stamps and more stamps!

Hi everyone!

I just returned from visiting my son and our grandchildren in St. Louis, Missouri. They were just a joy to watch playing together. It's hard to believe how fast they grow!

I went to a local stamp show this past Saturday and had a great time. I took my time slowly wandering from vendor to vendor. They have some awesome new products out but I decided to control myself and only by a few stamps for Halloween.

I played around today with my new cat stamp. I love to use my chalks to shade and bring a realistic look to my stamped images.

I decided to make a set of Happy Halloween gift tags to sell on Etsy. I think they came out pretty cute!

The black paper that I matted the cat image on has specks of metallic imbedded in the paper pulp. Pretty cool when it's in the light.

This is the inside. I just stamped the sentiment with black archival ink and added the rhinestone for the "O".

Well that's it for now. Thanks for looking......I'll be back with some more goodies soon :-)

Darlene

Organizing my Wooden Stamps

Hi everyone!

I've been pretty busy here getting my stamps organized. I took my lighted Curio cabinet that has a mirror in the back and glass shelves in it and brought it into my scrapbook room. I decided to organize my wooden stamps by size and display them in the cabinet. I used the bottom area to display my mini books. It works perfect for now but if I make more I'll need to put them in a basket instead.

It makes the room very cozy when it's evening and the lights on the cabinet are turned on. I'm loving this room!

I've also been making some cards and trying to veggie and flower gardens tended to so there doesn't seem to be enought time to blog right now. I'll give it my best and add some pics of my new projects soon.

Darlene

Stamps, Stamps and MORE Stamps....

Happy Thursday everyone!
As I previously mentioned....my stamp order arrived. I am beside myself looking at all these different manufacturers of clear stamps. I can't wait to get the creative juices flowing! Thank you JoAnn fabrics for your awesome 40% online discount offer. I couldn't have purchased all these wonderful stamps with flowers, letters, holidays and tags without a little savings offer. I'm looking forward to the one set that has a reverse stamp set included. You stamp one pattern and then reverse the stamp and stamp over with another color. Pretty cool concept!