Watching the Bills WIN! You know I'm not a true Bills fan, my team is the Patriots (I know...) but I have to tell you the Bills are such fun to watch. I will root for the Bills unless they are playing my team or the Browns (my husband's team). You can't live here in western NY and not at least follow and root for the Bills. I'm crossing my fingers they go all the way especially since my team is going nowhere - very quickly!
How about dem new felt dies from Spellbinders?! Those and more were featured in Sharon's Saturday video. Mona did a quick review and Sharon shared her turn at sewing one of the new dies. I'm starting with Sharon's Wednesday night video where she featured several of her favorite new Penny Black red rubber stamps a one of her favorite coloring techniques, coloring with Tombow Markers. For those who don't know you apply your colored Tombow's directly to your stamp, spritz with a little water and then press on your paper. You can probably get two stampings and the effect is that of watercolor. Here are photos of Sharon's process.
Several of Sharon's new stamps that work beautifully with this technique.
The great thing about using the Tombows is that you can use the brush point or the side of brush tip to increase depth and definition.
Sharon's first stamp was the image on the right and her second impression is on the left.
Here are the finished cards.
Sharon's second technique featured more Penny Black stamps this time using a variety of sprays and background techniques. These Distress sprays have a bit of shimmer in them.
Sharon used her VersaClair black ink pad to ink up her stamp,
Paper, inking, spraying are three of the backgrounds in Sharon's final cards.
Next up are some new and some reorders from Divinity Designs. First are these two paper packs that are sheets that can be cut into images that can serve as the background for your card fronts.
Add a sentiment and you're done!
Also from Divinity is this Christmas tree cut-out along with a card Sharon created for Stamp Camp.
Divinity also makes these stitched quilt pattern dies.
This is a new design for Divinity.
This die creates a new treat box that looks like a bag and is great for party or table favors with your customization.
Sharon shared another Stamp Camp design. Using the shimmery paper, a Pink Fresh bow and this 3D ornament embossing folder.
We also have several new dies from Birch Press Designs, a division of Memory Box. Memory Box packages their dies beautifully using an envelope and a thin magnetic sheet.
Poinsettia, Find Joy with shadow and layered pine sprigs.
Another card sample.
New birds from Memory Box.
More sentiments from Memory Box - Let it Snow
These next sentiments are too cute, woof!
Look how perfectly they match up with these Whipper Snapper stamps!
Next up are these magnetic sheets, great for storing and keeping track of your dies.
Open Studio has these thin chipboard banner sentiments. One is all Merry Christmas and the other is a variety of Christas phrases.
This Calls for Confetti we shared last week, lots of fun combinations. They also have plastic shaker holders that come with a matching die to cut the perfect opening on your cards.
Calling mixed media, junk journal and grunge artists. Check out these new stamps.
This is a cool new embossing folder. The darker the image the deeper the emboss. You can see at least three maybe four degrees of color. Each degree is a change in depth for the folder giving a great layered result.
New from Waffle Flower - stamps, dies and more stencils.
Two sizes of snowmen dies.
The Felt Stitched Dies from Spellbinders.
We also have 100% wood from Spellbinders. You really want to use pure wool vs. the craft felt you find in discount and big box stores. Your dies will struggle to cut cleanly and the stitching holes may not fully cut out unless you use 200% wool. We have several package styles, Cool, Holiday, Neutral and Pastel.
This was Sharon's take on the pumpkin house.
That's it for product. We have several new and recurring classes to share. Charlene's Intro to Pencils is coming up.
My Shaker class with a Christmas shaker.
Charlene's Watercolor Thursday.
Holiday Gnomes.
Doodlepops.
Leafy Splendor, a stencil class (the stencil comes with the class).
This is kit class that is a recipe book.
Sugar Plum class is also a kit class. You end up with two of each card design.
The Graphic 45 class. There is fussy cutting involved that can be done before hand if you pick up your kit early.
Lastly, we usually do a holiday fundraiser and adopt a family or charity at Christmas. This year we're doing it a little bit different. Sharon is raffling off this kit complete with lots of stamps and dies. It's on display at the front of the store and Sharon has chosen two charities to donate the proceeds to including an organization that builds and donates beds for children who do not have a bed to sleep in. Please consider checking it out and making a contribution,
That's it for this week. I'm away this weekend coming up at my bi-annual scrapbook retreat so my post will probably be late. Here's my funny for the week.
Have a great week everyone and remember to Stay Safe.
