What a lovely weekend

 It’s been such a lovely weekend that I kept putting off doing this post! I missed Sharon’s Saturday morning video as I was getting ready to go to the store for the Winter Berries class. I’ll let you in on a little secret. I NEVER finish the cards before I leave when I take a class. I didn’t even come close with this class. I did manage to finish two when I got home but I still have two to go. 

I finally watched Saturday’s video after the Bills game. The Bills were very impressive on Sunday. Next week they travel ‘over the pond’ and I know at least three people traveling to London for the game. It’s too unique to miss so I’ll be up next Sunday morning to watch. 

How about I finally get to some new product!? I’m starting with new creamy, dreamy butter paste colors for all you texture lovers. This was Sharon’s Wednesday video. Sharon's tip  was to use a piece of Washi tape to adhere your paper AND your stencil in place. The tape will act as a hinge so you can lift your stencil to check your coverage in addition to helping both your paper and your stencil to stay in place.

Several samples

It took me a moment to understand this one. The stencil is BLACK vs. the usual white opaque plastic.

Sharon loved these three colors.

You can also add Deco Foil to your paste. The foil will adhere. Do not use the foil you use for your glimmer machine, only the Deco Foil you use in a laminator. NOTE: Sharon has the foil put down the wrong way! The shiny, colored side should face up.

You can see she caught her mistake.

To go with your butter pastes, TCW makes this Palette Paper Pad. 

Here are several samples of how you can use these stencil butters along with different ways to apply and treat the butter.

Here is a sample sheet of the colors available.

A great sample of several colors used with a great stencil.

Another background sample.

Some of the shimmery colors are perfect for winter stencils, especially snow flakes.

My other photo did not come out but we may already be out of the new Precision Glue Press by My Sweet Petunia and according to Sharon the company is out of stock also.  An informal survey seemed to support people loving this new glue tool. 

New papers from a new company from New Zealand, 3 Quarter Designs. These papers come in 6X6 and are single sided and have a bit of a glossy finish.

We also have two new word dies from Creative Expressions. 

This 'Season's Greetings' has the words and the shadow.

One of Sharon's favorite companies, Aall & Create has these unusual die cuts. The two packages to the left and center are uncolored. You get to color and customize to your project. The package on the right is already colored with Halloween and Fall images.

There is also a stamp set with phrases for us old folks... They can coordinate with the stamp sets in the photo below this one.

Definition stamps.

Owls and crystals and coffee stains behind it.

Three new LDRS stamp sets - Halloween, Fall/Thanksgiving and Christmas. They can be used with the ledger stamp below .

Check out the photo below this of the ledger stamp to see how they can be used together.

With the ledger stamp.

Without the ledger stamp.

Next is new coloring opportunities from Penny Black. When Sharon isn’t feeling creative she likes to color and PB makes some of her favorite subjects..

Next is Spellbinders. The snow globe dies Sharon showcased last week are in. We have limited bundles of the globe dies. We also have individual stock, but I think they are going to go fast.

Also in stock.

Sharon loved this combination, the Hero Arts background stamp and the Spellbinders die and stencil.

The items above were part of Maker Mania 8. Also part of MM8 is this paper pad.

BetterPress plates and dies.

Great for wax pellet storage.

For all our sports loving recipients. Pick a sport ANY sport!

Flower dies for dimensional flowers from Susan Tierney Cockburn.

Individual and bundled Christmas dies.

If you love them all, and 'I Want it All!' by buying the bundle you will save money. However, we only have a few so give the store a call ASAP to get yours.

New sunflower seal along with a sunflower embossing folder for a slim line.

New stitching dies for Christmas.

The Wreath bundle.

This little stamp set from Studio One managed to sneak in!

49 & Market is here with three new collections. I may need to make a trip back to the store tomorrow…First up is this Big Picture Album Kit. Everything you need to make this album is included inside including complete page by page instructions. This would make a great Christmas gift.

We have three new 49 & Market collections with paper, acetates, rub-ons, die cuts, tickets, tape and more. Grove is the first collection.

Peach is the next collection.

The other new collection, Spice, is a bit brighter! 

Sharon is working on an album featuring the Spice collection.

Sharon also featured several new classes coming up and everyone’s favorite two words was mentioned for the first time, Stamp Camp! After I get this posted I’ll be heading over to the website to create a few class descriptions. This is a combined Penny Black/Honeybee class.

Graphic 45 cards for the month. 

Ooops! I forgot Doodlebug! We got several new papers and a paper pack for Christmas along with several new Doodle Pops. First, is this Sticky Folio from WeR Memory Keepers. My audio went out so I don't have any info on this.

Here's one of the Doodlebug papers and peeking out from behind is the Shadow Box Insert Kit. We have several new ones back in stock. They are such fun to do.

My funny for today gives new meaning to having a 'Poker Face'.

That's it for today. Sharon is starting to think and plan for Stamp Camp which will probably be in late October or early November. Christmas will be the main theme but I'm sure there will be one or two fall cards included. We'll post dates and sign-up details as soon as it's available. Until next time, keep crafty everyone, Stay Safe and Let's Go Bills! Cheerio!