Tuesday, December 28, 2010

ISO Rose Red Ribbon

Edited to add:  Never mind - found it on the SU! Clearance Rack - SCORE!
Hi everyone!  I'm in search of some Rose Red ribbon.  It was in the last SU! catalog, 1 inch wide, stitched down both edges.  Here's what it looks like:


I'd be willing to buy a roll or even a few yards if you have some you'd be willing to part with.  I could also trade something for it as well.  Please email me at lovetostampandscrap@yahoo.com if you can help me out.  Be sure to come back this weekend for the next Stampin' Addicts blog hop (where you'll see what I used this pretty ribbon on!).

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A Social Network Christmas Video

Not a stamping post, but I wanted to share this with you.  At church on Sunday, an interesting video was shown:  A Social Network Christmas, the story of Jesus' birth told on Facebook.  It's almost 4 minutes long but worth the watch:


I thought it was great, hope you did, too!  We get so caught up in the buying of presents at this time of year, with many forgetting the true meaning of Christmas - the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.  Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Great Stamping Poem by Pauline

I was looking over the latest blog entries with Google Reader this afternoon and found this great poem that Pauline Slovak had sent to Michelle Zindorf.  Loved it so much, I wanted to pass it along (to the tune of Winter Wonderland):

Brayers roll. . . . are you listening.
On the card. . . . ink is glistening.
A Beautiful sight. . .  we’re happy tonight.
Stamping in a Winter wonderland.

In the kitchen we can stamp a snowman.
Then add color to his carrot nose.
You’ll say:  Are you Finished?
I’ll say:  No Ma’am, I need to add some glitter to make snow.

When we stamp . . .  ain’t it thrilling.
Even when . . . .  the powders spilling.
We’ll create and we’ll play. . . .the art stamper way,
Stamping in a Winter wonderland.

Isn't that just an awesome poem?  Bravo, Pauline, and thank you, Michelle, for putting it up on your blog.  Merry Christmas, everyone!!

Theresa's Ornaments

I organize our Secret Santa gift exchange each year at work.  This is the third year I've used elfster.com to organize our exchange, and it sure makes my job as head elf a lot easier than it used to be!  We had a small group of us participating this year but it was still lots of fun.  For our gift exchange, we anonymously give a small gift each day (valued at $2 - $3), Monday through Thursday, of the last week of school before winter break.  On that Friday, we wait until after school to give our final gift, worth $10 - $12, at a short Secret Santa get-together in the faculty lounge. 

I have to be careful and not give a handcrafted item the first four days because everyone would know it was me, but I wanted to give Theresa something handmade, so I waited for our final day.  In addition to a Starbucks gift card and a beautifully soft and blue scarf I found at Kmart, I made up four glitter ornaments to give to her.  This batch of four ornaments came in a nice box, so that's what I used to give them to her.  I used Mop 'n Glo floor shine to coat the inside of each ornament, then added holographic glitter that I'd bought several years ago at a rubber stamping convention.  It worked just great, and I was glad I didn't have to use up some of my reinkers to make the ornaments like I did last year.  The ornaments I made using the reinker technique still look like new this year, so I hope the Mop 'n Glo ones last as well.  Theresa loved them, and that's all that matters.  Here's what I gave her:


I can hardly believe Christmas is nearly here!  We're feeling rather water-logged here in Southern California - it's been raining since Saturday, and it's supposed to last through Wednesday night!  I like the rain, but not all at once like this!  Thanks for stopping by on this rather soggy day!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

A Quick and Easy CASE

When looking for ideas for my December stamp camp, I ran across this card by Amy Celona.  I made a minor change of the mat behind the dry embossed image.  I ended up making 18 of these myself, and they've come in handy this week!  They were quick to produce and I love the simple yet elegant design that Amy came up with.


Thanks for popping by - have a great rest of your day!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Another Christmas Stamp Camp Card

I've been searching blogs the past few days for ideas.  I have a stamp camp coming up and I need another Christmas card design or two.  I wanted to use Dasher this year (can't believe I didn't ink him up last year!), and after seeing this card by Bronwyn Eastley, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  I pretty much CASE'd her card - just added the ticket corner punch and black brads along with some clear rhinestones.  I think this would make a great Christmas card to give to a guy.  Hy hubby liked it when I showed it to him last night, so this will be his card as well as one I offer at my stamp camp on Friday.

Had a tough time getting a good picture today as it's rather overcast and gloomy out there today, but here he is:


I hope the gals like this one.

Stamp Sets:  Dasher, Many Merry Messages
Inks:  Encore Silver, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stocks:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler (textured), Groom Specialty
Accessories:  Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Antique Brad, Basic Rhinestones, Ticket Corner Punch, Black Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals