Stamps (and stuff) for Sale

I have other items listed on my etsy store as well - look for the "destash" section.

  http://www.etsy.com/shop/EverlastingSeasons?ref=si_shop

 SU Rough Type  $9.00 shipping included

I don't know the brand - possibly Inkadinkadoo  $5.00 shipping included

polkadot alphabet $5.00 - shipping included

Sandy Shells (never used) $6.00 - shipping included

Candy Cane Craze $6.00 shipping included

Sassy Sparkles - never used  $7.00 shipping included

SU Petals  $7.00 - shipping included

SU Doodle  $7.00 plus shipping

SU - Whimsy  $7.00 shipping included

SU Bold Butterflies (2 step stamping) $12.00 shipping included

Out of the Box hostess set (never used) $6.00 shipping included

Goldie - Wee Stamps & Marker Review of sorts

I've been working on learning to use my alcohol markers. I have a mixture of Copics and Noirs.  I am finding they are comparable, but also have very obvious differences.  I most generally have used the brush ends, and Copics tips are very flexible compared to the fine tip of the Noirs. The fine, firm tip of the Noirs are very nice for getting into tiny areas without going over into other areas of your design. The flexible tip of the Copics help get a more even coverage of larger areas. So, yes, I am seeing the positives and negatives of each brand. One negative that I see of either brand-- I don't have enough!!  HA.  Definitely need to work on getting a more varied collection of shades.

Now, I am new to digital stamps. I have only purchased a few here and there, as I am usually one that likes to get my fingers inky with stamps! :-)   And, I am VERY good at getting messy, even when trying to stay clean.   I purchased "Goldie" from Wee Stamps  by Sylvia Zet, and I will be going back for more!  I really want to get "Hazel" next!  You can also get rubber stamps of these from Whimsy Stamps.

Anyhooo -- back to "Goldie".  I used my Copics, Noirs and also my Sakura Gelly Roll pens. They have TONS of sparkle and are quite reasonably priced, in my opinion. I bought both sets of "Stardust" pens. (Bold Galaxy, and Bold Meteor) I really love the sparkle they add.  I also have one lonely little Wink of Stella pen in clear that I love! (I am getting a bigger set, soon!!) I used the Wink of Stella on Goldie's cheeks to add a sparkle to her face.  In this first picture, you can see her tail sparkling from the Sakura pens.

 I tipped this photo towards the light, in hopes of catching more sparkles. She has purple glitters through her hair, too. The little pink flowers have the Wink of Stella clear sparkle on them, as well. Now, I hope no one is wanting to know the shades I used of the Noirs and Copics, because I failed in this section! I didn't make notes of what I used.  Oops.  I will get better about noting what I use - I promise!

 If you are interested in either Noirs or Copics, you can leave me a message here on the blog, and I will get back to you with more info! (and to spill the beans, just a little - Dalven and I have opened an account with a craft supply wholesaler. We will be adding crafting supplies to our Etsy shop, we are waiting on our first order to be delivered early next week!) If there are specific supplies you need, let us know and we can check availability, special orders are more than welcome!  We will be starting small, but hope to continue to add new items regularly. Visit our Everlasting Seasons Etsy shop to see what we are up to! This is also where we put our finished crafts up for sale.  Thanks for visiting my blog!

Unfinished Canvas Project

I kept seeing this project in my head - and it's still not done. But, it's coming along how I imagined, so far... Well, mostly.  I had some "help" at one point from a bitty Tasmanian devil that runs this house, and she just about got banished for the time being. Since she is cute, I kept her. But, next time... well... just watch out.
;-)

So - I had 2 thoughts with this - either tie a big bow and make the canvas look like a gift box - or do this with it.

Guess it's not the best picture -- but I started by painting the whole canvas a deep red color. The "Merry & Bright" is a Sizzix die.  I actually cut this out twice - once in silver and once in black to make a shadow behind the silver. I just off set it when I glued it all together. The silver is from the brand new DCWV "the dazzle stack"  papers. (LOVE THESE!! OMG!) and the gold is gold Stickles.The black is some black glitter paper that I've had forever -and I got it at Wal-Mart. I also lined that out with Black stickles. Now, the white all around is Ranger's "Puffs" embossing powder. I did a couple layers of it.

The flower is a Spellbinders die. The new poinsettia die. It is beyond cool. Love the way it cuts and how these turn out. You can see that I used them on the tags on the earlier post for the kids teacher gifts.

So, this project isn't finished. I haven't decided exactly what else I want on it. The flower isn't glued down, but I think I really like it, so I think I will add some more. Maybe put some in the opposite corner as well. It may be July when I get it figured out - but then I won't be late for Christmas -- I'll be really early for the next one! :o)

If you see something that I forgot to mention - just ask! I'll try to tell you what I've done.

Christmas Tags/Poinsettia Flowers

I have been playing with the Spell Binder Poinsettia flower dies - and I decided to put some on a tag for the gifts the boys are taking to their teachers. I decided against cards. I really like how these tags turned out. I probably could give more info - but the pain meds are kicking in and I am not thinking too well. Beyond my normal "not thinking well" sort of day.  If you have any questions -- ask and I will let you know!
 :o)

 The tags are done with a stamp from CTMH and it has white embossing powder. Then I used TH distress inks to color the tag. I just used the pad and wiped the ink on. Then I used a spritzer bottle of water with the pearl shade of the Perfect Pearls in it.

 This is a mauve irredecent paper that shimmers (the flower) I added Stickles in rock candy and it just didn't have the shimmer I wanted. So, while the stickles was still wet, I dumped some SU glitter on it -- and this is how it came out. The picture really doesn't do justice, I am so excited how it turned out!! This is for our "lady" teacher.

 This one is quite plain - but still very pretty. Braden has a male teacher this year, so I was trying to be festive and classic with it. No glitter, frills -- just simple. The center of the flower is a Martha Stewart sticker dot - it has a frosted sort of finish. I LOVE THESE!!

These are done on the Ranger tags. They are bigger - I think #8? I don't remember and I can't find the packaging!

These are 2 extra flowers. The silver/mauve one has lavender centers and the red one is out of SU cardstock and then I added the rock candy stickles -- and still wasn't what I wanted. I wanted to play with the Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam glaze and this color is the Twinkle Toes shade. It has a gold glimmer to it. REALLY REALLY cool!!  By the time I was done shaping this one - the finish reminds me of leather. Weird, huh?

 Leave me notes-- ask questions -- what ever - thanks for stopping by!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Spoooookkkkyyyyy!! BOO!

I picked up the Halloween edition of the Cricut Magazine. (those things are EXPENSIVE!!) But, there were lots of fun ideas in it for the Holidays.  I came across the wood blocks and I knew what my next project was going to be!  Dalven actually went out to the garage as soon as I showed him the picture and he cut a couple sets of blocks for me.

These really were fun to make, and I mostly scrap-lifted -- I did change a few things. I added the silver stickles around the letters and thought it really made the letters stand out more.  The sizes listed on the cuts were not right for some reason, so it took me a bit of time (and scrap paper) to get the letters to look right for my taste. The paper on the background is from the "Haunted" kit from MME. I used Vintage Photo TH distessed ink on all the paper edges and also roughed them up with my scissors.
The cuts of the letters, the black cat and the ghosts are from the Cricut Cartridge "Happy Hauntings".
The rest is odds and ends from my stash - rhinestones, ribbons, buttons and stickers.

And here it is!!  I am soooo happy with how they turned out. I think I am going to make a few more sets, and see about putting them on Etsy! What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafts For Sale List

Hi there -- I have some things I am cleaning out of my stash. Just trying to thin things out! Shipping will depend on how much you get - I will work with you to get the best possible shipping. I'm sure that first class could be cheaper than Priority - but I will check before we finish payments to double check what is best. Right now I am only accepting PayPal. If you want more info other than what I list below, just let me know and I will try to help.

Thanks for looking! (p.s. Most prices are open to "OBO" -- make me a reasonable offer and I'll see what I can do.)

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$3.00 Wheel Guide I am horrible on the names of things. This is the Stampin Up guide for the roller stamps. If you want to do wrapping paper or larger lines of the wheel stamps, this helps keep your rolling stamp strait.

$2.00 - "It's about you" new-unmounted double sided stamp. Stampin Up - Sayings are: "So very happy for you" -- and "You are in my thoughts"

$5.00 -"Out of the Box" never used. Mounted.

$7.00 "Abundant Hope" - Stampin Up - never used. Cling set.
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BOOM!!! hee hee hee

I picked up the new June 2011 (yeah -- JUNE) issue of Stamp & Scrap and they had the cutest card that I just HAD to try -- there are still a couple others, but here is the one I started with!

It's called and Explosion Card! How cute is this???

But, wait!! It gets better!! Look now -- it EXPLODED!!

I used my copics to color the butterfly - it has stickles on the wings and the little hearts - I used my Tim Holtz "Worn Lipstick" distress ink on the pink circle paper, and I used Core'dintaion paper (sorry - not sure of the name - it's the brown with green underneath).

The stamp set was from Stampin Up. It's from Merci (a Sale-A-Bration set) and the sentiment is from Fabulous Phrases.

Thanks for stopping by!