tim holtz stamps

Hello Friends, How are you doing? Have you been managing to find some good crafting time lately? What about spring cleaning? I am so anxious to finish my studio and take some pics for you all. In the meantime I was traveling to see our son for his 21st BD a few weeks ago. My husband and I surprised him at college and we had a great short visit. (His B.D. landed on a weekday so we figured we were safe.) On the long flight I had a nice concentrated amount of time to color with my Copic markers on the airplane. Tim Holtz's new blueprint stamps were calling my name. I love this "Industrial set" and the "Vintage Thing Blueprint". You can see all of the stamps here. In my next post I will share a card with the padlock and key. Have a great week! Hugs, Kathy

christmas gift tags with a twist

Hello Friends, How are you?? I missed you all.... I snuck away to Italy for a week to visit some vineyards on a wine tour sponsored by a local wine shop. My husband and I traveled with another couple that we adore ... it was the longest I have ever left my daughter and was happy to arrive home safely.  As you might image it was a great week full of wine and food.....we literally ate and drank our way through Italy & we lucked out with great weather.  Before I left I prepared some posts  and I really appreciate you stopping by.... it was fun to come home and read all of your comments. I found it hard not to have any access to internet or my cell phone!

This week Penny Black is giving you daily inspiration of all different kids of Christmas tags. Mine are on the Penny Black Blog today. I thought I would share some non traditional tags with vellum accents.

I love using vellum as an overlay with some scored accents. After I punched the hole at the top I found these wonderful little reinforcers from Tim Holtz. So nice not to have to fuss with the regular white reinforcers. 

This is the flower die cut from Spellbinders. I attached the vellum with vellum tape and layered the flowers with scrap dots ( you must allow proper drying time though) . The tape only works well on lighter colors I found. Did you see that I am giving away a package of these flowers to a random winner?? This is the post with the details. 
Still have a little jet lag so off to bed for me. Thank you for stopping by. Hugs, Kathy

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