Inkspiration for Stamping and Scrapbooking

Silk Scarves in Pretty Boxes

Aren't these beautiful???

These are gifts I made for family and friends:

These two were both tea-stained before I stamped. I used the Garden Whimsy and Priceless sets for the scarf on the left. The scarf on the right uses LOTS of stamps from these sets - Enjoy Life, Priceless, Big Pieces, Little Pieces...

These two scarves are stamped on the white silk:

The scarf on the left uses Blossoms Abound. The scarf on the right (inspired by on eI saw on SCS by Diane) uses LOTS of stamps and colours from these sets: Wild Rose, Blossoms Abound, Heartfelt Thanks.

Well I could not just fold these up and put them in a re-usable Christmas bag, like we usually do for gifts - they'd slide around and become a crumpled mess. So I visited Mirkwood Designs and found a template. In retrospect, I wish I had chosen a slightly bigger box yet, or tried to size up this design, but aren't these so cute?

This design is two parts, the lid and the bottom. I prettied up the boxes with ribbon and the stick pins and beads from the Pretties kit and enjoyed using up more of my stash of Dashing patterned paper.

Here's a picture of all of the boxes together - each is a little different:

I'll be back on January 1st or 2nd with some scrapbook pages I gave as gifts. Then on to the new catalogue!

Happy stampin', Happy New Year, and BLESSINGS! - Ann

 

Happy Birthday Mom!

 

My mom's birthday is this weekend and this is the card we're giving her. It started with ideas from BadSherry's card in an online gallery. I had used the vanilla and white combination of colours in another card and loved it, which is probably why BadSherry's card jumped off the screen for me.

This card is 5.25 x 5.25, which fits in our 5.5 x 5.5 envelopes. (Click on the thumbnail to see it close-up). It's fun to work on a square shaped card for a change. The Fine Lace background stamp is inked in Vanilla craft and stamped onto Whisper White. All corners have been rounded for a soft look. The focal image uses the Blossoms Abound set, a favourite of mine from last year's catalogue. I will post a Blossoms Abound album when I get a chance because I have used it a lot and have quite a few samples to share. This time I used Perfect Plum and Pale Plum, because mom likes purple, for the Lilacs (or are they grapes this time of year?)  The leaves are stamped in Mellow Moss and Old Olive. This is a two step stampin set and I like it because it's forgiving - I can use the stamp-ama-jig when I'm feeling "particular", but with this set, I can get away without it as well. Today, I just eyeballed everything. I used two-way glue and dazzling diamonds to add a bit of sparkle; it is a special occasion, afterall. The focal image is raised up on Stampin' Dimensionals with a length of cream grosgrain running underneath.

I know she'll love it - let me know what you think.