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I'm having fun with clothespins. the dies are from the Make It Market mini kit: Holiday Pin-Ups. It comes with some printed sheets that can be cut with the die cuts, but it also has stamps.

But I also did a little stamping (the present from the stamp set in pure poppy). I also attached pencil and crayon holders (the Write Stuff die cuts cut apart).  The mittens for the clothespin Elves, Santa, Snowmen and Reindeer pins are under the pencil pin and the printed tags. I can't believe I don't have a single yellow pencil lol.

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There is a stack of Disney Stickers and stamps to be put away as well.  And my large box of Crayons : D. Head over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more crafty goodness. : D.

Make It Monday #229: Fabric Strip Christmas Trees

Make It Monday #229: Fabric Strip Christmas Trees. A Dual Purpose card, because it's a card, but it's also a bit of holiday decoration. The card base is Spring Moss edged with both the Chai and Chamomile Vintage Tea Dyes and Santa from Petite Places: Holiday Lane stamped with Fine Linen. I used a bamboo skewer for the trunk, ribbon, organza ribbon and strips of tulle for the foliage. Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream buttons, red jingle bells and a sequin star are the finishing touches.  The presents are from the Make It Market kit: All Through the House.

Shine, It's Your Day!

Shine. It's your day! Using a petite LED from Papertrey Ink, the card actually lights up : ).

Here it is with the light turned off. The balloons are from Make It Market kit: Party Pop Up stamped in Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Blueberry ky and Summer Sunrise inks.  The streamers are from the Hooray stamp set stamped with Pure Poppy. The background of the manilla mat is Fair Isle Borders stamped with Fine Linen. The kraft background is the Make It Market kit: Nostalgic Notions stamped with Fine Linen.

The lamp and sentiment are from Lighten Up. The lamp base is stamped with Dark Chocolate and distressed with Vintage Touch Tea Dye (Chai). The lampshade is cut from Sheer Basics vellum Patterned Paper (the polka dots).  The sofa is plaid patterned paper diecut and stamped with On My Couch and edged with Vintage Touch Tea Dye (Chamomile). A strip of Tombow Multi Glue set aside to dry is behind the ink on both sides.

The die for the light to shine through is the pointy ribbon from Make It Market kit: All Through the House. I made a little pocket for the light with an arrow from Movers & Shakers Sentiments to point out the button. I might use a hole punch on the edge so the button is a little more noticeable.

Foam tape is used to give a little dimension to the sofa and some of the balloons. If I were to to mail the card, I'd put it in a padded envelope to keep the light from creasing the card, but it's not very thick.

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I've been pulling out a few stamp sets to make a birthday card with a lamp that actually lights up. I'm especially loving the crepe paper banner stamps from Papertrey Ink's Hooray set. I've been fighting off a bug for the last week so crafting has been minimal. On the plus side, the phone situation finally got straightened out.

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Krafty Message Board

A wintery message board (which I learned about here).  I used a piece of galvanized step flash (for magnet use make sure it's not the aluminum step flash).  Adhere kraft paper . Corner chompers make neat work of rounding the corners and the crop-a-dile makes the hole punching easy peasy.

White pigment ink  with the smaller snowflakes from Papertrey Ink's Snowflake sparkle set and the mountains from Warmest Wishes. Magnetic vent covers are easily die cut and stamped with Jet Black Stazon with a little shading with a copic (living dangerously coloring stazon image with alcohol markers lol).

Jingle Bells stitched through holes punched with the crop-a-dile.

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Scrap paper, stamped (and stamped and stamped and stamped). I think I have some of the prettiest recycling in town. The red circles are from a layered image and I used a stamped off ink for one of the layers. I saw this little upside down jar ornament n the craft store and I couldn't resist. Now what to make with it.

The heat tool used to dry pigment ink on the message board to the right (the bear and mountains are magnetic sheet die cut and stamped). Of course since it is based on a piece of galvanized step flashing it got very hot ... note to self lol.

And my 9 year old flip phone because I can make calls on my home phone, but I can't receive any. The repair person is supposed to come today.

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Papertrey Ink October 2015 Blog Hop

Today is Papertrey Ink's October 2015 Blog Hop.  The Mistletoe is from Merry Kiss-mas stamped with Simply Chartreuse. The ornaments are from Kitchen Sink's Ornaments and Stars but I only used 4 of the 5 layers to subdue them a little bit (stamped with Sweet Blush, stamped off Pure Poppy, Pure Poppy and Scarlet Jewel). The Merry & Bright from Snowflake Sparkle stamped first in black and then in a wide stripe of repeats in Fine Linen. The white cardstock is Stamper's Select White and the card base is Simply Chartreuse.