Alpha Stamps: Birds & Bees (and Dragonflies) + New Tim Holtz Goodies

	March 6, 2011

Birds & Bees (and Dragonflies) + New Tim Holtz Goodies

Has Spring sprung where you are? (Or Autumn if you're in the Southern Hemisphere?) Lots of things I ordered months ago have started to arrive, and they seem to be centered around birds and bees and blossoms...

Birdcage Chipboard Books
8 pages on a keychain. Approx. 6-1/8" x 7-1/4". Front and back pages are die-cut.

Antique Brass Birdhouse Charm
Brass oxide over cast pewter. 15 x 12mm.

Natural History Rub-Ons
5" x 7-1/4" sheet. Good images for adding texture or overlaying background text.

Botanical Birds & Paris File Folders
(2 different designs) Standard (US) manila folder size. Printed front and back (and inside).

Giant Brass Bee
Nice, big bee. I imagine him lazily flying on a summer's day.

Small Flying Bee Charms
Cute, fat little bees. Antique gold- or pewter-plated brass. 13x10mm

Victorian Bees
Beautiful stampings from a vintage die. The lower wings stand out a bit from the rest of the bee (aka: they're bent up). Raw brass or verdigris patinaed brass.

Fat Bumble Bee Charms
1/2" long including the ring and 3/4" wide at the wings. Antiqued cast pewter.

Chipboard Bird Book
Not new, but on sale. Set of 6 die-cut, heavy chipboard birds on a keychain. Approx. 5-1/2" x 2-1/2". Sample by Design Team Coordinator Miz Bella (for the Chipboard Birds Swap).

Large Bee w/Loop
Raw brass. 17 x 18mm. Similar design as the medium and tiny bees (that I can barely keep in stock).

Baby Bee Charms
Cute long bees (wasps?) with wings bent up. Antiqued gold- or silver-plate over brass (or vintage patinaed brass or raw brass). 13 x 17mm

Brass Beehive Charms
Raw brass. Actually, a bee skep.

Medium Antique Gold Butterfly Charm
Antique gold-plated brass, 19x15mm.

Victorian Dragonfly Pendants
Beautifully detailed, stylized dragonfly. Raw brass (or vintage patinaed brass). Flat and hollow back (one photo of a back is below). 64 x 51mm (almost 2" tall including the loop).

Verdigris Flying Bee Charm
Big, beautiful bees (I don't often find a side-view design). Could be menacing... or not. The top bee in the photo is upside-down. 35 x 24mm.

Dragonfly Stampings
Beautiful, curved dragonfly stamping, based on a vintage die. Flat and hollow back (one photo of a back is below). 47 x 35mm. Antiqued gold-, silver- or copper-plate over brass (or vintage patinaed brass). All brass is lead free and made in USA.

Necklace (using the antique gold finish) by Frieda Oxenham also using the new Art Nouveau Cloisonne Set and Large Dragonfly Pendant.

Art Nouveau Cloisonne Set
Beautiful, Art Nouveau-inspired cloisonne water lily beads; enamel and gold-plated brass. One 38mm- and two 24mm-diameter, double-sided, slightly-puffy rounds. Handmade, so colors and design may vary slightly.

Large Dragonfly Pendant
49 x 43mm. The antique gold and antique pewter versions are plated over brass. The vintage patina version is shown (with another photo or Frieda's lovely necklace). All brass is lead free and made in USA.

Resin & Rondelles

25x18mm Resin Cameos & Settings
Oval cameos and settings. The settings have ornate scalloped edges. Any of the cameos shown will work in any of the settings (I just like the skeleton woman in the ivory setting). The settings will fit standard 25x18mm cabochons, too (or use the cabs with metal oval settings, like the sample shown with a red metal rose).

40x30mm Resin Cameos & Settings
Similar cameo and setting, but with a lovely mermaid design. I'd suggest G-S Hypo Cement for adhering the cabs to the settings (and/or the settings to a collage). You could also glue on a bail plate to add a hanging loop.

Pearl Charm Embellishments
Glass pearls with pre-made loops for hanging. 10 pieces per set, 4 of which come with rhinestone rondelles included. Black, Garnet or Cream.

Rhinestone Rondelles
Beautiful rondelles set with Czech rhinestones. 6mm diameter x 3mm tall. Black metal settings. Limited availability on some colors. Colors: Crystal AB*, Topaz, Sapphire, Peridot, Light Siam Red and Aqua. *Aurora Borealis (AB) coating is a half-coat metallic finish that adds a prismatic effect to the surface of the bead.

New Tim Holtz Goodies

Crowded Attic Paper Stash Pad
36 pages of 12 x 12" double-sided designs printed on heavyweight cardstock. Each 12 x 12" design is repeated in 6 x 6" and 2 x 2" sizes, plus matching ATCs (2-1/2 x 3-1/2") and border strips.

Salvage Stickers
372 cardstock stickers packaged in a handy sticker book. Large (booklet is 12-3/4" tall). Lots of sewing ephemera (and rulers... and butterflies...).

Corked Vials
Sizes range from 1-1/4" x 3/8" to 2-7/8" x 7/8". 9 assorted vials.

Plaquettes
Mini metal plaques with painted numbers and distressed edges. 9 plaquettes and 18 long fasteners. 1-3/8" wide.

Three Cling Stamp Sets
Curiosities, Haberdashery and Steampunk. Each come on a plastic sheet (for storage). Overall size is 7" x 8-1/2" per sheet.

Miscellaneous

Cottage Garden Die-Cut Cardstock & Acetate
Giant set of 68 pieces, die-cut from cardstock and clear acetate (embellished with copper foiling or iridescent glitter). Images include butterflies, ornate frames (on acetate) and flowers (I recognize daffodils, sunflowers, lilies and poppies, but there are more, too).

3 Hodge Podge Books
A variety of shapes and paper weights. Stack them and/or use them as dividers in any order you wish. Each page has holes conveniently pre-punched, and the book is ready to assemble with antique brass book rings (included in the package). Nice features like a chipboard page with a die-cut window, a die-cut and printed acetate sheet, and a reproduction seed packet that opens (like... a seed packet). Largest page measures 5" x 7". 6 pages and 2 rings.

Kraft Mini Ticket Strips
1 set of 12 linked tickets.

3 New Easter Dresden Scraps
+ "Rabbits Dining"
Reproductions of Victorian sheets (6" x 9"). Die-cut and embossed. Imported from Germany. The "Dining" sheet also shows rabbits dancing and making telephone calls and other activities that the well-dress bunny in about 1905 would be doing.

Belle Armoire Jewelry - Spring '11
Yet another beautiful issue! This edition includes an etched metal book necklace, a Marie Antoinette bejeweled shadow box, readers' gallery and many more cool things I didn't have room to photograph. And a feature article with the wonderful Keith Lo Bue.

Triangular Chipboard Pennants
9 per package; 4 x 6".

Mini Triangle Pennant Banner Set
Die-cut chipboard set of 30 pieces (13 plain-edged and 13 scalloped-edged pennants, plus 2 hearts and 2 stars). The plain-edged design "nest" nicely with the scalloped ones. Approx. 1-5/8" x 2" each.

Cottage Garden Floral Accents
Pieces are die-cut layered/stacked stickers of realistically painted flowers: irises, hydrangea, crocus, and more. 25 '3D' layered pieces (on little foam risers plus peel off the backing to make them self-adhesive).

Stamped Geometric Metal Tags
Gorgeous pieces. Art Deco inspired step pattern with key hole at center top. Brass with green patina antiquing. Each package contains 6 stamped metal tags, 3 each of two sizes.

Ornate Verdigris Metal Buttons
OK... not really buttons, as they have giant brad fasteners on the back, but... gorgeous pieces. Brass with green patina antiquing.

Verdigris Geometric Hinges
Working hinges with an Art Deco inspired step pattern. Brass with green patina antiquing. Each package contains 4 hinges (2 horizontal, 2 vertical) plus mini brads for attaching thru thin paper projects (chipboard, too... just use heftier nails or screws if using on wood).

Black Label Stickers
Like old-fashioned Avery postal stickers from mid-20th century. Sheets are 5 x 7"

2 Mini Blank Books
4" mini books are just what you need to craft a simple gift in no time! Each book contains 8 double-sided die-cut lined pages with subtle antiquing. Lightweight chipboard covers (also die-cut). Assemble using enclosed rings or use your favorite ribbon.

2 Iridescent Purple Ribbons
Gorgeous ribbons. Soft and richly colored. Depending on the light, the sheer ribbon is rusty-brown/orange to purple, with a purple edge stitch. Soft enough to scrunch up and pull through jump rings or punched-out holes (to bind a book).

Not New to the Site, But Newly On Sale!

Sapphire Rosary Chain
Gorgeous rosary chain (with imported Czech faceted glass beads). Sold by the yard or by the foot.

Resin Blossoms
3D flowers in cream or a pretty green (like the leaves of a jade plant).

3 Sets of Pearl and/or Rhinestone Embellishments
Elegant mixes of pearls (or pearls and rhinestones) in swirly cascades. The designs are glued to an adhesive-backed, clear, flexible backing (thin in shape... narrower than the pearls themselves) so that you can easily transfer the design to your project. You can also cut the pieces apart if you want to rearrange them.

Black Envelope Album
Nicely designed. Six black 4" x 9" envelopes, bound into a book (each envelope has a flap, plus the flap on the outer envelope ("cover") has a longer flap and a string & button closure).

Twilight Fabric Patches
Three printed muslin patches. Approx. 3-1/2 x 5" each.

Hocus Pocus Clear Cards
6 heavy acetate cards (with rounded corners), printed with metallic inks. And they're exactly twice the size of an ATC, so just one would make great front and back covers for a little ATC booklet.

Coffin Shaped Treat Boxes
Heavy cardstock, die cut and scored for easy assembling: printed red on the inside and an ornate design in white on the black outside.