Mistletoe Kit & 5 New Christmas Collage Sheets

Filed under Christmas, Collage Sheets, Marie Antoinette

Both versions of the Mistletoe Kit have lots of component options for creating Christmas cards & collage projects.

Kit #1 contains:

1. Two archival, 8.5 x 11″ 60# cardstock collage sheets:

   Winter Birds
   Cardinals, chickadees, robins (and a few I don’t recognize) plus lots of red and green from holly. And a beautiful children’s book spread including the music to “The North Wind & the Robin.”

   and

   Gnomes & Birds
   Feeding the birds in the snow, with some holly, pine cones and mistletoe. More copies of both sheets (and some additional collage sheets with a similar color palette: Here Comes Santa Claus and Dickens’ Christmas) are available in the collage sheets section.

2. One 12″ x 12″ scrapbook sheet (printed on cardstock) with die-cut edges (like a giant postage stamp). It has stripes of reindeer, holly, polka dots and snowflakes in a deep red and a pear green (the colors and motifs of the other 2 scrapbook sheets, too).
3. Two doubled-sided 12″ x 12″ cardstock scrapbook sheets:

   One sheet has a repeating pattern of cardinals on holly branches on the front side, with a dark brown polka-dot pattern on the back.

   The second sheet has fun, colorful stripes of diamonds, polka-dots, text (lyrics to “Let it Snow”) and numbers (1-25 for the days in December until Christmas) on the front side, with a faded accounting/ledger sheet on the back.

   The three scrapbook papers (numbers 2 & 3 in this list) are also available as a set.
   

4. Eleven (!) yards of festive ribbons (1 yard each of 11 different ribbons). Lots of reds (including a beautiful, wide silk ribbon, a striped red & white twill, and a velour ric-rac) and greens (including wired mini pom-poms and a soft, drapey leaf green rayon seam binding) but also some brown mini-gingham and a tan twill tape printed with music notes.

   The ribbon set is also available separately.

   Note: the 4 items below (items in Kit #2) are also available separately, so you can buy Kit #1 plus just one (or more) of the 4 additional items.

 
Kit #2 contains everything in Kit #1, plus these 4 items:

5. Journaling Book
   It’s not really a book, but a spiral-bound set of 30 perforated sheets (5 each of 6 designs), to tear out and use in other projects. Or you can leave the 15 paper pages in the book and tear out the 15 printed clear acetate transparencies to intersperse.
6. Printed Masking Tapes
   1 yard each of 3 printed masking tapes (3/4″ wide). They’re backed with a liner/release paper so the adhesive won’t remove the design from the next layer on the spool.

   There’s one yard with dark brown/white polka dots, another with the cardinal design from one of the scrapbook papers, and a third with numbers (1-25 for the days in December until Christmas).

7. 3 Metal Keys
   Antique brass colored metal. The words “Peace”, “Joy” and a cardinal. Two are printed designs under an epoxy dome.
8. Mixed Die-Cuts
   Here’s a good idea: the same die-cut designs printed on cardstock, heavy chipboard and clear acetate transparency.

   Christmas trees, cardinals, text in frames (“let it snow”, “Merry Christmas”, “festive”…), stars, mistletoe… 90 pieces.

   More pictures (and larger ones) are on the Mistletoe Kit page.

 
A Few More Christmas Items

Santa on the Moon Full-Color Dresden (Die-Cut Scraps)
I didn’t realize Santa goes to the moon. 6″ x 9″ sheet. Die-cut and embossed. Imported from Germany.

Poinsettias Foiled Paper
Heavy, 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper with gold and silver foiled leaf designs.

North Pole Post Rubber Stamp
A sweet Christmas faux-postage stamp dated 1961. Available wood-mounted only. The “postage stamp” portion is 1-3/8″ wide.

Silly Santas Collage Sheet
(Were you keeping track of that 5th promised Christmas collage sheet?) A couple of my favorites are: Santa riding a bicycle and dressed from WWI, and Santa smoking a cigar and toasting with champagne. Plus the manic Santa shown at left.

 
Miscellaneous

Prong Frames w/Acrylic Inserts
Perfect size for inchies! (1″ x 1″.) Acrylic inserts come with a protective paper covering that is easily peeled off.

Marie (Magazine) 
In a rare instance, I’ll just quote from the publisher: “Marie Antoinette is a historical icon whose decadent and beautiful way of life has inspired generations of artists. The dresses … the crowns … the cakes … and more… are all what cause us to marvel at how one woman could lead the charge to live in the moment and with great attention to detail.”

Silver Bead Frame
Sterling-plated frame that fits approx 8mm beads (bicones would be a nice fit) with a leaf and spiral design. Horizontal hole through each side (so you can thread wire through the frame and the center bead). Artwork by Design Team Member Frieda Oxenham.

Magnetic 3-Strand Leaf Clasp
Sterling plated. 20mm x 37mm. Very strong magnet. The large leaf hides the magnetic clasp.

Medium Bee Charms – 3 New Colors
New colors: antiqued gold-, pewter- and copper-plated brass. 1/2″ tall. Sets of 5.

Tiny Bee Charms
Tiny (1/4″ tall) embossed designs (stampings, so concave on the back). Raw brass.

Pewter/Peridot Crystal Drops
Beautiful silver-plated pewter dangles with peridot Swarovski bicone crystals.

New Color Bird Nest Charms: Raw Brass
Antiqued silver-plated brass or raw brass. Approx. 7/8″ wide (no loop). Shown with glass window beads.

Baroque Scroll with Loop
Raw brass stampings with a little rococo feel. Approx 3/4″ wide.

New Color Cast Eiffel Tower Charms: Antique Gold
3D cast pewter. Almost 1-1/4″ tall.

Black Acrylic Rose Beads
Round, carved (well… cast) rose design. Not heavy for their size. 23 beads/strand. Approx 5/8″ diameter.

New Silk Ribbon Color: Cream
5/16″ wide. Also available in light pink, light aqua, cornflower blue, gold, dusty pink (darker than light pink), khaki tan, green and dark red.