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Twelve Days of Christmas

Filed under Christmas, Newsletters, Rubber Stamps

2 Clear Stamp Sets
The first set, 12 Days of Christmas, includes 15 individual stamps. The twelve “12 Days of Christmas” stamps are small enough to be used on “inchies” (they’re just under 1″ x 1″). The “12 Days of Christmas” booklet, below, is by Design Team Member Sharon Walworth.

The second set, Merry Christmas, includes 8 individual stamps: a ‘Merry Christmas’ collage frame, 4 foliage stamps (Poinsettia, English Holly, White Pine & Mistletoe), a trio of nutcrackers and an illustrated stained glass window.

Inchies Frames (Red Rubber) Stamp Set 

Cute little frames/borders for using your inchies (or color copies of them) as faux postage on a letter (or collage). And I had to include some little stages, plus curtains and strips (borders) to build your own little frames. (And the 2 x 2 grid to help align inchies better if you’re doing a big grid of them.)

This is a new, re-designed set based on our original inchies clear stamp set. With more images — and on sale — it’s more stamps for a lower price than the original set!

Cat’s Eye Chalk (Pigment) Ink Pads
ColorBox Fluid Chalk inks share the resilience of pigment ink but stamp and blend like dye ink, drying quickly. The “fluid chalk” ink gives a soft, matte “chalk-y” result. 5 colors.

Scalloped Square Paper Punch
1-1/2″ square punch. Sturdy. Perfect size for a background behind an inchie (like Sharon used in her booklet, above).

 
Christmas-y Faceted Bead Sets

Metallic Faceted Bead Sets
Sets of metallic faceted beads in 3 color options (each set includes beads in the same color in three sizes):
– four 4mm beads
– two 6mm beads
– one 8mm bead

Gold Spacer Disks
Gold-plated brass. 4mm. A good size to use between the Metallic Faceted Beads.

3mm Firepolished Czech Beads
So much shiny goodness in such a small size. 16 colors, available in 3 groups:
– Light/Clear
– Hurricane Glass (2 colors swirled together during pressing)
– Metallic/AB Coated

The beautiful stitched ornament by Maggie Wihnyk uses some of these 3mm bead (in Iris/Blue and Lime), some Triangular Beads (see the next paragraph), and blue beads from the Metallic Faceted Bead Sets (above).

Triangular Beads
Interesting triangular shape (size 8/0). Available in Frosted Sugar Plum or Rainbow Topaz.

 
More Supplies for Christmas Projects

Red & Green Striped Ribbons
1-1/2″ wide sheer ribbons with diagonal stripes. Wired edges (easily removed if you’d like).

Gold/Green Metallic Ribbon
Something shiny to wrap a package? 1/4″ wide.

Flocked Mini Bottle Brush Christmas Trees
Sweet little versions of 1950s flocked trees, on flat wooden bases. In pink or cream. Warning: my cat ran off with one within a minute.

 
Miscellaneous

The Archeon Tarot Deck 
A beautiful work of art by Timothy Lantz. The deck integrates art and iconography from mythology, mysticism, and dream imagery; both the major and minor arcana are illustrated.

Mini Playing Card Deck
2-1/8″ x 1-1/2″ in a standard 52-card deck with a pair of jokers. In a little plastic box.

Square Brass Pendant Blanks
29mm square with a hole in the top. Patinaed/antiqued brass (more rustic than other patinaed brass pieces). A good size for covers for a tiny inchies book. The sample at right shows using the pendants for all the pages in a mini book (you could even use jump rings to bind it… or wire like in the sample).

  
Posted by Leslie, December 6th, 2009

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