Pretend it’s Spring

Filed under Halloween, Marie Antoinette, Newsletters, Rubber Stamps, Sale

(and for those in the Southern Hemisphere: Happy Spring!)

I’m not sure what happened, but a confluence of pink roses has appeared… not really me (and a little odd as we’re heading into the Fall holidays in North America…

Annalee Paper Set
Beautiful designs (roses, harlequin diamonds, and a sheet of mixed borders) in shades of pink, gold, aqua-to-turquoise and a bit of orange. Three heavy 12″ x 12″ double-sided sheets. And not a new item, but some of the silk ribbons look fabulous with these Spring colors (see that little photo at lower left).

Love Letter Roses
Gorgeous 1-1/2″ diameter mulberry paper roses (in three color options) sprinkled with clear glitter. Shown in the Marie Antoinette sample art by Design Team Member Rhonda Secrist Thomas, also using Stitched Mulberry Roses Paper, the Off With Her Head Collage Sheet and a Small Ornate Brass Frame.

Organza Ribbon Roses
Beautiful organza roses (in 2 colors: pink or olive) on a soft net backing.

Rose Beads – 2 Sizes
Metallicized plastic. Lightweight. 8mm or 14mm size in: red, teal, lilac, bronze or green. We’ve had the smaller red ones before but lots of new color and sizes have now been added.

Mini “Flights of Fancy” Paper Flowers
Tube of approx. 50 mulberry paper flowers (“mini” as this is a 5″ tall, resealable plastic tube). The largest flowers are 1-1/4″ in diameter.

Small Rose Masks
Five die-cut, clear, flexible plastic masks, hinged into a swatchbook (a mask is kind of the inverse of a stencil, as you’ll be leaving the unpainted design behind when you remove the mask).

These masks do not come with adhesive on the back. Simply hold down (or spray with repositionable adhesive) and apply inks, paints, sprays, or a variety of other mediums over the mask. The masks are clear, so you are easily able to see how much ink you are applying.

 
A Few More Halloween Goodies

Haunted Kraft Scrapbook Paper
Heavy kraft paper with black flocking (on the chandeliers) on the front side. 12″ x 12″, double-sided heavy sheets. Yummy.

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).

Witching Hour & Good Fortune Scrapbook Papers
Two single sheets, but they look great together. Good Fortune (at the far right) is a really nice acid green (lighter… more like faded lime on the front) with a Ouiji board design (and a delicate lace border on the edges of the back). Witching Hour is a rich, multi-layered Halloween paper with bats, crows, spiders, bare trees and floral filigree in beautiful olive and orange hues (just a snippet is shown at right).

Toil & Trouble Scrapbook Paper
A fun Halloween paper with bats & skulls woven into the swirly black pattern (and black polka dots on orange on the back side).

Halloween Cupcake Wraps
I saw these and thought “wrought iron fence!” Set of 12 plus 24 decorated toothpicks.

Thin Orange/Black Stitched Ribbon
1/8″ wide; dark orange with black center stitching.

 
Miscellaneous

Shades of Alchemy Swatchbook
Wonderful recipe book of rusty, grungy, distressed faux finishes by the fabulous Michael deMeng. Great names, too, like “Undead Red” and “Goblin Green.” 19 recipe pages plus covers. For those so inclined, Michael has made an iPhone app of these recipes.

Raised Round Pendants – Single Loop
Silver-plated cast pewter pendants (13/16″ inside dimension) with a raised center area (and cross-hatching texture on the inside area, so could be used for polymer clay). The same size as the pendants with double loops.

Swirl Connectors
Antique gold or silver (plated over pewter). 33mm tall.

Shown in the sample art with an image from the Birds & Butterflies collage sheet.

Numeral Binding Rings
Classy (or steampunk) finishing to a handmade book. Antique brass or antique silver finish. Approx. 1-1/2″ in diameter (outside of the rings).

Dollhouse Hinges
Solid brass. Set of 4 plus 24 tiny nails.

On Edge – Red Rub-Ons (at far right)
8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet of rub-ons with lots of detailed borders that would be a nice flourish on a collage, even if just using a small portion of one of the designs. (Kind of Christmas-y, too.) Also available in metallic gold and black.

Vintage Corners Rub-Ons – Metallic Copper
8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet of rub-ons with beautiful scrolls and filigree (and the picture doesn’t do the metallic copper color justice). Some of these designs (in a smaller size) are also in the (red) Mini Vintage Rub-Ons.

Artsy Banner Clear Stamp Set
A large set (21 stamps) with some great borders, text texture, music, faux postage and banners (awning fringe?) with lots of possibilities.

5 Mini Rounded Bottles
Most are the same size, 1-2 are a bit smaller (only 1 happened to be the smaller size in the ones I photographed). No stoppers/corks.

 
New on Sale!

2 Paper Doll Clear Stamp Sets:
Dapper Dude & Riding Boots
Set of 13 or 7 clear stamps, respectively, including a Victorian gentleman and some costume accessories for him.

1-1/2″ Tall Glass Bottles
Baby brother size of the 2″ bottles we package sand and the Mermaid Micro Marbles Mix in.

Crepe Paper
Bright colors for Halloween or Christmas projects. 1-3/4″ wide “streamer” rolls.

Astronomer Rubber Stamp
A really large stamp, adapted from a vintage woodcut by Jose Guadalupe Posada.

Carved Shell Flowers
Natural color. 27mm diameter. Single hole, top drilled front-to-back. Colors and sizes may vary.

Fancy Oval Settings & Cabochons: 40x30mm
Metalicized plastic setting with an antique gold finish and clear acrylic cabochons. They have a lovely shell design at the top of the scrollwork. With the large size, you’ll be glad the settings are not brass (they look like metal but are very lightweight). Note: the settings have a hollow back (beside using for pendants, or a cartouche on a paper theatre, you could put 2 back-to-back – with double-sided artwork between the 2 cabs – for a beautiful ornament).

Large Fan with Flowers
Beautiful, antique-gold colored metal fan. Necklace by Design Team Member Teri Calia.

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

Skull Beads – Horizontal Hole
Double-sided (a face on both sizes); 11x8mm; 2.5mm hole. Antiqued plate over cast pewter. 3 color options.