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Happy Spring (and FREE Happy Spring Gift Kit)
Filed under Bella's Corner, Collage Sheets, Featured Artwork, French Corsets Kit, Giveaways, Newsletters, Sale
Note: most of the links on this post no longer work, as we moved to a new Web site in 2018. However, you can see the supply list items from Bella’s project that are still available on the new site.
Happy Spring! In honor of Spring and the ongoing Sale on the ENTIRE Paper Flowers (and Leaves) Section (which ends this Sunday, March 23rd), we’ve created a new FREE Happy Spring Gift Kit! More info on that and today’s Giveaway are below. But first we have artwork from THREE talented ladies. And since one of them is Design Team Coordinator Miz Bella (Kim Ayers) (and she can’t write the intro to her own artwork!), I’ll lead off (and then hand over the introductions to Bella, who has the gift of gab!).
That clever Miz Bella realized that the original size of the On Sale! Cabinet Card Frames fit perfectly as pocketed pages in one of the Tim Holtz Worn Book Covers and used them to make a French Corsets Book. Very nice! Bella used lots of the pieces from the French Corsets Kit, then added tons more trims (from metal filigree to carved cabochon flowers, paper doilies, lace and seam binding). Here’s a link to all of the many goodies Bella used in her book.
More photos are on Bella’s blog post.
Now handing this introduction off to Bella:
Teri Calia has created a fabulous little Corset Tag Book from 3 of my favorite things — seam binding, fancy trim and vintage ads of women in corsets. Couldn’t you just play all day making things with those three elements?
In fact, that clever cat of a girl Teri has also created not one but TWO new collage sheets for the book! Corset Advertisements and Corset Tags both provide great inspiration not only for the tag book, but couldn’t you see them being used on cards, postcards, ATCs, handmade book pages, or . . .?!
(And since the Victorian Collage Sheets section is On Sale! through this Sunday, March 23rd, those 2 new sheets are on sale, too!)
The Curious Bird Seam Binding Set sets off the images with the On Sale! Garment District 6×6 Paper Pad perfectly, don’t you think? To enhance the colors of some of the images, Teri used the Copic Sketch Markers – Bird Toy Set. Finish off the book with the Pink Sweeper Fringe and you have a gorgeous gift to give someone! (And most of those items are also included in today’s Giveaway!)
More info and photos are on Teri’s blog. And here is Teri’s supply list.
Next up, Design Team Member Rhonda Secrist-Thomas has come up with a sweet little hanging ornament made out of the On Sale! Die-Cut Chipboard Corset. It’s the perfect Spring ornament with it’s lovely Old Fashioned Roses and On Sale! Green Stitched Leaf Ribbon draped over the corset form.
Hey, speaking of the corset — to make it Rhonda hand wove Black, Pink and Cream Seam Binding! The corset is embellished with the Teardrop Fused Pearls – (Strands) and tied-off with Silk Ribbon. I think that in addition to being an ornament, it could also be a lovely card or gift tag. Just adhere decorative paper to the back to write on and pop it into an envelope!
I can’t tell you how she was able to make the woven seam binding fit the shape of the corset — but if you head on over to her blog you’ll be able to find out how she did it. It’s so easy! You can find the blog post here.
You can see more photos of all of these projects in the Gallery.
More New Paper Flowers See ALL the Paper Flowers – All on Sale through March 23rd | |||
Even More New Goodies | |||
Hooray! A Spring Flower Sale Giveaway!
Nice! Not only bits and pieces of the supplies from all three of today’s artwork, but these new items, too:
– Tiny Paper Roses – Red White Variegated
– Tiny Paper Roses – Creamy Yellow
– Mulberry Paper Cherry Blossoms
– Tiny Half Round Crowns
– Corset Tags Collage Sheet
– Corset Advertisements Collage Sheet
Plus a couple random items I thought matched the set:
– Nature Die-Cut Adhesive Borders
– Manila Tags – Small (the size of the tags in Teri’s new collage sheet)
– Antique Queen Mask Charm
– Pink Paper Roses
And a Happy Spring Gift Kit!
To enter the Spring Flower Sale Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment BELOW on this blog post TODAY (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, March 20, 2014).
Don’t forget to leave your (hello! correct) email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.
Please be patient! Spammers try to post crap here a lot so comments are moderated. So if you don’t see your post in the comments section, be patient and check back in a few hours before re-posting it, please!
After midnight, I’ll randomly pick the winner (via Random.org). So make sure to check back to see who won! And check your mailbox on Sunday morning for the next Giveaway and Newsletter!
Hey, who won the Wanton Corset Giveaway? That would be Laura! (Note: # 118 on the comments… more than one person named Laura entered.) Please check your email for my message about getting your mailing address.
What a great way to celebrate the beginning of spring. This is a really nice kit, I love all the spring colors.
I only can say: Wow!
The kit is great and the corset tags are a hoot!
Loooooove this kit, it’s gorgeous! Hugs hugs
FANTASTIC!!! Happy Spring 🙂
Awesome giveaway!
Love the corset. I think it would be a fun welcome sign! cindy
These are adorable 🙂
Lovely giveaway!
Spring is here with the flowers to show for it! I love the tags Teri made. Thank you for a chance to win.
Sublime collection and the most stunning display of samples from your DT.
Thank you so much for another amazing giveaway.
Wishes
Lynne
Beautiful for Spring!
Love this giveaway!
I love this one!!! It’s gorgeous! Teri, I love the tags..I love everything! Whoopee!
Can anything be better than corsets! That is as long as your not wearing them of course! Love this kit!
Love to win…thanks, for the chance!
What a great start to spring, such pretty colors and fun shapes. It would be an honor to win this giveaway.
Love all the projects today – especially the French Corset book-beautiful idea. Great giveaway-would LOVE all those flowers!
these are so sweet and feminine!
I only found your site recently, but I’ve already ordered twice. I can see this being very addictive. Love the spring goodies!
Love, Love, Love this kit!
Oh I just love the corset new pages! & All those pretty spring flowers! Thanks for sharing and for a chance to win this great prize! Alpha Stamps Rocks!
What a sweet giveaway! Those corsets are really neat and I love all the flowers!
Flowers for the First Day of Spring!
I’m bound to win this prize! I can smell the sweet success of roses! Great giveaway.
I love corsets!
I am always amazed at the beautiful projects and giveaways you offer! Thanks for the chance to win.
I just love this kit. Wouldn’t hurt my feelings if I won this! Lol
Beautiful things! And I love Teris work . Such a lovely sample project!:)
Thank you Alpha Stamps for all the wonderful craft inspirations and great giveaways!
The corsets would be great for unique lingerie shower invites!
Another pretty offering, I’m hoping to win!:)
Here’s hoping spring starts with a surprise!
This is so pretty!
What a colorful display! Those red and white little flowers are just charming.
What a lovely giveaway. Thank you for the inspiration!
This is fabulous, thank you for the chance to win and the gorgeous inspiration!!!
What a wonderful kit–so many possibilities!
YAAAYYYYYYYYYYY !!!!!! spring 🙂
This is simply adorable. I wanna win this !!!!
Fabulous giveaway! Oh, what I couldn’t make with those lovelies!
Looking out my window it still looks like winter! but I have hope!
I also have hope I can win this beautiful kit.
My heart is racing and I feel all quivery inside!!! These are absolutely gorgeous!! I would be thrilled to see that I won these gorgeous goodies!!
The little mask charm, the doilies and ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Those flowers have me breathless! So many incredible and luscious goodies in this giveaway! Hubby has put me on a spending freeze for craft goodies because he says we need to eat.
Why? I can live on crafts so why can’t he? Between this darn Mr. Winter that does not want to let go and hubby spending freeze I am going bonkers.
Mama called the doctor to let him know how these goodies made me feel) and the doctor said….BARB needs these goodies to get her out of bed!
Seriously though, I am in love with all of these incredible goodies and would be honored to give them a home! They would be placed on projects with love and given to family and friends to brighten THEIR days too!
Thanks for the chance to win them and I will be anxiously checking to see who is the incredibly lucky winner tomorrow morning!
We still have snow, but I can smell the beautiful flowers in this kit.
Awesome
Fabulous projects and another fun giveaway!! Hope springs eternal 🙂 Thanks for all the colorful inspiration!
Just received my March kit and can’t wait to play!!
Great giveaway for the first day of Spring.
Very pretty – Looking forward to Spring flowers.
So many pretty things to play with in this giveaway!
OH La La! Such goodies!
Wow, what a wonderful Spring giveaway.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
What a gorgeous giveaway- I’m throwing my bonnet in please
Love the Spring Flower Giveaway, especially all the beautiful paper flowers, the trims, the doilies and the metal charms!!
Flowers for spring!!!!!!! Oh my goodness we certainly do need them! The corsets are so adorable too! Please pick me!!!
Happy Spring!! What a great way to celebrate!
I adore this! It’s absolutely beautiful and I love everything with it!
Awesome giveaway, thanks for the chance to win!
Awesome products!
Awesome new kit! SO MANY PRETTY SHINIES!
Beautiful blooms! So springy!
Hurray for Spring
Love the Corset Tag book!
Wonderful new corset creations and a great giveaway, I’d love to be entered!
Perfect for spring!
More beautiful spring flowers! Love your great giveaways.
I love it! Fingers and toes crossed! 🙂
Spring is in the air…love this giveaway!
As Snow White sang “I’m wishing, I’m wishing”! Thank you Alpha Stamps for even a chance to win and happy spring to you all.
This giveaway is amazing.
Beautiful, beautiful giveaway! Goes perfect with the March kit.
What a beautiful girly girl inspiration…so spring. Loving the colors and what great art projects!
pure heaven!! here in South Africa we are heading into autumn! wiuld love to be reminded of spring! Hettienne – hettienne@telkomsa.net
As always, generous & beeeeeutiful!!!
This is a gorgeous giveaway – so colorful and springtime oriented. Love your store so much.
Love those gorgeous corset projects and what a fab giveaway. Margie
I’m so ready for a Spring project! I’ve already purchased the corset die cut – I just need some lovely flowers!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Spring flowers! How wonderful. I’m waiting for some real Spring flowers to pop up here!
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful. What else can I say. Spring is truly here.
These creative ladies do it again! Wonderful ideas.
Absolutely inspiring! Thank you for the opportunity!
I love to see the amazing artwork of everyone. And I’d love to win this.
LOVE IT! LOVE IT !! I think we all could use a breath of Spring ! I would love to have this !!thanks
This would be so lovely to play with! oh! I hope I win this time!!
::Crossing fingers::
lovely!!!
Wonderful! Hope I am the”Lucky One” !!!
We won’t be seeing spring in the UP of Michigan for quite some time. I would love to win this. I need some hope! Thanks for the chance.
This is great could really use it. TTFN
What a wonderful giveaway! Oh, the things I could create with all these flowers!!
Wow, another beautiful giveaway! Well done! Would love to win!! Blessings, Lori
I have made some steampunk corsets, it would be so fun to do some victorian ones with frills and flowers.
So glad I received this post. I especially like that you include a materials list. It gives me ideas on ways to use your products.
Audrey
Love all your blooming supplies! Would love to play in your garden of art!
One more reason to love Alpha Stamps!
What a better way to celerate the begining os spring than with flowers ( and a giveaway)!!! Thank you for the chance to win such a fantastic prize!! Love the corset tag ablbum, its beautiful!!!
More eye candy and a chance to win.
The creativity to put these packages together is amazing they are always enticing. Who wouldn’t want to win this beautiful kit.
Love the Victorian patterns in this giveaway! Happy Spring!
Wonderful giveaway!
Lovely, lovely flowers! I hope to be seeing some real ones soon in my backyard after the snow melts!
Hooray! For Spring! For Corsets (that we don’t wear)! For a chance to win!
Happy first day of Spring! What a great way to celebrate. Pretty flowers and spring colors! Thanks for another wonderful giveaway.
I love it all. I hope I win.
I love how feminine these are….
All I can say is oooh la la!
HOW CUTE !!!!!
thanks for a chance to win
Hi, I absolutely loveee everything! Thank you for this fabulous opportunity! Good luck to all. Happy Spring!
Hugs and many blessings…
Bobbi Ann
Awesome giveaway ! Hope to win!
How much fun – the bead garland is just darling!
I especially like the gold doilies
I really love these flowers. I would love to win them. If I would win, I would give them a good home. My nickname is “garden lady”. Thanks!!
Winning would put a “spring” in my step!!!!
Another truly amazing five-away. Thanks for doing this so often.
Another truly amazing give-away. Thanks for doing this so often.
As always…generous, beautiful & wondrous to win!
Spring and flowers what more than you ask for !
Love the theme lately…flowers are always wonderful and corsets are a hoot, glad I don’t have to wear one 🙂 ! The projects made with both are so fun!!
The corsets are marvellous, and the spring goodies are gorgeous!
what a spring time delight !
Spring is in the air! Thanks for the chance to win this fun give away!
All this fun stuff makes me want to do collage around the poem by Emily Dickinson
Dear March – Come in –
How glad I am –
I hoped for you before –
Put down your Hat –
You must have walked –
How out of Breath you are –
Dear March, how are you, and the Rest –
Did you leave Nature well –
Oh March, Come right upstairs with me –
I have so much to tell –
I got your Letter, and the Birds –
The Maples never knew that you were coming –
I declare – how Red their Faces grew –
But March, forgive me –
And all those Hills you left for me to Hue –
There was no Purple suitable –
You took it all with you –
Who knocks? That April –
Lock the Door –
I will not be pursued –
He stayed away a Year to call
When I am occupied –
But trifles look so trivial
As soon as you have come
That blame is just as dear as Praise
And Praise as mere as Blame –
– See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/22829#sthash.mQD9dvDZ.dpuf
Lovely Spring florals
I just LOVE paper flowers! Beautiful spring projects