Craft room foiled deco project -

During a shopping trip to the Reconsidered Goods store in Greensboro I came across a hot foil plate that was marked $1.00.  It was a cute saying but not owning any of these hot foil plates by this company I was not sure how well it would work with my Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil machine that I use. Here is a photo of the foil plate:

It is a Gemini foil plate and it reads: "I'm so crafty I sweat glitter". I wanted to hot foil it and I also wanted frames that would be upright so they would fit on a small shelf or on the work table and not take up much space for a craft room deco project. I decided on clear acrylic frames on Amazon that I thought would work but before I ordered those I tried out the plate in the hot foil machine..... it worked well so I ordered the acrylic frames off Amazon.  I decided I would make one framed piece for me and one for the DSD. Here is a photo of mine with the red and gold:

For mine I used holographic gold foil from Spellbinders to hot foil the plate. I foiled it onto white card stock. I used holographic gold card stock and I cut a rectangle frame to frame the foiled piece. I put this onto red card stock, cut to size for the frame, and that was done. I wanted the back to look neat so I cut another piece of the red card stock for the back:

The one I made for the DSD is in teal and silver as teal is her favorite colour:

For hers I had holographic teal foil and I hot foiled it with that plate onto white card stock. Then for her rectangle frame I used silver holographic card stock in the stash. Again for the back I used the teal card stock:

Not a bad deal for a 1.00 hot foil plate by Gemini. These frames from Amazon are nice because they stand upright and are sturdy frames. A fun project and cute deco project for our craft rooms!

Used stamping supply sale --

 My PIC (stamping Partner in Crime) stopped over and picked me up and we headed to a used stamping supply sale we have shopped in the past. This sale is held at a ladies house yearly and she used to be a demonstrator for SU so in the past her yearly sales are mostly all SU products. This year she is no longer a demonstrator so I was not sure what to expect --- but happily I did find a few finds to add to my craft room for projects ahead... 

Was not looking for anything in particular but happy I was able to find Pumpkin Pie card stock still sealed and I think it was $3.50 or $4.00 which is a good deal since SU sells this size card stock for $11.00 per pack now. I also picked up two ink pads - one with the re-inker and one with the marker:

I think the ink pad with the extras were $3.00 or $3.50 per the set of two. I also bought a JOY die by Penny Black - already on a magnet sheet and in an envelope for $2.00:

Also in the above photo with the JOY die is a border die by Quickutz and it is the Evergreens die set and I paid $1.00 for that.

For the SU stamp sets with matching punches or dies she had them all spread out on her dining room table, in stacks if there were multiples of that stamp set. As I looked at the stamps on the table I would look through the multiples on the table of the same set - more than one stack would have 3 or 4 stamp sets and they all had different prices. So if I were to buy from a multiple stack I would check the condition and to be sure all pieces were in there, and then check for the cheapest price. One stack had a $6 price tag on the stamp set, the next set had an $8 price, and the last set was marked $12 so after I looked at all sets to be sure they were complete and in good condition I would take the cheaper stamp set and put it in the bag.... I picked up the Apple Builder punch:

The punch was $4 and the Rose kit was $3.00. I also picked up the Sweet Strawberry stamp set and matching punch and that was about $13.00 for the two:

The best deal I found was the Pines stamp with matching dies sold for $12 (?) and I was happy to bring that home:

Once home I put all the dies on the inside of the stamp case with the stamps so it will be stored together for easy use:

Glad all the dies were with the set as sometimes when you shop a used sale not all pieces are there together. 

Happy to find a few things to add to the craft room at affordable prices and a great selection. She had lots of printed card stock for sale, brads, ribbons, trims, markers, die cutting machine, steel ruled dies, storage containers, kits, ink pads, etc. But was careful to only pick up items I know I will use and not get caught up with the great prices......

MCT Santa Bag Treat Holder

Recently bought the Santa Bag die set from MCT (My-Creative-Time.com). This die set cuts out the Santa bag with a slit near the top of the bag so you can put a gift card in it. I wanted to make this Santa bag into a treat holder so here is a photo of my project:

This die set has four pieces to it - the base piece, a stitched die for the front of the bag, the tie piece, and the trim piece I put white pom poms on. I also used the MCT Create A Treat Bag die set of two that will cut out the piece to make this into a treat holder/box. Here is a side photo of this treat holder to show this box piece in place:

For my treat holder I used red card stock for the base and the stitched front die piece I cut out of red glittered card stock. For the tie to the bag I used white glittered card stock and I also used that for the trim piece that I put white pom poms from the stash on to give the bag front some dimension:

I do not have a photo of it but I used a floral die set from ScrapDivaDesigns for the red flower on the bag front and the gold flower center. I used this die from the stash for the swirl piece behind the flower:

I also used a holly punch from M Stewart for the two holly pieces - both the holly pieces and the swirl piece were cut out of green mirror card stock:

Went through the stash and found a small stamp set from LawnFawn for the greeting on the bag front:

I used black ink and stamped the greeting onto scrap white cardstock. Cut that out using a charm tag die set from Spellbinders:

Easy treat holder to put together - if you use this die set to hold a gift card when attached the bag front to the bag back (base) then use liquid glue just around the edge of the bag front so you can easily insert your gift card. Another cute project from MCT for the holidays ahead....