Stamps & Paper

It’s been a yucky weekend. I would of posted a winner much sooner, though Ethan’s been battling a really bad cold and now he’s got a tummy bug. Isn’t it sort of funny how kids manage to get everything at once? I’m terribly fearful it will all come my way. I guess I’ll find out in three to seven days. Oh joy.

Here’s the random winner for the “Snowed In” kit collection:

Maryangella
Ethan is at such a wonderful stage of his life and how great that he was so excited this year. There is nothing like the magic of Christmas when it comes to children. My favorite line this year is by Sassafras, I love the colors and playfulness of the papers. Thanks for the great give-away, that line looks beautiful. Have a great day.

Congratulations Mary! Please email me with your mailing address so I can mail you the kit.

Thank you to the many of you that shared some of your favorite holiday collections! If you haven’t read the comments from the previous post and are in the market for holiday paper, be sure to check out everyone’s faves! There’s lots to choose from and much worth taking home.

I’ve heard a lot about Cordination’s “ColorCore” Cardstock and was lucky enough to find some at one of the local scrapbook stores near my home (Scrapbooks Too , Bloomington MN). I have to tell you, I’m in love with this paper! Why? The colors are gorgeous and the surface treatment/texture is a little different from the other kinds of cardstock I usually use. Another reason I’m excited about this paper is because the paper is heavily saturated with bright, bold color. I use a lot of “bright colors” in my layouts and it’s not always easy to find bright colored cardstock. Bazzill manufacturers every color under the rainbow, but the colors aren’t as intense as palette provided by Cordinations. I’m guessing this may be something unique to Cordinations cardstock manufacturing process…if anyone out there has used this paper, I’d love to hear what you’ve done with it. Be sure to check out the Cordination’s website for more info on this paper…it’s rather informative.

Hero Arts has released their new 2009 Spring stamp collection along with their latest idea book. These “Four Doll” stamps are unavoidably cute. I’ve not a clue what I’m going to do with them, but there has to be some hidden potential there. For a little extra assistance, I picked up the idea book also. I need a serious dose of fresh ideas for using stamps. I rarely use the stamps I own because I’m not always sure how to use them on my layouts. Because stamp images are usually small, it’s not always obvious how to incorporate them in a large layout/project. A stamped image is easily lost on a layout if not used in some obvious way (which I’m not good at). I’m hoping this book will provide me some serious inspiration…I’m desperately in need of it.

Golden Harvest/Holiday Cheer Kit Update: I’m waiting on a few misc.  from a couple of manufactures.  Once the kits have the necessary product to be sold and shipped, I’ll email those on the reservation list first and then post a “paypal” shopping cart on my blog sidebar for purchasing kits. Thank you for your continued patience. Estimated time of availability: Mid-January. Kits will be shipping out of California. I’ve asked Scrapbook Oasis to kit all the items and have them ready for shipping in the next few weeks (pending product availability)! I’ll provide further update next week