Reindeer flight

We have some fabulous new large dies in the shop that cut your base card for you

I have used presscut stepper die #1 for this card.

You get the base die and then scalloped dies for the matting and layering.

I do like dies that save you from measuring and scoring.

To decorate the card I have used Birch tree with birds die

The reindeer is a Tim holtz die called Reindeer flight and I used a stamp called 

Christmas story (by penny black)  to stamp on it with archival coffee ink.

The Merry Christmas is a presscut die that I have diecut in white card and then glittered.
I have also used chunky white frantage to create a snowy effect.

New Copic Sketch Colours, Word Play, and Inspiration

Lots of you have been asking for it, Tim Holtz and Sizzix are listening and have now released a new alphabet die set called Word Play. It's an alphabet set for die cutting that is on the Big Xl die size which means you can cut fabric with it. This die includes all the numbers and letters on one die - brilliant. Here's a picture of it alongside a regular decorative strip die:

There are new Stickles colours as well as new Liquid Pearl colours:

Colour swatches of both will be available at the Sir Stampalot shop for you to check out when next visiting.

Sizzix have come out with something called Stamp2Cut.

This is going to be a revolution. It's a software package that allows the eClips electronic cutting machine to cut shapes that are the same as some regular sized stamps. So you won't have to cut the stamped image out once you've stamped it. Superb idea for those of you who are like me and not a fan of cutting out.
Can't wait until the latest Sketch Copic colours arrive:

There are 12 new Copic Sketch colours in total which will come in a 12 pen set or sold individually.

Additionally, as well as the current 72 pen Sketch sets A, B, C and D, these new 12 colours will be combined with other Sketch colours to create the long awaiting E 72 Copic pen Sketch set.

Here's some background info about these new Copic Sketch colours from Marianne:
Loving this clip board from 7 Gypsies:

looks great decorated:

And these decorated tags make a great sampler:

Here's some samples from La Blanche rubber stamps:

Are these creations amazing or what?
Now these were just adorable:

Talking of adorable, I just so love these cute stamps from Stampendous, sorry I didn't take better close ups of these:

And for those of you that love the new Fran-tage products that we sourced end of last year, Stampendous have brought out a couple of new crushed glass glitter colours, including lavender:

and some new fragments:

and also some new kits to help you start your collection and save money:

There are also some new colours in the shabby chic embossing powder range as well as the 'aged' embossing powder range - just look at the embossing effect on these samples:

Here are some other samples of cards and layouts from a variety of stands at CHA

Here are some Basic Grey samples:

Loving these ribbons too:

Here are some Hero Arts samples:

and really like this stamp set from Hero Arts too:

Are these trees any good for you Brenda and Sally?

Sizzix Pop 'n Cut in the next post :)
- janicex