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I had so much fun playing with the Natures Christmas digistamp set From Lindsay’s stamp stuff last week that I decided to use it again this week and make cards with the cardinal stamps included in the kit:

I also used the holly corners from the kit to decorate the plain edges of my cream cardstock. I love this project because I got to use up some scraps, the pattern paper was leftover from last Thursdays card and the little metal word charms (Makingmenories) were left over from my 2004 Christmas cards (I’m telling you, I must have bought 100 of those charms on clearance at Joanns that year;) I love to use stuff up!

These cards qualify for the following challenges: 2 Sisters (animal fun), All Sorts & City Crafter (holiday), Cowgirls Sunday Challenge & Polycraft & SSDD (anything goes), Anything Challenge (Christmas), Creative Card Crew (Flowers), Digital Tuesday (Ribbons, buttons), Fab & Funky & Karbers Challenges(use a Digi), fuzzy Wuzzy (more than one image-the card with the holly corners), Gingersnap (Punches), Lothian Crafts, Sew MAny Challenges (Christmas), Marks Fines Paper & Sundays with Chrissy (buttons & bows), Stamp Insanity (Heavy Metal-Metal word charms and metal buttons on cards) and Christmas Blog Challenge (Christmas card for a guy).

cardnailwithcorners — The felt flowers were from a Martha Stewart craft kit.

Here is a peek at the Natures Christmas set, it is never to early to get started on Christmas projects!

Here are two new sets in the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Shop this week: Cupcake Carrier Template and Winterland clip art.

and now for what you’ve all been waiting for, the freebie, click the pic to download:

Now let’s see what the über talented Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff DT has been up to this week:

Cheryl Gorka DT Coordinator

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Have you ever had a great idea and then realized a flaw in your plan when it was too late to do anything about it? I planned to have a tutorial on photocopy transfers today, I went to the library yesterday and had the Vintage Halloween Label stamps I wanted to transfer onto tile coasters photocopied only to realize that I forgot to mirror image my designs before they copied them…and of course I realize this AFTER the library closed 😛 (I would have had backwards words if I did that so with no time to come up with a new project I decided to revive the art of Decoupage and venture onward with this project:

tb_lweirichcoasters — Craft this set in no time with the Vintage Halloween Labels set from Lindsay's stamp Stuff!

Here is how to decoupage your very own coasters:

Print out your designs on a LAZER printer or print them out on an ink jet printer and have them photocopied. The toner in lazer printers and photocopy machines won’t bleed when you paint over it with mod-podge.
Color your images with ALCOHOL based markers such as Bic Markits, Copic, Sharpie, Promarker or Prismacolor. Avoid using a xylene based marker like Chartpack, it will lift the toner.
Closely trim around your designs.
Use a brush to paint a layer of decoupage medium such as Mod-podge or white glue (not the washable kind) on a ceramic tile then place your colored cut out image on top and paint another coat of decoupage medium over it.
Let dry. If you like you can add additional coats of Mod-Podge for added durability.
Put felt, cork or foam pads on the bottom of the tile to protect your furniture.
Enjoy knowing you have the coolest coasters on the block!

This project qualifies for the following challenges: Bunny Zoe’s & Creatilicious (vintage), Cards For Men (decoupage), Craft Your Passion (anything goes) and Lil Red Wagon (altered item)