Blog Candy

I am totally surprised at the lack of response to my blog candy giveaway...a free stamp set!!! Holy Moly where are you all at? Please read the previous post for full details and have fun!!!

Where is she???

(sung to the tune of: where has my little dog gone?) Oh where, Oh where has Arctic Stamp Queen gone, oh where, oh where has she gone? She 's gone out to the garage and seen her messy workbench, she's lost her mojo so bad.



Okay so am admitting it, I am a messy stamper. Now, I must confess that this mess started when my kids and husband set their stuff down on my cutting bench and made it hard for me to stamp in "MY" area. So, I took some stuff into the house to make a few projects and then we had company over and I had my kids throw it in a box so I could put it away the next day...except the next day came and I had to make another project superfast...so I pulled that stuff into the house and when I was done put it in the same box to put away the next day...well, the next day I had to start getting my house and family ready for vacation so I didn't make it out there and then we went on vacation and when we came back I had to get laundry done and everyone packed again for our lake trip with friends...do you see where this is going??? And, my sister and her family are coming up on Thursday to spend the week with us, so I don't think I'm going to get around to this anytime soon. So, I am taking a break for a couple of weeks. until after 4th of July. I didn't plan on it, but I feel so guilty when I am not able to post for ya guys I figured it would be easier to confess and take a break than to just not post.



Speaking of reading posts, I just found Google Reader service...very, very cool. You can enter the links to blogs that you frequent and then when you check the reader it shows you which blogs have posts that you haven't read...it's something I highly recommend.

Now, to alleviate my feelings of guilt...I am offering my first ever blog candy. I liked the set Labelicious so much that I apparantly ordered it twice, so now I get to give it to a lucky blog reader...Leave a comment telling me what you would like to see a tutorial on. I will choose one and prepare a tutorial for my blog. Post your topics until midnight Alaska time on July 4th.

Ta for now...have a stamp happy day!!!

Personalized Scripture Case

We are still out of town on vacation, we've decided to extend a little bit as mom is going back in the hospital on Tuesday to start an anti-rythmic medication. It's strong and can cause a heart attack so she has to be under observation for a several days. We decided we need to be there for her and for dad if something happens.

So, I am sharing this project from a few years ago. This is a Z-Becky Brown purse, does anyone remember these? I don't know if they even manufacture them still. Anyway, I used this as a purse for 2 years and then decided to convert it to a scripture case. The front is monogrammed and overstamped with a script background, I have a picture of my family from about 4 years ago...probably time to update that. I love the ribbon on the handle, it feels so girlie. I love that this case highlights what is most important to me...my family!!! Thanks for looking and have a stamp happy day!!!

Name Frame

I made this name frame for my Mother-in-law's Christmas present. I got the frame at Wal-Mart. It had a gold accent on the edge of the frame, so I used my silver Zig Painty pen to make them silver. I covered the frame backer with patterened paper and cut my mat from textured cardstock and laered it into strips of foam board to create a shadow box. The letter tiles are stamped with numerous SU! background stamps and have a different ribbon treatment on each one. I finished with a hat pin that I made from the pretties kit, I colored one of the clear beads with an alcohol marker to match the colors. I adhered every other letter with sticky strip and then placed a letter overlapping with Stampin' Dimensionals. I tied ribbon around a round clip and slid it onto the mat. I then closed up the back and had a unique christmas present for my mom-in-law. Have a stamp happy day!!!

Nestibilities Storage Idea

As many of you know, I love, Love, LOVE my Nestabilities. They are the one stamping tool that I reach for over and over again. I have a tendency to go through my stamp stuff and purge from time to time, but I will NEVER get rid of these. As such, I didn't mind investing a little bit in my storage for these. I had them stored in CD cases, but once I got the large rectangles, I needed to find something else. I went to a National Scrapbook Day crop at my local scrapbook store: Backporch Memories and found these fabulous magnetic books by Quickutz. They are used to store their cookie cutter dies, but they work perfect for my Nesties. I was so happy to finally find a workable longterm storage solution for these, that I had to share it. Enjoy!!!and have a stamp happy day!