Artful Avocations

18 New Sets!!!

I am so excited about the upcoming release of 18 new stamp sets from A Chemistry With Paper!  There is a really cute set with an Old Fashioned Soda Fountain theme, a couple of sets to use making tags and labels for your homemade holiday drink mixes and baked goodies, a western set, a backyard set, a cocktail set, some sets with fall, Christmas, and Thanksgiving themes, and some fun labels to stamp directly onto address labels and wrap up Hershey Nuggets.  There is even one themed for scrapping apple and pumpkin picking trips.  There's too much to list it all here, but pretty soon I will be able to post some samples and link you to A Chemistry With Paper's website.  In the meantime,  if you are interested  in preordering any of the sets, please e-mail me for information on how you can be one of the first to get your hands on these stamps.  Thanks for looking!

Winter Fun

This is my last post for the evening.  I used the Winter Fun set from Chemistry w/Paper.  Also used were SU! In Color card stocks and Whisper White.  I used the largest Wizard nestability die to cut and emboss the oval.  For the Blue Bayou oval, I traced around the outside of the die and cut it out with my SU! scalloped scissors then used a 1/8" hole punch to punch a hole in each scallop.  I used a glitter pen to draw in the snowflakes and add a little glimmer to the snowman, snowballs, and tree.  I like that the arms for the snowman are separate stamps so you can opt not to use them or choose your own placement, like in the sample where he is holding one of the snowballs.  If you are interested in ordering information for this stamp set or any of the 18 new stamps sets from Chemistry w/Paper, please e-mail me and I will send you the information.  Thanks for stopping by!

Samples Using the New Halloween Set

Here are three samples using the new Halloween set from the new stamp company, Chemistry With Paper.  I wanted to put a Happy Halloween tag on the candy corn card, but don't have the stamp yet...ugh!  I am supposed to be getting all of the new sets tomorrow!  [Yippee!!]  Then I will be able to finish that card.  I love this candy corn because you can color each section!  I have so many candy corn stamps and all of them have at least one solid section which can make it tricky to color it like a real candy corn.  I also like that the candy corn border is just a bit wider than 4-1/4" to fit across a standard card.  I also have an affection for the tiny carmel apple...it's so cute!  Click on the picture to enlarge it so you can see the apple better.  The watermark kind of blocks it in the smaller picture.  Chemistry With Paper does not have an online store...yet...but, you can e-mail me and I will give you the details for ordering.  Thanks for looking!

One More Sneak Peek!

Here is one more of the new stamp sets.  There are 18 in all!!!  This set was designed with scrapbooking fall apple and pumpkin picking events.  Since I am an elementary school teacher, the first thing that came to my mind was scrapping our class field trips to the apple farms and pumpkin patches.  The apple and pumpkin pies would look very nice on recipe cards too.  This set is also about 8" wide x 5-1/2" tall.  For reference, the bushel basket is 2-1/4" wide from handle to handle and 1-7/16" tall in the center.  The single apples are 5/8" x 5/8".  The words that are included in this set can be arranged to state a variety of autumn apple and pumpkin picking and pie making events.  They are also perfect for stamping labels for home baked goodies for church or craft bazzars and gift giving.  The special preorder price for this clear acrylic stamp set is $19.99.  Please send me an e-mail with "Autumn Picking preorder" in the subject line and I will send you ordering information.  Thanks for looking!

Another New Set!

Here is another new set!  This set is designed to be used for card making and scrapbooking.  The swirl border stamp is long enough to fit across a six inch scrapbook page.  The stamps are made of clear acrylic.  The overall size of the set layout is about 8" wide x 5-1/2" tall.  For reference, the snowman is 1-3/4" tall x 1-3/8" at widest part of body.  The special preorder price for this set is $19.99 plus shipping and handling.  E-mail me with "Winter Fun preorder" in the subject line for ordering information.  I'll be posting some samples soon!  Thanks for looking.

The New Stamps are Almost Here!

Here is a sneak peek at the brand new Halloween set.  The images lend themselves well to any coloring medium such as watercolor or chalks, alcohol markers, etc.  If you would like to preorder this set, please send me an e-mail at sharonsrivera@aol.com and I will give you ordering information.  Please write in the subject line "Halloween set preorder".  The overall size of the set is about 8 inches wide and about 5-1/2 inches tall.  They are acrylic clear stamps, made in the USA with acrylic polymers, not the yellowing silicone that you find in imported clear stamps.  The special preorder price for this set is only $19.99 plus shipping and handling.  Sorry, but only U.S. orders can be processed at this time.  As soon as I get my hands on this set, I will be posting some samples.  Happy stamping!!