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Oh Baby!

January 27, 2015 letterpressdog 1 Comment

My good friend is expecting her first child. She and her husband are going to be awesome parents! To celebrate their upcoming bundle of joy, I am hosting a baby shower for them. I am having fun making various invitations, trying to get them perfect. Here is one idea. Very basic, but stylish. They decided to be surprised, and have not found out the gender of the baby, so I went with a neutral color scheme.

Shimmer gray paper, mint green onsie (die cut) and dark gray letters. Please think positive thoughts for a healthy, happy baby!

Christmas, craft, Scrapbooking

It’s a Whole New Year!

January 21, 2015 letterpressdog 2 Comments

I have been making handmade Christmas cards since 2000. We have a lot of family overseas, and they look forward to getting our holiday cards. Our cousin got married a couple of years ago, and his best man, whom we had never met, wasn’t interested in the fact that we were cousins from America, he was excited because he got to meet the Christmas card people.

So when my friend told me that she did not get a chance to send out Christmas cards this year, due to traveling over the holidays, and asked me if I could help her make New Year’s cards I jumped at the chance.

I used the Accucut, A2 step card die, with craft colored paper. A Sizzlets set from Sizzix for the 2015, a Stampin Up label punch and a Hero Arts sentiment. Of course the beautiful family is my friend and her husband, son and mother-in-law. I think the cards turned out lovely. Hope you like them!

Handmade 2015 New Year's Card — Handmade 2015 New Year’s Card

craft, Letterpress, Scrapbooking

Tasty Treats from the Heart

January 15, 2015 letterpressdog Leave a comment

Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it. Remember when we were little and gave every kid in our class a Valentine? Why stop now, just because we are adults?

This year I made little treat boxes that are just under two inches. I am still trying to decide what to put in them. More likely than not, it will be something chocolate. Yum!

First I used my letterpress to print the word love on thick cotton cardstock. Used a punch to cut out the label and used my Accucut Grande Mark die cutting machine to cut out the box.

craft, Letterpress

Penny Farthing for Your Thoughts?

January 10, 2015 letterpressdog 1 Comment

I love the weekend! This is when I get to be creative and use all my crafting toys. Last night I decided to get dirty…

That means Letterpress! Letterpress is dirty work because you have to get inked up. First you scoop out ink with you ink knife. You work your ink a bit with the knife and then dab it on the letterpress ink disk. The letterpress rollers go over the disk to collect a thin layer of ink and then rollover the blocks and letters to deposit the ink. I can not do this process without getting ink all over me, no matter how hard I try.

So what did I make? Cute mini notecards with an ordinary bicycle (AKA old fashioned bicycle or a penny farthing). The cards are 2.25 by 2.25 and are printed on Lettra cotton cardstock with brown black ink. I then made mini envelopes to match out of craft colored card stock.

Mini notecards with a cool letterpressed penny farthing bicycle

craft, Scrapbooking

Felt Birds are Darling

January 6, 2015 letterpressdog Leave a comment

This weekend was fabulous. Saturday was spent on all sorts of fun things. My friend and I spent the morning crafting, then off to lunch, followed by pedicures. It was an ideal day!

I worked on making “Happy New Year’s” cards for my work friend. She was so busy this year with a family wedding over Christmas, that she didn’t get a chance to send out holiday cards, so she asked for my help. I made thirty step cards with room for the family picture. I am just waiting on JC Penny to get those prints done. I will add a picture once they are done.

My friend was felting birds for her baby’s room. I have never done any felting, but these birds are amazing. I am going to have to try it out!

craft, Letterpress

Happy New (Letterpress) Year!

December 31, 2014 letterpressdog Leave a comment

I hope you have a wonderful 2015! I know I will, because I will be making time to do the things I love; spending time with my husband, snuggling with the dog and crafting.

Earlier in 2014 I bought a Kelsey Excelsior 5 x 8 letterpress machine. This antique machine was made sometime between 1893 and 1928, based on the patent number. How cool is that! I have vintage printing blocks and several alphabets for pressing images and words. I am still learning how to use it, but I am hooked.

I was lucky enough to have five days off over Christmas, so I played. I made a bunch of little note cards that said:

Hello
Hola
Ciao
Bonjour

International Hello Letterpress Notecards

I used Crane Lettra cotton cardstock and a midnight blue ink. Next step, send all my friends a card!

I would love to hear about projects you are working on; leave a comment and let me know!

Christmas, craft, Ornament

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town!

December 25, 2014 letterpressdog 1 Comment

Merry Christmas!

I hope you were on the nice list this year! I think I was. 😄!

These past two weeks have been crazy! All my free time was taken up with getting ready for today.

My sister has joined me in the year of craftiness project and has completed her first project. She is an elementary school teacher and wanted to do something special for her fellow teachers; so she made wooden Santa Claus ornaments for each of them. They are totally cute!

Wooden ornament hand cut and hand painted.

First she used the scroll saw to cut the various pieces. Then she hand painted each piece, glued them in place and added a button nose. What fun!

I hope you and your loved ones have a spectacular Christmas and a wonderful new year!

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