"button" cotton reel stamp

i am a real hoarder
and hate to throw anything away,
these plastic cotton reels have been sitting on my desk
waiting for me to find a use for them

i like to decorate the envelopes i send my orders out in
and made some button stamps from funky foam and stuck them on top of my mini versa-colour ink pads
but it was bugging my that the edges of the lid got inked up too

hmm what i needed was a round base for my stamp

so here's how i made the stamp
i cut out some circles of self adhesive funky foam
with my sizzix machine
i tried doing it by hand but i couldn't cut the foam neatly
then i made the button holes with my leather punch

then i cut a disc of card a little smaller than the button
and stuck it to the back
{this is because of the hole in the spool
the first stamp i tried wouldn't print evenly}

stick the button stamp to the spool

ink it up and stamp away to your hearts content!

i've made a few so i can have different colours
without having to clean the stamp in between printing sessions

so there you go
easy peasy crafting and recycling too!

******** fAiRyTaLe sWaP ********

mail envelope


inner packaging - you may of noticed i've become a little obsessed with my envelopes and packaging!!!


the whole package.

so i finally finished my fairytale swap present - i'm so pleased with how they turned out - i made a set of notecards with inserts and matching envelopes.


matching envelopes

My swappee's favourite fairytale is beauty and the beast , and she told me "I'm more the light and fluffy type, I really like any fairy tales with heros, heroines and true love and a bit of adventure thrown in."

"little red"


"beauty and the beast"


"Cinderella"


******** "the beast is transformed" ********






check out my swappee JO's website - http://www.things-to-make-and-do.co.uk/ - it is full of craft tutorials - i particularly like the new "pyramid boxes".


my friend Dingle is having a blog candy giveaway here http://dillydallydingle.blogspot.com/ i hope this link works - i just can't seem to get the hang of links on blogger, anyway her blog is definatly worth a look - 15000 hits so far ! wow !

miniture artworks

here are some mini works of art!
Dingle very kindly {thankyou} sent me some stamped images to play with and
here's what i've got so far.
i like them.
do you?


i wanted to show the textures on this





here are the before and after shots!!!


{a work in progress}