I'm lacing up my twine

Today as a team member of The Twinery I was challenged to create a decor piece using twine. So as I was painting figure skates black and stuffing them with winter greenery I thought to myself why can't I use these as outside decor.  It's meant to decorate your door but it could also hang on walls and the twine is perfect for laces on the skates. 

I choose The Twinery white and Maraschion Shimmer because it reminds me of candy canes and plus it GLITTERS!!  The second skate a more vintage look with the solid Maraschion twine and rusty bells.

The trick to thread to skates is to wrap tight each twine end with tape or cooled to touch hot glue.  It will create a hardened end and will easily push through the skate eyelets.

Sam E. Snowman

I have some really exciting news to share with you.  Tomorrow A Jillian Vance Design will be releasing my first ever die set!!! Eeeek.  I had some time to give it a test run and I couldn't be more please.  My new wood grain stamp is coming tomorrow as well, at first I was a little nervous about it but once I started stamping I fell in love.  It's not you typical skinny wood grain stamp this one is big and bold.  It definitely has a whimsical playful look to it.  I hope you like it as much as I do. :)

Here we go with Sam E. Snowman die set and my wood grain background

Now I've got some cards made by using the "empty" or negative space the die leaves.  I used clear card stock to behind the snowman so I could glue the scarf and buttons on, now everything looks like it's floating on the card.

Check out my other stamps here.

Sam E. Snowman die

Wood grain stamp

Stamp- Snowflake Sentiments

Black Pear clips