Many more new papers arrived this week and I am running a sale on May Arts ribbon when purchased BY THE SPOOL!  15% off ALL May Arts ribbons when purchased BY THE SPOOL for the ENTIRE month of September.  Pair up a spool or two of ribbon with your favorite Christmas paper and get going on those holiday cards!  Oh, to get them done and out of the way early would be a dream come true for me!!!  And if you do have questions on how well a certain ribbon may coordinate with a particular pad of paper, please don’t hesitate to ask!  Putting together colors is my favorite thing to do — I’d love to help! 

Here’s a Christmas card I just made with simplicity and mass production in mind:

I used Christmas Past Designer Paper by Graphic 45 (shown below).  This is a vintage pad filled with images you can cut out (as I did here) and coordinating prints.  I love combining prints!  I elevated my cut out image with dimensionals and I backed it with cardstock to give it a bit more stability.  This card is a bit larger than the standard A-2.  It is 6″ x 4.5″ and fits the envelopes I pick up at Wal-Mart called Invitation Envelopes.  Those envelopes are large enough to hold a 4 x 6 photo and as I often enclose a photo with a Christmas card it works great!

Just a closer shot of that pretty image.  I used 100% Silk Ribbon, 1.25″ wide, in Ivory for my bow, which is a double bow made on the Bow Easy.  It is glued on with Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue from any craft or Wal-Mart type store.  It’s still my favorite for gluing on bows (and it’s very inexpensive).  I used 2 pink Kaiser Rhinestones for a bit of sparkle.  The wide Crochet Lace is adhered to the card front with narrow Scor-Tape.  I ran it up the side of the card under the lace so it prevents the cut edge of the lace from ravelling.

All ribbon purchased by the spool is 15% off throughout the remainder of September.  All prices listed on my ribbon page are full priced.  Your invoice will reflect the 15% discount.  As an example, a spool of 1.25″ Silk sells for $44 at full price.  Wide Silk spools will be $37.40 for the duration of the sale.  The wide Crochet Lace sells for $20 a spool, making it $17 for the duration of the sale.  It’s a great time to stock up!

To order ribbon, paper or any items, just email me at [email protected] with your list, your state/zip OR country and I’ll get back to you.

Now, on to the new papers that arrived this week:

Christmas Past by Graphic 45 – 8×8 – 28 Double Sided Sheets – $11.99

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Steampunk Debutante by Graphic 45 – 8×8 – 20 Double Sided Sheets – $9.99

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Tis the Season by Kaisercraft – 6×6 – $8.99

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Snow Day Collection by Crate Paper – 6×6 – 32 Double Sided Sheets – $5.50

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School Spirit Collection by Crate Paper – 6×6 – 32 Double Sided Sheets – $5.50

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Restoration Collection by Crate Paper – 6×6 – 32 Double Sided Sheets – $5.50

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