New ATC Goodies and Many New Stamps

The ATC-supplies page has more than tripled in size this week. There's a nice, heavy, metal Revolving Holder for displaying your ATCs (weighted base with felt on the bottom). Many accessories that fit this central piece are also posted, including pre-punched cards with a French Dictionary print, Red or Black Tabs (and a sheet of Photo Stickers to label the tabs), Manila Pockets and a Paper Punch (for making your own ATCs and/or tabs fit the revolving holder).

Some transparent ATC items:

- 2 Styles of Clear ATC Covers (that aren't pre-punched so can be used with any ATCs) and Clear Slipcovers (that are pre-punched).

- Transparent ATC Frames. Pre-punched, printed acetate frames to overlay or intersperse with your ATCs. 2 each of 12 designs (printed areas are around the edges, with the centers left clear).

- Transparent ATC Alphabet. Pre-punched, printed acetate alphabet letters. 1 each of 26 letters.

- Transparency Borders Swatchbook 12 pages of borders printed in white and black opaque inks on clear acetate. 2-3/4" x 9-1/2". Over 90 die-cut borders and frames. Tabs on the side of the booklet help you find different patterns quickly. Designs include Tags, Frames, Buckles, Clips and Corners. (They're not ATC-sized, but are small enough to use on an ATC.)

Last in the new ATC Stuff section, is this great little ATC Box Kit to put together an ATC box (above at left) and some 1/8" thick Masonite ATCs. The box kit is laser cut so it's easy to pop out the pieces.

4 Swaps Due Early Summer
- A Beach/ Mermaid- Themed Inchies Swap (Postmarked by July 7)
- A Beach/ Mermaid- Themed Slide Mailers Swap (Postmarked by July 21)
- The other 2 new swaps are both Fairy Tale related (in case you'd like to revisit that mass of Brothers' Grimm Collage Sheets I created recently): A Fairy Tale ATC Swap (Postmarked by June 20) and a Sleeping Beauty Castle Swap (Postmarked by June 30th).

 
9 New Sheets of Rub-Ons

A few are shown at the top of this page, on left side. In addition, there's a page of "ATC Quotes" Rub-Ons on the ATC page (so that makes 10 new sheets).

New Rubber Stamps

- Brownies/ Life Preserver
Such cute guys! Would work well on an envelope (you could extend the line to the top edge of the envelope).

- Two Stamps with Birds:
A singing Bird in Tux and 2 Swallows (above), which could be repeated as a border.

- Two Ornamental Stamps:
Vine Border (a very large stamp; could be used on an ATC — with the curling vines extending off the edges of the card) and a Thistle (a lovely, stylized thistle that would work well repeated as a background)

- Two Vintage Lettering Stamps:
A Shoe Ad with beautiful, Art Nouveau lettering and a Theatre Ticket (at right).

- Large Cherub on Key
A larger version of the cherub frm the Cherubs Unmounted Sheet.

- Three Text Stamps:
Three Wise Men, Nothing Good To Say and Dire Warning

A Few More Things

- A Printed Gift Tag Set
Two sets of 13 beautiful 2-1/2" x 4-3/4" tags. Printed in color (on one side); die-cut and punched (with a hole) like "regular" manila tags.

- News Flash Manila Tags
Set of four small manila cards with a vintage poster-hanger image. A nice little card to add to an announcement card or layout.

- Pretoria Paper Clips
Nice, decorated paper clips to dress up your office or create little tabs in a collaged book. Flourishes and text that include "notes" and "play".

- Preposterous Playing Cards
Warning: really bad puns abound in this illustrated deck. Every card is a face card (but it is still a "normal" deck with 4 suits). The illustrated puns include a cat saying, "The best things in life have fleas;" "Deaf in Venice" and "The Garage of Figaro." You are forewarned. Imported from England. Illustrated by Simon Drew.

- Large Gold Dresden Medallions
Large medallions (approx 3" diameter), plus a few small ones. Double-sided (gold on both sides, although the back is concave... still, they could be used in the window at Christmas-time).

 
Whew! Lots of new things this week.
Thanks for reading another missive,
Leslie