Highdesert Stamper – Artistic Inkspirations

Here are the stamp sets I am “auctioning off”.  TO BID on each set, leave a comment with the LETTER (A, B, C), and title of the stamp set, or BOOK with your bid in the comments  section.  You must also EMAIL me at “prairiestamper@gmail.com”  with your bid.  All the bids must be placed in the comments so anyone wishing to bid can bid higher if they want to get the stamp set or BOOK!!  Have fun!! I will close the bidding at 8pm Eastern time on Friday June 25, 2010.  I will put a link to this post in any new post I may add this week to make it easy for you to get to the sets for review and bidding.  Happy bidding!!

Since the book kit is NOT a stamp set and does not include a stamp set.. it can be shipped anywhere in the world, providing you pay the correct postage. ALL stamp sets can only be shipped within the USA, due to Stampin’ UP! selling restrictions.

Start all bids at $1.00 or higher. Anyone can bid as much over the last bid as they want, in increments of “dollars”.. No penny bids will be accepted.

There are currently bids on the following sets:

Set A: $8.00 Headline Alpha

Set C: $8.00  Simple Floral

Set E:  $8.00  Dear Friend

Set G: $5.00  Trick or Treat

ALL BIDDING IS CLOSED…. Thanks to all who bid on stamp sets!

Set A:   Headline Alphabet : Unmounted

A: Headline Alphabet

Set B: TAGS for All Seasons  – mounted

B: Tags for All Seasons

Set C: Simply Floral – mounted

C: Simply Florals

Set D: Congrats:  unmounted

D: Congrats -- unmounted

Set E: Dear Friend -unmounted

Set E: Congrats

Set F: Yummy -  unmounted

Set F: Yummy -- unmounted

Set G: Trick or Treat – mounted

Set G: Trick or Treat, set of 4

BOOK KIT: This kit will make an Accordian book like the one posted below the picture of the kit. Kit includes chipboard for covers, designer papers for covers  pockets, card stock for tags to insert into 10 pockets, punched tabs for tags,  20+ die cut leaves, 3 die cut copper metal leaves, over 2ft of ribbon to wrap all the way around the accordian book, plus COMPLETE instructions in pdf format. THIS book kit uses different papers, tabs, and ribbons than the example shown below the kit.

Book Kit w/instructions

Original Accordian Fall/Leaf book

I had to include Jackie Topa’s Card here… since I used some of my retiring papers to make this little book. So here’s her card first!

They're all retiring!!! BOO HOO HOOO

I watched a 2 hr long video and decided I needed to try my hand at making this little book.  The design is by a quilter no less…who got into paper crafting…..”Follow the paper trail”…. I made this little book for a special little grandson who loves to hike all over the mountains, tracking animals and discovering things in the Smokey mountains. So shhhh… don’t show him the pictures!!  The cover has copper leaves I punched out with my bigshot, and similar paper leaves decorate every page inside. He has plenty of pockets  to stuff things in , and lots of pages to put pictures of all his animals, their tracks and whatever he discovers.  If you click on the link above , you can watch the 2 hr utube video to learn how to make the book!!

Leave book Cover

Here’s the accordian fold out pages.

Front pages

Here are the pages on the back of the front folds.

Back pages

all papers are SU designer papers from the past year. I tried to use colors with leaves, and colors a little boy would like. I hope he likes it!!  The book ties shut with the retiring 1″ stitched chocolate grosgrain ribbon.

The book is a 5″ chipboard base for front and back covers. There is a tag in each of the pocket.

I posted some Oriental style books online back in July during the Royal Blog tour. Several people who saw the book just “had to have one”… so this afternoon I spent “replicating” (making more by hand.. no automation here) of the bamboo chopstick books. One went to a very nice demo.. I’ll call her my Stampin UP Convention Fairy Godmother.. Sharon Trauth. She was so nice to bring me a build a bear since she knew I couldn’t go to convention, for medical and financial reasons.  Here is the cute little bear… who has been dubbed ” INKY PAWS”… my daughter came up with that name.. since “Inky” sits on my stamp table and I always have Inky fingers. And since “Inky ” doesn’t have fingers, she has PAWS!! So Inky Paws it is!!

Here she is..

Now…. what does YOUR stamp table look like after you’ve been creating all day?? Here’s what mine looked like after 4 hrs and 2 completed bamboo chopstick books ….So WHAT does YOUR stamp table look like?? Not very nice and neat I bet!! Now to clean it up so I can mess it up again with another project!! (PS.. the blue tissue wrapped item is the book for the SU Fairy GodMother)