On the desk

What's on your desk? I bet it's a computer, a printer and a pile of crafty bits! It's probably not an antiquated typewriter and a dip pen ;o) The "On the Desk" stamp set has those though and I've been having fun with them. Julia Stainton is absolutely on a roll at the moment - the stamps she's designing for the Rummage Bin line are all just lovely! I thought it would be fun to have a sheet of paper in the typewriter (one of my DT teamies said "Oooh, great reminder of how a typewriter actually works - I'd forgotten, lol!"). I cut a little slit with a scalpel and threaded the paper through so it looks like it's round the rollers of the machine. I curved it a little over a paintbrush handle too, just for a bit extra dimension. Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms): On the Desk (Rummage Bin line) AlphaNumber backgrounder Paper: Simply Smooth white (black is done with a marker) Premium weight copy paper Ink: Versacraft by Tsukineko (Black) Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger (Weathered Wood) Other: Fiskars circle cutter Staples Copic markers Delving even further back in time, how about a dip pen? Not even my hubby, who loves his fountain pen, goes quite this far! I thought this stamp made a perfect basis for a super-fast and simple notecard. This is really quick to make and absolutely minimal supplies means you could easily make sets of these to give as gifts, too - they'd be fun bundled up with a red ribbon and faux wax seal for presentation, I reckon! Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms): On the Desk (Rummage Bin line) Cursive Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments line) Paper: Simply Smooth Ink: Versacraft by Tsukineko (Black and Poppy Red) Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely weekend!