Merry Christmas

Hello my friends! It's been a busy Saturday, with the usual chores and a rather feeble attempt at starting the Christmas decorating, but I couldn't let the day go by without popping in to announce that I, Lisa Hjulberg, lucky girl that I am, have been invited by the fabulous Claire Brennan to be part of her Design Team for Waltzingmouse Stamps!! I could not be happier!

I think I first "found" Claire through our mutual love of Papertrey Ink. I remember one of the first posts I read on her blog was a ghost story. Claire lives in bonny Ireland, land of fairies and magic, and I was immediately intrigued. I've read lots of books that take place in Ireland and am desperate to see it all for myself one day. So I get a vicarious taste of it through Claire's blog... not only from her unique and well-loved artwork, but also through her stories and pictures of Ireland.

I remember when Claire drew a "wee cottage" for a card. I was delighted because it was like something right out of one of those books I've read. When she decided to step out and start her own stamp company, I was thrilled! Her designs are truly special, and I love that most of them require no coloring. (While I love coloring images, it IS nice to do some solid stamping once in awhile, and certainly much quicker to a finished card.)

That "wee cottage" landed in one of her first sets, Irish Blessings.

My card features stamps from a very special Secret Stamp Set. You have to go to a special link and enter a password to see the full set... she's clever, our Claire!

You still have time to get some of her wonderful stamp sets in time for Christmas, but you must hurry... the Royal Mail is advising December 10th, but the sooner the better! Two new sets were just released yesterday...Very Vintage Labels #5 and Little Box Labels. Plus, there's a chance to win your entire order this weekend for free! For details, see Claire's blog post here. I can't wait until the Pony Express arrives at my door with Very Vintage Labels #5 so that I can sample it for you. I think it might be the most elegant of the Nestie labels sets yet!

The beautiful DP is from a digi paper pack designed by my dear friend Nina Brackett for GinaK Designs, called Simple Elegance. She just released two more wonderful digi papers, Lovely Shelf, to coordinate with her new stamp set of the same name. I'm printing those out next! You can see Lovely Shelf and all of the rest of Nina's stamp sets and digi papers at this link. My card base is GinaK's Pure Luxury Green Apple. I print my digi papers on SU's Whisper White because it's so lightweight.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you'll come back tomorrow for the latest Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge, and a few more things I have to share with you. Have a great evening!