I was playing around last night with the Top Note Die from Stampin' Up! and I came up with these cute little pencil holders! I don't know why I do this, but I am constantly buying holiday themed pencils. I don't use pencils and I don't have any kids that would use them, I just seem to buy them for stamping projects!
For this first pencil holder I used this adorable set from My Favorite Things, Valentine Flopsey. I stamped it with Memento Ink onto Papertrey Cardstock, I then colored the image with Copic Markers. He was then cut out and put onto the ovals with Dimensionals. The Ovals were cut with Nestabilities and I used the large Pop Up Dots from Stampin' Up! to adhere it to the pencil holder.
The red cardstock is Real Red Textured from Stampin' Up! The fun polka dot paper is from Making Memories. The gorgeous ribbon is from May Arts. I used the ribbon both as decoration and to give the pencil holder a little bit of extra support.
Once I had finished the first pencil holder I decided that I should do another one! This time I used the gorgeous new Raspberry Tart paper from Stampin' Up! and the new Elegant Thank You stamp. This is one of the fantastic new individual stamps that are available now through Stampin' Up!
I used Kiwi Kiss Textured Cardstock for the pencil holder. Other cardstock colors include Rose Red, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White. The Scallop Circle was cut with Stampin' Up's Scallop Circle Die and the Big Shot. The circles were done with nestabilites. I used Rose Red Classic Ink and then some Pink Pirouette Classic Ink to sponge around the edges. The ribbon is also from Stampin' Up, it is the Double Stitched Rose Red Grosgrain and the Pretty in Pink Taffeta. I finished it off with the White gel pen.
So, what do you think of my pencil holders?