all about biz-ness!

hello!!

i am happy (and relieved) to let you know my FULL ranger order (minus mister organizers which still have no release date) has finally come in!! what does that mean - all back ordered distress stickles and metallic crackle paints are shipping out tomorrow!!! WOO HOO!! seems like forever since they were first announced. if you have not gotten your hands on these but want to i have PLENTY now in stock to go out as soon as you order. i also have plenty of other ranger goodies in stock and looking for some love! huge shipment of grungeboard - if you don't see it on the site just email me - i may not have gotten it up yet. LOTS and LOTS of yummy tim holtz distress products in stock. a nd of course oodles of stickles as well as all the other wonderful ranger goodies we love - perfect pearls, paint dabbers, alcohol inks, glossy paper, pigment AND dye ink pads, and inksentials tools...the list goes on and on!

for those of you still waiting on versamark dazzle - waiting on an order from tsukineko - i do not know how much longer it will take and i sure do appreciate your infinite patience!!

with thanksgiving comes all the excitement of fabby sales - stay tuned for news on sales here at Pez-A-Doodle too!!! also have an announcement i am excited about but i can't reveal yet.....

sorry no fun pics for you today - the pics i took today all came out AWFUL - so they will have to go up tomorrow!

happy stampin!!!

distress sticles - a closer look!

i thought i would give everyone a closer look at the new distress stickles as well as do a few comparisons to regular stickles to try and illustrate the uniqueness. and they ARE unique i assure you! my initial order has come and gone back out with more on the way.

first a close up:
here are all 12:



next a few comparisons:




also a line comparison - the opening is larger on the distress:

i'd love to hear what you think!

not much to post and no time to post it! i am getting the series 25 studio g out as fast as i can - thank you all for your patience!!

two MUST SEE things today

distress stickles - scoot on over to t!m's and check out all the info and pics pics pics!!!
i am expecting mine monday - i know they were shipped wednesday

and new cuppies!!! christmas cuppies!!! run over to Taylor's and check 'em out - of course i HAD HAD HAD to have them!!!!

leave me a comment and let me know what you think of either or both of these - are you as excited as i am?????

SU tech club and series 25 and distress stickles news!!

GREAT NEWS FOLKS!!! series 25 is HERE and distress stickles were shipped out to me TODAY!!!

SO this means i will be sorting as fast as i can and packaging them up to send out. the orders go out in the same order they came in so that helps determine when your might go out but i try to get them all out in a couple days......please try and be patient as i work on them! i appreciate it.

I expect the distress stickles friday or monday. i will have samples posted as soon as they arrive so y'all can see them.

and now some pics. i belong to a monthly stampin up tech club. i love their stuff, especially the paper, and my demo stacey ALWAYS manages to come up with something i have never done or seen before. last week was no different! i LOVE this technique!!!


i think the tree came out better but i like them both. i did another one and a tutorial which i will be posting soon. and this is a PERFECT technique to put a bunch of those cute little studio G stamps we all collect to use!!!! ok i am outta here - WAY too much work to do!!!

blog candy, new stamps and CHA OH MY!!!!! plus a little stickles tutorial for you

GOODNESS!! what a busy day yesterday! i wanted to post all day and next thing i know the day is over! SO we have LOTS to cover today all in one post i guess! Where DO i start.....?? Grab a cup of coffee guys......

well i know - let's start with FREE GOODIES!!!!! i passed 25,000 hits yesterday and to me that just seems mind-boggling - i am HONORED that you take time to read my blog and look at my little creations - i LOVE to do this and i LOVE to share it with all of you. i especially love getting your comments so i hope to get more of those! as a thank you i have a little prize to give away!



I have three wood mounted stamps i just got in from Inkadinkado - one is a gorgeous flourishy christmas angel new for this season and the other two are cute little cupcake and ice cream stamps that i just couldn't pass up. In addition i am including THREE of the brilliance pearlescent dew drop inks available on my website - red and green for Christmas and chocolate for the cupcake icing and ice cream :) BUT i am going to make ya'll earn it!! ha ha!! so copy and paste the following questions into your comments and then answer them - winner will be by random drawing and you have until tuesday morning at 8 am to post your entry. winner will be announced in tuesday's post! and here's your questions:

Do you make halloween cards and if so how many?
Do you make Thanksgiving cards and if so how many?
Do you make Christmas cards and if so how many?
Do you make your gift tags and bags for your Christmas gifts?
when will you be starting?

i started my first ones last week! am i crazy????

This leads me into my next topic - new stuff for the store! I am adding SO MANY new things to the website i am not even sure where to start! for the most part it is stuff i have received requests for. the most exciting thing is the complete line of Inkadinkado clear holiday stamp sets!! these are NEW for this season and oh my are they ADORABLE!!! but the best part is that they are solid and look FAB with the brilliance Pearlescent dew drops i added recently. i am thinking quick AND easy but with lots of bang for your buck!! there are wonderful images for your focal point as well as gorgeous flourishes for your backgrounds. if you like flourishes you have GOT to check these out. i have them in stock now but am waiting for dh to fix my scanner so i can get better pics up on the website for purchasing. the pics on the inkadinkado website are just too small to see all of the wonderful detail of these. now that i have been added as a certified retailer for inkadinkado please let me know if there is anything you want special ordered too - there are a TON of superb wood stamps too for this season and i will special order for anyone who asks. these clear sets retail for $10.29 but for now will have special pricing - just $8.50!
ready for some peaks?????

Other new items coming to the store soon - more colors in the brilliance dew drops line although these are not pearlescent - just really good inks :)
FULL size Mementos ink pads - i have had SO many requests for these i am finally getting them in
Ranger's CHA releases - Designer Stickles, Glitz Stickles, metallic crackle paints, and YUMMY new grungeboard - including GRUNGEBOOKS!! All are up for pre-order now - they all usually sell out so fast on the first round of shipments! so i am trying to be sure i order enough to go around!






In Tim's own words:
NEW metallic and white distress crackle paints. the white (called picket fence) is a pure white crackle paint - sure to please many requests from some of you. the 3 metallic crackle paints are so incredible and are slightly different than the regular distress crackle formulation. these metallics create a "crazing" effect that look like vintage shattered glass. you have to see them to believe them...

NEW distress stickles! stickles you say? yes stickles! but these aren't your ordinary stickles (of course), this formulation combines a pearlized glitter instead of metallic glitter and composed of carious particle sizes. pair that with the popular color palette of distress and you have a very vintage (almost mica looking) distress glitter glue. the texture is amazing, the colors are amazing and the results...still pure distress.
I will have many other new items from Tim and Ranger going up too. Know you want something and want me to special order it for you - just let me know and i will get it in.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!! ha ha ha! while we are all thinking about stickles - i had a customer request for a tutorial of sorts (*waving HI to Charlotte*). not so much a tutorial as an idea demonstration so here it is - what are some of the ways to use stickles on LOs? now i was hoping to get more LOs completed but i tell ya CHA craziness has been kickin my butt - so i only have a two pager done but lots of stickles! used christmas frosted lace, Christmas red, and cotton candy stickles plus opal liquid pearls (liquid pearls are also coming to the store soon...):

first and foremost are stickles dots! here i have used them to border some of the pics. i also LOVE glitter papers but often i either don't love the pattern or don't love the colors. with stickles you can make your own out of whatever patterned paper suits your fancy. here i added frosted lace on the dots of the patterned paper.

you can also cover large areas with stickles - i love using them to "frost" my cupcakes. i am constantly asked do you really need all the colors - i never thought so until i got them!! but on the cupcake trio i give you three different looks to see for yourself. all of the icings were cut from pink paper. the first is frosted with frosted lace, the middle one is frosted with opal liquid pearls (paint it on with a paintbrush) and the third one is frosted with cotton candy. Another idea not shown here is to highlight any of your stamping with stickles. so charlotte i hope you like it!!!!! i have another customer challenge coming up soon - if YOU have any requests/challenges for me PLEASE send them i LOVE it LOVE it!!!!

ok i have more but y'all have probably had enough - if you are STILL reading than thank you!!!!!!!