Tuesday's {Tip} Reusing Wood Blocks

How many of you have unmounted your wood stamps? Well, I personally haven't yet because I think they look so pretty on the wood though they definitely are harder to store. For those of you that have unmounted your stamps, what have you done with the leftover wood? I hope if you haven't used it that you will now. Here are some ideas I have run across while surfing the web:

*Millie on Splicoaststampers recommended adding a piece of sandpaper to the block and using it to distress your papers.
*Mille also suggested adding a piece of felt to the block and use it as a dauber.
*Add photos of family and stack.
*Create children's play blocks.
*Make a post-it note holder.
*Nancy Ward makes style stones out of them. Look here. Cool!
*Sell them or donate them on various crafting sites. Lots of crafters would love to take them off your hands!
*Check this post here on Splitcoaststampers for many more ideas!

Use your imagination and see what you can create out of those leftover wood blocks! Also, if you don't have any blocks but want some, Cornish Heritage Farms sells new blocks here from $0.89 to $4.79 depending on the size of the block. Enjoy!

Houndstooth {Madness}

Okay, I used to like houndstooth; it was okay. But since I created an adorable notebook for Layers of Color using some Making Memories houndstooth paper, I am TOTALLY obsessed! I now LOVE houndstooth. So, now I am on the hunt for tons of it. LOL!

Yesterday, I found this adorable ribbon at Hobby Lobby. It was half off so I only paid $1 for each color. Each rolls contains 4 yards.Isn't it adorable? If they would have had other colors, I would have bought it too!

Then today, I used my amazing houndstooth background stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms to create more tags for my stamp binders. I used Memento Rose Bud ink on white paper. Then I punched out my tags using a 1" circle punch and adhered to a metal tag.Think of how many different colored houndstooth papers I can make with that stamp! Wow!

Now I am on the hunt for a micro houndstooth stamp. Cornish Heritage Farms makes one called a "fine houndstooth" but it is on a 6x6 scrapblock, and that is just too big for my hands. If you know of anyone that makes a stamp like that, please let me know in the comment section!

Hmm, I wonder what other houndstooth fun I can find? And that notebook that got this new obsession all started--well, I can't share yet. Once Laura gets it up on the main site, I can share but for now, I will give you just a teaser here: So, do you like houndstooth? Or do you have another pattern obsession? Do share! And until next time, have a blessed weekend!