Lizzie Anne Designs Hits the Spot!

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Reported by Heidi Kingery


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When I found out that we had the opportunity to review Lizzie Anne Designs stamps, I jumped at the chance! I had seen wonderful things done by the members of their design team and had a few sets already on my wish list!


I stalked the mailman and the day they came I ripped open the package like it was Christmas morning. Well, to be honest, I do that with any stamp order I get. I think it might be a disorder, but at least I know I'm not alone. Right? Right? Anyway, when I opened the package I was pleasantly surprised at how well these stamps were packaged. The individual $3.99 stamps had their own plastic sleeve with adhesive to keep it closed, the index, and the stamp all neatly together. The large $19.99 set impressed me even more though! Not only did it come in it's own plastic sleeve too, but it is also contained in a CD case.





This is no ordinary CD case though. This CD case has magical, mystical powers! Okay, so maybe it's not magic but it's pretty cool! When you open the case, if you swing the lid all the way back until it stops, you can set it on your table so you can have all of them handy. Ingenious isn't it? Sometimes I am amazed at how the simplest things can astound us crafters! I think that makes us 'easily entertained'. But I don't mind wearing that label!






Once I got over the excitement of the packaging and the CD standing up on its own {cue spooky music}, I wanted to ink them up! The first project I made, I tried to think outside the box. I had used the fairy previously and she was colored with pretty shades of pink, but I wanted to show you guys how your possibilities aren't limited! So, I decided with this one to make her a Christmas fairy. Just with a slight change of color, she became a completely different. You could color her in camouflage and make her an Army fairy sending well wishes to deployed soldiers or a fairy dressed in brown and wishing you pick the winning team for the Superbowl. The possibilities are only as limited as you make them!






Next up I had to pull out the All Guy set! After I saw Lauren Meader use these I knew that one day they would be mine, oh yes, they would be mine. *Sorry for the Wayne's World flashback!* I wanted to try the ticket stubs out because that is the one stamp in the set that stumped me the most. My first thought was 'How in the world am I going to use this?!', and that's okay. We all feel that sometimes, but more often than not, if you just play with that stamp a little, you will be surprised by your results! I made this gift for hubby with several 'good for one' tickets on a metal ring found at Walmart. I just covered the rest of the ring with ribbon and wrote in things that he appreciates I do for him.




Last but not least, the snowmen that melt your heart. And how could they not!? Look at how adorable they are! You could easily mask this stamps and have a line of snowmen across the bottom of a card or scrapbook page. However, I chose to use it just the way it came because it makes the perfect focal point for a winter card!




These stamps are high quality rubber and stamped perfectly. They are unmounted with foam and are used with acrylic blocks. The backs of these stamps may look a little different to you than most unmounteds you see. These have a thin black foam layer on the rubber and that foam layer has a piece of clear plastic over it. The clear plastic layer is like the window clings you might put up for the holidays. I found the best way to get them onto the acrylic block was to turn the stamp rubber side down on the table and press my acrylic block heavily onto the cling side. Once I did that, it stuck like glue until I pulled it off to put it back in it's case.

I absolutely love the design of these stamps and the quality is just as good! If you purchase from Lizzie Anne Designs you will not be disappointed! Be sure to check out the sketchbook and gawk at all of the wonderful creations the design team has come up with!