Holiday Lineup

Are you ready for more Holiday Lineup cards? Holiday Lineup and Jolliest Time of the Year are my favorite Christmas stamp sets...oh wait, I love Delightful Decorations too, maybe you've noticed. :)

It all started with this card here. I love the Merry Moments DSP (some pages better than others but hey, you can't love em' all!), especially the candy cane striped piece, so this really caught my eye.
I changed it up a little and this is what I came up with.

Then I thought it would make a great pocket card, so I made a few of those too. I'm working on several more.. because you may as well color a bunch of elves at the same time instead of just one! I love these little guys and the reindeer in the Holiday Lineup set too!!!

Holiday Bazaar Thank You's

Cool picture, huh?? Looks like wall paper!

These are little hand-outs to thank the people who stop by my booth at the Holiday Bazaar.

I stapled the Oval Scalloped Punch to the candy cane then adhesive the Just For You to the front.

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I was doing a little blog surfing and came upon these little gems. These were made by the Squareheaded Stamper herself, Brandi Wiggins-Côté! I had the good fortune of meeting Brandi at convention and she is a bundle of energy and so fun!

Look how darling this Milk Carton Container is!!


AND... I love her version of the Mini Pocket Book! Isn't this cute??

Brandi, you're stampin' is awesome girl!!!

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I also want to let you know that my friend Connie of Constantly Stamping has another video on her blog about MDS. This one is about using your own clip art that you already have on your own computer. It's fab!!! She is awesome about starting from the beginning and really teaching you what you need to know to use MDS. Check it out!

November Stamp Club

November Stamp Club projects. Quick and easy gift giving and packaging.

Embossing on tea light candles in a slider box.
I followed Lori Tecler's instructions found here.

Transparency Box

Directions can be found here.

Double pocket gift card holder.

Instructions for the red box and ribbon bow in the group photo can be found in the 2009 Edition of the 12 Days of Christmas.

Giant Nugget Boxes

Did you think I ran away this week? Well...I thought seriously about it!

Man, what a week it's been.

I held my first Teacher Appreciation Luncheon at Nicholas school and all went well. That's a lot to fall one a persons shoulders if it fails :) The kids have been out of school for Parent Teacher Conferences, I made 9 cake mixes and frosting gift sets and forgot to take a single picture of them. I have to make 6 more so I'll remember this time, and I won't bore you with all the rest of the week.

The good news is, I'm doing a Holiday Bazaar on the 21st of November and I thought I would get started with a few things! I'm not going to make too many things because I'm using this mostly as a business day...but you gotta have some cute stuff to show, right?

How about Giant Nugget Boxes??

These hold four 3x3 Note Cards & Envelopes with 3 wrapped Hershey Nuggets down the middle. You could arrange the compartments anyway you want and fill them with all kinds of things.
Delightful Decorations and Christmas Cocoa DSP

Animal Stories and Tall Tales DSP


Christmas Punch and Merry Moments DSP

Would you like to make one? Here's how I did it!

Cut cardstock to 5-1/4" x 10-1/2". Score at 1/2" and 1" on all 4 sides. Cut out the corners as shown and fold into a box shape as shown below.

Divider insert

Cut cardstock to about 3" x well, I can't remember...maybe it was 10-1/2". Each one was a little different. Score at 3-1/4", 3-3/4", 4-1/4", 5-3/4", 6-1/4", 6-3/4"...leave 3-1/4" on the other end and cut the cardstock off. Fold with peak and valley style as shown above. Adhesive the peaks so they stay up. You can put adhesive under the divider if you want but it isn't necessary. it does not fit tight, it just sits in the box.

Transparency Sheet Slider

Cut transparency paper to 8-1/2 x 8-3/8.

The scoring measurements are a little odd but keep in mind the box is 1/2" tall by 3-1/4" wide so these measurements are just a fraction over those sizes.

OOPS! I made an error and have now fixed it. These are the correct measurements! Sorry!! Score at 1/2", 3-13/16, 4-3/8", 7-11/16".

It's kind of hard to fold this paper unless you score it well. Unfortunately there is a fine line between scoring it perfectly and scoring through it! :) Add Sticky Strip to one end and attach to the other.

Looks like this now.

Slide the box inside and you've got it!

The silver elastic cord is about 18" long. Tie it in a knot, slip it around the box and tie a ribbon onto the cording.

Now...how much should I sell these for? That is the hard part for me!

Today's Feature on UStamp

Today, my second of two projects is featured on UStamp. Dawn always presents each day with so much excitement...this Holiday Session has been awesome! You should join just to read her intro's each day. Ü

As I've said here many times, UStamp is an online 'class' you can sign up for HERE .

Every single day for a whole month features a different project and guest artist from the UStamp team that Dawn Rapsas has put together. UStamp is all Stampin' Up! products and patterns and instructions are converted to every language that Stampin' Up! does business in - Spanish, French, German and English.

This card box looks like a book and can hold a dozen or more cards.

If you are interested in the pattern for this project, check out UStamp! You'll get this one and the entire Holiday Session for $ 24.99!!

Good-Bye Halloween, Hello November!

It was a fun night last night! No surprise here, Ben dressed up as Emeril for his first real Halloween party...at someone else's house, with boys & girls and without his parents!!! As you can see, I'm almost over it!

Earlier in the day, Benjamin and his friend Audra made a cake to surprise Audra's mom for her birthday. She gave them a GREAT reaction and was so much fun for them!


Nicholas was a penguin for the night. He went with friends (and mommy) trickety treating the neighborhood.


And doin' the pumpkin thing so he can roast the seeds. They soaked all night in brine and we will roast them today. He can hardly wait!
Good-bye Halloween and Good Riddance! Bring on the next 2 holidays! :)

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November brings new things and some continued promotions to Stampin' Up! The Starter Kit containing the new My Digital Studio software is still available until March 31st. I would LOVE to have you join my Inking Everything Team!

Starter Kit Price: $185 (over $295 value!)

Digital+ Starter Kit Contents:

-My Digital Studio software
-Party Hearty and Petal Pizzazz stamp sets
-Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11")
-Earth Elements assorted card stock (8-1/2" x 11")
-Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, and Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pads
-Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and Real Red Stampin' Write markers
-Chocolate Chip 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
-Real Red 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
-Button Latte Designer buttons
-Stampin' Dimensionals
-Mini Glue Dots
-SNAIL Adhesive
-Business supplies (product catalogs, order forms, training DVD, and other supplies)

Need extra money? Like to have fun? Do what I do, have fun and earn extra money everyday stampin' for a living!! You can sign up in the privacy of your own home, on line right HERE.

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Holiday Gift Giving Guide is Here!

Stampin' Up! has an awesome gift Giving Guide designed to find gifts for kids, teens, neighbors, card makers, scrapbookers, and more-or to find the supplies you need to create special handcrafted gifts. You can download the 4 page Holiday Gift Giving Guide right HERE!



Plus, with every $50 spent from November 1 to January 4th, receive a FREE Decor Elements piece valued at $16.95!! NO LIMIT to the number of FREE $16.95 Decor Elements pieces you can receive! One per $50 purchase from the Gift Giving Guide!!



Free is a good thing folks... Decor Elements make wonderful gifts for everyone! You can see the entire Decor Elements catalog right HERE!


November is going to be great! Let's go stamp something for the Holidays!! Ü

Top Note Tags

Yes, today is Halloween...but I'm showing you Christmas tags. The kids have parties tonight, treats are made, so I'm moving on! Speaking of kids, thank you to all who left encouraging comments for Benjamin on his cake decorating. He was so excited!!

I've been wanting to play with the new Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, so decided to make Christmas tags with the Top Note die-cut and the folder. I love them!!

I stamped the ornaments in Real Red and Chocolate Chip, hand cut them out and used the punch to layer them on.

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Christmas Cocoa DSP
Stamp Set: Delightful Decorations
Accessories: Top Note die-cut, Big Shot (you soooo need this!), Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder, Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, Ornament Punch, Natural Cord (from last year), Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Remember a couple weeks ago I sent you over to Connie at Constantly Stamping to watch her video on My Digital Studio? Well, she has come out with Volume 2 in her series. Remember these are for the very beginner like me; this one is on Layering and is fabulous!! Give it a listen and leave her a comment. I really appreciate her approach to the basics.

Happy Halloween, be safe out there Trickety Treating!

Deal Of The Week #4

Deal Of The Week # 4 Is Here!

116214 Princess Party Kit regular price $15.95 Sale Price $9.99

116213 Pirate Party Kit Regular Price $15.95 Sale Price $9.99

You can order both of these kits and all your Stampin' Up! supplies HERE!
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Halloween Gum Wrappers

These are for Nicholas 5th Grade class Halloween Party tomorrow. It's his last year in grade school and probably my last year for making cute treats...it soon will be 'not cool'!!


I saw these on Splitcoast Stampers, made by Kreations by Kris. Great idea Kris!
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And another proud Mom moment...

Benjamin completed Course 3 of the Wilton Cake Decorating class last night and look at this beauty!! Now this is my kind of final exam!!
Here is he with Vickie his awesome instructor. She said she has taught a couple of children before but none as serious at age 13 as Benjamin. He will take his final course in February and can't wait!

Happy Birthday Joyce!!

A sliding Hershey bar for my good friend and neighbor Joyce!

Happy Birthday Joyce!

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive DSP
Stamp Set: Autumn Harvest

Accessories: Blender Pens, Ink Pads, Striped Grosgrain in Old Olive & Chocolate Chip. 5/8" button covering kit (non-Stampin' Up! gasp, I know!!)

Ornament Punch Ornaments!

I have been thinking about these for a while now and finally got around to actually making ornaments out of the Ornament punch! Sounds like that is what it's purpose is, right?

For this ornament, I used the silver cord to thread on pearls from the Pretties Kit. The bottom pearl is tied in a knot and cut real short. Then I applied a drop of Crystal Effects to make sure it didn't come undone! I looped the top and threaded it back into the pearl. I secured the cording to the back of the ornament with Mini Glue Dots. This one is attached to the card with 2 Stampin' Dimensionals so the pearls have room to stand off the card a bit.

Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments DSP

Stamp Set: Four the Holidays

Accessories: Ornament Punch. Silver Cord, Pretties Kit, Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Top Note die-cut, Big Shot (you need this toy!), White Embossing Powder, Whisper White Craft Pad, Heat Tool for embossing the words.

Punch 3 ornaments, fold each one in half lengthwise, and attach to each other back to back with adhesive.

Here is one without the Pretties Kit. I wanted to be able to mail some of these. They will lay flat for mailing, then the recipient can pop them back up....well all except my mom! See this post.
I was talking to her yesterday telling her I had this idea I was going to try and she asked me to send her one to see. My response was something like 'Hell NO!'. I said it with a smile though Ü...then she remembered she had been cut off and we had a good laugh.

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Merry Moments DSP

Stamp Set: none!

Accessories: Ornament Punch, Silver Cord, 1" Double Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

1st UStamp Project

Today, one of my two Holiday projects is being featured on UStamp with Dawn and Friends. I thought you may like to see it. If you are interested in participating in the Holiday Session of UStamp, you can get information and sign up here.

We are into it about 7 days so far and the projects have been fabulous!!! It's never too late to join, you will have access to all the projects for a long time, even after it closes.

My project is a Christmas Organizer.

It is 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", perfect purse size! You'll not only get the step by step tutorial , but all the templates for the inside pages for to print off too!!

Come join in the fun over at UStamp!

Deal of the Week #3 and a Halloween Basket

Week #3 Deal of the Week

114348 Basic Jumbo Grommets Special Price $4.49

109857 Mini Library Clips Special Price $8.99
112571 Circle Designer Brads Special Price $3.99

112581 1/2" Library Clips Special Price $3.99

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Halloween Basket
Here is a cute project! I used the Bigz Clear Large Scallop die-cut to create a Halloween basket.

Cut Basic Black cardstock to 12 x 5-3/4".

Score along the bottom at 1-3/4". Turn 90 degrees and score at 4", 5-3/4", 9-3/4" and 11-1/2".

Fold on the score lines. Cut on the score lines up to the intersecting score lines to create the bottom. Cut off the little piece on the end. Fold into a box, secure with Sticky Strip.

Adhere the die-cuts to the front and back with Sticky Strip and decorate!

This one has little ribbon handles!
This one has no handles.

What an easy idea for a quick gift! Change it up, this can work for any holiday or birthday!