Gift ideas

Cute Little Matchbook Treat Holder

I whipped up this little ghirardelli treat holder for my downline meeting this month and they are so quick and easy to make. You just need to cut the cardstock at 2 1/8 by 7 1/4 so you can get 5 out of a sheet of regular cardstock (8 1/2 by 11).  Then score each piece at 6 1/2.  Then I stapled the ghirardelli in the bottom flap, folded the rest of it over so it tucks into the stapled end. Then I decorated the front and covered the staple with a little ribbon.

Here is a view of the inside…..

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Autumn Spice Stamp camp

Here is a pic of this month's stamp camp! We will be making the adorable card holder in the back plus the 4 cards shown. All cards include the Autumn Spice designer papers and either the Day of Gratitude set or the French Foliage set. I am working on another card too if I can get it done in time for class. Times are this Sunday at 1pm  or 3:30pm and Tuesday at 10am and 7pm. Cost of the class is $20 and includes all supplies, snacks and door prizes. Sign up quick before all the spots are taken.

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Featured Demo of the Month part 2

Here is part 2 of my featured demonstrator of the month. For part 1, just scroll back a few days. This month I am featuring Niccole Marshall and her cute creations. This first one is an adorable gift for a small child for a birthday goody bag or for a classroom gift. I just love the owl punch.

This one is a cute Halloween treat. This one shows the new bat punch and the lace trim ribbon found in the Holiday mini.

Inside you can fit any small treat like this yummy Reese's Peanut Butter cup. That is one of my very favorite chocolate treats. Who doesn't like chocolate and peanut butter together?

Note: Niccole just gave me the dimensions and scoring for the Reeses treat holder

cut 9×4 piece of designer paper and score at 1/2 inch on both sides of 4 inch side

score at 2, 2 1/2, 5 1/2 and 6 on the long side. Then fold up to look like box shown. You will need to cut off the edges of top part and do corner rounding.

Here is a cute little key chain with a mini post it note inside. THese make great little gifts for anyone. I know I am always looking for  a little piece of paper in my purse to write something on.

This last card is so cute. Niccole used the polka dot embossing folder for the background and the Candy Cane Christmas designer paper from the Holiday mini. The stamp set (A Cute Christmas) is also in the Holiday mini.

More Bakery Shop items

Unless you were actually at the recent Stampin' Up convention, It is hard to imagine the Bake Shop displays. They were simply AMAZING!  I have never seen anything like it. I could have stayed there taking pictures all day and I wish we could have done a video of it.  But, since I can't share a video, these pictures will have to do. This first one is the baby carriages filled with candy.  How cute would these be for a baby shower? Don't our new buttons look like life savers?

This one shows off our new "design a house" kit from the Holiday mini.  They are so cool and you can decorate them for any holiday. This one is Christmas, but they would be great for Halloween too!

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Halloween Treat

Here is a super quick and easy Halloween treat to make for your friends. I got the original idea from my downline Debbie Keane. I normally don't do much with Halloween now that my daughter is a senior in high school but when I saw this stamp set (Wicked Cool pg 23 in the big book), I just had to have it. The treat bag is filled with orange slice candy and black licorice pieces from Walmart.

Here is a close up of her feet and I added a little rhinestone to each shoe.

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Featured demo of the month part 1

Each month I feature one of my fantastic downline to showcase. This month I am featuring Niccole Marshall. Niccole was one of my very first customers after I became a demonstrator 9 years ago.  She signed up several years ago and has been going strong ever since. Here are a few of the projects that Niccole submitted to me this month……

This first one is a little cork board she found at the dollar store and decorated. How cute is that?

This one is a great back to school gift for the classroom. What child wouldn't want to get something like this?

This is a card folder with notecards inside. The paper is retired but can easily be switched out with current papers.

Here is a view of the inside of the folder with the notecards shown.

This one is a gum holder.  This is a great little gift to carry around with you and give to a friend.

Here is the gum that fits perfectly inside.

How would you like a free class?

These classes are free with any $50 online order. As soon as I receive your order, I will send you the step by step instructions for this class or another one of your choice. To see more free classes, click on the "Free Card Kits" at the top of this page. Some of the classes use retired materials but can easily be substituted with current products.

Holiday Punch Stamp-a-Stack

Stamping Class

You have your holiday cards ready, right?  No?  No worries!

Join me for this great Stamp-a-Stack card class and you’ll have a jump on your holidays!

These festive cards feature the versatile Tags til Christmas stamp set and coordinating punches along with fabulous fast accents like the self-adhesive Rhinestone Jewels, 1/2" Seam Binding and Waffle Paper!

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Spooky Treats….

These cute treats are just a few of the samples that were in the Bakery Shop at the Stampin Up convention last month. The top ones are our new candy wrapper twist die cut boxes made with the Big Shot that are in the Holiday mini. If you are one of my customers and have not gotten your Holiday mini from me yet in the mail, please let me know.  I will get you another one. I have plenty here at the house. These treat containers make adorable gifts for your child's class too.

These look like cupcakes but they are really it is the Perfect Setting Die cut used in the Big shot to make the wrapper for the "cupcakes". I think they are really balls of candy wrapped in black tissue paper and then stuffed inside the cupcake wrappers.

August Stamp Camp–Just Believe….

For this month's stamp camp, I am doing a gift box (shown on the right side) with a set of cards to go inside. All of the projects use the Just Believe Stamp set found on pg. 109 in the big Stampin Up idea book and catalog.  Cost of the class is $20 and includes all of your supplies, refreshments and door prizes. If you can't make it to class, I can cut a set of supplies for you to do it at home. I will try to do a tutorial for this class if I have time. It would be easy to change these cards to any colors you like also. I wanted to do shades of blue and neutral tones. The card that is laying down was actually a swap card I got from my good friend Susan Adams. I liked it so much that I decided to use it in my class. The rest were designed by me. These cards are great for duplicating too. You can make several sets in no time.

Click on my calendar at the top of the screen to see class dates and times!

This is what the top of the box looks like and one of the cards actually matches the box idea. I used the Friendly  Words wheel for the background and the colors are baja breeze and soft suede.

More Items from the Stampin’ Up Bakery Shop….

Here are some more pics from the Stampin' Up Bakery Shop display at convention last month. They had the coolest things on display and I could have stayed there all day looking at them. This first one is a cute clock gift box. I just love it.

These are cute little mini lunch sacks that will be available in the Holiday mini coming out in 2 weeks!  You can decorate them however you like but these owls are pretty darn cute I think.

These are the new Glimmer Brads also available in the upcoming Holiday mini. This display reminded me of those dot candy sheets you could get as a kid. They are so pretty up close and in person….you just have to get some to see for yourself.