holiday mini 2010

Deck the Halls….

This is another one of the cards I did at my Christmas stamp a stack last month. This one is super easy. It uses the Deck the Halls designer paper, Tags til Christmas stamp set for the ornament and the cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon. All of these items can be found in the Stampin Up Holiday mini catalog. The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages on pg 41 in the big catalog. It is a great Christmas stamp set that I have used for years. I scallop edged the red piece down at the bottom. I know it is a little hard to see that in the photo.  Oh, I also added a pearl to the center of the ornament…..put your nose up to the screen and you can see it! Have a great day!

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Autumn Spice Tutorial now available!

The Autumn Spice class tutorial is finally available! You can get it for free with a $50 online order or purchase it for $4.95.

You will get the tutorial with pictures for these 4 cards and the folder to put them in.

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Save 20% with Bundle Deals!

From October 19th- Dec 16th, save 20% on these Christmas bundle deals!

Create Amazing cards, Beautiful packaging, and Cherished gifts this holiday season!

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Christmas Card stamp a stack!

This month I am doing my annual Christmas card stamp a stack. We will be making 2 each of these 5 cards so you will get a great head start if you sending out all handstamped cards this year. Classes are Sunday the 24th at 1pm, Monday the 25th at 7pm and Tuesday the 26th at 10am.  The spots are filling up quickly so email me to sign up before you miss out.  Cost of the class is $20 and includes all supplies, snacks and door prizes.

Quilted Christmas Ornament

Here is a Quilted Christmas Ornament that I made using the Deck the Halls fabric from the Holiday mini. I posted a how to video of this a few weeks ago here and I have been dying to make one using Stampin Up fabric. I can't take credit for the video since I got it from you tube. It really isn't that hard, but it does take a little while. The great thing is you can use the big shot to cut your squares out (use the 3 inch scallop square). I make them while I watch TV now so they don't take much concentration. I am doing a couple of classes on these at the end of the month and you get a whole pack of the fabric included in your class fee.

Another version of that Christmas card from the last post…..

Here is another version of that Christmas card I posted the other day.  For this one, I used the Deck the Halls fabric again for the ribbon, but I also attached one of the matching buttons to it. I think it really makes the card look more old fashioned. I used a rhinestone in the center of the snowflake too. This is one of my club cards for the next couple of weeks.

Here is a close up of the button and the linen thread. I LOVE these buttons! The fabric is so nice and it matches our colors perfectly.

Christmas is coming!

I was at Target yesterday and they were putting out the Christmas stuff already and it isn't even Halloween yet! What the heck?? Well, it is never too soon to get started on those Christmas cards and here is a great one. My upline Melissa Ellis shared a similar card with me a few weeks ago and I changed it a little bit and did it for a swap with a group of friends. It is super easy and uses the new Northern Flurry embossing folder, the Candy Cane Christmas fabric, and the Tags til Christmas set. All of these items can be found in the Stampin Up Holiday mini catalog.

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Gorgeous Bells and Boughs card

This gorgeous card was made by my good friend Deb Valder for a swap I hosted. She always does such a fabulous job. I love the fan fold accent on this card. Deb showed me how to do these at Founder's Circle but mine never come out as nice as hers! The background paper on this card is from the Deck the Halls Designer series pack and the stamp set for the holly is called Bells and Boughs. The big Dec 25 stamp is from Tags Til Christmas. All of these items can be found in the Stampin Up Holiday mini catalog. If you haven't gotten one yet, please let me know. I have plenty here.

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More Autumn Spice and Gratitude….

I just love this Autumn Spice designer paper. I did a whole stamp camp around it this month. I will post those pics in the next few days. This is a card I did for my downline meeting this month. Everyone who came got to make this card and the little matchbook treat that I posted the other day plus several projects that some of my downline brought. This is a super quick and easy card. Just cut your designer paper at 4 x 5 1/4 and stamp the sentiment from Day of Gratitude on scrap paper and punch it out. I layered it by punching out another one of the same punch in old olive and I cut it in half lengthwise, pulled it apart and layered part on the top and part on the bottom so it looks like a different punch but it isn't. Pretty smart, huh?

The ribbon is old olive taffeta and the button is tied on using the linen thread.

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Gorgeous Gift from Shelli and Gratitude

On our second night at Founder's Circle, we all received this cute little cupcake gift. Well, at first I thought the cupcake was the gift and didn't realize there was actually something inside! THen I picked it up and it was kind of heavy so I opened it and saw……

this beautiful necklace! Then the next morning we found out that Shelli had made them all herself just for us! How cool is that???

It is so pretty and it is extra special since it was handmade by Shelli!  These Simply Adorned pieces make wonderful gifts!

Ok, I had to throw in a couple of cards too. We attended a regional event while we were in St. George and Stampin Up gave us the set Day of Gratitude from the Holiday mini. I had already bought the set but I can always use a spare, especially since I am using it in my stamp camp this weekend. I just love it. These are just a couple of the great samples that were on display there.

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