Happy New Year To You All!!

Here's wishing you and your family a Happy and Blessed 2011.

Happy Howard (my husband) and I are waiting on the imminent birth of our second grandchild with great excitement. Grand children are our reward for being parents LOL....at least that is what I'm telling my daughter. We know that it's a little girl but the parents are keeping mum on any names they have picked out so we have taken to referring to her as "Jasmine" My grandson Jude has decided she should be called Taco belle which is pretty funny....

I also am looking forward to sharing with you some new techniques and lots of new products and promotions from Stampin' Up! If you have several friends that you would like to get together on a monthly basis to stamp and spend a fun night out please let me know as I will be planning my calendar shortly and would love to add your group to it....I will continue to have my stampin' club on the second Friday of the month, which everyone is welcome to come to. I would also like to put together several specialty classes in the months to come so look out for those as well.

If you have a class idea that you would like to see me provide please let me know...you are welcome to leave me a comment here on my blog or call me at 248-391-5978 and we can discuss.

Look for additional information on the Occasions Mini Catalog and for Sale A Bration coming soon.

Again, I wish you a very Happy New Year and as always Happy Stampin'

More Occasions Card Sharing

Can you believe we are getting ready for 2011 and of course that means Valentines Day is not far behind...The card I want to share with you today is one made from the Love Impressions Designer Series paper and the Red Glimmer paper both from the new Occasions Mini Catalog.


We also used the tree from the Season of Friendship stamp set from the current catalog. This card opens so that you could put either a sentiment or a gift card...cool huh!! This would make a great card for your valentines sweetie or an anniversary card or maybe even a wedding card for a special couple.

Enjoy!!

Occasions Mini 2011 Samples

My friend and Upline Chris Kolly got together earlier this week to play with some of our new Occasions Mini products. There are so many cool things we didn't know where to start first but we managed to get several samples ready for our January classes and clubs to see. I wanted to share some of them with you.


This card uses the Framed Tulips embossing folder (isn't it too cool) the new Spring time Vintage Designer series paper which is just gorgeous. I love, love this paper, very vintage and soft. I used one of the sentiments from the "Bring on the Cake" stamp set and finished it off with the Victoria Crochet Trim and Antique Brads from the current Catalog and Idea book.

You can begin purchasing products from the new Occasions Mini on January 4th. You will be able to order online from my web site on that day as well or can call me at 248-391-5978 to help place your order.

Come back tomorrow for additional samples that I will be sharing!!

Enjoy!

Card Share 2

Here are a couple of additional cards that I received for holiday wishes from friends that I stamp with.


This card from Erin Buss uses the poinsettia stamp from the Bells & Boughs set. This set is currently in the Holiday mini, which you can still order from until January 3. Erin embossed the image in gold to make it stand out then added some additional color. I just love the results.



This card from Kim Daly used the Big Shot Top Note Die as the back ground for her ornament. I love the simple elegance of the single bulb hanging from the branch...How about you?


Enjoy!!

Card Share

I hope your Christmas was a wonderful day, full of good food and time with family. We had a great time with our family and sure did enjoy watching our 4 1/2 year old grandson Jude opening presents. Little ones sure make it fun!!

I wanted to share with you some of the other cards that I received wishing us happy holidays.

This card is from my neighbor Anna Morell. She used the tree from our Season of Joy stamp set. I'm not sure where the background embossing comes from but I really like it. She added a little glitter for sparkle...Very Nice

The next card I received was from one of my ladies in my Friday night club, Lorraine Craft (but we all call her Stormy)...for her card she used the Santa head from Jolly Old Saint Nick. This stamp set is currently in the Holiday mini. I like how she used a variety of papers to give some texture to her card...and I love the extra glitter on Santa's beard.



Tomorrow I'll share a couple more cards with you. January begins a new Occasions mini catalog and I will be sharing some samples made with the new products next week....stay tuned!!

Enjoy!!

Final Count Down

Are you getting ready for the final count down to Christmas? Cards sent, check....menu and groceries purchased, check.....house cleaned, well almost and presents wrapped, check, check and double checked.





This is a picture of several of the baskets that I put together for my family for our holiday get together.....I actually put together a total of 10 different baskets, some for adult family members and several for the kids. These all have items that I made from Stampin' Up! products such as lip balm holders, fancy soap holders, sachets, box of cards (of course LOL), candy holders (what is a holiday without chocolate!!) and for the little ones, pencil holders, jiffy pop snowmen and snowman soup tins...I'm hope they enjoy receiving them as much as I enjoyed putting them together.....Thanks for looking

Enjoy!!

I love Getting Hand Made Cards

This is one of the wonderful handmade cards I have received from ladies that are in one of my clubs....I'll be sharing some of them with you over the next several days.

This one is from Denise Joyce and she used Lovely as a Tree to create this fancy folds card. The picture doesn't do it justice as it just sparkles all over...to put you in the holiday spirit!!

Thanks Denise

Enjoy!!

Card Share

This is the card I decided to send out this year to my club members, some family and friends. I originally saw this design on Sudsol, a website for a wonderful group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that share their ideas and experience, and knew I just had to recreate it. It was created by Mary Brown from Stampercamper.com. Mary had cased (copy and share everything) her creation from Connie Babbert from Inkspiredtreasures.com.....can you tell this is a great group. LOL.....anyway, I really liked the look of this design and hope you do as well.


Enjoy!!

Great Stocking Stuffer

Looking for a great, quick stocking stuffer for the readers in your life. Well this is right up your alley...These ribbon bookmarks are quick enough to make that you can make one for every reader in your family LOL.



I used one of the snow flakes from Snow Swirled (item # 111690) and the cup of coffee from Morning Cup Stamp set (item# 120489) to create the top piece and ribbon I had on hand to make the bookmark piece. The stop at the bottom is one of the Filigree Designer brads (item # 112577). Easy Peasy!! This book mark and a gift certificate to Borders or Barnes & Noble would make a great gift!


Enjoy!!!

Little Clutch Purse Favors

I got the information for these little clutch purses from Pennie McCallum and wanted to make them for our Handmade sale we had in Rochester.
Pennie's blog is www.stampingwithpennie.com.

They were very easy to make and the folks really liked them...I put two Truffles in each little purse but they would also hold a mini candy bar and would make great little place cards at dinner.

You could customize them for each holiday based upon the paper that you use..or even a baby or wedding shower. Just let your imagination run free :o)

Enjoy!!

Snow Man Soup Tins

I love making hand made gifts for friends and family and these are perfect for the kids in our family.....In side you will find hot chocolate mix, mini marshmallows and of course the candy cane stir sticks. I stamped the little tags using one of the stamps from Tags til Christmas (item # 121169) and punched that out. I used the 2 3/8 inch Scallop Circle punch (item # 118874) to punch out circles from bashful blue cardstock. On the back is the little poem

"When the weather outside is frightful, Snowman Soup can be delightful. May it warm your spirit and your soul. Let it snow; Let it snow; Let it snow! When you feel a chill or Burrr...Use the peppermint stick to stir. Add hot water and sip it slow. Let it snow; let it snow; let it snow!"

Hope you Enjoy!!

Christmas Tree Luminary

I found this card created by Kirsteen Gill and thought it was just too darn cool. I made several of these for the Holiday Shopping Extravaganza. I Used the Scallop Circle from the Big Shot (#113468), Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake card Stock, Always Artichoke Seam Binding (#121000) basic Jewels - Rhinestones (#119246) and Always Artichoke classic ink (#105219).

The card opens up to form the tree skirt for the tree that is made to be folded up and put inside the card. The sentiment is from the hostess level 2 Peaceful Season (item # 121124). I love the little rhinestones all over the tree and when you put the little tea light under the tree it glows....too cute!!!

Hope you enjoy!!

Holiday Sale

Several of my friends got together to host a Hand Made Holiday Shopping Extravaganza at my Upline's House Chris Kolly in Rochester. We had a ball getting things ready for the Event which is being held on Friday December 3rd...call me for details if you would like to come at 248-391-5978.

These are all hand made items ranging from cards and stationery sets to soaps and decorated candles. I made several of the fabric ornaments and added little notebook cozies both using the fabric from Stampin' Up! I just love this fabric both the Deck the Halls (item #121716) and the Candy Cane Christmas (item #121715). check it out in the Holiday Mini Catalog Here. I also used the 1/2 seam binding (item # 120992 Cherry Cobbler and item# 121000 Always Artichoke) and to finish it off the Big Designer Buttons (item #121002)






Enjoy!!