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Good morning sunshines!  It was a cold snowy day yesterday here in Colorado.  Today, it’s still cold but the sun is shining BRIGHT. 

While I should of been packing last night, I couldn’t help but STAMP!  I think you will enjoy this little treat holder.  I plan on doing one of these similar in a stamp camp this month. 

Isn’t this the cutest thing?  Once again, I LOVE my Big Shot.  I don’t know how I paper crafted without it for so many years.  The ideas are endless with this thing.  I used my Petal Card die cut and cut two of them out in Riding Hood Red cardstock.  I used a background stamp on both sides.  I just put the two petal cards together and there you have a HEART!  So fun!  The hearts on top of the big heart are made using the Sizzlet Hearts.  Now keep in mind you can’t stuff very much in these little treat holders.  They would make a GREAT holder for Tea Bags.  I just love it.  

Time to get ready for a morning coffee club and then more packing.  I am off to Orlando tomorrow morning early. I’m looking forward to the time spent with friends all over the US.  It’s always like a reunion.  I will share pics of Leadership as I am there if time permits.  You know I am CHATTY!  :)  

Drama! As usual Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without DRAMA.   My brother is stuck in a Seattle Airport!  My sister in law got in a fender bender this afternoon and then there is ME!  Vacation just wouldn’t be vacation without a trip to the ER.  I have a terrible sinus infection that decided to blow up the right side of my face.  My right eyeball has been swollen the last three days and today I couldn’t take it anymore.  So, two and half hours, antibiotics and a few warm face clothes… I am feeling slightly better.  I guess the good news is I am close to my MOMMY!  You know mommy’s make everything better. 

Let’s pray the drama is complete. 

Here is a little inspiration for the day!

These little cuties can hold your Trident gum. I just love that Holiday Line up stamp set. 

Hope you are enjoying a few days of stamping. 

Good morning from Florida!

What  a GREAT feeling to leave 16 degree weather and arrive in 72 degrees.  We had great flights and made it in on time.  The kids, although very tired were very excited to see their Nene and PawPaw.  Here you can see!

We had lots of hugs and kisses and then I was off to do some Christmas shopping.  I am super behind. 

I wanted to share a gable box I had decorated this past week for the teachers.  I used the Together Forever Wheel on the Gable Boxes using Basic Black ink and rolled the entire box.  Inside I placed pretty lotions and chapsticks.  They were so cute. 

I hope you are having a FABULOUS Sunday!  Time for me to figure out what lunch will be.  Oh boy!

Good morning!

Hopefully by now many of you have ordered Stampin’ Up!’s Country Living Holiday Collection Kit.  You know how I feel about this fabulous kit.  It has so many fun trinkets inside the kit and today I wanted to share a few projects that you can do OUTSIDE of what’s in the kit.  All of these projects today are ones that we did in my clubs this past month.  My goal is to show how versitle the kit is and the stamp set can be used way beyond the Holiday season. 

My little Rudolf may look a little sad, or as one of my friends said, "Are you sure he wasn’t drinking?", but he’s so cute.  The sentiment came from the Holiday Collection stamp.  You can pretty much tell how I made Rudolf from the picture, but I wanted to tell you the antlers were made using the Tulipe Bigz Die that is EXCLUSIVE to Stampin’ Up!  I love that die cut.  It’s very elegant.

This Chocolate Stick holder holds three Chocolate Covered Peppermint Sticks inside.  I used the Enjoy Stamp from the Country Living Stamp set, Holiday Collection.  I *LOVE* that particular stamp the most.  Oh the milelage that stamp will see.  I love how it fits PERFECTLY inside the 1 3/4 circle punch. 

This is your standard 2-5-7-10 Box that we revisited this month.  Every stamper has pastels (or at least you should) but I think the more we get into stamping we forget to use this GREAT tool.  There are so many great techniques that you can use your pastels for and this month we did Poppin’ Pastels on the box.  We used the Big Snowflake Jumbo Wheel in VersaMark and then used a sponge dauber dipped in pastels to POP the snowflakes out on the Baja Breeze cardstock.  Another fun element on this box you will notice is the Embossed Snowflake is placed onto the Bottom portion of the Basket & Blooms die cut.  It fit perfectly and the snowflake was punched out using the 1 3/4 circle punch.  WOW, I love that punch.  This makes your seasonal gift making super fast and easy. 

So there you have it!  Three projects that are super fast and cute and perfect for the season!

First, I know I’m not a genius but I sure felt like one when I made this project.  If it’s been done before… don’t tell me.  I want to savor this feeling for a few more days.

I went a little over board this Mini Catalog season with the beautiful Felt Flurries.  Now believe me, I have used them.  I have applied them to cards, mini books, Canvas projects… the list goes on.  The other day I found some of these glass ornaments in my "stash" of stuff.  I wanted to make something pretty and was sitting on the floor and had an ah ha moment.  I think I scared Russ.  He was playing on my computer and I let out a big scream and he turned quickly to find this…

I was so super excited when that felt snowflake fit over that glass ball.  I made 6 of them super quick.  I just cut strips of designer paper and curled them on my paper piercer from my Crafters Tool Kit.  Then I dropped them in the ornament one by one.  I carefully put my felt snowflake on then the cap.  I loved using that beautiful Rope ribbon from the mini catalog.  Isn’t that the best stuff???  I would love to see this in the next catalog.  So many great things can be done with it. Last thing I applied was the great rub on’s that Stampin’ Up! carries.  This one is Season of Cheer.  WOW have I gotten a lot of use out of these Rub On’s.  I would say at least 70% of my craft show projects used these rub ons. 

So, again… I am sure someone may have figured this idea out long ago… but I will continue to think I am a genius for just a few short days. 

I have one more thing to share.  Some of you may have seen this project before.  I really love scrapbooking on the wall and have been teaching Altered Canvas for some time.  Last night I had my last canvas class for the season and I wanted to share with you.  These are super fun and easy.  

Lots of fun products were used on this canvas.  I used the Big Felt Flurries, Designer Brads, Season of Cheer Rub On’s, and Old St. Nick Rub Ons.  I also used that gorgeous Chocolate Chip double stitched ribbon, Chipboard Snowflake and that fun Rope again.  If you want to see a tutorial on this, click HERE!

The most common question I get asked when making a canvas are the photos.  I highly recommend that you use photos printed from a professional place such as Wal Mart or Target.  Do not use a photo printed from your home printer as the Modge Podge will eat the ink and you will be left with a blank picture.  Probably NOT the end result you were looking for.

Well folks.  That is all I have to share tonight.  All the cleaning I did the other day really did me in.  I feel like all the dust bunnies I caught on Sunday have landed in my nose and head.  Ugh! 

Have a GREAT Wednesday and thanks so much for taking a peek!