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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!  :)  

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!

I just love the feel of felt.  It’s so soft to touch.  I have ONE last craft show coming up and I had these baby onsies hanging around and I wanted to try putting some felt flowers onto one.  I got so caught up in making these I ended up making 4 of them.  I cut the felt using my Big Shot and the Flower Layers w/Leaf die cut.  I love using that die cut with the felt.   Remember, the sizzlets will not cut the felt.  

Here is a looksie!

Here is picture close up.  

Making these makes me want another baby.  Or NOT!  *wink*

Good Sunday afternoon!

Seems like I have caught a little cold bug and boy has it made me feel like poo! Trying to catch up before my Stamp Camp today and wanted to quickly post these fun projects we did last month for club. 

This little guy doesn’t have to just hold tea.  It can hold any kind of chocolate or trinket.  I used the fun Ski Slope Designer Paper and Winter Post.  Plus I added those fun Felt Flurries.  The ROPE is GREAT and try unraveling it for a really fun look.

This card used a technique found in my Stampin’ Success Magazine that I get from Stampin’ Up! every month.  I really loved how using a punch and some scrap designer paper made a really fun card.  The scallop is a die cut for my Big Shot.  Another fun accent to this card. 

Well, I am off to rest a bit before the gang all shows up. Hope your having a GREAT day!

Last night I said I would post a pretty card and  it’s time to reveal.  Actually, I have two cards.   I’m keeping to my word and trying to catch up on all the birthday peeps.  I have A LOT to catch up!  :)  Here is my first card:

This card uses a few stamp sets.  I used Upsy Daisy with White Craft ink and Iridescent Ice.  Then I stamped the Butterflies the same way and cut them out and popped them up on the flower with glue dots.  I sponged around the edges to give a shabby look.  Those butterflies are soooooooo fun. 

Here is another card I am really excited about.  I have been dying to try new fun products besides cardstock in my Big Shot.  The other day I picked up some felt and fleece at the craft store.  Here is what I came up with:

I almost jumped up and down after I rolled the fleece out of the big shot.  Glad no one was here in my stamp room.  I was so excited.  Isnt’ that the coolest thing????  It is so thick and cut BEAUTIFULLY.  We all know how much I love the Felt Flurries.  Now I can make my own felt or fleece flowers for cards or scrapbook pages.  This really made my day.  I used my Forever Flowers Wheel (Amazing Wheel) on the bottom of the card with VersaMark and then embossed again with Iridescent Ice.  I used the big Pink Pirouette ribbon around the card and then cut my fleece out with my big shot using the Flower Layers with Leaf Die Cut.  The fleece is the SAME color as Pink Pirouette.  (jaw dropping)  WOW. Then I went to my Flower Fusion stash… I have a lot, and put some of those on top of the flowers I cut.  Then I pulled out the pretty new Button Bouquet in the catalog and sewed them on with Linen Thread and the needle from my tool kit.  Lastly I added the sentiment.  I LOVE this card.  This makes me happy.  So, if you are contemplating the Big Shot… I highly recommend it.  This is one of the best tools I have used in FOREVER!!!!