Holiday Ornament from the Holiday Mini catalog

Here's my take on the ornament featured on the front cover of the Holiday Mini catalog.  I added some Crumb Cake tulle ribbon instead of the Linen Thread because I had to hide some hot glue, so I improvised.  :)  It wasn't as hard as I had thought it would be to replicate this project.

Ornament instructions

Ornament instructions

Ornament instructions

Adorable Halloween Printer's Tray

This turned out soooo cute!  I just love this little tray!  In the blank box, you can put a photo or another decorative element to complete the ensemble.

When this project came to me, it had two sheets of the cutouts needed for each square of the tray, a whole package of rhinestones, a whole spool of Lucky Limeade baker's twine, and sooo much more. I was very impressed by the package Stampin' Up! had put together. And it was super easy to follow the instructions and create this professional-looking tray.  Now I have tons of leftovers -- enough to make a whole nother tray!  :)

Butterfly peek-a-boo card

This is a card I made for my mother-in-law.  I just love the peek-a-boo technique.  This is the new Elegant Butterfly punch and the Patio Party DSP.  Of course, I had to make a matching envelope!  :)

Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stack

What a beautiful weekend we had in Texas!  Highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s.  I feel so refreshed and renewed!  We did spend a few hours indoors, of course, getting an early start on Christmas cards.  Here are the cards we made on Saturday, four of each design, with matching envelopes.

 Mr. Friendly Snowman.  You can't really see it in the picture, but after coloring the image, we spritzed it with shimmer spray made from the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint mixed with rubbing alcohol.  This is the Snow Much Fun stamp set. 

The easiest card ever!  Just Versamark the trees from Lovely as a Tree stamp set and the sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set, sprinkle with silver embossing powder, heat, and you're done!  Added a Vintage Faceted Designer Button with a rhinestone and some Organza ribbon.

We braved the Stampin' wheel!  Love this design with the circle cut-out and the fabric bow. :)

Simple, but pretty.  We used the ornaments stamps and Framelits from the Holiday Mini catalog.  The edges of the colored cardstock strips are distressed on the edges.

And last, but not least, our little fresh-baked gingerbread men.  Again from the Holiday Mini, these are the Scentsational Season and Perfectly Preserved stamp sets and Framelits.  Super easy and really cute!

Thanks to the ladies who came to stamp with me this weekend ...  what a great time it was! 

Scentsational Season card

 

Happy Labor Day!  Hope your Monday is relaxing

and you're getting in lots of stampin' time!

 

This card is one of the cards we'll be making at

Saturday's Stamp-A-Stack.  These little guys are

too cute to eat! 

 

This is the Scentsational Season

stamp set and Framelits from the Holiday

Mini catalog.

Explosion Box

This is the explosion box we made at last night's Stamp Club.  Gina demonstrated for us how to make these little cuties. 

Box closed ...

And BAM!  Explosion box open!  :) 

On each side you could put photos, mementos, journaling notes, anything.

It's a little scrapbook in a box. Love, love, love it!

Downline Meeting Swaps

Finally (!) I'm posting pics of the swaps I received at our downline meeting a week ago.  I love them all!  I'm going to list the first names of the ladies under each picture.

Theresa

Caren

Denise

Julie

Polly

Kelly

Michele

Linda

Mary

Jessica

Becca

Wendy

 

And a 3-D from Kelly.

 

Aren't these great?  We have some really talented ladies in our group!