On to Christmas we go!!

I have been crazy busy in the last month. We moved into my mom's house while waiting for our house to be built. I've also been busy with my Christmas events.

Right now we have an Online Extravaganza over at www.stampinup.com. Click on Hot Deals to see what we have on sale. There are a lot of great deals. In just over a month our Holiday Mini Catalogue is done and the Occasions Mini Catalogue is coming out along with the Sale-a-bration. If there is anything you still want from the Holiday Mini, let me know.

Last Saturday I had a group of ladies attend my Christmas Advent Box event. Here are pics of the box.

Days 1-6 with a punched out snowflake lined with Pool Party marker and Dazzling Details added to make it sparkly.

Days 7-12 with a stamped stocking and punched out with the stocking punch.

Days 13-18 with a wreath made from a 1 3/4 circle and the small flowers from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack. I added some basic jewels and a hemp twine bow.

Days 19-24 with a Contempo ornament stamped 5 times (4 of them are glued in pairs). I added basic jewels on this one as well.

Here you can see I created the drawers out of Stampin' Up! Matchbox die. The top opens as well to add a little gift for someone as well.

I'm sure you noticed that the top box rotates. This allows you to see the front of it with each side that you have facing out. On the top box, I used the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies for the Big Shot. I also used the basic rhinestones, the jingle bells and another snowflake.

Happy Weekend and Stampin'!

Susie

Halloween Treat Baggies

I love special occasions as it gives the opportunity to make craft for my daughters classmates. This year we had to make double the treats from last year as I now have 2 daughters in school. The girls are super excited about these little treats. We made a total of 43 treat bags.

We also made this treat baggie at the last craft night as well. These baggies are in the Holiday Mini Catalogue, it's the 1 x 8 Cellophane Bags. You get 50 for $3.25 CAN.

Supplies
Stamp Set: Batty for You 116576W
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black; Whisper White
Ink: Classic Stampin' Pad -Pumpkin Pie 105216
Other Supplies: 1 x 8 Cellophane Bags 124134; Big Shot 113439; Two Tags Die 115954; 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch 119854; 1 3/8" Circle Punch 119860; Linen Thread 104199; 1 1/4" Wild Wasabi Striped Grosgrain Ribbon 125059

Tell me what you think by leaving me a comment.

Susie

Trick or Treat Banner!

This cute little banner is one of the items we made at the last craft night. I wanted to do some Halloween decorating this year but need to make sure that it's not scary. It seems that I can't take my daughters to any store at this time of year because of all the scary Halloween stuff that is out. Unfortunately this banner will not be up for very long as we are moving this Friday.

Here is the supply list on how to make it.
Supplies
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie -pennants; Pick Your Poison DSP *Holiday Mini Catalogue 124001-2 1/2 x 1; Basic Black -letters
Ink: Classic Stampin' Pad -Pumpkin Pie 105216, Basic Black 101179
Other Supplies: Big Shot *FREE for the month of October 113439; Perfect Pennants Die 123126; Alphabet Simple Letters Die 115960; Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Die 115951; Stamping Sponges 101610; White Baker's Twine 124262; 1/16" Handheld Punch 101227; Crop-a-dile 108362; 1 1/4" Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon 115615; Cutter Kit 106958; 5/8" Jumbo Brads 112533

I hope you "treat" yourself on this great day!!

Happy Stampin'
Susie

Lollies...

These cute lollies are fun to make!!

These lollies look great in decorative glass jars. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to buy any.

Supplies
Card Stock: Spice Cake DSP -strips in size 2 x 24, 1 1/2 x 24 and 1 x 20 scored at 1/2"; Pool Party -circles; More Mustard -circle; Crumb Cake -circle
Other Supplies: Spice Cake Designer Button 124113; Crop-a-dile 108362; Linen Thread 104199; 1 1/4" Circle Punch 119861; 1" Circle Punch 119868; 3/4" Circle Punch 119873; 1/2" Circle Punch 119869; Antique Brads 117273; Simply Scored Scoring Tool 122334 (Holiday Mini Catalogue)

This is the Simply Scored Scoring Tool that's in the Holiday Mini Catalogue. This tool allows for quick scoring such as when you need to make more then one score line on a project.
If you'd like to get your hands on this tool, send me a message.

Have a great day!!

Susie

Grateful...

For the month of September we focused on the Thanksgiving/Fall theme. Fall is my favourite season of the year. I love all the leaves changing colours and I love a lawn full of fallen leaves.

On this card we used the Stampin' Pastels. I have to say this was my first time using them and I love the way this image looks. Other ways of colouring your images are the Stampin' Write Markers, Watercolour Wonder Crayons, Watercolour Pencils, and Blender Pen or Aqua Painter with our ink pads. Each way of colouring gives your image a different look.

Supplies
Stamp Set: Always Thankful (Holiday Mini Catalogue) 123787W & 123789C
Card Stock: More Mustard -5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4; Soft Suede -5 1/4 x 4; Spice Cake DSP -5 x 3 3/4; Very Vanilla 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 & label
Ink: Stazon Jet Black Ink 101406; Stampin' Pastels 120962; Classic Stampin' Pad -Soft Suede 115657
Other Supplies: Spice Cake Designer Buttons 124113; Linen Thread 104199; 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon Pool Party 122975; Scallop Oval Punch 119856; Cutter Kit 106958; Glue Dots 103683; Dimensionals 104430

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Susie