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Hostess Appreciation Party - Halloween Style!

Last week, I threw a little party for my hostesses from the past year, and nine of these awesome ladies were able to join me! The event had a halloween theme, because while it's not really a "holiday" per se, it is one of my favorites!  Must be all the black involved - that being my favorite color and all if you refer to my wardobe. LOL. As I tell my friends, when you wear black everything always matches.

We had lunch, topped off with some yummy cupcakes all on the Halloween themed table:

With the new Table Setting Die, I made cute little place cards, and these funky napkin rings with black roses:

Then of course we did some stamping! First we created a treat box, using the Fancy Favor Box and the From the Crypt stamp set.  I'll be posting a tutorial with all the details on this project later this week:

The ladies then were able to fill up their cello bags at the candy bar (note the Spooky Brocade Decor Element on the Centre jar):

 We also did a quick card using the Sweet Treat Cups and the Sweet Centres stamp set:

Being a hostess has so may great rewards - free stamps, a shopping spree and getting to attend the hostess appreciation party! And the deal for hostesses is that much sweeter with all hostesses until Nov 30th, getting any item in the Holiday Mini catalog for only $14 with a $330 workshop!  How awesome is that?  Especially for your bigger ticket items.  You can book your workshop today by emailing me - you invite your friends, and I'll do the rest. It's a fun afternoon or evening our for you and your family and friends! 

Have a great week - check back tomorrow for more stampin' fun!

 

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Materials

Table Setting: Table Setting Die, Big Shot, Night and Day Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Gray and Perfect Plum Cardstock, Large Oval, Scallop Oval

Candy Box: Fancy Favor Die, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock, Tearing Edge Ruler, Modern Label and Word Window Punch, Basic Black Ink, Sponges and Stampin' Dimensionals

Candy Jar: Spooky Brocade

Sweet Treat Card: Halloween Frights and Sweet Centres stamp sets, sweet treat cups, basic gray, old olive, rich razzleberry and whisper white cardstock, old olive and basic gray classic ink, Cast-A-Spell designer series paper, basic black grosgrain ribbon, glue dots, sticky strip, other - punch

New Decor Elements Too!

In all the new catalog excitement, I almost forgot about the new Decor Elements!  To be really honest, when they first announced this product line back in June, I was a bit unsure.  Six months, later and with the third release of this product line, I'm sold.   I've put up quite a few now for both friends and myself, and they are easy to work with and pretty inexpensive as far as art/decor goes.  It's a quick and easy way to do a bit of decorating while you're trapped inside this winter!

You can check out the new brochure here - http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryID=231

Some of my favorites are Laundry and Tree.  I have my eye on Prehistoric Pals for the playroom.  You can order them online through my website at www.ilovepapercrafts.stampinup.net - and clicking on shop now!

Cheers,

 

 

Spooky Decor Elements

 

Here's a quick and easy Decor Elements project.  It uses the Spooky Decor Elements released for Halloween.  This is the white spooky spider, trimmed a little bit and applied to this metal basket from the dollar store. 

Phase Two of the Decor Elements was released earlier this month - you can check out the entire product line here. There's some cool xmas ones that could be used for a variety of decorating projects this holiday season.  

Enjoy,

 

Introducing Decor Elements

I am happy to announce that Stampin' Up has launched a cool new product line.  Decor Elements is a series of vinyl wall art images based on popular SU artwork!!!!  As of July 1st these are available for order by customers- and you can check them out here.   To request a brochure email me at maggie@ilovepapercrafts.com. 

And...as an intro special, I am offering free shipping and handling on Decor Elements for the month of July!

What's cool about these is that you can put them on any smooth surface -  think walls, picture frames, mirrors, windows and so on.  And...are you ready for this?  They aren't permanent.  You can remove them in a matter of a few minutes so just think of the possibilities!  You can change up your decor much more often because these are fun and affordable.

I just got my pre-order today and have already put this up in my scrap space - pretty cool, non?