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Nuggets with It's A Wrap Holidays

If you need a quick and easy gift idea, this is it! I totally copied this from fellow demonstrator Dawn O, who's blog you can check out here.  This was one of the free projects all the girls at the Stamp & Scrap Getway got to make!  The next one is in March, and you don't want to miss it! Click here for more details!

Those are Hershey Nuggets wrapped up in stamped mailing labels. How much fun is that?  Quick and easy...and probably why the It's a Wrap Holidays stamp set is one of the top sellers from the Holiday Mini!  They are wrapped up in a medium cello bag that is topped off with Hollyberry Berry Bouquet Paper and the holly from the Winter Wishes Stitched Felt.  Must-have items!  Check them out:

Click here to order now and have it shipped to your door anywhere in Canada!

 

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Shop Online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more.  This month's online inspiration class features the Christmas Lodge stamp set - check out this free class by clicking here.

Quick and Easy Holiday Gift - Holiday Photo Canvas

Last weekend I hosted a full day of holiday classes and we had a great time making everything from tags to cards to home decor items.  With five classes, there was a lot of design and prep work for the class, but it was all worth it. Plus we raised both cash and canned goods for the House of Lazarus.   I am a huge fan of the wonderful work they do in my immediate community and encourage you to support this, or other food banks in your community this holiday season. 

This project was one of the ones we made in the Gift Giving class and I have to say, one of my favorites.  This photo canvas can be used as a home decor item as is OR you can add a family photo to jazz it up.

The canvas is from my local dollar store and is 6x8. It is covered with some Newsprint DSP which we attached with the Anywhere Glue Stick.  The tree is from the Hollyberry Bouquet Designer Paper and we freehanded the tree, which is then popped up with Dimensionals. A Hollyberry Button and twine attached with a Mini Glue Dot top off the tree. The letters are stamped in Real Red using the Letter It Alphabet and punched out with the Curly Label punch. These are topped off with the mini silver brads and popped up with dimensionals.  That's it...easy peasy...and perfect for mass production!

 

 Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop Online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more.  This month's online inspiration class features the Christmas Lodge stamp set - check out this free class by clicking here.

Halloween Flip Album

I had an absolute blast last night with the moms & teens at the library!  Thanks to all of you who came out and we are definitely going to be scheduling more classes.  Here's another one of the projects we did last night, a flip album. It's something I'll be teaching at the Handmade Holidays Class in the Scrapbooking Session on November 19th. You can check out all the details and register for this fun day of stamping classes here.

Here's the inside of the album:

The Designer Series Paper is from the Pick Your Poison package featured in the Holiday Mini. So cute, and nice, muted colors that say Halloween, but don't conflict with your photos!  Enjoy!

 

Want a FREE Big Shot? Buy the Stampin' Up Starter Kit this month and receive a free Big Shot.  Have a Big Shot?  No problem - you'll get $125 in products of your choice.  That's over $500 worth of products for only $215.  Click here for all the details.

 Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop Online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more.  This month's online inspiration class features the Christmas Lodge stamp set - check out this free class by clicking here.

Pines and Poinsettas Classic Christmas Card

The other day I had a discussion with a friend about how I've already been making Christmas projects for at least the last two months.  She thought it was plain crazy, but when you are a stamper, Christmas starts early. Come December 1st, I'll be so over Christmas in my stamp room and I'll be creating valentine's treats.

Here's a card that's been a big hit at my recent stamping events. Everyone loves the pinecone image from the Pines and Poinsettas stamp set from the Holiday Mini.   It falls into the category of "classic christmas" and it is perfect with the Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper.

Featured Technique - Coloring with Markers! The pinecone is colored with Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Early Espresso markers.  Don't forget to add the breath of life before stamping the pinecones to remoisten your colored images.

Featured Color Combo - Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Check out Poinsettas and Pines and the artwork:

And don't you love the Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper - perfect for holiday and masculine projects:

Now is the time to stock up on your papercrafting supplies for Christmas projects! Click here to shop now. 

Don't forget! If you spend $50 or more in my online store, you'll get an awesome class by email featuring the Christmas Lodge stamp set. Here's a quick teaser of the projects you'll learn how to make in this free class:

Want a FREE Big Shot? Buy the Stampin' Up Starter Kit this month and receive a free Big Shot.  Have a Big Shot?  No problem - you'll get $125 in products of your choice.  That's over $500 worth of products for only $215.  Click here for all the details.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop Online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more.  This month's online inspiration class features the Christmas Lodge stamp set - check out this free class by clicking here.

Big Shot Stocking Gift Card Holder

 

I am so excited about the new Big Shot dies in the Holiday Mini!  Here's the Bigz Holiday Stocking Die, which we used at my Holiday Mini Kickoff Party to create a gift card holder.

Do you have a Big Shot? Wouldn't you like one for FREE?  You can get one this month from Stampin' Up for free when you buy the starter kit. Click here for more info.

To make the gift card holder, cut two stockings from Cherry Cobbler, and then emboss with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder on the Big Shot. You'll have to make sure to emboss them so that the piece that is facing outside is getting embossed, so you'll have to flip one to the other side before running it though.  The two of them are then sprayed with my favorite Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.

When you go put together the two stocking pieces you want to make sure that you keep the centre open for a gift card. The whole thing is topped off with the cuff made out of Very Vanilla and stamped with the Dear Santa stamp set from the Holiday Mini. It is topped off with a Holly Berry Bouquet button threaded with the Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine and a piece of Scallop Polkadot Cherry Cobbler ribbon.

This die is a must-have for your collection! So many ways to use it and I'll have many more projects to share over the next couple weeks.   Click here to shop now for this die and other great Stampin' Up holiday mini products.

Kickstart Your Christmas Card Making! Join Stamps 2 Go and get the Merry & Type Stamp Set in October's Kit, plus three finished sample cards to help inspire you! All for only $35 a month!  Register or get more info here.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop Online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more.  This month's online inspiration class features the Christmas Lodge stamp set - check out this free class by clicking here.

Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin Kit Mini Album

I really think that one of Stampin' Up's best kept secrets are the Simply Scrappin Kits!  They have a tonne of paper and fun die cut stickers that all coordinate to help you create scrapbook pages, cards or other projects.  Above is a picture of a cute album created with the Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin Kit from the Holiday Mini. It is one of four projects I am making tonight with my team with this kit.  Eight of the Papercraft Princesses earned a spot at a special stamping night - way to go ladies!  I love being able to reward them for their hard work and getting to spend stamping time together.

Here's some of the inside of the album:

The album folds out to provide lots of space for pictures:

Wouldn't this be a perfect gift for the holidays?  Here's the Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin Kit:

The kit is a steal for only $26.95.  Each kit includes 8 sheets of 12x12 cardstock, 6 sheets for Designer Series Paper and 6 sheets of die cut stickers.  Easy peasy coordination!

You can check out the other Simply Scrappin Kits by clicking here.

 

 

 Check out my *new* Stamps 2 Go Club. Get a stamp set every month along with three sample cards and a technique sheet mailed to you.  Register or get more info here.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more. 

The Holiday Mini is Here: Meet Gently Falling and Autumn Spice DSP

Today is the day - the Holiday Mini is now live! You can check it out here. If you'd like a copy mailed you to you just email me here to request your copy (open to Canadians only, and if you are not active with another demonstrator).

You can check out all of the Holiday Mini goodies here.

Here's Holiday Sneak Peek #4 - here are the picks so far:

Wednesday - Bigz Stocking Die

Tuesday - Christmas Lodge Stamp Set

Monday - Stitched Stocking Stamp Set and coordinating Stocking Builder Punch

Today we switching gears to focus on fabulous fall! This card features two products from the Spice Cake Product Suite - the Gently Falling Stamp Set and Spice Cake Designer Series Paper.  Best of all - Stampin' Up sent me these along with the coordinating fabric and big buttons for FREE. If you'd like some free rubber, I'd love to talk to you about being a demonstrator!

Featured Color Combo: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Cajun Craze

Tips & Tricks - The background is stamped with Crumb Cake for a tone on tone effect.  The main leaf is stamped using 2-Step stamping - the Stampin-Ma-Jig is the best tool to help you line it up. If you don't have this tool, this stamp positionning tool is a must have! And check out the scalloped pieces behind the Designer Series Paper, that's two strips of the Dotted Scallop Border punch.

If you want more project ideas - check back all this week on my blog for my top five Holiday Mini picks.  Friday is a surprise, because I've not decided what to feature yet! 

Want even more project ideas? Sign up for my email newsletter and you'll get my new weekly Fall into the Holidays: Inbox Edition for the next six weeks.  Pictures and project instructions that will only be available by email!  Click here to sign up.

Check out my *new* Stamps 2 Go Club. Get a stamp set every month along with three sample cards and a technique sheet mailed to you.  Register or get more info here.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more. 

Holiday Mini Sneak Peek: Holiday Stocking Bigz Die

Welcome to Holiday Mini Sneak Peek day #3 - all this week I'm featuring my top picks from the Holiday Mini that starts...TOMORROW!  (Yes, I am just a wee bit excited).

Here's the picks so far:

Tuesday - Christmas Lodge Stamp Set

Monday - Stitched Stocking Stamp Set and coordinating Stocking Builder Punch

Today we are right back to stockings with the Stocking Die for the Big Shot. Love, love, love it!  Stockings have always been one of my favorite parts of Christmas, and since the second I saw this I've been cooking up ideas on how to use it! 

This project is a simple stocking ornament. I've sandwiched a layer of thin chipboard between the two stockings to stiffen it up.  The Designer Series Paper featured here is called Frostwood Lodge and it also is new in the Holiday Mini.

Featured Color Combo: Cherry Cobbler - Garden Green

Tips & Tricks - I assembled all of the pieces for the stocking using the Anywhere Glue Stick.  If you don't have one of these - you need one! They are cheap and the best adhesive for this kind of project!  And my "thin chipboard" is the piece of chipboard you get for free in the back of every package of Designer Series Paper.  

If you want more project ideas - check back all this week on my blog for my top five Holiday Mini picks.  Thursday's project is all about Fall!

Want even more project ideas? Sign up for my email newsletter and you'll get my new weekly Fall into the Holidays: Inbox Edition for the next six weeks.  Pictures and project instructions that will only be available by email!  Click here to sign up.

 Check out my *new* Stamps 2 Go Club. Get a stamp set every month along with three sample cards and a technique sheet mailed to you.  Register or get more info here.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more. 

Holiday Mini Sneak Peek: Christmas Lodge

It's Holiday Mini Sneak Peek day #2 - all this week I'm featuring my favorite picks from the Holiday Mini that starts on September 1st.

Yesterday, my pick was the Stitched Stockings Stamp Set and coordinating Stockings Builder Punch. You can check out yesterday's stitched stockings project by clicking here.

Today we are channeling all things holiday and snow with the Christmas Lodge stamp set.  So far, I've had lots of you tell me that you *must* have this set! I smell a winner!

This is an excellent "mass production" card - eg. one you can make 30 of and not want to stab yourself with the paper piercer!  It's truly a stamps-paper-ink creation!

 

Featured Color Combo: Cherry Cobbler - Always Artichoke - Very Vanilla - Crumb Cake

Tips & Tricks - Give the card a vintage feel by gently sponging Crumb Cake ink around the stamped panel. Step up your card with a little bit of glitter. The Two-Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter help take this card from drab to fab!

If you want more project ideas - check back all this week on my blog for my top five Holiday Mini picks.

Want even more project ideas? Sign up for my email newsletter and you'll get my new weekly Fall into the Holidays: Inbox Edition for the next six weeks.  Pictures and project instructions that will only be available by email!  Click here to sign up.

 Check out my *new* Stamps 2 Go Club. Get a stamp set every month along with three sample cards and a technique sheet mailed to you.  Register or get more info here.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more. 

Holiday Mini Sneak Peek: Stitched Stockings Stamp Set

Are you ready? I am so excited about the Holiday Mini catalog that hits the streets this week! September 1st is the Big Day. All this week I'll be counting down with my top five favorite Holiday Mini products.

Today is my first pick - the Stitched Stockings Stamp Set and the coordinating Stockings Builder Punch. How much do you love it?  I definitely think this will be a big hit!

This was a very simple card to make - this is why I love punches the punches is layered onto a piece of Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper on the larger square from the Scallop Square Duo for the Big Shot. The greeting is heat embossed with silver embossing powder and comes from the Delightful Dozen stamp set (in the Idea Book).

Featured Color Combo: Night of Navy - Bashful Blue - Very Vanilla

Tips & Tricks - Colored Rhinestones: Check out the rhinestone on the stocking that coordinates perfectly with the color palette. You can color Stampin' Up's Basic Rhinestones with Sharpie markers. I'm sure you have some in your stash.  Just make sure you color them on the paper they come on and then put them into your project for optimum control.

If you want more project ideas - check back all this week on my blog for my top five Holiday Mini picks.

Want even more project ideas? Sign up for my email newsletter and you'll get my new weekly Fall into the Holidays: Inbox Edition for the next six weeks.  Pictures and project instructions that will only be available by email!  Click here to sign up.

Check out my *new* Stamps 2 Go Club. Get a stamp set every month along with three sample cards and a technique sheet mailed to you.  Register or get more info here.

Stamp with Me! Local to eastern Ontario? I'm a short drive from Ottawa, Brockville and Cornwall or anywhere in between....I'd love to stamp with you! Click here for upcoming events.

Shop online 24/7 and have your order sent to your door anywhere in Canada. Receive a free class by email with a purchase of $50 or more.