Altered Mini Comp Books for Post #19!

Here's a picture of some mini comp books I altered to sell at the craft fair tomorrow. WIsh me luck! Hopefully everyone is in the Holiday mood! I'm gettin' there!

Sparkly & Bright!

Here's a package of 4 tea lights w/a pack of matches. I got the idea to stamp on the tea lights from the last U-Stamp. Thought this would make a great craft fair item. We'll see.

Another Craft Fair Item

Holiday Pencils w/toppersOne item I think goes over really big at craft fairs are Holiday pencils w/toppers. Halloween or Christmas they seem to be a big hit. I sell these 2 for $1.00. The stamp set I used for the Santa is Sparkly and Bright, the penguin is an incentive stamp I've had for awhile. Punches I used were 1 1/4", 1 3/8", and the scallop circle punch oh and I used the 1/4" punch for the ball on Santa's hat. SU markers and the white unigel pen were used to add color. Catch you tomorrow.

Craft Fair Items

I can't believe it's time for Christmas Craft Fairs again! Wow the year has really flown by. I've got one to set up at on friday so I need to get started on some things, don't you think? lol

These little tins filled with m&m's are always a big hit. I sell them for $1.00 so usually everyone picks up a couple.

Side view.

The Rudolph one will have red hots in it. I saw this idea on someones blog, sorry I can't remember who it was, but I thought it was a really cute idea, they had something written about extra noses enclosed. Have a great day and I'll see you back tomorrow.

Ornament Punch Card in Red & White

Ok, so today's post is a case of a swap I received at Regionals.

This card uses the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder, the Ornament Punch, White Gel Pen, and the set Berry Christmas. It's a fun card to make and I think the result is certanly a wow. See you tomorrow.

3 x 3 Christmas Cards

Hey everyone this is November 14th and my 14th post for the month! Today's offering is a couple of 3 x 3 cards I made for a swap over at Stampin' Addicts. What a great swap it was! Here's one I made using the Dasher stamp.
and the other one I made using the Berry Christmas set I received at Regionals.

And the Winner is...

Ok so it's time to let you know how much ribbon was in the jar and there was 120 feet! So the winner is Project Create with a guess of 76 feet. Congrats to you! Please contact me so I can send out your ribbon. You'll have two weeks to do so. Thanks for playing everyone. Have a great Friday the 13th!

Easy Christmas Card, and I'm 12 for 12!

I just love Stampin' Up's new Ornament Punch, if you haven't gotten one yet, what are you waiting for, I can certainly fix you up with one!This card is made using the Ornament Punch, Big Shot, Petals a Plenty Impressions Folder, White Gel Pen, Platnum Shimmer Paint, Real Red & WWhite cardstock and SU ribbon. Love the shimmer paint and this impressions folder!!! Gotta run. Oh remember tomorrow is Friday the 13th and I'll reveil the winner of the blog candy, so get busy and leave your guess!

Super Excited!

I just found out I won a free stamp set over at Stampin Addicts during their Gussy Up the Gallery contest, Gotta love free stamps. Sorry no pictures today. Way to busy, had to work and had a workshop at my house when I got home. Good thing Robin was the Hostess, because I had no time to fix food! I'll post some stuff tomorrow. Promise.

Today I'm 10 for 10!

I took a challenge over at Stampin' Addicts during the month of November to post each day, and I'm proud to say that this is day 10 and my 10th post! I'm doin' good! Today's post shows what the inside of the tag tins looked like. I made a divider for the tags to help keep them from getting all messed up.

Inside view of tin with divider and tags

This is some of the tag samples I made to get the ladies started. We all had a great time. See you tomorrow. Oh and don't forget to guess how much ribbon is in the jar a coupl of post back! Have a great day!

Butterfly Tin

My favorite stamp set (for know) Flight of the Butterfly and my favorite DSP Cottage Wall! Life couldn't get much better, plus it was packed with small Dove Chocolate Squares! (better yet) This was my other item for our family reunion silent auction Saturday night.
Don't forget the Blog Candy a couple of posts down!

A Couple of Altered Compbooks

This one made with SU's Thoroughly Modern DSP.

and SU's Tale Tales DSP for this one.

I made these and altered a tin for our family reunion silent auction.

TIME FOR SOME BLOG CANDY!!!

Ok, here's a little blog candy. Does anyone like ribbon? Tell me how many feet of ribbon in the jar and closest guess wins the ribbon.(jar not included) United States residents , please. I'll leave this open until Friday, November13, and then I'll reveil the winner. You'll have 2 weeks to contact me with your info, after that I'll take the next closest. Thanks for playing.

C is For Cookie...

This is my latest U-Stamp project.

These cappussino containers are the perfect size to put a little stack of cookies in and give to someone special. I've used some of SU's retired Christmas DSP called Dashing on this project.

Hope everyone has a good day, gotta run. See you tomorrow.

Dawn's Holiday U-Stamp Link

Hi there, some of you have been asking where the link is to the projects I've been making. So now it's at the top of my blog on the left hand sign. Just click on it and it should take you there. The class fee is $24.99 and although it ends November 13 Dawn has made it so you can go back and get the projects and tutorials that have been posted every day since it began on October 16! and the sight will be up for months after it ends for you to go back too. You can print them out or download them to a disk, or save them to your computer. Among the very talented designers are two of my favorites, Linda Hanson and Becky Roberts and they have got some great ideas this time around! There is also a gallery for you to post your creations that you make using the tutorials provided, so that's more ideas! You can chat and meet some new friends from all over the world! and Dawn has prizes to give away too! Oh did you know that Dawn was the #1 Demonstrator of the year this year! Way to go Dawn! Ok, I'm done yapping. Hope to see you there!

The Little Mermaid & Mr Lady Bug

Isn't she just the cutest mermaid ever! This is my great niece and she wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween (she's only 2!) so of course Aunt Twila made her a mermaid costume. I thought it turned out pretty good...She loved it, and really that's all that matters.( :

Mermaid Addi

Hey, who stepped on my fin?

and this is my great nephew Asher and he was a Lady Bug, you won't get him to do that in a couple of years. (although he makes a cute one)

Christmas Tag Tin #2

Another Tag Tin, same style different color. I love the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper from Stampin' UP! You can see the embossing a lot more on the top of this tin.Top View
Side View

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas...

This is my 3rd day in a row to post! I think I'm doin' good. This tin is part of a project the ladies at my church will be doing next Monday night during Make-It Take-It with Twila. During November it's my job to do the program for the night. So here is part of it. It's a tin to hold Christmas tags. Now I haven't got my tags made yet so you'll have to check back in a couple of days to see them. Mean time, enjoy pictures of the tin.

This tin is altered using some of the retired Christmas DSP, which I just happened to have 3 packs of because I loved it so much! and I used my BS, Large Polka dot Background, and the 2 Christmas sizzlets from the mini and the Christmas level 2 Hostess stamp set.

Top View
Side View
That's it for today, see you tomorrow. Gotta go mow my yard while the sun is shinning!

A Little Bit of Cottage Wall

Cute little gift box I made using Linda Hanson's pattern on, yes you guessed it Holiday U-Stamp.This little box is made using the Cottage Wall DSP and Old Olive paper. The Top Note die is used to make the lid, tied up with a Razzleberry Ribbon and it's ready to go! By the way, over at Stampin Addicts I took a challenge to try and post everyday during the month of November, so check back you never know when there might be some BLOG candy to give away! Hope everyone has a good day today!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

This is my second project I made using Jenn PiCard's porject and pattern from Dawn's Holiday U-Stamp going on now. Click on the Christmas Blinkie to the left and you can sign up too! Cost is $24.99 but it is so worth it! So many ideas and patterns and so little time!This project includes a box and 4 notecards and envys. Although I made my own notecards, you can buy a set of WWhite notecards and matching envys from the SU catty. You could alter the box to hold regular size. I used Kraft, Bordering Blue, Soft Suede and the Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP (from the Holiday Mini).Ink used was Soft Suede, along with the new Snowflake set from the mini makes it a great set. I love how it turned out! Thanks for stopping by, and come back to stamp a little longer with me!

Cake Boxes

Talk about a FUN project! This is one for sure. Super quick and easy! I needed something to put some cupcakes in for a gift and this project worked great! I got the instructions for it over at Dawn's Holiday U-Stamp going on now! There are some great ladies with great projects every day thru November 13th. If you'd like to subscribe scroll down and click on the blinkie and it'll tell you what you need to do. Yes there is a fee, but I think it's well worth it for all the great patterns and ideas!Cake box with 4 cupcakes
Closeup of greeting

Another cake box
Stack of two boxes

Flowers or Pumpkins? Take Your Pick

The following projects are some of the things I showed at a workshop last night. I got the idea to make flowers out of the Pumpins in the Pumpkin Patch set and some of the other things from Sarah's blog. She has some super cute ideas!This is a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" card.
Hot Chocolate Packet Holder

Oops got these switched! This is what it looks like with the packet tucked down inside. Sorry about the color of some of the pictures my camera battery was about to go dead.

This is what I really fell in love with was how she put the pumpkin faces on the nuggets!

Super cute! I used our SU Matchbox die for this project.

Another flower card I made, but I Rock-n-Rolled around the edges.

and a simple little card, gotta love the courdury buttons!

This was one of the make-n-takes using the BS Top Note Die for a topper and Little Boo stamp!

Make -n-Take card using Falling Leaves and the Bright Blessings Jumbo Wheel.

Hostess gift this one ended up being Gerty's.

and this one was Sharon's.

Glad I hadn't glued down the letters before the party!

Stella Stamper and Other Retired Sets for Sale!

Hi there! I've got some retired sets that need to find a new home. All sets come from a smoke free home. Some have been gently used with love and some are NUM. Take a look and see if there's anything you want. I accept money order or personal check. I will ship the cheapest or priority, you choose. If you want to see a picture of a set, please pm me and I'll get one for you. If you want to see a picture of any of the sets please pm me and I'll get one to you. Thanks for looking!

$3.00 Sets
Cute Converse (hostess set)
Garden Collage (SAB)
Gently Falling (SAB)
Happy Harmony (SAB) NUM (rubber has some fading to it) Pending
Noteworthy (SAB) NUM
(2) Too Terrific Tags (hostess set) NUM (1) Sold

$5.00 Sets
A Little Love
Alphabits
Doodle That NUM Pending
Fine Frames
For a Friend (hostess set) NUM Sold
I Did It
Mini Messages
Memory of the Heart NUM Sold
Oh My Word (hostess set)
Paint Prints (SAB)
Purfect
Reverse Prints
Smorgasborders
You're Neat
Wreath of Roses

$7.00 Sets
Beautiful Life Pending
Darling Dots (hostess set) NUM Pending
Little Layers II
Occasions Collection (hostess set) NUM Sold
Painted Posies (SAB) NUM
Parisian Plaza
Polka Dots & Paisley (only cut out 1 stamp) NUM
Something to Celebrate
(2) Stipple Celebrations (1) Sold
Sweet of You (hostess set level 2) NUM
You Warm My Heart Sold

$10.00 Sets
Both Way Blossoms (hostess set level 2) NUM
Bundle of Joy Pending
Crazy for Christmas NUM
Friendship Blooms (hostess set)
Seasonal Whimsy
Sweet Shapes

$12.00 Sets
A Little Something (hostess set) NUM
All About Occasions (plus matching jumbo wheel) (hostess set)
Sassy & Seasonal
Sassy Suzie NUM Sold

$15.00 Sets
Seaside Sketches NUM Sold
Summer By the Sea Sold
Tag Time NUM

$20.00 Sets
Stella Stamper (this is a 1999 stamp set)

Cottage Wall Is My Favorite DSP! (for now)

I must say I really never cared much for purple, but I love the Rich Razzleberry and the Cottage Wall DSP! So very pretty. Below is the tin I made for my Little Sis named Deb from Stampin' Addicts. She is such a sweetheart! I filled it with some goodies and sent it to her on her birthday. Mini Lunchbox Tin made with Cottage Wall DSP, Old Olive Paper, Flight of the Butterfly stamp set, Pretties Flower and Pearl, BS and Swirly die strip, Rich Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence inks!
Birthday card using the Flight of the Butterfly set and the wonderful Butterfly punch! I just love SU punches! and then let's see Cottage Wall DSP, Rich Razzleberry (don't you just love the way that name just rolls of your tongue!) Orchid Opulence, and Rich Razzleberry Ribbon.

Deal of the Week is Back!!!

***NEW*** Deals of the Week!!!
Exciting news!! Beginning Oct 1st, each week for 4 weeks, I will announce the Stampin' Up! Deal of the Week according to the schedule below

Deal #1: Thursday, October 1, 2009; 12:01 AM (MT)

Deal #2: Monday, October 12, 2009; 10:00 AM (MT)

Deal #3: Monday, October 19, 2009; 10:00 AM (MT)

Deal #4: Monday, October 26, 2009; 10:00 AM (MT)
The first Deal of the Week: October 1, midnight (MT) through October 12, 9:50 AM (MT).

Trio Flower Punch on sale for $10.99

5 Petal Punch on sale for $10.99

My Way Punch on sale for $11.99

Call or e-mail me if you want any or all of these great punches at super prices! Better yet, order them on-line through my Stampin Up website.