Stamping with Pennie

One LARGE Snowflake and

  one SMALL snowflake.  Keeping the colors cool and simple by using two blues and chocolate chip card stocks.

The two blue colors are Bashful Blue and Night of Navy. The large snowflake is die cut with my Big Shot Mean Machine using Chocolate Chip card stock. 

The greeting and the tiny snowflake are from the well used by me, stamp set "Short and Sweet" in the Big Idea Book and Catalog by Stampin' Up!

The small snowflake is hight lighted by being set into a "Build a Brad.  There is a circle of white card stock surrounding the brad and a white grosgrain ribbon to repeat the white element.  I liked these unconventional colors, hope you do too.

Now Who is Stuffed?

Well, I'll bet it is no longer the turkey -

Happy day after Thanksgiving to everyone!  What a great holiday Thanksgiving is.  It is more about giving than getting in my opinion.  We were delighted to be invited to a dear friends home for Thanksgiving dinner along with another family.  It was a great day to celebrate friendship.

I did offer to bring the usual, and I love making desserts, so did that along with a few other contributions to the Turkey Dinner.  I wanted to bring a little something to the Hostess (Hi Laurie!) too, just to let her know how special I think she is.  So, I put together this very nostalgic looking box of candies - well, actually Hershey Nuggets.  I was very pleased with how the box turned out - Laurie loves collecting antiques and I feel this box gave that feeling of old world.  Want to see the inside?  Here it is. 

Laurie also had a great idea for place cards so asked me to help with that.  She had purchased pears with lovely little stems on them and planned to put one at each place setting.  She asked me to make a little tag to hang from the stem.  Darn, I did take my camera with me but never took one picture while I was there.

Anyway I have a picture of the tags after they were all made.  Here it is.                                 

   Materials used for these projects were:

card stock:  Really Rust, Brushed Silver (for lining the inside bottom of candy drawer, Sage Shadow, So Saffron, and More Mustard (tag on candy) and Whisper White (tag on candy), Creamy Caramel for tags,  Autumn Vine double sided designer paper 

Inks used:  More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Versamark

Accessories:  Gold embossing powder, gold eyelets, linen thread, chocolate chip 5/8" ribbon.                           

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

  I wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Isn't this stamp set so cute?  And it is so versatile also, just change out the colors and voila you have a whole new look.  Watch for it using some wintry colors for Christmas and some snow flakes also.

The patterned paper used here is from the current HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG.  It's called "Autumn Vine" double sided designer papers.  I have been using it for the last couple months.  I can't believe how close it is getting to winter now though.

You can continue to order from this great Mini Catalog till January 18, 2009!  There I have typed it 2009.

The taffeta ribbon that I used is Chocolate Chip.

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Mr Twigster is so darn cute.

  Who wouldn't love this little guy?  He is just so darn cute.

This stamp set,"Mr. Twigster" is found in the current Holiday Mini Catalog that expires on Jan. 18, 2008.  This cute little stamp set is a prefect little set to use all winter - the snow man would love you for that.

I have used Baja Breeze, Whisper White, and Kraft card stock.  The white is colored in with a blender pen and the white watercolor layer then lots of glitter liberally sprinkled on him.

The white Craft ink pad was used to stamp all the delightful snowflakes, they are from the stamp set "Holiday Blitz".  The greeting is from a favorite stamp set of mine "Short and Sweet".

OOOODLES OF DECORATIONS

  Oh, my gosh, there are oodles of pieces in the "On Board Trinkets Ornaments" (kit makes more than 40 ornaments).

I should have reread the description before I started!  I thought I would sit down and make ALL of the items, but believe me there are TONS.

I did add some embellishments, here and there.  There is, of course, lots of Two-Way Glue pen holding on lots of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and many rhinestone brads used as well.  Some of the ornaments have had coordinating or matching ink sponged around the edges.

They all got a 1/8" punch added to the top with a length of metallic cord tied through them.  They are all ready to be hung with delight to brighten a room, a shelf or to give as a tie on or a tag on a special someone's Christmas Gift.

If you haven't ordered yours yet, there is still time.  It is from the current Holiday Mini Catalog, page 14, what are you waiting for.  If you have yours and haven't started to play, go ahead treat yourself to some fun!

Here are a couple more pictures, remember you can click on any picture to view it larger.

              

So Pretty, So Feminine

  This is another one of the make and takes at the down line meeting - see, they did have some creative fun, didn't they?

This is the gorgeous stamp from the stamp set BELLA BLOSSOMS -page 102 of the Big Idea Book and Catalog.

They used the top note die cut to stamp the Regal Rose image on, and then they stamped it a second time so they could layer a part of the blossom and make it 3-D.

The pinks used are Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette.

I loved using the Apricot Appeal additional piece of grosgrain to accent and bring out the loveliness of the pinks!

Oh, I didn't forget to add a lovely layer of DAZZLING DIAMONDS glitter with the 2-way pen to the popped out center of the flower.

Do you all know that I only signed up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 15 years ago so I would have a source to order "glitter glue"?  I love dazzle!

Getting Caught Up

 WOW, I didn't realize that I had not posted my pictures of the make and takes from my last "RUBBER DUBBER" downline meeting.

This was a great masculine card that everyone made AND it would/could make a great holiday card by just adding the right greeting on to it.

It is stamped with the stamp set NATURE SILHOUETTES.  Everyone should have this stamp set or a similar one in the inventory.  I rely on it so many times when I want to stamp a card to a male friend or relative.

The double sided designer paper used this time is MANCHESTER- check out the great colors that it uses - Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Kraft, and Very Vanilla.

Did I ever tell you that is one of the great things about these papers, they let YOU know what colors look great together.  Of course there are always more coordinating and contrasting colors that look great with them, but you can never go wrong using the colors that are now listed with them right in the BIG IDEA BOOK AND CATALOG!

Oh, of course you would like to see the inside too - I love finishing my cards off with using a quarter sheet to line the inside, see, it doesn't take much!

Gift of Cleanliness

  I posted the same gift back on October 22nd.  Presentation is everything, and here is a delightful presentation for two bars of soap.

I purchased some nice soaps at Trader Joe's.  They came two to a package, so I unwrapped the package and rewrapped each of the soaps in plain white tissue paper.  I autally wanted the packaging to be the focal point.

I used a strip of Ski Slope double sided designer paper to bundle the two bars together and tied a length of Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon around them (adds a bit of luxury, don't you think?).   Then added a lovely substantial tag that was made from the coordinating papers and some chip board all die cut with the Big Shot Machine into a large delightful scalloped circle.  Then I attached a tag area and a small delicate snowflake also cut on the Big Shot Machine.  Of course the rhinestone brad give it a bit more of a luxurious touch!

Designer Series Bread?

  What an easy way to dress up your home baked goodies to serve or to give as a gift!

At a recent class at my home I had baked a loaf of cranberry banana bread (which was very tasty by the way).  I wanted to dress it up a bit and I have done embellished tooth picks in the past, so wanted to do something a little different this time.

I used a strip of wax paper (parchment paper would be wonderful as well) and then added a strip of Holiday Treasures double sided designer paper down the center of that and tied it with a length of Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.  Then to make it appear to be a holiday gift for all to enjoy, I stamped an easy little tag to add to it.

I used a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock for the base and added a piece of the same designer paper (just a different pattern in the package) and then stamped the image from a delightful stamp set called CHRISTMAS CLASSICS.  I actually stamped it twice, once in Ruby Red Classic Ink (on the tag) and once in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock.  I cut out the Chocolate Chip image and popped it out by using a dimensional under it.