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Although this is not a tradition that I grew up with, I think it's a great one that we may adopt over time. What a fun thing - to have cleverly packaged gifts on the table for everyone to open.
This year, why not make your own? it's very quick, easy, and probably will save you money, too. (Unless you plan on putting jewelry inside) For my class purposed, we just used eclairs . . .
Keep the embellishments simple as one would likely be making quite a few - great thing to have on hand for pop-in visitors. This particular design is made so the box does not get ruined upon opening, which is a real bonus for those of us who appreciate the time put into handmade items! :)
Do you need some quick layouts for all your Christmas photos? This is a really great template to use; simply rotate it or rearrange the elements to create coordinating pages.
The main embellishments, the hanging ornaments, are stamped either directly onto the layout or onto a scrap piece of Whisper White, cut out, and mounted to the layout. Stamps make a very economical and versatile way to make your own matching embellishments!
The ornament hanger included in this stamp set (Tree Trimmings) was a bit short for where I positioned my ornaments, so instead I created my own visual "hanger" with the mat pack and a row of paper piercing.
A small bit of Ski Slope DSP, a scrap piece of Baja Breeze, some red ribbon and three brads finish off the bottom of the layout.
You may not have noticed at first glance, but I've also matted the photo with Ski Slope DSP and then used a third print to create a photo corner in the upper left hand corner. It's a great way to use up the leftover bits and pieces!
Three days left of the Spring Mini Catalogue, which includes the Tree Trimmings set and the Ski Slope Papers!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tree Trimmings set of four $28.95, Warm Words set of eight $46.95
Colours: Old Olive, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
Other: Real Red Ribbon, Vintage Brads, Mat Pack, Photo Corner Punch
Many thanks to Marelle Taylor for sharing this really easy and cute square box template!
Here, I've stamped all over the Certainly Celery Box with the very cool snowflake found in the Winter Post set (my personal favourite snowflake this year). The window is made using the Curly Label Punch, the coordinating stamp set, white Staz-On ink, and a scrap bit of acetate.
Now all I need are some lollies to fill it up!
The Curly Label Punch Bundle is on the SU Gift Giving Guide - the purchase of which will go towards scoring you a FREE Scallop Square Punch or a FREE Boho Blossoms Punch.
The bow is a lot of fun, too. A really easy concept AND a fantastic way to use up all those leftover strips of DSP. My eleven year old daughter, Madeleine, has taught this three times, so it's even very acheivable for the younger set.
Find the basic tutorial here, but of course it's an easy modification to make the bow bigger by doing more layers or create a different look by cutting the strips wider or thinner. I found the glue dots didn't work supremely well; the dimensionals seem to work the best for this one.
Ski Slope DSP retiring in three days - get it now for your Christmas projects!
This is a sweet gift given to me by team-member Michelle Cave. It's a cute idea to doll up those lovely handmade soaps you can pick up at local craft fairs that smell so luscious. (I bought soaps last year strictly on the premise that if I couldn't stuff myself with chocolate, at least I could bathe in it).
And you can whip these up in no time for a little gift for birthdays or Christmas. The Scallop Square Punch Michelle has used on the wee card is FREE with purchase this month!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly, Occasional Greetings
Colours: BAja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Other: Urban Garden DSP, Baja Breeze ribbon, Hemp Twine, Medium Cello Bags, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Square Punch
Who doesn't need a quick little gift this time of year?
This is a great little project my dearest friend, Melinda, showed me years ago. I remember the thrill of making a personalized gift out of an "ordinary" chocolate bar! I think everyone I knew got one or two or three at the time.
Back then, we used plain white and a dash of Silver Embossing Powder, but here I've added more colour for Christmas. This is just an Aero Bar (although they've recently changed the double wrapper, darn it) wrapped up in a smidge of the Ski Slope DSP.
I've stamped out the Season's Greetings from the Season's Surfin' Set and coloured in to match the papers. I added a bit of the white gel pen on the big letters; some of my customers added white gel pen to all the letters to look like a frosting of snow. It looked fantastic!
All up, this will take you about 3 minutes to make.
Season's Surfin is a set of three beachy Christmas stamps for $39.95 and is only available until the end of the month.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Season's Surfin set of three $39.95
Colours: Baja Breeze, Real Red, old Olive, Basic Black
Other: Real Red 5/8 ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Here's a really great design by Jayne Mercer - a project I've enjoyed making this Christmas season. This one goes together really quickly AND I've just used bits and pieces of leftovers, making this one quite budget-conscious as well.
The images are from the sooooo popular Tree Trimmings set (and at $28.95 for the set of stamps, it's no wonder!) and also the Ski Slope DSP.
I said quite a bit about this set in yesterday's post, so I think I'll just stop typing and head off to the gym.
Okay, one last note: only 21 more days to order this set and the Ski Slope Papers! :)
Have a great day and talk with you tomorrow!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tree Trimmings set of four $28.95, Occasional Greetings set of twelve $71.95
Colours: Real Red, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
Who doesn't need fast Christmas Cards this tme of year?!!
This card is clean and simple, but the colours and shapes keep it interesting.
How to:
1. Stamp the various ornaments from the Tree Trimmings Set in Old Olive, Real Red, and Baja Breeze. Best to start with the middle ornament and work out.
2. Stamp the ornament hanger (string) in Chocolate Chip on top of each ornament. You can eyeball this as I do or use the stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement.
3. Stamp the Merry Christmas in Old Olive. Tie and adhere the Real Red 5/8 ribbon. Attach to the front of your Real Red card. Glitter it up with Dazzling Diamonds.
Tree Trimmings is only available for 22 more days . . . order here
Thanks for stopping in and have a great rest of your weekend!
Oh, I know I put these Pop Cans up here every six months or so, but they are still on my top ten list of favourite projects to make.
This year I did one up with the beautiful Ski Slope papers and the Spotlight on Christmas set, both fun and vivid embellishments. The neat thing about the Spotlight on Christmas set is that the images all fit within a punch - which is a real bonus if you're doing a production line of projects.
My eldest daughter has learned how to make fudge at school, so she's on a mission to make fudge at every possible excuse. Which will be perfect to put inside these tins for little gifts for our neighbors. Shhhh . . .
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Spotlight on Christmas set of six $46.95
Colours: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive
Other: Scallop Oval punch, Large Oval Punch, various ribbons, Ski Slope DSP, Five Petal Flower Punch
For some reason, making a book always seemed quite daunting. But after a class I took at a Scrapbook Expo in Seattle where we made an album with two sheets of paper, a needle, and thread (remind me to show you that one - it's cool), books are not so scary.
This one is reminiscent of those board books my children used to chew, I mean, read. Made with beer coasters, of all things, and then bound together with hardware rings, it's quick and it's durable!
The pages are covered with the lovely Walk in the Park papers. The stamped images are from the Great Friend Stamp Set, which is a real goodie that's only with us for a few more weeks.
I added a bit off accent with the White Gel Pen and a Half-back pearl for dimension.
Now it's all ready for some photos or some recipes or even as a gift for someone. These make a very quick little scrapbooking album and a great gift idea!
Click here to order the Great Friend Stamp set or the Walk in the park papers.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Great Friend set of five stamps $37.95
Colours: Cameo Coral, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss
Other: Cropodile, various ribbon scraps, Pretties Kit, Signo White Gel Pen, Eyelet Border Punch
This is a lovely version, shown to me by my downline and friend, Pauline McArdle, in Napier. (if you are within any reasonable driving, flying, walking, or crawling distance, her classes are not to be missed!)
A step up from yesterday's version, this one has a window, but layers of the Whisper White cardstock fold around so the window is self contained and does not show through to the inside of the card.
I've done these up Christmas, but of course, they can be done for any theme.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Season of Joy $60.95 set of eight, Always set of eleven $66.95, Many Merry Messages (Noel), set of eight $75.95
Another great little project using the Baroque Motifs stamp set - this is by far my most well used (and loved) stamp set I own. This flourish is just SO versatile. Here - it's a focal image. Tomorrow, see it used as both a focal image and a background.
Nine times out of ten (or more!), I stamp on white or vanilla. But here, I've gone out on a limb and stamped on a coloured cardstock. Crazy woman that I am.
I love the look! I've stamped here in Whisper White and then embossed in White. You'll need to use detail embossing powder here to catch the fine flourished contained in this image.
Cherish is stamped in the corner using Blush Blossom ink, creating a soft tone on tone effect for visual texture.
Just a smide of taffeta ribbon in the corner adds a nice frame and also conserves budget dollars by just using a few inches of ribbon.
I enjoyed meeting so many of you at the Wedding show a few weeks ago here in Auckland. Thanks for taking the time to stop in and see what Stampin Up has to offer your wedding preparations! Whether you want to do it yourself or have it custom done for you, rubber stamping has much to offer. And once you have purchase your stamps and inks, you have the tools to create coordinating decor, table favours, thank you cards, and album pages.
This is a simple project that can be done inexpensively and quickly if you have a lot of invites and/or thank you cards to create. And, of course, if black and white are not your colours, we have 59 other colours from which to choose!
Check back in tomorrow for a stepped up verison of this project!
A overlooked set in the catalogue, Starring You is an affordable collection perfect for boys. Change the colour scheme and could be used for girls, too. For $28.95, it's a versatile bargain!
This is a very quick little card I made up for a masculine project class using the Starring You set and the Windsor Knot papers. Love that colour combo!
The So Saffron ribbon (FREE during September!) is folded in half and just tucked under the stamped image. This is a great little way to not only use up little scraps of ribbon, but also to add texture to the project without a bow.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Starring You set of four $28.95
Colours: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip
Other: So Saffron ribbon (FREE with purchase during September), large oval punch, small star punch, Designer Label punch, Vintage brads, Windsor Knot Designer Papers
This morning I made a card with Tamati using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set - a wonderful set of six stamps that can be used year-round, especially for masculine projects.
This Christmas card is quick and easy - using only one colour and two A5 sheets of card plus a bit of matching ribbon. When the colours work well together, the design can be simple and still look fantastic.
I've put together a Christmas card bundle at a special price and contains enough to make 48 cards plus you'll still have leftovers! All items can be ordered separately, too.
Option 1: Lovely As a Tree Set of six stamps
Option 2: Lovely As a Tree, Baja Breeze Card (24 A4 sheets), and Baja Breeze ink
Option 3: Best Value!! Lovely As a Tree set of six stamps, Baja Breeze Card (24 sheets), Baja Breeze ink, Whisper White Card (40 A4), Baja Breeze ribbon, Two way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 40 Whisper White envelopes and BONUS! 2 free rolls of ribbon - Certainly Celery and So Saffron $199.97 Value for only $139!
I think I might have to get another pack of this paper now. You talented ladies have sold me on it! Ha!
Tilly made good use of all the bits and pieces and offcuts. Enjoy this! (Sofie helped me take the pictures):
Paper Flower: Isn't this wonderful! Tilly used 1 cm strips of DSP cut and folded and held with tapeand a button accent. And who doesn't have little strips in their scrap stash?! The sentiment is from Fifth Avenue Floral.
Bookmark Card: Love this idea!! The accent piece is removable to be used as a bookmark, made with two big scalloped circles with a ribbon loop and a stitch of cord threaded through a button and all the layers to hold it together. Gorgeous idea!
Thanks Card: Make this Z fold card using square and circle punches and a single stamp! Finish off with pearl bling and a small bit of ribbon looped and tucked in between the layers. (this is a fantastic way to use up bits of leftover ribbon)
I only sent everyone a small amount of paper and ribbon - she must have used every last bit! Beautiful work, Tilly and great job!
Many of us LOVE to do 6x6 pages because they are so QUICK and not a far jump from doing a card!
I've used the Trendy Trees wheel in Chocolate Chip across the bottom and then added a bit of colour using the Stampin' Pastels. We don't always think to pull those out, but they are quite effective here.
The Trendy Trees stamp set is a slightly bigger tree than the wheel, and I used that for the embellishment, punching out the tree top with the Boho Blossoms Punch. That sure was easier than cutting out those tiny leaves!
This year's theme at the Stampin' Up! convention was Celebrate, and I'd like to do a bit of that on my blog this week. I've been sent and given quite a few gifts recently, and I'd like to share a few of them with you!
These cute items were given to me by separate people on the same day. It was just coincidence they coordinate so well!
Nancy of Cambridge made me this lovely card celebrating my recent successes and published work. I love how she's stamped extra on the patterned paper.
And Diana of Templeview came up with this adorable and effective way to presentthose delicious handmade soaps! A belly band and the small oval punch is all you need! I'll look forward to using the coconut one first - might have it broken out and taken to the gym by the time you read this! She gave me this in honour of Mother's Day.
add the perfect colours and gorgeous! Emma and Hollie gave me this card during Stampin' Up's training convention in Canberra this past weekend - lucky me! BTW, the convention was lots of fun and so inspiring!! Thank you to all the women who said hello; everyone was so friendly and kind. It's the experiences like that that make my job so fun. Consider joining us next year!
Using two of the most popular items in the 2009 Catalogue (Urban Garden Designer Series Paper and the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set), this little project is simple, yet striking. And BONUS! The DSP is on promotion this month: buy any three packs, get a fourth one FREE!
Only one flower image is used on this project, and it's so effective! Order your papers and Pocket Silhouettes stamp set here.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes $39.95
Colours: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey
Other: Urban Garden DSP, silver metal tags, Baja Breeze double stitched ribbon, rhinestone brad, 1 3/8 circle punch
Inspired by this little beauty here, I changed from a really complex swap to a simple and clean quickie. And now that the day is here, I am so glad I did! Ahh, the best of intentions!
I did change up the colours a bit and added a bit more stamping. Some of my swaps had the hodge podge details and others didn't . . . I couldn't justify to my husband why I needed to buy six complete hodge podge kits for that embellishment on all of them! Silly man.
As you read this, I am in Canberra learning all my superpowers. I'll be back on Monday full of inspiration!
Supplies Used:
Stamp sets: Pocket Silhouettes
Colours: Night of Navy, Baja Breeze
Other: Stylized Silver Hodge Podget, White Taffeta ribbon
The card is actually one of our stamping envelopes with a notecard slid inside. My girls enjoy this little pattern for quick invites and for birthday cards to give to friends.
This is not my best stamping effort . . . However, you get the idea!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Big Bold Birthday, Cheer and Wishes
Colours: Tangerine Tango, Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Summer Sun
