Leadership Gift from Karen

 Here is another beautiful gift that I received from one of my roommates at Leadership last month.  It is from Karen, my up-up-upline.  She is such a kind and thoughtful person and we all love her so much.  She created this project with one of our empty Clear Mount Stamp cases.  Did you know that you can by these in a pack of 4 to create projects such as this? Or to store other Clear Mount stamps that you might have?

 Karen turned it into a beautiful notebook with pen so we could have something to take notes with in all of the wonderful classes that we attended at Leadership.  She decorated it with my favorite new DSP: Everyday Enchantment.  This paper is an exclusive Sale-a-bration item that you can receive FREE with a $50.00 product order.  She also used the new Heart Framelets to creat the hearts on the front! This was one of my favorite gifts.  ♥Thanks so much Karen!

Leadership Roomie Gift from Niki

So here is the first of the Leadership Roomie gifts that I will be sharing with you.  This is a pretty little business card holder that was created by my stampin sisterfriend, Niki Toll.  How cute is this?  She used our Twitterpated Fabric and the coordinating buttons to put these adorable projects together.  Such a talented demonstrator!

Head over to Niki's blog, Stampin with Niki to check out more of her work and for more info on this great gift that she made for us!

Stampin with Niki

I'm baaaaaack....

Well, after a long absence from the blogging world, I am back.  What a crazy, busy month it has been! Classes, Valentines for Vintage Market....but most exciting: LEADERSHIP! Wow, I cannot really put into words what this experience was like.  It was my first Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference and it was awesome.  Convention is so exciting, but at Leadership we are simply spoiled, no other way to put it! I have so many pictures, projects, gifts, etc to share, but I wanted to start with a little sneak peek!  Here is a picture of the fabulous pillow gifts that I received from my roommates on our first night in San Antonio.  I am so blessed to be a part of such a talented group of girls.  The pictures do not do these items justice.  I took individual photos of each gift to share with you over the next few posts, so keep watching.  Since I am blogging on my lunch hour I need to get back to work.  Until next time.....

Love is in the air...

Hello stampers!
Hope you all had a great holiday season!  As you can tell it has been a while since my last post...I was very busy over the holidays keeping up with my boyfriend, my family, and my stamping business.  Now that we have said goodbye to Christmas I am ready to say hello to Valentine's Day!  Of course I have my own personal reasons why I am excited about the season of "LOVE"...heeheehee, but it is also nice to move on to some different kinds of projects.  Here is a glass jar candle that I decorated to sell at Vintage Market.  If you have recently paid a visit to the Clearance Rack you might have noticed that our gorgeous "Love Letters" Designer Series Paper has made a return and at a very low price...It has always been one of my favorites.  I punched hearts out with our Large Heart Punch and backed them with the matching Heart Emobosslit for the Big Shot.  I then added a Cherry Cobbler Button and a Cherry Cobbler Flower Brad with an adhesive pearl in the center.  I topped it all off with a bow made from our Crocheted Ribbon.  I picked up these glass candles for just a buck at the Dollar Tree so they are a fun and in expensive way to create really cool home decor or gifts.  Check back for my next post; I will show you yet another way to decorate one of these candles with a different Big Shot Die. 

Until next time...

A Merry & Type CASE of Tiffany Bauer

One of my favorite stampers is a gal by the name of Tiffany Bauer.  If you blog hop, you might have her blog saved to your faves.  She is a very talented demonstrator and also has a cool feature on her blog called "My Crafty Picks" where I am very proud to say, my snowflake banner was recently featured.  Anyway, this card is a case of one her most popular creations of the holiday season and it was also a card that I taught to my ladies for our November Stamp Club Hostess Gathering.  It features the stamp set "Merry & Type" and our awesome silver glitter paper.  Tiffany did have our mini jingle bells attached to the ribbon, but I was out of those when I decided to CASE her card.  I think it still turned out very nice.  Thanks, Tiffany for sharing your great designs!  If you want to check out more of her work, visit her blog: My Crafty World

Double Hot Cocoa Packet

Super easy to make, fun to give!

Supplies: Kraft Envelope, Northern Frost Embossing Folder, Scalloped Edge Border Punch, Merry & Type Stamp Set, Winter Post Stamp Set (snowflake), Soft Suede Ink (sponged on edges), Cherry Cobler Ink, Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (available on Clearance Rack).  

A Merry, Merry Candy Cane!

This was one of the projects for my December Hostess Gathering on Saturday.  It was really easy to make and I love the color combo! We had made a cool Joy Banner (to be shared in a later post) using the Stitched Felt embellishments and had these snowflakes left so I decided to have the girls add them to these candy cane tag/ornament/treats.

The color combo is Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist and Whisper White!

Stamps used: Tiny Tags

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Ink: Marina Mist

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Cherry Cobbler Quilted Ribbon, Subtles Buttons, Stitched Felt Embellishments

Tools used: Tiny Tags Punch, paper pierce and mat stack, Mini Glue Dots, Tombo Multi Use Adhesive.

Until next time!