I can’t believe it’s been over a month since my last post!  Hope your holidays were wonderful and that the new year is off to a good start.  Our holiday was wonderful.  My “battery” is recharged and though I took a break from my blog, I have prepared some great projects that I will be sharing with you so get ready to have some fun!

The first classes of the year were “All About Birthdays” enabling attendees to have cards available when it’s time to celebrate family and friends’ special days.  The first series of cards were easy to make and we even added “a slice of cake” to go with our cards!

Just a friendly reminder… Stampin’ Up! is holding the best promotion of the year: Sale-A-Bration. It’s a great opportunity to earn free products.  You don’t want to miss out, the promotion ends March 31. It’s also the best time of year to join Stampin’ Up!  For $99 you can choose $155 worth of products plus the kit ships for free!  What I like best (and you will too!) are the ongoing discounts on personal purchases, it is a great savings.  If you have questions and would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me (margkni@gmail.com).  I would love to have you join my team! 

This will be my last post for 2015 as I celebrate the holidays with my family but

 be sure to check back the first week of January as I will resume adding new projects!

Have a Merry Christmas!

see you in the New Year…

 

Before the throes of Thanksgiving preparations begin, I wanted to share a quick and easy “stocking stuffer” – pencil tubes.  I made these for the recent craft sale and made extras to put into my grandson’s Christmas stocking.  Seasonal pencils were put into 1″ x 8″ cellophane bags and embellished with a tag.  The pencils have snowflakes which coordinate perfectly with the Flurry of Wishes stamp set.  The Snow Flurry punch was used to cut the stamped snowflakes and the 1 3/4″ circle punch was used for the background base.  Even better, the color of the pencils coordinated perfectly with Pacific Point card stock and ink.  What can be easier than to stamp, punch and quickly assemble!  A final touch was the addition of the Iced Rhinestone Embellishment and the “Let It Snow” banner.  Note: the banner sentiment used is from a discontinued stamp set…but not a problem, there are numerous stamps from the Holiday Catalog with sentiments that would work wonderfully.  P.S. check your discount stores for pencils, Dollar Tree has a great selection of themed pencils!

Best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving! and check back next week

 for more project ideas.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions! 

 

Wow, where has time gone!  Last week was busy with the Artisan Market and other commitments so I’m playing catch-up.  The good news is I have many photos of projects to share and will be posting them for you to enjoy in the upcoming weeks.  The project today was one of the most popular items on my table at last week’s craft sale.  It is a gift card holder (directions compliments of a demonstrator friend, Patty Bennett ).  The gift cards sold out in the first 10 minutes and since the gift cards only take minutes to make, I should have made more.  Who knew they would be so popular!!! 

When you’re in the need for gift card holders, I suggest making a few of these.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions! 

 

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The past few weeks have been busy preparing items for the annual artisan market sponsored by our local ladies club.  In between my son’s wedding and other commitments, it’s been a crazy couple of months but it’s always such fun to participate in the artisan market so I’ve been on a crazy crafting mission!  This year, I decided that I wanted to make items that would be great as stocking stuffers or table treats.  One such used the Fry Box Bigz L die.  Since the fry box will be stuffed with treats that are coated with powdered sugar, I decided to use Basic Black card stock to make the fry box and  white embossing powder for the holiday sentiment from the Oh, What Fun stamp set.  Two holly leaves were cut from Garden Green card stock using my Silhouette Cameo and using the same green stamping pad, sponged the edges of the leaves.  The holly berries are pearl basic jewels colored red using a permanent marker.  

Reminder – To obtain a clear stamped image when using embossing powder, be sure to use an Embossing Buddy to eliminate static in the paper.  This will prevent the embossing powder from sticking to areas other than the image stamped with Versamark.  It also helps to have a small paint brush handy to brush away stray powder.  Do this before using the heat tool to set the embossing powder.  

Thanks for stopping by and don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions.

 

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