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.

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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.

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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.  

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Happy Halloween! Before getting to the gift bag project, I want to share the Halloween card that I received in the mail this week from one of my stamping friends and class attendee, Jamie.  It was a nice surprise and reminds me how important it is to mail cards we make to friends and family.  It’s a simple, thoughtful act that brings joy to recipients and can make one’s day brighter.  Thank you Jamie!

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Hope your week is off to a good start.  Yesterday, I hosted the monthly card class and used a class plan that Stampin’ Up! provided to demonstrators.  It was aptly titled “Nutty Notecards” as the Acorny Thank You stamp set was used.  The class was lots of fun and in addition to preparing four notecards and embellishing the envelopes, a box was was assembled to hold the notecards.  Thus it would make an excellent gift.  In addition to learning how to use the Gift Bag Punch Board, attendees also used spritzers thus learning how simple it is to change the look of Designer Series Paper (DSP).  Yes, we changed the background color of the beautiful Into the Woods DSP!  If you’d like the directions for making these cards and gift box, feel free to contact me.

Andrea (Andy), one of my regular class participants, surprised me with a small gift yesterday!  She makes cross book marks and presented me with a box of them.  Enough for sharing.  Below is a photo of a silver and gold cross…to make the crosses, she used Stampin’ Up! Silver and Gold 1/8″ ribbon. The photo does not do them justice…they are beautiful! It was an unexpected gift but is treasured!

Thanks for stopping by & check back on Friday for to see the additional project made in class…

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It’s been a whirlwind few weeks…my son’s wedding took place in Las Vegas and after a few days at home, I had another trip so unable to follow my blog posting schedule.  The good news is that I am now home and have lots of projects to share with you in the coming weeks. 

Today’s project utilizes the Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies and Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP) to create a treat holder.  The paper with the deer is so adorable and I thought it would make a cute pillow box.  There are so many great papers in the Home for Christmas paper pack that it’s difficult to decide which to use!  Warning…if you opt to make a pillow box with DSP that has a directional pattern, prior to cutting your second piece be sure to check that pattern direction will be same as in first piece.  The sentiment comes from the Oh, What Fun photopolymer stamp set.

I’ll be back on schedule with my next post so check in on Tuesday!

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