It's Tuesday...

...which means more fabulous new Weekly Deals!  Lots of great products from the Holiday Catalogue on sale!  Remember...these deals are only good until Dec. 23rd...get them while you can!

	Encore Metallic Gold Pad Item # 132141 Regular Price: $12.95 Discounted Price: $9.71
	Encore Metallic Silver Pad Item # 132142 Regular Price: $12.95  Discounted Price: $9.71
	Holly Jolly Greetings Simply Sent Item # 132159 Regular Price: $18.95  Discounted Price: $14.21
	Season of Style Designer Journaling Tags Item # 132808 Regular Price: $5.95 Discounted Price: $4.46
	Pretty Presents Designer Bows Item # 132186 Regular Price: $4.95 Discounted Price: $3.71
	Blast Off Ensemble Digital Download Item # 130862 Regular Price: $21.95 Discounted Price: $13.17
	Build A Banner Refill Kit Item # 132699 Regular Price: $11.95 Discounted Price: $8.96
	Naughty And Nice This Rotary Stamp Item # 132278 Regular Price: $7.95 Discounted Price: $5.96
	Seasonal Stripes 8" X 8" Designer Album Item # 132259 Regular Price: $17.95 Discounted Price: $13.46
	Gold and Silver Stampin' Glitter Item # 132205 Regular Price:$9.95 Discounted Price: $7.46
	Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit Item # 132697 Regular Price: $11.95 Discounted Price: $8.96
	Snowflake Season Simply Sent Kit Item # 132176 Regular Price: $18.50 Discounted Price: $13.88
	Raspberry Ripple 3/8" Stitched Ribbon Item #126845  Regular Price: $12.25 Discounted Price: $9.19
	Extra Large Gift Box Item # 132147 Regular Price: $$ 4.95 Discounted Price: $3.71

Special Season

I thought you might like to get a closer look at the cards from a Kit-to-Go that I offered this year.  I first showed this kit way back in September but I never showed you each individual card up close, so here they are:

Each of these cards features the Special Season stamp set (131769), Winter Frost DSP stack (132183), Festive Flurry Framelits (132193), Silver Glimmer Paper (124005) and uses Island Indigo and Pool Party ink. 
Amid the pre-Christmas craziness, I have had a couple of very special deliveries from Mr. UPS this week.  One contained my pre-order goodies from the new Occasions catalogue, which I can't wait to play with this weekend.  The other had $520 worth of FREE product courtesy of Stampin' Up!!!  It was a reward for my participation in a book-a-thon last month and boy, was I spoiled!  I am in amazed at all of the incredible goodies...it was like Christmas came early!  Watch for some fabulous give-aways in the new year, as I share my blessings with all of you!  Thank you, Stampin' Up! for making this a very special Christmas indeed!

Easy Gift Card Holder

Happy Hump Day!  Just two more weeks until Christmas Day and I'm sure you're all as busy as I am trying to get everything done.  Here is an easy way to wrap a gift card for just about anyone on your list!  It features the Pop-n-Cuts card base which is on sale this week for 25% off!  Check it out...

Gift card holder featuring the Pop 'n' Cuts Card Base, Season of Style DSP and the Very Merry Tags stamp set (130402)

Now I can't take credit for this design.  I totally CASE'd this project from the ever-talented Lori Heiling.  Check out her blog for easy-to-follow instructions to make this simple project.

I changed the way Lori decorated her design because I wanted to showcase the Bigz L Gift Bow die and the Season of Style DSP.

This project was one of the make-n-takes at my Customer Appreciation event last month and everyone loved it!  I see many more of these in my future!

Team Treats and Weekly Deals

Last night I held my last team meeting before Christmas.  I wanted to give each of my gals something special to let them know just how much I appreciate them.  So, I whipped up these little boxes of chocolatey goodness:

Gift Box using the Tag a Bag gift Boxes (130927) and the Festive Flurry bundle (133285) and Snowflake Soiree stamp set.

I love how quickly and easily I created these pretty boxes to hold some yummy Lindt chocolate.

Here is how I did it:

• I started by embossing the plastic sleeve using the Northern Frost TIEF
• I stamped the large snowflake on Island Indigo card stock and then heat embossed it using white embossing powder.  I die cut it with the Festive Flurry framelits.
• I stamped the medium snowflake in Pool Party ink on Whisper White card stock and die cut it.
• I die cut the small snowflake from silver Glimmer Paper.  
• I layered each snowflake using dimensionals.
• The tag is stamped with the sentiment from the Snowflake Soiree stamp set in Island Indigo and punched with the Decorative Label punch

Such a quick way to add so much to a simple package!  Try it when you're stuck for a way to wrap a small gift!

Now, here are this week's weekly deals...remember, these prices are only good until next Monday at midnight!

	Fun Flowers Bigz Die Item # 121812 Regular Price: $40.95 Discounted Price: $30.71
	Hearts Collection Framelits Die Item # 125599 Regular Price: $32.95  Discounted Price: $24.71
	Paper Doily Sizzlits Die Item # 125592 Regular Price: $26.95  Discounted Price: $20.21
	Merry Minis Punch Pack Item # 126882 Regular Price: $22.95 Discounted Price: $17.21
	1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch Item # 127811 Regular Price: $21.95  Discounted Price: $16.46
	Think Back Photobook Template Item # 133021 Regular Price: $21.95  Discounted Price: $13.17
	Wisteria Wonder 3/4" Chevron Ribbon Item # 130017 Regular Price: $12.50  Discounted Price: $9.38

Busy, busy, busy!

Wow...I can't believe its Monday already!  Where did the weekend go??  I spent most of Saturday prepping for a Stamp-A-Stack class and decorating my home for Christmas in preparation for my Open House next weekend.  Sunday was church in the morning and then a fun Stamp-A-Stack with Mary and her friends.  It is amazing how quickly two days can pass when one doesn't have time to take a breath!
No stamping this weekend, but I do have a project to show you that I CASE'd from Teneale Williams on Pinterest a while back.  Have a look:

Simple Christmas card featuring the Expressions Thinlits and Banner Christmas stamp set.

I really love the Expressions Thinlits.  Yes, they're a bit fussy and require some patience to remove the diecut word from the die, but the effort is SO worth it!  Here are some quick tips to recreate this one:

• I embossed the Cherry Cobbler card front using the Stylish Striped TIEF.  The card stock is cut to 4" x 5-1/4".
• The card base is Crumb Cake.
• I die cut the Merry from Red Glimmer Paper using the Expressions Thinlits and adhered it using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
• I stamped Christmas from the Banner Christmas stamp set in Old Olive ink.
• The DSP is from the Season of Style DSP stack.
• The panel behind the stamped panel is Baked Brown Sugar card stock.

As I mentioned earlier, I had absolutely NO time to stamp this weekend, but I do have a few projects to show you this week that I made a while back.
Don't forget the Holiday Sale is still going strong this week until December 3rd.  Tons of great deals to be had...click the image below to view all of the sale items.

By the way...did you realize that one month from today is Christmas Day????  Yikes!  I have work to do!!

Gotta Love Leftovers!

Yup...it's sale time!  More on that in a minute...first some projects!  Yesterday I showed you the four cards I made using this month's Paper Pumpkin kit.  Today I want to show you what I did with the leftovers!  Check it out:

Gotta love leftovers! 

I had a complete card base left over so I decided to make another card using a sentiment from the Christmas Messages set...here is a closer look:

I absolutley adore that star garland...so very festive...and not just for Christmas...think birthdays or 4th of July!  I still have tons left!

I had half of a card base left as well so I got out my Chalk Talk framelits and made some cute gift tags:

Sometimes it is such fun to just sit and play.  I so rarely get time to do that...this was a special treat.  This month's Paper Pumpkin truly was a Creative Escape for me!

Now for the BIG news!!  The Holiday Sale is here!!  Today through December 2nd save up to 50% on a huge selection of products.  What's even better is that there are special Door Buster deals happening today only.  Check them out:

Simply Scored Diagonal Plate (125586)  Reg. $15.95, Sale $11.17

Stampin' Trimmer (126889)  Reg. $41.95, Sale $29.37

Many Marvelous Markers (131264)  Reg. $135.95, Sale $95.17

These are amazing prices!  The Stampin' Trimmer is my most-used tool, hands-down!  I LOVE this trimmer...and I thought I couldn't do better than the Fiskar's one I owned before...man was I wrong!  I love everything about this trimmer...and am rapidly falling in love with the new rotary attachments and decorative blades too!  Getting this fantastic trimmer at such a great price is a steal...I'm going to buy a second one to have on hand for my larger events!
To take advantage of these Today-Only Door Busters, call or email me with your order or order online through my website.  I will be submitting my order tomorrow evening at 9:00 pm, so get your order to me before then to save a little on shipping.  If ordering online be sure to use Hostess Code QB6S3SGA.
 The good news is the rest of the fantastic sale prices are in effect until December 2nd, so there's lots of time to make your wishlist.  You can view them all, including some special bundles for this promotion only, by clicking the image below...happy shopping!

Twisted Traced Doodling

Happy Friday!  Today is the 15th which means two things:  it is my wonderful husband's birthday (Happy Birthday, hon) and it's time for a new challenge over at The Technique Twist!  Now I wish I could say that I used this week's challenge to create my hubby's birthday card, but, sadly I did not.  So, I'll show you his card next week.  Today I want to show you my card for this week's Traced Doodling challenge!

Holiday card featuring the Traced Doodling and Burnished Vellum techniques using the Joyful Christmas stamp set (131805)

This technique is new to me, so I first had to do a little research.  There is a great tutorial HERE from Splitcoaststampers.  Now when I sat down to do my card I had a problem...I don't own any coloured pencils!  So, I got creative and combined Traced Doodling with Burnished Vellum. 

Here's is a quick how-to:

• The poinsettia image is heat embossed in gold on vellum.
• I flipped the image over and, placing it on my Stampin' Pierce mat, traced the image using my stylus.  
•  The image is coloured on the wrong-side using Melon Mambo and Rose Red markers.
• I fussy cut the poinsettia.
• The leaves are stamped using black Staz On on Whisper White card stock and coloured lightly with a Watercolour Crayon in Wild Wasabi
• I  used an Aquapainter to blend the coloured leaves.
• I coloured some Rhinestone Basic Jewels with a yellow Sharpie marker and adhered the in the centre of the poinsettia.
• The background layer is Pistachio Pudding and is embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots TIEF.
• The sentiment is from the Pennant Parade stamp set and is punched with the Jewelry Tag punch (retired)
• The card base is Baked Brown Sugar.

 I also need to tell you that we're looking to add to the Design Team over at The Twist!  If you are a techniques junkie like me and you love to play and explore ways to take your projects to the next level, apply to join us!  You can find all of the details HERE.  Check it out and consider joining our team of fabulously twisted stampers!

Lovely Christmas Star

I really love this year's Holiday Single Stamps.  I just purchased the Christmas Star and took some time to play with it last weekend.  Here is one of the designs I came up with...

Holiday Card featuring the Christmas Star single stamp (134813) with sentiment from Greetings of the Season (128033)

Inside sentiment is from the More Merry Messages stamp set (126402)

Here is a quick how-to:

• I heat embossed the star in silver on brushed silver card stock...a very pretty look!  
• I used the Window Frames Framlits to die cut it and the Night of Navy mat and then paper pierced around the stamped layer with the Festive Paper Piercing template.  
• The background is embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots TIEF.  
• The sentiment is stamped using Night of Navy ink.
• I added sparkle with a Large Rhinestone basic Jewel in the centre of the star and a few smaller rhinestones to highlight the sentiment. 
• The star on the inside is stamped with Smokey Slate card stock.

Another Day, Another Stamp-a-Stack!

So many Christmas cards!  I have a number of private Stamp-a-Stack events coming up in the next couple of weeks, so I am busily preparing for them.  Here is one of several cards I designed...

Christmas card featuring the Wonderful Wreath (132748) and Tags 4 You (131823) stamp sets

As with all of my Stamp-a-Stack designs, I kept this one pretty simple to facilitate making mulitples in a hurry.  I started by stamping the wreath in Old Olive and then die cut it with the Circles Collection Framelits.  I matted it on a larger circle in Cherry Cobbler.  The label is stamped in Cherry Cobble ink and then punched with the Bracket Label punch and adhered in the centre of the wreath using dimensionals.  The bow is fashioned with a glimmer brad holding it in the centre and adhered to the wreath using a glue dot.  The DSP background is from the Season of Style DSP stack.  Quick and easy and, hopefully, a hit!

Ready for a new product announcement??  Check out these fantastic ornaments:

 

Add a little festive flare to your holiday decorating with our new Festive Flurry Ornament Kit! Top presents, embellish cards, create a wintery garland, or trim the tree. How you use them is up to you!
The kit includes everything you need (minus adhesive) to create 10 snowflakes, including

• 10 feet of Soft Sky Ribbon
• Printed cardstock - die cut and scored, ready to be assembled (Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Cardstock and Silver Glimmer Paper)
• Large Rhinestone Basic Jewells (40) 

Product name:	Item #:	Price:
Festive Flurry Ornament Kit	135813	$17.95

These are only available while supplies last so don't wait to take advantage of this offer!


Now, today is Tuesday, which means it's time for a new batch of Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!   There are some AWESOME products from the Holiday Catalogue on sale this week...a few are even on my wishlist!  Check them out:

	Gift Bow Bigz L Die Item # 129977 Regular Price: $40.95   Discounted Price: $30.71
	1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon Item # 132140 Regular Price: $9.95   Discounted Price: $7.46
	Extra Large Gift Box Item # 132147 Regular Price: $4.95   Discounted Price: $3.71
	Mini Muslin Bags Item #132180 Regular Price: $14.95   Discounted Price: $11.21
	Orchard Harvest Swatchbook Item #128137 Regular Price: $13.95   Discounted Price: $8.37
	Real Red Simply Created Goodie Gear Simply Created Item # 132161 Regular Price: $6.95   Discounted Price: $5.21
	Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper Item # 132185 Regular Price: $13.50   Discounted Price: $8.77

Head on over to my online store, email or call me to place your order.  Remember these deals are only around for one week!