Love, love, love little treat boxes! How cute are these? They are the perfect size for a few pieces of candy! Think about giving these to your coworkers, bridge group members, bowling team, bunco friends, or grandchildren!You'll find all of the products to make these little cuties in Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Catalog. I started with the Tiny Treat Boxes that are 2 x 2 x 2. You get 25 of them for just $6.95.I covered them with the Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper and tied them up with the White and Tangerine Tango Two-Tone Trim. The sentiment comes from the Holiday Invitation set and it's die cut with the Word Bubbles Framelits found in...

Hello Stampers!As promised, here is the second card we created in last week's Seasonally Scattered class. It was fun to show all of the attendees a new technique that I picked up from Susan Itell. It was really cool to get the multicolored look with this stamp, Ink the image in Crushed Curry. Dip a sponge dauber in aBlackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad. Then dab it all over the Crushed Curry. Ink another dauber in Old Olive and dab it all over the stamp. Press the stamp to your paper, and you have a fun, multicolored image! And, each image will look totally different. (It would also be fun to try to the baby wipe technique with this card....

Hello Stampers!Playing with a new set from Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Catalog called Seasonally Scattered. For last week's class, I decided to make a wedding card with this set using a layout I saw both at convention and from Kimberly VanDiepen. See the photo below for the inside of this cool, but elegant card. I embossed the front of a piece of Basic Black card stock with the Lovely Lace Embossling Folder I stamped the "love" image from Seasonally Scattered in Memento Tuxedo Black on a piece of Whisper White card stock measuring 10 inches by just under 2. I punched the end with the Scallop Tag Topper punch. The white piece was adhered to the...

Hello Stampers!Good news! Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Catalog debuts today! It's a beauty and so is the stamp set used in the above project. It's called Beauty of the Season! (Wood #135776 $21.95/Clear #135779 $16.95)For this project (inspired by Janet Wakeland): I cleaned a tile (found at a local hardware store) Rubbed the embossing buddy across the blank slate Inked the cardinal image with Versamark ink Stamped the tile Sprinkled black embossing powder on the tile Shook off the excess Heat embossed with heat gun (The stone will become very hot. You'll want to let it cool.) Colored the image with Stampin' Up!'s Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive...

Hello Stampers!Flamingos make me smile! That's probably because they conjure images of summers and beaches and carefree fun! I wanted to create a card to thank a friend for the gift of some fun flamingo beach chair clips. The Flamingo Lingo set is the perfect choice. In addition to sporting cheerful images, it is this year's Ronald McDonald House stamp set. What that means is that Stampin' Up! donates $3 from the sale of each of these sets to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. To date, Stampin' Up! has contributed more than $1 million to RMCH. I used a variety of other Stampin' Up! products to make this "summery" card. Work of Art Stamp...