Stampin' IS my job!! Barb Mullikin Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

$4.95 for the Holiday Tag Bundle!!

The Holiday Tag Bundle is available until December 15th or when supplies run out.  The bundle comes with:

30 pieces of Whisper White card stock 4 1/4 x 2

15 pieces of Soft Sky Prints Designer Paper (ON SALE THIS MONTH) 4 1/4 x 3

15 pieces of Real Red TEXTURED card stock 4 1/4 x 3 1/2

15 pieces of the Red zig zag twill tape at 4" each

All these pre cut pieces for only $4.95!!!

I have the bundle so I put some Hershey's Kisses in a small cello bag and made a topper with the pieces in the bundle.  Won't these make the cutest little gifts!!!!

Here is a group shot, I made nine of these last night in about 1 hour, they went together very quickly and they are just so stinkin' cute!!!

Here is a shot of two of them so you can see the detail a little better.

Here is the close up of the topper.  I used a Real Red Marker for the ornaments on the tree and the dot on the "I" in "holidays".  I used the Zig Painty pen for the star on the tree and a Soft Sky ink refill with a blender pen to color the letters in "happy", outline the garland on the tree and go over the word "holidays".  The scalloped edge on the Soft Sky Prints paper was done using the Small Corner Rounder without the guide.

Thanks for looking and Happy Stamping!!

A tip for using your DIE CUT SU stamps!!!

Sometimes I amaze myself.  I was talking to a friend on the phone and she mentioned how excited she was that the Stampin' Up! stamps in the mini catalogs are DIECUT!!  I remembered that I had heard something about saving the paper backing sheets and/or the rubber sheet from the die cut sets and using them as templates. 

Here is a short tutorial on how to do it!!

Here I have stamped an image from the Snowburst stamp set in Night of Navy ink.  You can see the paper backing sheet in this picture.

Place the paper backing over your stamped image.  You can use some Dotto if you like to help it stay in place.

I used a Stampin' Sponge (I cut mine into quarters) to apply a lighter shade of ink over the stamped image in the "template".  You could also use the Spong Daubers.  I used Bordering Blue ink for the shadow.

Remove the template and you have just added a shadowed image that is just like the stamped image.  Another way to do two-step Stampin'!!

Finished card, I used a Build-A-Brad, Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon and Elastic Cord from the Holiday Mini.

Happy Stampin'

More Christmas Cards!!

I have been working on projects for my upcoming parties and classes.  Here is a design that did not cut it. {wink}

I will post instructions and the recipe after my classes this week.

Let me know what you think of this card by leaving me a comment.

Wrapping Up the Holidays Promotion!!

Stampin' Up! is offering the following products during our Wrapping Up the Holidays Promotion.  The promotion runs until December 31st or until supplies run out, check the flyer for this promotion HERE.

 

Item Number	Description	Price
112409	Holiday Tag Bundle*	$4.95
110380	Tags for All Stamp Set* (20% off)	$24.76
110264	Designer Gift cards* (30% off)	$4.55
109862	Chocolate Chip satin ribbon*	Buy 1, get 1 free!
109863	Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon*	Buy 1, get 1 free!
112410	Tin 3-Pack*	$9.95
110147	Celebration wrapping paper*	$17.95
110228	Hand Selected Accents & Elements* (25% off)	$8.21

*These items will be available while supplies last.

Here are some more fun projects to get you in the Holiday mood, an instruction sheet can be downloaded below the pictures of the projects.

A full color instruction sheet for the above projects can be found HERE 

$75 rebate on the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit!!

Click HERE for more details

Special!!!

Specials offered by Stampin' Up! With the holiday gift giving season approaching, we know that you will want to wrap your gifts in true Stampin' Up! style. To help you, we are launching our "Wrapping Up the Holidays" Campaign through, December 31st. This promotion features a number of existing Holiday Mini Catalog items 20-30% off, a buy one get one FREE offer, and a couple of new items chosen just for this offer. To view the Holiday Mini Catalog, click HERE The following items are part of the "Wrapping up the Holidays" promotion.  To view the special flyer, click HERE. Tags for All Stamp Set - page 13 - on sale for 20% off making it $24.75 Hand Selected Accents & Elements - page 12 - on sale for 25% off making it $8.20 Designer Gift Cards - page 14 - on sale for 30% off making them $4.55 per pack Purely Pomegranate  or Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon - page 22 - Buy 1, get 1 FREE for only $9.95, you can mix or match the colors. Here a couple of projects that use each color of this lucious Satin Ribbon.

Two NEW items offered just for the "Wrapping up the Holidays" promotion Click HERE to see a flyer with instructions on how Wrap Up Your Holidays using all these GREAT items!! Holiday Tag Bundle - This bundle includes several pre-cut pieces from the Holiday Glitz kit to make 15 quick and easy toppers for gift giving (112409) See the snowman candy gift for an example of this kit. Empty Accents and Elements Tin - 3 pack - These little tins make great items to decorate for any occasion.  Us your crop-a-dile to punch holes in the top of the tin, attach some ribbon and you have a cute little purse.  I made mine wtih one of our Simply Scrappin Kits.  I need to make some of the Stampin' Up! notecards to fit inside.

And the Winner is!!!

Well, I have done the drawing and the winner of my first blog candy is......

#35 - VIRGINIA!!!!!! 

I will get this out to you ASAP.

Thanks to everyone who left me comments, I will have another great blog candy giveaway next month so check back.

Who should I give these too??

I am not sure if I want to give them away to keep them for myself!!  We made these frames at my Holiday Giftables Class Saturday in Sheridan, Wyoming.  I had some extra frames so I thought why not make a few more.

If you want to create one for yourself, here are the supplies you will need:

Season of Joy stamp set

Red acrylic paint

Modgepodge

Two pieces of Dashing Designer paper cut to 7x7 and 2 1/2 x 7 PAPERS ARE ON SALE THIS MONTH!!!!

River Rock Textured card stock 4 x 6

Real Red card stock 4 1/2 x 3 1/4

Brushed Gold card stock 3 3/4 x 3

Very Vanilla card stock 3 1/2 x 2 3/4

Gold Brads, 5/8 Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Designer Label Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, wood frame

I put these frames together in about 2 1/2 hours.  I started with the plain frame and painted the outside edge and the inside edge with red acrylic paint.  I put modge podge over the front surface and placed my papers on top.  I used my brayer to smooth out any bubbles and wrinkles. 

Stamp two trees from Season of Joy in Old Olive ink, one on each edge of the Very Vanilla card stock.  Stamp the third tree in the middle and slightly raised above the others.  Also stamp the tree on a scrap of Very Vanilla.  Cut this tree out (forget about the trunk and star as they are already on the main piece) and pop it up with dimensionals over the middle tree.  Stamp the swirl in Real Red on the edges of the Real Red card stock and add three gold brads to the left edge.  Mat the Very Vanilla and Brushed Gold onto the Real Red and then onto the Textured River Rock. Place this in the frame opening.

Stamp the snowflake image in Old Olive on another scrap of Very Vanilla and punch it out with the 1" circle punch. Punch a Designer Label out of Real Red and a 1 3/8 Circle out of Old Olive.  Attach these together and add two gold brads to the edges. Cover one of your seams with this piece using Dimensionals.

Wrap the Real Red 5/8 Grosgrain Ribbon around the other seam and you have completed a darling Holiday decoration to keep or give away.

Thanks for looking and leave me a comment if you like this project.

Here are the frames close up:

 

One of my customers will have a chance to win one of these frames. I will announce the details on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving along with an awesome ordering special!!!.......STAY TUNED..........

Class is in Session!!!

Well, my Holiday Giftables class was yesterday and we had a blast.  The gals were diligently working getting those gifts done.  Here are a few photos of the class.  I forgot my camera and had to take these pictures with my cell phone so they are not the best.

Virginia and Brenda making the ornament and gift box.  Sorry Brenda, didn't mean to cut you off!!

Tara and Jennifer working on the tin ornament/magnet project.

Whatcha got there Libby??  Virginia and Brenda sure want to know.  Oh I remember, it's your snowman magnet with a Groovy Guava nose!!!!  Don't bother Lynette, she is really concentrating here.

Mary Jo and Melissa, deciding what to order.  I have a special plan for your magent Mary Jo!!

I may hold a repeat class in December, so stay tuned while I check my schedule. 

Are you looking for ideas for your Christmas Cards?

I have my Holiday Giftables Class today so I won't get much rubber stamping done.  If you were not able to come to this class, you may get another chance.  I will see what my schedule allows me to do next month.

Since I won't be able to stamp today, I thought I would share some things I have made in the past.  Here are a few Christmas cards to get you inspired.

 

This is a Z fold card and it uses three of our new In Colors, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and Purely Pomegranate.  The little snowman from Merry and Bright is just so cute and he is only available through the end of the month so if you were thinking of getting this set, hurry as time is running out.  I used the two large circle punches and of course the Scallop Circle Punch.  The dotted ribbon is from our Sherbert Ribbon Originals.

Here is a card that uses our NEW textured cardstock in Wild Wasabi and some of the Soft Sky Prints Designer Papers on sale this month.  I also used the Season of Joy stamp set from the Holiday Mini andit is only available through the end of November as well.  The Red zigzag twill tape is from the Jersey Ribbon Originals and the star is a Rhinestone Brad from the Ice Circle Collection.

This card uses  our Peaceful Wishes with Bravo Burgundy and Mellow Moss card stock and inks.  Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon would make a lovely replacement for the ribbon.

This card uses the Snowman Fun wheel and the diamond pattern from Looks Like Spring.  I inked up my wheel with my ink pad and ran it over the top of the piece of the Whisper White cardstock and then without reinking, flipped the cardstock over and ran the wheel under the initial image to make it appear mirrored.  I added a litttle Dazzling Diamonds Glitter between the two images.

 

Here is another card using the Season of Joy set with some Apple Cider papers and the Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon from the Holiday Mini.  I added some Gold brads to give it a little bling.  This card and the next one were sooooo simple to create and took literally minutes to put together, if you are looking to create an elegant but simple card, these will do that for you.

 

Same card as above but I used papers from Holiday Harmony Collection and the Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon.

Ornament and Matching Gift Box

Here is another project that we will be doing at my Giftables class on Saturday.  It is a clear glass ornament filled with rolled up paper tubes and I have created a box to package it for giving.  Scroll down for a tutorial on the box. (sorry about the quality of the pictures, I was having a bad camera day!!)

This is the box bottom.  I had the Artichoke box bottom put together and then I decided to create a tutorial for it so this is the beginning of the one I did with the Dashing paper.

I decided that I wanted the middle of the box to be a 2 3/4" square and the sides the same size so I cut my Real Red cardstock to 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 (which is 2 3/4 x 3) I scored it at 2 3/4" all the way around.  I cut up the score lines on two opposite sides and stamped the main image from Season of Joy as shown.

This is a picture of the flip side where I would use Sticky Strip.  Since Sticky Strip is backed with a red strip, I used correction tape so you could see where to place the Sticky Strip.

Here is the box after you remove all the backing pieces from the Sticky Strip and attach it all together.  It is a 2 3/4 square and the ornament will fit neatly inside.

This is the lid for the box.  It is 4 13/16 x 4 13/16 and scored all the way around at 1".  Cut up the score lines on two opposite sides and add the Sticky Strip.

This is the reverse side of the lid showing where to place the Sticky Strip and how I decorated the edges with the swirl from Season of Joy and a 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 square of the Wintergreen papers.

Here is the finished project tied with the gold cord.  I used Always Artichoke for the box bottom and Certainly Celery for the box top.

Have fun making these this year, they can be addicting!!!!

And the Winner of the $100 Gift Certificate Is!!!

Denise had a party last night and the 50/100 board was full.  Cynthia and Debbie did the honors by picking the letter and the word and the lucky winner of the $100 Stampin' Up! gift ceritficate is:

Katelyn L.....CONGRATULATIONS Katelyn!!!!!  I have a $100 gift certificate for her to spend on whatever she wants from the Stampin' Up! catalog.

Happy Shoppin' Katelyn!!!!

I have started another board, who will win the next $100 gift certificate, could it be you?  Place an order with me for $50 before tax and shipping and you get a chance to win!!!

BLOG CANDY!! (free stuff)

Well, here it is, my first blog candy.  I am so thrilled with the feedback I have been receiving on my new site that it is time to give away some AWESOME goodies.  I have a Holiday Mini Sampler Pack that I will give away to one lucky reader of my blog.  I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner.  The winner will be chosen on Thanksgiving Day and posted here.

All you have to do to get a chance to win it is to leave a comment on this post telling me what stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Fall-Winter Collection or Holiday Mini Catalogs you are hoping to find in your stocking this year. 

Of course, price is of no concern to you as you won't be buying it, Santa will!!  Your Santa can contact me anytime by phone or by email to order for you.  I take debit/credit cards, paypal, personal checks and of course cash!!  I will wrap any orders over $60 and deliver all orders in town.  If your Santa doesn't know what to get you, I have gift certificates available in any denomination.  Print out the wishlist in the left side bar, fill it out and give it to your Santa to be sure to get what you want this year.

This is a sampler of products from the current Holiday Mini Catalog.  If your comment is chosen, you will receive:

6 - 4x12 Double Sided sheets of Apple Cider Papers

6 - 4x12 Double Sided sheets of Holiday Harmony Papers

2 sheets of Hand Selected Accents and Elements

8 Mini Library Clips

3 yards of both Silver and Gold Elastic Cords

2 yards of both Purely Pomegranate and Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbons

1 of our NEW Festive Designer Gift Cards

Get your catalog out and start looking for that stamp set.  If you don't have a catalog, you can click on the catalog picture in the left side bar.

Good Luck

Holiday Giftables Class-Saturday

I have my Holiday Giftables Class this Saturday at the Old Highland Park School in Sheridan, Wyoming.  We will be making four projects for $20 and this is one of them.

This is a wooden frame I covered with the Dashing Designer Papers that are on special this month.  Click HERE for details.

I wrapped one of the seams with our 5/8 Wide Grosgrain Ribbon in Real Red and covered the other seam with a few layered punches and gold brads.  I popped one of the trees from Season of Joy up on dimensionals and added a trio of gold brads to the side and I have a wonderful holiday item to display in my home or give as a gift.

If you cannot make it to class but would like to purchase a kit (papers may or may not be exactly like the ones shown but they will be from the Dashing paper collection) to make your own frame, you can purchase the kit with instructions for $9.00.  I will do the stamping for you but you will need to cut out the tree and assemble everything at your leisure.  If you are out of town, I can ship it to you for an additional $4.60 in a Priority envelope.  Contact me via my email link in the left side bar or call me at 673-4760 to order one.

Christmas Ornament

Oh my gosh, isn't this just the cutest thing you have seen!!  It is a clear glass ornament filled with rolled up Wintergreen paper tubes.  All of our double sided papers are on sale this month, buy three get one free, click the paper swatch on the left hand side bar for details.

Leave me a comment letting me know what you think of this ornament. :-)

Barb - Stampin' in Sheridan, Wyoming