Hi stamping friends! Welcome to 2011!
I've had a fantastic week (or so) of celebration and holiday festivities with family and friends! So nice! I hope that your holiday was just as fabulous! Now, it's time to get back into my stamping groove and get my 2011 on!
Before I get to new projects, I wanted to get you up-to-date on the current promotions! It's transition time—out with the old, in with the new, as they say!
Last Chance For Holiday Mini Catalog Items!
Today is the final day to purchase your favorites from the Holiday Mini Catalog! Don't miss your favorites before they are gone! Place your order today at my website.
Occasions Mini Catalog Starts Tomorrow!
I'm back in the stamping studio creating some fantastic projects for the new Occasions Mini Catalog that begins tomorrow! Stampin' Up! has a fantastic new selection of new Springtime stamps and fun embellishments that you will adore! I can't wait to show you all of the cool new stuff!
If you're on my mailing list, you should have already received this flyer, as well as the new Sale-A-Bration flyer. If you'd like a copy, and you do not already have a relationship with another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please contact me and I will get one out to you!
Show Me Your Christmas Card Contest Winner!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Show Me Your Christmas Card Contest! Wow—I got more Christmas Cards than I have in YEARS! My bribing worked! Haha—I love it! I'm sorry I didn't get all the cards posted, but rest assured, if you mailed a card, emailed a photo, or linked your card in my comments section before 2011, you were included in the drawing!
And, the winner is…*drumroll*…
Debbie Groulik
Congratulations, Debbie! You have won the Favorite Thoughts stamp set! Woohoo! I'll plan on bringing your prize to our Stamp Club event on Friday!
Candy Cane Christmas Nugget Gift Box
I can't tell you how many stamping projects I DIDN'T get to before the holidays! There were so many fabulous ideas that I wanted to CASE before the Holiday Mini items were gone. Now here we are, at the end of the Mini, and I still have a huge pile of uncreated project ideas. So sad. I always have the best of intentions that I will get to them someday, maybe start my Christmas projects early next year…
Hahahaha! Who am I kidding?
Well, I did want to share one project that was almost done before Christmas…
This is a cute Hershey's Nuggets Gift Box that I created using an awesome project idea featured at Kay Kalthoff's Stamping To Share blog: Treat Boxes. She actually got the idea from Dawn Olchefske. Dawn gives the complete instructions for the box on her DO Stamping blog: Nugget Matchbox Instructions.
See I was almost done with it, but I had trouble finding plain chocolate Hershey's Nuggets! I think there may be a shortage of them! *gasp!* I finally got some Nuggets from my Other Mother, who had stashed a 5 lb. bag from Sam's Club, but by then, it was too late for Christmas.
Anyway, the Nuggets are supposed to be wrapped with strips of Designer Paper, like Kay's example, shown here:
Supplies used on the Candy Cane Christmas Nugget Box:
- Stamps: Tags Til Christmas (get it today only!)
- Paper: Candy Cane Christmas DSP (no longer available), Garden Green, Real Red, Whisper White, and Baja Breeze card stock.
- Ink: Garden Green and Real Red.
- Accessories: Matchbox Die, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Modern Label Punch, Silver Brads, 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Cord (retired).
I think this is the most adorable project, and I'm thinking of doing a Valentine's version very soon, so stay tuned!
Angie