We have 4 unique and distinctive gift card holders for your crafting pleasure:
$12 to make all four projects!
Join us at Kihei Charter High School on Saturday, November 14th from 9am until 2pm.
Register by November first!!
Have you looked at the kits in the Holiday catalog? I mean really looked?
This is my favorite kit:
These tags (#139602, $21.00 for 30 tags) are CUTE and the stamp set (sold separately #140386 $21.00) is one of those Holiday Keepers that you will pull out year after year. I put them together myself:
Don’t you love my tree? I bought it a few years ago after Christmas on clearance and I use it for everything. You’ve got to act quickly when you see something great like this on Maui – it doesn’t last! There are birds 🙂
I mean, seriously – Holly, Happy Christmas (so Aussie!) and a BELL???
There are To: and From: stamps for the back of the tags – this kit has everything!
That big ol’ glitter snowflake is ah-mazing. And there are three in each kit – thirty tags, three each of 10 designs. It’s well worth the cost of the kit and the stamps to do at home.
However, Crystal and I will have stations to complete sets of tags and the shaker cards below at our annual Christmas Festivities on November 14th. Sign up early!! You can choose tags in sets of 10 (one each of 10 different designs) and/or cards in sets of 3 (one each of 3 different designs). You can even select multiples of each of our sets – for example, two sets of tag kits to make 20 tags. Don’t wait to sign up!
This is To You and Yours, a Shaker card kit that makes 18 cards. (#139647, $24.00) These are charming, eye-catching, and as fun to send as to receive.
This gorgeous wreath can be updated for Halloween, Autumn/Thanksgiving, and Christmas – and that’s just using the included pieces. Imagine Valentines decorations, Easter Eggs, Spring flowers – the list goes on. (Season to Season Wreath, #139645, $27.00)
We won’t be offering that as part of our Kit-Tastic-Christmas, but if you have a group of friends that wants to get together and assemble these, let me know and we will set a date!
Sign up for class projects by November 1st. Make all 10 Oh What Fun Tags (one of each design) for $12, or make 3 To You and Yours Shaker cards for $9 (again, one of each). Or make them both! Or make multiples of your favorite. It’s up to you.
Welcome to the October RemARKable Blog Tour. If you’re the type of person who does things sequentially, you’ve likely arrived from Tracy Langley’s blog. If you’re a Frank Sinatra, I-Did-It-My-Way kind of person, well, I’m happy you’re here!
Trick or treat!
*See the candy inside the package? It’s called Toe Bod Butts. The little white bit on the end is the Toe. The orange part in the middle is the Bod(y). And the yellow on the top is the Butt. And you eat it in that order.
Anyone who tells you they’re called Candy Corn has succumbed to the wonders of Marketing. Toe-Bod-Butts. That’s what they are.
I absolutely love the Happy Haunting Designer Series paper (DSP). This plaid is one of my favorites – if I lived where Fall was actually a season, I would have wool pants in this plaid. Love love love it…so much that I think I have used up all but a few tiny scraps of the ENTIRE PACKAGE OF DSP. Do you realize the enormity of that? I’m a DSP Hoarder. This is big, my friends, big.
You can put together a bunch of these watching a football game (ask me how I know) and have special treats for the kids in your son or daughter’s class, or your co-workers, or the football players for that matter. And you might even get to sneak in a few Toe Bod Butts for yourself. How fabulous would that be?
While you’re munching and cranking the Big Shot, click HERE to head over to see what Heather Mathiason is up to.
I’m delighted to announce that we’re crafting in AIR CONDITIONED SPLENDOR this year!
FOUR great projects to choose:
Four gorgeous one-of-a-kind cards – $12 (pictures to come)
Three Shaker Christmas cards from the to You and Yours Kit – $9
Four noteworthy Gift Card (or small gift) holders $12 (pictures to come)
Ten unique tags from the Oh What Fun kit $12
All projects are BYO adhesive – I’m happy to provide recommendations.
I do hope you’ll join us!
I bought some of our corrugated paper a couple of months ago and was finally inspired to make something:
I made a poinsettia with our new Festive Flower Builder punch – I made doubles of each set of petals to make it really full.
Some gold cord and a little Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper finished it off. Â (Gotta hold back on the actual airborne Dazzling Diamonds for now – I’ve been playing with fire lately!)
Do you like it? I confess, I’m pretty pleased!
Don’t tell Mr. Maui Stamper, but I got into the glitter again:
It was a simple matter. Just a little Two-Way Glue Pen on the bats and a sprinkle of black glitter (from last year’s holiday catalog – but you have some in your stash too, don’t you?)
The stamps are from the Project Life Holiday Cheer set from last year as well. But the whole idea of these calendars is to inspire you to create your own – and if you have a little bat somewhere you’ll be all set! (If you don’t, try Cheer All Year or Project Life Seasonal Snapshop 2015). Shop HERE.
Be sure and visit Cheryl and Crystal to see what they’ve done for October. And if you’d like a Ready-To-Stamp 2016 Calendar kit, I’m taking orders – they’ll ship November 1st.
You may choose your kit either with easel or without. Prices include shipping for one kit; please contact me for shipping costs of multiple kits.
You’ll get 12 calendar month pages printed on Whisper White plus a cover page announcing the year. You will also receive 13 card stock mats in colors that will coordinate well with the seasons of the year. Finally, I’ll include a clear box tor presenting your calendar as a gift when you choose the kit with the easel. Contact me at AnneMatasci (at) gmail (dot) com with your choice of kits, email address, and shipping address. I’ll send an invoice via SQUARE and will ship the calendars on November 1, 2015. Full details HERE.
Deals this week are super!
Lots of great goodies, but do yourself a favor – with the holidays looming in the (not so far) distance, pick up the Envelope Punch Board or the Gift Box Punch Board – or just break down and get them both. I can’t tell you how often those two have saved my sanity at the last minute. You’d be amazed at the impact you’ll get with a box created with Designer Series Paper! Shop HERE.
In other news…
Announcing the 2016 Calendar kit! Kits will begin shipping November 1st, and will contain 12 calendar month pages printed on Whisper White plus a cover page announcing the year. You will also receive 13 card stock mats in colors that will coordinate well with the seasons of the year. Finally, I’ll include a clear box tor presenting your calendar as a gift when you choose the kit with the easel.
This year’s calendar includes a selection of mats featuring all 10 In Colors plus 3 of my faves to round out the bunch. You’ll get Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Blushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder, Cherry Cobbler, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Mossy Meadow, Delightful Dijon, and Tip Top Taupe.
You may choose your kit either with easel or without. Prices include shipping for one kit; please contact me for shipping costs of multiple kits.
These calendars are fun to create and make great gifts. The petite format allows you the freedom to be as Clean-and-Simple or Fussy-cut-Water-colored-Over-the-Top as you like!
Payment is through SQUARE, protecting your credit information and providing the best options. Please send your email address and the kits you would like to AnneMatasci (at) gmail (dot) com and I will forward an invoice. I will ship the kits November 1st – be sure to include your shipping address.
For calendar inspiration, type “DIY Easel” into the Maui Stamper search box – I’ve been making and sharing these calendars since 2013, so there are lots of ideas!
I chose an old favorite for my September easel calendar. I must not be the only one who likes it, because it’s still available in the 2015-2016 Annual Catalog:
I’ve been a little wild and crazy with the Dazzling Diamonds lately, and I hope I don’t get too careless. Mr. Maui Stamper is NOT a fan of glitter on the run. If it is firmly attached to something – anything – he will tolerate it, but glitter in the air, on clothing, or (especially) on the furniture drives him crazy.
But look at those beautiful sparkly bits! It absolutely had to be done. Can I let you in on a little secret? I just added those Dazzling Diamonds a few days ago with my new, about-to-be-released Fine Tip Glue Pen from the Holiday Catalog. Tombo will always be The Wonder Adhesive in my book, but the Fine Tip Glue Pen is going to need some special recognition too.
Be sure to visit Cheryl and Crystal to see what they’ve created for this month – and stay tuned if you’d like a set of blank 2016 pages for your own creative calendar!
Last weekend I made a whirlwind trip to attend my high school reunion. I took goodie bags for the people who made it happen – and they worked very hard! Before I left, I made up some simple tags for the bags:
A hand-made tag is a lovely personal touch and I made 10 of these in about 15 minutes – you can’t get much quicker than that! I cut our new heavy-weight Whisper White card stock into 2″ x 8 1/2″ strips and punched the each end with the Tag Topper, then cut them in half and rounded the opposite corners. Stamp, stamp, stamp and done!
Last week I shared THESE tags, and they were quick too.
My trip, while insanely fast, was well worthwhile. I got to spend time with my parents, which is always special. My sister and her family joined us on Friday night for drinks (my niece has just turned 21) and then dinner. I got to spend time with a dear friend from high school. And I reconnected with people I knew, and built new relationships with people I barely knew.
Sally and I were friends in high school, college frosh roomies, and then went our separate ways for about 35 years. A year or so ago, she tracked me down and we picked up where we left off. If she hadn’t messaged me to say that she was coming to reunion and I should too, I wouldn’t have attended. Lesson one: reach out to old friends.
Lesson two: EVERYONE feels nervous about attending reunion. I talked to a lot of different classmates, and it seemed we all felt the same apprehension as we approached the event. And yet, as we shared our stories, we laughed and agreed that we were so happy we’d made the effort.
I talked to people with whom I’d had classes or been in clubs together or shared a summer job. And I also talked to people that I’m pretty sure were never on my radar in high school. But I enjoyed renewing old relationships and especially developing new ones, and that made the trip worthwhile. Lesson three: The people you most enjoy speaking with may not be the people you thought you were coming to see.
Sally is escorting her youngest to college this weekend – it will be a bittersweet time for them both. I’m home, slightly reeling from traveling over 5,000 miles in a weekend. And we are both the better for the adventure. And still crazy after all these years.
Recently, one of my regular stampers requested projects for kids. I looked at what I had on my shelf and found stamps suitable for feminine or baby cards, but not really for KIDS.
Off to Pinterest, the Black Hole of the Internet!
I found some great ideas and they weren’t even in mason jars!! Score.
This was inspired by THIS great card, and I CASED it pretty liberally. The Red Bird is punched from the 1 3/4″ circle, and the Yellow Bird is the old style Heart Punch. I think you could get that shape using a square and a corner rounder.
The white body portions are 1 3/4″ circles punched twice. The orange beak is the Itty Bitty Heart (trimmed) and the head and tail feathers are from the retired Boho punch. I think you could get the same look from the Flower Fair framelits.
The eyebrows are the end of the stem from the bird punch. The birds aren’t angry until you add those eyebrows, so work them!! The eyes are from the Owl punch, and I used the 1″ square for the yellow beak.
The Word Window and the Woodgrain TIEF make up the slingshot, and the linen thread finishes it off. I trimmed a strip of Garden Green with Fringe Scissors, and the embellishment at the top is from Amazing Birthday. We had to stamp SOMETHING!
These are last year’s bags – the current bags are plain, so you could even add some clouds as Sarah-Jane Rae did to her card.
Everyone loved the end result – but we agreed that these birds take a lot of little pieces!
The Maui Stamper 