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Saint Nick’s little bag of tags

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We made the cutest tag pouches at convention last July, and I kept mine out where I could see it to remind myself to make it again.  A week or so I found the opportunity:

Santa tag pouch

  • Jolly Old Saint Nick and Fabulous Phrases stamp sets
  • Riding Hood Red textured card stock; Whisper White and Old Olive smooth card stock
  • Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper
  • Basic Black and Riding Hood Red Classic ink pads
  • Riding Hood Red and Blush Blossom Stampin’ Write markers
  • Frost White Shimmer Paint
  • Jewel tag,  Scallop circle and word window punches
  • Old Olive Striped Grosgrain ribbon and Linen thread

Did you know we still sell the Blush Blossom Stampin’ Write marker?  The card stock, ink pad and all that are retired but the marker is still available and it’s perfect for faces.

I’m rather fond of these.  November hostesses get one of these and I need to get busy and make a few more.  Here’s what’s inside:

Inside the Santa tag pouch

I used the Tags for Christmas stamp set from the Holiday Mini catalog to make little gift tags.  The small cello tag is attached to the inside of the pouch with a couple of rows of Sticky Strip, and the little tags fit perfectly inside.

Rub his belly for good luck

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The Snowman from Jolly Old Saint Nick had to make an appearance at ACACCE.  I struggled to come up with a card that made me happy but that would satisfy the needs of a range of stampers from veterans to newbies:

The Baja Snowman

  • Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set
  • Baja Breeze, Pear Pizazz, Soft Suede and Whisper White card stock
  • Baja Breeze, Soft Suede and Basic Black Classic ink pads
  • Baja Breeze, Pear Pizazz and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write markers
  • Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions Folder, and Tasteful Trim Bigz die
  • Bitty Buttons and Bitty Circle Punch

I really like this guy.  Jean Fitch commented that he almost looks like he’s hangin’ ten on a board and maybe that’s what makes me so fond of him, although I’ve yet to see a surfer in a top hat.  I think it’s his ample belly – and the way he smiles when he pats his belly –  that makes me smile.  He knows it’s there and he just doesn’t care.

Another gorgeous bag

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I wish I could claim credit for this:

Kellie's Candy Cane Bag

I guess I can take credit for making one of my own and serving as an inspiration.  This is Kellie’s Candy Cane fabrics Scallop Square bag and I love it.  She let me borrow it for display purposes only and was VERY careful to tell me that she wanted it back.  Smart girl.

Angie Kennedy Juda has a great tutorial video on making this bag if you’d like to have one of your own.

My bag has the added benefit of being constructed with the help of Captain Stupid Head himself, who is sleeping right next to my computer monitor at this very moment.  It’s one of his favorite spots and he is happy unless I have technical issues that cause me to shout and/or pound the desktop.

Up on the rooftop

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At convention this summer one of the bonus goodies I brought home was a full package of the Deck the Halls Designer Series paper.  I’ve hoarded it a bit, waiting for just the right project.  Then a few weeks ago I broke down and ordered a Decor Elements Design a House to play with:

Santa on the Roof top

  • Decor Elements Design a House
  • Jolly Old St Nick stamp set
  • Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper
  • Vellum; Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Always Artichoke card stock
  • Real Red and Basic Black Classic ink pad
  • Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Markers
  • Modern Label and assorted Circle punches
  • XL Two Step Bird punch;  Scallop trim punch
  • Big Shot and Lattice Textured Embossing Folder
  • Silver Glass Glitter
  • LOADS of Tombo, the wonder adhesive; Sticky Strip;  and a few mini glue dots

Do you like it?  I’m really excited because I broke out the glitter – and it’s not like Dazzling Diamonds at all!  It’s VERY easy to clean up and so far I haven’t heard any complaints from Mr. Maui Stamper, also known as He Who Does NOT Like Glitter, Not One Little Bit.  The Glass Glitter stays put with Tombo.

Here’s a side view:

This was fun, but I’ll repeat what I heard from others – don’t rush the Design-a-House.  I took my time tracing the templates onto my Designer Series papers and adhering them to the walls, and I used a LOT of Tombo because I didn’t want any air bubbles.  I used the flat applicator side on the Tombo bottle and covered the wall before I put the paper on,  and I was pleased with the results.  I did go a little over-the-top with the windows, because instead of cutting them out, I cut an “X” through the DSP and folded it back in around the opening to create a finished edge.

The chimney is Chocolate Chip cardstock that went through the Big Shot with the Lattice embossing folder.  The scallop trim under the eaves was cut as one long strip, but it wouldn’t sit flat when I attached it underneath the roof, so I trimmed and mitred the peaks.   The wreath on the front door is a circle – I think the 1 inch – with another circle – I think it was 1/2 inch – punched out of the center.  I layered the Tombo on and covered it with Glass Glitter and just let it dry.

Wouldn’t it be fun to have a collection of these over the years to showcase Stampin’ Up! Christmas papers?

Decorating Jack

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I have fond memories of carving Jack-O-Lanterns with my three kids.  We always selected “interesting” pumpkins and carefully drew faces with markers on them before we began the cutting to be sure we liked our choices.  The children were never terribly enthusiastic about sticking their hands inside and scooping out the gooey stuff, but my oldest daughter would always ask to set the seeds aside for roasting.

Now that there’s only a very busy 16 year old man-child in the house, carving pumpkins doesn’t generate the interest it did in the past.  It helps to understand that the carving had to be done on Halloween afternoon, because here on Maui a pumpkin that’s been cut more than 24 hours gets fuzzy very quickly.  My favorite Halloweens have been the ones that fell the night before trash pick-up, because I could dump all that soggy mess into the trash late on the 31st and it would be gone before the local insect population came to visit.

This year, when I saw the Decor Elements demonstrated on pumpkins at convention, I knew my problems had been solved:

Decor Elements Jack O Lantern - Trick

I wish I had a snazzy camera and lens that would show you Jack’s whole face in one shot, but for now you get to see his Trick side and his Treat side in two parts:

Decor Elements Halloween Pumpkin - Treat

 

This Jack is already sitting on my front porch – that in and of itself is an amazing thing.  Decor Elements, you rock.

Adding Texture with Embossing Folders

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I was a little late jumping on the Big Shot Textured Impressions Embossing Folders bandwagon.  My “gonna be hot” intuition isn’t especially well-tuned and I actually get it wrong quite often.  I’ll see something – of course, it’s going to be something that I absolutely love – and I’ll be convinced that the rest of the world (read here “My Customers”) will be crazy about it.  Case in point:  there was a hostess set a couple of years ago with a gorgeous rooster.  The less said about that stamp set, the better.

So where was I?  Ah yes…Embossing Folders.  I wasn’t quite sure if I would use them.   (Sorry, did you just snort your morning coffee all over your monitor?  Yeah, me too.)  I should hasten to add that once I got my hands on those folders I quickly realized the error of my ways.    But last fall when the Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder came out in the Holiday Mini I didn’t buy it.   I did borrow it from my upline, and I ran a bunch of quarter sheets through my Big Shot in holiday colors.  Let’s define “a bunch” as WAY more than I needed, ok?  So when I saw a project this fall that would use multiple quarter sheets, you can bet I paid attention:

Santa and the Kleenex

  • Jolly Old St Nick and Peaceful Season stamp sets
  • Real Red and Whisper White card stock
  • Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Old Olive and Always Artichoke Classic ink pads
  • Real Red Stampin’ Write marker; Stampin’ Sponges
  • Blushing Bride ink refill and an Aquapainter;  Gold ink
  • Real Red satin ribbon; Linen thread; Deck the Halls Buttons
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals and Sticky Strip

There’s a great tutorial for this project at Splitcoaststampers and it was very easy to follow.  I want to point out that when I say Kleenex box, that is what I mean:  this is the genuine article, not Brand X.  The tutorial dimensions are for a Kleenex brand box, so if you use another brand be sure to check your dimensions.  And pay attention when the instructions tell you to sponge the edges of the box and across the embossing – it matters.

Here’s the top:

 

The top of the Santa Tissue box

Just imagine how dull this would be without all of that Textured Impressions Embossing.  What WAS I thinking??

Getting ready for Trick or Treat

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I’ve got a little more Halloween fun to share, but it isn’t actually mine.  I’m really more about the chocolate than the decorations when it comes to Halloween, but fortunately Kellie has been busy with her Wicked Cool stamps and paper!!

Spooky Box

Who would have thought that PURPLE (ok, ok, Rich Razzleberry, but it’s purple already!) would work so well as a Halloween color?  Go figure!

Wanna see what’s inside?

Spooky Box open

Kellie stamped her images on tissue paper, put them in place on the tea lights, then used her heat tool to melt the wax over the tissue.  Wicked cool, wouldn’t you say?  And please notice that she stamped those psycho little bats along the side of the box too – that girl thinks of everything!

For the finishing touch, how about a card that says it all:

Wicked Hat

If this doesn’t say Wicked Witch of the West to you, well then I don’t know what would!  I’m not going to attempt a product list because I would surely make a mess of it, but Kellie did point out something very clever.  She doesn’t have the biggest scallop circle, so she punched two XL Fancy Flowers and offset them behind the witches feet.  Absolutely brilliant!

Thanks, Kellie, for the inspiration.

 

Tags for your packages

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I was on a roll with these tags…if I’d had more time I would have kept on going.  They’re generously sized for tags so you can put a mushy note on them to make your teenaged son roll his eyes.  Since I gave all of these away for the Water for People auction, I’ll have to make some more for my family to use later on.  (Famous last words.  I am so last minute it’s embarassing.)

Treats of the Season tag

Sweet Season and Snow Swirled stamp sets, Riding Hood Red and Always Artichoke classic ink pads, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red and Always Artichoke card stock, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punches, and retired Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon.

These tags have are stamped with “To” and “From” on the back and they are perfect to hang from the lid of a jar or around a package of home made goodies for the holidays.

I also did a set of tags with non-traditional Christmas colors.  Since I crossed over to the retired product side anyway, I decided I might as well break out the Bermuda Bay.  You know, I love being a demonstrator, and I am thrilled with our new Color Renovation, but it is really difficult for me to let go of certain things.  Riding Hood Red ribbon is definitely in that category.  So are Bermuda Bay and Soft Sky.  Sigh.

Tags for Christmas snowman

Tags for Christmas stamp set, Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry Classic ink pad, Wisper White and Rich Razzleberry card stock, Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write marker, 1 3/4 inch circle and 2 3/8 inch scallop circle punches, Vanilla Shinmmer Smooch Spritz, and retired Bermuda Bay ribbon.

 

A whole row of Snowman tags

Don’t they look cute all lined up?  There’s something about seeing them together that makes me want to smile.  Yeah, I know.  Dork.

Kellie’s Halloween Treats

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Kellie was here this week and shared these fabulous Halloween treat holders.  She told me that she made over 30 of them with her mom and her daughter for her daughter to share at school, and they had a great time together.  Her mom commented that the 9 year old recipients might not appreciate all the time and effort that went into the making, but her daughter responded   “But I’m having a GREAT time!!”  Doesn’t that make your heart melt?

Kellie's Halloween Treats

  • Wicked Cool Stamp set
  • Basic Black Classic ink pad; Whisper White Craft ink pad
  • Basic Black, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie card stock
  • Wicked Fun Specialty paper
  • Circle and Scallop Circle punches
  • XL Two Step Owl punch
  • Big Shot and Candy Wrapper Bigz die

I don’t have the exact list of supplies from Kellie, so I’m improvising here.  My photo barely picks up the cob webs running along the side of the black cardstock but they are the perfect touch.

Do you recognize the ghost?  Kellie saw it on Stampers’ Showcase, the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator creative sharing site.  It’s the XL Two Step owl, standing on his head with his feet cut off.  Doesn’t that crack you up?  I guess I’m easily entertained, but it gives me the giggles.

So what’s keeping you from making a few treat holders – and some memories – with your family??

Using up the “bits”

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Sometimes I stamp something that doesn’t fit the project I’m working on, but I like the way it looks.  Those “bits” as I like to refer to them usually end up on the bulletin board above my stamp desk for me to ponder.  If they’re “little bits” they have a jar on my desk, but when things get into that jar they sometimes never leave – they’re too small to remember.   This was a bit on the bulletin board that kept calling me:

Circle Circus Bits

  • Circle Circus and Thanks So Much stamp sets
  • Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla card stock
  • Chocolate Chip, Real Red and  Pumpkin Pie Classic ink pads
  • Real Red 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon
  • Large oval punch; XL Decorative Label punch

This is a simple concept that could be re-interpreted in many different ways, but I thought the colors were very Autumnal, and I’ve said before that changing the colors of my paper is as close to Autumn as I get here in the islands.  You could even take a full sheet (8 1/2 x 11 inches) of Very Vanilla cardstock and do your random stamping all over that, then cut it into card pieces.  Sometimes it’s all about efficiency!