Holy retiring stamps sets, Batman!! Houston, we have a problem!! (Can I drag in anything else here? Do you get the picture?
Click HERE to see the list – but I’m warning you, sit down!
Woodlands TIEF! Pillow Box Die! Nearly ALL the stamps! DSP, embellishments, ribbon, spider web doilies…check it out for yourself.
And then shop HERE.
Welcome to the November RemARKable Blog tour. We’re featuring Holiday Bundles this month, and I know the other artists on the tour will have great inspiration for you.
For my part, I have two simple cards that could be produced in quantity – and since it’s nearly mid-November, simple is a plus! First up is the Jingle All the Way Bundle:
The ornament concept isn’t my original idea – it’s all over Pinterest – but this combination is mine. Using the watercolor paper with the ink refill allows more depth and variety in the Night of Navy background.
My second bundled project features the Peaceful Pines bundle:
If you take a look at page 16 of the Holiday Catalog, you’ll see the inspiration for this card. Since my first card used a watercolor technique, I chose to use Designer Series Paper (DSP) for this one.
I hope you’re inspired – and I’m sure there is more inspiration coming your way. The tour links are featured at the end of the blog, but if you click on the image below you’ll be off to see Heather Mathieson! Thanks for your visit.
Nancy Amato
Melissa Bolinger
Arden Dougan
Tracie Langley
Anne Matasci  YOU ARE HERE!
Heather Mathieson
Audra Monk
Maria Pane
Michele Reynolds
Pam Staples
Janet Wakeland
Weekly Deals this week are just the thing for Holiday projects:
You need that Festive Flower punch! Shop HERE.
And here are the DEALS for this week!
Have you tried the Decorative Masks? There are so many uses for them. Shop HERE.
I love the look of coloring directly on the rubber:
That’s one of the best things about these little calendars – they’re small enough that I don’t mind putting in the extra effort to do something special like coloring on the stamps.
Stamps are from For All Things and colors are Blackberry Bliss, Real Red, Tangerine Tango and Crushed Curry. And you could do this in a heartbeat.
Check out more November calendars by visiting Cheryl and Crystal.
And if you want to, there’s still time to get your own 2016 DIY Easel Calendar Kit!
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.
Email me at AnneMatasci (at) gmail (dot) com with your choice of kits, email address and shipping address. I’ll send you an invoice via SQUARE and when we’re all Squared up (ha ha ha, I crack myself up) I’ll ship your kit! Details HERE
There aren’t a lot of trick-or-treaters in my neighborhood so I can afford to have some fun:
If you follow the Maui Stamper, you’ll remember I made these HERE.
These are very similar, using the Pillow Box Framelits, the Howl-o-ween stamps, the Boo to You Thinlits and the Woodlands TIEF – but I used retired DSP for the back and some retired ribbon as well.
I really did use up all of my Happy Haunting DSP!
The fun thing is that with the window on the front (it’s one of the options with the framelit set) you can see the reverse side of the DSP when the treats are gone. As if the local 6-year-olds will care, but it makes me happy to know it’s there.
Tuesday deserves special attention – even if it’s just for the Weekly Deals!
Shop HERE!
One last set of projects for our Kit-Tastic Christmas event on November 14th:
$12 for four cards with envelopes – make one set or make multiples!
Saturday, November 14th, 9am until 2pm at Kihei Charter High School. Project sets include these four cards, a set of four gift cards holders, the Oh What Fun tags, and the To You and Yours Shaker cards. Make one project, make them all – whatever works for you.
But sign up NOW. Registration is due NOVEMBER 1st.
Sometimes you see a card that just stops you in your tracks – this was one of those:
The amazing and oh-so-talented Dawn Olchefske shared this design for a double gate fold card – with her impeccable instructions. I chose the same paper but I’d just done a design with Among the Branches and wanted to try something different.
Googlie eyes are a must. That is all.
I am shamelessly CASEing these punkins:
They were apparently a big hit a Founders Circle, Stampin’ Up!’s recognition event for the top 100 demonstrators. Janet Wakeland shared them privately with her RemARKable Stampers team , and Patty Bennett shared them on her blog with a little more detail.
I made a punkin-patch worth of these for my hostess club – I know they’ll be after the chocolate inside!
I used a variety of different stamps to embellish the sides – Chalk Lines, Sweet Stack, Awesomely Artistic, and Dotty Angles. It’s a simple idea: assemble the Curvy Keepsake Box, cut a slit down the center of the Spider Web doily and slip it over the handles. I punched a 2 1/2″ circle of Black Glimmer paper and used a craft knife to cut a slit in the center of that (Patty’s example uses the Word Window punch). I slipped the circle over the handles right on top of the doily.
Finally, I punched two trees from Black Glimmer paper and adhered them to one another with Tombo (the Wonder Adhesive). I made a Builder Bow Punch bow with Happy Haunting DSP (told you I used it up!) and used Glue dots to put the bow on the “tree” and the tree on the handle. Patty’s version is a little different – the hat lifts on and off – but I wanted my to stay put.
There’s still time – just a few cranks of that Big Shot and you’ll be halfway there!
The Maui Stamper 