Last day of the Holiday Sale…and new 30% discounts for today only!
Visit the Online Store to have these – and the other Holiday Specials – packed in a box with your name on it!
There are a few spots left to make the 2014 Easel Calendar next Saturday – I need your RSVP pronto! $13 for the calendar with easel, $10 without.
Isn’t this the perfect message for December?
December is about Believing…believing the spring will come, believing in Santa and all the goodness he represents, believing in the Christ Child born in Bethlehem, born to redeem us all.
*Shimmer spray is made with a few drops of Stampin’ Up! ink refill mixed with 70% rubbing alcohol and Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. To my deep dismay, Champagne Mist is now retired. However, as I’ve noted before, these calendar cards were made in a class last January when Champagne Mist was still part of our product line – as was the Snow Swirled stamp set. You’re welcome to improvise!!
And…it’s time to look ahead to 2014! We’ll be making the new Easel calendar this Saturday, December 7 at 9am. It’s $13 for the calendar plus easel or $10 if you have your own easel. Contact me ASAP if you’d like to join us.
Finally, stop by this morning and visit me at the St. Theresa Church Cookie Walk and Craft Fair. It’s in Stawasz Hall at 25 West Lipoa Street, Kihei from 8am until noon. Cookies PLUS Crafts? I don’t see how you could resist 🙂
I’m pretty much a “glass half full” kinda girl. It’s a choice – and why not choose the happy option? I have a loving husband and family, and more than enough “stuff”. And I live here:
(photo credit to my brilliant son)
Mr. Stamper and I are living The Duo Life this Thanksgiving. The newlyweds are in Australia where Thanksgiving fixin’s are hard to find, my middle daughter is with her young man and his family on the East Coast, and my son is with his roommate in Chicago – and they apparently went to the circus tonight. Go figure. The two of us are going to Mass in the morning (how better to say thanks?), then helping serve a sit-down meal at the feeding program at our church. Later we’ll join a group of dear friends out at Green Acres (aka Haiku) to celebrate our gratitude with good food and a refreshing beverage or two.
We have been richly blessed, and as we grow in age and wisdom we are realizing that the best way to show our gratitude is to pass those blessings on.
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends.
Here are the weekly deals for November 26 to December 2 – do you have the Floral Frames Framelits? They are SO versatile!
Don’t forget the clock ticks to a close on Mountain Standard time – Hawaii people, that’s a 3 hour adjustment!
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I was delighted at how much everyone enjoyed this project at the Maui Stampers Craft Fair!
A project like this is such fun to do – I used some of my current favorites as well as a couple of retired gems. I try not to get too attached to retired sets but there are a few that I have tucked away. Culling old stamps makes room for new ones – at least that’s what I tell myself – so the ones that stay really have to earn their keep.
Just before we opened the door…ready for a busy day!
The kind gentlemen at the Maui Masonic Lodge give us a good deal, so we have plenty of room for our goodies. It’s amazing to me that 5 Stampin’ Up! demonstrators can bring such a wide variety of crafts! There’s a lot of versatility in our products.
Apparently there’s not quite as much versatility in our footwear – we were very entertained to realize that Birks – and not just any Birks – were the favored footwear of Maui Stampers. (Looks to me like we all need some sunshine…too much crafting this week!)
And just so you know how dedicated we are to bringing you the finest crafts…neither snow, nor sleet, nor temperatures below 70° will keep us from our appointed rounds.
I hope you enjoyed that 🙂
EVERYBODY loves a sale – and this is a fabulous sale! 12 days of Stampin’ Savings from November 20 to December 2 (Hawaii peeps, don’t forget this is calculated on Mountain Standard Time – add 3 hours to your Hawaii-time clock).
In addition to the ginormous list of products on sale November 20 to December 3,there are 3 “DOOR BUSTERS” available at special prices November 20 ONLY!!
Stampin’ Trimmer (p176)    #126889   Catalog price $29.95         Sale price $20.97
Many Marvelous Markers (p163) #131264 Catalog price $109.95 Sale price $76.97
Stampin’Score Diagonal Plate(p178) #125586 Catalog price $11.95 Sale $8.37
I am spoiling myself and ordering Many Marvelous Markers for Me, Myself and I. My “old” set can be officially dedicated to class use, and the three of us (aforesaid Me, Myself and I) will have our very own personal set of markers. I hope you’ll choose to treat You, Yourself, and She – or He!! Click to see the Holiday Sale 2013 Flyer or visit the Online Store for all the pretty pictures.
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And don’t miss the Maui Stamper Craft Fair this Sunday November 24 at the Kahului Masonic Lodge!
Stop by – we’ll have cards, holiday decor, gift items and more – plus our smiling faces!!
Welcome to the RemARKable 25th Anniversary Best of Blog Tour – hard to believe we’re near the end of these great sets!
The soft color palette in this card provides contrast with the traditional manger scene. It was simple and quite enjoyable to color the vignette with Stampin’ Write markers – I actually did quite a few of these for a craft fair later this month.
I’ve learned to give myself permission to be a little messy with my coloring. That’s a big step for this perfectionist!
All the images in this set are perfectly sized for 3 x 3 gift enclosure cards, but I think this manger works especially well:
Almost the same, and just as easy to do!
Here’s another very traditional holiday image, this time in very traditional colors.
Again, this is a card you could produce very easily as the coloring is simple and then it’s just punch, punch, snip, snip, stamp, tie a knot and send!
I recommend you use the fine point of the Stampin’ Write markers to color the Holly leaves and berries first, then fill in Santa’s cap. I used an Aquapainter with a little Blushing Bride ink for Santa’s face.
Best of December #134384Â $14.95
Don’t forget that when you have ordered 6 of these stamp sets, you can send in the little “25” images to receive a free set valued at no more than $14.95.
It’s time to see what Andi Potler has created at http://www.absolutekreations.com! We hope you’ve enjoyed these projects as much as we have!
Here’s the entire lineup for your blog-hopping pleasure!
Nancy Amato         http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com
Melissa Bolinger     http://www.stampinup.net/blog/2089191
Jackie Bottomley    http://www.jackiebottomley.blogspot.com
Susan Carlson        http://www.stampinmomoffour.blogspot.com
Tamra Davis            http://www.thecardladies.com
Sherri Eddleblute     http://www.sweetestdesigns.blogspot.com
Lynn Embrey           http://www.possibilitiestamperstudio.com
Kathy Hamrick         http://www.countryroads.typepad.com
Crystal Kondo          http://www.card-ed.com
Deb Lehigh              http://thestampinhut.typepad.com
Anne Matasci           http://www.MauiStamper.wordpress.com
Andi Potler                http://www.absolutekreations.com
Michele Reynolds     http://www.inspirationink.typepad.com
Sharon Tisdale         http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/coveredbridgesstamper/blog
Janet Wakeland       http://www.remarkablycreated.com
Robbie made turkeys for Hostess Club this month:
Hilarious, isn’t it? We always have a great time at club – honestly, there’s so much laughing and teasing that I’m always amazed we get the projects done. If we’d done this one we would still be sitting at my dining table on Thanksgiving morning!
Robbie made these quite generously sized, because this turkey had a special cargo:
I know you won’t believe me when I tell you this, but that Ding Dong is still stuffed in my turkey, all wrapped up.
I can’t say the same for the Hershey Nuggets Robbie slipped me 🙂
I have a fun story to share. A couple of years ago, I read a comment on one of my posts from someone living near the University of Notre Dame where my son had just started college. Mary and I started a correspondence, and this year when Mr. Maui Stamper and I made plans to go to the ND – Navy game, Mary and I made plans to meet face to face.
We worked out a schedule and she picked me up on Saturday morning for coffee. Honestly, we had planned a quick 30 minute “hello” and after 2 hours we were still talking as fast as we could! What a warm, wonderful person Mary is, and if you are lucky enough to live in Mishawaka, you might know that too. I’m just thrilled that I remembered to snap a quick photo:
Have you ever seen such adorable football fans? We could have talked all day – except of course that I had a date with my boys for the game. Mary Travis, I loved meeting you in person, and I hope you’ll come to Maui so we can continue the conversation.
The Maui Stamper 