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One last Crafting on Maui Project set
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.
Simple Fancy Folds with a Big POW!
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.
- Stamps:Â Howl-O-Ween
- Color Palette:Â Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Tangelo Twist
- Accessories:Â Simply Scored, Big Shot and Boo to You Framelits, Black Glimmer paper (oh yes!), 2 1/2″ circle punch, Googlie Eyes (not SU)
Googlie eyes are a must. That is all.
Witchy Li’l Punkins
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!
Weekly Deals and 15% off Stamps!
It’s a great time to make your dollars work harder – with Holiday crafting at your doorstep!
Don’t forget all regular stamps are discounted 15% until the 23rd:
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Christmas Crafting on Maui – making Gift Card holders
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!!
A Cozy Christmas (not a Maui Christmas)
We don’t have scenes like this on Maui at all, but it doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy them:
At convention, one of the presenters showed us how you could make little pin-point dots on a piece of card stock with our new Fine Tip Glue Pen and add Dazzling Diamonds (don’t tell) for this snowfall effect.
I took it a step further and added snow on the roof, the trees, and the windowsill.
I tried the same card again using Basic Black and some of our retired Silver Encore card stock, but I still felt that the sponging for the sky needed to be deep blue – this is Isand Indigo and Night Of Navy.
The second time around I liked my drifting snow much more.
I’m ambivalent – do you have a preference? One thing I’m sure of: the Hearth and Home Window frame Thinlits are a big hit!
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Sparkle and Shine for Christmas
Forgive me if I bypass Halloween and Thanksgiving for a bit…I’ll be back, but the Holiday catalog has such beautiful Christmas things:
- Stamps:Â None!!
- Color Palette:Â Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Mossy Meadow, GOLD
- Accessories:Â Big Shot, Precision Base Plate, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Very Vanilla 1 1/4″ Subtle Stripes Vanilla Ribbon, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots, Home for Christmas DSP, Banner Triple Punch, Glimmer Paper, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch
Yes I fussy-cut the poinsettia. It’s very forgiving.
Let me tell you about cutting out these words with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits and the Precision Base plate. The words pop right out of the Thinlit. There are no funny bumps from the holes meant to help you poke them out. The skinny bits don’t get twisted and pulled out of shape. You need this. I certainly do!
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