Tealights

At my last club class, we created these awesome tealight boxes and candles. Tanya Boser shared on her blog HERE how to create these fabulous creations! With the new Simply Scored tool that Stampin' Up! has released, these are super easy! My ladies LOVED this project and so did I! I have taken this little box to a couple of workshops and vendor fairs and everyone that see it, adores this little box.

Stamps: Four the Holidays, Serene Snowflakes

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Suede, Regal Rose

Cardstock: Regal Rose, Soft Suede, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, Tempting Turquoise grosgrain 

ribbon, 1/16" handheld punch, heat tool, Simply Scored

Now you need to give your hand a try at these adorable little boxes and candles!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Cut Up Snowflake

I needed to create a Christmas card for my Christmas card class and I knew that Abi would give me something different. She picked out these colors and stamps. I know that these aren't your traditional colors but I love them together!

Stamps: Serene Snowflake, Short & Sweet

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Indigo Island, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Ink: Indigo Island, Certainly Celery

Accessories: Snowburst embossing folder, Poppy Parade ribbon, Rhinestones, sponges

My ladies had fun with this card. I had a new stamper at this class and she loved the Rock 'n Roll technique! So much color, so little work!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Wedding Invites

My brother, Patrick, and his girlfriend of 7 1/2 years got engaged in August! Yeah! We are so excited for them! Well they may have dated for a loooong time but they don't believe in long engagements! They were engaged at the end of August and will be getting married the middle of December. 

Me, being a papercrafter and all, had to know what they were doing for invites. We have been invited to a couple of wedding lately with homemade invites. All I could think of when I got them is "Why didn't they ask me for help?" They were nice but I could have made them special. I wanted to make sure that Patrick and Natalie's invites were special. 

Natalie tells me that it will be a small wedding as they just don't want to have a large wedding. I'm thinking, "Good. Making the invites won't be so bad." So I volunteer to work with her and make these invites. What I didn't know when I first offered to make them is that she would need 180 invites!! What happened to small?

I only had 4 weeks to design, order and create these 180 invites! Natalie wanted to pick out the stamps that would be used on her invites. Who can blame her? I know that I would want to be part of that too! Well, she couldn't decide which stamp set she liked the best so I created 60 invitations with each set that she picked out. 

Here are the results! The first one uses Serene Snowflakes.

This next one uses Baroque Motifs.

 The last one uses Tree Trimmings.

 Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Vellum

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: 1/8" punch, Cherry Cobbler Quilted ribbon

Natalie's dress is ivory so we went with Very Vanilla. The hall will be decorated for Christmas so the Cherry Cobbler seemed like it made the most sense to use since the bridesmaids will be wearing black. 

Natalie was thrilled with how they turned out when she picked them up last night. She was even happier when she realized that I also stamped the envelopes and the return cards for her!

Congratulations, Patrick and Natalie!

Happy Stampin' to the rest of you!

Shelley

Snow Fun!

Here is the other set of pages that we made at my Scrapbooking night on Monday. We received 24" of snow on February 2-3. You wouldn't believe what kind of havoc this will create, even in a place that is use to getting snow! Our road didn't get plowwed until late that Wednesday. The snow drift in my driveway was taller than I am! Boy did my girls have fun playing in this! I was sure that I wasn't the only one with my camera out and taking pictures, so I created these pages (with help from Stampin' Connections again) so that those pictures can be seen over and over!

This is the left side of the duo. On the bottom of the page there is 2 rhinestone brads.

This is the right side of the set. I love those punch art mittens! There are 2 more rhinestone brads in the upper right corner.

Stamps: Serene Snowflake

Ink: Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories: Snowflake punch, Wide oval punch, Small oval punch, Word Window punch, Scallop trim border punch, Square ice rhinestone brads, Whisper White 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Night of Navy 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Neutrals Patterns DSP, dimensionals, Perfect Polka dots embossing folder, sponge, Alphabet Simple dies

This is one of my favorite pictures of that day! This is my 7 year old, Lydia. Isn't she just adorable? Snowflake on my nose and eyelashes...

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley



December Club Projects

Yes, I know that I'm behind on posting my projects! Trying to get caught up and then better at posting!

This card was a lot of fun to make! We started out with a piece of Whisper White cardstock, placed circle punched from copy paper and some copy paper that was torn for the ground were placed on the cardstock. Then we sponged Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy and stamped the snowflakes. Stamp the tree and kids. Then add some 2way glue and some glitter. Place it on the card, tie some ribbon and there you have it!

Stamps: Season of Friendship, Welcome Christmas

Ink: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso

Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Accessories: Early Espresso ribbon, 2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, sponges

Next we created a mug out of paper. Then added some hot chocolate and candy cane and you have a great little gift to give! Isn't this cute?

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Organza ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, large oval punch, sticky strip

The last project we made was Tanya's adorable snowman! You can find the instructions HERE. He was so fun to create! Thanks, Tanya!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Northern Frost die, Northern flurry die, Snowflake punch, button embosslit, word window punch, white gel pen, frost white shimmer paint, sponge dauber, rhinestone, Real Red satin ribbon, Basic Black marker

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley