My Favorite Christmas Tree Ornaments

I thought it might be fun to photograph and share some of my favorite Christmas Tree ornaments… I love that our tree has no theme.. just anything fun, handmade things, colorful things.. all have meaning… things we've collected from trips or things I've made…. anyway.. just thought I'd share… Each year I make an ornament …

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Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas Gift Exchange – pt 4

Here are the remaining gifts from our Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas Gift Exchange earlier this month. Sue M got one of my Floral Calendars for 2010.  I got Joy's Chiristmas Jingle Book and some tags! 🙂  And this was a darling tin with yummy "moose munch" type mix inside – a gift from Cindee!  …

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Framed Christmas Gifts – Stampin’ Up! style!

I made a few of these for gifts.. I think they turned out pretty!!  Special Thanks to Mary Rager for the idea to use the "Kind Thoughts Brocade" Stencil from Stampin' Up! with the ornament stencils! The ornaments are stenciled with SPONGE DAUBERS and the following colors of Classic Stampin' Up! ink: Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay …

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Christmas Gift Tags

I had fun using up some left over scraps from Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' Kits and Designer paper packs… I used my {{favorite}} Two Tags die with the Big Shot and then layered scraps, punchouts and ribbons.  (Christmas Jingle kit: item 115696, and Merry Moments DSP:  115672). (Two Tags Die is on sale through Dec. 22nd .. CLICK …

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Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas Gift exchange – pt 3

Here are more fun gifts that were exchanged at our Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas gift exchange last weekend. These are the Window Sheet die cut baskets Joy made and filled with candy. Here is a great tip.. she used a small strip of the window sheet plastic to "reinforce" the ribbon handle! Cindee got …

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Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas Gift Exchange – pt 2

Here are the details on more of the gifts we exchanged at our Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas party on Saturday…   Elyse made some gorgeous tiles and a candle… they are so beautiful!  Ashley got those. Here is Ashley with her 1 pound burger… we all GASPed!! 🙂 Elyse made me some tiles as a gift.. …

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Luv 2 Stamp Group Christmas Gift Exchange – pt 1

On Saturday our Luv 2 Stamp Group had a Christmas Gift Exchange and luncheon.. we had a very small turnout but had a wonderful time!  Cindee made this adorable chocolate bar reindeer… isn't he adorable ?  The details are on her blog. The gifts  from Sue M. were these really cute blocks and fabulous gift …

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Fancy Favor Box die – with CARDBOARD!? :)

So.. do you remember when I blogged this project?  It is the Fancy Favor Box Die cut out of a WINDOW SHEET using the Stampin' Up! Big Shot machine .. ??  Well…   as I was cutting the 12×12 Window Sheets in 1/2 for my gals to use in class, there was a sheet of CARDBOARD in each package.. …

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Magnetic Gift Box

I really love the Chocolate Brown Magnetic Gift Boxes in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog.  (pg 33, item 116796, 2 for $4.95) They are wonderful quality and very reasonable!!  This is how we decorated them in class recently… Thanks to my friend Kimberly for the tag idea.. I love using her great ideas!  I cut …

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Christmas Tag Ideas

I just LOVE the Two Tags Die and my Big Shot from Stampin' UP! !!  I don't know what I'd do without them!! Here are a few tag ideas we made in class a couple weeks ago… hope you enjoy the inspiration! The one in the upper left corner uses my favorite die: Top Note and it's …

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Gift Card Holders

I got this great idea from my upline, Sandy.  I hope you enjoy it too! We made these GIFT CARD HOLDERS in a recent class. The slot is punched with the Word Window punch so you can insert the gift card. The cardstock is 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 4-1/4" and 8-3/4".  Decorate the front …

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Big Shot Petal Card Gift Card Holder

Isn't this just the cutest little Gift Card Holder!!?? You can thank Lisa Freeman for the idea… it's too cute!  We made this at one of my recent classes. Here is the Petal Card Die that folds up to make this quick and adorable gift card holder pocket:   Shop for these items to complete the …

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