Thursday Stamp Club Card and Gift Swap Part 2

Jennifer and her gift from Cata (and a gift in her tummy too Ü )
Jennifer's swap card

Ronda and her gift from Jennifer

Ronda's swap card

Denise and her gift from Ronda.

Denise's swap card

Cata and her gift from Denise.

Cata's card swap

Edited to ADD: Ok, ok peeps...lol! The directions for Cata's card design can be found HERE, from the awesomely talented Connie Babbert.

Martha and her gift from Stacy.

Martha's swap card

Thursday Stamp Club Card and Gift Swap Part 1

Katie and her gift from Martha.
Katie's swap card

Stacy and her gift from me.

Stacy's swap card

Liz and her gift from Dianna.

Liz's swap card

McKenzie and her gift from Liz

McKenzie's swap card

Shellie and her gift from McKenzie

Shellie's swap card

Teresa and her gift from Shellie (so sorry about the pix, Teresa).

Teresa's swap card

Dianna and her gift from Teresa.
Dianna's swap card

It's All About The Gift Wrap

Today's posting is about my Stamp Club gift exchange. We draw names, and the rules are that the gift will be a $5 maximum limit because it's all about the wrap! We use our Stampin' Up! products to create the gift wrapping and wait until you see them all over the next few days! I am so proud of these ladies!

Here is what I made for my creative gift wrap. Both cups are filled with Hershey Kisses and one of them has a Starbucks gift card in it.

I pulled out my bestest friend, Holiday Lineup, and started coloring snowmen. I could sit and color forever, I love that!!

I cut out a snowman face from the Lineup for the tag and the front of the cups.


One for Thursday Club and one for Friday Club!

Cardstock: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White and Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper

Stamp Set: Holiday Lineup and the Let It Snow words are from Punch Pals

Accessories: Chris Twing's fabulous pattern from her 12 Days of Christmas newsletter, Tasteful Trim die-cut, Big Shot (you want one for Christmas, don't you!), lots of markers, a few Watercolor Crayons, tiny pom poms, Scallop Circle and 1-1/4" Circle punches, Word Window punch and Modern Label punch, Real Red Satin Ribbon

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So...you want to make one? Guess what? I told Chris I was going to post my version of her project this week and she said she would have a special post for all of you right HERE. Have fun making your own!! Ü

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Edited to Add: The link Chris gave me earlier that went out in the newsletter was not working. I went to her blog and got the actual link and inserted it here. From my computer it is working now, so I'm not sure what to tell those of you who can't view it. I've contacted Chris and we are trying to work it out. Thanks for letting me know.

Stamp Club Swap Cards

Thursday and Friday nights I held my Stamp Club Christmas parties. We did a card swap, a gift exchange and the cupcake box...whew! I have some great pictures to show you of both the nights, but I haven't got them quite ready yet. So today I will share my swap cards.

I love how these turned out, once again combining my 2 favorite stamp sets, Jolly Old St. Nick and Just Believe.

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper

Stamp Sets: Jolly Old St. Nick and Just Believe

Accessories: Large Scallop die-cut, Circle die-cut, Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Big Shot (you really need one of these Ü), Round Tab Punch, Very Vanilla Grosgrain, Two Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Crop-a-dile, Gold Elastic String

Looking for a great gift idea for a little girl?

Since I don't have any little girls, I love looking at what my neighbor Kim is making for her Etsy Store. Aren't these cute little clips for Christmas?

I think these are my favorite!!

Matching giraffe leg warmers.

She has hats for all the months of the year. Her things are all just so cute and so well done. You can visit London Locks through her Facebook, and "Like" her fan page HERE .

All Spruced Up

I saw this little matchbox project on Kay Kalthoffs' blog and thought I would give it a try. She has a free tutorial on how to do it.

I realized after I took the photo that I didn't put the candy in the box...but it is supposed to hold some underneath the pop-up image! I used the Fast & fun Notes stamp set.Isn't this a darling purse from Wanda Johnson? She made this in her Christmas Giftables Class. You can see more pictures of it on her blog.

If you would like to make a purse like this, you can purchase the step by step tutorial on my blog under Purse-onally Perfect Notes on the right hand sidebar or the tutorials page for just $3.95.

Thank you Wanda for sharing your photos with me!

Thank you Holley Sullivan for the Stylish Blogger Award!

December Stamp Clubs

My December Stamp Clubs are this week. We will be making the entire Cupcake Box after we have our Christmas card and gift exchange.

Don't forget we are starting at 6 not 6:30 this Thursday and Friday.

Comfort & Joy

A great way to use up a lot of scraps with both of these projects. The card is a take on one of Chat's cards and the little box is an even smaller version of a Diana Ball project.

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White and Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper
Stamp Set: Word Play, Tiny Tags
Accessories: Ornament Punch, 1-3/8" Square Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Tiny Tag Punch, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Real Red 1/8" Satin Ribbon, Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder and the Big Shot, baby!, pearls, jingle bell

Gift Tags & Snow...Finally!

Starting to make a few Christmas gift tags for some bags...that I would show you but I haven't even started them yet! Ü

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Love Letter Designer Series Paper
Stamp Sets: Tags Til Christmas

Accessories: Scallop Circles #2 die-cut, Circles #2 die-cut, Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot (you need one of these!!!), Round Tab Punch, 1" & 1-1/4" Circle Punches, Crop-a-dile, Lace Ribbon, Black Lace ribbon, Satin Black Ribbon

Finally the snow we've been waiting for and a Snow Day from school! Boise never really gets much snow and if we are lucky enough to get a couple of inches it usually melts by noon, so this was a big deal!

Nicholas and his friend Blair made a giant snowball that started in our yard. They needed dads help to roll it across the street to Blair's house and that is as far as they could push it. They rolled and rolled until it was the same height as Nicholas!

Oh how our Sarah LOVES the snow! She would drop her ball and then pounce on it and bury it and dig it up and do it over and over again!

Festival Of Trees

I love how creative some of the decorators are at the Festival of Trees. It's unbelievable the things you can put on a tree! If only they looked as good in photos as they did in person!

All of these M&M things were adorable!!

George said this was his kind of Christmas tree! Ü

This one was dedicated to Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was incredible! Plus it was just stunning in color.

Happy December 1st! My favorite stamping 'season' of all is officially underway! Yippee!