Lakeshore Stamping

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wanted to make sure I posted two more Thanksgiving ideas before Thanksgiving.  My kids have Wednesday off so we have lots of family time planned and I won't have much time to post on my blog.  You've probably wondered where I've been, I had my gallbladder removed on November 9th and it took me a good week to get back to normal and now trying to catch up.  I am feeling better and glad it is behind me just in time for the holidays!

This was a cute pumpkin I made for a couple of craft fairs I did earlier this fall.  It is one of my favorite fall items as I LOVE pumpkins!  It works perfect for a little something and I have a few left and plan on taking them to Thanksgiving dinner at Aaron's Aunts house on Thursday. 

Here are a couple fall pictures of a few things I am thankful for!  My two kids and my husband but he isn't in the pictures.

I also have a friend, Tara, who I am grateful for!  She is a crafting fool like me but she can sew!! LOL!  She made me these adorable pumpkins out of our Spice Cake Fabric.  Aren't they adorable!?!??!  I just love them and she also has a love of pumpkins like me!  (Don't ask me how to make them!  LOL!  I don't know and she is out of town for a week.  I believe she found it online somewhere!)

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and are able to spend it with loved ones! 

Calendar Fun

I just love making desktop calendars this time of year.  Anyone can use a calendar for their desk and I think these are just adorable.  Every year during the holidays I make calendars for the local craft fairs.  This year I took the easel card and made it into a calendar using a coaster.  These first two designs are the ones I made for the craft fair...yes, I sold out of them at both craft fairs!

This uses the 6x6 In Color Designer Series Pack you can earn free for being a hostess!

 

This is the last roomie gift I gave Max at Leadership. I just love this Presto Patterns Specialty Paper, you can make it what ever color you want with a sponge or sponge dauber!

I hope you enjoyed these calendars.  I will be making a few more for gifts!

Happy Stamping!

Christmas Time!

December is always such a busy time for me between Craft Fairs, Workshops, Christmas Cards, Downline Event and of course all of the decorating, presents, wrapping, teacher gifts and holiday programs and gatherings.  Whew!  I am sure you can relate!  I haven't had a lot of extra time to post but tonight I made myself a promise I would post some of my Craft Fair items for you.

Here are the Note Pad Holders I made with our Play Date File Folders.  These folders made such great sturdy Note Pad Holders.

The hand sanitzers were VERY popular this year in the stamping world.  These cute little sanitizers from Bath and Body Works make a perfect teacher gift.

This is a Chap-stick Holder perfect for the dry cold days during the winter months.  The top is decorated with a mitten made with our fabulous punches!

These are just the cutest!  They are Post it Note holders with a magnet on the back to hand on a file cabinet or your refrigerator!  These were a big hit and the kid's teachers loved them too!  It uses the Scallop Envelope Die and you use two to make the holder.

I hope all of you are ready for the holidays.  I have a little more wrapping to do and a few calendars to finish before January 1st.  I will post those when I am finished...I guess I better start first :)

Have a great Tuesday!

Christmas Gift Bag

I've had many workshops lately and they have all been themed with Christmas.  There are SO many things you can do for Christmas and I just love playing with all the Christmas items especially those from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  This is the 3D projects the guests at my workshops have made lately.

This cute gift bag is made with two Top Notes and one Mini Lunch Sack from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  I cut the Mini Lunch Sack down to 2 3/4" and then adhered it between the two Top Notes.

The Top Notes are stamped with the Christmas Collage background stamp from the Holiday Mini...I just LOVE this stamp set.  The poinsettia is made with the 5 petal flower punch and crunched up really good and straightened back out.  I layered two of them and added a Glimmer Brad in the center!  Just love it!

These are great little bags you could put candy in, a small gift or jewelery for that special someone this Christmas.  I even stamped the Christmas Collage so you have a spot to write "To and From". 

I have my HUGE craft fair tomorrow!  I have been busy as a bee getting ready and now I am all set and headed to bed early.  Seven hours on my feet tomorrow I will be whooped!  Need to get my rest!

Good night and stamp something pretty this weekend!

 

Teacher Gift

Lauren wanted to give her teacher a special gift for Valentine's Day.  I told her to pick out something and I would design it for Valentine's Day.  She picked a Chap-stick Holder my clubs had just made this month. 

Here is the Valentine version using the Sending Love Specialty Paper from the Occasions Mini Catalog...

This is the inside of the holder...

This Chap-stick is a short one that I found at the grocery store.  I used the slit punch to make sure the chap-stick didn't fall out and then the hobby blade to make the slits to hold the chap-stick in. 

This is the one my club ladies did this month using Throughly Modern DSP and a stamp from the set Simple Friendship.  These are nice little gifts to give to friends especially in the winter months. 

Our family is finally on the mends.  We all came down with ear and sinus infections this past week but the medicine is finally kicking in...YAY!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. 

Stamping Hugs!

My Excitment! & Valentine Treats

The first thing I need to share with you is on Friday night I became an Aunt!!!!!!  My sister who lives in Colorado had a baby boy, Jackson Dean!!!  He is just adorable!  I hate being this far but I will be traveling there in less than two weeks to visit them.  He was 7lbs 14oz and 19 inches and 11 days early!  He would have been a BIG boy!!  Mom, Dad and baby are doing well and being spoiled by my parents who flew out the next day.  I'll be posting a picture soon.  Congratulations to Amy & John!

The second thing I want to share with you is my excitement I've had since yesterday!  Shelli Gardner, CEO/Co-Founder of Stampin' Up! has a blog.  Each month she posts a challenge and those who want to submit their creations can.  In January her challenge was Happy Heart geared towards Valentines Day.  I submitted my Love Scrap Layout from my January 31st post and 190 other people submitted their projects.  The good news...

I WON her challenge!!!  She chose 10 projects she like and mine was one of them!!!  I am SO excited.  I've been on cloud 9 ever since yesterday morning when I received the email.  My reward for winning is any FREE stamp set out of the current catalogs!  But really I am more excited that Shelli Gardner was actually on my blog and chose my project! Be sure to checkout my previous post for the layout.

Now on to projects, I want to share with you some of the treats I made for a class.  I really enjoy coming up with fun ways to decorate treats.  I centered this class around the "A Happy Heart" stamp set.  They received the stamp set when they attended the class.

These are my favorite to make and so many people WOW over them when you pull the item out.  I made a lot of these during Christmas too for craft fairs with gum.  So quick to make.

This one has gum inside, another fun way to give gum as a gift.

This is a box we were taught how to make at the Phoenix Regional Seminar in January.  I filled these with Hershey Kisses.  I like that you can fold it flat and send it in the mail. 

This last project uses the Mini Milk Carton Die from the Occasions Mini Catalog and the Fancy Favor Box Die in the Idea Book.  I saw this idea at Leadership on how to cut down the Fancy Favor Box to use as a holder for the milk cartons. 

 

Thanks for taking the time to share my excitement and viewing my projects.  I hope you enjoyed them.

Happy Stamping!

Starting the New Year!

I made it safely to sunny Phoenix last night.  Having a good time with friends but wanted to take a minute to share with you a little something I made for the new year.  I made a couple of these to give to my friends here at Leadership.  Of course I made one for my sister too in pink...her favorite color.

This calendar is made with two 4x4 chipboard coasters tied together with ribbon.  The jumbo eyelets give it a more finished look than just having two holes showing.  The Designer Series Paper is our great Throughly Modern Designer Series Paper and is cut 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" and then corner rounded with the Corner Rounder Punch. 

The calendar is stamped with the flower from the Charming Stamp Set which was in the Holiday Mini Catalog and is STILL available for purchase!!!  The banner's wording is from Simple Friendship stamp set and the cute little flower is from the new stamp set Vintage Vogue which is in the Occasions Mini Catalog and is the stamp set I am using for my Stamps in the Mail.

It isn't too late to sign up for my Stamps in the Mail program.  See my tab at the top of my blog for all the information.  

Don't forget about the Sale-A-Bration promotion going on too!  When you order $50 or more in product you receive a free item out of the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  To see this great catalog click on the catalog along the right side of my side bar. 

Have a great day!

 

Winter Gum Holder

Here is another Gum Holder I made for the Craft Fairs I did this year.  I just LOVE this one!  How can't you love Kraft, Not Quite Navy and Soft Suede together...then add some Bella Bleu DSP...YUM!!! 

 
  
The dimensions to make the base are:

Kraft Cardstock - 3 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Score at 1/2", 2 1/2", 3", and 5"

To order the supplies to make your own, email me or place your order on-line at my website HERE.

I hope this inspires you to make one of your own!  They make such great gifts.  It is a for sure" WOW" to your recipient!

Happy Stamping!

Craft Fair Items

I had a great time at two different local craft fairs in the last month.  I love meeting new people especially when the subject is Stampin' Up!  Talking about stamping for 7 hours is a favorite for me!  My mom and I made over 400 items to sell at these two different craft fairs and I wanted to share a few with you.

Here is a cute idea for a gift card holder.  The Santa is made with Stampin' Up! punches and is SO cute!

 
 

When you untie the ribbon this is what you will find inside.  The gift card slides in the pocket made with the Top Note Die.

 
 

These gum holder wraps are SO much fun to make.  It was so much fun...I made three different designs.  Here is one for you.

 
 

When you pull up on the ribbon at the top the gum slides out.

 

I was really into the punch art this year. Here is another idea of a gum holder but with a different type of packaging.  Isn't he sooo cute?!?!

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing a few of the craft fair items.  If you came and visited me during one of the shows, thank you!  I always have a great time...kind of sad they are done for the season.

Stay warm...and safe on the roads.  Better yet...stay inside and STAMP!!!

Decorative Tile Class

I was invited to teach a class at Mason County's Community Education Leisure & Enrichment by my friend Denise. I wanted to do something different than just cards, so I decided on a decorative tile.  I had 8 ladies attend the class and we had so much fun.  I think they all were surprised how easy it was.

I chose this tile for my "Autumn" class.  My friend, Kimberly Van Diepen, had done this layout last year I had fallen in love with it.  This has always been one of my favorite stamp sets, Inspired by Nature.  These will make perfect Christmas items for co-workers, teachers, friends or anyone!  I have another class on November 18th for a "Christmas" tile design.  If you want more information on the class please click on the "calendar" tab at the top of the page.  You still have time to register!

I've been busy working on Club projects, Christmas Stamp-A-Stack cards, and Craft Fair items.  After this week things are going to get a little crazy in my stamp room!  I have booked many nights with some great holiday classes and a few workshops too!  I can't wait as this is what I love to do!  Be sure to check out my classes and events at the top of the page under "calendar".  I'd love to see you at one!

It is a little late in the evening but I want to wish my sister, Amy, a very Happy Birthday today!  I miss her tons and I hope she had a great day!

Better get back to creating!!