I am Rusty!

I attended out Simply Stars downline meeting last night, and did it feel good-actually it felt great. It was good to see all the ladies, share a lot of laughs and get my feet wet in stamping again. I made one card and it took me forever, couldn't believe one could get out of practice.

I have been so consumed with school work and have not pulled out my stamps since Christmas (gasp). I am thinking that I need a break from school, take the summer off and stamp but if I do that then I may get out of the study mode...what to do!

I am looking forward to the new colour renovation, the colours are great.

I have to show you the adorable felt cup holder Heather prepared as out Make n' Take. Heather used the Baskets and Blooms die and we cut off the handle, added a little blanket stitching for detail and "x" stitching to join the two pieces and added a few felt flowers. The "Sweet Pea Stitched Felt" #117266 $11.95 is from the Occassions Mini which you can still order from until April 30, 2010.

Simply Perfect

As I mentioned earlier this week, Heather prepared a 'Make and Take" for each one of her team members attending the Christmas Dinner a week ago. Can you believe it? It is so adorable and would be appropriate for a guy or girl. Now the Tim Horton mug did not come with the package but everything including the candy/chocolate did; Heather is so sweet, kind, thoughtful and so caring. You know, adding a Tim mug and/or Tim card to this adorable package would be perfect.

I love the colour combination Heather chose for this make n' take; Soft Suede and Kraft. The chocolate bar wrapper is the perfect addition to a good cup of coffee, hot chocolate or while stamping.

This kraft envelope (didn't know SU offered kraft envelopes) houses a package of hot chocolate waiting to be enjoyed of a cold snowy day.

Now the Strawberry Kiwi candy cane is pretty yummy, but imagine a traditional candy cane in this wrapping used to stir the hot chocolate. The wrapping for the candy cane is made from the Two Tags Die.

Candy Cane Hershey Kisses (7 of them) in a small cello bag fits perfectly with a Top Note topper. What I especially love about this is the small piece of cardstock that is stamped and inserted into the cello bag as a backer.

Thank You Heather for this Special Gift of Love.

Run, Run Rudolph

The Reindeer above was at each place setting from Heather and her daughter Emma. It is my understanding that Emma and her cousin Monica made the reindeer.

Rudolph was not alone at the table either.

Renee, a fellow team member of Simply Stars made everyone a reindeer and placed it at the table as well.

I think they are both adorable.

Thank You Renee, Heather and Emma for these cute table favours.

By the way, I want to get at the treats inside the sweet treats cups but don't want to damage his bright shiny nose.

Tim Hortons meets Stampin' Up!

A friend of mine asked if I would make an oversized Christmas card for the staff at Tim Hortons.
The staff party is this coming Saturday and approx. 150 employees had to sign the card.

This was going to be a challenge as the stamps are small to scale in comparison to the half sheet of bristol board I would be using. I had idea in my head I wanted to do but wasn't sure if I could pull it off without re-doing my work.

I wanted a sure thing so I turned to my extremely talented up line, Heather Summers.
I cased a card she had made last year and new it would be perfect.

I added the extra pages for signing and dressed them up too. I was given some timbit boxes and coffee cups so I cut the "Merry Christmas" using the Simple Alphabet die from Stampin' Up! I was pleased with the card and I especially like the Tim Hortons logo on the back. My friend was super happy with the card as well .

Halloween Treat Boxes

Although I am not a big fan of Halloween, I couldn't resist making these three fellows to hang on my Holiday Tree. I got the idea from Becky who got the idea from Gretchen so you may just want to check out their versions.
I plan to fill them with treats as the special little ones come to my door but for now they act as a home decor item on my Holiday Tree.

The Frankenstein is also the project we will make on Monday for the Lunch Hour Program at school.

I do not have the new Fancy Favour Die for the Big Shot (yet) so I made due to make my own box to attach the dressed Top Note Die to. I took a 5" x 7" piece of cardstock and scored 1" along the
long edge and turned to score at 3" and 4" along the short side.

I hope you make some spooktacular packages for someone special this Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day.

Big Shot Hero

Linda & Matt Heller from www.stampingschool.com made this video demonstrating the Big Shot and I think it is fabulous.
Click the link below to watch and be sure to turn on your volume.

http://v.wordpress.com/7KVj6UIB

Mother's Day

I take no credit for this card. I cased this card from Andrea and Sophia.
I was wanting to make a card using the Big Shot for Mother's Day that wasn't too difficult yet introduced some new techniques the students hadn't tried yet.
I don't have the swirly die to make the green for the flower so I used the stamp from Friendship Blooms.
Recipe:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts, Friendship Blooms, French Script, All Year Cheer II (inside sentiment)
Embellishments: scallop punch, sponging, brad, hardware, double stitch grosgrain ribbon
Hope you like it.

Favours Anyone?

These little pillow boxes have been showing up on different blogs and it was not until my friend and fellow stamper Barb and I got together last Thursday evening and played with the new "Love You Much Bundle" and the Pillow Box Die.

I really really like this die. These make fabuloue party favours. Change the designer paper from fun to formal and you have every occassion covered.

Now, I learned something but it was not until I actually assembled the little pouch. I should have used the three heart punch on the section that has the concurve sides as opposed to the concave edges. The reason being that when it is assembled you would not see the ends sticking out. I suppose I could have added a piece of adhesive but I like the idea of easy access to the chocolate...you know in case of an emergency (hee hee).

Anyway, I hope you like it, they are fun.