Day 5- Festive Blog Hop- Gift Bags

Hello Papercrafters,

Welcome Back to our Festive Hop, it's already Day 5, the fun goes by so fast :) I've gotten so many great ideas from the other Glitter Queens, it's going to be fun to try some new ideas out.
For today's hop I was told the theme is Gift Bags, another fun project just in time for the holidays.  I recently bought some plain, undecorated bags from one of those $1. stores, I picked up some in white, purple, pink, red, blue, and the kraft color, I had already decided to decorate my own bags for the holiday season.

For the hop I decorated a pink bag and one of the kraft bags. On the pink bag I used the 'Snow Festival' dsp in the mini, I used one side with the owls for my framed image and made the starry band using the other side. I used the big shop pennant die to create the tag in the upper right corner.

For the kraft bag I had an idea to create a poinsettia using the same method as the ornaments on the cover of the holiday mini. I used the ornament dies, 2 different sizes to create the petals, then I felt it needed a little sparkle so I added some dazzling diamonds to the edges. I used the 'Bells and Boughs' set to add a little stamping and used the snowflake die to cut out the sparkly snowflakes.

I hope you enjoyed the hop and are inspired to create some of your own Gift bags for the holidays.

Thanks for your comments and for visiting my blog.
Have a great weekend!

Tamara

And now on to De's Blog.......


Dawn            http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
Dee                http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Jan                http://www.bearycreativecrafts.blogspot.com
Bridgett        http://www.stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com/
Jennifer        http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy            scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Ronnel        http://ronnelsstampingstudio.com/
Tamara        papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com
De            http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.comhttp://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Day 4 Festive October Blog Hop- Gift Card Holders

Hello Papercrafters,
Welcome to Day 4 of our Festive October Hop, I'm so glad you stopped by for todays share. When I learned that we would be making Gift Card Holders I thought oh good, that's something I've been wanting to make...gift cards have really become a popular gift item especially for the holidays, so what better than a fabulous holder to make it really special.

I love my simply scoring diagonal plate and decided to create an envelope out of dsp for my holders. I created a pocket inside to hold the gift card, so it doesn't fall all the way to the bottom of the envelope.  For the first one I used a band to hold it closed and attached the snowman image to the band, on the other side of the band I wrote to / from.

On my 2nd holder I created a tag that I attached to the front, the ribbon hanger at the top could be attached to a christmas tree hook and hung from the tree, on the other side I used buttons and twine to create a closing, simply wrap the twine around the green button.

I'm really pleased with the way they turned out, I have a couple of holiday fairs coming up and plan on making several for my booth, think I'll make some for the family too :) 
I'm going to make a video showing how to make these, but that will have to wait till next week, helping my husband on the farm this week.

Thanks for stopping by, Have a great day!
Tamara


And now on to De's Blog............

Dawn            http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
Dee                http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Jan                http://www.bearycreativecrafts.blogspot.com
Bridgett        http://www.stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com/
Jennifer        http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy            scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Ronnel        http://ronnelsstampingstudio.com/
Tamara        papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com
De            http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Day Three Festive October Blog Hop

Hello Papercrafters,
Welcome to Day 3 of our Festive October Blog Hop! I'm so happy I was invited to join in on the fun. With the holidays soon approaching I have been creating lots of Christmas greetings, I have a couple I will share with you today.
My first card features the tall snowman from the 'Snow much Fun' set, it has become one of my favorites, I use it for cards, favors, gift cards, and gift tags. The snowmen in this set are so warm and friendly they instantly put a smile on your face.

I used Gumball green cs and Snow Festival dsp, the greeting was from the 'Greetings of the season' set both are in the holiday mini. I used SU markers to color the snowman after stamping it with black stazon.
 For my 2nd greeting I used a Very vanilla cs base, then added an embossed band of Real red, the stamped image is a combination of the retired set 'Make merry', it's still one of my favorite sets and I really love the way it looks with the Merry Christmas from the 'Bells and Boughs' set. I framed the image with a little of the 'Snow Festival dsp.


I hope you enjoyed your visit,

Thanks for stopping by and now on to De's Blog your next stop......

Here's a list of all the blog hoppers in case you get lost.



Dawn            http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
Dee                http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Jan                http://www.bearycreativecrafts.blogspot.com/ 
Bridgett        http://www.stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com/
Jennifer        http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy            scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Ronnel        http://ronnelsstampingstudio.com/
Tamara        papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com
De            http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Halloween Treat Box

Good morning Papercrafters,
I can't believe October is already here, this year has really flown by, since the end of July I've been creating and working toward getting ready for the fair, my biggest event so far, 4 days, it ended Saturday and I am still exhausted, lol.  But this month has one of my favorite holidays- Halloween! I still dress up every year and my girls are still young enough that they like to dress up and go trick or treating, yea. Plus they always have class parties and need treats of course.
So for today I'm going to share with you a little Halloween Treat box I created.  I found the pattern for the box in a cardmaker mag.....can't remember which one, but it anyone wants directions let me know and I will share.  It's super easy to create and could be made in any color for any occasion.

I used the Spooky bingo bits to decorate, and I'm going to add the googly eyes to my little green monster(using the Ghoulish Goolies kit), when I first created it my kit was on backorder  it was delivered while I was at the fair :).......omg those googly eyes are the cutest. 
This little box is 2" x 2", treats could be added in a small cello bag or if you added some colorful shredded paper and place the treats on top.
Here is my supply list:
Black CS-#121045
Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP-#126906
Glitter brads-#121006
Spooky bingo bits stamp set-#123944 wood
                                            #123946 clear
I hope you enjoyed my little favor, thanks for stopping by!
Tamara

.Labels Favor- Fall themed

Happy Friday Papercrafters,
I'm still busily preparing for the fair, it's just around the corner, next week in fact, I'm really excited and a little nervous too.  I've got flyers made for several classes I have planned for the fall/winter of this year and I hope I get several class guests signed-up. I've also made ton's of goodies; cards, post-it holders, bookmarks, hand-sanitizer holders, collage hangings, iris folds, scrapbook pages, accordian albums, and more! 
Today I'm going to share a favor created with the label's die, they are quite easy to create and have room inside to hold a nice treat.  Today's version is fall inspired, I think they would dress up a Thanksgiving table nicely and could be personalized with a tag with the recipients name.
I also have a Christmas version of this favor and of course it could be personalized for any holiday or occasion.

Supply List:
Very vanilla CS
retired ribbon and DSP
Stamp Sets: Perfectly preserved and Hostess set Four Seasons
Labels die

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great weekend!
Tamara

Fall Inspired Class Design

Good morning Papercrafters,

I have been so busy preparing for my big 4 day event the end of the month, it's our local fair, actually California's largest free gate fair!, that I have been neglecting my blog :/  So my apologies for being so absent. I have not only been creating a bunch of new products, but I've also been working on my class plans, designs and schedule for the last 1/4 of the year. If you are local to our area please come out and see all the goodies I have available, sign up for a class they are so much fun.  I also have a box of retired stamps and some packs of retired dsp, plus I have lots of our current Mini Holiday Catalog and IBC, both are a fantastic treasure trove of ideas and fabulous products! 
I'm so excited for this event, I've wanted to do it for the last couple of years but I felt like my girls were too young to be allowed to run around without me, but they are older now and prefer hanging with their friends and not me anyway so this is an awesome opportunity to give my SU business a jump start. When I first joined the SU family papercrafting was more of a hobby to me, but now that I see the wonderful trips and other fabulous perks they offer I wanted to work the business side.

Today I'm going to share a greeting I created for a Stamp a Stack scheduled in October, actually cased this card from one of our StampinSuccess magazines, but I changed it up a bit to make it my own with a fall feel.

 Here is my supply list:
So saffron cs-#115108
Very Vanilla cs-101650
Patio Party dsp-#126916
Linen thread-#104199
Itty bitty shapes punch pack-#118309
Pearl basic jewels-#119247
Tagtastic stamp set- sorry this is retired but could be swapped with another label. 


Thanks for stopping by for a visit, wishing you a fabulous Friday!!! and a wonderful weekend!
Tamara

Welcome back!

Hello Papercrafters,
I am back to a more normal routine, took off the last month of summer break to spend time with my girls, did some shopping, went to the movies, did some crafting, played board games, hung out being goofy, then back to school shopping, but now they are back to school, started Monday, I have mixed feelings about that, I love having them home but it sure is easier to keep things in order when they are in school :D 

I have been doing alot of card and other papercrafting projects.....I will have a booth at our local fair this year! Wow, I am so excited and nervous, 4 days.....I'm going to be so tired when it's done, lol.
I have also been working on my 4th quarter/Fall Class schedule.  I have classes for Oct/Nov/&Dec!  I'm hoping the fair will help me get them all filled :D ( I will also make them available to be mailed message me if your interested)  If you are local come on out and see all the goodies I have, lots of new papercraft creations, some retired SU,  IBC , mini catalogs, the Stampin'Up! opportunity, classes to sign up for,  it's going to be great!!!  Our fair is Sept. 26-29th!

I have been working with several new products from our new mini, wow is it ever full of soooo many wonderful new goodies, and of course I love everything, lol, wish my budget had no limits :) If you haven't gotten your own copy just message me and I will send one your way, besides the wonderful products within, it is also full of beautiful inspiring cards and many other projects!

But for today, since I have not had a chance to take photos of any new items I will be sharing a simple card I created a while back.....

Thank you for stopping by, my apologies for being absent so long, being a mom at my age I really need summer vacation, lol.
Have a wonderful day!
Tamara