I can't believe it's almost the end of October!  So many things to make with so little time.

Last weekend I was at a girl's weekend at the beach playing with my Stampin' Up! toys.  I love the votive candle luminaries I have seen posted and decided to make one.  The first one I made using the Holy Triptych stamp set with gold embossing and very vanilla textured card stock.   I had my Delightful Decorations stamp set and ornament punch so I decided to make a luminary using an embossed ornament.  This was more difficult than I imagined.  The reach on the punch was short so I couldn't center my punch and my punch was wider than my square as well.  Hmmmm.  The oval punch I used for my first luminary was easy as pie.  I folded two sqaures together and punched! The Ornament couldn't be punched sideways or it would be ... well, sideways. lol  To solve the problem I shortened the height and made my box sides wider, here is the finished product!  I went to the dollar store and bought the battery operated flickering tea light candles and voila, a beautiful look for your table or to give as a gift.

Here are the directions:
Real Red textured card stock cut 12 x 4 1/2
score at 1/4" , 3 1/4", 6 1/8" and 9"
Vellum card stock 1001856 cut 2 1/2 x 2 1/2
Scallop punch the top of your paper , I used the scallop edge punch 112091, you may prefer the eyelet border punch 113692
center your ornament punch 116794 in the center of your square, I punched two at once, and punch out your ornament design
Stamp your vellum card stock with your Delightful Decorations stamp 16517 using versamark ink102283
Cover your stamped area with gold embossing powder 109129 carefully tapping off any excess powder
Heat the ambossed area with your heat tool 100005 until the entire image is shiny.
Center your image in your punched area and secure with sticky strip 104294  ( I tried snail but the sticky strip holds much better )

How pretty is that?! 

Contact me with any questions, comments, to share your creation or place an order.


Until we stamp again

Good Morning,

Deals of the Week #3

The third deals of the week are from October 19, 10 AM (MT) through October 26, 9:50 AM (MT).

Week #3 Deal of the Week

114348 Basic Jumbo Grommets Special Price $4.49

109857 Mini Library Clips Special Price $8.99
112571 Circle Designer Brads Special Price $3.99

112581 1/2" Library Clips Special Price $3.99

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For information on the deals or to place an order please contact me.

Happy Friday! 
It's girl's weekend at the beach :)  12 of us left Wednesday from our various locations and met at Ocean Isle Beach for the weekend.  The weather was beautiful until today but the drizzly and gray weather hasn't kept us from having a good time.  Some of us are stamping, some scrapbooking and I am doing both. The house is on the beachfront, you can see the dolphins swimming from the front porch.  Great view, great company.  Life is Good!

  I stopped playing long enough to let you know that there are new My Digital Studio downloads available.
 My favorite stamp, Medallion, as well as some Halloween designs

Contact me with your order.

Item # Product Name Price

118114 Cast A Spell Designer Series paper - digital download $4.95

118115 Night & Day Designer Series paper - digital download $4.95

118124 Medallion stamp brush set - digital download $1.95

118126 Circle Circus stamp brush set - digital download $5.95

118116 School Days II stamp brush set - digital download $9.95

118121 Great Moments II stamp brush set - digital download $9.95

118122 Pumpkin Patch stamp brush set - digital download $5.95


As always look forward to stampng with you soon.

Happy Monday Stamper friends!

It has not seemed like Fall this month as the weather has been

very warm.  Today is cool and rainy but fall-like which makes

me a happy girl!(not the rain but the cool, crisp weather)

Good stamping weather!  So, break out your stamps and let's have some fun! 

The new deals of the week were released today and are shown below.

 

  

Flower Burst Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die 114515

Regular Price: $6.66

Preferred Price: $5.99

With a little effort, this burst of sunshine will add volume and  dimension to any project. The modern flower has an Eastern  influence,and would look stunning used with the Eastern Blooms stamp set. ■ Use a Sizzix Big Shot machine, standard cutting pads, and  multi-purpose platform with this die ■ 2-1/4" x 2-1/2" ■ Chemically-etched die that includes negative and positive  images for cutting and embossing at the same time ■ Stampin' Up! exclusive die Three Tier Cake Pop-Up Bigz Xl 11676 Regular Price: $28.32 Preferred Price: $25.49

 

Perfect Setting Stampin' Up! Bigz Xl Die 115961
Regular Price: $28.88
Preferred Price: $25.99
A perfect event needs a perfect setting. We've got you covered with our Perfect Setting Bigz XL die. With it, you can create  cupcake holders and napkin rings from card stock,  Designer Series paper, or other material. The cupcake holder is  designed to hold a standard-size cupcake. This design is part of  Shelli’s Signature Collection. ■ Can cut through multiple sheets of card stock, Texture Cuts wood sheets, window sheets, Décor Elements sheets, and more ■ Use with Sizzix Big Shot machine and extended cutting pads ■ Die size: 6" x 13-3/4"

 Today I would like to share a card made with the medallion stamp and the Sizzix pop-up Christmas tree die.  The medallion stamp is the most popular stamp and very versatile.  This card was created by Susan Peters and I must say the picture doesn't do it justice.  The medallion is embossed in silver with the tree popping up when the card is opened and folding when the card is closed.  You can't see the tree when the card is closed so what a surprise when you open the card and up pops a decorated tree!  The picture below is the tree mounted on scallop circles cut with the Sizzix Big Shot scallop circle die.  This is a cute gift or can be used as a table decoration. 

You can get the pop-up Christmas tree die or any item in the mini catalog for $10.00 by hosting a $250.00 workshop. You will also earn a free stamp set and additional   $15.00 in merchandise.

Hope to stamp with you soon!

Today I have a short video from Stampin' Up! about our new product, MY DIGITAL STUDIO #118108. 

You can create and publish cards, calendars, digital scrapbooks or scrapbook pages, fliers, banners or just about any publication you need to print.  Print it yourself or have Stampin' Up! print it for you. 

click to view My Digital Studio video

During the Month of August Stampin' Up is offering Deals of the Week. The current Deal of the week will end October 12th and a new deal will be offered. You can purchase the 5 petal flower punch or the trio punch for $10.99 and the My Way punch for $11.99. I can't wait to see what the next Deal will be!! Take advantage of these discounted prices and contact me to place your order.