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Merry Winter!

So sorry for such a late post today, but I've been working on a few things today, trying to clean up some of my loose ends from my last few classes, trying to get ready for a Ladies Friendship Circle Party here at my house on Thursday night (decorating, home improvement, etc), as well as getting ready for my final Vendor Fair of the year this coming Saturday. Throw in going with my daughter to her 37-week o.b. appointment tomorrow, Christmas Shopping with my girls tomorrow evening, my granddaughter Ava's school Christmas Program on Friday afternoon, and babysitting for all three grandkids on Friday night (my husband, "PaPa", and I "Grammy" will tag-team that event!) I'm not really sure how smooth the week will go!

I started playing around with some ideas this evening for my Big Shot Class this coming Monday the 12th and this is what I cam up with:

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I must say I am VERY pleased with it as it came out just exactly how I envisioned it in my head! All supplies used are Stampin' Up!, and with the exception of the silver cording, which is retired (sigh), all current and available to order!

Let me know if you would be interested in a kit for these. I might be persuaded!

If you want to come to my class, it is next Monday, December 12th, at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. No afternoon class this month. The class is FREE to anyone who RSVP's to me by Sunday, December 11th. I will have some fun ordering specials only available on the 13th, so hope to see you here at my house!

I've got to run, it's getting late and I have a BIG mess to clean up on my creative area before I go to bed, so I hope your day "Stampingroxed!"

December 1st means Christmas REALLY IS coming!

Good morning Stampers! Happy December 1st! Does reality set in for you on this day every year? It does for me.This is the day when I realize I REALLY ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Until today I can be more relaxed about it all and work on Christmas when it is convenient, but from today on, Christmas becomes my focus! As a lot of you know, I have a large family; 6 kids-three married daughters and 3 and more-than-a-half grandchildren! My husband comes from a large family too; he is one of 8, and this is the year they all come home for Christmas!

With that said, I now have all of you to help me stay accountable for keeping my focus on the Christmas Holidays and everything that needs to be ready before they start!

In case you need more inspiration for Christmas, today I am sharing an adorable owl card we made at the West Frankfort class earlier this week:

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Riding Hood red is the card base color, which as been stamped with Riding Hood Red snowflakes and sponged with Whisper White Craft ink and a sponge dauber.

This was a quick, 2 card class, so we dispensed with building the owl's eyes, (which are included in the Owl Builder Punch), and added google-eyes with Mini Glue Dots. If I had it to do over again I would white emboss the "Christmas Greetings" on the front, but oh well, sometimes you just have to go the easy route and let yourself off the hook!

Gotta go now, and get crackin' on that "to do" list!

Until tomorrrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day

How to make the Cardstock Gift Bag!

Happy Thanksgiving Stampers!

Thought I would share with you all today my brief tutorial to make the lunchsack giftbag I showed you a few days ago. This one is in Always Artichoke, but is the same size and uses the same Jolly Jingles Jumbo wheel!

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The card on the front of this bag was made with the "Bright Hopes" stamp set, also from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The technique used on the strip on the left-hand side of the card is the "rubber cement peel" technique.(Let me know if you want a tutorial about this technique!)

So! Here we go to make a cardstock giftbag:

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Begin by cutting an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of cardstock in half at 5 1/2".

Wheel both pieces of cardstock with the Jolly Jingles Jumbo Wheel.

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To create bag handle, insert the Extra Large Punch as far as it will go into the 5 1/2" side of the cardstock. Use your "eyeballs" to center the oval, then punch one layer only. WARNING: do not try to punch multiple layers of cardstock with your punches. Punching more than one layer at a time can result in the punch breaking or the cardstock becoming stuck in the punch.

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Lay the punched cardstock layer over the un-punched layer to use as a guide to punch the second handle.Insert the Extra Large Oval Punch around the first punched oval and gently squeeze the punch to just barely indent the paper. Remove the punched layer, then line up the punch with the indentations and punch the second handle.

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Cut a regular-sized lunchsack down to 5 1/2". Attach to un-wheeled side of both cardstock pieces with Sticky Strip along the sides as shown above.

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Cut the top flap of the Clear Translucent  envelope off even with the shorter side. Attach to front of sack with Sticky Strip placed in the "T" formation shown above. (Please excuse this picture as the clear envelope was laid on the cardstock in order to allow the reader to see the Sticky Strip placement, the envelope should actually be turned around the other way with the bottom of the envelope matching along the bottom of the bag front-this picture shows it upside down!) :(

That's it! Tie a piece of ribbon around the bag handles, insert your card and you are done!

 I'm truly thankful for so many things today, one of which is the freedom to share my love of stamping with all of you!

Hope you have a great "Stampingrox!" Thanksgiving!

Festive & Fun-a better view!

After looking over my blog post from a couple of days ago, I realized you really couldn't see the card in the envelope on the front of the cardstock giftbag, so here it is!

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and the inside:

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Supplies used: (all supplies used are from Stampin' Up!)

Stamps:Festive & Fun (#123742-wood, #123744-clear), Christmas Greetings (#115448 -wood only), Jolly Bingo Bits (#120857-wood, #121187-clear),

Cardstock:  Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Staz-on Black, Real Red & Garden Green Stampin' Write Markers

Accessories: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, SNAIL adhesive, Clear Mount Stamping Blocks

A VERY "Clean and Simple" (otherwise known as "CAS") card!

 

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we will be celebrating with my husband's brother's family. I will try to post another project if I can!

 

Have a Happy "Stampingrox!" Thanksgiving!

 

 

Festive & Fun from the Holiday Mini!

I know I've been absent from here for a LOOOONG time, but I'm back and I hope to share a few of the things I've been up to with you over the next few days!

I was able to attend a Stampin' Up! Regional event in Louisville, KY at the end of October. A BUNCH of my downline were able to attend as well: Jan, Rose, Joyce, Angela, Melinda, Linda, Babs, Cassey, Janice, and Sandy! These girls are so much fun, and I am blessed to call them my friends!

A dear friend of mine, Megan Wheeler, was a Demonstrator Presenter at this meeting. She gave an outstanding presentation, and I have CASED her demo'ed project here for you: a darling lunch sack giftbag and matching card!

We wheeled the Real Red cardstock with the Jolly Jingles Jumbo wheel and Basic Black ink cartridge, wheeling on the diagonal to give it that cool "retro" look! The handle is punched with the Extra Large Oval Punch, and the ribbon is Basic Black Dotted Scalloped Ribbon.

 

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On the front we attached a cut-down Clear Translucent Envelope with Sticky Strip to slip the card down into.

The card itself is stamped with the "holly jolly" greeting from "Festive & Fun" from the Holiday Mini catalog in Staz-on Black, then colored with Real Red and Garden Green Stampin' Write Markers. I prefer to stamp any image that I am going to color with Markers, Blender Pen, or Aquapainter with the Staz-on ink because Staz-on will not smear or run when moisture come in contact with it.

This is a fun little set we will be making at the rest of my workshops through December. If you would like to have a quick little Christmas Card Party before Christmas gets here, I have these dates still open:

Thursday, December 1st

Thursday, December 15th

 

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them for me!

 

Tomorrow, I will show you another card made with the same set, this time for Valentine's Day!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

 

Me on Santa's Knee!

While we were in Ketchikan, Alaska, besides ziplining we shopped! Our FAV store was the "Christmas in Alaska" store, I think we went there 3 or 4 times in the one short day we were there! Nothing puts me in the Christmas mood more than crisp cool air, pine trees, and snow-capped mountains in the background! I was ready to come home and put up my tree after Ketchikan! Alas, I came home to 80 + degree, humid weather, so I guess I'll have to wait awhile!

I loved choosing some new ornaments for myself and my family, but my favorite part by far was that SANTA was in the house! A real, honest-to-goodness, authentic, SANTA! Mark & I raised our brood to know that the real meaning of Christmas is the Birth of Jesus, but somehow they always believed in Santa just a little bit for a little while, so when Kimberly & I saw Santa we knew we had to sit on his knee! So here I am, for the first time since I was probably four years old:

Isn't he just the cutest? And dressed exactly how Santa should look in the off-season! lol!

Here's another swap from the Hospitality Room, made with gorgeous bright colors and the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch!

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This card perfectly showcases the many options avaialable with just this one punch! I love it! Gotta go, lots of stamping to do! Have a "Stampingrox"day!

Christmas Grab-n-Go, and Half-price Purses, tomorrow, December 4th ONLY!

Remember this beauty?

Tomorrow, December 4th ONLY, all of our in-stock, Non-holiday purses will be 50% OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1/2 Price on all our non-holiday purses tomorrow ONLY! That's makes a $40 purse (such as the one shown above)$20!!!  $30 Standard 4-square $15 (perfect for little girls), and a $20 Mini 4-square only $10 (for toddler girls)! We also have a few 9-square totes, regularly $50, will be $25! Come shop between 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.! These make great gifts!

Holiday-themed purses will be $25.

So RSVP to me NOW so you can come!!!!!

Here's a few of the projects we will be making (there are 9 different ones, ranging in price from $2 all the way up to $30, but the majority are $2 and $3 each. YOU PICK which ones you want to make and how many of them you want to make!

Giftcard holder:

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Candywrapper Treat Box:

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Doggy Treats:

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So come on down and shop, stamp, and go!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

Winners of Patterned Pines Stamp Sets!

Congratulations to Betty Everett and Tina Mondino, the winners of the "Patterned Pines" stamp sets I offered for call-in or email-in orders during the Online Extravaganza during the week of Thanksgiving! There were NO ONLINE orders during that time, so the "Snow Buddies" stamp sets remain unclaimed! Don't worry, though, there's another great sale coming along beginning this Friday, December 11th, and I will have some goodies to share with you then!

I also must apologize for the lack of blog posting since before Thanksgiving. I came down with that nasty ear, nose, & throat thing so many are battling right now, and ended up at the drs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving with a double ear infection AND a sinus infection! They loaded me up with antibiotics, prescription cough syrup, and steriods, so for the next week I was not really myself! I'm down to finishing off the antibiotics now, so feeling much better, but now trying to catch up AND get ready for Christmas!

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Tags, Tags, & More Tags!

I have been crazy over making these tags the past few days! I dream tags, make tags, I'm CRAZY about them! Actually, making my own Christmas tags was what compelled me to become a SU! demo in the first place. I have always loved to make my own tags with last year's Christmas Cards, coordinating wrapping paper, etc. so it was a perfect fit when SU! came along! I have had an overwhelmingly favorable response to these tags, so I am offering both finished product and kits!

Contact me at: carol@carolpaynestamps.com for payment options.

I will be taking orders for these tags and tag kits through Monday, Nov. 23rd, so I can get all the kits shipped out by Monday, Nov. 30th, so contact me today!

First off, the "Christmas Punch" tag from a few days ago:

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Since the Santa Stamp comes from the "Christmas Punch" Level 2 Hostess set, I am making the Chrismas Punch Santa Tags only available in sets of 6 finished for $8, which includes USPS shipping to you anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for additional shipping costs.

Next up, a Winter Post tag!

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These tags are available in both Kit form and as finished product.

Winter Post Reindeer 10 Tag Kit: $8.00 Pre-cut, punched cardstock, DSP, ribbons, jumbo eyelet, to make 10 tags. (You will need to supply your own stamps, ink, and adhesives.)  Price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Winter Post Reindeer 6 Finished Tags: $8.00, price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Another Winter Post Tag, this time in Night of Navy!

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Winter Post Skaters 10 Tag kit for $8.00 Pre-cut, punched cardstock, DSP, ribbons, jumbo eyelet, to make 10 tags. (You will need to supply your own stamps, ink, and adhesives.)  Price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Winter Post Skaters  6 Finished Tags:$8.00, price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Next up: Dasher!

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My husband was the inspiration for this one, he insisted I needed a "green tag"!

Dasher Tag 10 tag kit for $8.00: Pre-cut, punched cardstock, DSP, ribbons, jumbo eyelet, to make 10 tags. (You will need to supply your own stamps, ink, and adhesives.)  Price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Dasher 6 finished tags for $8.00, price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

I couldn't leave out "Delightful Decorations"!

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Delightful Decorations Tag 10 tag kit for $8.00: Pre-cut, punched cardstock, DSP, ribbons, jumbo eyelet, to make 10 tags. (You will need to supply your own stamps, ink, and adhesives.)  Price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Delightful Decorations 6 finished tags for $8.00, price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Last but not least, Punch Pals!

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Punch Pals Tag 10 tag kit for $8.00: Pre-cut, punched cardstock, DSP, ribbons, jumbo eyelet, to make 10 tags. (You will need to supply your own stamps, ink, and adhesives.)  Price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

Punch Pals 6 finished tags for $8.00, price includes USPS shipping anywhere in the Continental U.S. International buyers must contact me for shipping pricing.

I hope you guys keep me busy!

A "Christmas Punch" Tag!

My hostess Sandy also requested a Christmas project for her camp, so I decided I wanted to have them make a Christmas tag. I looked and looked on all my favorite inspirational spots but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I even CASED some tags from other sources, but it wasn't until I designed this one myself that I was excited! Lookie:

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I started with a 4" X 2/3/8" Chocolate Chip base that I punched the edge with the Scalloped Border punch, then added a 2 3/8" X 1 1/2" strip of Merry Moments DSP layered on a Real Red 2 3/8" x 1 3/4" strip. I stamped the Santa postage stamp from "Christmas Punch" a Level 2 Hostess set in Real Red, punched it out with the 1 1/4" Square punch, then layered it on a Real Red Scalloped Square. I stamped the "Simple Snowflake" single stamp in Real Red on Very Vanilla, then punched it out with the Jumbo Snowflake punch. I attached the Snowflake to the tag with a Real Red Bold Brights brad. The "to: from: " from the"Christmas Punch" set is stamped in Real Red on Very Vanilla, then punched out with the Modern Label punch (LOVE that punch!) I finished off the tag with a Jumbo eyelet set with my Crop-a-dile, then threaded Real Red gingham ribbon through it!

I have loved making tags for years, even before my Stampin' Up! days I would cut up old Christmas cards with pinking shears to make my own tags. It was actually the allure of being able to stamp my own Christmas tags to match my paper that got me into stamping in the first place, so it feels like coming home to design and play around with this tag!

Leave me a comment about this tag and I will put your name in a drawing for a "Christmas Punch" stamp set, okay?

Ta for now!

Carol