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Buttons & BlingTree

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  It was a beautiful weekend here in Kansas and we enjoyed every minute, from family, good food and even a state championship football game.  The Gardner Trailblazers played in the state championship game on Saturday in Emporia, Kansas against Hutchinson. We were both 12 - 0 for the season.  We didn't walk away with the win but we played hard and are very proud to say that we are 2nd in the state of Kansas!  Go, Blazers!!!

Now with Thanksgiving behind us, it's time to move on to Christmas.    As soon as Thanksgiving was over, I began removing the fall decorations and started putting up Christmas.  I hold my team's annual Christmas party and it's this Saturday!!  So, needless to say, I had to get busy.  One of the new items I made this year was a Buttons & Bling Tree.  Here are the early makings of my tree.  

I started with a styrofoam tree, lots of punches, Baja Breeze and Soft Sky card stock, (both of which are my favorite of the retired colors and match my home decor nicely) buttons, stars, sequins, bells, and Brushed Silver stars.

Here is a close up of the tree.  I used both regular straight pins and ones that had pearl ends to secure all the pieces.  Tombow glue was used to adhere the buttons.  Silver cord was tied in bows on the bells and then they were also secured with a straight pin.  Lots of pieces, lots of work but I think it turned out very pretty.  It's really sparkly in person.  

Have you ever made something special and then struggled to find it's home -- move it here; nope, like it better there; well, maybe it should go here; well, that was me.  I couldn't decide where would be the best place to put my newest addition but, after moving it several times I finally settled on the perfect spot.  
If you decide to make a Buttons & Bling Tree for your home, we'd love to see your creation!  Thanks for stopping by.

Copper Ornament Christmas Card

This is one of the cards we did at my Christmas card class last week.  This card is made with Basic Black, Shimmer White and Brushed Copper (retired) card stock.  The copper card has been embossed with a polka dot embossing folder.  The copper ornament has been embossed with the SU! exclusive textured impressions folder, Petals-A-Plenty, found in the Holiday Mini catalog on page 21.  Once the copper was embossed we used the Ornament Punch, page 25, to punch out the ornament.  We used a black marker to highlight the center "dots" of each flower on the punch.

The sentiment, "Season's Greetings," is from the stamp set, Many Merry Messages, found in the main SU! catalog on page 33.   We also used the Sizzlit die, Swirls & Scribbles, page 196, and added copper bling (non-SU) to the card.

Black Friday Special!!

Happy Black Friday!!!

We decided to join in all the fun of the busiest shopping day/weekend of the year!  We hope you were out shopping at 3 am getting all the bargains and are now ready to stamp.  We are offering the following special for Friday and Saturday only.  When you buy the Merry Moments album for $12, you will receive the Holiday Extravaganza Instruction sheets for free!  Please use the Paypal button below to ensure you receive your free gift. 

All the detail for the Merry Moments Album and Holiday Extravaganza instruction sheets are on the left side bar.

Merry Moments Album 

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Have a great holiday weekend. 

Melissa and Gayla

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

We are very grateful to have such wonderful followers and wanted to wish each and every one of you a wonderful Thanksgiving.  From our homes to yours, have a MeGa Thanksgiving Day!

Melissa & Gayla

Big Shot Wednesday

Big Shot Wednesday - Week #4 Two Tags exclusive Stampin' Up! die 

Our last Two Tag project is a quick and fun place card holder using one of the tags on this exclusive Big Shot die.  We used retired Baja Breeze textured card stock (one of our favorites) for the tag. 

We folded a 4x4 piece and then placed the fold just short of the edge on the die.  This allows you to have a folded tag as the paper isn't cut at the top.

We punched a 1-3/8" square out of Shimmer White card stock.  We embellished the "package" with rhinestones and tied it with silver cord.  We tied a bow with the silver cord and glued it on.  We free-hand cut a tag, wrote the names with a blue marker.  We punched a small hole at the top of the tag and ran one of the "legs" of the bow through it to attach the tag.  We did use a dimensional under the tag.

We punched a Shimmer White snowflake and added a rhinestone brad through the middle.  As usual, we sponged the tag and package with Baja Breeze. 

This view shows you the top of the place card and how we placed it on the fold

Huge Holiday Extravaganza Sale!

 
For one week only, you can get amazing discounts of up to 50% off on over 40 products and product bundles! Click on any one of the sidebar buttons and start shopping! The sale began November 23 and lasts until November 30, 2009. For online orders, the discount will be shown in the shopping bag at checkout.

The Ultimate Stamper's Bundle is available at the special price while supplies last - check it out!

Holiday Card With Star-Punched Wreath

I had to share this fun card we made in class the other night.    How fun is that, using the star punch to create a wreath!!  There are 18 stars all together.  Start with 9 and form the shape and then layer the other 9 on top and in the spaces between.  You can add more or less depending on how full you want your wreath to look. 

I used Always Artichoke card stock for the stars.  The berries were punched using the a 1/4" circle and then Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds glitter were added to give it dimension and bling.  The card and berries are Bravo Burgundy.  The background was wheeled in Bravo Burgundy ink.  The Night of Navy DSP is from the hostess paper pack. The message is one of four great stamps in the "Four the Holidays" stamp set that can be found on page 19 of the Holiday Mini catalog.  We used 1/4" Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain ribbon for the bow, Old Olive brads and finished it off with some sponging.

Two More Christmas Cards

I thought I would share a couple more cards from Mary's card class using the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  Both of these cards are made with the flocked paper from this package of paper. 

The first card is made with A Flower for all Seasons stamp set found on page 103.  Shimmer White and Real Red card stock are used.  The cardinal image was run through the Xyron and then covered with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  Small pearls have been added to the center of each flower.  The Eyelet Border punch was also used.

The next card also uses the flocked paper, Shimmer White and Real Red card stock.  An embossing folder was used on the top of the Shimmer White paper.  The "Merry Christmas" was colored with Real Red and Glorious Green markers and the card was embellished with 1" Double-Stitched Real Red grosgrain ribbon, white and small green pearls.  

  

Christmas Cocoa Card and Pattern

I just love the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper!  Some of the papers are flocked and some have a metallic look which makes them perfect for the holidays.  I chose the one with the metallic look for a card we did at my class last night. This paper pack can be found on page 21 of the Holiday Mini Catalog.

For the card, I used Shimmer White and Soft Suede card stock and, of course, the metallic snowflake-patterned paper from the specialty paper noted above.  The top of the card was embossed with a snowflake-patterned embossing folder.  The star is from Snow Swirled and can be found on page 36 of the current SU! catalog.  Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds glitter were used on the star and our Kraft Taffeta ribbon finishes off this card. 

It was brought to our attention (Thanks, Melissa) that we left off a score line on the Peppermint Patty Holder from November 14th.  Here is the link again - but fixed.  Hopefully, this didn't confuse too many of you.  I need to quit drawing patterns when I'm tired.  Enjoy! View this photo   Gayla

Tree Trimmings Christmas Card

Here is another card from Mary's Christmas card class.  The card is made with Garden Green and Very Vanilla card stock and Merry Moments DSP.  The ornament is from the Tree Trimmings stamp set found on page 28. The punches used were Eyelet Border, Large Oval, and Scallop Oval.  Other embellishments include red grosgrain ribbon and rhinestones.  The sentiment is from a retired set.