12 Days of Christmas – Day 1

Welcome to my 12 Days of Christmas!

Last year I did this and wanted to do it again this year.  A group of posts that can help you with your Christmas shopping and gift giving.

This first project was an idea I’ve seen around using the Santa’s Bags from the Holiday Catalogue.  I have uses Momento ink to stamp with as I was using photopolymer stamps.  Stazon ink would be permanent but I really don’t like to use it on my photopolymer stamps.  I haven’t coloured Santa in as I know that the colour will bleed and I really like the look of the black.

The bag & tag were given to me at Stamp camp with a prize patrol inside, however it wasn’t stamped.  I wanted to step it up some more.  The tag is from the Santa’s Workshop Memories & More cards with some Real Red ribbon tied on.

On the flip side of the tag I added some Whisper white card and stamped the To & From from the same stamp set.  I can now use this to put a little gift in or some money.  A couple of my nephews have requested money as their gift as they are saving up for some larger priced items.If you’d like to order any of these products you’d better get in quick as there is only 1 month left to order from the Holiday catalogue and items will be selling out from here on in. You can click on any of the products below to go to my online store.  And don’t forget to use the hostess code RVWCUSPY during the month of December to get an extra thank you from me.

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Christmas Traditions Punch Box

This is the last month that you can order from the Holiday Catalogue. And this tin is a great place to start. This festive tin is filled with crafting goodies, then add your favorite paper and adhesives, and create
this holiday season!

Box includes:
* Christmas Traditions 6-piece photopolymer stamp set
* 2-7/8″ x 2-11/16″ (7.3 x 6.8 cm) clear stamp block
* Call Me Clover and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Spots
* Christmas Traditions Punch
* 8″ x 8″ x 3″ (20.3 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm) tin

Coordinating colours: Call Me Clover, Real Red, silver

 

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CentreStage – Melbourne

Centrestage is an event for Demonstrators titled at Silver Elite or above. I made the title of Silver Elite a couple of years ago and have been fortunate to attend 4 of these events.

Centrestage is a time when we have some specialised training for leaders and Stampin’ Up! make announcements so that we can better support our downlines.

In Melbourne this year we were treated to a lovely dinner and dessert which I got to enjoy with the lovely Marelle, our Team leader and Melissa a fellow demonstrator under Marelle.  This was the first time we’d met Melissa as she is from WA.

And finally the three of us also had a photo with the Stampin’ Up logo. It was such a great night to share with these two amazingly talented women.

If you would like the opportunity to start and grow your Stampin’ Up! business then contact me and we can set some goals and get you on the path to CentreStage

Winter Woods Bundle

We love trees and the Winter Woods Bundle is perfect for scene building and are so versatile. Check out the bundle and to get yours, check out my online store.

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Christmas Cards for Customers

Every year I get requests to make Christmas cards for customers to send out to their clients.  I had a request from one customer for 150 cards.  I decided to go with this design.  I chose the Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper pack again and could get lots of cards out of the paper pack.

The stamp set I used is the Illuminated Christmas stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue in real red ink.  I used the stamparatus to line up both of the stamps used.  I complimented the dsp with a strip of card stock.  I layered the oval onto a scallop oval.

My customer is very happy with the design and as there were a few patterns in each pack of dsp I could use various designs.

Again this is another fairly simple christmas card that could easily be duplicated.

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Stamparatus

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$85.00

OnStage General Swap Melbourne 2018

At our Onstage Local event this year we swap cards or 3D items so that we can get inspired to be more creative with the products that we have on hand.  Its also a great way to get some samples to show our customers when we don’t own a stamp set or set of dies that someone else does.

My swap this year was using the Wishing You Well stamp set using the wreath and ribbon.  I hand cut out the ribbon and used the stamparatus to line up the wreath and the “Season’s Greeting” in the middle of the wreath.  I must say the Stamparatus has come in very handy in so many different projects.  If you don’t already have this tool you really need to buy one.

I used the Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper has been great for these cards as I was able to get 9 cards out of 1 sheet of 12×12 paper.  The papers were 10cmx10cm each.

These cards are fairly simple to stamp and assemble, but I do love the simple cards.  I like to create simple cards so that if someone wants to duplicate the card they can fairly easily with the products that I list below.

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Stamparatus

$85.00

Tags & Tidings Bundle

Want to make 16 tiny tags with just one pass through your Big Shot? The Tags & Tidings Bundle is perfect for creating simple tags to use for celebrating your holiday season. To get these, go to my online shop.

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Heat Tool

$50.00