We recently had a craft day in our neighborhood and we painted some bottles.
(Not sure why we all had so many empty wine and mead bottles:)
I threw some acrylic paint, gloves, Mod Podge and a hot glue gun in my bag and at the last minute grabbed some of the Christmas Rose designer paper.

My friend Jan has already spray painted this bottle with a cream speckled paint:

I cut out some of the flowers from the paper
and glued them on with the Mod Podge.

After adhering all the flowers, I lightly brushed some gold shimmer paint in long strokes over the whole bottle. I hot glued the twine, leaves and pine cones to make it more festive|
(thank you, Cathy for the pine cones!)

I wasn’t sure how I was going to like it, the vintage look can be a hit or miss with me but in the end I like how it came out!

If you are feeling crafty today, check your designer paper scraps and the recycle bin
and see what you can create!

The Christmas Rose suite of products is available until the end of November
(you can see them all in my store HERE) 

Since we had to retire our last trimmer, we are happy to announce a new trimmer will be taking it’s place!  The biggest difference is a 3x larger blade, which cuts like a dream.
Starting today, the new trimmer is available and the replacement blades will be available in January.

#152932  $25

For those that purchase the trimmer from me,
I’ll mail 2 free blades in January when they become available!

• 15-3/8 x 8 x 1/2” (39 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm)
• Includes 1 cutting blade and 1 scoring blade.
• Includes imperial and metric measurements.
• Ruler and grid protected by durable plastic cover.
• Point on cutting handle for precise measuring.
• Right-side grid for cutting thin strips.

This great suite of holiday products is available today!
Nov 1st – Nov 30th, while supplies last.
There are lots of options, just a few items or the whole suite.

Click HERE to view the PDF Flyer

Christmas Rose Bundle, stamps and dies  #153944   $61
(or just the stamp set, $38)

Christmastime is Here Specialty designer paper
12 sheets, 12×12
#152154  $14.50
This paper is gorgeous!  Gold foil accents on each design
and pretty color palette of Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, and Mossy Meadow.

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots #152155  $8.00
and 1/4″ shimmer gold satin ribbon #152156  $7 for 10 yds.

Charming Rose Bracelet  #152159 $22
gold tone, has a Stampin’ Up logo charm along with a Rose charm, in a sweet gift box.

or you can get the whole suite in one easy item number!
$153947  $112.50

Here are some projects made with this new suite:

If you are interested in getting some of this suite or all of it, get in touch with me or order online here.  I hope they have plenty to last all November but I’m not sure since they say ‘while supplies last’!

Some of my Florida team of demonstrators got together recently for a shoebox swap to make holiday cards. A shoebox swap is where each person cuts and preps 10 cards for example, all the same design. The boxes can all be set out and each person assembles one of each card, taking home 10 completed cards.
It’s a fun event and they surprised me by sending me one of each card,
so I’m sharing with you!
(My video cut a little short at the end but thank you
to each of my team who shared their cards with me! )

Note – I’m posting with a new format for video
so if you can’t see it or have troubles, let me know

Coming Soon!

November 1st- November 30th (while supplies last)

You can download/view the flyer HERE

and if you’d like to see the Stampin’ Up video
from the home office showing all the suite, see below:

I hope you found some inspiration like I did
and you find time to stamp a little today, too!

Linda

October 23 is the big day! For 24-HOURS ONLY, we can save 15% on over 50 annual catalog stamp sets!

To view/print the flyer click HERE

I know some of you like to shop visually, so here are the quick thumbnails.  Each one will go to the store if you click on it,  for more information:

(and there are some holiday stamp sets from the annual catalog, also!)

You can email me or call your orders in to me early
and I’ll put them in first thing on the 23rd!

I needed two special thank you cards for some nice volunteers!
We had our annual HOA potluck/town hall meeting yesterday here in our little NC neighborhood.   To get some more participation and members to our meeting, I invited 2 wonderful people from the NC Wildlife Commission to come and give a talk on our local wildlife.  Lisa and Jennifer brought a few ‘guests’ with them.

(photo by Kris Frey)

Hermione the opossum and Ella the white squirrel
(not an albino, but we get white ones around here:)

Hermione was a clear surprise to us all!
So mellow and sweet and SOFT.  I had no idea they were so soft.  They are the unsung heroes in our backyards, eating up 10,000 or more ticks a year to help us with diseases.  It’s also very rare they carry rabies because they body temp is very low and they are very clean.

Nature’s Beauty is a pretty stamp set in the Holiday catalog.
A portion of every sale goes toward mental health organizations in your area.  In the US , donations will be made to NAMI. (You can read more about NAMI on their blog HERE)

As our Stampin’ Up founder ,Shelli Gardener, mentions in her 2019 holiday catalog message, “The holidays can . . . present emotional challenges for some, and simply sharing a handmade card will brighten anyone’s day. However, in those cases where extra help is needed, Stampin’ Up! wants to lend a hand. To this end, we are donating a portion of each sale of the Nature’s Beauty s. “And remember,” as Shelli advises, “nurture your own wellness as you watch for those who may need additional love and support.” Together, we will make a difference.

I started with an Early Espresso card stock base, added a layer of wood grain designer paper and then used watercolor paper to stamp and color the main images.

Go stamp something!

and if you see an opossum, be kind:)

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Coming on November 1st to Customers!
I just received mine and will start creating with it tomorrow. I’ll post 2 projects using it on Stamping School next Sunday, Oct 13.

You can download/view the flyer HERE

and if you’d like to see the Stampin’ Up video from the home office showing all the suite, see below:

It’s not too early to think about stocking stuffers or maybe a little somethin’ somethin’ for you!   All items are retired favorites on clearance and while supplies last.

Click HERE to go see what is new! 
You can sort by low to high or sort by NEW.

These color doilies were always popular and now a steal at only $1.80!
24 doilies – 6 each of 4 colors: Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Grapefruit Grove, Old Olive.  Item #146935

40 sheets of 6×6 tone on tone designer paper packs only $4.40!
These are available in all the color groups like Subtles, Regals, Neutrals, Brights and retired In Colors.

 
Tranquil Tide lovers…..here’s a chance to get a little more of this wildly popular (and missed) cardstock!   #144246  24 sheets for only $3.40!    It won’t last long, I’m sure
If you like the coordinating ribbons, there is also Tranquil Tide ruffled ribbon (also available in 4 other colors) for $3.20

I get asked for this retired punch often!  Build cute gingerbread characters (or reindeer)  $10.80    #140396

Stop over at my store HERE to see all the new things added!

Labor Day weekend in the western carolinas is always the Apple Festival!  Downtown turns into an apple wonderland with over 150 vendors and food…oh the apple pies, apple tarts, caramel apples, apple fritters!   We celebrate apples around here
and so I ordered the new Apple punch from the Stampin’ Up Holiday catalog!

AND it can be a pumpkin, too.  We like versatility.

I had a request from a customer for 35 Back-to-School teacher cards she can do quickly
I grabbed an old circle layout and added some basket weave embossing as the background. (After I made them I thought the brick folder would have been great for school theme, too)

I love the option of pumpkins for fall!

Same layout, just swapped out Real Red for Old Oive card.  The basket weave is Crumb Cake and the layer is Early Espresso with the same espresso ink.

I adhered the circles on and then trimmed off the excess.

A few more ideas from the SU home office for the Harvest Hello bundle

Here are the basic supplies I used from my stampin’ Up store.  If you click the photos, it will take you over there

Go Stamp Something!