Snowman Candy Tube

Here's the snowman candy tube that made it's debut at the Wisconsin Rubber Stamp Convention yesterday.  The snowman faces are selling fast!  Scroll down to the post of September 17 for the instructions to make the box.

The white cardstock behind the tube and on each side of the box was embossed with a snowflake
embossing folder.  The tiny marshmallows were from a little Amish grocery in central Missouri. 

Pumpkins & Fall Trees

I purchased my first pumpkins of the season today.  Not the large ones for outside, but tiny ones for my kitchen island.  Several years ago I shopped a glorious craft sale in Del Mar, California while we were vendors at the stamp convention at the same fairgrounds.  I purchased parts to create a Pilgrim boy and girl using the small pumpkins.  I'll have to share a photo once they come out of storage.  Anyhow, one more sign that fall is here. 

Here's a card inspired by a customer who was kind enough to send me a sweet thank-you note.  The tree is stamped in black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Punch the holes with a 1/8" hole punch and attach a white paper behind the tree and use a fine-tip black pen to make the eyes. E66 Dot Halloween completes the card. How cute is that!  The remainder of the design...colors and embellishments were from my customer.  I love the finished card.

Fall Is In The Air - Candy Tube Box

Today our high was only in the low 60's which meant my hubby found a bit of wood to make the first fire in our fireplace.  I felt the urge to bake a batch of cookies.  So, our home smells pretty much like fall tonight.  It was cool enough yesterday to prompt me to create this little Halloween favor. 

 

 

 

 

I really love the candy tubes and making a cute little box to hold them was really fun. 

Box Instructions:

Cut cardstock to 4 1/2" x 11".  Score lengthwise 1 1/2" in from each side.
Score crosswise at:  1/2", 2", 4", 5 1/2", 7 1/2"

Cut on the scored lines as shown below (I cut exactly on the scored line and then tapered the flaps that fold so they lay nicer).  Punch a 1 1/4" circle for the tube as shown.

I stamped and cut the orange cardstock and attached to the box prior to folding. The stamps I used were:  A86 Spider; A79 Trick or Treat; E121 Dot Circle

The pumpkin face was made using a Tim Holtz Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die "Mini Paper Rosettes". I used the large one (the die cuts two sizes at once).  The pumpkin face was freehanded out of black cardstock.  The pumpkin was attached to the box after it was folded and glued.

Happy Stamping!

Novi, MI Convention

The Novi, Michigan convention was this past weekend and one of the things we enjoy most is visiting with our previous customers.  These sweet ladies have been our customers for years and graciously allowed me to share their photo with you.  These ladies are not only sisters, but are twins that are 87 years young!  They had visited our new website and came to our booth with their shopping lists.  I want to be like them when I grow up.

Our best selling design this weekend was our new Melting Snowman featured on these cards.

 

 

More White Christmas

Here's another new card...love these new words used with existing images.  Another easy, elegant card.

 

The white seam binding is one of the first "ribbons" that is actually white enough to be perfect on an all-white card.



Blessings!

White Christmas

I really love simple, elegant Christmas cards and this one certainly qualifies.  Love it!  So easy to make using an Encore silver ink pad so no heat embossing is necessary. I added a gem to the star and rounded the corners of the bottom layer and then again with the top layer (with my new 1/8" corner chomper that I also LOVE!).

How many of these can you crank out this summer and be ready in December?

Happy stamping!

A Little Christmas HO HO HO

This card features four new designs and how fun is it!  Not our traditional Christmas greeting.

The hat and mittens were cut out and added over the stamped HO.  The boots were stamped on the card and all were embellished with glitter.