3rd Annual Christmas Crafting Boutique

December 11th, 2009

5PM till Midnight

Grace Church Youth Center

3970 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd
Norton, OH 44203

Here are a few snapshots of some of the things we will be making at our Boutique coming up this Friday! We have scheduled some extra long crafting hours so that you'll have plenty of time to make a gift for all the special people on your list:) These are some examples of stamping on candles. (Most of these samples are from other stampers so stamp sets and candle sizes will vary.)

Next, you can stamp tile coasters and make a custom designed box and tag so they

are ready for giving;)

We also plan to have an assortment of paper crafting samples and directions so you can make things like: personalized notepad covers, snowman soup mini milk carton packs, ornaments, bookmarkers, gift card holders, gift bags, tags and tissue galore!

Be sure to let me know if there is somethings you have your heart set on making. I want to make sure to have enough supplies on hand to let everyone do their favorites!

Costs involved are:

$5.00 for Pizza Meal (I'm providing pizza, salad and pop. )

$1-$7 per project

Things you must bring with you:

1. Adhesive (examples : two-sided tape, snail, glue stick, red line tap...)

2. Scissors (a pair of sharp, small paper scissors)

Please bring:

Christmas Cookies to share with everyone. (If homemade, please bring recipe to share too:)

Additional tools like bone folder, paper trimmer, stamp positioner (jig), stamp cleaner, ...

Your own projects if you'd rather work on something you've started.

A buddy to stamp with.

RSVP as soon as possible (no later than Thursday at 5PM) by calling 330-745-5716. Be sure to let me know if you would like to do a certain project(s) so I purchase enough supplies for you:)

Inky Blessings,

Lee

PS. I want to give a special thank you to all the stampers who samples have inspired me to make these wonderful things! My upline and extremely talented stamper- Becky Jensen; other talented demonstrators -Dannie Graves, Kim Lampone, Simone Bartrum, Teresa Rae Otto and a few others I do not know:)

Finally... back to the blog!

This has been a long season for me to be unable to download pictures to my computer! I'm so glad that finally ended. After much ado, technically speaking, I am again able to share with all of you a little glimpse of my fun group of stampers and the projects we are doing together.

One of the most popular projects has been this box and card set. Even though the paper is retired, I wanted to display the contents to show this simple set using a template on the Stampin' Up! demonstrator website by Brenda Miller. The ladies have been making sets for Christmas gifts and they are so lovely!

We work on these types of projects on our Girlfriend's Nights at Grace Church:) This month was Kirsten's Birthday weekend. Happy Birthday Kirsten!

Wish I could have taken pictures of the rest of the gals there, but, batteries died:) Oh well!

Can't wait to show you some more of what we've been doing:)

Inky Blessings,

Lee

Love You Much Bundle

This is an exciting new promotion by Stampin' Up! called the Love You Much Bundle. From now until the end of January, this bundle is on sale for a 20% discount! It has a beautiful assortment of Designer Series Paper. This paper is double sided and uses SU!'s exclusive colors. The stamp set is pictured below and has a coordinating punch to go with it. All three things, the DSPaper, Stamp Set and Punch are packaged together for this special price. Be sure to see my website for more details. It's http://www.inkartfromtheheart.stampinup.net/
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Serene Spring

These lovely samples were made by my dear friend, Karen Pamer. She just adores that Juntos DSP from the Spanish Catalog and couldn't wait to color this cute little bunny! She always inspires me with her creative genius:)

Season of Friendship

This was a really fun card to make! I love how much it sparkles! My daughter, Jenny, enjoyed making it with me. She loves to change things a little so hers was a bit different.

December Stamp-A-Stack

These cards were from a special event that we made some really super Christmas Cards. I am a genuine CASEr with no real idea who the original artists are. The ladies seemed to like them and had alot of fun together:)

What a Month!

The holiday season usually puts me on an interesting schedule more resembling what it looks like to put something in the blender on Frappe`! This one was definitely no different:)

This card was inspired by someone's blog (can't remember which one- sorry:) using the Winter Post stamp set, available in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I just love the images in this set and do not cease to find great things to do with it! I sure hope it makes it to the big catalog for next year!