A Noel My Paper Pumpkin

If it wasn't for my December My Paper Pumpkin Kit arriving in today's mail, I wouldn't have remembered to post November's My Paper Pumpkin project. Sorry for the delay.

November's project came with pre-die cut mini star garlands to embellish the Christmas card project. It was already threaded together and ready to use.

The card itself is too cute, it was needless for me to make an alternative card for the remaining 3 cards that came in with the kit. I made all 4 of the cards in the kit the way as it is shown. I love it! This is totally my style. My Paper Pumpkin, you know me well, my friend. 

December's kit arrived today and I can't wait to put it together! It is a complete kit to a mini smashbook! It will be perfect for a trip I will be taking later in 2014!

Want in on the monthly surprises that arrives right at your door? Join us for $24.95 (shipping is included). Everything you see in the kit sample instructions card is included. Just use your own glue and spend 30 minutes one day to ease away to your own creative land. More details here.

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Stampin' Up! weekly deals Dec 16-24

This week's weekly deals. Order thru my website or contact me to place an order.

Don't forget! Clearance Rack Blitz: Rare and hard to find retired items are currently up to 80% off. Clearance rack items are while supplies last. Items from $1.29. Shop clearance rack now.

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Simple quick and easy Christmas cards

There's only 9 days left until Christmas 2013! and it's just this last minute that I realize I didn't make enough Christmas cards. Luckily I had paper left in my Winter Frost Designer Series Paper stack. 

A quick die cut with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits makes a cute window to reveal the winter holiday pattern on the designer paper in the back.

With so little time, I was still able to make 6 of these cards in just 40 minutes!

This card was a CASE from Catherine Pooler. Hats off to her for a simple quick and easy design! Pin It now!

Scruffy Core'dinations texture

Happy Wednesday! I'm struggling a bit to keep up with all the Wednesday updates. I'm sure it is busy to many of you during this crazy holiday season.  With all the holiday festivities around us, this week I'm featuring a birthday card.

This card was actually a stamp club project we made in November. It was made using the Stampin' Up! Core'dinations cardstock. This is the only cardstock that Stampin' Up! carries that allows you add fun texture by sanding, ripping or creasing the stock. With this card, we sanded the embossed cardstock to reveal a lighter tint of the cardstock. A very simple technique that adds extra depth to the card.

Clearance Rack Blitz: Rare and hard to find retired items are currently up to 80% off. Clearance rack items are while supplies last. There are Core'dinations cardstock for just $3.99! don't miss out and stock up on these paper to try out today's Creative Wednesday technique. Check out my top picks.

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Clearance Rack Blitz 2013

Fill your Christmas wish list with the Clearance Rack Blitz. These retired items are up to 80% off! Some of these rare and hard to find items go for triple the posted price on auction and used websites. Better to get them here and new!

All clearance rack items are while supplies last.

Contact me to place an order or order online directly using hostess code: 7FZYETK4 for a chance to win the hostess dollars from me.

Here are my top picks that will for sure fly off the shelves quickly.

Holiday Stocking Bigz L Die 124098

Price: $24.59 Original: $40.95

Mitten Builder Punch 127824

Price: $13.19 Original: $21.95

Color Spritzer Tool 107066

Price: $6.59 Original: $16.50

Snow Festival Designer Series Paper 126908

Price: $5.39 Original: $13.50

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An Afternoon as Sherlock Holmes

There was a reason why I have been MIA from my blog over the past few weeks. Yesterday I celebrated my milestone birthday with a Sherlock Holmes themed Murder Mystery tea party. I spent a month planning the party along with preparing decorations to turn my living room into a 1938 atmosphere.

Be prepared for a lot of photos. Please note that I used some retired Stampin' Up! items in decorating this party.

The murder mystery required me to print the individual characters' scripts, put it into an envelop and seal it immediately. Rather than a boring brown envelop, I stamped it with top secret and labeled it individually with the characters' names. Each of the characters are also given a magnifying glass as a fun prop to take home.

And what fun is it without taping out the shape of a victim. Here's me posing.

	Obviously where there is a private consultant, there is a private criminal consultant too. Moriarty. It isn't a tea party without having some Moriar-Tea. I designed the tea label and wrapped it around an old tea bag can. The tea bags were also labeled accordingly.

And of course, it is always exciting to dress in character and for a chance to win a fun prize with a bag nicely decorated by yours truly! I used the World Map and the From My Heart stamp set to put together this bag.

And a tea party isn't a tea party without cupcakes! I ordered these customized Sherlock cupcakes through my friend, Cathy Wong of SweeTease Cupcakes.  It was everything I wanted and the best way to celebrate a milestone. We'll see what the next decade brings. I'll have to start brainstorming for the next milestone to find a way to top this one.

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