Workshop fun

I demonstrated for my first workshop in months this past Thursday. My hostess had never been to a Stampin' Up! workshop before so she was extremely excited to see what we have to offer. I demonstrated how to create a quick and easy hand sanitizer gift. The finished product was similar to the one displayed here:

This little cutie holds a mini hand sanitizer. Since it was a cupcake scented sanitizer I thought why not put a cupcake on the front of the box. These hand sanitizers come from Bath and Body Works. Cute huh? I first learned how to make these from my upline and good friend Kimberly's blog.

Supplies used for hand sanitizer:

Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler and Pretty in Pink card stock

1/8" Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon

Sizzix Embossing Folders Square Lattice and Perfect Polka Dots

After demonstrating this little gem to give to my hostess we began working on the project of the evening. I found the idea for this at Splitcoaststampers.com. It was a featured project and I thought it was really cute. It incorporated both a 3-D design and card-making. I modified the original pattern a little bit and here is what we made:

The box on the side holds 5 Herhey's nuggets perfectly. The pocket on the right makes a good spot to hold a gift tag. What a great gift to give to a teacher, co-worker, or someone special. I am picturing these as thank you's for wedding, birthday, anniversary party etc. as well. The tag below fits nicely into the pocket and you can still write a little note on the backside.

I have a couple of other designs of this box and will post those soon.

Supplies used for treat box:

Soft Suede card stock

Deck the Halls designer series paper

Supplies used for tag:

Naturals Ivory and Always Artichoke card stock

Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede and Always Artichoke classic ink

Cherry Cobbler Big Designer Button from the Deck the Halls set

Victoria 5/8" crochet trim

Antique Brass Jumbo eyelet

Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Card Crank

Were you one of the lucky few to participate in my most recent Christmas card crank? If you were I hope you enjoy your cards and I hope the recipients of these cards enjoy them as well. If you were unable to attend here's a look at what you missed.

For this first card I wanted to utilize some new fun products that we are offering in our current holiday mini catalog.

On this card I really wanted to make it look more like something from an older era so I gave it a more vintage/antique look to it.

This card was my original sample card used for this years Stampin; for a Cure before I changed it up to the one we used this year. I couldn't see letting a good design go to waste.

On this last card I used my favorite stamp that was introduced in last years Idea book and catalog. I was also trying to go for a more antiqued look but I also wanted to play around a little more with a lighter sponging technique. Unfortunately that doesn't convey well in the photo but it looks like the aurora borealis up close.

For card #1 I used Pacific Point Blue, Basic Gray and Whisper White card stock and Whisper White Craft ink.

Also used: Northern Trim Letterpress plate (120982)

Tags til Christmas (121169)**

Northern Hearts Hostess Level 1 (121145) **

Four the Holidays (116921)

Basic Rhinestones (119246)

Whisper White embossing powder (109132)

Scallop edge border (119882)

For card #2 I used Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and and Naturals Ivory card stock. I used Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers. Shimmer mist (made from Frost white shimmer paint, 116854, mixed with 70% rubbing alcohol)

Also used: Four the Holidays (116921)

Northern Hearts Hostess Level 1 (121145) **

Old Olive 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon (115618)

Top Note Die (113463)

Word Window punch (119857)

Northern Flurry embossing folder (120902)

Victoria Crochet trim (118481)

Basic Pearls (119247)

Card #3 uses Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Marina Mist card stock and inks used are Marina Mist, Night of Navy and Crumb Cake. Shimmer mist (made from Frost white shimmer paint, 116854, mixed with 70% rubbing alcohol)

Also used: Serene Snowflakes (115483)

Four the Holidays (116921)

Silver Waffle Paper Assortment 1 (120984)

Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch (119275)

Snowflakes set #2 sizzlits dies (113449)

Scallop Squares Duo die (120903)

For card #4 I used Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory, Poppy Parade and Certainly Celery card stock.

Also used: Gold Waffle Paper Assortment 1 (120984)

Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch (119275)

Dasher (116816)

Four the Holidays (116921)

Basic Rhinestones (119246)

Victoria Crochet trim (118481)

Dazzling Diamonds glitter (102023)

** Indicates product code for Clear Mount stamp sets.

If you missed out on this one, don't miss out on the next one. Hope to see you then. Please don't forget to check out my new schedule of events for November and December. I hope you get to make it to at least one of my events and please always remember that if you see something on the schedule and it doesn't fit your busy schedule, contact me and I'd be happy to work out something that works better for you.