This past Thursday I attended a
Stampin' Up party with my
mom and
sister. My friends
Halie and Robyn came too and we had a long night of eating, hanging out, and making craft projects. Robyn's mother in law Donna hosted the party. She is an avid homemade card maker and even has an entire room in her basement dedicated to this neat hobby. Donna sells her cards at school and always has the perfect one for any occasion. She begins her Christmas cards in the summer and hand makes each one for friends and family! It was so much fun to set aside an entire evening to let our creative juices flow, and we walked away with three incredibly cute projects!
The first item we made was a self-embossed Christmas card! We used a punch out to create the ornaments, hand glittered each one, and added the silver embossing using powder and a hand dryer. The card is 3-D and comes with its own decorated envelope. This is the project that took us the most time and I love the way mine turned out. I do not think I will be mailing it out this holiday season, but we'll have to see! If only I had planned ahead and started making more back in the summer, then everyone could get a homemade card! I don't think that will happen this year...or the next...but a girl can dream!
For the second project, we hand stamped our own orange paper using fall-themed quotes and then cut them into strips. We tied the strips together to create a basket- or even a pumpkin if you open it up all the way! We also cut out the tag and used a mini stamp for the greeting. Add a few pieces of ribbon and some glue dots and ta-da! This project required a few more tools than the card, including one called the "Crop-adile!" We also needed a fancy hole punch with multiple size punchers that made life much easier!
By the time we got to the third project it was nearly 10:00 and I was exhausted. I almost didn't stay to finish, but I'm glad I did! We made the most adorable treat bag that holds two chocolate nuggets. This would be such a fun item to pass out to trick-or-treaters...if I had tons of free time to create them all! The paper was already prefolded and perforated so all we had to do is trim a corner here, add some glue dots there, throw on some ribbon and a brad for decoration, and finish it off with some Velcro to close! Inside are two pieces of candy, each wrapped in coordinating black skull print paper!
I love being able to spend time crafting and creating something unique and special. It makes me want to get out my scrapbook and get back to work! Card making would be such a fun hobby to pick up too, but for now I think I will just go to Donna's house and borrow her things when the mood strikes! If anyone is ever interested in hosting their own Stampin' Up party, let me know! Our demonstrator was great and travels all over Georgia.
This past Thursday I attended a Stampin' Up party with my mom and sister. My friends Halie and Robyn came too and we had a long night of eating, hanging out, and making craft projects. Robyn's mother in law Donna hosted the party. She is an avid homemade card maker and even has an entire room in her basement dedicated to this neat hobby. Donna sells her cards at school and always has the perfect one for any occasion. She begins her Christmas cards in the summer and hand makes each one for friends and family! It was so much fun to set aside an entire evening to let our creative juices flow, and we walked away with three incredibly cute projects!
The first item we made was a self-embossed Christmas card! We used a punch out to create the ornaments, hand glittered each one, and added the silver embossing using powder and a hand dryer. The card is 3-D and comes with its own decorated envelope. This is the project that took us the most time and I love the way mine turned out. I do not think I will be mailing it out this holiday season, but we'll have to see! If only I had planned ahead and started making more back in the summer, then everyone could get a homemade card! I don't think that will happen this year...or the next...but a girl can dream!
For the second project, we hand stamped our own orange paper using fall-themed quotes and then cut them into strips. We tied the strips together to create a basket- or even a pumpkin if you open it up all the way! We also cut out the tag and used a mini stamp for the greeting. Add a few pieces of ribbon and some glue dots and ta-da! This project required a few more tools than the card, including one called the "Crop-adile!" We also needed a fancy hole punch with multiple size punchers that made life much easier!
By the time we got to the third project it was nearly 10:00 and I was exhausted. I almost didn't stay to finish, but I'm glad I did! We made the most adorable treat bag that holds two chocolate nuggets. This would be such a fun item to pass out to trick-or-treaters...if I had tons of free time to create them all! The paper was already prefolded and perforated so all we had to do is trim a corner here, add some glue dots there, throw on some ribbon and a brad for decoration, and finish it off with some Velcro to close! Inside are two pieces of candy, each wrapped in coordinating black skull print paper!
I love being able to spend time crafting and creating something unique and special. It makes me want to get out my scrapbook and get back to work! Card making would be such a fun hobby to pick up too, but for now I think I will just go to Donna's house and borrow her things when the mood strikes! If anyone is ever interested in hosting their own Stampin' Up party, let me know! Our demonstrator was great and travels all over Georgia.
1 comments:
wow, love it! i make homemade cards, but they are not nearly that awesome!
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