Kraft Gift Boxes Prettied Up

Here is a craft fair item I put together for my recent and upcoming fairs. It starts off as a plain kraft gift box and I prettied it up with Stampin' Up! products.

This box is the perfect size for a baked goodie - coworker, teacher, neighbor, etc. gift or it will fit a small non-baked good too!

I explained how I made the "ornament" and medallion/rosette in this post. 

I decorated the box with some Designer Series Paper from the Letters to Santa collection and matted the DSP onto coordinating Old Olive cardstock. I had to make the box so you could open it and add your treats so I added the "ornament" on top.

The Silver Glimmer Paper makes it so sparkly and pretty and I am loving the velvet ribbon - so soft and feminine.

You can find all the items to make your own kraft gift boxes in my Online Store. Or if you want to host a workshop/private class for your friends I can show you how to make this project. With some slight changes this could be a birthday gift box or valentine gift box.

Happy Stampin',

Christine

Supplies:

Stamps: Tags til Christmas

Ink: Old Olive

Paper: Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper, Old Olive & Very Vanilla cardstock, Silver glimmer paper

Other: Big Shot, Scallop Square Duo die, Kraft gift box, 3/8" Very Vanilla velvet ribbon, Simply Scored scoring tool, Sticky strip, 1 3/8 circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, Glue gun (non-Stampin' Up!)

24 Hour Sale and Online Extravaganza is Here!

24 Hour Sale today on Monday 11/21 only:

20% off the Simply Scored Scoring Tool & Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps

122334 - Simply Scored

$29.95 Regular Price

$23.96 24 Hour Sale Price

125152 - Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps

$16.95 Regular Price

$13.56 24 Hour Sale Price

Tons of other items on sale until 11/30 you can view all the items in my Online Store. Once you are there click on Online Extravaganza .You can place an order online or contact me and I can place an order for you. 

I am so excited to get some gifts checked off my list this morning. Also, it is my birthday later this week so I will of course have to get myself a little something too!  :-)

Happy Shopping!

Christine

Online Extravaganza is Coming!

Stampin' Up!'s annual sale to kick off the holiday shopping season, will begin Monday, November 21, 2011, and run through Wednesday, November 30, 2011. 

FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express, 60 percent off select Designer Fabrics, and 30 percent off an exclusive ribbon bundle and more!

In addition, there will be two items on sale for 24 hours only on Monday 11/21 

I will post more details when they are announced on Monday morning. You can also visit my Online Store on Monday for more details!

Let me know if you have any questions

Coburn Woods Holiday Bazaar

I will be up in Nashua on Saturday at the Coburn Woods Holiday Bazaar and would love to see you there. Isn't this invite super cute? I created it in Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio software. Since over 5,000 people downloaded free downloads this past weekend we got another free download and that is what I used as the start of this invite. I added a few embellishments and text and voila!

This is a FREE event with the following vendors:

Scentsy Candles

Miche Bags

Pampered Chef

Tastefully Simple

Dog Treats & Scarfs

Good Gaud Designs

Gift Baskets

Stampin' Up! - that's me :-)

Thirty One

Tupperware

NYR Organic

Lia Sophia

Let me know if you have any questions.

Christine

Home for the Holidays Invite

Here is an invitation I came up with yesterday using the FREE digital download that Stampin' Up! is offering this weekend Home for the Holidays Ensemble. I am having my annual Holiday Open House on November 18th so this was a perfect use of the download to create an invitation.

If you haven't checked out MyDigitalStudio.net to get your FREE downloads what are you waiting for? There are also lots of wonderful samples for you to check out on that site. Andrea one of the Stampin' Up! designers made an adorable swatchbook advent calendar using the Home for the Holidays ensemble and Monika another demonstrator made a really cute holiday planner.

I would like to send a shout out to the lovely ladies and gents that stopped by my table on Friday night over at PMA in Methuen. It was very nice to meet you. To those of you that joined my mailing list I will be sending you this invite later today to my Holiday Open House.

If you didn't see my post yesterday you can view it here. The FREE downloads expire tomorrow 11/7.

Happy Downloading,

Christine

FREE Digital Scrapbooking Downloads!

Stampin' Up! is celebrating Digital Scrapbooking Day with a weekend of FREE downloads. Now through November 7th you can visit MyDigitalStudio.net to get your FREE downloads. You will have to complete a very short survey. You do not have to have Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio software to use the downloads. They are compatible with design software such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and even Microsoft Word.

 Isn't there a day for everything these days? Digital Scrapbooking Day is officially celebrated the first Saturday of November, but I love that Stampin' Up! is celebrating all weekend long. 

There are four FREE downloads (shown below) and get this if 5,000 people download them then we will all get a 5th FREE download! I love FREE stuff how about you? My favorite is definitely the Home for the Holidays Ensemble and I will come back tomorrow and show you a few samples that I created using this ensemble. 

Let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Downloading,

Christine

It's Good to Be the Hostess!

From November 1-December 15, 2011 Hostesses will receive an additional $35 in free Stampin' Up! products when they hold a workshop totaling $350 or more (excluding tax and shipping)! This is in addition to all the other benefits they already get as a Stampin' Up! hostess.

If your hostess' workshop sales total is	Your hostess earns hostess dollars		It's Good to Be the Hostess	Total Free Stampin' Up! Merchandise	Plus, hostesses earn full-priced items at 50% off
$350	$50	+	$35	$85	---
$400	$65	+	$35	$100	1 item
$500	$80	+	$35	$115	2 items
$750	$120	+	$35	$155	3 items
$1,000+	$160 plus 15% of amount over $1,000	+	$35	$195 plus 15% of amount over $1,000	4 items

To qualify for this special promotion you must contact me to place your order. Additional free merchandise can be used on any catalog or mini catalog product.

Happy Shopping',

Christine