Stamping Fun with Sherrie

Sweet Always Designer Series Paper On Board Clipboard

At our group's annual Holiday Dinner, we always enjoy a great gift exchange. We had our dinner last night at Bravo, and the gifts were fabulous! The challenge is to create a hand-stamped item using Stampin' Up! products (under $10).

For this year's exchange, I created the on board clipboard pictured above, using the Sweet Always designer series paper. It is embellished with Enjoy Every Moment stamp set; Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie ink; Build-A-Brads; Seasonal Sayings Rub-ons; and assorted ribbons.

Below is what I was lucky enough to receive in the exchange -- a darling reindeer created with the Pennant Bigz die by Sheryl Braun. Inside was a Starbucks gift card (yummy). Thank you, Sheryl!

We have an awesome group! Fifteen demonstrators braved the snowy weather to attend! I wanted to say thank you to all of them for all they do throughout the year... Merry Christmas! :)

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Frosty Day Designer Series Paper Challenge

Each month I offer a stamping challenge to my downline: I give them a baggie of materials, and they make a creation to share at the next meeting. We vote on our favorite, and the winner receives Stampin' Up! product. The November stamping challenge was very challenging! I gave everyone a Sizzix scallop circle cut from the Frost Day designer series paper (in the holiday mini catalog), some Tangerine Tango striped grosgrain ribbon, and some Styled Silver hodgepodge hardware. I loved what everyone came up with! I wanted to share some of the entries on my blog. The M&M goodie bag was created by Georgine Morabito, who is not a demonstrator, but one of my best customers. I loved how creative she was. Below are two of the other entries:

This margarita mix tin was created by Jaime Seiter, who is a relatively new demonstrator, but very talented! I just loved how she used the elements in the baggie!  She was the winner of this month's challenge. Great job, Jaime!

This darling card was created by Tammy Fite. Tammy lives in New Mexico and was kind enough to send in her entry... very cute, Tammy!

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"I Wish" 6x6" Holiday Scrapbook

I designed a class which features 1/2 of the "I Wish" Simply Scrappin' Kit. The end result: 20 6x6" scrapbook pages -- just fill in pictures later, and you are good to go!  I purchased the red linen Stampin' Up! 6x6" album, inserted the pages, and it is ready to give as a gift.

I am featuring the 2-page spreads in this post (plus the opening page and the last page). I am also putting a blog photo album together that will show each of the pages up close. Click on the icon on the left if you would like to see the close up shots.

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