Christmas is over, the kids are occupied with new toys and we are now ready to look forward to a brand new year. Bring it on! I hope your Christmas was as lovely as ours 🙂 

If you love the Sweet Treat cups, you might like this clever idea from my team member Juliana Main . She sent me this cute Christmas card, and made her own envelope from a sheet of A4 co-ordinating cardstock. To protect the card and the Sweet Treat Cup she lined the ‘envelope’ with bubble wrap. And yes, it arrived in great condition!

There are ready-made padded envelopes in the Summer Mini catalogue which are a great alternative if you need something fast, but I love this idea for a slightly more creative option. I love how you can co-ordinate the card and envelope so you can make it a complete package. I’m picturing Bashful Blue/Pretty In Pink envelopes for baby cards – might get started on one of those next.

To make these: 

1. Score an A4 sheet of cardstock at 13cm and 26cm. This leaves a nice 3 – 4cm flap at the back.

2. Decorate one long side with matching DSP or a Stampin’ Around wheel. Decorate the flap at the back too.

3. Line cardstock with bubble wrap if sending through the post (or you can leave out this step if you are hand-delivering).

4. Seal the sides and flap with Sticky Strip.

5. Send 🙂

Happy stamping,

Wishing everyone a very

Merry Christmas

and a Happy, Healthy and Creative

New Year

I have some great projects to share with you today. I can’t take credit for them, but I do plan to CASE them! This gorgeous pop-up card was sent to me by the wonderfully talented Rose Packer. She used the Season of Joy stamp set to create 3 individually attached pop-up Christmas trees.

I LOVE pop-ups and fancy folds and am very excited to finally be including the long awaited "Pop-Ups" cardmaking class in my 2010 Class Schedule.

 Below is a very impressive paper star that Heather McCarthy sent to me in the post! The box got a bit damaged but amazingly the star was untouched. She also included instructions (thanks Heather!) and I’ve been playing with these stars and experimenting with sizes.

Well Christmas is almost upon us. Here’s hoping you are all finished with your preparations and you’re now able to put your feet up and enjoy this special time.

Hope all your Christmas wishes come true,