Sneak Peek — Watercolor Pencils

Twelve Days of Christmas
Day #2
What kind of Christmas cookies do you bake?

Leave a comment to get your name in the drawing
for a little gift.

As the holidays getting closer and closer so does the release
of the Occasions Catalog and the start of Sale-a-Bration.
It all begins January 4th.

Today I wanted to give you a little sneak peek of one of
my favorite new tools.
The biggest fad around right now is adult coloring books. 
Everyone I know is getting into it.
The coloring books put me over the edge.
Too many decisions to make — what color goes where.
BUT I do love to do some water coloring when I'm making cards.
Stampin' Up! is coming out with our very own Watercolor Pencils.
These new pencils will match all your other Stampin' Up! papers, stamp pads, trims, etc.

I am SO EXCITED for you to play with this fun new product.
Check out the video from Stampin' Up! showing you some of the fun things you can do with them.

If you have trouble viewing, click here
We can't order these until January 4th but I wanted you to be prepared.
Have Santa contact me today for a gift card to tuck into your stocking.
Then you can order them
right after Christmas is all cleaned up and put away.

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Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaways

Christmas is approaching very quickly.
Only 12 days until Christmas Day.
I'm going to celebrate with all of you.
I am holding a Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway.
Each day beginning today, December 13th
you have a chance to win a prize,
but you have to leave a comment to get your
name in the drawing.  Who's ready to play????

What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Post a comment — you could be the winner.

I promised I would post directions for the
Chapstick Box I posted last week.

Here you go:
Chapstick Box logo
I used Emerald Envy cardstock and
Presents & Pinecones designer paper
Box
Cardstock — 4 3/4" x 7"
Score 1" & 3 3/4" down long side
Score 1/2", 1 1/2", 2 1/2" & 3 1/2"
Score at 4 1/2" only to the 1" score lines as shown
Box 1
Cut off 2 1/2" each section on both sides
Snip tabs up to 1" score line — I like to cut the
small tabs at a little angle to lose some bulk
Trim the 1/2" piece at angle — this gets tucked
into the top to close box
Box 2
Using the Lots of Labels Framelits
trim the top edge of the box as shown
Box 3

Box 4
Cut the designer paper with the next
smaller label framelit and attach to box
Box 5
Top designer piece — 7/8" x 2 7/8"
Attach to box top and use Paper Piercing Tool
to poke a hole.  I used Red Baker's Twine
threaded through a Red Mini Jingle Bell
and then threaded through the hole
and tie several times on the inside.
Trim the top 1" tabs to about 1/2" and
cut at angles.
Box 6
Assemble box with Fast Fuse or
Tear & Tape (snail will not hold this box).
Box 7
Continue assembling the box.
DON'T put adhesive on the 1/2" flaps.
These tuck into the box to close the
chapstick inside.
Box 8
Designer Paper — 7/8" x 7/8" — 2 pieces
attach over these end flaps
Put chapstick in box and close.
You are ready for gifting this pretty present.

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Kristen’s Christmas Card

I have a newer customer who
sent me an email last week.
She told me that she had been
working on Christmas cards since
September.  She looked at samples
on Pinterest but didn't find what she wanted.
She likes to incorporate a picture of her
twin son & daughter with her cards.
When she couldn't find a design someone
else had done she designed her own card.

I have to say I am SO PROUD of her.
Her card is fabulous — I asked Kristen
if I could share her card with you.

Kristen's Card Front
The twins are so adorable in their
Santa outfits.
I love the simplicity of this card.
That's not to say there wasn't a lot
of work done to make this — plenty
of embossing and die cutting.

And since she didn't have any stamping on
the front of the card, she added it to the inside.
Check this out.
Kristen's Card Inside
Didn't she do a fabulous job!!!
I can't wait until she gets her hands on the
new Watercolor Pencils coming out in
the Occasions Catalog (oops, sneak peek).

GREAT JOB KRISTEN!!!
Thanks for letting me share you talent.

I would love to have you share your Christmas card with me.

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