Zelinda's PaperNook

Hello Everyone, I won't be posting much in the coming weeks. I got a new job and I'm moving to another state : (  but only 2 hours away from my hometown of Pittsburgh. So I will be busy packing up my craft room first so my creative projects are on hold until I get settled into my new place. I may stop by my cottage for a couple more posts, but just in case... Have a safe Turkey Day and Merry Christmas

Like the pumpkin I made, I made this Christmas tree the same way using the new Stampin Up score tool. I will try and post the dimensions of each rosette next week. Hope you like it! Here is another tree by another Stampin Up demonstrator.

I was in a Christmas tag swap with other Stampin Up Demonstrators in my area. For my tag, I used the 2 scallop punches to make a wreath. I used Frosted shimmer paint on Cherry Cobbler paper so the wreath looked like it was hanging on a snow covered window/door. Additional photos are from the other demonstrators. I love doing swaps with other demonstrators, everyone is so creative...and you could be creative too! If you want to book a Stampin Up workshop to make Christmas cards and tags, let me know.

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted anything in awhile. This weekend I will be catching up and posting some of my current projects I have been working on. But in the meantime I wanted to share this great storage tip for your glitter and embossing powders. Just don't get them mixed up with your spices. :) I saw this idea in a local scrapbook store. They were selling glitter in glass shakers from some company. And I thought this was a great idea. So I bought some shakers and made my own. The plain clear square glass shakers will work better than these. These are small cheese shakers and the holes are larger then salt/pepper shakers. After using, it's easy to put the powder back into the jars with powder buddy tray.

 Sometimes when I make a box card set like this I like to make all the cards to match the box and use the same stamp set and colors. But in this case I had too many ideas to limit myself to one stamp set and color combination.  The person I gave this to today was very appreciative of my creativity and made the comment I hear all the time when I give cards as gift..." They're too pretty to give away". But they are meant to given, but only to those "special" people in your life that will appreciate a "non store bought" card and not just toss in the trash as soon as they read the card! The box holds up to 6 cards with matching envelopes. Here are 4 of the 6 cards I made and the box... I ran the flowers through an embossing folder to add some "life" to the flowers. For added dimension I punched out some little flowers and popped them up with Stampin Dimensionals and added Basic Pearls .  I used the Brayer technique for sailboat card