I received one of these post-it note holders a few years ago from a Secret Sister.  I think she had got it at the dollar store.  I sure enjoyed that little thing.   It’s torn up now after much use:)  I decided I’d try making a similar one of my own and embellishing it.  

I used Stampin’ Up! supplies.  Ski Slope Designer Paper, Baja Breeze cardstock, and the tree stamp from the Fun & Fast Noes Stamp Set, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, and Eyelets.  I bought the small size pen at Target.    I’m not much for using templates or anything.  I’m one of those gestimate, try it and go gals.  I will try to post for you the exact measurements and directions in case you want to try one of these.  They are great to put by your phone and they do make cute Secret Sister gifts!

The holidays are getting closer!  Are you excited about making some  great Christmas decorations and projects? Stampin’ Up!’s Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit is available to help you out.  You can order your kit for everything you need to make beautiful handcrafted holiday ornaments and décor.

Have Fun Christmas Crafting!
Julia

I listened just to the tail end of President Bush’s Veterans Day speech this morning and was struck again by what a great country we live in and how much people have sacrificed for that freedom.  Just want to say a big “Thank You!” to all our veterans and servicemen and women today.

Have a great day!

I made this post the other day, but when I changed blog themes, something happened to it, so I’m reposting it again…

I’ve been making these candles for probably over 20 years for various Christmas banquets and such. Sometimes I’ve added tags to them that say “Jesus came to be our Light” for church Christmas banquets. I normally use pretty wrapping papers and ribbons on them but I thought I’d try one with some Stampin’ Up! cardstock and designer paper. You just wrap a Certs or Lifesaver Roll. I used Baja Breeze Cardstock from the Stampin’ Up! In Colors.

I had a terrible time photographing this little candle. You can’t hardly see the Ski Slope designer paper I used as the band around it. It’s comes from such a pretty set of Stampin’ Up! paper that I had to show it to you so there’s a sample to the right. Click on the sample to see the whole set of Ski Slope Designer Paper.

I also added a stamped snowflake from the Snow Burst Set. The base is two scallops from the Round Scallop Punch with a thick candy coin sandwiched between. The flame is a Hershey’s Kiss of course:)

Hope you are all planning on getting out and voting today.  I made a few of these candy ”vote” buttons with the Stampin’ Up! Scallop Circle Punch last night.  My husband is working at one of the polling places today and he took some to give to his co-workers there. 

I just ran off the “vote” in my Publisher program on white cardstock and cut them out, some with the 1 1/4 Circle Punch and some I just cut to fit.   I used different fonts for the “vote” and varied them all a little with stars cut from the Star Punch.  If you have an alphabet stamp set, you could always stamp the word “vote” across your “button” instead of printing them on your computer. 

I sandwiched the thick gold coins (made by Palmer Candy) between the scallops.  These are not the thin gold coins like you get in the tiny bags, these are about as thick as a Peppermint Patty.  You could use Peppermint Patties.  I just like the way these are wrapped to look nicer and crisper.