Monday, July 15, 2013

Christmas is coming!!!

Hi there everyone,
Welcome back!!!! Hope you enjoyed the most recent Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog Hop. All of the Sparkle N Sprinkle designers showed a lot of fabulous and creative cards, didn't they!!!

Also I would like to welcome my newest followers and offer a warm thank you for signing up to follow me on my blog.

And I just noticed that we have just passed the 100 followers mark and that means I will be giving away some blog candy. So let me come up with something and I will let you all know how that will work.

What a weekend this was and boy was I busy!!! Saturday, I offered two classes at Simply Said Rubber Stamps, and Sunday I did a dry run of my upcoming Stampaway class for this year.

Let me share components of the 1st class I offered Saturday.

Because Simply Said Rubber Stamps, a rubber stamp store located in Loveland,Ohio, is celebrating Christmas in July, I decided to offer a Christmas Ornament class. This was so fun and everyone enjoyed it.

 My first ornament used a little tea bag folding to create the tree and it sits nestled in a round little box container of sorts.

Each year at Christmas time, I make and give my closest friends a new and different ornament 
This would be perfect for that kind of a tradition, wouldn't it!!


Here is a perfect gift for children or for that someone who you just need to give a little something to.


 The 3rd ornament that the students made, utilizes a tin, this can double as a gift card holder, too.
 It's the gift that can keep on giving from year to year.You give it with a gift card inside and then from year to year it graces the tree of the recipient.

OK...... Christmas is a mere 5 months away, but you know, it will be here in the blink of an eye!!! 
I'm just saying!! LOL

In my next post I will be sharing the cards from the 2nd class I gave, also on Saturday. 

OK, I have to get back to getting my Stampaway class kits ready. 
Stampaway is right around the corner.

BTW, Stampaway is a fabulous stamping convention held each year in Cincinnati, Oh.and I am giving a class this year. More on that later.

Thanks for stopping in today and see you soon.


4 comments:

Shona Erlenborn said...

These ornaments are awesome Barb. Do we have any tutorials, especially for the Christmas tree one with the Kisses? I think I can figure out the other two! Thanks for sharing.

Desire Fourie said...

Awesome Christmas creations and gift ideas. Love the tea bag folding for the Christmas tree.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Brenda said...

love your little ornaments and who could resist hersey kisses LOL.

Donna Ellis said...

Merry Christmas, Barbara! Three unique Christmas decorations. A perfect way to start Stamp Away. Hope your classes are lots of fun - how can it not be with these adorable projects? hugs, de