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Christmas Countdown | 12 days till Christmas

On December 13, 2011 By

A quick post today after a super big day, including a visit to ‘South Bank Christmas Craft Studio’ which I will blog about in more detail tomorrow.

Isn’t this the most elegant ‘treat pouch’ ever! Created to package 2 delicious cookies, I received this from Pauline & Cheryl. I love how [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 13 days till Christmas

On December 12, 2011 By

I have been receiving some lovely cards in the mail, so I thought I would share one that I received from Debbie. How super clever is this punch art, where Debbie has used the stocking punch upside down to create a ‘Rudolph Head’. Rudolph looks so cheeky – I [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 14 days till Christmas

On December 11, 2011 By

Yesterday our local scout group held their Christmas Concert at a local Retirement Village, which whilst catering for the needs of migrants born in The Netherlands, also welcomes people other than those of Dutch origin. This was the first year the concert had been held anywhere other than the [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 15 days till Christmas

On December 10, 2011 By

Thank you Mary, who made this beautiful Christmas Basket containing shortbread. Mary made up her own pattern for the box using A4 cardstock. For those of you that have been around Stampin’ Up! a while, you might recognise a retired colour, ‘Brocade Blue’, which if you are trying to [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 16 days till Christmas

On December 9, 2011 By

My friend and long standing hostess Jenny made this gorgeous hanging medallion banner for me, which she shared at our morning tea yesterday.  Scoring the DSP every centimeter, Jenny was able to create concertina strips, which she then fanned out to create medallions which she then secured with cardstock [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 17 days till Christmas

On December 8, 2011 By

 

I had a lovely morning this morning, meeting with some friends and exchanging small hand made gifts. I gave a silicone spatula with the recipe for ‘Peppermint Bark’ wrapped around the handle, bundled together in an extended ‘pillow box’. I used Stampin’ Up!s regular pillow box die, however, [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 18 days till Christmas

On December 7, 2011 By

Inspired by a demonstrator swap I received from Robyn Williams at the recent Brisbane Stampin’ Up! Regional Training, I have created literally dozens of these ‘candy canes’ with tag and stocking topper. These were created with the matching ‘Simply Stockings’ Stamp Set and Hand Held Punch, along with the [...]

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Christmas Countdown | 34 days till Christmas

On November 21, 2011 By

 

Would it scare you to know that at the time of posting this article, there are only 34 days till Christmas. If you would like to check how many days are left at the time you are reading this post, please click HERE.

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