All about Paula....

Today I wanted to share some more stuff from our December meeting/party.  Below are two beautiful cards Paula made using the Lattice Fold technique. I have done this before, but always with flowery images - never even though of using it like this  - I love them!

And below is the card Paula made for her gift exchange.

Next is a picture of Paula making the project she brought, with the group -

And here's the project - a cute little luminary - I took a picture with the tealight off, so you can really see the image.

And then again with is lit - isn't that a great idea.  I can see a whole line up of these on a mantel - all lit up at night.

So now you see why it's all about Paula today.  Thank you Paula for your shares and a great little project.  ~Maureen

More Exchange Gifts ...

Today I'm sharing Devin's gift for the exchange - she wrapped it in this adorable box made with SU's box punch board - I love the way she added the little triangles to the bottom on the box with a stamp - and the tag is so cute.

Paula was the lucky recipient of this gift - a Starbucks gift card and that beautiful blue scarf - looks great on you Paula!

Then on to another adorable box and gift tag - these were made by Lois!

And Sarah received this gift - inside the box a beautiful Christmas train music box with little figurines inside that move to the music and a bonus lovely hand stamped and painted wine glass.

See you soon ~Maureen

Gift exchange....

Today's sharing starts with Sarah's exchange gift - look at this lovely packaging - all done with Stampin' Up products - one of my favorite cardstock that we currently offer and look at that ribbon!

Lois was the lucky recipient of this beautiful glass plate filled with homemade fudge - look so yummy!!

And one  more - this was the package from Paula - card and bow made with SU paper and look at the adorable painted snowman ornament. 

I was the luck recipient - which was awesome because I fell in love with the ornament.  Then when I opened the box - look at this amazing wreath that was inside!!   I hit the jackpot!

And here it is - proudly displayed in my home - I love it Paula!

There are a few more gifts to share with you  - so stop back soon.  ~Maureen

My exchange gift...

Today I wanted to share another one of our exchange gifts.  Diane ended up with my gift after the exchange game - and here is the Rose Tree I made. 

It's a cardboard cone covered with lots (and I mean lots) of beautiful paper roses. I was really surprised at how many it took - but it was a fun project to make.  I used some discontinued black polka dot DSP along with our current newsprint.

Here's a close up of the roses - you can see they are really packed in there.  The Stampin' Up! die really made making them a breeze though.  Everything was attached with a glue gun - so went together very quickly.

Hope you liked it.  I hope to make a few more and will share if I do.  See you soon ~ Maureen

Devin's Gift from Heidi

So at our downline party we did a gift exchange -  each person was asked to bring a gift and be sure something (even if it was just the card or wrap) was stamped.  Over the next few days I'll be sharing those pictures.  Here is the gift that Heidi gave - with her beautiful stamped package.

Devin ended up with the gift after our game of switching around and she seems happy with it - a beautiful handmade card and package of gift tags and some all natural body products that Heidi made.

It was also a potluck and there was some yummy food.  I forgot to take a picture at the beginning - so here is the food after we started digging in :)

See you all tomorrow!  ~Maureen

Downline Holiday Party Project - Part III

Here they are - the last four months of our calendar (check my last two posts to see the rest) -

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

Cute - huh?!? and practical - mine will be sitting on my stamping desk this year and remind me of a great time with my downline every time I look at it.  Hope you liked - let me know what you think!  ~Maureen

Downline Holiday Party Project - Part II

So here we go with the next four months from the calendar -

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

Cute huh - stop back tomorrow because we have four months to go :)  ~Maureen

Downline Holiday Party Project

Last weekend was my Annual Holiday Luncheon for my downline.  Each year I try and come up with a special project for the attendees to make.  This year I settled on this desk calendar.  I purchased the little stand up frames at a local craft store.  Printed the calendar from a free calendar site.   Then got to creating - here are the first four months we made -

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

We punched holes and added the two book rings to allow the monthly calendars to hang and flip to the back when the month ends.  Stop back over the next couple days to see the rest of the months.  This was a really fun project to create and share with the group.  ~Maureen