Bethinking

Christmas Projects

I was sure that I wrote a post about this a couple of days ago, but it seems to have disappeared into the ether... I'm sure it's out there on the Web somehow, but I don't know how to look for it!

On December 12th at 7:30pm I'm running a Christmas projects class. At the class we'll be making a mini pizza box and a Christmas Cracker, decorating a tin and stamping on a candle.

I have so many ideas for different Christmas projects at the moment. Card ideas, gift ideas and decorating ideas. I'll be sharing lots of them with you over the next few days, so be sure to check back!

Dashing hostess gifts!

I've had fun making some more double pocket bags, this time with the "Dashing" paper. This one was a gift for a friend who had a Christmas Card class at her house recently. I filled it with a selection of the Stampin' Up! pretties and some yummy choccies. These would be so easy to make as Christmas Gifts!

The tag is made using the Celebrate Everyday set from the Spring Mini catalogue. The really important thing about this set is that it's only available until the end of November, (that's just 10 more days!) because that's when the Spring Mini ends. So, please call or email me today if you'd like to order some of the Spring Mini products before they disappear!

Origami Box

I know I've posted about these Origami Boxes before, but I made another one yesterday and was reminded just how easy they are. I was also impressed by how good this looks made with the Holiday Thyme patterned paper. There's actually no stamping on the box, I just followed the instructions shown on Kristina Werner's blog here and it was so simple. The box is filled with some yummy White Chocolate and Macadamia fudge as a Christmas thank you to my daughter's music teacher.

We also made a Christmas card to fit inside the box, using Hung Up on the Holidays, Peaceful Wishes and Warm Words, in Real Red, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.  With added some glitter and ribbon, too! If you'd like to order some Holiday Thyme paper for yourself, you've only got until December 15th to do so, so please contact me on mail@elisabethstewart to place your order!

My First Post!

So I'm still not sure how the whole Blog thing works yet, but it seems like fun so I'm trying it! This Blog is mainly about Papercrafts, particularly Stampin' Up! as I'm a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. So, for my first post I thought I'd share the cards that we'll be making at my upcoming October Christmas card class. The first class uses the sets "Hung up on the Holidays" and "Peaceful Wishes", and the second uses a variety of different SU! sets, punched out with the 1 1/4" square punch to give a mosaic effect.

The class is on Friday, 19th October, 7:30pm at my place in Turramurra, Sydney. It costs $15 to make 10 cards, 5 of each. Please email me if you're interested in more information!