crafting Christmas spirit

This year I have such a head start on gift shopping there is time for extra crafting.  These are my favorite thing from the Stampin'UP! Holiday catalog.  The curvey keepsake framelet die.
You can fit three bite size chocolates in each.
I've been handing them out to helpful retail workers this weekend to hopefully make their black Friday a bit less miserable.

Hand Made Notebooks

I'm really proud of how well these little notebooks turned out. Can you tell by how large I made the pictures? If you have a sewing machine and can sew a straight line you can make these. I will definitely be holding a workshop to let people give it a try. If you are in Knoxville and want to attend shoot me a comment or email. the workshop will be in September. Plenty of time to make a bunch for stocking stuffers or as Christmas gifts for teachers.  Stamp sets accessories are listed below

Stamps:
Flower Shop
Best of Butterflies

Accessories
Pansy Punch
Chevron embossing folder
Fancy Fan embossing folder

creative wrapping

Paper craft tools are just perfect for creative present wrapping. I used to spend a lot on gift bags and wrapping paper but now I just pull out my stamps, grab some tissue paper and get creative. This is a gift for a co-worker of my husband. She is having a baby. I didn't know the gender so yellow will do just fine. The stamp set and punch I used are available individually  or get them as a set at 15% discount.

Stamp set: Flower Shop

Punch: Pansy Punch

Stamp/Punch bundle

Gingham Garden Washi tape