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Snowflakes Everywhere!

Aloha, all!

Well, not much here in Hawai’i!  But there are snowflakes all over Robin’s Craft Room today!  Here’s just a small sample.

And guess what?!  They don’t melt!

The Green and Red snowflakes were made with the die-cut chipboard and Designer Series Paper featured in the Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit, currently on sale through Stampin’ Up!  (Item #114447 if you’re ordering online). 

I made the white snowflakes using Sizzix Dies, the large one with the Snowflake #2 die (113460) and the four smaller ones with the Sizzlits Snowflakes Set #2 (113449).  Yes, you get FOUR snowflakes in that set!

Last week I featured a video on how to put together the Holiday Collection Stampin Kit snowflakes.  I’ve been asked why I use the Everywhere Glue Stick rather than Tombow Adhesive.  I find that, with all the little pieces sticking out all over the place, adhesive is definitely going to end up on my hands.  (You, of course, may be a lot neater than the inhabitant of Robin’s Craft Room; but she tends to be a bit on the childish side when she’s working with paper and glue!)

In any case, I find it much easier to wipe the glue from the glue stick off my hands right then and there.  When I manage to get Tombow adhesive on my fingers, I have to go find a sink and soap and water.  I’d rather spend time in the Craft Room!

Later on this week, I’m going to demonstrate some more of the snowflakes that I’ve made with the Sizzix, and show how I’ve used them in projects for my upcoming Stamp Club meeting!

‘Til then–Stay Warm!!!

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Country Living Holidays Issue

Aloha, all!

I finally have my hands on my new issue of Country Living Magazine!  Finally I get to see all the wonderful projects that Stampin’ Up! is showing off in this super issue!

The first thing that I noticed was that I couldn’t FIND the Stampin’ Up! article!  In a "duh!" moment, I read the note that I should turn the magazine over and upside down and look at the BACK COVER for the Special Holidays section.

The Stampin’ Up! Holiday Collection is featured from Pages 7A through 15A.  You, too, can make all the wonderful projects shown by ordering the Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit, right now–whenever you’re reading this!–by going to my Stampin’ Up! website and ordering product #114447. 

Ordering this kit by November 30th qualifies you for my November Special–a mini-folded album and a set of instructions for making the album – a $15 value gift for FREE!  This is a great Holiday gift for family and friends, especially if you include photos of the gift recipient! 

Besides the great Country Living promotion kit, Stampin’ Up! also has other ornament kits for sale this holiday season, and I’ve been enjoying making them.  Check in tomorrow for news about a class special that I’m featuring in December!

‘Til then–be sure to call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me if you have any questions or would like me to order something for you!

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How to Make That Ornament!

Aloha, all!

The past two days I’ve shared with you one of the ornaments that I made using some of the elements in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit (114447).  This kit includes the ornaments and other decorations in this month’s issue of Country Living Magazine.  The kit is a GREAT bargain, and includes just about everything that you’ll need to make DOZENS of ornaments, gifts, and holiday decorations.  Plus, you’ll have a stamp set that you will be able to use for years to come in you holiday decorating and card and gift making!

Today I’m sharing with you a video showing how I put the ornament together.  I hope you enjoy it.  Let me know if you’d like to order the Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit–or order it yourself any time, 24/7, on my website!

I’m especially excited that I have this 2008 ornament done as, next week, my grandson will be in town, and we’ll be decorating our Christmas trees (note the plural!).  I can hardly wait to share our unique Hawaii Christmas trees–and, of course, more Stampin’ Up! ornaments!

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A Trip to the Other Side (of the Snowflake!)

Aloha, from Robin’s Craft Room, where it’s just a gorgeous day in Hawai’i!  No snowflakes here! 

Well, that’s actually not true.  There’s a snowflake right here in this blog post as there was in yesterday’s post.  Today I’m showing off the other side of the snowflake ornament on which I started working yesterday.

And, yes, there are Little Felt Flurries (113697) on this side, too!  The green print is on the other side of the blue Designer Series Paper that I showed yesterday. 

I hope that you’ve noticed with all my postings about the Little Felt Flurries snowflakes, that there are tons of different designs!  There are 23, in fact, with a great mix of 3 sizes and 3 colors in the package of 69 pieces.  It’s almost as if there are no two alike, just like in real snowflake land! 

To finish off the accents on this side, I added a Rhinestone Brad, but this time from the Circle Fire Collection (109110).  I’ll bet by the time I’m finished with this year’s Christmas ornaments, I’ll have run out of the Rhinestone Brads!  I’m not so sure about the felt snowflakes, though.  The pile doesn’t seem to be diminishing at all!

My next project with felt won’t be with the Little Felt Flurries, though.  Today I brought home a nice pile of felt from our local craft store, and I’m going to try out my Sizzix Snowflake die to make REALLY BIG felt flurries of my own! 

Stay Tuned!!

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Time for Christmas Ornaments!

Aloha, all!  The computer in Robin’s Craft Room is back up and running!  Hooray!!  But having no access to a computer for a few days gave me more time to play with all my fun Stampin’ Up! Christmas "stuff."  I’m still playing with the materials from the Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit (114447 if you’d like to order it online).  And my favorites continue to be the ornaments.  Would you also be surprised that I added some Little Felt Flurries (113697) to my ornaments?  Not if you’ve been reading my blog the last week or so!

I started with one of the chipboard snowflakes from the Country Living collection.  Each of the chipboard pieces is die cut and comes with two pieces of die cut Designer Series Paper to match.  The DSP pieces are double sided, so you can choose which color you’d like to use.  With my ornament, I chose to use one color on one side of the snowflake and the second color on the other side.

In a few days, I hope to have a video showing how I attached the DSP to the chipboard.  Meanwhile, let me just say that I really like using the Anywhere Glue Stick (104045), especially with detailed chipboard elements such as the snowflakes, because I can slide the DSP around a bit until I get it just where I want it. 

To embellish this side of the ornament, I added a circle chipboard element (also from the Country Living set) and covered it with a contrasting piece of DSP.  On top of that I layered two Little Felt Flurries, and added a Rhinestone Brad from the Circle Ice set (109111).  Finally, I used the Crop-a-dile (108632) to punch a hole in the finished chipboard snowflake and attached some Silver Elastic Cord (109866) for hanging.

Tomorrow I’ll show off the other side (different colors, and I’ll leave you guessing as to whether I added some of the Little Felt Flurries!).  Meanwhile, as always, you can shop Stampin’ Up! 24/7–or call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me if you have any questions or if you’d like me to place an order for you!  It’s getting late in the season–got to get those ornaments started now!!

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Country Living and Stampin’ Up!

Country Living is one of my favorite magazines, and I’m thrilled that they will be featuring Stampin’ Up! products once again in their 2008 Holiday Issue!  As part of this Holiday 2008 partnership with Country Living, Stampin’ Up! is featuring a "Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit" with everything you’ll need to recreate the decorations featured in the magazine. The item number, should you wish to order online, is 114447.

One part of the kit is a set of die-cut chipboard ornaments, with die-cut Designer Series Papers to match.  I am already having fun putting some of the ornaments together, featuring the two cutest granddaughters in the entire world (I’m not biased or anything).  For a little bling, I added Little Felt Flurries from the Holiday Mini-Catalog (113697) and the centers from two Rhinestone Brads (109110 for "Fire" and 109111 for "Ice").

Think these will be my favorite ornaments this year???   Well, maybe there will be FOUR ornaments that will be my favorites because Grandma loves her grandsons, too!! 

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It’s November!! Holiday Crafting is Upon Us!!!

I love October and fall themes for crafting.  But when I turn the calendar to November, I really start to get excited about my Holiday crafting!  Stampin’ Up! is making this so much easier this year with its wonderful Holiday Mini-Catalog.  My absolute favorite is the collection of great holiday papers.  Not only that, this year Stampin’ Up! has included some papers with pieces for making simple ornaments already die cut!!  The two ornaments at the top of this picture I made using the Star Bright Kit (113681).  The kit comes with the papers (die cut–just punch them out!), some Styled Silver Brads, and the silver elastic cord for hanging.  I added a Designer Brad from the Filigree Assortment (112577) to the top of the Paper Strip Globes for just a little bit of extra bling.  Then I started getting into making more with my other papers– I used papers from the Holiday Treasures set (112469) to make the bottom ornament.  I even used used some of my Sizzix Big Shot dies to make more of the paper circle globes using other Stampin’ Up! holiday papers.  I now have a whole display "tree" full of Stampin’ Up! ornaments!  I’ll be posting more later in the season.

There are even more ornaments using these same delicious holiday papers in the special "Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit" (114447) that is being offered beginning today in conjunction with the Stampin’ Up! feature in this year’s holiday issue of Country Living Magazine.  I’ll be making up some of those ornaments early in the week and will post pix of those then!  Meanwhile, if you’d like some more information about this beautiful kit, click on the "Stampin’ Up in Country Living!" link to the right.  Or e-mail or call me (808.854.6145), and I’ll be happy to send you a sample ornament from the kit!

Happy Holiday Crafting!!!

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