Some more of that gorgeous fabric!

Aloha, all!

     I'm not sure where last week went!  For sure, most of what I've been doing the past four days or so has had little to do with my Stampin' Up! activities.  Even today, on Sunday, we had more events planned that we have planned in most weeks!  But now, as Monday approaches, I think it's going to be more of a Stampin' Up! week than this past one.

     One Stampin' Up! product with which I had particular fun this past week was their brand new fabrics, featured in the 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog.  Early in the week I shared a folded star ornament ball that I made with the Candy Cane Christmas Fabric.  Today I'd like to share what I did with the Deck the Halls Fabric.

     This is definitely a bit more elaborate than my first ornament.  I remembered to keep the central layer small to give me more room to play with an accent row of solid color.  I also used three different Stampin' Up! fabrics for this ball, and I used some Victoria Lace to accent the fabric which is more vintage in style than Candy Can Christmas.  Another product from the Holiday Mini Catalog that I included in this project is the Seam Binding, in both the Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke colors, to make the pouf of a bow at the top. 

     It certainly will be nice to have these new ornaments on my Christmas Trees this year!  We usually have two trees (or two groups of trees – more about that as Christmas gets closer), and there will be one new ornament per tree(s)!

     I'm hoping to have some time to actually do some sewing with these fabulous fabrics this week.  But first I'm going to get into some other products from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  This evening when I finally got home from all our activities of the day I started playing with some new "stuff" that came on a FedEx truck on Friday.  Can hardly wait to show it off!

     Meanwhile, if you don't yet have your copy of the Stampin' Up! 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog, just call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me, and I'll get a copy right out to you!