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Weekly Deals and Reminders!
Oh my goodness, did you realize we have just over a week until Christmas!? I keep forgetting as I try to get my Christmas cards finished and in the mail (thank goodness for last month’s Paper Pumpkin kit to give me a few extra Christmas cards quick!)
It also means we are at the end of our guaranteed delivery by Christmas window! TODAY is the last day to place an order and be sure to receive it before Christmas! So if you were planning on getting any more gifts that require shipping, make sure you get shopping today! There are lots of great deals and here are a few ways you can get great gifts and save big at the same time!
This sale is going on now and items are while supplies last – and we are seeing a lot of things selling out. So check it out and maybe check a few more things off your shopping list! Here are a few ideas for you:
For the scrapbooker or someone who just wants to get their holiday photos in an album before NEXT holiday season! This is what I used for my December album last year, only I didn’t get the crazy deal you can get this year
See these in the Year End Closeouts
Or if you just want some stocking stuffers or fun gifts for people who want to be crafty but don’t have a ton of supplies — or, gift idea— get these card kits, and stamp them up yourself and then give them away as a pre-made card set! Perfect for relatives who love sending handmade cards but aren’t as inclined to make them themselves.
See these in the Year End Closeouts
And then on top of that, they’ve come out with new weekly deals this week.
All of these are 25% off and there is some fun stuff… for example, check out these projects by Patty Bennett which made me love the Ticket Duo Builder Punch just a little bit more!
Or the fact that the Vintage Faceted Buttons are so CUTE as the centers of flowers!
Shop the Weekly Deals Here

Don’t Forget! Gift with Purchase right now!
Shop online and use the hostess code XMUM7PJZ and I’ll get them in the mail to you ASAP or you can purchase a set or just the instructions. Check out this post for more details.
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December 16, 2014
Another Great Idea for Gifts with Clearmount Stamp Cases
In my last post, I shared an idea for using the half-height woodmount stamp cases to make Embellished Gift Sets. So, I thought I would share another idea for you using stamp cases (I swear, I’ve been having too much fun with empty stamp cases lately!).
Gift Idea #3 – Coordinated Journaling Sets
This is a really fun way to create a pen and notebook set that you can take anywhere and toss in a purse or bag and not have to worry about crumbs in the pages or crinkled & torn pages.
To get started, you want to grab:
- Clearmount stamp cases
- a mini composition notebook
- a pen with a clear round barrel
- a 12×12 piece of designer paper
- Sticky strip
- extra cardstock, stamps, ink, and embellishments as desired
The outside is simply cutting a piece of designer paper to fit inside the plastic cover (like the movie cover on a DVD) and then embellishing it to fit your style and mood.
Then on the inside, take a mini-composition notebook and using the extra scrap from the patterned paper from you cover, cut a piece that will fit over the front cover of the little notebook. Decorate the notebook cover to coordinate with your box.
We also found pens that we could unscrew the tip and fit a rolled up piece of the same designer paper around the ink barrel to make a coordinating set (we found ours in the dollar spot at Target with 2 pens for $1). Fold your last bit of scrap into a hollow square to create a tube to hold your pen.
Then adhere your notebook and the pen tube to the inside of the stamp case with Sticky Strip to ensure nothing will move – ever – and you have a great little notebook. You even have room for a chapstick tube or a pack of gum if you need an emergency stash!
We created a TON of these cases because they were so much fun to make and I have to say, I think this was my favorite:
If you want to see more ideas and/or would like to buy one or more for gifts, I have all of extra inventory up on the blog so you can see the different ideas and purchase your favorites (or share with your family and friends and let them purchase your favorite for you )
See all the Journaling Kit designs & more Gift Boxes for sale here
Between these blog posts and my 12 weeks of Christmas newsletter (you are on my mailing list and getting the email, right? If not, you can fix that right now and get lots of great free project tutorials by signing up here!) its been holiday gift central! But at least if you try to buy or make one of these now, you’ll be so ahead of the game!
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November 8, 2013
Creative Gift idea from Stampin’ Up Wood Mount Boxes
Today I had the privilege of serving as guest blogger over on the Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration blog. As I tried to figure out what to share, I realized that I had been planning on sharing some of the projects mom and I made for our recent craft fair and that would be a perfect thing to share over on SSI as well! (Which, btw, if you haven’t checked out in a while, you should go see some of the fab samples that have been shared recently!)
Ok, so on to the projects! I will start by saying, we have a bunch of these left because weather kept a lot of people away from our fair, so I’ll be selling them online here on the blog by tomorrow (UPDATE– I got all the different cases posted and available for purchase here). So if you like this idea and want a sample or three at your house, let me know and you can reserve your favorites!
Alright, so you probably have seen the half-size clear mount cases for the smaller stamp sets and single stamps. They look like this:
And it is easy to think of them as what you store your stamps in…. but did you know you can get spare cases in sets of 4? Sure, it is great for a backup when your toddler steps uses your cases as steps (or is that just me?) but they are also fabulous for other uses!
For example, did you know they hold 5 ink refills perfectly?
Neat, right? But that isn’t what I’m really here to show you. I wanted to show you some super cute gifts you can make with them! Check out what my mom and I made for a craft fair last week:
We started by taking the empty box and cutting a piece of designer paper to slide in for the cover (so it is under the plastic sheet that goes around the outside of the box). Then we created coordinating embellishments that we glued on top of the case front to allow for extra dimension and pop.
(and YES! that cupcake is the same cupcake punch that is on the weekly deals this week )
Then on the inside, we created dividers by taking a piece of matching cardstock and scoring at the right widths to create holes for the goodies we wanted to include in the gift.
In some boxes we had 3 Hershey’s nuggets and a set of 3×3 cards and envelopes. In others (like the one above) we had a decorated mini-post it note stack, 2 Hershey’s nuggets, a mini-hand sanitizer, and a chapstick!
Here are the outsides of a few more of our cases:
And here is an example of one of the boxes with cards inside (well, you can see the outside and the card)
So I hope this gave you some ideas and inspiration for the holiday season! Check them out and start decorating!
And if you’d like to purchase one of my pre-made sets, check them all out here!
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November 6, 2013