Tic Tac Toe

I have seen these cute little tic tac toe sets going around the internet and because I knew we'd be at the play early last night I decided to whip one up for Kyler and I to play.

I just used a 4x4 coaster that I have here at home. Covered it with some Dashing Designer Paper and used thin strips of Old Olive card stock for the grid. For the playing pieces I used images from the soon to be retired set Hung Up on the Holidays punched them out and added them to coordinating colors of plain card stock...again in Old Olive and Real Red. The title was printed off my computer, I added a couple of more images and put it on the coaster. I didn't want to dress it up too much as I knew we'd actually be using it. And...we did! It was fun to have something portable and easy to play with while we were waiting.

Oops! Jon just called for me to pick him up so I'm out the door! Have a great Saturday!

Ch ch cha changes...

Wow, everyone! Go look at the front page of the Stampin' Up! website. It looks fantastic! It makes it so much easier to find what you are looking for and to see the great artwork featured!

It is December 1st and what does that mean? The stamp set retirement list has been posted! This is always exciting!

Here are the lists...

Alphabetical Retired List

Page Number Retired List

And also here is the list of dormant stamp sets. These will still be available while not shown in the new Spring/Summer Catalog.

Remember, if you want to order any of these stamps you must do it before the end of December and if you want them for Christmas you would need to order them by December 15th to ensure Christmas delivery. Please let me know if you have any questions!

What Have I Been Doing?

Over the last couple of days I've been making Christmas cards for Todd's grandma. When you hear people talk about being on a limited income...well, she really and truly is on a limited income so I thought I'd make her cards this year. I decided on this because while it is cute it is also fairly easy to stamp and put together. Once Todd picks out the sentiment he'd like on the inside they will be all set to go to her. I'm really hoping she'll like my selection!

The drummer boy and the sentiment are from Stampendous! The rest of the card is Stampin' Up!

What have you guys been making recently? I'd love to see! Just link it to the comments section.

Have a fabulous Friday everyone!

Just A Reminder

Hi All! I just want to remind you that the Holiday Mini will be going away forever as of November 30th. Is there something you've been thinking about getting but were on the edge? Well, go on over the edge, girlfriend and order it! Oh, and while you are at it maybe you should order some designer paper. Stampin' Up!'s Pretty Papers Promotion will be closing on November 30th as well. It is a fabulous buy 3 get 1 free offer and the best part? You choose which one you'd like for free! Oh, and do you need some of that fabulous Satin Ribbon to finish off that holiday card? Remember it is buy one get one free in the Wrapping Up the Holiday's promotion. The Wrapping Up the Holiday's promotion started November 23rd and will wrap up December 15th.

Lastly...did you know there are only 33 days until the new Spring/Summer Catalog comes out? EXCITING! And...only 3 more days until the Fall/Winter retirement list comes out! What do you think will be on it? Go ahead...post a couple of guesses! I'd love to see what you think!

I Got My Secret Angel Box!

After getting off the phone with Heidi (who got her box today, too!) my mailman came to the door with my Angel Box! I have been spoiled by Shannon (tyrymom29)! She sent such a fun box of things for me! I received...okay I must make this in list form since there is so much!

1. Designer Papers from both SU! and other companies. One is all sparkly and another is embossed on!
2. Sparkly Chipboard Letters.
3. A 'Lorie's Christmas To Do List'. LOVE this!
4. The Snow wheel from Stampin' Up!
5. Ice and Burgundy Stickles.
6. Humungo paper clips.
7. Snowman eyelets.
8. Hazelnut Turtles (now how would she know that I LOVE hazelnut?)
9. A very neat homemade box with Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark in it.
10. Lindt 70% Cocoa bar...did I mention I like dark chocolate too?
11. And, of course the really neat round box that the little stuff came in!

I am just so stinkin' thrilled! Thank you so much Shannon!

Winter Bright Coaster Calendar

Not sure what to do with all those cool coasters you bought? Well, here is a super fun, easy, and usable project that you can make for friends, co-workers, or family members alike! And again, it takes no time at all to put this together. This literally only takes 4 pieces of card stock, a couple of lengths of ribbon, 3 stickers, and the calendar. I'm going to say my total cost would be somewhere around $1.00 to put this together. Todd had a great idea last night of making them for the ladies that will attend our Christmas get together on Sunday. I have a ton of coasters so I may try it with some of the Dashing designer paper.

I got the calendars from Stamp On This. I ordered them Friday last week and received them on Monday so super fast shipping and a great product!

Who will you make this calendar for?

Coming soon...a poll asking you which one of the Winter Bright projects you'd like me to do a tutorial on. I'll try and get that up later this afternoon!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Winter Bright Wishlist/Receipt Holder

Sorry for the late post everyone! As you know I didn't have a project ready ahead of time for today so I needed to make one. I'll have you know that this Wish List/Receipt Holder took me a sum total of about 15 minutes to make (if you take dinner out of the equation)! This is an absolutely fantastic gift for a friend this year! Give it to them now as a special thank you for their friendship over the last year...that way she can use it for this season's shopping! Inside there are 7 envelopes! Neato! Oh, one note...I had to use a sheet of plain Pretty in Pink Card Stock for this because I ran out of the textured as I started with these projects with a partially used SSK. Also, while I used a little magnetic closure you could certainly use something like Velcro as your closure.

Hope you like!

Winter Bright Photo Wallet

This is the last of the projects that I have all set to show you. I guess I'll need to make a couple of more, huh? Not a problem as I love doing them! This photo wallet came together in less than 15 minutes! As you can see this wallet uses a piece of the Bashful Blue Textured Card Stock, 3 of the Designer Papers, and some stickers and ribbon for accent. Easy schmesy and so impressive!

It would be so easy to just put 3 photos in this, send it to the grandparents, and see the instant smiles it will provide! Also, I think this would be a great stocking stuffer. I know you'll think I'm weird but if my husband actually had an office he worked in I'd put photos of the boys in there an he'd take it to work to show the kiddos off!

I hope you like today's installment of the Winter Bright projects! I'll be back tomorrow with another!

Back to your regular programming...

Now for another Winter Bright project. This is an origami box. It started out as two sheets of card stock. Wild Wasabi and the Snowflake Designer paper. With some folding and a few paper cuts this is what comes out of it! I was so thrilled when I did it and that it was so easy to do. I'll make more...I them! While I used my tutorial CD from Erika however there is a tutorial on SCS doing it the same way. You can go HERE for that information. You just add some ribbon and stickers and you are all set to put a small gift or candy inside. Also, this is not one of those tiny boxes. The finished size is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". A little set of 4x4 cards or 3x3 cards would be great in here too!

I totally wish I would have known how to do these before I sent out my Angel Package as it would have made such neat packaging! Okay, honestly, if I had known how easy it was to make all of this stuff I would have just bought a Winter Bright kit and made one of each project for my partner. Live and learn I guess.

I hope you all have a fantastic Sunday!