• to all the Stampin’ Up! Demos in my upline’s circle….
  • to all the Stampin’ Up! Demos in my circle….
  • to all my Stampin’ friends/customers in my Hostess Club and classes….
  • to all my scrappin’ – digi and traditional – buds (only 2 more months til our next getaway!)….
  • to all my PSF in SU land, Splitcoast Land and Blog-land (su or otherwise)….
  • i make it sound like there are hundreds…. well… i guess there are since i opened it up to virtual reality….

Seriously… I cannot believe how awesome  EVERY ONE OF YOU LADIES are!! Brains, Beauty and Talent- you gots it!   Stampin’ ladies are true gems.   Last night was my up-upline’s Holiday party – potluck and “packaging swap”.  There were 15 of us and it was such a fun night.  I’m SO tired because this last weekend I spent so much time baking for my swap (chocolate hazelnut biscotti & hazelnut amaretti cookies), preparing the actual packaging and then of course staying up too late on a work night (hey- i had to catch up on the Amazing Race!). 

I can’t believe those Frat Boys made it another round…. wasn’t Dan hilarious trying to march? OMG!

Now that you all are feeling the love, I’ll share my swap.  I wish I could show you the loot I got in return- OMG!  I think my Upline will be posting them on her blog, so when that gets done, I’ll link it so you can see.  I do know one thing… that Lyn Shepard made the cutest Reindeer basket that broke my resolve to resist the SU Bigshot.  It seems that I MUST HAVE IT AT ALL COSTS.  Her reindeer and all those billion Top Note cards/projects going around… grr.

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I ordered the tea tins from Papertrey Ink - i love these tins.  I think they’re perfect for Christmas gifts- whether you put baked goods in them, coffee packets, tea packets, stampin’ supplies, jewelry… it doesn’t matter.  I made 14 of these… and ooops… the one on the right is having a label malfunction, but they are each different.  If you haven’t ordered the Alpine Ribbon Originals from the Holiday Mini yet, YOU ARE MISSING OUT!  The stitched felt ties so nicely… it’s not bulky like you might think.  Also, I’d like to thank another demo for helping me solve the ribbon across the top dilemma- Joanne Pullen, and her awesome blog here:

Here are some close ups - forgive the blurry one!

All Supplies Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise indicated:  Papertrey Ink tea tins (linked above), Stampin’ UP! DSPs Ski Slope, Holiday Treasures and Frosty Day, matching SU cardstocks – textured and plain, Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Alpine Originals Ribbons, Brown wide grosgrain, Baja Blue striped grosgrain,  oval punch, 5 point flower punch, scallop punch, designer label punch, CropaDile for punching holes in the tin to run the ribbon through, Creative Memories circle cutters. 
Stamp set used:  To you & yours-  stamped in Cocoa on Very Vanilla textured cardstock, punched with the Designer Label punch.   “From our house to yours” stamped on vellum cardstock, in Riding Hood Red, and then also punched out with the Designer Label punch, then layered over the house image.  The HPH was bent into a curve to fit on the tin better.