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The Holiday Home Show was a big hit!

Here are all the artists who hand crafted so many beautiful items that were snapped up by the guests at the Holiday Home Show last Sunday.

We had wonderful quilts of all sizes and types, knits, woven scarfs, pottery, wood boxes, jewelry, decorated gourds, beaded bookmarks and paper crafts.  All my glitter ball ornaments were purchased.  I managed to get a picture of this one before it was sold.

I'll definitely be making more!  Everyone had a great time.  Here are a few more pictures, you can click on them to see the full size image.

 
If you missed this year, you will certainly want to come next year!

Enjoy,

Lisa

Get your gifts at the 6th Annual Holiday Home Show this Sunday

Just look at all these gorgeous gifts!  We have a great group of crafters offering a wonderful selection of homemade gifts.  Better than anything you can get at the mall!  Please join us for a much more civilized way to shop!

6^th Annual Holiday Home Show

Sunday, December 5^th, 2010

11 am – 4 pm

14836 Fireside Drive

Silver Spring, MD 20905

Questions? 301-989-0217

Handcrafted gifts from:
Marina Baudoin – quilts
Lisa Chatterjee – paper items
Cindy Garvin – jewelry
Ed Gerard – wood boxes
Randi Green – paper and beadwork
Nicki Jacobs – pottery
Carolyn Maddox – gourds
Katie Waterworth – weaving
Nancy Westin-Colton – jewelry

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Post 5

I hope you love little gift boxes as much as I do.  Today I have one made with our Top Note die and the new Deck the Halls designer paper and fabric.  Having matching designer paper and fabric opens up so many crafting possibilities!  This little basket opens to hold your present or a love note or whatever!

 

The rose is made from the Deck The Halls fabric and the rose & leaves parts of the Table Setting Stampin' Up! Bigz Xl Die.  Around the outside of the box is the new Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and Silver Tinsel trim.  I finished it off with a tag from the Tags Til Christmas stamped set punched out using the new Decorative Label Punch.  I love how our stamps and punches work together!

 

I hope you are enjoying the tour as much as I am!  So many new ideas for holiday gifts and decorations.  Don't forget to click on the blog tour stamp to continue to the next stop.

Enjoy,

Lisa

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Post 4

Who doesn't like chocolate?  Today I have a quick way to wrap up a bar chocolate into a nice gift.

 

This takes just a 1/2 sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock wheeled in Craft Whisper White ink with the Sassy Sparkles jumbo wheel.  Then I scored the card stock at 4 1/2" and 5", added a few brads and a piece of ribbon to turn a bar of chocolate into a wonderful gift.  Of course, I had to bling it up a little!  I used the new Glitter Brads and I added a ruffle made from the Metallic Gold Waffle Paper both from the Holiday Mini.  The Pear Pizazz card stock and ribbon coordinate beautifully with the gold waffle paper! To give it some dimension I also used the Snowflake Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die again.  This die is turning out to be very useful!  It's hard to see from the picture but I also gave everything a sponging with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.  The tag is from the Tags Til Christmas set in the Holiday Mini.

If you don't like chocolate this could easily be used for licorice sticks, candy canes, honey sticks, even pens or pencils.  The possibilities are endless!

Tomorrow I'll have a another gift wrapping idea, so make sure and return for the rest of the tour.  Don't forget to click on the blog tour stamp below to continue to the next stop.

Enjoy,

Lisa

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Post 3

Today I have a fun project that kids would enjoy making.  This fun BOO! Ghostie is made of sparkly felt and ribbon.  Everyone knows all ghosts must sparkle!

Ghostie is a Big Shot creation.  I hand cut his body and the rest is all Big Shot dies.  His streamers were cut from sparkly felt using the new Tasteful Trim Bigz Die. It cuts through felt like butta!  His BOO! is from the Serif Essentials Bigz Alphabet Die Set and his eyes were cut with the Circles #2 Originals Die.  I finished his eyes with white buttons from the Designer Buttons - Neutrals Collection and a little Crystal Effects to glue them. 

Kids could easily assemble these because it's all just glued together!  And I'm sure they would have fun arranging his streamers!

To go along with Ghostie I have a card from my good friend Maria Pane.  She loves Halloween and the Baltimore Ravens.  This is another great card for kids to make using the Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die and the Midnight Raven single stamp.

Beyond Halloween, the raven stamp is a natural for Baltimore Ravens fans!

Make sure to click on the blog tour stamp below to continue on the tour.  We are touring all week, so check back again tomorrow!

Enjoy,

Lisa

RemARKable Going Green Blog Tour - Post 2 - Use the positive & the negative

Here is the cover of a cute scrapbook I made using the new On Board Heart Book in the Occasions mini with the Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin' kit.  I thought it would be fun to record my favorite things right now and then be able to look back at it years from now. 

I'll share some of the inside pages once the blog tour is over, so check back for them.  When I was finished I had several square chipboard pieces with a big open heart shape in the middle.  Well, I thought these would be a great project for this Going Green blog tour.  What's more eco-conscious than using both the negative & positive parts of the chipboard?  So I created this sun catcher.

As you can see, we were still under siege from the snow when I hung it up!  This was so simple & so fun, it would be a good project for young crafters.  I painted the chipboard with the Frost White Shimmer Paint which made the chipboard look like silver!  Another nice surprise!  Then I mixed the same shimmer paint with a few drops of Classic Ink refill, which I swished on a piece of acetate.  Then I coated the wet paint with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I repeated the process with another color of ink and a second piece of acetate.  Once they dried a little, I put them together to sandwich the glitter inside the acetate.  Then I used Sticky Strip to attach the acetate sandwich inside the painted chipboard sandwich.  Added a piece of Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon to hang it and silver brads on the corners to make sure it stays together.  Here is a closer view.

Pretty cool for stuff that would normally be thrown out!

I hope you are enjoying the tour, I know I am.  Don't forget to check back tomorrow!  Click on the blog tour image below to go to the next stop.

Enjoy,

Lisa

Another craft show item from Randi Green

Randi got the idea for this cute gift card holder from Better Homes & Garden website here: Crisscross Gift Card Holder.  She used the Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP, Slit Punch and Round Tab Punch.  The Real Red insert is punched with the Slit Punch to hold the gift card.  Simple, elegant and suitable for feminine or masculine recipients!

Don't forget, the Holiday Mini catalog and the luscious Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP retire forever on January 4, 2010.  It will be here before you know it!

Enjoy,

Guest Designer - Randi Green

Randi made such cute tags with the Stampin’ Up! Merry & Merry Details Embosslits™ and Stampin’ Up! Two Tags bigz die that I had to share them with you!  Are these not the cutest things you have ever seen???  Look at the polka dots on the trees! So Cute!  Who wouldn't want a gift with one of these tags on it?

  

I'll have another great design from Randi tomorrow.

Enjoy,

Two-Faced!

I created a bunch of these magnetic bookmarks to sell at a craft show today.  Each bookmark is two-faced: one side is Team Edward and the other is Team Jacob.  I thought they might be good stocking stuffers for Twilight fans.

 

I used our Autumn Traditions DSP and heat embossed the team coins and Twilight.  Team Edward is gold, Team Jacob is silver and Twilight is black.  The Stampin' Up! embossing powder is very fine and and works perfectly for both detailed and solid images! 

Enjoy,