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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 6

Tonight I have more little boxes, this time with a Halloween theme.

 

All are made from the new Candy Wrapper Bigz Die in the Holiday Mini.  I selected 3 designs from the Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series Paper, the polka dotted one is flocked!  I dressed them up with Bitty Bat Punches glammed up with Log Cabin Smooch Spritz and various ribbons and trims.  Easy peasy!

Don't forget to click on the blog tour stamp below to continue on to the next stop.  And remember to stop by again tomorrow for the last day of the tour!

Enjoy,

Lisa

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 - Day 1

Today I have a blinged out Holiday card for you.  I love paisleys, so I just had to have the new Paisley Prints set.  It is so cool! 

I used a whole bunch of goodies (complete details below) from our new Holiday mini catalog.  Did you get yours yet?  If not, send me an email with your address and I'll be happy to send you one.

This is a fancy fold zig-zag card, so it stands on it's own:

 

Here is a close up of some of bling:

 

And here is a close up of the embossed snowflakes from the new Northern Flurry embossing folder:

 

I added a little more bling with a light sponging of Frost White Shimmer Paint and our new self-adhesive Pearls.

Paisley Prints, Sincere Salutations Stamp Sets; Marina Mist, Shimmery White, Old Olive, Whisper White card stock; Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pads; Northern Flurry embossing folder; Frost White Shimmer Paint; Basic Pearls; Silver Tinsel trim; Basic Black Embossing Powder.

Check back tomorrow for more cool ideas.  Click on the blog tour stamp below to go to the next stop on the blog tour.

Lisa