Stampin'Up! HOLIDAY STOCKING Bigz L Die

BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOURS FOR A HEALTHY & PROSPEROUS

I have one last Christmas idea to share with you today.....a money holder using the HOLIDAY STOCKING Bigz L Die featured in Stampin'Up!'s Holiday Mini Catalog. Our kids are at the age that we never know what to buy them so for the past few years we have given them money so they can purchase whatever they want. Below is the money holder I made for our son and SIL using Real Red card stock and Mocha Morning Specialty designer series paper.
Here's the one designed for our daughter using the Silver Glimmer Paper and Real Red card stock. (Note: the ribbon used for the bow is not Stampin'Up!)

In order for the "check" not to fall all the way into the foot of the stocking, I cut a piece of card stock and folded it in the middle (see below).

I folded the check and put it in the folded insert leaving about 1/4" of the insert showing at the top of the stocking so they could remove their money.

The HOLIDAY STOCKING die is on the "carryover list" which means you can still purchase it even though the Holiday Mini Catalog expires January 3rd. For more information, go to my SU website, shirleybmckay.stampinup.net or contact me by email, shirley.mckay@ymail.com.

We all make New Year Resolutions and here's one of mine for this year. In addition to sharing creative ideas with you, I plan to share some words of encouragement with each post I make. Thanks for joining me today and I hope to see you back again soon!

"And now let us welcome the New Year full of things that have never been." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"January, the month of new beginnings and cherished memories, beckons. Come, let winter weave her wondrous spell; cold, crisp, woolen-muffler days, long dark evenings of savory suppers, lively conversations, or solitary joys. Outside the temperature drops as the snow falls softly. All of nature is at peace. We should be, too. Draw hearthside. This is the month to dream, to look forward to the year ahead and the journey within." - Excerpt from SIMPLE ABUNDANCE by Sarah Ban Breathnach

Stampin'Up! MORNING CUP Stamp Set

Tuesdays' "Tea for Two".....

Today's share is another item I made for the Open House this past weekend in our neighborhood. It holds two tea bags! Wouldn't this, along with a pretty tea cup, be a great gift idea for those tea lovers in your life?

Tea bags slide nicely into the pockets on both sides. Once again, I used retired designer series paper.
Sunday, a week ago, I had my Christmas in July conti....Class. I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted earlier that week by Heather R., a stamper from FL, asking if she could attend. I was so glad to have her and hope if she's ever in the area again that we can get together to stamp. It was great hearing ideas of how things are done by her SU demonstrators in FL and I think she will probably take back some ideas she learned at my class. Thanks Heather for finding me on the SU Website! Gotta love this business!
Hope to see you back here soon ~ have a great day!

Something deep in all of us yearns for God's beauty; and we can find it no matter where we are. Sue Monk Kidd

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU & YOURS

The Perfect Gift,

the Greatest Sacrifice,

the Only Saviour ~ there is no one else like Jesus!

Celebrating our Lord with you and praying your Christmas is blessed.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. 1 John 3:16

Reindeer Food

2 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

and what would Christmas be without Reindeer Food? This was made using the Big Shot, Always Artichoke, Real Red and Whisper White card stock, red and green markers, real red grosgrain ribbon, and The Dasher stamp.

Be good to yourself; stamp daily!