This is the project we did at our group meeting last night.  This was made from the Two-Tags die from the Big Shot.  Of course, no project is complete without chocolate!!  These are really simple to make and would make great Valentine's gifts for teachers, school friends or your sweetheart!  To make these, you would need to die cut 2 tags for each person.

What to order to make these…

All of these can be ordered through the online shopping on my blog.  Order $65 or more and choose a free item from the sale-a-bration catalogue.

WOW!!!  Yes, this is my workspace after I finished the calendar.  I really did work like this!  I'm sure some of you can relate to this! LOL!!  I was even using my cutter and Big Shot on the floor as i seemed to have run out of room on my table!  I have some other projects to share with you in the next few days.

I thought I would share with you a calendar that I made for my mother-in-law this year at Christmas.  I have made her one every year for about 10 years.  This one is a Stampin' Up! calendar, but they no longer make these.  These calendars have undated calendar grids for each of the 12 months.  I just use my alphabet stamps to stamp the months in and hand write the days of the month.  I have always wanted to do a class for these, but don't seem to get my calendar done in advance…it's usually at 4am Christmas Eve before it's finished!  I have kept the pages fairly simple, but each with some sort of accent.

These pages are not in order as I can't seem to figure out how to display them on my blog in order.  The first page is a red, black and white theme.  I used the Defining Alphabet stamp set along with the Define Your Life set.and the Night and Day specialty paper from the Holiday Mini Catalogue.

The second page shown (this was the first page in the calendar) is on Sahara Sand cardstock.  I used the "scroll" stamp from Baroque Motifs in Sahara Sand ink to stamp the background. The tag is stamped with "family" from Fundamental Phrases in Basic Black ink.  I used Silver Hodgepodge to frame the word "family".

The third page is using Bordering Blue and Night of Navy colours.  I stamped the floral piece from the Central Park stamp set in Bordering Blue directly onto the page for a tone on tone effect.  The ribbon is the White Organza Ribbon with a Rhinestone Brad in the center.  The organza ribbon is definitely one of my favourites!!  "Priceless" (from the stamp set Priceless) is stamped in Night of Navy ink onto a white Large Oval and layered with the Oval Scallop.

To top this off, I am going to add in my own little Christmas bundle for you!  For those of you who don't own a BIG SHOT,  I will give you $15 back if you order one by Dec 22nd! This is an amazing deal! Don't miss it!  And, if you order $200 total or more, you will qualify for HOSTESS BENEFITS too!  A free hostess stamp set, plus a $20 shopping spree!

 If you order online, I will either mail you a cheque for your shipping discount or you can take it as a credit towards an order during Sale-A-Bration starting in January.  Send me an email and mention my FREE shipping promotion to receive your discount.

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Here is another layout from my scrapbook club.  Don't you LOVE the pictures?!  We'll pretend there are pictures on it!!  For this page the girls used the Delightful Decorations stamp set along with the Ornament punch and the Sparkle & Shine wheel from the Holiday Mini Catalogue.  To "shimmer" up and add some fun to our layout I applied the Champagne Mist shimmer paint (from the mini) to a couple of the ornaments.  I just sponged the paint directly onto the cardstock.  I also stamped the Sahara Sand cardstock with a snowflake stamp sponged with the Champagne Mist shimmer.  The shimmer paint is so awesome!!!  There are so many different ways to use this product and it is sooo much fun!!  The patterned paper I used is Holiday Lounge, from the Idea Book & Catalogue.  Enjoy!