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Thrifty Thursday 12-25-08

I love to have new ornaments for my tree, but I can’t always afford to by them. I actually love to make them. I made these fun Rudolph Ornaments for my tree last year. They were quick and easy and didn’t cost a lot to make.

It is made with all punches. I used: large oval, word window, five petal flower, horizontal slot, double circle and 1″ circle. I used the coluzzle for the background circle. His nose is made with a rhinestone circle brad. Then a little ribbon for the holder and a bow at the neck. I got the idea from a card that someone had posted on the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator web site last year. They had it on a card. If I can find my card I will post it for you as well.

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December 30, 2008

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Thrifty Thursday 12-18-08

Here is a fun idea to put your Big Shot to good use. I love to let the kids make little gifts for their friends at Christmas time. This year I was so excited because I knew the Big Shot would make it so easy and very cost effective.

My boys had fun creating these cute Christmas gifts for their friends. Here are a few pictures.

The basic idea is really easy all you need is 1/4 sheet of paper plus some scraps for the punches. Then you need the little bags and some ribbon.

We used the Stampin’ Up! Exclusive Top Note Die to cut out the toppers then scored them the short way and folded them in 1/2.

We filled the little bags with treats and stapled them to the back of the topper. Then I tied the ribbon around it. We used the scallop punch, the 1 3/8 Circle Punch and the 1 1/4 Circle Punch to create our little tags.

The boys each choose 2 favorites from the Hostess set “Deer Friends” and colored the stamps to get the great colors. We used just one Stampin’ Dimensional on the bottoms so that you could slip the ribbon off the top and get to the treats.

The boys had a lot of fun making them and especially loved using the big shot. It was a fun evening. Sorry it was so late getting this post up but we had to finish all of our projects.

I think we made about 50 in about 2 hours. Hope you enjoyed this and have fun making your own treat bags.

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December 18, 2008

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Thrifty Thursday 12-11-08

Thrifty Thursday- Holiday Lineup Cards

Today I have decided to show you three different cards made with the same stamp set and using the same basic layout. I love this set because all of the images are the same size so it makes it really easy to use the same layout and just change the colors.

The basic card is really simple and cost less than a dollar for the paper, ribbon and glue. I also love the 3×6 cards because they actually cost less to make than a standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card. This stamp set works really well with the 3×6 design. Someone told be that this stamp set has to grown on you, but I loved if from the first minute I saw it. It’s the Holiday Lineup #111648 for $21.95.

I’ve used Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Not Quite Navy for my base colors, which is also economical because they are all earth elements so you can by the 12×12 individually or by the family pack. Then I’ve added the fun in-colors to two of them with ribbon and background paper. The other I used the fun ribbon from the mini catalog. I’ve used StazOn Jet Black ink to stamp the image. Then I used a blender pen and the ink pads to color the images. I really like how they turned out.

My down-line actually got to make the reindeer card at our Christmas Party. I hope you liked this and be watching next week for another cost saving project.