Occasions Mini Sneak Peak

Welcome back to another week of Fabulous Friday postings here at Sisters in Stamping.  Today we will be sharing some sneak peeks from the Occasions Mini Catalog with you.  Remember you can begin ordering from the Occasions Mini Catalog beginning on Jnauary 4, 2011.  If you don't have your copy yet contact your demonstrator and I'm sure she will be happy to get one out to you right away.

Here is Debbie's great Valentine's card.  It's a buckle card.  Definitely be sure to head over to her blog to see how she made it. You will certainly want to make a few of these on your own.

Rachel also decided to use a Valentine theme on her card.  Want all the pertinent information so you can recreate her card?  Well, head on over to her blog.

Jacque and Karla will be taking this week off to finish enjoying the holidays with their family.  Come back next week to see beautiful creations using the Build a Blossom stamp set and coordinating punch also from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

Happy New Year!

from Debbie, Jacque, Karla & Rachel

Merry Christmas!

The Sisters in Stamping are taking this week off to celebrate Christmas with their families! We hope that you have the chance to do the same.

The Sisters in Stamping
Jacque, Rachel, Debbie and Karla

Thank-you Cards for Fabulous Friday

This week the Sisters have put out some fabulous thank-you cards! Here is Rachel's card--

Love the colors and the ribbon, find out how to do that on her blog: http://rachelsstampingplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-thank-you-to-warm-you.html

Next up is Jacque in Hawaii--

Very appropriate I'd say! Here are all of the details on her blog: http://stampinwithjacque.com/

Now we have Debbie's card, she has kids home with a snow day so she's thinkin' snow--

Here is a link to Debbie's blog so you can go and get all of the details on how to make this cute card: http://unfrogettablestamping.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/12/fabulous-holiday-thank-you-cards.html

Lastly here is my card--

It is so amazingly sparkly in real life. I've posted a list of supplies on my blog:
http://stampinwithk.blogspot.com/

   So there you have it for this week, you have some easy Thank-you card ideas to send off for all those great gifts you'll be receiving Christmas. From Palm Trees to Snowflakes we have you covered!

Thank-you for stopping by,
The "Sisters in Stamping"
Karla, Jacque, Rachel and Debbie

Fast and fabulous gift ideas featuring the Tasteful Trim Big Shot die

Wow, that is a mouthful of a title, isn't it?! But that is our focus this week as we are quickly headed toward Christmas - fast and fabulous gift ideas.  And if the Big Shot and the Tasteful Trim bigz xl die can make your life easier, why not go for it?!  This fun new die found in the Holiday Mini catalog is quite versatile, as you can see by the variety of projects we designed for you this week.

First up is Jacque Craig's super-cute Santa gift box... be sure and visit her blog to get all the details about how she put it together.

Rachel Yurkanin designed this fabulous quick and easy notecard and envelope stack.  Please check out Rachel's blog to get all the details.

And last but not least is my contribution this week - it is a wine bottle bag that I sewed and embellished with our Deck the Halls fabric.  Please visit my blog to get more information about my project!

We hope that we have inspired you and given you some great fast and fabulous gift ideas that you can create for your friends and family.  Thanks for stopping by today - we hope you have a fabulous weekend!!

* Debbie, Jacque, Rachel and Karla *

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

Have you started your Christmas Cards yet?  If you are one of the many who like to procrastinate, we have a few quick and easy Christmas card ideas for you today. Once you get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the Holiday Season you may not be able to complete the card you originally had in mind. Maybe you can take one of our ideas and incorporate it into your card.


First up we have Jacque's Merry Crittermas card.  Those litle critters make such a cute card.  Be sure to go to Jacque's blog for more information.

Next up we have Debbie's card.  She used the Northern Hearts level one Hostess set for her very clean looking card.  Hop on over to Debbie's blog for all the details.

Then there is Rachel's card.  She used the Perfect Punches stamp set and the Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper for her quick card.  Go check out her blog for more information.

Here is Karla's card-- interesting she used Merry Crittermas too! Check out her blog (http://stampinwithk.blogspot.com/) to find out where she got her inspiration for this card.

Have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Debbie, Jacque, Karla & Rachel

Thanksgiving thank-you!

The Sisters are taking this week off for Thanksgiving, spending time with our families (and maybe doing some shopping)! We are so thankful that you check out what we have to offer each week.

We will be back next week with some Christmas-y things to share!

Karla, Rachel, Debbie and Jacque

PS. Stampin' Up! is having an awesome Holiday Promotion, check with your Demonstrator for details!

Fabulous Ornament Friday

The Sisters are getting really clever this week crafting some homemade Christmas Tree Ornaments...just take a look:

This cute Ornament is Debbie's. She posted all of the directions on how to make this on her blog (http://unfrogettablestamping.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/11/fast-and-fabulous-christmas-ornaments.html)

Isn't this glass ball adorable?? Jacque has all of the details on her blog: http://stampinwithjacque.com/

Here is Rachel's offering for this week, our very own super ornament fan. Her blog will give you the fine points on how to make this beautiful glittery Ornament on your own: http://rachelsstampingplace.blogspot.com/2010/11/gettin-ready-for-christmas-one-ornament.html

Last but not least here is my Ornament for this week's post. You have to hop on over to my blog for I have a surprise for you!! http://stampinwithk.blogspot.com/

Clearly we all had loads of fun coming up with unique handmade Ornaments! Thank-you for stopping by this week,

Debbie, Jacque, Rachel and Karla c(:

Decor Elements are Fabulous!!!

This week on our blog we are focusing our projects on the Stampin' Up! product line of Decor Elements, found in the Definitely Decorative catalog.  These exclusive Stampin' Up! vinyl art images are perfect for decorating your home and altering everyday items to make them simply fabulous.  You'll definitely want to pick some up for yourself!

First up we have the project for the week from Karla Anders.  She recently moved to Yankton, South Dakota and decorated her new front door.  What a great way to welcome visitors into your home!  Be sure and visit Karla's blog for all the details!

Next we have this beautiful idea from Jacque - she decided to use a Decor Element to jazz up a mirror in her home office - gorgeous!!  Please visit Jacque's blog to check out all the details.

Rachel altered some simple glass containers that made them especially nice for the Holidays - what a great gift idea!  Please visit Rachel's blog to get additional details on her fun project idea.

And last is my project for this week - I altered a glass block to create a Christmas decoration for my stamping studio.  Please visit my blog to see more on this easy project.

Thanks for stopping by today!  We hope you found some inspiration here and that you'll pick up some Decor Elements to spruce up your home and make some easy gifts for the holidays.  Have a wonderful weekend!

* Debbie, Jacque, Karla and Rachel *

Home Decor Pieces for the Holidays

Welcome to another Fabulous Friday here at Sisters in Stamping.  This week we are focusing on the decor blocks found in both the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog and the Decor Catalog.  Have you thought to yourself, they look neat but what can I do with them?  Well, we have a few projects to get those creative juices flowing.

First up, we have Debbie Naylor's adorable little gingerbread house.  Be sure to go over to her blog to get all the details on how to re-create it.

Next we have Rachel Yurkanin's sparkling, glistening snow tower. Remember to go over to her blog for more information.

Better late than never?!?  I forgot that I had lent my Big Shot to a friend and went to do my letters and leaves for my fall blocks and found I couldn't make them without my Big Shot!!  Check out my blog for details on the block decorations.  My first holiday decor of the season!

Karla Anders is taking the week off due to computer issues.  Hope she'll be able to join us again next week. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop in next Friday too.

Have a wonderful week.

Debbie, Jacque, Karla, and Rachel

Thanksgiving Cards!

In this day and age when most of us have so much to be thankful for, it's good to take the time to send out Thanksgiving cards to your friends and family letting them know that you are thankful for them!  With that thought in mind, we decided to showcase Thanksgiving cards!

Karla made this beautiful Thanksgiving card using non-traditional colors.  Check out Karla's blog for more information on this beautiful card.

 I used the same stamp set that Karla did, but you can see how the use of color and layout really changes the look of the set!  I miss the fall colors living here in Hawaii where everything is pretty much the same year round, so I just had to use these colors in my card.  Check out my blog for a list of supplies used.

Debbie used the Falling Leaves stamp set to create her card this week. Visit her blog to get the full scoop.

Rachel used the Paisley Print and Grateful Greetings stamp sets for her Thanksgiving card.  Head over to her blog for complete details.

We hope you have a great weekend and that you will check back with us next Friday!
Jacque, Karla, Debbie and Rachel!

Cork for Fabulous Friday

Hello and thanks for stopping by this for this week's Fabulous Friday post! We are highlighting the new cork sheets this week, here is Jacque's project--

Jacque used some of the rub-ons on her cork. Get all of the details on her blog:

Next up is Debbie with this clever gift idea--

Anybody would be thrilled to get this little candle. Find out how to make a few of your own at Debbie's blog:

And now, Rachel's project, which is almost good enough to eat.  How cute are those gingerbread men?  Head over to Rachel's blog for more information.

I'm taking this week off (again)! I still have quite a few boxes to go through and unpack and to top it off my computer died on Sunday--I know, it's like it knows that this would be a really bad time to do it....that computer never liked me anyway! Stay tuned for next week, we will be thinking Thankful thoughts.

Until then,
Karla, Rachel, Debbie & Jacque

Fabulous spooky projects for Halloween

Thank you so much for visiting us this week!  We are gearing up for Halloween by focusing on the fabulous Halloween stamp sets that Stampin' Up! has to offer in both our Idea Book & Catalog and Holiday Mini catalog. Which is your favorite?

Here is a fabulous Halloween card submitted by Karla Anders this week.  She used the stamp sets From the Crypt (skull image) and House of Haunts (sentiment).  Be sure and visit her blog to get the complete list of supplies used for this spooky card.

Next we have this fabulous card by Rachel Yurkanin.  Rachel's project features the Dark & Dreary and Wicked Cool stamp sets and you will find all the details here on her blog.

And last but not least is my treat container featuring the Wicked Cool stamp set.  The Big Shot and lots of punches helped pull this one together.  Please visit my blog to get the full scoop.

We hope that we've inspired you today with our fun and fabulous Halloween projects!  Thanks for visiting - we'll be back next Friday with some fabulous ideas using our Big Shot with cork sheets to create some great projects.

Until next time, we hope you have a Fabulous weekend!!

* Debbie, Jacque, Karla and Rachel *

Trick or Treat, Give me Something Good to Eat

Welcome to another Fabulous Friday here at the Sisters in Stamping.  Challenge this week: Halloween Treat Container.  It is always amazing how different our projects are when we are working with the same theme.  Enjoy recreating this projects for your favorite Trick or Treaters.

This is Jacque Craig's adorable little Fang-tastic container.  That little dracula is so cute he isn't scary at all.  Head over to Jacque's blog for more information on how she created this.

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Next up we have Debbie Naylor's spooky spider treat holder.  I don't think it's too spooky though.  Head over to Debbie's blog to see how she made this.

Then we have another spider treat that is oh, so cute.  With stamps like these, who can be afraid of spiders?

This was created by Rachel Yurkanin. Check out her blog to see how she made it.

And Karla had to take this week off from the challenge because of her recent move.  She was hoping to join us but just hasn't located all her stamping goodies just yet. She will be back with us next week.

Next week the challenge is Halloween stamp sets.  Be sure to come back.  Also, if you were one of the winners of the blog candy from last week please email us your mailing address so we can get your goodies off to you.

Have a fabulous day and weekend!

Debbie, Jacque, Karla & Rachel

Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die!

Have you seen the Candy Wrapper die from the Holiday Mini Catalog?!?  I love getting new Big Shot dies, and this is quickly becoming one of my favorites.  As you can see by our projects below, it's very versatile and makes a great little treat to give to someone for any occasion!

First up we have Karla's cute Halloween treat!

Check out Karla's blog for all of the spooky details!

Next, Rachel also made a spooktacular Halloween treat!

Love the way she embossed the window sheet!  Head on over to Rachel's blog for more!

I made a fall favor to give to my friends at Thanksgiving!  Now to think of what to put inside!!

Check out my (Jacque) blog for a list of the supplies used.

Lastly, Debbie used the die to create a cool stack of little Christmas gifts!

You'll find all the "nice" details on Debbie's blog!

Thanks for visiting us on this another Fabulous Friday!  Please visit again next Friday when we will be sharing some Halloween treat ideas!

Have a great week!  Debbie, Jacque, Karla, and Rachel

Blog Candy Winners!!

First of all, a big thank you from all of us to those of you that left such nice comments for us!  It was so nice to hear what you like about our blog, our projects, and what you would like to see in the future!

Now onto the winners!!  Drum roll please!

The winners of the blog candy posted last week are....

Kristin , Sherry, Nicole and Linda!

Please email us at sistersinstamping@gmail.com to claim your blog candy!

Again, thanks so much to everyone for coming to visit us every week, and for all of your nice and encouraging comments!

Jacque, Debbie, Karla and Rachel!

We've got FABULOUS blog candy to give away to celebrate a year of Fabulous Fridays!!!!!

It is hard to believe, but we have just hit our 1-year anniversary of Fabulous Friday projects here on the Sisters in Stamping blog!!!!  Thank you to all of you who come by and visit us each week - we appreciate you!  And to say "Thanks!" each of us is offering blog candy this week - you'll have 4 opportunities to win a prize!!  How do you enter?  Leave us a comment between now and Noon EST on Wednesday, Sept. 29th telling us what you like about our blog and what types of themes/products you'd like to see featured in future posts - we'll use Random.org to choose 4 different winners and announce them next Friday!  How FABULOUS is that?!

Here is the blog candy being offered by Karla Anders - it is the So Many Sayings stamp set along with a package of epoxy brads.

Jacque Craig is offering "It's the Thought" hostess level 1 stamp set in clear mount from the recent Occasions mini catalog.

Look what Rachel Yurkanin is offering - to celebrate the birthday of our blog she is giving away the Birthday Bakery hostess level 1 set in clear mount from the current Idea Book & Catalog since this is the birthday of our blog!

The final blog candy is from me, Debbie Naylor.  I am giving away the Echoes of Kindness stamp set - one of my all-time favorite hostess sets ever!

Don't forget - in order to be entered into the drawing you need to leave us a comment on this post BEFORE noon EST on Wednesday, September 29th.  We'd love to hear from you!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Karla, Jacque, Rachel and Debbie

Wheels for Fabulous Friday

The Stamping Sisters are focusing on wheels this week. Wheels are a great inexpensive way to add to any stamping project. There are so many styles of wheels in the Idea Book & Catalog, a sure way for any crafter to find something that suits them. Personally, I prefer the Jumbo Wheels. They don't rock on the paper as much and my customers are more successful with them. Speaking of Jumbo Wheels, here is my project for today's Fabulous Friday post--

I used the new jumbo wheel from the Holiday Mini Catalog called Jolly Jingles. Check out my blog for more details: http://stampinwithk.blogspot.com/

Debbie is up next with her spooky creation - a 12" x 12" Halloween layout featuring the Haunting jumbo wheel and House of Haunts stamp set.  You will find all the details here on her blog.

Our lovely Jacque is at Founder's Circle this week--lucky girl!! She is taking the week off. The 3 of us all wish we could be there! Maybe next year?

Lastly, Rachel's project. A little gift bag for a special Holiday treat using the new builder wheels in the Holiday mini.  Check out Rachel's blog for more information.

Come back next week for a "sweet" Fabulous Friday offer. Until then,

Karla, Debbie, Rachel and Jacque

Sisters in Stamping