
Here’s to a new year of stamping, crafting, creating, scrapbooking and cherishing the moments that make life extraordinary.

Here’s to a new year of stamping, crafting, creating, scrapbooking and cherishing the moments that make life extraordinary.

Here’s to another year of stamping, crafting, creating, scrapbooking and cherishing the moments that make life extraordinary.

As we bid farewell to 2023 and usher in 2024, we find ourselves surrounded by the memories we’ve crafted together in 2023. As a reader, a stamper, or a scrapbooker, we’ve shared a fabulous journey.
As we begin a new year, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your unwavering passion and creativity. Your dedication to preserving moments, telling stories, creating handmade cards, creating handmade gifts, and turning ordinary into extraordinary has been what keeps me going. I love how you share your creations with me! Know that you mean the world to me!
Here’s to another year of stamping, crafting, creating, scrapbooking and cherishing the moments that make life extraordinary.


Vertical gift bag, called the 2, 5, 7, 10 box. Take an 8-1/2″ x 11″ piece of card stock and you can stamp an all-over design now or after you score. As the name implies, score the card stock at 2″, 5″, 7″, and 10″ on the 11″ side. Rotate it 90 degrees and sore at 2″ and 7″. see the picture below for reference.

The dashed lines are score lines, the solid lines are cut lines. Cut off the 3 pieces with the x in them. Cut on the lines on the 1-1/2″ tall pieces at the bottom. Note where the front panel is located and the flap on the back side that will come to the front. If you have not stamped yet, stamp before assembling the box.
Add a strong double-sided tape as shown. Before adhering the box, at the top on the two 2″ sides, score from the top down about 1-1/2″ – 2″. This will help pinch the sides at the top. Punch two holes in the flap, pretty high up from the edge. If you like, round the corners of the flap or use decorative scissors on it. Close the flap, and mark the holes on the base through the holes in the flap. Cut about 15″ of ribbon to tie it together. Overlap the back and front bottom flaps over the two side flaps and use strong adhesive to seal.



Welcome to our December Blog Waddle! We are featuring projects created from some of the products on the Last Chance Sale list. I love the Joy of Noel Bundle (#161967)! You can still buy it at the bundled savings while supplies last. Here is a close up of the details of my card.

I began with a Very Vanilla base and die cut the letters in Gold Foil (#132622) using the Joy of Noel Dies (#161965). Using a scrap of Very Vanilla, I stamped the cluster image from the Joy of Noel stamp set (#161959) in Shaded Spruce. I love how that image does the arranging for you!

Next, I colored the image with Stampin’ Blends in light and dark Shaded Spruce, light and dark Old Olive, and Real Red. Using Shaded Spruce I cut the pine boughs. Then I colored 3 Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (#158987) with a dark Real Red Blend.
A bow from the Real Red and Garden Green 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack completes my card!
All participants in this month’s waddle:
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Please join us on the 10th of January for another great Stamping Stray Ducklings’ Blog Waddle!

I hope you found some inspiration for your Stampin’ projects using some of the retiring September-December Mini-catalog! All the supplies used on this card can be ordered through my online store. Please use the Host Code found to the right of this post when ordering from me, if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, don’t use the code so you can redeem all the host rewards.
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