On Saturday a friend of mine got married. Jacque is a very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and this was the wedding invitation she sent...

The Established Elegance stamp set has been around for a while now, but I have only recently purchased this lovely, vintage-style stamp set. You can see this stamp set on page 125 of the Annual Catalogue. Here's two cute cards I made using this gorgeous stamp set...

A couple of weeks ago we made designer paper gift bags at a Crafters Anonymous online class, taught by the lovely Dee Sturgeon. I made a Christmas one using the Be of Good Cheer DSP and gave it away in the prize draw at the Hamilton Christmas Extravaganza. The other one I made I used the striking Cajun Craze patterned paper from the Comfort Cafe DSP pack and finished it with an Early Espresso scalloped tulle bow (page 4, Holiday Catalogue)...

On Sunday we held our annual Hamilton Christmas Extravaganza at the Gordonton Hall, and it was a fun day full of crafting and socialising. The demonstrators start their day fairly early, setting up displays, arranging tables and preparing to teach. When we lay out the tables for our guests, we put a name tag or small gift for each person. I baked for my guests, making them biscuits pressed with the Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps (page 161, Annual Catalogue) gift wrapped using the Season of Sweets Designer Kit (page 15, Holiday Catalogue)...

Salutation stamps are for more than adding a sentiment to your card. You can also make them the focus. This is CASEd from the card pictured on page 142 of the Annual Catalogue...

This month a friend of mine got married. Her colours were vanilla with pastel greens and pinks. Inspired by a wedding card by Dawn Olchefske, here's the card I made for the couple...

In the workshops this month we made gold embossed Christmas Cards using the Triple-Time Stamping Technique...

Another niece had her birthday at the end of September. She loves Smiggle, so we got her a voucher and I made this birthday card using the new Papillon Potpourri butterfly stamp set (page 115, Annual Catalogue)...