Stamping the Cape

This is my last Christmas post for 2017. This week I had a chance to work with some of the team members from our Falmouth Rockland Trust branch. What a fun group of ladies! Thank you Becky for inviting me! All the ladies did a great job considering they had never done anything like this before. The project they selected, which was to make gift card holders from the Trim You Stocking Bundle, was a little more advanced than what beginning crafters may be used to but like I said, they were real troopers!!

This was the first stocking we made. I pre-prepped all the adhesives for them using the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets because if glue got onto the Champagne Foil, it's difficult to remove. Although, I have discovered a trick using Goo Gone that works on the foil. If you spritz a little on a paper towel - not too wet - and rub it gently on the glue, you can wipe it off with a small piece of clean paper towel. They did use Glue Dots for the Silver Glimmer Paper dots.

This jingle bell stocking idea was taken right out of the Holiday Catalog . . .

. . . and this stocking was inspired by one I saw on YouTube video.

I had purchased this bundle specifically for this event and I'm glad I did. I can see that I will be able to use it for years and years to come!

Tomorrow will be my first 2018 Occasions Catalog sneak peek. We've got lots to start us thinking about the spring. Just like Christmas, it will be here before you know it!

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Finishing up my wrapping with these custom boxes I made using the beautiful Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper (SDSP).

I had a set of four holiday glasses that belonged to my Mum and year-after-year they just sat in my cupboard. I remember them on her kitchen table every Christmas waiting for guests who liked a High Ball or just a glass of Ginger Ale. They're not expensive and there's nothing super special about them except the memory.

This year I decided to pull them out and pass the memory along to my nieces who each have homes of their own. I think they will remember the glasses too and appreciate having a piece of their grandmother with them. In case they don't remember I have added a note inside explaining the gift. I've included a tealight so they can use it as a part of their holiday decor as I have done. I also made a little tag from a scrap of the SDSP The ribbon isn't Stampin' Up!.

Do you pass along special Christmas memories to your family? It doesn't have to be something expensive, just something that holds a special meaning.

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