Bee HappiLeaCraftin with Tamara

Halloween Pillow Box Treat Holders are today's AWESOME craft!      I did something fairly simple today as I had lots of other things happening today too! I hadn't gotten to my card room in weeks and it was KILLING me! I had to get in here and do something...      I am very excited today in the midst of my craziness, I met with a new customer and got a beginner order ready for her. I am hoping to get a workshop going for her in September to hopefully got her the Big Shot for FREE... I'm hoping! I am always so excited when I get to share my passion for Stampin' Up! with someone new 😃      But... before she came, I was working on these really cute (...and sooo easy) pillow boxes for Halloween. I know... it is still a little ways away but wanting to do so many things with all the amazing things in the new Holiday Catalog, I wanted to get an early start.      I am a pretty big fan of Christmas as my Daughter was born on Boxing ...

     I'm having such a great time playing with some of my new purchases from the 2018 Holiday Catalog and even though there isn't much out there yet, I have managed to find a few that are very inspiring! This one was inspired by one I found on Instagram by Jackie Aitken. I used her inspiration but changed up all the products she used. I wanted to use everything that is going to stick around for a few months, hers was done with the exclusive Stampin' Up! bundle Blended Season that is only available for this month, August 2018. As beautiful and eye catching as hers is, I hope mine can do the same for someone else!      There aren't any instructions for this card as it is a very simple card to do, you could possible call it a Clean And Simple (CAS) card! Using pieces from 3 of the current bundles, you have no trouble knowing what to do with each piece. The colors will all depend on the DSP you choose to use for the center band. My choice was the special comin...

     I spent the morning playing with the first of many of the new Bundles from the 2018 Holiday Catalog! I was so excited when I received my box of goodies last week, but had to wait till the weekend before I could play! Of the 14 bundles in the new catalog... I bought 6 of them right off the hop PLUS a bunch of other goodies... My order was a doozie 😉      I was asked to do a workshop in a near by community and this will be the first one I have ever done so maybe it will become a regular thing! I was told the ladies that will be attending are new to Stampin' Up! but have stamped and scrapbooked before, they meet once a month to scrapbook so I'm sure they aren't at a beginner level. Although, at a beginner level, I don't think this card would be too difficult for them to do.      I have to admit that the idea was from another demo's card, mine looks nothing like hers but the idea still came from her so I want to give her the credit 😉...