Merry Minis – Carol Payne Stamps

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Stampin’ Up! Sunday Swap Day! Perfect Blend!

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! Yesterday was a crazy day! My three daughters and I went shopping for our annual Christmas Shopping Day! It was fun, but because of all the snow and ice we've been having, we had almost ALL of our shopping still to do. We hit Babies R Us, then Toys R Us, then lunch, then the Mall, and then Target! I think I am almost all done, but still have to take inventory and then probably make one more short trip to finish up, then wrap! Does that sound like your Christmas shopping? I do a bit of it all year long as I see things, mostly for the grandchildren, but my three sons usually shop what they call "mom-mart" and wipe out my stash before we take the big shopping trip. Yesterday we started at 8:30 a.m and didn't get home until 12:30 a.m.! Whew!

Today I just have a quick swap to share:

Perfect Blend, Season of Style Designer Paper, Itty Bitty Banners, and Merry Minis Punch Pack!

That's all for now. Sorry I don't have time to share more, but I'm helping out with my grandkids this morning, getting them to church and Sunday School, while Jessica & Johnny take Maddie Kate to her Cheer Competition!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’Up! Angel Paper!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Carol Payne

This past Sunday my husband and I sang in our church choir's presentation of "The Offering", which included a drama that wove a heartfelt story in with the songs to enhance the melodies and lyrics' meaning. During practice it was mentioned that the girl in the story, Maggie, needed "angel paper" to wrap her present for the baby Jesus. The program director said she hadn't had time to find angel paper, so I volunteered to make some with my Stampin' Up! supplies, and here it is:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2012

I used the stamp set, Rejoicing In You, to stamp the angels in Versamark on plain white tissue paper. I then sprinkled them with Gold embossing powder and heated with my Heat Tool. At first I was a bit worried about applying heat to the tissue, but while the Heat Tool DOES get really hot, it only took a quick pass over the powder to melt it and there was no danger of burning the paper!

I stamped one of the stars from the Merry Minis stamp set in the Holiday catalog in the same manner to fill in the space around the angels.

Maggie also needed a wrapped box for the play, so I wrapped one of our Kraft Boxes with the embossed paper.