Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

I know!  Today is Halloween but that just means Christmas is around the corner right? At least that's what Walmart is saying.  I stopped there on Tuesday to grab some Halloween Candy and it had already been moved from the seasonal aisle and replaced by Christmas goodies!   I did find some Halloween treats through although it was already picked over.   An now.... trick or treating may be postponed to Friday due to some strong winds and storms headed our way and expected to hit at the Trick or Treat hours! I usually start making Christmas cards early though and I have already posted a few here on my blog!  Here is another card I wanted to share with my new favorite Christmas stamp from Close To My Heart's Holidays From the Heart Gift Guide - Santa Claus (C1567).  I'm a sucker for anything Santa so no surprise that this one is a favorite. I used the sketch from Clean & Simple #264 turning it horizontal.  I stamped Santa in Ruby ink and...

Yesterday I held my annual Autumn Winter Open House.  It was so much fun and I had several people stop by to check out the new products from the Autumn Winter Idea Book!  If you missed my Open House, here are a few shots from yesterday! This month's Stamp of the Month is called "A Chocolate Affair" so it was only appropriate that I had a Chocolate Theme going on! This is the Make & Take area: Everyone got to create the card I shared for the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - "Chocolate Understands".  Details for this card can be found HERE .  I displayed a couple of other options on our new Designed Decor Black Frame (Z1880).   I created the frame's title using the new Framework Alphabet (E1027) stamp .  This is a new favorite! I also used then new Corner Rounder (Z1912) to create the scalloped edge.    Here is a closer look: Check out the new Hair Clip (Z1876) !  I used it as an accent to my frame!  This is ...