Tamarra's Stamping Spot

8th annual Christmas card swap

Most of the swaps have arrived and been swapped and mailed back out. I will post the missing 2 when they arrive. This year felt a bit less organized they I have been in the past but I will blame that on being in the hospital without a way to update the swappers. They all did bueatifully without me bugging them everyday anyway and I thank you all so much for that!! Along with the great samples I received from the swap I also got some cute stamped "thank yous" along with ribbon samples, brad samples, chocolates, and other goodies to say "thank you" and "get well". Thank you ladies for everything!!! Now for the cards I am putting them in alphabetical order except for the last 3 which I am not sure of the stamper, some of my notes feel off the cards and I am waiting for the stamper to email me back.

You saw one of mine the other day and I will post the others in the next day or so.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

Flash Foward to Christmas.....

I am still playing catch up and will be updating the list of items I have for sale today so if you are looking it should be updated today.

Before I became sick I started hosting my annual Christmas Card swap. I will share the cards with you once they all arrive. I ended up needing to cover 2 spots of the spots, 1 should have been retired but I don't have any Christmas sets that are retired so they will be getting a current card :-) and the other was to use a current set. This is my card from Group 1, the idea came from a card that Andrea did. I had thought about using the Baroque Motifs with it but she beat me to it.

As usual everything is from Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted.   

Stamp Sets: Baroque Motifs, Delightful Decorations and Holiday Best

Inks: Old Olive and Real Red IP & SWM

Card Stock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White and Merry Moments DSP

Accessories: Eyelet Boarder Punch, Ornament Punch, Real Red Grosgrain, Silver Elastic Cord, 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds and dimensionals.

Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

Tutorial Tuesday and a Mojo monday too....

Ok so I tried to get this done yesterday but as you can see it took until today. Everything was stamped on Monday but just didn't get it finished until tonight. I also stamped a couple of cards over the weekend that I still need to post too so be sure to stop by tomorrow also. I made these for a few of my friends who helped out my Husband a lot last week while I was in the hospital. Now they are tiny in compare to the great help they all were I still thought I needed to give them something to show how much I appreciated their help. ~THANK YOU SO MUCH LADIES!!!~

Now on to the tutorial..... We are making a Ghirardelli Chocolate box. As usual everything is from Stampin' Up! unless other wise noted.

Supplies needed: A piece of 4 1/4 x 8 piece of card stock, some scraps to decorate the box, sticky strip, paper snips, a personal cutter with a score blade, and SNAIL.

 

 

To start you will need to put your paper in personal cutter with the 4 1/4" running across the bottom and score on the 1" mark and at the 3 1/4" mark.

 

 

Now turn it 90 degrees and score it at the 2", 3" 5" and 6" marks.

 

 

Next you will need trim up to the 3" mark on one side and then repeat so it looks like the picture on the right.

Then trim on the other 2 score lines you have left so you have this image. These are going to be the inside flaps of our box.

 

Now we are going to put some Sticky Strip on the inside edge of the box like shown.

 

Now flip your box over and put some sticky strip on the small inside flaps.

Remove the red adhesive cover on the small inside flaps and fold them up to make the front of our box.

Repeat with the large flaps and adherer it to the front that we just made so you have this.

 

Your cover flap is going to be really long so you can trim off the edge some if you wish. I cut off 1" to make the flap fit the way I wanted, but it really is up to you how much you trim off.

 

now you can fill it with your Ghirardelli Chocolates. 3 fit nicely but you can squeeze in 4.

 

   

 Now you can decorate the outside of your box how ever you want. I put a belly band around mine so it could easily be slid off for the candy.

I also used Mojo Monday sketch challenge to make a matching card. So now on to the card.....

Stamps: Inspired by Nature and Flight of the Butterfly

Inks: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White Craft 

Card Stock: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White

Accessories: Sage Shadow Eyelets (retired), Crop-a-dile, eyelet border punch, paper snips and SNAIL

 

 

Here they are together....

Let me know what you think. And if you decide to make the Ghirardelli box be sure to come back and leave a link so we all can see.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

I'm Back and feeling much better

Hello everyone! It is good to be back. I know I have been missing for a while but after a trip to the hospital I am feeling much better, not great but defiantly much much better. So hopefully I can get back on track this week and start posting more regularly again. To start I had a lot of requests for a tutorial on the Turkey Box. While you can get him with the September Stamp camp I have decided to offer him alone also.

  So if you want the step by step directions you can now purchase them for $2.95.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra

RETIRED FOR SALE

Hi Everyone,

I am helping a friend sell some of her retired stuff. If you would like any of the following please let me know ASAP because I am going to start listing them on Ebay in about a week.  If you would like a picture let me know and I can get one to you. Buyer to pay shipping.  You can email me at [email protected]

 

STAMP SETS

A Little Something'  Set of 6 Like New $7.00

ABC Images Set of 28 2 mounted $25.00

ABC Lower Set of 28 6 mounted, letter M is missing but still looking $25.00

ABC Upper Set of 28 S mounted, Letter G sticker on but not mounted  $25.00

Baroque  Set of 1 NUM $15.00

Big Bold Birthday Set of 13 some staining $25.00

Botanical Blooms   Set of 7 NUM $7.00

Botanical Blooms   Set of 7 NUM $7.00

Christmas Time Wheel NEW $4.00

Congrats Set of 7 1 mounted and stained     $

Dear Friend  Set of 4 Like New $7.00

Doodle This Set of 5 Stained $25.00

Festive Favorites    Set of 6 2 mounted and stained $20.00

God's Beauty Set of 4 NUM $7.00

God Bless America Set of 1 NUM $7.00

If the Halo Fits Set of 7 Mounted but is unused $18.00

It's a Loop Thing Set of 4 NUM $5.00

Just B Set of 12 Stained $25.00

Pinch Me Jumbo Wheel Set of 1 Staining $7.50

Pinch Proof Set of 6 Like New $18.00

Polka Dot Punches Set of 4 2 mounted, 1 stained $7.00

Say It with Scallops  Set of 4 Like New $15.00

Seriously Sassy    Set of 5 1 mounted and stained $20.00

So Much Set of 5    NUM $25.00

Sweet Celebrations Set of 8 Stained $20.00

Sweet Little Sentiments Set of 8 NUM $10.00

Wild About You Set of 8 3 mounted and stained $20.00

Wings & Things Set of  NEW $4.00

 

BAGS

CRUISE

Western Caribbean 2005 (2" spot on top un-sewn) $15.00

 

LEADERSHIP

Love, Serve, Lead 2004 $10.00

Invite and Excite 2005 $10.00

The Look of Leadership 2006 $25.00

 

CONVENTION

Putting it all Together 2001 $15.00

Feel The Magic 2004 $15.00

Creativity at Work 2005 $20.00

Dream Big 2007 $20.00

 

GREAT REWARDS

Black bag $15.00

 

STAMPABLES

Confetti White Door Hangers NEW (x2 lg pack +8 singles) $ 2.00 each

White Door hangers NEW (lg pack +8 singles) $3.00 for all

White Fry Box Door Hangers NEW (x3 lg pack- 1 reg pack) $3.00 each lg pack, $2.00 small pack

Naturals Ivory Fry Box Door Hangers NEW (reg pack) $2.00

Naturals Ivory Frames NEW (x1 pack +13 individuals mix color) $1.00

White Round Tags NEW (x2) $1.00 each

Puzzle Cards NEW  $2.00

Large Gable Boxes White NEW  $3.00 each

Large Gable Boxes Kraft NEW (x2) $3.00 each

Trapezoid Boxes & Tags Confetti NEW (x10) $1.50 each

Gift Bags Oatmeal packs of 3 NEW (x16) $2.00 each

Pillar Boxes & Tags in soft Subtles $2.00

 

SCRAPBOOKS
12x12

Vanilla Filigree with picture window NEW (x2) $10.00

Burgundy Leather opened but never used $15.00

8 1/2x11

Burgundy Leather NEW $10.00

5x7

Vanilla Filigree with picture window NEW (x2) $7.00 each

Moss with leaf print NEW $7.00

Moss with leaf print complete waiting for pictures $10.00

Bashful Blue Love Always print NEW $7.00

Bashful Blue Love Always print opened but NEW $7.00

 

INSPIRATION & IDEAS

OLD CATALOGS (information on most of them)

Idea Book & Catalog 2000-2001 $1.00

Idea Book & Catalog 2003-2004 $1.00

Idea Book & Catalog 2005-2006 $1.00

Idea Book & Catalog 2006-2007 $1.00

Idea Book & Catalog 2006-2007 $1.00

SU! Celebrando Creatividad 2008-2009 $1.00

Spring Summer 2008 $1.00

Fall- Winter 2008 $1.00

Spring Summer 2009 (x2) $1.00 each

DOTS 1990-2000 $1.00

Close to my Heart 2000-2001 $1.00

Close to my Heart 2001-2002 $1.00

Close to my Heart 2003-2004 $1.00

Stampin Success  $5.00 a year

Convention books $5.00 each

 

PORTFOLIO BOOKS
Keeping in Touch $15.00

Portfolio II Book I of IV $15.00

Portfolio II Book II of IV $15.00

Portfolio II Book III of IV $15.00

Portfolio II Book IV of IV $15.00

 

INSPIRATION SHEETS ALL NEW UNOPENED PACKAGES

A Little Love $1.00

All Natural $1.00

All the Best $1.00

Calming Garden $1.00

Figures of Speech $1.00

Greetings Galore $1.00

In Full Bloom $1.00

It's a Party $1.00

Little Hellos $1.00

Paris in the Spring $1.00

Pretty Princess $1.00

Right at Home $1.00

Shapes & Shadows $1.00

Simple Shapes $1.00

Simply Circles $1.00

Sporting Goods $1.00

Stipple Celebrations $1.00

Word Play $1.00

Yule Bits & Borders $1.00

 

PAPER

8 1/2 x 11

Baja Breeze  NIP   $10.00

Tangerine Tango NIP $10.00

 

12x12

2008-2009 In Colors Assorted Textured   (1 sheet of Tangerine Tango missing)  $12.00

2008-2009 In Colors Assorted Textured   (baja breeze &tang tango missing & 1 Pink Pir missing)  $8.00

2008-2009 In Colors Assorted  (3 sheet of Tangerine Tango missing)  $8.00

2008-2009 In Colors Assorted  (Tang Tango& ridding hood Red missing & 3 Pink Pir missing)  $5.00

Taste of Textiles  NIP $5.00

 

Designer Series Paper

Sweet Always NIP (x2) $8.00 each

Morning Sunshine Bulk NIP (x2) $8.00 each

Hand Drawn NIP $8.00

Parisian Summer NIP (package has a tear but paper is still unable to come out) $8.00

 

SIMPLY SCRAPPIN'

A New Little Someone- Girl 8 1/2 x 11 NIP(x2)   $8.00

Just 4 You NIP $15.00

 

RUB-ONS

A Perfect Day Bulk NIP (x2) $8.00 each

Chills & Thrills NIP $8.00

Eastern Elegance NIP $8.00

Greatest Moments NIP $8.00

Spring-Summer 2008 NIP (x2) $8.00 each

 

INK PADS

Purely Pomegranate  $5.00

Kiwi Kiss $5.00

Pink Pirouette $5.00

 

PUNCHES

Spring Flower Bouquet $10.00

Snow Blossom $7.00

 

RIBBONS
GROSGRAIN

Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" wide NEW (x4) $7.00

Pink Pirouette Stripped  NEW $9.00

Ridding Hood Red Stripped NEW $9.00

Ridding Hood Red Stripped opened (16' 6" and 4' 7" totaling 21' 1") $4.50

Certainly Celery from ribbon bundle NEW $5.00

Certainly Celery from ribbon bundle  opened (11" 8') $2.00

Certainly Celery from ribbon bundle  opened (14" 8')  $3.00

River Rock Double Stitched    $7.00

 

GINGHAM

Light Pink opened 34' 11" $5.50

Light Pink opened 30' 7" $5.00

Light Pink opened 25' 8" $4.50

Light Pink opened 20' 9" $3.50

Light Pink opened 3' $1.00

Light Blue NEW $7.00

Light Blue opened  $

Light Blue opened 10' 9" $2.00

Carmel opened 26' 5" $4.50

Carmel opened 11' 5" $2.00

 

RIBBON ORIGINALS

Dress Up  NEW $7.50

Pigtails NEW $7.50

District NEW $7.50

Fairy Tale NEW $7.50

Jersey  -Red with white zigzag is gone but the other 4 are new $5.00

 

HEMP

Black  NEW (x2) $1.50 each

Black 30' 8" $1.00

Red NEW (x4) $1.50 each

 

FANCY FIBERS

Elizabeth  NEW $6.00

Elizabeth open -9 feet 5 inches $4.00

Miso Earths Elements, Bold Brights, Soft Subtles and Rich Regals $5.00

 

EMBELLISMENTS

Premo Sculpey Clay NEW $20.00

 

WIRE WORKS

Metallic pack missing 22-gauge Pewter $15.00

Color 26 gauge pack- 5 colors left red, pink, moss kelly green and gold $7.00

 

DESIGNER HARDWARE

Hooray NEW $5.00

Soho NEW $5.00

 

BUTTONS

Button Bouquet NEW (x3) $7.00 each

Earth Elements/ Neutrals NEW 1 $6.00 each

Earth Elements/ Neutrals opened but has 80 buttons (x6) $5.00 each

Bold Brights opened (x2) each container has 109 buttons $6.00 each

Fresh Favorites 1 opened container has 77 buttons $6.50

 

BEADS

Earths opened (2/3 left) $5.00

 

EYELETS

Stars NEW $7.00

Small Flowers NEW $7.00

Small Flowers  opened (200+ eyelets) $7.00

Large Hearts opened (161 eyelets- 50 of each except 11 pretty in pink left) $6.50

Large Ovals opened (147 eyelets- 52 perfect Plum, 44 Vanilla, 2 Mellow Moss, 49 baroque Burgundy) $6.50

Squares opened (144 eyelets- 51 Close to cocoa, 37 brocade blue, 55 more mustard, 1 Ruby Red)   $6.50

Triangles opened NEW  $7.00

 

Empty Embellishment Containers $0.25 each

 

NON SU!

20 Flower Brads- mix of green and blue $1.00

50 Heart Brads red NEW $1.00

46 5/16" clear oval jewels  $1.00

74 3/8" clear heart jewels $1.50

122 round jewels- miso sizes and colors $2.00

37 Silver Shaped clips (10 heart, 13 squares, 14 S shaped) $1.00

6 Japanese coin embellishments NEW (3 packages) $1.00 each

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~Tamarra