Christmas... already?

Okay, so I tend to be a little ahead of the curve on Christmas Stuff... I start decorating my house on November 1st, and drag out the boxes (I think we're up to 21 boxes now!) and start listening to Christmas Music, and bring out the Christmas CD's... so needless to say, I'm super stocked about Christmas! I love when the weather starts to get crisp (especially when it's so sunny out!) and hot apple cider... and the start of Christmas Baking.  I am THRILLED that Stampin' Up! is offering some amazing deals to get you in the mood, too! Select Christmas Supplies are 20% off, from now until December 16th... so you can start early, too!
There's nothing like an evening of Christmas prep, from making tags, (more about that later!) to homemade Christmas Gifts... who wouldn't love that?
See below for the stamp set photos and some samples of what you can make.
Here's the stuff on sale:
 Stamp Set Bundles

Bundle Description	Wood-Mount Bundle Item	Wood-Mount Bundle Sale Price	Clear-Mount Bundle Item	Clear-Mount Bundle Sale Price
Vintage Christmas Card Bundle Bells & Boughs Set Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper	124067	$29.96	124068	$24.36
Contempo Christmas Card Bundle Contempo Christmas Set Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper	124071	$25.96	124072	$21.96
Tags til Christmas Bundle Tags til Christmas Set Decorative Label Punch	124077	$49.52	124078	$41.52
Gift Packaging Bundle Gifted Set Mini Lunch Sacks	124083	$31.92	124084	$24.72
Simply Adorned Gift Bundle Charming Set Simply Adorned 1" x 1-1/4" Charm Simply Adorned 24" Chain	124076	$52.32	---	---

Non-Stamp Set Bundle

Bundle Description	Bundle Item	Bundle Sale Price
Frame Gift Bundle Definitely Decorative Chunky Frame Small Chocolate Chip Dotted Flourish Décor Elements	124075	$23.12

Now, here are some projects you can make with the bundles: 
The contempo bundle comes with this set:

here's a sample of a card using this set:

and the tags bundle comes with this set, as well as an AMAZING punch:

here's some samples of completed tags:

and a few more samples of other sets:
this is the mini sack kit (it comes with a stamp set, as well)

This is from a line of jewellery that you can personalize, it comes with the chain, the necklace, and a beautiful stamp set for your creativity to come alive:

And this is perhaps my favorite bundle:
The vintage christmas one comes with this stamp set:

 

and here's a sample of a simple card with this set:

Get your orders in for a chance to use these beautiful products!
Coming soon: info on my most popular class: 25 Christmas Tags for $5!

Fail!

Okay, so my youth do this thing where if someone does something wrong or bad or whatever, they say "Fail!" Which is how I feel about my blog... I have so many things I'd love to blog about, if ONLY I had the time! I got out of habit of writing twice a week, and now it's been over a month!
So here's a little bit of what's going on:
We had a Christmas-Stamp-a-Stack last weekend, and that went really well... we came together, listened to some Christmas music, and made 12 cards in 3 hours!  It was delightful... we even had apple cider... unfortunately, it was 25 degrees outside (celsius), so I ended up icing the coffee!
Here is one of the cards we made:

I wanted to go a little untraditional with the colors on this one... simple, but beautiful!

The second isn't exactly what we did, because after I took this picture, I didn't like how the sponging turned out, so I actually redid it, but it gives you the basic idea:

I LOVE this stamp! This is a border stamp, that is one giant stamp... It's in our new holiday mini, which I just LOVE. This is the cherry cobler, and the champagne glitter, which is also in the mini.  Go to my website to order any of these time sensitive product! http://www.fortheheartofstampin.stampinup.net/

I'm going away a lot in the next month... next weekend some girls and I are heading to Portland for the Stampin' Up! Regionals... this is my first official Stampin' Up! event, and I'm really excited!  Then we get back Sunday,and tuesday I leave for Whisler, where I will be attending a Pastor's Convention with my husband... then we are back for 2 weeks, and we head to Disneyland with our girls! I am so looking forward to it! Addie is now nearly 6 months, and Audrey remembers Disneyland from the last time we went (I am proud to say this will be her 5th visit in her 3 years)... it should be a wonderful time with our family.

That's all for now! More info on my Build-a-Bear Mommy and Me Class to come!