These scenes make me think back to when I was a teenager... Whew I wrote that out and wondered if I'm old enough to say "think back" or does that make me sound older than I am? lol But it reminds me when I would paint with my watercolours to create landscape scenes. I haven't made a watercolour painting in a long time. So when I spied the New Horizon designer series paper I knew it was being added to my collection. Now that I have it I almost don't want to use it! It's so pretty!

The penguin image from Stampin' Up!'s Penguin Place stamp set is adorable! And is the star of these Penguin Place Christmas Ornaments. Pair the stamp set and Penguin punch with Basic White and Smoky Slate cardstock, the Silver Foil Specialty pack and half of a plastic ball ornament, you can make these cute ornaments for your tree. If you wanted, you could fill some of the ornament with glitter or fake snow. I thought of it but didn't have either on hand. Or you could create this ornament without the plastic ornament piece itself. Since the plastic ornament has the hole for the ribbon you will need to either punch a small hole to thread the ribbon through or glue the ribbon to the backside of the scalloped circle.

Welcome to November's Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! This month we are sharing projects with the theme of Holidays.

These adorable and bright treat holders were thank you gifts Lisa and I created to hand out to our Crop Kingston Winter Retreat in February. We used the retiring Pineapple Punch and Call Me Clover cardstock when we die cut the images. The bag above was created using the All Dressed Up dies and the In the Tropics dies for the pineapple and leaf images. Inside the mini purse we included a package of ribbon and buttons that were available during Sale-A-Bration along with some lollipops!
This small thank you gift was created using the Mini Curvy Keepsakes box. You could add some dimension to the outside using the Subtle embossing folder or stamping on it with either Pineapple Punch or Crushed Curry ink. So many options to dress up this little package! Inside we included some small fruit candies and yes, some of them were pineapple flavoured!
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Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda

Thank you to all that joined us last Saturday at our February crop in support of H'Art Kingston! And thank you for the wonderful feedback about our new location - the Salvation Army Church. It is a wonderful spot with lots of space, good lighting and easy to get to!

Thank you to those that joined us on Saturday at Crop Kingston's January Crop. This month our donations went to the St. Lawrence College Student Emergency Fund.

Thank you to those that joined us on November 23rd for Crop Kingston's all day crop. Each attendee received the Night Before Christmas 6"x6" designer series paper pack in their grab bags. Lisa and I provided make and takes using that pack of designer series paper that each person could create during the crop.

Welcome to our December Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! Our theme this month if Foil and Glimmer - perfect for holiday celebrating! This month I'm sharing a 3D project that we created at a class during Crop Kingston's Fall Retreat in October.

We coloured a Baker's box using a Sponge Brayer, Mossy Meadow ink and Frost White Shimmer Paint. The ink and shimmer paint are mixed together with a small amount of water and then spread onto the Baker's box using the Sponge Brayer. You could also use a sponge or sponge dauber to paint the outside of the box.

Inside there are 4 Mini Curvy Keepsake boxes perfect to fill with chocolate, candy or small gifts!

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Thank you for stopping by! Next you will head over to Tricia`s blog to continue the blog hop.
~ Amanda

I put this Christmas Countdown project kit together a few weeks ago live on Facebook. So love how it turned out and I look forward to filling it with Ferrero Rocher so that I can countdown to Christmas! During my Facebook live, which you can watch below, I used different stamps than the suggested Christmas Countdown stamp set - the Nature's Beauty and Merry Moose stamp sets. But did use the ink colours they suggested, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Mossy Meadow. This kit can be assembled without a stamp set as well as there was quite a few die-cut pieces leftover.

The boxes are 2" cubes and can hold many different items. The boxes do come out of the cubby-hole easily so you could decorate the back of them for another countdown - Easter, birthday or other fun event! There is still time to order this project kit - it would arrive the first part of December to you but then you can enjoy the chocolate for multiple days all at once!

Make sure to join me on Thursday evenings at 7pm Eastern for my weekly Facebook Live: www.Facebook.com/FromWhereIStamp

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Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda

Hello and thank you to those that joined us last month for our October all-day crop in support of Ronald McDonald House Charities! Today I'm sharing with you our four make and takes. Make and takes are provided at each crop using product found in the grabs bags. This month each attendee received the Noble Peacock foil sheets.

I've created these mini curvy boxes using the Monster Bash designer series paper. It uses a 5.25" x 5.25" piece of designer series paper so you can make 4 boxes from one 12"x12" sheet.

The window on these boxes was cut out using the teardrop shape die that comes with the Mini Curvy Keepsake dies. Use a piece of Window Sheet to cover the hole from the inside before putting the box together. The Lace Trim was coloured using a Basic Black Dark Stampin' Blend and adhered with glue dots once the box was assembled. I wrote the boo greeting using the Basic Black blend.

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Thank you for stopping by today, click the Next button below to visit June Olsen's blog.
~ Amanda

A lovely day spent crafting this past Saturday! I completed a few projects that were on my to-do list. And yes, I make a to-do list for crop day or I either forget what I was supposed to make or forget something at home!

Thank you to all that join us this past Saturday for our August crop in support of Kingston Animal Rescue.

Hello! For July's team 3D creative challenge I created these origami sailboats. Thankfully Google search helped me find directions. The larger sailboat was started with a 8.5" x 11" piece of designer series paper whereas the small sailboat started with a 5.5" x 8" piece of designer series paper. I recommend that you use a Bone folder to create crisp folds to make it easier to fold your sailboat.


The inspiration from these sailboats was from a few projects I found on Pinterest.

Supplies
Stamps: None
Colours: Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Mossy Meadow
Accessories: Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper, Tear Tape, Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker's Twine, wooden stick

~ Amanda

Thank you to everyone that joined us last month for Crop Kingston July's All Day Crop in support of Loving Spoonful here in Kingston. We used the Come Sail Away Memories & More card pack for our Make and Takes this month.

So glad we used this Memories & More card pack this month! I have a whole trip with my mom to PEI in 2013 that needs to be scraped and this pack is perfect for it! Watch for more layouts in the future featuring pictures from this trip and this card pack.

Last month at the team meeting we were able to create this adorable truck! The die cuts out the truck with tabs that you fold but make sure to stamp the front grill, doors and windows on before assembly. I had a hard time deciding whether the truck needed front wheel wells or not. It still looks a little wonky to me but I'm not going to change it.


Supplies
Stamps: Ride With Me
Colours: Cajun Craze, Basic Black
Accessories: Truck Ride die, Watercolour Pencils, Tear & Tape

~ Amand

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday at Crop Kingston's June Crop in support of Make A Wish, we raised just over $60. The first two projects were designed by me.

The day before Onstage I decided to create some 3D swaps to use as roommate gifts, new table friend gifts and swaps if there were any left over. For this swap my goal was to use the Best Catch bundle in the Occasion catalogue and gummy fish inside the pizza boxes. I started with an idea to use a circle of velum as a peek hole in the pizza box, embossed the vellum with the Seaside Embossing Folder and then coloured it blue. That idea failed, the velum wasn't see-though enough to see the gummy fish I was putting inside.

My second idea was to use a square of Window sheet, emboss it and then colour it blue using a Stampin' Blend. It turned out okay, but still not transparent enough because I coloured it blue! So my final design has a clear Window Sheet that is embossed with the Seaside Embossing Folder and left uncoloured. I used a Stampin' Spritzer with rubbing alcohol and 7 drops of Balmy Blue ink refill to spritz the outsides of the pizza boxes before assembling them.


The fish were coloured using a variety of Stampin' Blends. Mixing different colours, such as Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake together is a first for me but I love how it turned out! Did you notice that the die for the fish has cut outs for the fins? Looks awesome doesn't it?

Supplies
Stamps: Best Catch
Colours: Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Garden Green
Accessories: Window Sheets, Stampin' Spritzer, Catch of the Day dies, Pizza boxes, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Blends in various colours, Seaside Embossing Folder, Layering Circle dies

~ Amanda

A festive pillow box that is perfect to hold a gift card or a small gift like chocolate! Having the cute kraft polka dot pillow boxes makes this a quick project to assemble.

The Farmhouse Christmas stamp set and dies are retiring and will no longer be available after the Holiday Catalogue is over on January 2, 2019. During the Year-End Closeout make sure to place your order early as items are while supplies last - make sure to check out my store to see what is still available: https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/category/20090/year-end-closeout?dbwsdemoid=2157916

Supplies
Stamps: Farmhouse Christmas
Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Smokey Slate, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Farmhouse Framelits, Layering Ovals framelits, Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper, Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine, Kraft Pillow Boxes, Stampin' Blends - Smokey Slate, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Basic Black Stampin' Marker, Glue Dots

~ Amanda


Our next crop will be on Saturday January 26th in support of Boys & Girls Club of Kingston. Registration is $30 and closes on January 7th. Head over to Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/781974782147689/

Thank you to everyone who spent time crafting the day away on Saturday. It was the perfect day to hide inside while rain/sleet/snow fell! This month's crop was in support of Ronald MacDonald House Charities.