Have you seen the new Occasion Mini Catalog?  It’s fabulous and full of great new stamp sets and accessories!  This pretty project uses several new products from this mini.  The new Adorning Accents Edgelits and Framelits dies, Adorning Accents embossing folders, new designer series paper and the beautiful new Apothecary Art stamp set!

This folder and cards make a perfect gift for Birthdays, Mother’s Day or a "just because" gift.  Makes a great class or club project too!

This pretty project comes to you designed by Laurie!  To get the instructions for Laurie’s project, just subscribe to January!  And please leave Laurie a comment if you like her project!

Sorry for the blog absence.  I went into Christmas panic mode.   Can you relate?  Saturday we went to the mall and it  finally hit me, Christmas is just a few days away!  I know there really is no excuse but it seems like I have been working on Christmas for a long time and it was always some day way in the future.  Well that future hit me on the head on  Saturday!  

Since then I have calmed down some, crossed a lot off the list,  modified the list and accepted that some things are not going to be done in time.    Fortunately, I have something new to show you that I made before i went into panic mode.   

The stamp set, Apothecary Art is a new one from the Occasions Mini Catalog and the label is from the Labels Collection (Framelits).   I think by now the Occasions Mini Catalogs have been mailed out so you can see what theFramelits look like.  They are very cool and I cannot wait to see all the fun ways people are going to use them.  For the background  I did what I call the double folder technique where I used the Framed Tulip TIEF and the Perfect Polka Dot TIEF on the same card.  You can see other samples of this here , here and here.  

I am off to join my fellow citizens at the Post Office.   It will be a party but it means a few more things checked off the list!  Hope your day is fabulous and you are not standing in line at the post office.