Hello Winter

 

Today is our day to be with our kids and our grandkids for our Christmas celebration. We have three adult children and 7 grandchildren ranging from 22 years to 3 years and then another one due June 2025. It either keeps us young or makes us feel old and tired out!!  LOL!! The two oldest grands will not make it to the family celebration with work schedules, etc., but I will take what I can get.

I love being with them so much!

We rent the church's ministry center which is a gymnasium so the little ones can bring bikes or scooters to play on. 

A yummy lunch is planned where everyone supplies their favorites.

There will be games and hopefully some music as we are gifting Sawyer (10) a drum!  I'm sure his parents are THRILLED!! Will have to share photos later. 

On the home front - it's been quite a week+ as we had to have my 98 year old father taken to ER with pneumonia. After a two night stay (with a grumpy old man) he is home and functioning perfectly well on his own, preparing his meals and watching his sports on TV.

Once we got my dad home a situated, my brother in law (77 years old) had to go to ER - same hospital, and a couple doors down from where Dad was. Just another repeat I guess. He, too, was running a high fever and he is terribly weak. He recently had a heart Cath, but they found it to be perfectly fine, so we are not sure what is causing all his weakness. Prayers appreciated for both of these men in my life.

Christi

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Winter Meadow Meets Winterly Tree Tops

The WINTER MEADOW Designer Paper was a carry over from last year and what a great idea that was. I always thought that it would be nice to have the designer paper longer than one catalog time frame. I was thrilled when Winter Meadow was carried over

What a beautiful card inspired by Linda Callahan

However Linda did not share the measurements for her card so I went to work to do my best to figure them out. I will share them with you here:

Base: Thick White 5-1/2 x 8-1/2

Blueberry Bushel:(clockwise) 1-5/ x 4

                                                 2-3/8x4

                                                 1-1/4 x 4-1/8

Designer Paper: (clockwise).   1-1/2 x 3-7/8

                                                 2-1/4 x 3-7/8

                                                 1-1/8 x 4

What I changed up: the sentiment - I am not a "Happy Holiday" kind of person, preferring "Merry Christmas" instead, but I chose the "JOY & LOVE TO YOU" from PEACEFUL SEASONS, then added a nice Christmas sentiment to the inside.

I colored in the cardinals from WINTERLY TREE TOPS with the Real Red combo Stampin' Blends and the berries with a Cherry Cobbler light Stampin' Blend.

The branch was colored in with a Crumb Cake dark Stampin' Blend

To see the LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS

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• The Last Chance Products category will include retiring products from the September -December 2024 Mini Catalog and online releases, excluding Paper Pumpkin. When the Annual Catalog retires, you will find the retiring products in the Last Chance Products category of the online store (this won’t happen until the beginning of April).
• There will be a Last Chance Products category in the Online Store. 
• Last Chance Products in this category are available while supplies last and will be discontinued when they sell out. Items will be automatically removed from the category and the online store when they are discontinued.
• Discounts vary and are subject to change.
• The Last Chance Products category will be updated every other month (more retiring products will be added). Updates to this category will happen in February, April, June, August, October, and December.  
• Stampin’ Up! may add individual items from bundles or suite collections to the Last Chance Products category. If one or more products from the suite collection or bundle are in the Last Chance Products category, then the bundle and suite collection will also appear in this category. The bundle or suite will not be orderable if one or more of the items in the bundle or suite collection sell out. Our standard 10% bundle discounts will be available if one or more of the items move to the Last Chance Product category; however, the item in the Last Chance Products category may have a deeper discount.
• There may be times Stampin’ Up! will need to discontinue certain products outside of this process. This can happen due to factors outside our control, such as overseas shipping issues, disruptions to the supply chain for raw materials, or changes to our suppliers. If a product is discontinued outside the process, it won’t be available in our Last Chance Products category.
• There will no longer be a Clearance Rack, it will be now known as the Last Chance Products page...
• 
  
• Special Release of Three Designer Series Papers Beginning Today!!!
  

Stampin' Up! has refreshed these previous Designer Series Papers using some of our best-selling colors!

• Serene Love is re-colored from True Love.
• Refreshed Beauty is re-colored from Blackberry Beauty.
• Shades & Hues is re-colored from Color Theory.
• Available while supplies last.
• Click HERE to see these gorgeous papers and so much more!!

New ONLINE EXCLUSIVE products - this is one of my favorites especially since I live very near Holland MI and the springtime Tulips and Tulip Festival is a BIG deal here, but tulips are such a beautiful flower.

You can purchase this as a suite with all these products shown or you can pick and choose. Always remember that when you purchase a stamp set and die set (or a punch when available) you always get 10% off

Get a closer look HERE

Click HERE to see ALL of the NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVE products

You can believe that I have already purchased the faith based bundle for Easter 

But there is SO MUCH MORE

Please check it out

As always, I appreciate you choosing me as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator  and supporting me in my small business

I have yet to earn one of the incentive trips - wouldn't it be GREAT if this could be my year!! The trip will be an Alaskan Cruise!!

Two New Stampin’ Up! Kits 

Cherry Blossom Treat Boxes #164978 $20

Perpetual Calendar Kit #164975 $25

 Current Catalogs                    

           You can also take advantage of the on line exclusive products at my online store.

 Just click HERE to check out all of the online exclusive items available

Click HERE to see a PDF of the September to December catalog 

If you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 

I would be happy to get a catalog to you.

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Clearance Rack - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Join Christi's Creative Crew

Click HERE to shop with me

 

PLEASE USE THIS HOSTESS CODE 

WHEN PLACING YOUR ON LINE ORDER

  TACRKNZE

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

christiwaite@gmail.com

christicreativecrew.blogspot.com

 

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

 

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From my Team

We didn't have our traditional monthly team meeting this month. Instead we had a Christmas party, complete with a potluck and a gift exchange.

I am sharing some cards that were given to me that night

From Jodie...

From Jeanne...

And a wonderful devotional that I can read every day!

From Carla...

From Pam...

From Debbie - who used the layout that we made at our Team Retreat in October. Please notice the drummer boy and baby Jesus buttons on the front.

Using buttons on cards is Debbie's signature!!

Also from Debbie is a gift card with the darling sloth button

She even found some sloth shaped scrubbies

More cards from my team members:

From Lynda

From Karen

From Cindy

From Linda

From Donna

From Shirley

From Sue

      I just love my team - they bring me such joy and I appreciate them all so very much!               

To see the LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS

Click HERE

• The Last Chance Products category will include retiring products from the September -December 2024 Mini Catalog and online releases, excluding Paper Pumpkin. When the Annual Catalog retires, you will find the retiring products in the Last Chance Products category of the online store (this won’t happen until the beginning of April).
• There will be a Last Chance Products category in the Online Store. 
• Last Chance Products in this category are available while supplies last and will be discontinued when they sell out. Items will be automatically removed from the category and the online store when they are discontinued.
• Discounts vary and are subject to change.
• The Last Chance Products category will be updated every other month (more retiring products will be added). Updates to this category will happen in February, April, June, August, October, and December.  
• Stampin’ Up! may add individual items from bundles or suite collections to the Last Chance Products category. If one or more products from the suite collection or bundle are in the Last Chance Products category, then the bundle and suite collection will also appear in this category. The bundle or suite will not be orderable if one or more of the items in the bundle or suite collection sell out. Our standard 10% bundle discounts will be available if one or more of the items move to the Last Chance Product category; however, the item in the Last Chance Products category may have a deeper discount.
• There may be times Stampin’ Up! will need to discontinue certain products outside of this process. This can happen due to factors outside our control, such as overseas shipping issues, disruptions to the supply chain for raw materials, or changes to our suppliers. If a product is discontinued outside the process, it won’t be available in our Last Chance Products category.
• There will no longer be a Clearance Rack, it will be now known as the Last Chance Products page...
• 
  
• Special Release of Three Designer Series Papers Beginning Today!!!
  

Stampin' Up! has refreshed these previous Designer Series Papers using some of our best-selling colors!

• Serene Love is re-colored from True Love.
• Refreshed Beauty is re-colored from Blackberry Beauty.
• Shades & Hues is re-colored from Color Theory.
• Available while supplies last.
• Click HERE to see these gorgeous papers and so much more!!

New ONLINE EXCLUSIVE products - this is one of my favorites especially since I live very near Holland MI and the springtime Tulips and Tulip Festival is a BIG deal here, but tulips are such a beautiful flower.

You can purchase this as a suite with all these products shown or you can pick and choose. Always remember that when you purchase a stamp set and die set (or a punch when available) you always get 10% off

Get a closer look HERE

Click HERE to see ALL of the NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVE products

You can believe that I have already purchased the faith based bundle for Easter 

But there is SO MUCH MORE

Please check it out

As always, I appreciate you choosing me as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator  and supporting me in my small business

I have yet to earn one of the incentive trips - wouldn't it be GREAT if this could be my year!! The trip will be an Alaskan Cruise!!

Two New Stampin’ Up! Kits 

Cherry Blossom Treat Boxes #164978 $20

Perpetual Calendar Kit #164975 $25

 Current Catalogs                    

           You can also take advantage of the on line exclusive products at my online store.

 Just click HERE to check out all of the online exclusive items available

Click HERE to see a PDF of the September to December catalog 

If you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 

I would be happy to get a catalog to you.

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Clearance Rack - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Join Christi's Creative Crew

Click HERE to shop with me

 

PLEASE USE THIS HOSTESS CODE 

WHEN PLACING YOUR ON LINE ORDER

  TACRKNZE

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

christiwaite@gmail.com

christicreativecrew.blogspot.com

 

Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

 

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