Fall Fest: Nearing the End

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The fifth and final “official” project for Fall Fest (I’ll be sharing the take home project tomorrow) was a recipe card holder using some of the envelopes and  cards from the Watercolor Winter Simply Created Card Kit.  This project was a huge hit and many commented that they were going to make more of these to share some of their favorite recipes.
 
 
Using 4 of the Crumb Cake envelopes from the kit, we stamped them with the Letterpress Winter stamp set and attached them all together in one long line.  We then covered the spots on each envelope (where an address would go) with 1/2 of the striped card from the kit.  We printed up the four recipes from the food we had at Fall Fest.  these were adhered to Cherry Cobbler card stock and inserted into each of the envelope pockets.   

 
A little stamping, texture embossing and cutting yielded up the adorable tag and the whole thing was accessorized with Cherry Cobbler Linen Ribbon and a Snowflake Embellishment.  Everyone received an entire roll of the ribbon to add to their stash for the day.
 
 
When all of the stamping was done and the goodies were given out, we gave all of these special stampers one final parting gift for choosing to spend their Saturday with us.  They each got the Good Greetings stamp set that was an exclusive hostess stamp set which was only available in September and October. 
 
Be sure to come back tomorrow to see the “Take home kit” they each received as well as a recap.
 

Fall Fest: Snow Much Fun

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The fourth project for our Fall Fest Retreat was this fun piece of framed .  For this project I used the Watercolor Winter Simply Created Card Kit in a very unexpected way.  The kit is shown on page 37 of the Holiday Catalog and has photos and directions for making 5 different cards.  I started out with an 8″ x 8″ piece of Pool Party card stock which I stamped a “splattered” image from Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  This gave the appearance of falling snow.  WE used the large vellum snowflake, the banner, letters, trees, and sled from the card kit. I even used the Woodgrain textured card stock to build the fence.  For this project everyone received our Multi Purpose Glue as well as the All is Calm Snowflake Embellishment and the shadow box frame to display their creation.  This project was a definite hit.
 
 
After this project was finished we held our card contest and swap for those that chose to participate.  The rules for the contest were they could design any card they wanted to but it had to use Stampin’ Up! product and had to have at least one layer and one embellishment. 
Colleen K (on the right) won first place and won the Gift Box Punch Board while Sue D. earned second place and won the Project Life Holiday Cheer stamp set.
 
 
This was Colleen’s winning card.  It is stunning in person, and yes, I will be posting a tutorial on how she did it in a week or so. 

 
And this gorgeous card was Sue’s 2nd pace entry.
I must say we had some beautiful cards to vote on and I will be featuring those cards in the future (you’ll be impressed). 
 
Come back tomorrow for the final details and project from Fall Fest 2014.
 

Fall Fest: Afternoon

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Over the past few days I’ve been sharing all of the goodies and projects from my Fall Fest Retreat.  I’ve covered the morning session with the projects as well as the lunch we provided.  Today I’m going to share with you a few more things.
 
 
When we finished lunch and everyone returned to their seats they found these “Caramel Apples” made from the Curvy Keepsake Box Framelit.  Each Caramel Apple was filled with chewy caramels.  
 
Before we started the next project we had a game for a few to play.  we had marked an “X” on the bottom of three of the Fall Fest Bags and those that had the “X” were asked to come up and demonstrate their stamping skills.  They had to open a stamp case and mount a photopolymer stamp, open a stamp pad and stamp the image on a piece of Whisper White card stock, fold the card in half, put it in an envelope, and lick the envelope shut.  the first one to complete the task would win.  Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, they had to do all of this with winter gloves on their hands.  Everyone really seemed to enjoy this fun activity.
 
 
Teresa C. was the winner of the game and received this wooden bird house I decorated with papers and punches.
We then gave everyone a package of the Autumn Wooden Accents
as an extra gift.
 
 
Next on the agenda was Project Three which was a set of 5 cards featuring the Festival of Trees stamp set and coordinating Tree Punch as well as the All is Clam Designer Series Paper.  They used some of the Frosted Sequins on these cards so everyone also received a package of those as well.
 

Before they finished the Festival of Trees cards, we passed out Bags of homemade caramel corn.  We used the Petite Café Bags which worked perfect for the caramel corn because the inside of the bag has a waxed coating so that no oils from food come through the bag.  The Caramel Corn was a big hit and even thought these bags can be sealed up to keep the food in them fresh, I don’t think many stampers went home with any popcorn left.  I thought I’d share my Microwave Caramel Corn recipe with you.  It’s easy and oh so good!
 
Microwave Carmel
Corn
Ingredients:
·        
¾ – 1 C Pop Corn
·        
1C
Brown Sugar
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¼ C Dark Corn Syrup
·        
½ tsp. Salt
·        
½ tsp. Baking Soda
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1
stick Butter
 Instructions:
·        
Pop
popcorn and put in a large brown paper bag
·        
Mix
remaining ingredients and boil 2 minutes
·        
Pour
over popcorn in paper bag.  Close bag by
rolling it down and shake.
·        
Microwave
bag on high 1 ½ minutes
·        
Shake
and microwave 1 ½ minutes more
 
Stop back tomorrow as I still have plenty more to share with you about my Fall Fest Retreat.