On Sunday we held our annual Hamilton Christmas Extravaganza at the Gordonton Hall, and it was a fun day full of crafting and socialising. The demonstrators start their day fairly early, setting up displays, arranging tables and preparing to teach. When we lay out the tables for our guests, we put a name tag or small gift for each person. I baked for my guests, making them biscuits pressed with the Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps (page 161, Annual Catalogue) gift wrapped using the Season of Sweets Designer Kit (page 15, Holiday Catalogue)...

Salutation stamps are for more than adding a sentiment to your card. You can also make them the focus. This is CASEd from the card pictured on page 142 of the Annual Catalogue...

This month a friend of mine got married. Her colours were vanilla with pastel greens and pinks. Inspired by a wedding card by Dawn Olchefske, here's the card I made for the couple...

In the workshops this month we made gold embossed Christmas Cards using the Triple-Time Stamping Technique...

Another niece had her birthday at the end of September. She loves Smiggle, so we got her a voucher and I made this birthday card using the new Papillon Potpourri butterfly stamp set (page 115, Annual Catalogue)...

Here's a birthday Box Card I made using the Floral District DSP (page 163, Annual Catalogue) and the Box Card template used in the September Workshops...

At the Auckland Heartfelt Stampin' Event in mid-September we each got a free stamp set - Clockworks (page 105, Annual Catalogue). I love the versatility of the stamps in this stamp set - great individually or used together as a collage. It is also great for Steampunk, a retro-futuristic trend that is gaining popularity. All the make-and-takes at the Heartfelt Stampin' Event were made using the Clockworks stamp set. I CASEd one of the make-and-take projects to create this masculine 40th birthday card...

Have you met the Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps on page 161 of the Annual Catalogue yet?