Yesterday we had the Hamilton Extravaganza. We got close to 100 stampers on the day and everyone who attended had a great time. How our extravaganzas work is, five pairs of demonstrators prepared and taught a project, moving from table to table so at the end of the day everyone who attended took home five lovely creations. I was fortunate to be paired up with Rachael, a very creative demonstrator from Auckland. She came up with this lovely box, which is what we demonstrated on the day.

Stamps: Spotlight on Christmas (115876), Oval All (116877). Card/Paper: Old Olive (106576), Chocolate Chip (108599), Baja Breeze (116207), Whisper White (106549), Ski Slope Designer Series Paper (112994). Ink: Old Olive (102277), Real Red (106578). Accessories: Silver Brads (104336), Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109052). Tools: Corner Rounder Punch (109047), Scallop Oval Punch (114889), Large Oval Punch (107305), 5-Petal Flower Punch (109041), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

The box is made for a chocolate brownie (which was included as part of the pack), but it would also be great for Christmas Cake, truffles, ...

As a part of the day, all the demonstrators contributed items for the door prizes. Two of the ladies from our workshops each won one of the ten door prizes. For my contribution, I re-made the Just Beachy acetate box and filled it with chocolate almonds. Certainly, the door prize that was most coveted was the cookies-in-a-jar made by Rachael.

Everyone who attended got a bag of goodies from their demonstrator. Each one of my bags had a name tag.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs (116340), Defining Alphabet (116354). Card/Paper: Very Vanilla (106550), Certainly Celery (108619), Basic Gray (111859). Ink: Basic Gray (109120), Certainly Celery (105217). Accessories: Certainly Celery 5/8" poly-twill ribbon (from September's Ribbon Bundle Promotion). Tools: Corner Rounder Punch (109047), Horizontal Slot Punch (105089), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

I had a lot of fun making making these and used the Certainly Celery ribbon we got as a part of the ribbon bundle promotion in August. The only down-side was that I used a new alphabet stamp set, which took me two-hours to mount! The bag also included a small chocolate-gift from me.

Stamps: Punches Three (Level 1 Hostess). Card/Paper: Night of Navy (106577), Whisper White (106549). Ink: Night of Navy (102977), VersaMark (102283). Accessories: Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder (109130), Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (102023), Linen Thread (104199). Tools: Scallop Square Punch (112081), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Heat Tool (106586).

Inside the little box is a square of Whittakers chocolate - yummy! The Merry Christmas stamp on the front is from the Punches Three level 1 hostess stamp set and punched out with the Scallop Square punch. This is the free punch that you can get in the current promotion when you spend $105 on products from the Christmas Extravaganza Gift-Giving Guide. This promotion runs from 1 November until 14 December.

• Click HERE to see the Gift-Giving Guide (1.65 MB PDF)
• Click HERE to contact me to place an order to receive your FREE Scallop Square Punch

If you wanted to come to the Hamilton Extravaganza but couldn't this time, then keep an eye out early next year.