A lovely neighbor, Laurette, brought her out-of-town-visiting daughter-in-law over to my house this past weekend to re-create a gift I’d been given several years ago at a Stampin’ Up! convention in Salt Lake City.

Laurette saw this in my stamp room, ooooh-ed and ahhhh-ed over it and asked if she could make one with her daughter-in-law when she came to visit. ย “Well of course” was my answer.
Here’s our ready-to-play/stamp table. ย By the way, Lexi, the daughter-in-law had never stamped before and “wasn’t creative”. ย She. ย Did. ย Great.

Here are their seasonal images. ย Take a good look and see how each gal put her own touch on her project.


When we finished, Laurette said that there was something missing……..a birthday image. ย So, I popped over to my Hey, Chick stamp box and found these two images, already finished. ย They fit the bill perfectly.

All you need for this project is a 5″ x 7″ frame, a piece of Designer Series Paper that fits your theme as a quiet background, and then lots of dies and odd bits and pieces/scraps of card stock.
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This would make a dynamite Christmas gift for a friend, parent, grown child, great neighbor. ย It just takes a little time to gather the parts and put them together.
Start with your H O M E letters, die cut them using Basic Black card stock and glue them to the background paper of your choice. ย Place that piece into your frame, under the glass. ย Then attach one half of a velcro ‘pair’ on the glass, over the letter “O”.
Now you can create your different season oval pieces, attach the opposite velcro piece to the back and then place in a trimmed down clear cello bag. ย Attach this bag to the back of the frame, using Tear & Tape, if it will fit, or keep it in a safe place nearby. ย Seal the top of the bag with velcro.
I sure hope you try this project either by gathering with a few friends or just on your own. ย There are no set rules. ย Use up scraps of paper. ย Use both old and new stamping supplies. ย And relax and have fun.
I’m going to offer a class in very early December for local gals who’d like to make this as a Christmas gift. ย My brain is whirring right now with the logistics.
My frame is 8-1/4″ x 6″ which is the size I would recommend. ย As you can see from the photos, Laurette and Lexi used gold frames since both have gold accents in their homes, one here in Idaho and the other in California.
Enjoy. ย And please let me know if you decide to make one of these great projects. ย Send a photo and I’ll be sure to post it. ย If you can attach your photo in a comment, go for it!
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