Welcome to the last Pals Blog Hop of 2014. This month we want to help you start your holiday wish list by sharing projects featuring our favorite Stampin’ Up! papers, stamps, tools and accessories. Get your wish list ready as you move along through the blog hop.

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from September Gray at www.septembergray.com on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the project.

 Happy Holidays!

I hope you have enjoyed the Pals Blog Hop so far. I think I found a really fun project for you and even have a SNEAK PEEK from the upcoming Occasions Catalog! I found a cute project on Scor-Pal and adapted it easily to use the ready-made 2″ Tiny Treat Boxes (Item #135829) from the Holiday Mini Catalog! The boxes were so fun to decorate! Then, I stamped and did a little “Blendie” coloring on the holiday sentiment from Mingle All the Way, die-cut it with the Oval framelit, then put it on a layer of the Deco Label Framelit. I thought some ribbons would make it stand out, so I layered fringed Burlap Ribbon with Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon and Whisper White 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon. It still needed something to make it look “holidayish” so I stamped and cut out some Bright and Beautiful stars (so easy and quick with Photopolymer stamps and framelits) and trimmed out the sentiment. The last little detail was adding the December, just in case someone didn’t know when Christmas was! LOL Everything was adhered and it was done so amazingly fast!

Well, you know me! I can’t just stop at one! I decided to do a calendar for the entire year. This time I used the 2014-2016 In-Colors, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow, picking DSP from the paper stack. Once the calendar base was made, I started stamping the sentiment from You’re Wonderful and Daydream Medallions, then cutting Floral Framelits. I fussy-cut and popped up the banners on the sentiment and added a bow and rhinestones. I also colored some of the flowers from the You’re Wonderful stamp set and adhered them to the sides. So – if you are interested in making these with the tiny treat boxes, here is how I made them:

1. Boxes: Already made! I used my bone folder on all of the seams and put the boxes together. I made two layers for each side; one was 1 7/8″ and the other was 1 3/4″. Numbers to make for the boxes are: Box 1: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and Box 2: 0, 1, 2, 7, 8 ,9. The 9 will also serve as the 6. I changed the Year Calendar just a little so that the date on the 15th of the month will show “2015” by switching out the 7 with the 5 on the boxes. It certainly isn’t necessary but I thought it was a fun touch!

2. The cardstock for the calendar base: 4 3/8″ x 10 1/2″ and scored at 1/2″, 2 1/2″, 3 1/8″,  5 3/8″.

3. Use adhesive to make the base of the calendar

4. The side panel: 3″ x 9 3/4″ Scored at 2 3/4″ and 7″ and cut slits as shown. This piece is slightly larger on the sides so you can trim to your liking. Adhere to calendar base along the bottom and the top of the center panel.

I just got  the brand new Perpetual Birthday Calendar Project Kit from the upcoming Occasions Catalog and wanted to show it to you. What a pretty way to organize your special dates to remember! I used the embellishments in the kit so you could see how fun it would look.

CURRENT PROMOTIONS

1. Have you been to Stampin’ Up!’s Year End Close-out Sale yet? Click HERE or the SHOP button on the sidebar to my Stampin’ Up! store.
2. Weekly Deals: Brand new Sale every week!! Check out the latest group of products on sale HERE.

Let me know if you have any questions. The next stop is Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you in 2015.

Final Line-Up: 

1. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
2. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works by Shannon
3. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
4. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine
5. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
6. Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
7. September Gray at www.septembergray.com
8. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper  ⇐⇐ YOU ARE HERE
9. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
10. Nancy Gleason at MyStampinSpace
11. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
12. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb…
13. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
14. Amy Whelan at Amy’s Inklings
15. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
16. Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice
17. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
18. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
19. Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
20. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
21. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Create With Susan
22. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
23. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven’s Retreat
24. Amy Hoptay at Inking of You!
25. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery’s Owlery
26. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
27. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
28. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
29. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
30. Rae Harper-Burnet at WildWestPaperArts.com
31. Deb Cozzone at Deb Cozzone’s Stamping Zone
32. Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
33. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
34. Jane Knudsen at see jane stamp
35. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
36. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
37. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
38. Becky Volpp at InkBlossomWithBecky