Gift a Little Joy

with the New Holiday Catalog

Hi Everyone,

I know everyone is getting their kids back to school and may not have given any thought to the holidays yet. My girls are older. Julianne, 20 just moved back home to work and save money to apply for graduate school next fall. Samantha, 17 is in her senior year this year. I'm heading back into my education job too. With all the business of fall, the holidays are going to creep up quickly. I think it's time to kick off "Gift a Little Joy" by gifting small things to friends and family. Even give a little joy to strangers. 

The Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog has many wonderful packaging ideas and products to make this easy. In our school district, we have a new superintendent starting, so I decided to "Gift a Little Joy" to welcome her. One of the new products are the Acetate Card Boxes. These boxes can hold up to 5 hand stamped cards with envelopes. I used a box to include 5 thank you cards as a welcome gift to our new superintendent.

I love the designer paper and ribbon with this project. The Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper is beautiful. I love how well the colors match perfectly with the Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon. The ribbon and Colorful Seasons stamp set are found in the annual catalog. It's amazing the reaction when you gift a little joy to someone. The superintendent really loved this gift and it also allowed us to get to know each other a little bit.

Check out this little Gift of Joy commercial

This is so much fun. I want all of you to think about the joy you can bring to someone's life by a simple hello, thanks, and how are you doing. #Giftalittlejoy is my challenge to you all. If you join this challenge, I'd love to hear your story, so let me know. Simply post a blog, post to Instagram, or contact me to let me know what you've done. I'll continue to blog and share stories.

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Happy Stampin'
Mary Blocher
The Power Huff Stamper