As I was decorating our Christmas tree and the house yesterday, I came across several of my past Stampin’ Up! creations from years past. Many of my decorations are handmade ones from all the years before I discovered stamping.

Like many of us who got into stamping, we also did and do lots of other crafts. I have wooden ornaments I painted, glass wine bottles I painted with snowmen, styrofoam ornaments covered with sequins, macrame, counted cross-stitch ornaments and small wall-hangings, Santa dolls, fabric wall-hangings, tons of stuff! Not to mention the ornaments and things my kids made through the years including a nativity made from a paper bag and stickers on popsicle sticks from pre-school!

Above you see my first Christmas sampler (that should be framed but isn’t!). Perhaps one from another holiday is framed and I intended to just change out the samplers for each holiday. People are still making samplers like this, even better, for every holiday and occasion for home decor and gifts.

These decorated ornaments were popular when I became a demonstrator.  It’s just a clear glass ornament with several drops of reinker rolled around inside until the entire inside of the ornament was covered. For an added touch, I dropped some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter inside.  The snowflakes on the outside I believe are rub-ons that we sold at some point.

This was once another very popular way to make an ornament! And it is FROSTY inside!  Anyone who has been around Stampin’ Up! for a while recognizes Frosty!  We could not believe it when they retired the Frosty Stamp Set! It was probably one of the first stamp sets I purchased from Stampin’ Up! For this ornament, we cut a window sheet in a circle with a little tab on top to fit into the ornament hole to hold it in place, stamped on it, then rolled it up small enough to put inside the ornament hole.  Once inside it would open up and relatively stay in place. I added some “snow” and some gold paper strips for decoration.

These star boxes were from a Stampin’ Up! kit a few years ago, the Many Merry Stars Kit.  The kit made a TON of star boxes.  Some of them open with lids, others are just 3D.  There are several that are VERY large.  These are just three of the boxes. They could be used as gift boxes or as decorations. This post shows some of the boxes.

These ornaments were made from two different kits.  The blue ornament on the left is made from the Stampin’ Up! Festive Flurry Ornament Kit. Here is a post with a video about the kit.  The ornament on the right is from the Ornamental Elegance Kit.  It graced the cover of the Holiday catalog a few years ago. Here is a post about that kit.

Out of many of my Christmas decorations, this box is one of my favorites!  I remember seeing it on display at one of the Stampin’ Up! conventions I attended. It was called the Christmas Keepsake Project Kit.  Shelli and Sara made a video together (or maybe it was a live event,  I don’t remember, that showed how to embellish the box with all the pieces and decorations.  I think it stands the test of time and is still very beautiful. I think I made extras for gifts.

Think about Christmas decorations and decor items you can stamp to have as keepsakes through the years.  It’s always fun to open the Christmas boxes and be reminded of all the memories our ornaments and decorations provide as we decorate for the Christmas holidays!