Apr 1, 2013 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Scrapbook Pages, Spring Catalog 2013 |
These turned out to be the perfect pictures for this scrapbook layout I created earlier this year. I made the layout for a scrapbook swap that I participated in at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference. I really love this layout but it has lots of pieces! And after making 10 of them for the swap – I was ready to put it away for a while. This weekend though I pulled it back out and while I was looking through some pictures I found these that I took of Ryan last Easter in 2012. Ryan is stylin’ the long hair and he has some beautiful eyes – he often gets comments about his eyes and I was lucky enough to get these pictures of him – he was “modeling” for me – it rarely happens – and then I got a candid shot where you can really see his eyes. I had hoped to get some good pictures this year at our Easter gathering but mother nature didn’t really cooperate and it rained on and off all after noon.
Here are some close ups and a few details on what I used on the layout –
Several of the products are from the Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog –
- Bitty Butterfly punch
- Print Poetry Designer Paper Stack
- Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon
- Collage Curios stamp set
And some of the regular catalog products include:
- Pursuit of Happiness stamp set
- In-Color Dahlias
- Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit card stock and ink
- Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon
- Crumb Cake card stock and ink
- Petite Pennants Builder punch
- 1″ Circle punch
- 2-1/2″ Circle punch
- Sweet Buttons Embosslit
- Apothecary Accents Framelits
I hope you like this layout as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by today.
Mar 28, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Easter, Spring Catalog 2013 |
Well this is my last Create with Connie & Mary challenge card. It has been a fun time each week with the sketch and colors challenges. I’ll be doing something different for the month of April and then with a busy few months through the summer I don’t plan to be on any challenge teams for a while. Connie & Mary will have some new designers on the challenge team and they have a new Card class going on to so be sure to check out what they are doing.
This week at Create with Connie & Mary we were issued a sketch challenge!
I created an Easter card actually a few weeks ago and now I can’t remember if I made it based on this sketch or if it just conveniently worked out that way 🙂 – I think I’m getting old because I really can’t remember. So here it is –
It’s a perfect match to that sketch don’t you think? But it is a twist since it is an Oval shaped card – I love it! I made use of the Oval Framelits for all the layers on the card.
Here are the are some details –
- Cut a piece of Lucky Limeade card stock – 4-1/4 x 11 and score at 5-1/2″ – fold it in half and position it on the Big Shot with the large scallop oval framelit – you want the folded edge to be below the top of the oval so that it doesn’t get cut – this creates the folded base of the card.
- Cut a Chocolate Chip Oval with the next size oval and then cut a piece of the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper with the next size smaller. Layer these two together.
- Cut a strip of Chocolate Chip card stock and glue it across the layered ovals – then trim the ends along the oval shape.
- Tie a piece of Linen Thread around the strip – I used some snail on the back side to help hold it in place so it didn’t slip. I tied the bow to the left side where I added a Designer Builder Brad. The brad has a punch out from the designer paper in the center – covered by the clear bubble. Punch a hole through the layered oval and add the brad.
- Attach the layered oval to the front of the oval card base. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Stamp Happy Easter (from Teeny Tiny Wishes) and cut with the Itty Bitty Banner Framelit – then attach to the front of the card.
- A beautiful egg shaped Easter card!
I’m spending the rest of the week getting ready for Easter – I will have 30 people here for lunch – mostly extended family and a few friends. I’m not sure we will have an egg hunt though – all the kids have grown up most are in college now – we have a few high schoolers but no little kids here this year. I may need to come up with some games to play instead.
Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. I hope you will play along. Every week the top 3 are announced from each challenge – maybe this week it will be you!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut machine, Itty Bitty Banner Framelits, Oval Framelits, Linen Thread, Designer Builder Brads, Tea for Two Designer paper, Itty Bitty Punch Shapes, Stampin’ Dimensionals, mini glue dots
Thank you again for letting me be part of the weekly challenge team. Continue to enjoy the challenges!
Mar 27, 2013 | Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, Wildlife |
Today I have another scrapbook layout to share with you. I usually post the layouts from my scrapbook classes and I don’t have photos on them. I add the photos later – at least that is the plan. This layout was based on one that was in the Stampin’ Success Demonstrator magazine maybe a year or so ago. It was a single page layout and I modified it to be a double page layout.
The stamp set that I used is Circle Circus – the circles are stamped and punched and scattered around the layout. The page has 2 hidden journaling and photo spots. On the left page there is a pocket where you can add some hidden journaling. It was made with the Petite Pocket Die.
The tag pulls out. And then on the right page there is a little flip up page where you can add photos or both a photo and some journaling.
The top part would probably be best for journaling and the bottom for a large photo. The little love you banner would be attached on the picture. For this layout I’m not exactly sure which pictures I’m going to put on here yet.
I like the addition of the doilies behind all the circles. And the little bitty buttons tied with the linen thread.
In case you want an update on the Bluebirds – the momma is sitting on her eggs – we have had some unusually cold days this week – we are a good 20-30 degrees below normal! Today is sunny and she has been out a lot eating – it is a little bit warmer than it has been and hopefully will continue to get warmer. It is now day 6 – so she is about half way through incubating the eggs. Tomorrow I’ll try to get outside and refill the feeders – I had to get more regular seed at the bird store today. I have peanut splits and some suet out there and that’s what they have been eating. Not just the bluebirds – there have been lots of birds out today eating.
Come back tomorrow for my Create with Connie & Mary challenge card – a pretty Easter card.
Mar 26, 2013 | Big Shot, Easter |
Look at these sweet little flower treats (or bonnets they kind of look like that too).
We made these for my Spring Hands-on class this month. They are decorated for Easter, but another idea is to make them up for the Red Hat ladies. I bet they would love them too. They are really easy to make – just grab your Big Shot.
- Cut the two largest flowers from the Flower Folds Bigz XL die. Then run each through the Big Shot again with the embossing folder. Glue those two flowers together.
- Fill a Sweet Treat cup with some candy, pull of the liner and attach to the center of the flowers.
- To cover the edge of the treat cup punch first with the 1-3/4″ circle punch and then punch around the circle with the 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle creating a scallop circle ring that fits around the treat cup – put some adhesive on the back and slide it over the treat cup.
- Tie some ribbon around the edge of the treat cup – I used the Primrose Petals stitched ribbon.
- I added a little tag with the word window punch – the Happy Easter is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and the little bunny is from the Itty Bitties stamp set. Tie the tag on with some Whisper White Baker’s Twine.
That’s it – make up a bunch and set them out for Easter treats.
Mar 22, 2013 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Scrapbook Pages |
Yikes – its the last day of Sale-A-Bration at Stampin’ Up! There are only a few more hours left to place and order and get free product! So Hurry – my online store is open – www.monika.stampinup.net –
I’ve got a fun Scrapbook layout to share with you using lots of free Sale-A-Bration product – the Sycamore Street Bundle – which include the Madison Avenue stamp set, Sycamore Street Designer Paper and Ribbon and Button bundle – these were all free for $400+ workshop hostesses. Plus the Vine street embossing folder.
This layout was one that we made in my February Scrapbook class. It’s a layout that’s all ready for some fun photos!
I’ve been behind with sharing scrapbook layouts so I’ll try to catch up on that this week. This morning I had a fun class as we made two new layouts.
I didn’t have a chance to share yesterday but I have another update on the bluebirds – yesterday came Egg #5 –
I have had a lot of people ask how am I getting these pictures and where is the nest. The nest is inside a bird house in my backyard. The front of the house opens so I wait until the birds leave and then I open it to look inside. I have been using my iphone to take these pictures – I just stick it inside and click. Then I close up the house and mom and dad come back.
Now though she will be incubating the eggs and won’t be leaving the nest much. Today I noticed both the male and female in the yard most of the day – they sat on my porch and on the feeders a lot today (the feeders were empty so I filled them this afternoon). The incubation is 12-14 days – so now we start counting – today is day 1. So we should have babies hatching around April 2-4. Once they hatch I’ll get more time to peek in again as mom and dad will spend most of the day getting food for those babies. I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks for coming by today!
Mar 21, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Spring Catalog 2013, Thank You |
I’m wrapping up my stay with Create with Connie & Mary – I have just a couple more projects to share for the weekly challenge team. It has been fun and I’ve enjoyed seeing the creations every week. Thanks for letting me be part of the fun.
This week at Create with Connie & Mary we were issued a color challenge! Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, and Not Quite Navy – they make me think of summer and water – so naturally I thought of the Oh, Whale! stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog.
Now that I had my colors and knew I wanted to use the Oh, Whale stamp set I had to decide what to do with it. I have wanted for the last few months to make the little envelopes that are shown in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I had many people ask how are those made. Well it’s really hard – you use the Big Shot and the Scallop Envelope Die and fold in the top, then the bottom, then one side and it’s done. Really – that easy! Not hard at all. The little envelope is just folded up so the decorative flap becomes one of the sides that is tucked in.
Here are the are some more details –
- Cut Daffodil Delight card stock with the scallop envelope die and the Big Shot. I went ahead and folded it all together the way I wanted to make the pocket. Then ran it through with the Cloudy Day embossing folder. Then I went back and added a little bit of Tomobow glue to hold it all shut – I guess I could have added that before embossing – but I didn’t do it that way.
- I stamped the whale in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White card stock and cut it out with the Happy Whale Clearlits die – isn’t it the cutest thing? I added a tiny silver mini brad for his eye.
- Tie a piece of the Marina Mist Striped Organdy Ribbon around the pocket then add the whale on with some dimensionals.
- I cut a piece of Marina Mist card stock to slide inside the pouch. I added a whale clip to the end of it. And on the card I added a little banner.
- The words are from the Oh, Whale stamp set and then cut with the Itty Bitty Banner framelits.
- Write a sweet little note and give it to someone special!
Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. I hope you will play along. Every week the top 3 are announced from each challenge – maybe this week it will be you!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Whisper White
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut machine, Itty Bitty Banner Framelits, Cloudy Day Embossing Folder, Scallop Envelope die, Happy Whale Clearlits Die, Mini Brads, Marina Mist Striped Organdy Ribbon, Elements Cute Clips
Enjoy this week’s projects and I’ll be back one more time for next’s week challenge. If I have an update on the Bluebird I’ll post that later.
