Dec 6, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Create with Connie & Mary, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Good Morning! Today we have a new challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. This week we have a sketch challenge for you –
I decided to create a card based on a holiday scrapbook layout that I made for my last scrapbook class. In order to do that I turned the sketch on it’s side. I don’t know about you but I really love using the little Festival of Prints paper stack in the Holiday catalog. I have been using them for scrapbooking and for cards – cutting them quickly in half or into strips.
I’ll post the scrapbook layout another day. I actually started creating a My Digital Studio card based on this too – but ended up changing my mind on our family Christmas Card. I am using My Digital Studio for that – I ordered 55 cards – I hope that is enough. And I included photos but it took me a longer time to figure out what I wanted to do. Finally finished earlier this week. Anyway back to this card.
The base is Crumb Cake (yes one of my favorites of the neutrals). Then a layer of Early Espresso – it was run through with the Chevron Embossing Folder – I did using my Boutique embosser machine but the Big Shot works too. The little flags are strips from the Festival of Prints paper pack. Then I stamped the image from the Merry & Bright stamp set – and yes it fits so nicely in the Apothecary Framelit. The edges are sponged in Crumb Cake. My scrapbook page had little collections of the embosslit buttons and it used Jolly Bingo bits which I decided was too big for this card. So I pulled out the Merry Mini’s set and added a tiny little ornament for this card. I really love all these colors together.
What can you create with this sketch? Can you turn it or flip and make something for the holidays? Have fun playing along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:- Stamps: Merry & Bright, Merry Minis
- Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade
- Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Chevron Embossing Folder, Button Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Festival of Prints Designer paper pack, Linen Thread, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Stampin’ Sponge, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Texture Boutique
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. Have a great week!
Dec 5, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Remember the other day when I posted about the ornament that I made for my gift making class – well this is the second one from the set. It is Crumb Cake – with Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake snowflake die-cuts in the center and a Vintage Faceted Button tied with Linen Thread in the center. I know you can’t see it in this picture but there is shimmer on the whole ornament – I mixed the Champagne Shimmer paint with rubbing alcohol and put it in a spritzer bottle.
If you like this style of ornament guess what – Stampin’ Up! just released an ornament kit that you can order to make the ornament like the one on the front of the Holiday Catalog –
You can visit my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – go to the online store by clicking SHOP NOW – and order there – or contact me directly and I can place the order for you.
Nov 29, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Create with Connie & Mary |
It is time for a new Thursday challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. It seems like it has been a long time – but it has really just been two weeks. I hope you enjoyed the double challenge – the shaped card using the sketch. But now it is time for a new one and this week is a color challenge – Wisteria Wonder, Baja Breeze, Silver Glimmer.
The only think I could think of was snowflakes. So I made some silver glimmer snowflakes and took a card I had made a couple of weeks ago and modified it to fit this color challenge. I originally saw a similar card on Pinterest and then on Heather Summer’s blog.
The card base is Baja Breeze. I cut strips of Whisper White and embossed them with the Snow Flurry embossing folder – and I actually go to use my new Texture Boutique Embosser – which Stampin’ Up! briefly had for sale – but they sold out so quickly – I do hope they get more in so everyone else can buy one too. After they were embossed I cut the ends to turn them into flags and attached them to the card base. I stamped the Christmas Blessings in Wisteria Wonder. I cut snowflakes with the Big Shot and the Silver Glimmer paper. The top one was colored with the Wisteria Wonder Stampin’ Write Marker (I’m not positive that I like that – I think I should have left it silver). I layered all the snowflakes and put the Wisteria Wonder brad through the center and then finally added a bit of Baja Breeze Seam Binding ribbon behind it.
Finally I decided to get my Silver smooch and spray the whole card to give it more glimmer. It really doesn’t look good in the picture – it looks better in person – but I’m just not much of a glimmer girl so maybe I should have done without.
In any case this is my color challenge card for this week.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:- Stamps: More Merry Messages
- Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Snow Flurry die, Norther Flurry Embossing Folder, In-color Designer printed brads, Paper piercer, Silver Foil Smooch Spritz, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, , Stampin’ Dimensionals, Texture Boutique
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. Have a great week!
Nov 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Thanksgiving |
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Enjoy your day with family and friends. The turkey is in the oven, the pie is made, ham is in the fridge, casseroles are ready to go in the oven and the table is set. Now to wait on the kids to wake up and watch the parade on tv. I’m hoping we can get some good family photos today that we’ll be able to use on a Christmas card.
This is a cute little pumpkin tea light project. I found the idea on Pinterest – it was created by Connie Stewart. In the center is a little battery operated tea light. So it glows when you turn it on. I left one of the vellum strips un attached and then you pull it open to get to the tea light. We made this as a stamp club project.
I built mine a little different from Connie – I glued all the pieces to the top piece instead of the bottoms because I really wanted the top pieces to all be even. I added an extra flower to the top to there is a double layer of leaves on the top.
Colors are Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Early Espresso and then Vellum card stock, Very Vanilla and the Champagne Glimmer paper.
The strips are embossed and sponged. I believe they are 3/4″ wide for each strip and 4-1/4″ long.
I wanted to show it lit so I took a picture in the dark so you could see the candle in there. It looks really nice in person – not so good in this dark photo.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
The Online Extravaganza is still going on so if you want to do some Stampin’ Up! shopping online visit my website and online store –
www.monika.stampinup.net
And if you are planning to attend my gift making class on December 1st make sure to email me with your project selections.
Nov 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas |
Have you seen the sale list this week? There are some great deals on there. Including the stamp set called Happy Hour – it is on sale for 25% off during the Online Extravaganza. And I have it on my order. But until I get it here so I can create with it I do have one card idea to show you. I participated in a WOW Christmas Card swap just recently and one of the creations used that set. The card was made by Carol Snow.
I love the little rhinestones in the glass for the ice!! Isn’t that the greatest idea?
This is one of those sets that you can use for many occasions all year long and I didn’t even realize it had the candy cane as part of the set but it does. Here is a picture of all the images.
It is a fun party set so add it to your list while it is on sale!
Nov 18, 2012 | Big Shot |
It’s almost time for the Online Extravaganza Sale to start…. are you ready?
And for MONDAY ONLY – for 24 hours you can get these 3 items on sale –
Visit the online store at my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – to take advantage of these great deals on Monday, November 19th and all the sales items through November 28th.
Enjoy your holiday shopping!
