The Online Extravaganza promotion is our biggest online sale of the year! During these 10 days only, you can get incredible discounts-up to 50 percent-on some of your favorite products!
In addition, there will be three products 20 percent off for 24-hours only on both the first and last days of Online Extravaganza-our very own doorbusters! Woot!
Don’t miss these sales! If you have questions shoot me an email. Sale prices will be in my online store when the sale starts on Monday. Don’t miss the one day specials!
Stampin’ Up! has a limited number of these cute little embossing machines! It would make a perfect gift for your favorite crafter or for yourself! There are two options – purchase by itself for $29.95 or as a bundle with two Stampin’ Up! exclusive embossing folders for $39.95. Watch this video to see how it works –
These are available for a limited time so hurry before they run out. You can find them in my online store – www.monika.stampinup.net –
There is still more to share including a 10 day sale coming soon – I’ll post more soon.
This week’s Thursday challenge at Create with Connie & Mary is a 2 week double challenge! First it’s a sketch challenge and second we have been challenged to create a shaped card using one of Stampin’ Up!’s Big Shot dies or framelits.
So with that in mind – what was I going to make? That took me a while to figure out. I finally found some inspiration on Pinterest and here is my card for the 2 week double challenge –
It’s not a very big card – we have a 3-1/2″ circle die and a 3″ circle die and that’s what I used. I think I need to make an envelope for it but I haven’t done that yet. The card base is Basic Black and I started by cutting a regular sized card and scored it in half. Then I put that on the 3-1/2″ circle die so that on the side with the fold it was inside the cutting blade – that keeps the front and back connected. Cut Whisper White with the 3″ circle die – cut two so one can go on the inside. The one on the front is then run through with the dots embossing folder. I actually sponged a little bit across the dots and around the edge of the front circle.
The Itty Bitty Banner fit perfectly on this card since it was pretty small. I cut an extra banner in black and layered it behind to create a shadow. I tied two golf tees together with the Basic Black ribbon and then put them on the card front with mini glue dots.
I hope you can see the sketch in this card – the two tees are the two strips going down the left side of the card. The bitty banner is the greeting. The bow around the tees is the “flower” on the card.
So who is going to get this card – I was planning to give it to Greg for his birthday which is quickly approaching but we were just invited over to celebrate his golfing-buddies birthday on Friday – so it just might go to him instead. I guess that means I better make another one.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Crumb Cake
Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, 3-1/2″ circle die, 3″ circle die, Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Bitty Banner Framelits, Basic Black 1/8″ Taffeta ribbon, Stampin’ Sponge, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
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. This is a two week challenge – so we’ll see you again after Thanksgiving – I hope you have a nice one with your family and friends! Be safe if you are traveling.
Did you check out Connie & Mary’s new online mini class? It’s called Card “Create”-ions – we just used one of Mary’s cards from the preview in my downline meeting – everyone loved it! Here are some of the details about the class for you – just a couple more days of new card ideas.
JOIN US for a BRAND NEW venture with creative card ideas using holiday and winter stamp sets from the Main and Holiday Mini catalogs!
* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* 3 week mini edition
* October 28 thru November 17
* Printable supply lists & measurements
* 24/7 access
* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!
Well I see now that I never did get my post done yesterday – oops. I started working on it and evidently got distracted. And apparently it was a common trend for me yesterday. I even forgot to finish my challenge card for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary challenge – but I got it done – stayed up late and it turned out cute – but my camera battery was dead so instead I used my cell phone to take the photo – it’s not the best but its pretty good. But you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see that so be sure to check back then.
So what I planned to post yesterday was an ornament project that I made with my Stamp Club a while back – I think it was our October meeting.
This one is similar to one in the Holiday catalog on page 3. I just changed the center a bit using the Brass button. Then I also made another one in my Hands On class later in the month – it looks like this –
This one is my favorite. It’s similar to the one on the front cover of the Holiday Catalog but I used different colors and changed the center. I love this Tulle! I think I need to get lots more before the Holiday catalog ends. These are not hard to make just time consuming because you have to stamp so many pieces, then cut each one with the framelit – having multiple sets of the framelits would speed things up, and then gluing them all together. This Espresso ornament will be available as a project in my Holiday Gift Making class and the other one will too but I’m going to create it to match the other one – so it will also be Espresso. The email for that will go out today. The projects are made and I did all the supply lists and pricing, took the photos, just editing and creating the flyer and then I’ll get the email out and take registrations.
Fall is most definitely here! We have tons of leaves in many colors covering the ground and some still hanging on to the trees. Last month one of the scrapbook layouts we did in my scrapbook class was a fall layout.
I used the Orchard Harvest Designer Series paper and the Early Espresso Coredinations card stock for the squares along the top and bottom of the layout. The journaling goes under the title on the left side. I added some cross stitches in some of the squares – used the piercing template to create the holes in a grid and then stitch with Linen Thread. The acorns are colored with markers, stamped on Very Vanilla, and then punched out.
I have a couple of kits available for sale too. All the cut pieces, punched pieces, and die cuts plus ribbon. The kit does not include stamps, ink, adhesive or stamped images. Kit price is $10 for local pickup or add shipping if it needs to be shipped to you.
I hope you are enjoying the fall – we had our first fire in our new fire pit the other weekend. Here is a picture before it got dark.
Tyler did a good job getting the fire started and keeping it going while we enjoyed our evening. Talk to you later.
You know its Thursday when there is a new challenge posted at Create with Connie & Mary . This week we have some nice fall colors – More Mustard, Cajun Craze, and Midnight Muse – for our challenge.
This may not have much of a fall feel though – since it is full of butterflies. The idea for this card came from a piece of framed art that I saw Pinterest.
The card base is Midnight Muse and then a layer of First Edition Designer paper stamped with the flowers in Midnight Muse. I added a piece of the crochet trim on the side and then cut lots of butterflies with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit – More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Midnight Muse. I added the pearls to the More Mustard butterflies.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamps: Just Believe
Ink: Midnight Muse
Card Stock: Midnight Muse, More Mustard, Cajun Craze
Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, First Edition Designer Series Paper Stack, Pearls, Crochet Trim, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Remember to visit Create with Connie & Mary to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Every week I see some great ideas that I want to case or tweak.
Did you check out Connie & Mary’s new online mini class? It’s called Card “Create”-ions and it just started – already there are some really awesome card ideas! Here are some of the details for you –
JOIN US for a BRAND NEW venture with creative card ideas using holiday and winter stamp sets from the Main and Holiday Mini catalogs!
* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* 3 week mini edition
* October 28 thru November 17
* Printable supply lists & measurements
* 24/7 access
* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!
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