Aug 21, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Open House |
Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalogs are in the mail! I can’t wait for you to see it – some fun new stuff for the holidays. There are two fun new Textured Embossing Folders for the Big Shot. I had them both out at my open house last weekend and let everyone emboss napkins. Yep that is what everyone is doing – what a great idea – don’t you think? Some of the floral designs would be absolutely beautiful for a wedding. But look at these – for Halloween – a spider web.
I had to use orange napkins though – the grocery store didn’t have any black napkins. A fun idea for a halloween party.
And how about this one – a snowflake:
Pretty for the winter. I really love the embossing folders for the Big Shot. The Holiday Mini Catalog starts on September 1st so have your wish list ready to order. You’ll be able to order online through my website – CLICK HERE.
It’s BINGO TIME! Continuing with Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #3 – the little bird image from the Friends Fur-ever stamp set. (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Have a great day!
Aug 20, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Masculine, Stampin' Up! Convention |
This card was created by my Stampin’ Up! Convention Roommate Michele. Our whole room participated in a Shoebox Swap on Saturday night after convention.
I like the way she used the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper and ran it through the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder. If you look at this package of paper it is feminine with lots of floral patterns. Michele used it here in a more masculine teen card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Marina Mist, Early Espresso,Whisper White
- Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist
- Stamp sets: Extreme Skateboard, Extreme Elements
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder
- Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper
- Silver Foil Smooch Spritz
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
On a personal note I just wanted to say that on Thursday we took my oldest son Kyle to college and moved him into his dorm. I’ll miss him but I’m excited for all the opportunities that are available to him in this new chapter of his life. He isn’t too far away from home – he will be in downtown Atlanta at Georgia Tech – less than an hour away (unless of course it is rush hour traffic).
It’s BINGO TIME! Continuing with Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #2 – the sunburst image from the Eastern Blooms stamp set (in Poppy Parade) – this image is very similar to the sunburst image from Baroque Motifs.
Have a great day!
Aug 12, 2010 | Almost Artisan, Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Convention, Stampin' Up! Events |
The 10 Artisan Award winners had their projects on display at convention. And Stampin’ Up! announced I think 25 finalists. Unfortunately I wasn’t in that group either – bummer. I did however find 8-1/2 of my projects on the display boards so that was exciting. I also found 5 or 6 other projects some were swaps from the last convention – I thought that was good since they held on to those for a whole year.
If you are wondering about how I had 8-1/2 projects displayed this is where the half came in…..
I was looking at this display board 
and there was another demonstrator standing next to me. She commented on the pretty paper flowers which I hadn’t really paid attention to. So I looked at those and thought – oh my gosh those are my flowers – those are my flowers from my scrapbook page that I sent in for the Artisan Award contest – oh no – what happened to my page – and my mind continues to run in a whirlwind of thoughts – when did the page come apart – was it in shipping to SU, was it before the judging, was it after, was it in transit to the convention center, this is not good at all and I will never even know. It was my favorite page too.
I wish everyone could have seen the whole page not just the flowers up on that board. So here it is again for you to see – isn’t my niece Ally just Cute as a Button!
Otherwise both of my 3-d projects were on display, the other two scrapbook pages were on display, and four of my five cards – at least I never found the 5th one. If you want to see all of my projects that I entered – CLICK HERE.
I wondered what the winners had submitted and there were a few with very impressive projects – I think this one takes the cake! (literally)!
I can only imagine how many hours she spent making those flowers! The creator of this awesome cake project was Jodi Oliver.
Here is another winner Heather Van Duker.
Look at the wall hanging that she made. The fabric pieces are cut with the Big Shot and a variety of the dies. My sewing skills are not that great – I probably should not have attempted it on my entry.
Another winner was Angela Timms – here are some of her projects – just check out the details in her scrapbook pages – OMG!
Oh and there were actually only 9 girls that won the Artisan Award. The 10th one was a guy! Yep we do have men that are Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.
So in case you wondered what his stamping looks like I thought I would share his winning projects too.
His name is Richard Garay and he won some other stuff too. Each year they have a commercial/video contest and Richard won that this year with his team of demonstrators. I’ll have to try to locate the video it is probably somewhere on the internet by now.
Let’s see if I have the names of all of the winners (not in any order other than my pictures were taken in this order).
- Sarah Sagert
- Tessa Wise
- Richard Garay
- Renee Ballard
- Rebecca Cowley
- Heather Van Duker
- Jodi Oliver
- Elizabeth Price
- Angela Timms
- Andrea Munro
Have a great day today! Only one more week until we move Kyle down to college. I’m not sure how that will be not having him here. I guess I’ll know soon enough…..
Aug 11, 2010 | Big Shot, Summer Mini 2010, Tags |
I made these quick tags to go on some order bags today. I used the Two Tags die for the Big Shot. It has been one of my favorite Stampin’ Up! dies lately – you can do a lot of different things other than just plain tags.
For these I cut a tag in Tempting Turquoise card stock – btw – I have learned to spell Turquoise only because it is a Stampin’ Up! color that I like to use – I used to always spell it wrong now I get it right almost every time!
I stamped the tag with “thank you” from a new stamp set called Just Believe in Basic Gray ink. We received this set at convention in our bag and used it for some of our projects. I was excited to get because it was one of my favorite new stamp sets. I stamped the image of the leaves in Turquoise around the Thank You.
The scallop piece is a stamp from the Punched Posies stamp set in the Summer Mini catalog – a Hostess Level 2 set. I stamped the flower in Tempting Turquoise ink on Whisper White card stock and punched it out with the scallop circle punch. I stamped the smaller flower in Basic Gray and cut it out. Using the paper piercer add a hole to the center of both flowers and then insert a Turquoise brad. Then attach the flower to the tag with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
A quick and easy tag – I’m headed upstairs to make some more and to turn it into a card. I’ll let you know how that goes. Thanks for visiting today!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Tempting Turquoise,Whisper White
- Ink: Tempting Turquoise , Basic Gray
- Stamps: Just BelieveStamp set
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die
- Scallop Circle Punch
- crochet thread
- Brights Brads
- Paper piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin’ Dimesionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Aug 10, 2010 | Big Shot, In Colors, SU Ribbon, Summer Mini 2010 |
Look at how cute these turned out –
These are all the In-Color Ribbons for the July Ribbon share. I like to do something fun with the cut ribbon for the ribbon share. And this was what I decided on for the 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon. 
I used my Two Tags Die for the Big Shot and cut matching tags for each color ribbon. These happen to be the five new In-Colors for this year – Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz.
I actually glued two tags together so that there is a scallop on each end. The lower one is stamped with the Punched Posies Level 2 Hostess stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog. The top is printed on my computer and punched with the Scallop Circle punch. I added some doodles with the matching Stampin’ Write Markers.
I have decided that the person that came up with the names for the new Stampin’ Up! colors must have been hungry – Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler – it just sounds like they had food on their mind! Perhaps sitting on the balcony overlooking the water (Marina Mist), talking to a friend about a wedding (Blushing Bride) and the flowers (Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight)…..do you ever wonder how they decide on the names?
I have a new ribbon share for August – the 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon – 13 colors.
Have a colorful day! Thanks for stopping by today.
Aug 7, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Stamper's Club, SU Buttons, SU Ribbon |
Did you see the stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog on page 55 called Got Treats? Can you image all the little treats you can create with it – birthday, Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, St. Patrick’s Day, Treats for any time? I hadn’t even considered buying the Milk Carton die-cut for the Big Shot until I saw this little stamp set. Now I can image all sorts of possibilities with it even using different stamp sets. I ordered the Mini Milk Carton die and the Got Treats stamp set and decided to play this week. I created a little project for my Stamper’s Club meeting last night.
The little carrier idea is in the catalog but I also saw it earlier this year on another blog and on Stampin’ Connection. There are several different versions out there. You basically make a little box to hold two mini milk cartons and then glue two together with a handle in between. I decided to use the Play Date Designer Series paper for my color inspiration and for decorating the little carrier. This one has a birthday theme but you could use this for so many different celebrations besides a birthday. Or make one for your desk to hold little office supplies – I want to try that next – I think there was something similar on display at convention.
Here you can see my four mini milk cartons. On my Got Treats stamp set I mounted the words separate from the images so that I could mix & match and use them together or apart. So on one cupcake I have “Got Birthday?” and on the other I have “Got Treats?” and then one is on the top and the other on the bottom.
I did have to play around with my Big Shot and the die to get my sandwich just right so the cut lines cut and the score lines scored. Because there are slight variations between Big Shot’s yours may not be the same as mine. For mine I used this – Standard Cutting Pad, piece of colored card stock, Mini Milk Carton die, card stock to be cut (one layer), Standard Premium Crease Pad. Only cut one at a time so you get all the score lines and cut lines for each one that you cut.
Have a sweet weekend!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Real Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
- Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise Stampin’ Write markers
- Stamps: Got Treats Stamp set
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Mini Milk Carton die
- Scallop Square Punch, Large Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
- Linen Thread, 1/4″ Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8″ Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon
- Play Date Designer Series paper
- Brights Designer Buttons, Subtle Designer Buttons, Silver Brads, Mini Library Clips
- Paper piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin’ Dimesionals, Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I had to use orange napkins though – the grocery store didn’t have any black napkins. A fun idea for a halloween party.
Pretty for the winter. I really love the embossing folders for the Big Shot. The Holiday Mini Catalog starts on September 1st so have your wish list ready to order. You’ll be able to order online through my website – CLICK HERE.
