Pick A Petal Daffodil card

Nov 1, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Designer Series Paper | 3 comments

Do you remember Pick A Petal?  It was a stamp set that was so popular when it originally came out.  I know mine got put away and I haven’t used it in such a long time.  I was looking through my swaps from the Stampin’ Up! Convention and remembered one of my favorite swaps from my roommate Michele – she used the Pick-A-Petal stamp set.  I have been wanting to make that card but haven’t done it – so now it is October and I finally made one.  I decided to use some different colors.  Sunday was such a bright sunny day that I wanted to use a bright sunny color and I chose Daffodil Delight.  I know it was Halloween but it sure didn’t feel like Halloween here.  And believe it or not Ryan (my youngest) came up and told me he just wanted to stay home and hand out candy with me.

Anyway back to my card.  I looked through my designer series paper to find one with Daffodil Delight in the design and decided to use Sunny Garden – it suited my thought perfectly.  And here it is:

The petals are stamped directly on the Designer Paper and punched out with the Large Oval (the new name is 1-3/4″ x 7/8″ Oval Large).  The petals are attached to the bottom of a 1-1/4″ circle punched from an embossed piece of Poppy Parade card stock.  The embossing folder is called Petals-a-Plenty.  I added a small rhinestone.  I also got to use one of my newest stamp sets – A Word For You – love the font on this one!  I like Michele’s card better – she used Pear Pizzaz, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip on hers.  But I made a sunny card!

We are just starting with a new round of Monika’s Blog Bingo – Group 6.

It’s BINGO TIME!  We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog.   See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.

Here is piece #3  –the Heart from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).

French Foliage Scrapbook Layout

Oct 31, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Scrapbook Pages | 4 comments

If you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator you receive the Stampin’ Success Magazine every month.  It is full of ideas and articles for us.  In the October issue there was an 8×8 scrapbook page that I fell in Love with.  It used the French Foliage stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  As it turns out I won that stamp set at the Baltimore Regional!  And this was the first thing I created with it.  I decided to make the 8×8 page (with a few changes).  I was also preparing for my Scrapbook class but for it I do 12×12 two-page layouts.  So I wanted to modify the 8×8 page to use it for my Scrapbook class.

Step 1 – make the 8×8 page –

I started with an Old Olive 8×8 piece of card stock.  The strips of  Designer Paper on the left side are from the Love Letter Designer Series Paper.  With a piece of Soft Suede textured card stock that has been torn on one side. And a piece of Confetti Cream card stock that was been stamped with the word block from the French Foliage stamp set.  The leaves were stamped on Confetti Cream card stock and cut out.  I added a button from the Neutrals Designer buttons.

I cut the 2010 using the GoGo Boots Sizzlits dies and the Big Shot.  I had the page finished and wasn’t sure what to use it for.  One of the stamps in the set says “PARIS” – the little circle and I thought of Greg’s recent trip to Paris and thought this page would be perfect for that.  So I looked through his pictures and printed some out.  On the Decorative Label punch I decided to stamp the definition of Journey from the Define Your Life stamp set.  And I added the little splatter image – right now it is an excellent replacement for the splatter that I miss from Itty Bitty Backgrounds.

Step 2 – take the 8×8 page and turn it into a 12×12 page.

I kept it very simple and stuck with the square theme.  I just place the original page on a black square and then on a 12×12 Old Olive square.

Now that it is done – I think it is pretty enough to frame – and I just might do that and hang it on the wall!

Step 3 – create a coordinating 12×12 page.

I normally have more than one picture on a scrapbook page.  And with only 1 picture on the left I wanted to be able to add more pictures to the second page so I had to figure out how to do that.  I stuck with the square theme and decided to create a grid on the second page.

It actually looked good with just the card stock and Designer Series paper squares on it – which is what i started with.  But I had to add pictures.

The squares are 2×2″ squares.  To add the pictures when I cut them into 2×2 squares and placed them in the grid.  Pictures that I really wanted to show more than one square I placed side by side or top and bottom so you could see the full scene. They are scattered through out the grid and mixed in with the Designer Paper and card stock.

I added a piece of Designer Paper from the Newsprint pack  – it has the map on it which I thought suited this journey layout.

I love how it turned out and everyone in my scrapbook class loved it too.  While the stamp set is sort of a fall leaves theme – this set is easy to use for many things – I think this could have even been used as a wedding/anniversary layout.  It is really a year-round set so use it for many things!

And HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  I didn’t have anymore Halloween projects – I was done with all those and have been doing fall/Christmas and other stuff.  So that is why you got a non-Halloween project today.  I hope you liked it!

We are just starting with a new round of Monika’s Blog Bingo – Group 6.

It’s BINGO TIME!  We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog.   See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.

Here is piece #2  –the flower from Because I Care stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).

 

 

 

Bingo time

Oct 30, 2010 | Bingo | 0 comments

We are starting a new round of Monika’s Blog Bingo today.  This is now Group 6.

It’s BINGO TIME!  We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  I’m currently taking names for Round 7 – there are only a few spots left and that will be my last group for a little while – I may play again in the future but I plan to take a break.   See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.

Here is piece #1  –the crown from Tiny Tags stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).

Monika’s Blog Bingo – Group 6

Oct 30, 2010 | Bingo | 0 comments

If you are checking in on Monika’s Blog Bingo – Group 5  had a winner this week and it is time to get started with Group 6 – here are the players:

  1. Jen from TX
  2. Carolyn from FL
  3. Carey from MO
  4. Amanda from MT
  5. Carol from IL
  6. Jennifer from MN
  7. Melissa from CO
  8. Michele from WV
  9. Amy from CO
  10. Alyssa from CA
  11. Cheryl from MT
  12. Chris from IL
  13. Marisol from NJ
  14. Debbie from WA
  15. Susan from WI
  16. Katherine from MT

I emailed Bingo cards for Round 6 to all of you today (Friday 10/29) and the first Bingo piece will be called on Saturday 10/29 (but not first thing in the morning probably around midday).  Group 6 is now full and I have a few spots left in group 7.  I will not be calling Bingo pieces during the Royal Blog Tour – Nov. 5 – 8th.  I will resume after the tour.

Here are the rules for playing Monika’s Blog Bingo (I reserve the right to adjust the game if necessary):

First since I plan to mail a prize to the winner you need to live in the US or have APO address(sorry if you don’t but the prizes are SU product in most cases).

Second: I created 16 cards so I’m going to have 16 people play in each round and I hope to do multiple rounds.

Third: You need to email me at [email protected] with Monika’s Blog Bingo in the subject line and tell me you want to play.  I need your name and your mailing address (so if you win I can send you a prize).

Fourth: I will email you an image of your Bingo card – each card is unique and I will have them numbered so I know which one you have.

Fifth: After I have all 16 players I will post a Bingo Piece each day on my blog – so you have to keep coming back – it will likely be at the end of my regular post for the day – and if I don’t have a regular post it will just be by itself.

Sixth: I will post Bingo Pieces until someone has Bingo – you must have 5 in a row – across, down, diagonal – just like normal bingo and once you have Bingo You have to email me that you have – send the email to [email protected] – subject I have Bingo!.  I will check your card against the pieces that have been played to make sure you have Bingo.  And if per chance there is more than one on the same piece, I will pick the winner by the time stamp on the email – first one wins after verifying the Bingos.

Then I’ll mail the winner a prize!

A couple more things on how I am playing this game:  Only one group will play at a time.  If you are playing in a current group you cannot sign up for any other groups.  Once your group is finished and if you did not win you can sign up for another group and play again.

I hope you’ll play along with me!

Group 1: Winner Carolyn from NC

Group 2: Winner Patrice from CA

Group 3: Winner Stacie from CA

Group 4: Winner Cinthia from MI

Group 5: Winner Charna from NY

Group 6: cards emailed on 10/29, first piece called on 10/30

Group 7: taking names – see rule 3 above.

Thanks for playing along with me!!

And I have a Winner

Oct 28, 2010 | Bingo | 3 comments

The winner of Monika’s Blog Bingo Round 5 has been found!  It is Charna from NY.  Congratulations to you!

Here is her message:

hi monika,

i believe i have bingo. its a line right across the top of the card.

Charna

I will be sending you out a prize in the mail.

I’ll get the next group – Group 6 –  ready and send cards out on Friday 10/29 with the new game starting on Saturday – 10/30.  That will be Group 6 and I’ll send your cards to you in an email.  Thanks for playing!

I am still taking names for Group 7 and then I’m going to take a break.  Also during the Royal Blog Tour – Nov. 5 – 8th – I will not be posting any Bingo pieces – Bingo will resume on Nov. 9th.  I hope you’ll visit me and all the other castle’s during the tour.  I have some great projects planned to share with you.

Check back shortly for a stamping project.


Monika’s Blog Bingo

Oct 27, 2010 | Bingo | 1 comment

No one has come forward to say they have BINGO….. so here is the next piece.

It’s BINGO TIME!  We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  I’m currently taking names for Round 7 – this will be the last group I’m going to play and I’ll be taking a Bingo break.   See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.

Here is piece #16  –the furniture from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).