Sep 19, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, D is for Dog, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
This last week we went to stamp with the families at the Ronald McDonald House. We have a small group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators that go once a month. We each take turns designing a card and this month was my turn. I decided to do something with dogs and cats since I was already working on pet projects for my regular monthly class which was also this week. When designing for RMH we try to keep it fairly simply, usually one color of ink and want it to be easy for everyone to make something of their very own. I designed two cards using the same supplies but two different stamp sets – D is for Dog and C is for Cat. Everything was the same color of card stock, designer paper and ribbon – Brocade Blue and the ink was all Chocolate Chip.
I used the same idea for cards in my pet class so I’ll give you a few more details in another post and show you those.
Now I want to show you some of the kids and families that we met and show you their creations.
We met a young girl – I think about 13 years old and her mother. We were so excited for her to join us because last month she would only watch from a distance. This month she sat at the table and we helped her make her very own card. I did not get a picture of her this time but I hope to see her again next month.
Then we met Hunter – I believe he was 8 years old. He was our high energy creative little guy for the evening. He and his mom both stamped with us and Hunter talked and showed us his creativity. If you read Hunter’s story and where he was just a few months ago you would be amazed at his progress! Here is a link to his CaringBridge site – http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/hunterdenny
If you have a minute read his story, sign his guest book and send some prayers. This is Hunter when we were at RMHC this week.
Hunter had fun with the stamps on his envelope he decided to stamp the fish and the cat chasing the fish and the dog chasing the cat.
I’m so glad we were able to provide a fun evening activity for Hunter and his mom. She had fun stamping too!
Then we met Jessie (I think that is her name). She was about 5 years old and finally made it over to us at the end of the evening. 
She was in a wheel chair and is supposed to still be there when we come next month so we are hoping to see her again.
Hunter should be headed back home before we come back. So we won’t get to see him again. The cards that the kids didn’t make were put together by the rest of us and left for Cari the house manager.
If you would like to learn more about the Ronald McDonald house here is a link to the Atlanta site – http://www.armhc.org/aboutus.html We are volunteering at the Peachtree Dunwoody house. If you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like to join us please contact me. If you don’t live near me contact Stampin’ Up! to find the house near you and a group of demonstrators that you can join. I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed doing this once a month. It is so fun to see the joy on their faces when they have made a card. And they spend time figuring out who to send them too. One of them this month was going as a thank you to the family that was caring for their dog while they were here at the RMH. The families that stay here are not local – they come from other parts of Georgia and other states too.
That’s this months review of the Ronald McDonald House visit. I’m going to try to include this each month that I go.
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #10 –the Alphabet from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
We have some players that are close – will there be a winner today??
Sep 18, 2010 | Bingo, Season of Friendship |
I had a very busy Friday so I’ve decided to post only my Bingo piece for today. I’ll have lots of fun things to share this week so be sure to check back with me.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #9 –the snowflake from the Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
There seems to be a winner about this time – I wonder if anyone will have Bingo today?
Sep 17, 2010 | All in the Family, Bingo, Halloween, Punch Art |
Yesterday I showed you the cute little fancy favor box that I made for my Halloween class. Well another thing that fits nicely inside that box is 3×3 cards! So I created some of those for the class too.
I have been seeing a lot of people use our new Owl Punch to create punch art for Halloween. All different little owl costumes and characters so I decided to use some of those ideas to decorate the front of my 3×3 cards.
I used the color scheme from the Wicked Fun Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! – Basic Black, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, and Cajun Craze. For each card I cut a Basic Black piece and then a piece of the Designer Series Paper for the front. Then I used my Owl Punch to create my characters for the front of the cards – the Ghost, the Owl, and the Bat. The wings from the bat are actually the Bat Punch tucked behind the owl Punch. Here are some close ups….
They were fun little critters to make for Halloween.
Now it’s our daily dose of Bingo…
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #8 –the soccer ball from the Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Is anyone close to Bingo – 4 in row or do we have a Bingo winner today?
Sep 16, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, class, Halloween, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
Today I’m sharing a project from my Halloween class. I was a long class because I had a ton of projects. Once I started making Halloween projects it was hard to stop. This one is a Fancy Favor box. It would be perfect for the ghost treats you leave on your neighbors door step during Halloween. I don’t know if everybody does that but around here you get a secret ghost visit by your house and they leave treats on your front door. And then you become the “ghost” and leave treats at someone else’s house. If you had the ghost visit you hang a sign in your window so he doesn’t visit again. Are we the only ones that do that?
So here is my Fancy Favor box – cur from Rich Razzleberry card stock using the Big Shot and the Fancy Favor Box die. At the top I used the new Stampin’ Around Web regular wheel. Ink with a Basic Black cartridge and go all the way around the top edge.
Then I added pieces of Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series paper on all four sides. I used the stripes on the front and back and the green with black dots on the sides but you could use any of the patterns in the pack. Then I tied some of the new Raven 1/2″ Lace from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. So if you look closely at the lace it looks like little pumpkins and if you look even closer there are little pumpkin faces – can you see them? Two eyes, a nose and a mouth? Is it just me or can anyone else see that?
The front of the box could be decorated with any number of different stamp sets. I decided to use a variety of punches – Large Scallop circle, the 1-3/4″ Circle, 1-3/8″ Circle, and 1-1/4″ Circle. Do you recognize the stamp set? It is the Sweet Centers stamp set.
I colored just the center of the big square Halloween image and punched it out with the 1-1/4″ Circle punch. For the Spider I used a small rhinestone brad – I have a blingy spider!
I was also planning to use the Wicked Cool stamp set for this – the little witch boots would be cute on here too.
The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Old Olive, Cajun Craze.
I hope you like it. If you want to fill use a Cello bag and tie it with some of the lace and set it inside the box.
My parents are visiting and this time I let my dad choose a Bingo piece so here we go…….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #7 –the small butterfly from Charming stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Anyone close to a Bingo?
Sep 15, 2010 | Bingo, Halloween, Tags |
Got Treats? I got treats. Halloween treats. Lookie, lookie…..
Aren’t they cute?
I took the 1×8 clear bags and filled them with candy corn. And then I made tags to resemble the pattern in the candy corn. The bottom is Daffodil Delight punched with the new 2-1/2″ circle punch. The center is Pumpkin Pie punched with the 1-3/4″ circle punch. The top is a 1-3/8″ circle punch of white and then stamped with the pumpkin from the Got Treats stamp set. I colored in the eyes with an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker.
On the bottom I stamped the “Got Treats?” from the stamp. I actually took my stamps and separated the images from the words so I could use them separately.
I tied the tags to the top of the skinny bags with some white crochet thread.
Here is a close up of the tag. I punched the hole through the little loop in the vine to tie the thread through.
I used this same design for the tags I posted yesterday. I love all the circle punches that we have. It makes quick tags. I used this project for my demonstrator meeting this past weekend and also for my Halloween class.
NOTE: I get lots of questions on where I bought my bags. I ordered mine online from Clearbags.com. If you order just one item (like one set of bags – 100) it is going to cost more in shipping than the one item. I think you need to be ordering at least $40 or more to get your shipping down. They have lots of other items or consider getting a group together. That is what I have done the last two times I placed orders.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin pie, Whisper White
- Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Got Treats
- 2-1/2″ Circle punch, 1-3/4″ Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch, 1/16″ Circle Punch
- White crochet thread
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Here is the nest Bingo piece – my mom is visiting and she drew this one for me so here we go.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #6 –the small crown from Tiny Tags stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Anyone close to a Bingo?
Sep 14, 2010 | Bingo, Charming, Tags, UDI Color Challenge |
There is a new weekly Color Challenge over at the Utah Diva’s International Blog and this is week #1. Here is the color inspiration we got for this week from Gretchen –
Some pretty colors don’t you think? Apparently I have been using a lot of Pear Pizzazz because I’m almost completely out – down to one 1/2 sheet of card stock which nearly left me in a bind with trying to complete this color challenge. But I figured it out and used my time wisely too. I needed to make some more little tags and decided that I would use this color challenge for the inspiration for this batch of tags.
I used the colors in the challenge plus Whisper White. I created a handful of tags which will go on some of my orders this week. 
In the close up of the tag you can see it little bit better what I did. I used 4 different sized circle punches – the new 2-1/2″ circle, 1-3/4″ circle, 1-3/8″ circle and the 1-1/4″ circle.
The flowers are from the Charming stamp set and I used my Stampin’ Write Markers to color the stamp with Pear Pizzazz (see that’s where I got it in without using any of my card stock), Pretty in Pink and Rich Razzleberry. The Early Espresso is one of the circles and the stamped “thank you” which came from the Because I Care stamp set. I also sponged the edges of the Crumb Cake circle with it. The layout for this tag was based on another one that I made over the weekend for my Halloween class and Downline meeting. I’ll show that one later this week. I probably could have added some shimmer or glitter to these flowers too and then they would have sparkled – but too late now.
I do have to tell you though that I am not usually a glitter/bling girl but earlier in the summer I bought a shirt that that had some little rhinestone things on it. So I have it on today and I keep thinking I have something stuck on my shirt – like food or something – I’ve already picked off two rhinestones not thinking that they were supposed to be there – ugh… how do I make myself stop?
Anyway – back to the topic at hand….. to see the other ideas that the UDI Color Challenge team came up with for the beautiful color combination visit the blog – click here. You can create a creation too and play along with us – linking instructions are on the UDI blog.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Rich Razzleberry,Whisper White
- Ink: Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write markers: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink
- Stamp sets: Charming, Because I Care
- 2-1/2″ Circle punch, 1-3/4″ Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch, 1-1/4″ Circle Punch, 1/16″ Circle Punch
- Stampin’ Sponges, white crochet thread
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
And now it’s time for Monika’s Blog Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Tyler drew the Bingo piece for me this time and this is what he got:
Here is piece #5 –the small flower from Because I Care hostess stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Have Fun and Good Luck!
I used the same idea for cards in my pet class so I’ll give you a few more details in another post and show you those.
Hunter had fun with the stamps on his envelope he decided to stamp the fish and the cat chasing the fish and the dog chasing the cat.
She was in a wheel chair and is supposed to still be there when we come next month so we are hoping to see her again.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
We have some players that are close – will there be a winner today??
