May 12, 2011 | class, Masculine, My Digital Studio, Newsletter, Summer Mini 2011 |
I have a bad feeling that my May Newsletter and Class Reminder emails are not getting to my email list. Why – I do not know. But several people this week have commented to me if I was having a class and I said yes – I sent out the newsletter the first of the month and a reminder the first of this week – my hands-on class is TOMORROW. Hopefully many of my email listers are also blog subscribers or Facebook friends and will see this post. I am going to put my May newsletter here in this blog post – we’ll see how that works – I’m not sure all my pictures will stay in tact and I’ll probably have to figure out how to add those back in the right place and I know the fonts and probably colors won’t stay – oh well. And by the way my hands-on class is supposed to be tomorrow – but perhaps I need to reschedule – we are making masculine projects and here is a look at some of what we are doing –
I need to know TODAY if you want to attend at either 10:00 am or 7:00 pm so I can cut your class materials. I’ll look at my calendar for next week and may hold another session due to this problem with my emails going out. I may have to look into another method for sending out newsletters. Anyway here is my May newsletter –
May 2011
Last month I showed you the eggs in the nests in my yard – now we have babies!
Chickadee babies on 4-23
Tufted Titmouse babies 4-23
The chickadees actually fledged (left the nest) in the last day or so – they are pictured on the left. The tufted titmouse babies are almost ready to fledge too – but the picture above is earlier in April – I think they are so funny when they have those big beaks open waiting for food. They didn’t stay open long once they realized I wasn’t mom or dad.
This month I am planning to start a new club – the Card Maker’s Club – our focus will be all about cards. The club will meet on the last Wednesday of the month from 7-9:30pm. So this month we will meet on May 25th. Bring a list of cards that you need for the month of June – birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, thinking of you – whatever you might need. Each club meeting will be $15 and you will make 6 cards with envelopes. If time permits you can make additional cards for $2 each – so you make as many as you need in the time of the class. And you can choose which cards you want to make and how many – there will be at least 10 different card choices. And card designs will be available for more than one month – so you can come back to make more or make some that you didn’t get to the last time. This should give you flexibility to create what you need each month.
Please bring adhesive – if you’d like me to order Stampin’ Up! Snail Adhesive, Snail refill, or Tombow Multipurpose glue to have on hand for you please let me know before the class.
BYOB – I will provide a small snack. I think it will be fun and I hope you will join me. Everyone is invited – earn free cards by bringing a friend that I don’t know.
Read on below for my full schedule for May and what’s new at Stampin’ Up!
Your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator,
Monika Davis
Check out my class schedule and the details of my Ribbon Share for May. I hope to see you soon.
NEW FEATURE – RSVP directly from the events on my website calendar.
Below is my class/event schedule for May:
- Sunday, May 1st – Alexan Card Club
- Friday, May 6th – Stamper’s Club – Hostess is Jeanette 7 pm
- Friday, May 13th – Hands On Class – 10am & 7pm – Masculine Projects
- Saturday, May 14th – PAWS Downline Meeting – 6pm
- Tuesday, May 16th – Stamping at the Ronald McDonald House
- Thursday, May 19th – KSU Card Club – Hostess is Pam
- Friday, May 20th – Scrapbook Class 10 am & 7 pm
- Sunday, May 22nd – My Digital Studio Class 2 pm
- Wednesday, May 25th – **NEW** Card Makers Club – 7pm
More News for You
I had a lot going on in April and didn’t get this ribbon share done so it is still open for the month of May – the share will be the 1-1/4” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (page 191 in the big catalog). You will receive 2 yards of each of the following colors – Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, and Basic Black. The cost of the ribbon share will be $26.00. Please email me and pay by May 13th if you would like to participate in the May Ribbon Share. Here is a project with the Early Espresso
News from Stampin’ Up!
The SUMMER MINI CATALOG is here!! The mini catalog started on May 1st. There are some fun new products in this little mini catalog. New Triple Punches! I’ll be showing these in my classes and clubs this month to teach you how to use these fun punches that punch three different designs. Masculine stamps and papers, summer themed products, Baker’s Twine and colored embossing powder.
One of the new stamp sets in the Summer Mini is called Strength & Hope. There is also a Strength & Hope Digital Kit for My Digital Studio. Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 from these purchases to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This set is one of my favorites in this mini catalog. I hope you’ll make a difference with me and purchase this beautiful stamp set and/or Digital kit to support BCRF.
And finally it is National Scrapbooking Month and Stampin’ Up! has a special – including select stamp sets at 30% off, My Digital Studio download bundles at 30% off, select My Digital Studio Professional print products at 30% off. I’ve already sent off some print projects this week – I can’t wait to get them back. And the My Digital Studio+ Starter Kit is also 30% off – so you can join Stampin’ Up! for $125.50 (over a $320 value) and the Stampin’ Memories Add-On is only $35 (over a $60 value).
Click on each of the images on the right side of my blog to link to my website and see the details – or go directly to my website.
My Digital Studio Updates
If you have purchased My Digital Studio make sure that you register and select to receive email updates from Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Up! will be sending out a monthly email to all registered users with a list of all the download releases for the month.
A new FREE Update for April is available so make sure you run it. CLICK HERE to go see projects I have created with MDS. You can order the Digital Downloads through my online store – CLICK HERE. I have started My Digital Studio classes – there will be one each month. Ask me for more details. Make sure to join MyDigitalStudio.net where you can find all things about My Digital Studio.
If you would like to see more projects that I have been creating – visit my blog at http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/
Below are some projects featuring Strength & Hope stamp set and the new Hello Blossoms stamp set in the Summer Mini catalog.
Happy Stamping!
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Oct 26, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Masculine, UDI Color Challenge |
It’s Tuesday and time for another Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:
Quite a turn around from the last couple of weeks of really bright colors. I pulled out Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Basic Gray and the first thing that jumped into my mind was something masculine. I have boys that should be easy. What jumps to mind – the Extreme stamp sets – so I pulled out the two that I have Extreme Elements and Extreme Skateboard. And here is the result….
It’s quick and easy – I took the stamps from Extreme Elements and put each one with an ink pad and just randomly stamped on the outside of the card and also the inside. I took a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the Extreme Skateboard in Basic Gray. I decided I wanted the look of motion so I stamped multiple times to the left of my main image to give it a look like he was moving through the air. What do you think?
Then I decided to take the same size piece of card stock in the remaining colors – Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip and Cajun Craze and kind of twist them around behind the image. Somehow I think it also adds the feeling of movement to the card. Here is a look at the inside:
I added the quote from Word Play – “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams”. A good thing to tell a teenager!
That’s my interpretation. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip and Basic Gray
- Stamp sets: Extreme Elements, Extreme Skateboard, Word Play
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
So far no Bingo Winner – so let’s keep playing….double check your cards to make sure you didn’t miss any!
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #15 –the butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Sep 6, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Masculine, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Did you notice all of the a la carte stamps in the front of the Stampin’ Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog? They are on pages 18 – 20 and are all individual stamps covering a variety of occasions and the are all under $10!
One that stood out to me in this new catalog is called On the Green. It is a golf themed stamp. My husband Greg has played a little bit of golf here and there over the years but this year he has really gotten into it. Now that seems to be his main hobby and he is playing a lot. Ryan (my 14 year old) is also learning to play golf and he is good enough that he goes with Greg and the other men to play on the weekends. So because of all the golf I wanted to get this stamp.
At Convention I met KatyZamer from TN and she had the perfect swap card using the On the Green stamp. I decided to use her idea for one of my club projects. I made only one change – I layered it on a Crumb Cake card base and only created a half panel of the Wild Wasabi textured piece. Katy’s card had the whole front of the card as textured Wild Wasabi. I also gave the girls the option to use the So Many Thanks stamp instead if they didn’t need a golf themed card. I can’t find my sample right now so I don’t have a picture of it – but when I find it I’ll post it. Yep my craft room is a huge mess right now and I need to spend some time cleaning and also creating. And I need to get my newsletter out – I’m behind on that too!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip
- Stamp sets: On the Green
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder
- Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper
- Modern Label punch
- Silver Brads
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
No Bingo winner yet – maybe today…….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
I asked Greg to draw a piece for me this time and this is what he pulled:
Here is piece #9 –the lady from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Thanks for playing along!
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!
Jun 23, 2010 | Cards, Celebrate Everything, Game Night, Masculine, Retired List |
This is another card from my Last Chance class this month. I really like this Game Night stamp set and hate that it is on the Last Chance list – it is so very different from everything else and works great for both masculine cards and party invitations – things like Bunko, Pokeeno, Game Night. It is also a good set for scrapbooking. I have used this stamp set for many things.
The card base is Ruby Red (one of the retiring colors) – I used two strips of the Jackpot Designer Series Paper (the paper is retiring) on the left side and then added a piece of the Black Gingham ribbon (this ribbon is retiring).
On a piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped the game pieces one in Ruby Red and one in So Saffron. The domino was stamped in VersaMark ink and covered with Black Embossing Powder and heat set. All the pieces were cut out.
First stamp the chess piece in VersaMark on the card base – carefully cover with Black Embossing Powder and heat set. Then I stamped the CELEBRATE in VersaMark along the ribbon. Add the cut out pieces and then stamp “your day” underneath using VersaMark ink. These stamps are from the Celebrate Everything stamp set which is also on the Last Chance list. I did emboss on the envelope too so that I could have it match my card.
Our monthly pokeeno game night will be coming around again soon – maybe I need to come up with some little treats to bring everyone.
Thanks for the visit – have a great day!
Jun 2, 2010 | Almost Artisan, Cards, Masculine |
Today I’m going to show you card 3 – there were 5 cards in total that I made and submitted for the Artisan Award Contest. This one was probably my least favorite – but it has a good boy/teen look to it. It also resembles a scrapbook page that I had made earlier this year.
For this one I used the Write Stuff Specialty paper – I originally didn’t think much of this paper pack but as it turned out I really like the paper designs that were in there. They work well for boy stuff – just dots and checks and stripes – no flowers. Almost every pack of our Designer Series paper has a flower somewhere in it and I want some with just stripes and geometric patterns.
The stamp sets are Sense of Time and Extreme Elements. The card base is Kraft (soon to be called Crumb Cake) and the images are stamped in Chocolate Chip. Everything is just kind of randomly stamped on top of each other. I did include the punch out for the gears.
I’m looking at this picture and trying to figure out how I got the staples in so far – I guess that was the reach of the stapler because they do go all the way through to the inside – maybe I shouldn’t have done that – it left the backs visible on the inside.
I did decorate the inside. I hope the judges saw the insides – maybe they didn’t even open up the cards. Surely they noticed the insides.
Thanks again for stopping by. Later I’ll post an update on the turtle that I found last week.
I need to know TODAY if you want to attend at either 10:00 am or 7:00 pm so I can cut your class materials. I’ll look at my calendar for next week and may hold another session due to this problem with my emails going out. I may have to look into another method for sending out newsletters. Anyway here is my May newsletter –
Happy Stamping!
