Nov 14, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Christmas, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
November 2010 Class Reminder
Holiday Stamp-A-Stack class
We will make four different Christmas Cards and you will be making 4 of each with envelopes.
I also have a slight change to the date – the evening class will be THURSDAY NIGHT at 6 not Friday. I will still have a Friday morning class at 10. Because we are making a large number of cards the class fee is higher.
This will hopefully help you get a stack of cards that you can have ready to send out to friends and family.
6:00 pm on Thursday Nov. 18th
And
10:00 am on Friday Nov. 19th
Come join me for this class and get a jump start on your Christmas cards.
The class fee is $25.
Please bring snail adhesive and paper snips.
RSVP by November 16th so I can have materials ready for you.
Last night I had a downline/demonstrator meeting at my house – it was so much fun and the swaps were awesome, the make&takes wonderful and I was so thankful for everyone that helped me and everyone that came. I’ll be sharing more about the make&takes and swaps next week. I spent the day getting ready for the meeting and it was late when we were done so my post today is late – but here is the next Bingo piece…………
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.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #12 –the gift box from Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz). 
Anybody have Bingo? Make sure you send me an email when you get your 5 in a row. 
Nov 9, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Rock 'n Roll, Techniques, UDI Color Challenge |
Did you come by for the Royal Blog Tour? There were six different tours with lots of castles on each tour. Lots of different stamp sets and stamping styles. I hope you had a chance to browse and that you saw something you liked. I finally got through all the tours and saw lots of new ideas. Thanks to everyone that came by my blog and left me a nice comment! They were so nice to read. Normally I try to reply individually to them all but this time I have a busy week so I don’t intend to do that. I will be posting more details about each project and will try to answer any questions in those posts.
But today is Tuesday and it is time for another Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:
This week was tough for me. I pulled out the colors and looked at them for a long time trying to figure out how to get them to work together. With two different greens (Always Artichoke and Old Olive) and two different reds (Poppy Parade and Riding Hood Red) – I just didn’t think I could get it to work. I finally came up with the idea that different shades of red and green along with yellow reminded me of apples! Apples come in those colors so I needed an idea using apples.
I looked through my stamp sets to see what had apples – and guess what there is a Hostess Set called Apple Blossoms – perfect – I’ll go with that one.
My thought was to use the Rock ‘n Roll technique on the apples with different combination’s of the colors for the color challenge. Apples have different colors so this should be the perfect technique and a good way to incorporate all the colors.
Then what to do with all my Rock ‘n Rolled apples…..
I decided to use the idea from the catalog and make note cards – mine are post card style. And then I tied the whole stack together with Poppy Parade ribbon – like you might tie a stack of books together. And I added an apple tag with some Linen thread.
To do the Rock ‘n Roll technique you ink your stamp in one color of ink (typically the lighter color) and then roll the edges in another color of ink pad. Since I wanted all my leaves to be green – I did take off the ink on the stem and leaf when it wasn’t green and colored it back in with my Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker before I stamped.
So try some of these combinations:
Old Olive rolled in Always Artichoke
So Saffron rolled in Poppy Parade
So Saffron rolled in Riding Hood Red
So Saffron rolled in Always Artichoke
Poppy Parade rolled in Always Artichoke
So Saffron rolled in Old Olive
Always Artichoke rolled in Old Olive
Old Olive rolled in Poppy parade
Poppy Parade rolled in Riding Hood Red
Riding Hood Red rolled in Poppy Parade
There are more combinations that you could try. For each post card I layered the Whisper White card stock using the same two colors that I Rock ‘n Rolled in. I hope you like this idea….
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 it was a struggle for me!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Poppy Parade, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Whisper White
- Ink: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Poppy Parade, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron
- Stamp sets: Apple Blossoms
- Accessories: Poppy Parade Ribbon, 1-3/4″ circle punch, 1-3/8″ circle punch, Linen Thread, 1/16″ circle punch
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Are you ready to get back to Blog Bingo? Thanks for being patient during the Royal Blog Tour. Since it has been a few days I wanted to go back and recap the pieces that were already called and then I’ll show you the new piece for today.
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.
Pieces for Round 6 called so far:
#1 – the crown from Tiny Tags stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade)
#2 – the flower from Because I Care stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush)
#3 – the Heart from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
#4 -the snowflake from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush)
#5 – the teddy bear from Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip)
#6 – the tiny cupcake from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #7 –the word CREATE from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row – make sure to email me.
Nov 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Punch Art |
Over the summer when we went on our family vacation my niece, Emily, brought her traveling gnome. During our vacation she took him around and took pictures of him – he had a few adventures along the way – including one that she wasn’t aware of – the boys took him for a while and have photos and videos of the gnome in some places he shouldn’t have been. Emily had a birthday in October and I was trying to decide what kind of birthday card to make for her. Her birthday was approaching quickly and I still hadn’t figure out the perfect card. And then the day of her birthday it popped in my head – I need to make a gnome card – a punch art gnome card. But it took me another week or so to sit down and actually figure it out. Here it is…..
I made a tall card – one that fits in the Small Open-End Envelope.
The base is Marina Mist with a layer of Crumb Cake that I ran through the Big Shot with the Texturz Plate Kit #4 – the one that looks like wood – I think it is called distressed on the plate.
Then I went to work on the punch art and I did use the OWL punch for my gnome – can you guess which part? His beard! And his little eyes.
I’m trying to remember the pieces that I used. The hat is Riding Hood Red and it is the large Star punch. So if you have the 5 point star – the top point is the top of the hat – then cut off the point on either side of the top point – leaving two points at the bottom. Then use the circle punch to cut in between the two bottom points and make the curve of the hat. I hope that make sense.
The beard pieces are cut from the body of the owl like the cut for the Dahlia fold card I showed not too long ago – go here to see it. I sponged the edges of each piece and curled it. The ones on either side of the face are cut into thin strips.
The shoes are the medium heart from the Heart to Heart punch – sponged just a little bit of white. I think the body was just a square with two strips added as arms and two strips for the belt. I did use the Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink in Gold lame for the belt buckle. I used a marker to add some accents on the jacket.
He resembles the traveling gnome and Emily loved him. I gave her a gift card to the book store and she is supposed to take her gnome with her when she uses it.
Today is the last Bingo piece before the Royal Blog Tour – I will resume bingo after the tour ends.
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 #6 –the tiny cupcake from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Nov 2, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
It is Tuesday – welcome to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:
These are nice cool colors. I decided to use a sketch from a crafting magazine. I had marked it some time ago. I usually look through my magazines and fold down a corner on ideas I want to try. And then some time later I pull the magazines out and try an idea or two. This one was actually a June issue – so I’m not very timely with some of these ideas – but that’s ok. Here you go – my color challenge card:
In fact there isn’t really much stamping on this card at all. I would be more tempted to call it a Big Shot card – since that is what I used on it. I just added the splatter stamp from French Foliage because the background looked a little plain. The strips of card stock are cut at 1/2″ and then I embossed each color with a different Embossing Folder. I used a little bit of Designer Series Paper and the Many Thanks Sizzlit is where the “thanks” comes from. The flower is a Filigree brad with a rhinestone brad in the center instead of the silver one. I doodled with a marker – the card in the magazine had real stitching on it – but I didn’t want to do that.
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: Old Olive, Night of Navy, Baja Breeze, Tempting Turquoise, Perfect Plum
- Ink: Old Olive, Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: French Foliage
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Many Thanks Sizzlits Die, Cutter Kit, Filigree Designer Brads, Circle Ice Brads
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
And we are on to Bingo…..
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 #4 –the snowflake from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Nov 1, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Designer Series Paper |
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).
Oct 29, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, class, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
One of the great things about the Stampin’ Up! Regionals is the WOW demonstrations by our fellow demonstrators. For every regional Stampin’ Up! selects demos to come and present a WOW idea on stage. We saw six different WOW demonstrations at the Baltimore Regional. This idea was presented by Deb Paise. She made her card and then put the whole thing in an embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot. She made one card that looked just like a knitted sweater when it was done. Deb showed us several examples that day.
My sister-in-law and I played with the idea when we got back to her house that weekend and here is one of the cards that we created.
The front panel is Old Olive with strips of Jolly Holiday Designer Series paper. Then that whole panel is put inside the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and sent through the Big Shot.
The Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding is wrapped around the panel and tied in a knot. The panel was attached to the front of a Cherry Cobbler card base. The ornament from the Tags til Christmas stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog – stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out with the ornament punch. Some Linen Thread was tied around the top of the ornament and it is put on the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I liked the results of how the embossing folder really embeds the designer paper into the card stock making it look like it is all one piece. Try it for yourself – I think you’ll like it. We made this card at the KSU card club class earlier this month.
I also decorated the envelope and the inside of the card.
If I have a dark colored card base like this Cherry Cobbler I usually add a neutral panel to the inside for the message. This one is Very Vanilla.
My November Hands On class is going to be a Holiday Stamp-a-Stack class. We will be making 16 cards with matching envelopes – 4 cards each of 4 different designs. My class dates are slightly different from normal. My evening class will be on Thursday, November 18th at 6:00 pm. My morning class will be on Friday, November 19th at 10:00 am. Details are on my website.
Bingo cards will be emailed out for Group 6 some time today and I’ll start calling pieces on Saturday.
Thanks for visiting me today!
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.
