Aug 22, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Stampin' Up! Convention, Thank You, Watercoloring |
This was my favorite card from the Make & Take class at the Stampin’ Up! Convention. For one it is one of my favorite new stamp sets called Just Believe. And it used a water coloring technique that makes it look like your a real artist! The stamp does all the work because it is such a nice image. Using Stampin’ Write Markers you color your image. Using a fine mist spritzer (like our Stampin’ Mist cleaner spritzer) – spritz the stamp with water and then stamp onto Watercolor Paper. I hold it on the paper for just a few seconds before lifting it. The water makes it look like a real watercolor painting.
We made this card in my hands-on class on Friday. It looks harder than it is and turns out just beautiful every time.
I also wanted to update you on a few Stampin’ Up! Products. First there are some new Digital Downloads available for your My Digital Studio Software. To order these visit my online store on my Stampin’ Up! website – CLICK HERE.
The latest group of digital downloads for My Digital Studio are now available!
| Item | Description | Price |
| 122157 | Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Color Pack | $3.95 |
| 123367 | Flower Brads Brights Pack | $1.95 |
| 123374 | Flower Brads Subtles Pack | $1.95 |
| 123381 | Flower Brads Regals Pack | $1.95 |
| 123388 | Flower Brads Neutrals Pack | $1.95 |
| 121438 | Play Date Designer Series Paper | $4.95 |
| 123432 | Play Date Quick Accents Kit | $5.95 |
| 123433 | Play Date Embellishments | $3.95 |
| 121439 | Forest Friends stamp brush set | $1.95 |
| 121440 | Letters stamp brush set | $9.95 |
| 123431 | Funky Four stamp brush set | $3.95 |
Then I have a couple of catalog product updates.
The Play Date Rub-Ons (Item #118760) on page 184 in the catalog are now available to order.
The Punch Caddy on page 200 in the catalog are not going to be available at all. I know I had them on my wish list and I was disappointed to here this announcement. Due to serious production and quality issues with the product Stampin’ Up! has decided not to offer this product at all. I’d much rather know that now that find out it is a bad product after selling it to someone.
Now it is time for Monika’s Blog Bingo! Does anyone have all the called pieces so far?
I am continuing with Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now which is close to being full too. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #4 – the Owl image from the Cute by the Inch stamp set – hostess set- (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
I hope you are having a nice weekend!
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 19, 2010 | All in the Family, Bingo, Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
Tuesday night a small group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators went to the Ronald McDonald House to stamp cards with the house guests. We go once a month and each of us take turns designing and preparing a card for everyone to make. This month Joyce designed the card.
This month the card featured the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the new 1/8″ ribbon. I asked if I could take pictures of everyone making their cards. The kids are always so proud of their creations. We get kids of all ages and sometimes parents too. Both the boys and the girls come stamp with us. Here are some pictures of us from Tuesday night.
This month Joyce, Jenn (the Stampin’ Up! team leader for this house), myself and a new volunteer, Linda, met at the house.
Cari Olson the House Manager at the Peachtree Dunwoody House took some time when we were done to show us a new video story about the Ronald McDonald House and one of the families that stays there. It is the story of Elsie – I hope you will watch it.
Ronald McDonald House Video Story
Elsie stays at the house we volunteer at and while I haven’t personally seen her we told Cari to call us and we would plan a special stamping day for her because she loves to do crafts. We only visit once a month but maybe with more Stampin’ Up! volunteers we can do this twice a month. If you’d like to volunteer with us let me know and I’ll pass your information onto Jenn – the Stampin’ Up! team leader for this house.
Here is a link to the website for the Atlanta Ronald McDonald House charities – CLICK HERE. Stampin’ Up! is a National Sponsor of the Ronald McDonald House charities. Stampin’ Up! donates $100,000 annually, each year they design an exclusive stamp set and a portion of the sales are donated, they donate items to houses in the cities where events are held, and they facilitate the program that allows demonstrators to volunteer at the houses by bringing stamping to the families.
It’s BINGO TIME! Today we are starting Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. The players have been finalized and all Bingo Cards were emailed out yesterday so we are ready to play. If you missed getting into Round 1 before it filled you can sign up for a future round – Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #1 – the cat image from the All in the Family stamp set (in Peach Parfait).
Have a great day!
Aug 18, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Masking, Open House, Stampin' Up! Convention, Techniques |
This little 3×3 card was one of the Make & Takes from our convention class. It uses a reverse masking technique. In our kit was a piece of card stock that had been cut with the Circles #2 die for the Big Shot. Using the negative piece (not the circles) we placed this over our card stock to create a mask on the outside edges of the card. Then using a Stampin’ Sponge add color to the inside of the circle. We also stamped the leaf image before removing the mask. Make sure your mask doesn’t move while you are doing the sponging and stamping – I have a little shadow on mine because I slipped just a bit.
The words were added after the mask was removed – I needed to scoot mine over just a bit so it wasn’t on top of my leaves. It’s not perfect but it’s still a cute card.
I used this card as one of the projects at my Open House for everyone to make. My oops was that I thought I had envelopes for the 3x3s but I was wrong – sorry about that.
BINGO UPDATE:
I have filled all the player slots for Round 1 and have started a list of players for Round 2 which is also filling quickly. I will be emailing Bingo Cards for the Round 1 players today, Wednesday. And I’ll start calling Bingo pieces on Thursday and I’ll have a piece each day until someone gets Bingo. I think it is fun to see where everyone is from! Here are the round 1 players:
- Carolyn from NC
- Lisa from MT
- Andrea from CA
- D from WA
- Jeanette from GA
- Gery from LA
- Bonnie from GA
- Jana’ from NV
- Marisol from NJ
- Cinthia from MI
- Chris from IL
- Sherry from CA
- Nancy from FL
- Anne from CA
- Donna from WI
Good luck and let’s have fun!
Aug 17, 2010 | Cards, In Colors, Open House, Punch Art |
At my Stampin’ Up! Open House event on Saturday I had a few Make & Take projects for everyone. One was this card using the new Owl Punch – I had already made all of the cupcake owls so I thought it would be fun to use one on a card too.
If you went to the Stampin’ Up! Convention this card may look a little bit familiar. It is based on a card that Heather Summers Demonstrated on stage during one of our classes. I used the In-Color Designer Series Paper for mine and she used various colors of card stock for hers. A few minor differences but basically the same card that she created. I think everyone liked this card. I demoed the same card at Becky’s workshop on Sunday and everyone there loved it too. This little owl punch is going to be very popular!
If you want to play BLOG BINGO with me – see this post for the details. It will be fun so don’t miss out. BINGO UPDATE: Round 1 is full so I’m taking names for the second round.
And for those of you that were at my Open House and saw Jennifer (9 months pregnant!) she had her baby on Monday, August 16th at 2:26 pm – Shelby Jean was 5-1/2 pounds and 18-3/4″. Everyone is doing well.
Thanks for stopping by.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and Stampin’ Write Markers
- Stamps: Word Play
- Two Step Owl Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch
- Designer Series Paper Pack – In Color (Level 1 Hostess set)
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Aug 6, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Cards, Great Friend |
I wore a shirt the other day that had dragonflies on it – Ryan asked if it was a Stampin’ Up! shirt. I said “no”. Then Greg said “well it sure does look like it would be a Stampin’ up! shirt”. But it is not. Since they seemed to think it looked so much like a Stampin’ Up! shirt I decided to try to recreate the design in a card. I saw a card challenge on Lynn Pratt’s blog that I had wanted to try and with the shirt in my mind decided to combine the sketch idea with the color/theme of my shirt.
Here is the shirt that I had on. I pulled out my Color Coach to determine what colors I wanted to use for my card. The dragonflies seemed to be Tempting Turquoise and Sahara Sand, while the back ground was two tones of green. I decided to use Garden Green and Wild Wasabi.
I used the sketch from the challenge I found which was a card base with a folded Top Note die-cut as the flap on the card. When you lift this piece the message is underneath.
I decided to stamp the dragonflies on vellum paper using StazOn Black ink and then color them with my Stampin’ Write markers and cut them out. I slightly curled the wings and tails and used a mini glue dot to attach them to my card. The dragonfly image is from the Nature’s Nest stamp set.
The swirl is from Baroque Motifs, and the “for you” and the words on the inside (which I didn’t take a picture of) are from the Great Friend stamp set.
I added some random splattering using my Color Spritzer Tool and the Garden Green marker – I miss my Itty Bitty Backgrounds splatter which would have worked well on this card too. The shirt had little brad like things scattered throughout the design so I decided to add that too. I used a few brads from the vintage set.
What do you think? I’m not sure, but it does resemble the design and colors of the shirt and fits the sketch.
Thanks for stopping by today!
This was my favorite card from the Make & Take class at the Stampin’ Up! Convention. For one it is one of my favorite new stamp sets called Just Believe. And it used a water coloring technique that makes it look like your a real artist! The stamp does all the work because it is such a nice image. Using Stampin’ Write Markers you color your image. Using a fine mist spritzer (like our Stampin’ Mist cleaner spritzer) – spritz the stamp with water and then stamp onto Watercolor Paper. I hold it on the paper for just a few seconds before lifting it. The water makes it look like a real watercolor painting.
