Jan 31, 2011 | Demonstrator, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
Here are more Simply Adorned Inserts that we swapped at my PAWS meeting the other weekend.
I don’t have specific names for each one of these – since they are so small most people didn’t put names on them. The participants were – Fran, Laree, Lisa B. (she actually made two different ones), Linda, Danette, Lisa S., Christine, and Cindy G. The ones where the back was attached I didn’t take a picture of the back. A couple in the first photo show front and back – the Owl, and the friends.
I still have mine to show you – I actually used the same swap for both my leadership swap and the Paws meeting swap. I just have to find mine to take pictures of it. I hope I didn’t give them all away!
Jan 29, 2011 | Big Shot, Blog Tour, Cards, Demonstrator, Fabric, Occasions Mini 2011 |
Last weekend I had my PAWS team meeting. We covered some business topics, talked and shared about leadership, stamped some great projects, traded swaps and had a lot of fun! I wanted to share some group pictures and our meeting Make&Takes.
Stephanie, Becky, Travice, Cindy, and Lisa
The girls here are working on a petal cone project using the new Petal Cone die from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. 
They had a choice of Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight or Tangerine Tango for their box. The sides were decorated with Designer Series paper and Pom-Pom trim. This project idea actually came from a new site that I joined called the Paper Crafter’s Library.
You can fill the petal cones with candy or other small items. Close up the top with some ribbon for this design.
Fran, Linda, Cindy, Cindy, Christine
In the other room the girls were working on a little card using the Take a Spin stamp set and spinner hands from the Occasions Mini Catalog.
This was a 3×3 birthday card and then has the extra scallop trim on the edge. It will fit in our medium envelopes. Christine is holding her sample up.
The other end of the table is a card that Fran designed using a neat little punching technique to create a fancy frame.
Fran’s card uses a 3×3 inch square of card stock to start creating the border. We did discover that you have to use the old style Eyelet border punch in order for this to work. Center the Eyelet border punch on the center of each side of the square and punch – it leaves the four corners and a thin edge on the outside. The new style border punch does not leave this edge. Then punch all four sides again with the Scallop Trim border punch – this one is the new style. It punches the fancy trim on all four edges that you see on the edges of this square. The stamp set we used was Cute by the Inch for the center square.
Monika, Marie
Jenn also brought a Make&Take project along with a bunc
h of other Valentine treat ideas that she shared with everyone. I forgot to take a picture of her other ideas but here is the little Tag Treat we made.
This little holder is cute for a table – I’ve used this idea before at the holidays and we put little mints, nuggets, or kisses in side the holder. When I use them on a table they become place card holders and I just write names on them.
Jenn
Here is Jenn showing off the other project that we made. Name tags using the new Sew Suite Fabric and the Designer Fabric covered brads in the Stampin’ Up! mini catalog. This idea was shared on stage at the Leadership conference and I thought it would make a great project for our meeting.
To make the tags I used the white card board that comes in the back of the Designer Series paper packs. It was cut using the Two-Tags die and the Big Shot – this is the tag with the scallop circle at one end – it is covered by the flower in the picture. The flower is three 1/2″ by 6″ pieces of fabric. The pieces are folded over and a Fabric Covered brad is pushed through the center. The flower is attached to a piece of matching card stock that was punched with the Scallop Circle punch. Add the flower to the tag and write your name on the front. On the back glue a pin back so that you can attach it to your shirt. I used Crystal Effects for my sample and allowed it to dry overnight, but in the meeting we used a hot glue gun. At the next meeting I hope that everyone will wear their name tag so that we know who they are!
That was a look at our meeting and our M&Ts. Our next team meeting will be in March and I’ll be adding the information to my Stampin’ Connection PAWS group in February. Contact me if you would like information about joining my team or if you are a demonstrator and would like information about coming to my meeting.
Have a great day!
Jan 27, 2011 | Demonstrator, Sale-A-Bration 2011 |
It’s Sale-A-Bration time at Stampin’ Up! – so what does that mean? It means everyone can earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products. How? There are three easy ways….
- {spend}… Spend $50 (before s&h and tax) and earn one free Sale-A-Bration product of your choice. Spend $100 and earn two, etc.
- {host}…… Host a workshop of at least $300 (before s&h and tax), and earn one free Sale-A-Bration product in addition to the generous hostess benefits.
- {join} …… Join Stampin’ Up! by becoming a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration and get 15% off your Starter Kit. Plus, get a bonus bundle filled with over $50 in free products.
This years’ Sale-A-Bration products include 4 exclusive stamp sets, a Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents pack, a Ribbon & Button pack, a Digital Content CD for My Digital Studio, and Chalkboard Decor Elements. And if those don’t suit your fancy there are more than 50 stamp sets that you can choose from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog!
My calendar is filling quickly so call or email today to get your Sale-A-Bration workshop on my calendar!
If you would like to join my team – I would love to talk to you about it. The newest addition to my PAWS (Play Alot With Stamps) team is Travice. She received her demo id this week and is excited about joining the Stampin’ Up! Family. I’ll share more next week about our latest team meeting that was this past weekend.
Dec 1, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Christmas, Demonstrator, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
ABCs of the Perfect Handmade Holiday – Oct. 19 – Dec. 16th – CLICK HERE.
Scrapbook Class – Dec. 3rd and Dec. 4th – RSVP by Dec. 1st. – CLICK HERE.
Yes I still have more cookie swap ideas! There was quite a little crowd of us at the meeting – I wonder if it was the cookies that made everyone come…. so here are the rest of the gals at the meeting.
Sue, Linda M., Dannette, Cindy G., Marie, Linda B.
And I’ll put up half of their swaps today and the rest tomorrow.
Sue recycled some candy tins for her swap and decorated them with the Deck the Halls Designer Series paper, different ribbons, and punched pieces. 
All of them were a little bit different.
Linda M. also used the Deck the Halls Designer Series paper and the seam binding from the Mini Catalog. She created little boxes using the Top Note die. The front was stamped from the Tags til Christmas stamp set. A lot of us used that set for our swaps.
Danette made these giant cookies – I think they are called stained-glass cookies – the center is cut out with a small cookie cutter and filled with chopped hard candy which melts in the opening and then cools to fill the space.
It looks like stained glass. She made one giant cookie and packaged it in a large cello bag and added a tag using the ornament punch and the Delightful Decorations stamp set. She finished the tag with a Rhinestone brad.
And she had them all inside a cute reindeer basket. So festive and fun.
I’ll share the rest of the swaps tomorrow and then I think I’ll be done with those.
Did you see that Bingo has started again? If you are in group 7 look for an email from the first of this week with your Bingo card – print it out and keep track every day as I call the pieces.
Here we go with Monika’s Blog Bingo. This is Round 7! The group is full and all the cards were emailed out Monday 11/29. I am going to take a break from Bingo after this group is done so I am not taking any more names at this time. I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog and leave comments. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners and the players for this round.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #2–the word CREATE from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Nov 26, 2010 | Big Shot, Christmas, Demonstrator, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
Online Spectacular – Nov. 22 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
50% Off Starter Kit – Nov. 15 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
ABCs of the Perfect Handmade Holiday – Oct. 19 – Dec. 16th – CLICK HERE.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with your family. We spent Thanksgiving with Greg’s family – we all met in Virginia for a big Turkey and Ham meal with all the sides. Everyone has their own favorite item from our Thanksgiving meal. And for some it is the desert!
So speaking of desert here are some more cookie swaps from my demonstrator meeting. Well first let me share a pictures of some more of the girls.
Lisa B., Christine and Cindy S.
Lisa B., Christine, and Cindy S. are working on the make&takes from the meeting. We had three tables with different projects – including a hybrid MDS card that Cindy S. shared with us after talking to the group about My Digital Studio and sharing some of the 12×12 pages she had printed.
Christine was a soon to be demonstrator – Cindy recruited her and she was signing up with the half price special that is going on now.
Christine and Cindy got together to make their swaps. And here is Christine’s – a green and red bag filled with Green and Red sugar cookies. Then a topper in green and red. Stamp set is Sweet Season.
Cindy S. made a cute Santa Hat box for her cookies. I do have to confess though – now that I took them all out I don’t remember what cookies were in which box. The Santa Hat box is a triangle box like one I made a year or so ago for Valentine’s – I think it is here on my blog in the archives somewhere.
Cindy used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder to decorate the Santa hat – it gives such a neat texture to the hat. The tag is from the Tags til Christmas stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. The cording at the top is actually retired but it sure is perfect for this hat.
The last one I wanted to share today is from Lisa B. I do remember her cookies – mostly because I ate them all – chocolate oatmeal no bake cookies – and they were yummy!
I did get the picture made before I ate them all. Lisa had them packaged in a cello bag with a cute topper.
Her topper is the Top Note die with the Holly Jolly Designer Series paper. The squares of designer paper are attached to the top note giving it a quilted look. A tag from the Tags til Christmas set along with some ribbon finishes this cute package!
And she brought the whole bunch in a nice little basket.
I hope you are enjoying all of these cute ideas on how to package up cookies and treats for the holidays. These would be easy to adapt for Valentine’s, Easter, birthday, Halloween or anything else that you need little treats for.
I think I’m about half way through all the ideas so be sure to check back for more they are still coming over the next few days.
Have a great rest of the holiday weekend! I hope you got some great shopping deals if you have been out.
A bingo winner was found right before Thanksgiving – I’ll have the new group ready to go with an update on Sunday – that’s my plan.
Oct 5, 2010 | Bingo, Demonstrator, Stampin' Up! Events |
Is it just me or does it seem that when you go away for a few days everything changes? Somehow my wordpress blog – not the part you see but the part that I see is different. Then I tried to check on an e-vite invitation and I keep getting this error to sign in to the new evite and I can’t get to the invitation. Even the airport seemed different when I went this time – I must have gone to a new section or something, the security was different and even the terminal was different – and I was just there in July. But I didn’t have any security issues this time – yeah – and I took all my stuff carry on (but no scissors) – I did travel with a bottle of Crystal Effects and I wondered if they would question that but they didn’t. Anyway enough of my rambling…..
I have a special offer for anyone that wants to join my Stampin’ Up! team! You have to act quickly to take advantage of this great opportunity. As a result of my attending the Baltimore Regional I get to offer my new recruits the chance to get a brand new stamp set that won’t be available until 2011. If you sign up as a demonstrator you will receive the new stamp set EAT CHOCOLATE! You have to sign up by October 17th! Just imagine a stamp set all about Chocolate! Yummy! Here are some samples using the Eat Chocolate stamp set that I took pictures of while I was at the regional.
And not only that but the Craft Tote special is still going on too -you will get both of these in addition to all that is in the Starter Kit!
You will be all set to share your love of Stamping with your friends and family – a cute tote to carry all the items from your starter kit and the new Eat Chocolate stamp set.
Do you have questions? Just contact me and I’ll be glad to answer them for you. You can sign up online directly through my Stampin’ Up! Website – CLICK HERE.
I would be so excited to have you join my team!
How is Bingo going for everyone? I was told I need to mix up the pieces better – someone out there doesn’t have any of the ones I have called so far – how can that be? I’ll try to get a good shuffle this time.
So here we go….
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 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, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #8 –the cupcake image from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
