Dec 6, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Christmas, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
I forgot to post something on Sunday – ran out of time – if you are looking for Bingo the next piece is at the bottom of this post.
Last month I had a Holiday Stamp-a-Stack class. I had four cards that were fairly quick and easy to replicate and everyone that came to the class made four of each card plus coordinating envelopes. They left with a nice little stack of Christmas cards ready to send out to those that they love. I wanted to share those with you and here is the first one. We also made this at my card club meeting this past week and I demoed it at a workshop I had this weekend.
This card idea was one that I found last year from Cindy B. – I started keeping a file on my computer with ideas that I like and I have a folder by stamp set – so this was in my Dasher folder – to help me remember where I found the idea I try to put the name of the person or blog in my file name. So I don’t have a full last name for this one – it just said designed by Cindy B. on the watermark of the picture. I made a few changes from the original but the idea of the card is the same.
This is also a great idea for using up scraps of your designer series paper. For my card I used the Deck the Halls Designer Series paper – I had scraps left from other projects. I used a variety of circle punches to get all the circles from the scraps – the 2-1/2″ circle, 1-3/4″ circle, 1-3/8″ circle, 3/4″ circle and 1/2″ circle. The different circles are just layered on the edge of a piece of Very Vanilla card stock – and then trimmed what hangs over the edge.
Next to the circle I stamped Dasher in Soft Suede ink and underneath I stamped Merry Christmas – which is from the Christmas Greetings stamp set. Then I attached the Very Vanilla to a Soft Suede card base. The matching envelope has Dasher on it too.
If you want to add a bit of bling – use a 2-way glue pen on the antlers and where the snowflakes are mixed in then sprinkle with the Glass Glitter from the Holiday Mini catalog – shake off the excess. If you want something less chunky use the Dazzling Diamonds.
Let’s continue with Bingo….
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. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners and the players for this round.
And now for the next piece – Here is piece #6–the soccer from the All in the Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
I guess it is time for me to make my signature more wintery – I’ll have to work on that this week.
Nov 21, 2010 | Bingo, Christmas, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
Last weekend I had a demonstrator meeting for my downline, sidelines and any other demos in the area that needed a place to meet with other demonstrators. It was so much fun! There were 17 of us total – a full house. As part of the meeting we did a cookie swap and everyone made cookies packaged in Stampin’ Up! style way. All the swaps were great and I’ll be sharing them a couple a day over the next few days. I’ll give you the stamp sets/colors for each project but I don’t have instructions since I didn’t make them. I also took pictures of almost everyone at the meeting so I’m going to mix those in with these posts too. I’m looking forward to having my next meeting in January – details will be posted later on my PAWS group site on Stampin’ Connection.
Stephanie and Laree
Laree made this cute box using the Fancy Favor Die and the Holly Jolly Designer Series Paper. The box was embossed with the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder. Laree used the designer paper to create a ruffled lining for the box. The stamp set is Tags til Christmas – a popular one for many projects that night.
A cello bag has cookies inside – she also included the recipe – but I don’t have that right here with me so I’ll have to add that later.
Here is the whole pile of Laree’s swaps. All with different patterns from the paper pack – Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Very Vanilla. The boxes were Crumb Cake. Every box looks just as cute as the next one.
Stephanie brought Snowballs – at least I think that’s what these cookies are called and certainly what they look like. I still have to give all the cookies a try – I figured we would have a selection this week for Thanksgiving if I saved them (or at least most of them) to share.
Stephanie used cello bags and made snowflake tags. She used Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
The Northern Flurry embossing folder dressed up the front of the tag.
I was very glad to have Stephanie join us – we just met not too long ago.
Are you checking your Bingo Cards carefully? I’m going to recap the pieces for you – so check if you have Bingo – I’m looking for a winner!
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).
#7 –the word CREATE from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
#8 – the sunflower from the Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
#9 – the leaves from the Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
#10 – the heart from the Things I Love stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
#11 – the dog bone from Friends Fur-ever stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
#12 – the gift box from Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
#13 – the cupcake block from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
#14 – the sparkle/jack from Hello Again stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
#15 – the cat from All in the Family stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
#16 – the owl from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
#17 – the furniture from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #18 –the butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set (stamped in Concord Grape).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row – make sure to email me.
Nov 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Blog Tour, Christmas, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Tags |
As an Honorary Queen I am so excited to welcome you to the ROYAL BLOG TOUR! Come inside my castle and look around. I hope you enjoy your royal visit!
I will go back to my regular posting schedule after the tour – this post will be at the top of my blog until the tour is over. If you are playing in my Blog Bingo game – I will resume after the Royal Blog Tour – so hold tight for a few days.
On the tour you will visit Princesses from all over showing you different styles of stamping and different stamp sets.
Have fun on the tour… your carriage awaits!
My featured Stampin’ Up! stamp set is the Winter Post (#111780) set! Send your love this Christmas season with the Winter Post stamp set. Mix the vintage and modern images in this set for post cards, scrapbook pages, or handmade cards with a unique twist. This set—in addition to being the first stamp set in Shelli’s Signature Collection—is an all-around Christmas set with many options you’re sure to adore for years to come.
I have created several projects to show you during the tour I hope that you enjoy them. Visit my blog again after the tour when I’ll be posting more details about each project. I can’t show you everything today because I want you to have time to enjoy your journey through all the castles!
Project 1 – Set of Tags in a Clear Box
I like to make little 3×3 tags and they work perfectly for Christmas gifts. I made a full set using several images from the Winter Post stamp set and the Deck the Hals Designer Series paper. I decided to make a clear box to hold all my tags. The box is embossed with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – it is kind of hard to see it. You could even give this as a little hostess gift for a holiday party that you attend this year.
Project 2 – JOY Banner
I decided to make this project because I really liked the BOO banner that I made for Halloween. I remembered that I had purchased these wood letters – luckily I had 2 sets, because I wasn’t happy with my first version of my ‘J’ or my ‘O’. But I love them now. And yes I did cut out all the reindeer’s! Here are some close ups of the letters and I’ll have more details on exactly how I made these after the tour is over.
Project 3 – Scrapbook in a Box
This is a favorite project of mine over the last several years. I have made this box for many occasions. This last month I did a class for a group of ladies that wanted to make one of these Scrapbook Boxes but they wanted more than one option. So I decided to accomplish two things at the same time – design a Christmas Box and a project for this Royal Blog Tour. Everyone at the class made one of the Christmas boxes and everyone loved them. I hope you do too. All it needs is the pictures added. I still have to print mine – it holds quite a lot – 4 pictures on each layer if you only use one side – or more if you add them to the back of the inside layers.
Project 4 – Treat Bag
This last project is really quick using the Mini Lunch Sacks in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. I put the bag in the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I’ll have more details after the Blog Tour ends on each project that I have shown you including a complete list of supplies.
I hope you liked all these ideas. Come see me again and leave me a comment – you have the chance to win blog candy!
I’ll be giving away Blog Candy after the tour is over. You must live in the US to win the blog candy – but you can leave me a comment even if you don’t. Here are the details on how to enter:
1. Send me an email at [email protected] with your name and email address so that I can contact you if you are the winner!
2. Leave a comment on this blog post with your name and which project is your favorite.
You must complete both to qualify. Thanks. I am going to pick THREE winners!
Blog Candy prizes:
- Joyful Season Letterpress Plate
- 6×6 Patterns Paper Pack
- Yummy stamp set
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The winner swill be announced on my blog after the tour and I’ll also send the winners an email.
Along each tour there are clues for a chance to win a BIG SHOT die cut machine or other prizes! That’s very exciting so be sure to read the rules on how to enter. Good Luck! Your Royal Carriage awaits you please click on the Glass Slippers to continue your journey!
Thanks for stopping by!
Nov 3, 2010 | Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
This is the second layout that we made in my scrapbook class last week. I started with an 8-1/2″ x 11″ scrapbook page that we made as part of the Make&Takes at the Baltimore Regionals. I wanted to modify it to be a 12×12 page so I put it on a piece of More Mustard card stock. I cut 2″ squares from the Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series Paper. Six of these were added to the left. I used my Stampin’ Write markers to color the large medallion image from the Day of Gratitude stamp set. This was cut out and I put it on the bottom left corner of the photo mat. The original page had cut outs of the leaves and acorns there and I moved those up to the top right corner.
The next challenge was to add a coordinating page to make it a two-page layout. And here it is.
I added a larger Cajun Craze mat for a grouping of photos. And then some more of the 2″ squares but in the opposite corner. I stamped and cut another medallion and some more leaves and acorns.
I hope you like this fall themed layout.
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 #5 –the teddy bear from Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
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!
This card idea was one that I found last year from Cindy B. – I started keeping a file on my computer with ideas that I like and I have a folder by stamp set – so this was in my Dasher folder – to help me remember where I found the idea I try to put the name of the person or blog in my file name. So I don’t have a full last name for this one – it just said designed by Cindy B. on the watermark of the picture. I made a few changes from the original but the idea of the card is the same.
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. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners and the players for this round.
And now for the next piece – Here is piece #6–the soccer from the All in the Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
