Oct 9, 2010 | Bingo, Clearance Rack, Embellishments |
I’m still looking for a Bingo winner for this round – is anyone close??
I don’t think I shared the prize from the last round. 
Here it is!
I took an empty Stampin’ Up! button container and peeled off the labels. If they don’t come off easily use a heat tool to heat the label for a second and try again. Then I punched a circle to fit on the top and stamped on it.
I filled the container with an assortment of the Corduroy Buttons and Brads that Stampin’ Up! used to sell. They are all retired now but you can find some of them in the Clearance Rack – go to my website and click the SHOP NOW button – then look at the Clearance Rack section. Lots of great deals are in there right now but they are selling out fast so don’t delay.
I haven’t decided yet on my prize for the round we are playing right now. So who know what it might be……
Are you ready to play?
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6 – I only have a couple of spots left. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #12 –the words hand crafted from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Oct 1, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Christmas, Embellishments, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, SU Ribbon |
I just loved this card idea when I saw it shared by Lee Conrey a couple of weeks ago. So super simple but elegant. Here is a link to her original card – click here.
I made a color change for my card and used a Soft Suede card base and a Crumb Cake piece for the embossing. This is the new Northern Flurry embossing folder in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. Isn’t it gorgeous?
After I embossed it I used the Frost White Shimmer Paint and a Sponge Dauber to lightly add the frost shimmer to the embossed snowflake.
I punched a hole with my Crop-a-Dile – I used the smaller hole. The ribbon is Early Espresso 3/8″ Taffeta ribbon – which is lighter than the actual Early Espresso color so it worked great on this card. The greeting is from Sincere Salutations – which is one of my older stamp sets – I had this one long ago before I was a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. The final touch on this card are the Rhinestones in the center of each snowflake. These are new in the Stampin’ Up! catalog and a lot of people are missing them because they aren’t easy to see in the catalog. They are on page 188 under the section Jewels. It lists both the Basic Rhinestones which is what I used here and the Basic Pearls (love those too). These come on a sheet and are self-adhesive. I use my paper piercer to carefully lift one off the sheet and place it on my project. Each sheet has 3 sizes of Rhinestones or Pearls plus three strips or chains – where there are a bunch of the small ones already in a perfect row for you. But if you don’t need them in a row you can seperate them and use them individually.
For this card I used all three sizes of the Rhinestones because I had three sizes of the snowflakes. There is one in the center of each.
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 #4 –the pumpkins from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Feb 7, 2010 | Big Shot, Embellishments, Occasion Mini 2010, Stamper's Club, SU Buttons |
Heart Treat cups aren’t just for Valentine’s day. I decided yesterday to use them for something non-valentine’s and I combined it with the butterfly challenge for Late Night Stampers. And let me tell you – I really love how it turned out and it gave me another idea – which I have to try out this week (more on that later if it comes together).
Here it is and the treat cup is filled with buttons (retired ones) but you could put other things in there – a Simply Adorned bracelet, other small embellishments, money, candy or whatever fits.
And this is another way to create the trap door. This project uses a little love note envelope to create a pocket. The big butterfly is on a slider that you pull up and then the back opens up so you can remove what you have inside the treat cup.
How fun is that? It was really quick to put together. I used for a Stamp Club Project this month.
The little butterfly embosslits is so fun to use and I love adding them to everything. The little ones fit perfectly on this project. I hope you like it.
I’ll have some great projects to share this coming week – so I hope you’ll be back.
Happy Stampin’!
Sep 9, 2009 | Demonstrator, Designer Series Paper, Embellishments, Flight of the Butterfly, In Colors |
I received this cute idea from Sharon Field at convention this year. It is a little purse and when you open it up it can hold a business card or gift card.
Sharon’s held her business card and used a different stamp set than my example – I would show you hers too but it seems to be missing…..
We made these at my last downline meeting. I thought it was a nice little business idea or it could be used to hold a gift card – a great idea for teen girls or really any age girl. I don’t think a boy would like a purse very much but this could be adapted to a rectangular shape and be turned into a brief case just use some more manly colors and a different stamp set – or just DSP.
The colors are Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. The Designer Series Paper is Razzleberry Lemonade. We used the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set. The dots behind the butterfly and the flower stems are hand-drawn with the Bermuda Bay markers. I think everyone loves the In-Color Stampin’ Write Markers.
The closure is a filigree brad and underneath a velcro dot actually hold the purse shut. To create the pocket you punch with the Word Window – about 1-1/2 times to make it wide enough for the card. Don’t put any adhesive in the middle only around the edges or the card won’t slide in.
I actually drew this out on grid paper and then used the grid to go up and over to create my angles. I marked the spots on my card stock and then placed it on my cutter to cut the angles to make it look like a purse. I didn’t have any exact measurements from Sharon so I just traced out her sample and then created my own little template.
I’ve been busy with a variety of stuff. I’m posting the new September WOW Scrapbook kit later today on that blog – wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com – I’ll put the sneak peek on this blog probably tomorrow.
Last night I had a meeting with band parents planning an 8th grade night event – where the 8th graders get to come with the Marching Band to a football game and play with them in the stands during the game. This year we are planning have a tailgate event before the game and feed everyone. We had our first meeting last night and delegated out some tasks.
Tonight I’m hosting my pokeeno group from my neighborhood so I need to get ready for that today and clean the house and cook a few things. Ack – I just realized I’m supposed to make baked beans and I forgot to buy anything for that when I shopped yesterday. My theme is a summer BBQ and I plan to use some more of my Summer Cookout kit for serving/decorating. I better check my pantry and head to the grocery store one more time.
Have a wonderful day!!
Aug 20, 2009 | Big Shot, Circle Circus, Designer Series Paper, Embellishments, In Colors, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
At convention I attended a group meeting for the STARZ group – that includes everyone in Wendy Randall’s downline. Wendy, Sue and I traveled from Georgia to attend convention. Most of the others in Wendy’s downline were from California and a few from Texas and Arizona. I enjoyed visiting with all of these girls because I don’t normally see them the rest of the year. At our meeting Wendy did an awesome presentation on Taking Better pictures and Scrapbooking. We saw a few demos and then there were 5 projects for us to make – each one was designed by a different person. I presented my Tile Card – you can click HERE to see it.
Michelle's Circle Circus card
There were two other cards that used the Circle Circus stamp set – one designed by Michele Scileppi – the colors were Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Old Olive. And she used the Big Shot dies – Daisy #2 and the Top Note for the embellishments on the card. Her example also had a tag hanging off the hemp cord but I left that off of mine.
Elizabeth's Circle Circus card
Another Circle Circus card was designed by Elizabeth Martinez. The colors she used were Soft Suede and Crushed Curry. We used a variety of circle punches to punch out the different images in the stamp set. The Crushed Curry print from the Razzleberry Lemonade paper was added across the font of the card. Then the Soft Suede ribbon and a brad finished off the card. We will be making this card in my class on Friday.
Wendy's Mini Scrapbook
Wendy presented a mini scrapbook made with the new Thoroughly Modern file folders and stored inside one of the new gusseted envelopes. The colors on the folders are Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Rose Red and Sahara Sand. We decorated it using the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the new Butterfly punch. Ribbon accents were added. One of the inside pages was folded over to create a pocket.
STARZ meeting - Fancy Favor Box w/Love Notes
And one of the California girls (sorry I’m not sure who) showed us a fancy favor box filled with love notes. The colors were Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White. The Razzleberry Lemonade paper was used to add the accents on the box and mini cards. Some jumbo eyelets and ribbon were used to create the handle. The box is cut using the new Fancy Favor Box die for the Big Shot.
After everyone shared their project we all worked on them the rest of the night. It was a fun meeting.
STARZ group
Thanks for visiting my blog today!
Aug 15, 2009 | Big Shot, Decor Elements, Embellishments, Stampin' Up! Events |
Sorry about the late post – the day slipped away from me and I just realized I didn’t put one up.
I took Ryan and a friend to the Skate Park today. They spent several hours on their skateboards and Ryan came home with bumps and bruises and scrapes – oh my! He should be good and tired tonight and probably sore tomorrow. But he had fun!
I wanted to share with you one of the gifts I received at convention. 
This is the gift that my upline Wendy Randall made for everyone in her downline. She gave them to us at our group meeting on Wednesday night. The colors are Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie. This is a Top Note purse that she showed me how to make a few months ago. I have made several different ones and I’m pretty sure I’ve shown them on my blog. Hers used the new Elegant Bouquet Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the Big Shot. The Embossing Folders give a very deep impression because they have both the positive and negative of the embossed portion. If you use a texture plate it is much more subtle. The closure on the front was created using a Build-A-Brad. And the front flap was wheeled with the Jumbo Wheel called Friendly Words. Wendy also sponged the embossed portion and the front flap to give everything more dimension by the addition of the shadows.
Inside the purse Wendy had a container of embellishments – mine was Basic Gray Corduroy Buttons – I’m assuming everyone had something different – but I didn’t actually ask anyone else what they got. We also had door prizes at our meeting and I won one of the new Decor Elements called Eat – it has the word “eat” and underneath a fork. I’ll have to use it to create a menu board to put up in the kitchen.
That goes right along with one of the business classes we took. It was called “Create a Simpler Life”.
We talked about how hard it can be to fit everything we want into our routines. So we learned about some everyday shortcuts to
prepare for workshops, make meals, cleaning, and more. And one of the things mentioned was planning a menu each week. Over the years I have done that at various times – planned meals for the week, planned themes for each night – like mexican night, pasta night, chicken night, etc. I need to get back to doing something like that again.
In that class
they gave away a few prizes and my roommate, Diane, won!
She received a book called “Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home”. The author is from Iowa which is where Diane lives so she was thrilled to get it.
Now her job is to read it and pass on to the rest of us all the great cleaning tips she learns! I’ll take any help I can get to make cleaning this house easier. I worked on dusting and floors on Friday before my club meeting. But didn’t finish so I have more to do.
I had a great time at our Stamper’s Club meeting last night. And all the orders were placed today. Everybody is going to continue with the club which we will start again in Sept. I’ll share those projects later this week. One was the Tile Card from the blog tour that I also used as the project for our group meeting at convention and I posted the picture and instructions that week also – so I won’t show that one again. But the other two I’ll show – one was a demo from the group meeting and the other one of our Make ‘n Takes from Stampin’ Up!.
Have fun the rest of the weekend!
Here it is!
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6 – I only have a couple of spots left. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
