Mar 11, 2009 | Big Shot, class, family, Game Night, Stamps |
Today I wanted to share the prizes I made last night for my Game Night class (the class is tonight). I used the Jackpot Designer Series Paper, the Game Night Stamp set and the coordinating wheel In the Cards. The colors are So Saffron, Real Red, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. I used various ideas with the small and medium cello bags. Some are topped with the Top Note die cut with the Big Shot. Fold it one way and it fits on a medium cello bag and fold it the other and it fits on the small cello bag. Some have the DSP inside and the punched with the double rectangle punch and So Saffron ribbon pulled through. I used a variety of items for my prizes – Stampin’ Up! chapstick, Stampin’ Up! pens, assorted Stampin’ Up! buttons, and assortment of the Textured Love Notes from last year. I hope everyone likes them.
One other thing I wanted to share today was the birthday gift that Ryan made for me. Ryan is my youngest and he is 12. He designed and created this idea all on his own over the weekend. He asked me for some wire which I had in my craft room. And this is what he turned it into: 
What do you think?
I think he has some creative genes in his body too. It is me and him holding hands. He did all of the work himself with a sautering tool (I’m sure I didn’t spell that right).
I LOVE IT! Thank you Ryan!
My older boys are taking me to dinner at one of the local Mexican Resteraunts that we like to eat at. And Kyle is going to drive – which happens to be a big deal in our family. At 17 he still only drives where he absolutely has to and right now that is basically to and from school. For whatever reason he is not very interested in driving. He does have a car now (well it is actually a family car) that he can drive and that has made a difference. Anyway, I was thrilled and can’t wait for us to go – now to pick an evening to do it. Maybe this weekend…..
Have a wonderful day!
Monika
www.monika.stampinup.net
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Mar 7, 2009 | family, Good Friend, Stamper's Club |
I had hope to get a post out earlier today but Ryan had a soccer game over near Roswell. It was a good game that ended in a tie of 0-0. One key play was when the other team was trying to score and got the ball past our goalie. With two of their players and the ball approaching the goal Ryan came in from the side and somehow kicked the ball out and saved the goal. But as a result he fell and must have hit his head pretty hard (he said later it hit the ground). He stood up after the play ended but immediately fell back to the ground. The ref and the coach ran over to him and I watched from the side line. He got up and the coach walked him off the field – always a good thing when they walk of the field. I wasn’t sure he was going to go back in but with about 5 minutes left in the game the coach put him back in and he did play. As a mom it can be hard to wait on the sidelines when your child gets hurt. But with Ryan being the youngest I had already learned with the other boys it is better for you to wait. If it is bad enough that they need you the coach will tell you to come over. Otherwise it is best to wait and let them take care of it. So I’m keeping an eye on him this afternoon but he seems to be fine – I guess he has a hard head. Ok on to a stamping project……
Last night was my Stamper’s Club meeting. This was our second meeting for this group and I have a couple of different things going on in the club. First we have what I call an on-going project. At the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference we made the cutest box as one of our Make-n-take projects and then made other items to go inside. I decided to take this project and use it for my Stamper’s Club but I’m going to add to it. So at our first meeting we made the
box and at each subsequent meeting we’ll making something to go in the box. This month we made a small box of tags. All the projects are using coordinating products including Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper, Good Friend stamp set, and So Tweet Chipboard. The color scheme is from the Stampin’ Up! Retro Fresh Style Watch – see it on page 10 & 11 in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book. Next month we’ll add something else to the box.
I’m off to make swaps for our STARZ group meeting tonight. I’ll tell you more about the Stamper’s Club later. Have a great weekend and enjoy the weather here.
Happy Stamping!
Monika
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www.monika.stampinup.net
Mar 6, 2009 | family |
Just a quick post this morning – and it isn’t a stamping post either. Later today I may get to that. I’m getting ready for our Stamper’s Club meeting tonight and finishing up the February Class to Go Kits so I have a busy day today.
Here is the picture of what I saw when I woke up yesterday morning – balloons! The ones with the butterflies remind me of the Beautiful Butterflies die that I love so much. Now here is the story behind the balloons – these were Ryan’s idea and they must have gone to get them Wednesday night while I was at Pokeeno. So when Kyle was turning 1 (he is 17 now) I bought him a balloon for his birthday that I put in his room while he slept so it would be there when he woke up. I continued this tradition for all three of my boys for every birthday they have a balloon in their room on the morning of their birthday. A few years I have run out to find a balloon at midnight and one year I was out of town and I had to make sure the balloon was still there for Ryan even though I wasn’t. When they were little the boys thought the balloons came magically – maybe Santa dropped them by. But as they got older they realized it was me and usually a few days before their birthday they might drop a hint or two about what theme the balloon should be. As Ryan got older he has wanted to make sure I have a balloon on my birthday too – isn’t he the best!
You may want to pop over to my Stampin’ Up! website there is a new video on some home decor projects using the Decor Elements products. And if you haven’t been there in a while there is also a video with some Big Shot products. These are produced by Stampin’ Up! so go take a look.
Have a great day! The weather here is supposed to be beautiful today.
Monika
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Mar 4, 2009 | class, family, Game Night |
I came home yesterday afternoon and found these beautiful flowers on my front porch. They are from my sister-in-law, Stephanie. Her note said “Congratulations, You’re the Best!”
She is my biggest cheerleader when it comes to Stampin’ Up! and I told her right away that I won the class contest. She was the one that encouraged me to enter the first time and helped me make the little game night boxes that I took to the leadership conference.
The little boxes will be one of the projects that we are making in my Game Night Class on Wednesday, March 11th. I hope you can join me. It will be a fun night with stamping, games, and prizes. You can find the information below and on my website. Please send me an email if you would like to attend.
Make sure you check back here tomorrow I will be posting my March Class-To-Go Kit. I finished the design yesterday and love how it turned out.
GAME NIGHT CLASS
When: Wednesday, March 11th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
It’s GAME NIGHT!
Come join me for my special class.
I submitted this class idea to Stampin’ Up! and won the January class contest!
And now I hope you will join me as we make these fun projects featuring the new Game Night stamp set and Jackpot Designer Series paper.
And we can’t have a game night without playing a game…so we will play Pokeeno throughout the class (don’t worry if you haven’t played it is super easy)
and I’ll have a PRIZES to give away. It should be a fun evening!
Here are the details:
Class fee is $20. You will receive $10 off with a $50 product order.
Please bring Snail adhesive (or one of your choosing and if you don’t have any you can order it here from me), paper snips and a bone folder if you have it.
RSVP by March 7th.
We’ll be making the projects that I submitted to Stampin’ Up! (the box with pad, pencil, cards inside, coasters, and a card) – and a surprise project not shown, plus play Pokeeno for PRIZES and I’ll have a light snack.
I hope you will join me!
Monika
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www.monika.stampinup.net
Feb 26, 2009 | Big Shot, family, Scrapbook Pages |
I wanted to share this scrapbook spread with you that I made over the weekend. This was based on a scrapmap from the USTAMP class that I took part in. My scrapbook page didn’t actually ended up like the original scrapmap but that is what all of this is about. You start with something – a map, a color combination, a stamp set, a picture, or anything and it builds from there into what your final project is. You may end up with something that looks totally different from where you started or end up with something that looks almost the same as your original inspiration – either way it works. Here is my result and below are the details and the story behind the pictures:
Happy on the Water
I used a Stampin’ Up! Simply Scrappin’ Kit to create this 2-page 12×12 spread. This happens to be a retired kit called Creative License that was a Hostess option a few catalogs ago. The colors in the kit are Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi and Blue Bayou. You could easily take this same layout and use a current Simply Scrappin’ Kit to make your own pages. I used my Big Shot and the new Stampin’ Up! Billboard Alphabet Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die to create my title. At first I thought these letters were going to be too small for scrapbooking – but they aren’t – and you get the whole alphabet – upper and lower case and a few symbols for $21.95 – what a deal! I didn’t want to cut multiple times so I mixed up the upper and lower case letters in my title. I used the Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set to stamp the dogs’ names in Pumpkin Pie ink. And on to the story about the pictures:
During the boys fall break from school last September we went to Tugaloo State Park and rented a cabin on the lake. We took our kayaks and had a little beach right by our cabin. This year I was able to rent a dog friendly cabin so we took the dogs on vacation with us for the first time. When we were playing at the beach and kayaking Greg decided to take the dogs out on the water. Magnolia (pictures on the left page) had no issues with being out there – she walked up to the bow of the kayak and stood there enjoying herself. We were actually surprised at how much she seemed to like it. Aspen (pictures on the right page) was NOT HAPPY about being on that kayak. He was trying to get into Greg’s lap and figure out how to get off that boat. The second Greg got close enough for Aspen to get to the beach he jumped off and that was the end of that! So Aspen spent the rest of our trip with all four feet planted firmly on the ground – no more kayaking for him! So that is why my title for this page is “Happy on the Water or NOT!”
I’ll be taking pictures of the scrapbook pages we made in last nights scrapbook class and get those posted soon.
Have a Happy Day!
Monika
Feb 25, 2009 | family |
Well my whole morning schedule was changed today. Tyler came home from school yesterday and just looked like he felt terrible – which he did. He slept and last night said his ear was hurting. Hmmmm….I wonder if this is an ear infection – do 15 year olds get ear infections? I know when my boys were little they got them but I can’t remember the last time we had an ear infection. So I called first thing this morning to get him a doctor appointment. We went in and guess what YEP – an ear infection AND pink eye (I did notice his eye looked a bit like that while we were waiting on the doctor) and he could possibly have strep – but she didn’t want to test for that because the same medicine would cover it that he was already getting – he throat was a little red but not bad. So then what does the doctor say – you can get this antibiotic FREE at Publix – Really? Yes amoxicillin is FREE at Publix – I paid ZERO for it. My mom mentioned this to me a few days ago and I didn’t think I was going to need any meds any time soon – but life happens. So yes you can get a hand full of medicines completely FREE at publix – go check it out if you have a prescription to fill. The eye drops were not free and we had to decide on the generic which you take every 3 hours (and won’t work when he is in school) or the expensive one which you take 3 times a day (much better option for someone in school). Luckily the insurance did cover it so it was only the copay which still wasn’t cheap. So my whole morning was spent at the doctor office and at the pharmacy and driving around Towne Lake.
I hope that little bit of knowledge might save you some money on your next prescription. I’m hoping to post a stamping project later today – including the Ribbon Share – the little package turned out so cute! So they are ready by the way – I’ll get that email out soon.
Monika
