Oct 19, 2012 | Cards, Halloween, My Digital Studio, Punch Art |
Earlier this week I was playing around in My Digital Studio. I wanted to make a creation for this weeks challenge on MyDigitalStudio.net – the challenge was to create something with a Halloween theme. I ended up playing around with digital punch art. Now I don’t think creating digital punch art is any faster than real punch art. But the next 20 or 30 copies of the same creation will be 100 times easier!! And fortunately with the new Crop feature in MDS2 it is sooo much better than it was before. So I made a Mr. Bones using digital punch art –
But then I really wanted to get him out of the computer. I saved my file as a .jpg and then printed on my home computer – I printed 4 to a piece of card stock and printed it on Very Vanilla card stock. I let him sit on my table for a couple of days before deciding what to do with him. Finally he turned into a hybrid card – pretty simple really – cut out the layer – added it to a Crumb Cake card base, added some Crumb Cake Tulle and a real punch art bone! Here is the hybrid card –
What do you think? I think he is kind-of fun! Now head on over to mydigitalstudio.net – look in the samples under Halloween and go LIKE my card – each week Stampin’ Up! picks a winner of the challenge – let’s see if Mr. Bones can win this week!
Here is a supply list for you:
Crumb Cake card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Crumb Cake Tulle, Word Window punch, Small Heart punch, Stampin’ Sponge, Crumb Cake ink
My Digital Studio:
Background
Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169
Stamps
Vintage Overlays\Vintage Overlays – texture 1, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
_Designer Kits\Grad Party\Grad Party – frame 4, Color = 0,0,0
_Designer Kits\Chevron\Chevron – 2 grunge, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4, Color = 0,0,0
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4, Color = 0,0,0
Eat, Drink & Be Scary\Eat, Drink & Be Scary – spider, Color = 0,0,0
Punches
Extras\Chevron – punches\Chevron – 7, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Chevron – punches\Chevron – 7, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Chevron – punches\Chevron – 7, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Savor the Season – bow 3, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Medium Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Snowflake Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Any Day Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Snowflake Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Two Step Owl Eyes 2 Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Wide Oval Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Extras\Flag Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Convention 2012 – designer series paper\Convention 2012 – 7
Extras\Any Day Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Any Day Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Bye!
Oct 18, 2012 | Big Shot, Create with Connie & Mary, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Are you still getting ready for Halloween? I finally bought a pumpkin yesterday but I haven’t put out any Halloween decorations yet. But I have been coming up with different Halloween treat ideas and I have another one for you today. It’s based on a sketch for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge.
Here is what the sketch looks like –
I guess it looks like it could be a card but it’s not! It’s actually a slip cover for a box of mummy candy that I found at the store.
It just slips around the box. I just happened to have a piece of the Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper that was exactly the same height as the box of candy. I wrapped the paper around it and trimmed the extra and glue the ends together to form the slip cover. “Boooo” is stamped directly on the designer paper. I cut a strip of Tangerine Tango card stock and embossed it with the square lattice embossing folder – glued it diagonally to the front of the box and trimmed it against the box. I used a leftover tag from the Googly Treat Kit and stamped it with the mummy image. I sponged the tag with Crumb Cake to tone down the white since my designer paper had Very Vanilla in it. I also watercolored the mummy to give him some dimension. I tied some Basic Black ribbon around the box and through the tag. Now to decide who will get this mummy treat…..
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Crumb Cake
- Card Stock: Tangerine Tango
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit, Stampin’ Sponge, Aqua-painter, Basic Black 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. Is this your week to be one of the top picks? Do you think you can use this sketch for something other than a card?
Monika Davis
Oct 17, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Stampin' Up! Events |
Finally I have the tutorial ready for my on stage presentation at the Stampin’ Up! Chattanooga Regional. I didn’t mean for it to take so long. But with lots going on and trouble with our internet connection for the last week it just didn’t happen any sooner. But I have it ready now and you still have time to make the Halloween version or try one of the other versions.
Here is another picture of my project in case you forgot because it has been so long –
Googly Ghouls Halloween treat bags
CLICK HERE to get the tutorial on how to make these cute little treats. And if you want to see my post from the regional presentation – click here.
Have a great day!
Oct 10, 2012 | Halloween, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Hi!
Sorry about the lack of creativity for the last several days. There just wasn’t enough time in the day to get it all done. But here is a cute project that I made for a scrapbook retreat I went to on Saturday. This was one of the Make & Takes that they could create at my table. The other was the 6×6 scrapbook page I showed last week.
This was inspired from an email advertisement that came from one of those craft stores. And this was a quick and easy project to make.
Whisper White card stock – 8-1/2″ long and 3-1/2″ wide. Score at 4″, 6″, 10″ (that should be right – you can adjust to make the base smaller if you want). The top flap is punched with the scallop border punch and stamped with the bats from Googly Ghouls. Add a strip of the Houndstooth & Herringbone Designer Series paper on the side. First I stamped the Boooo on the bottom of the front panel then punched with the wide oval punch. Add googly eyes on top. Fill a cello bag with candy (I did use the small cello bags that Stampin’ Up! used to sell – I’m not sure why we stopped carrying the smaller sized bag) then staple the bag between the front and back and the flap over the top. I even had Orange staples!
Gotta go….
Oct 4, 2012 | Create with Connie & Mary, Embossing, Halloween, Scrapbook Pages |
One of the problems with going away is that you loose track of the days and then it takes a few days to get back into a routine. Luckily I checked my calendar Monday night or I would have missed my dentist appointment on Tuesday – I thought I still had another day before I had to go. I still need to go look at all of last week’s creations – I haven’t caught back up since I was gone from Thursday through Sunday for the Getaway Trip. And Monday and Tuesday I was gone to various appointments finally a couple of days at home so I can get myself back together – I don’t like being disorganized – but I really am right now. 
On to better things – at least I did remember this! It’s time for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary weekly challenge! This week is a new sketch CCMC221 – and I think this is a good one. I started thinking of lots of different things to do with this sketch but I didn’t have time to implement them all for this challenge. I do plan to go back though and use this one again!
For now I decided to use this one for a 6×6 Halloween Scrapbook Page. I think a My Digital Studio page would be cute too, or a card, or a framed piece, and more…..
Here is my little layout. I actually want to add this to a 12×12 layout and include the rest of my photos but I haven’t had a chance to do that yet nor did I decide what the rest of the layout would look like. I’m headed to a scrapbook crop on Saturday and I may let them do this as a Make ‘n Take project if they visit my table – what do you think?
I had to dig deep for a good Halloween photo – it has been a while since all the boys have dressed up – this may have been the last year that Kyle wore a costume – this is from 2005. He isn’t actually in this group picture but I did get an individual picture of him – that’s part of the reason I want to include this on a larger layout so I can add the boys individual photos that I do have.
Did you see the news about Stampin’ Up! selling some of the stamps individually out of the stamp sets? Well the Happy Halloween that I used on this layout is one of them that you can buy all by its little ol’ self. I’m excited to hear what everyone thinks about the idea. Stampin’ Up! is trying it out on three of the greeting stamp sets and I guess they will evaluate the results towards the end of the year to decide if they want to continue once January gets here.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card Stock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Tangerine Tango Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Houndstooth and Scaringbone Designer Series Paper, Silver Stampin’ Dazzle Marker
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. Have you been enjoying all the holiday creations at the online 2012 Create Class – the final week is here – but it’s not to late to join – there are some really fun projects!
Monika Davis
Sep 24, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday catalog 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
I am back from the Chattanooga Stampin’ Up! Regional on Saturday. Boy what a fun and exciting day! I loved spending the day with so many friends, learning new stamping ideas, and stamping. And I made it through my on stage presentation! I really don’t remember what I said or if I was even talking in complete sentences. You know how sometimes you think something in your head but all of it doesn’t really come out of your mouth. I’m wondering now if I did that. Well I’m going to put together a tutorial for the project and post it soon so it will have all the steps and hopefully fill in any of the blanks I left during the presentation.
Here is my name up on the big screen –
And here is a picture that my friend Christine got of me up on the stage –
I’m getting more pictures from my friends but Christine was right in the front row so she got a really good one. And here are the projects that I showed.
They hung all the ideas up on the board so everyone could get pictures of them. But I took some pictures at home too so here are my close ups –
Googly Ghouls Halloween treat bags
No Peeking Holiday treat bags
I like to do things in 3s a lot of the time – probably because I have 3 boys so I always buy treats and gifts in 3s and prefer to have the same item for each but in a different design. These little bags fit 3 chocolate nuggets perfectly and also the mini kit kat bars (I used those in the Halloween treats). Here are some more ideas –
Snowflake Chapstick bags
School treat bag filled with Smarties – 3 packs fit perfect in here!
And a pretty Sunflower Treat bag – filled with chocolate of course!
I’ll be working on the tutorial and hopefully have it for you later this week!
Thanks so much!
