Nov 30, 2012 | Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
| Around the holidays, people are always looking for cute ways to package little treats and gifts for co-workers, teachers, neighbors, and friends. At 20% savings, holiday packaging bundles are an affordable and adorable solution. Simply add a treat or gift and assemble.Because holiday packaging bundles don’t require any stamping, cutting, or creating, they are perfect for everyone who’s giving gifts this holiday season-even if they are NOT papercrafters. So everyone check these cute bundles out and see which one is perfect for your treats and gifts this year. | |
Available November 29-January 2.
Trimmings & Tags Bundle
Item 132769
$13.50 (a $16.85 value)
Includes
- Gusseted Cellophane Bags (25 bags; 5″ x 3″ x 11-1/2″)
- Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags (25 double-sided tags; 4-1/2″ x 3-1/8″)
- Cherry Cobbler 1/4″ Sweater Trim (10 yards)
Petite Treats Bundle
Item 132770
$13.50 (a $16.85 value)
Includes
- Glassine Bags with die-cut edges (10 bags; 3″ x 5″ x 1-1/2″)
- Handmade Holidays Stitched Felt (8 pieces)
- Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon (10 yards)
You can visit my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – go to the online store by clicking SHOP NOW – and order there – or contact me directly and I can place the order for you.
Nov 19, 2012 | Christmas, Demonstrator, Embossing, Fabric, Holiday catalog 2012, Punch Art |
At my last PAWS team meeting we had a treat wrapper swap and I wanted to share all the cute ideas with you. Hopefully I remembered correctly who made all of these (I don’t have them with me to check). I’m in VA at my sister-in-laws house – we did some crafting yesterday and have plans to do more – I’ll share those ideas later.
Anne’s swap – reindeer treat cups – color the large pearl with a red sharpie for the red nose
Fran’s swap – a little purse made from the framelits – she showed us how to make these for one of our M&T projects
Joyce’s swap – Two Tags die Mr. & Mrs. snowman
Laree’s swap – hot cocoa pocket
Leishman’s Swap – Pillow Pocket pouch
Lisa’s swap – Hot cocoa pouch
Monika’s Swap – rolo snowmen with fabric hats and scarves
My snowman idea came from Cindee Wilkinson – I thought the ones she posted were so cute I wanted to make something similar. The eyes are pearls and I colored mine by mashing them into my versamark ink pad so they got covered with ink then pouring black embossing powder over them – then I carefully heat set – and then I had black pearls. I did use our new Heat Tool which has a high and a low setting – I imagine if it was too hot you could melt or burn these pearls – so do it carefully. I’m going to try some of our other colored embossing powders too.
I wanted a punched nose and was trying to figure out which punch to use – finally I realized the Mitten Punch was perfect – use the thumb for the nose – here is what it looks like when I punched it –
Then I used a Pumpkin Pie marker to add some lines like a real carrot would have. Sponge the edges a bit too to add some dimension to it. It was the perfect little carrot nose.
Our meetings are so much fun – I enjoying getting together with everyone – my downline, my adopted downline and all my sidelines. Come join my team and join the fun! Join today and take advantage of the Online Extravaganza specials and the ONE DAY only Doorbusters – you could really build a deal of starter kit – plus you still get the free st of Ink Pads too! Join today by visiting my website and then you can take advantage of all the added demonstrator discounts for the rest of the week. If you have questions send me an email – I’ll be checking throughout the day!
And here is a picture of most of the group that was at the meeting – Joyce is missing and I’m missing (I was behind the camera).
Happy Shopping! My website is www.monika.stampinup.net – join their and shop their.
Nov 14, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012, Holiday Gift Making |
Well I see now that I never did get my post done yesterday – oops. I started working on it and evidently got distracted. And apparently it was a common trend for me yesterday. I even forgot to finish my challenge card for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary challenge – but I got it done – stayed up late and it turned out cute – but my camera battery was dead so instead I used my cell phone to take the photo – it’s not the best but its pretty good. But you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see that so be sure to check back then.
So what I planned to post yesterday was an ornament project that I made with my Stamp Club a while back – I think it was our October meeting.
This one is similar to one in the Holiday catalog on page 3. I just changed the center a bit using the Brass button. Then I also made another one in my Hands On class later in the month – it looks like this –
This one is my favorite. It’s similar to the one on the front cover of the Holiday Catalog but I used different colors and changed the center. I love this Tulle! I think I need to get lots more before the Holiday catalog ends. These are not hard to make just time consuming because you have to stamp so many pieces, then cut each one with the framelit – having multiple sets of the framelits would speed things up, and then gluing them all together. This Espresso ornament will be available as a project in my Holiday Gift Making class and the other one will too but I’m going to create it to match the other one – so it will also be Espresso. The email for that will go out today. The projects are made and I did all the supply lists and pricing, took the photos, just editing and creating the flyer and then I’ll get the email out and take registrations.
Thanks for visiting today!
Nov 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Holiday catalog 2012 |
I don’t think that I shared this card on here yet. It was one of the cards we made last month in my Ornament Keepsakes class. I was showing some different ways to use this stamp set and I found this idea.
For this card the circular ornaments are turned upside down and they become hot air balloons. How cute is that!
Now you can use this stamp set all year long – this is one way to use it for a fun birthday card – choose your colors for the balloons. Ink the stamp – then I wiped off the tip (which in this case becomes the basket) and use a marker to ink it back up. Stamp on Whisper White and then cut out with the matching set of framelits. The clouds are from the cupcake punch. Enjoy!
Nov 1, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Create with Connie & Mary, Holiday catalog 2012 |
So how was Halloween? I was worried that there were no trick-or-treaters. When the boys were little we all went out around 6 and I thought that was what everyone still did. But no one was out at 6, or at 6:30 – it was 7 before I had my first two little trick-or-treaters. The rest sprinkled in here and there until about 8:30. No where near the number of kids we used to get. I think our end of the neighborhood doesn’t really have any little kids anymore – we have all lived in our homes for ever and our kids are either grown, in college, or well into high school. So I have candy left! Actually I gave out pretzels too and while my boys thought that was a bad idea – let me just say most of the kids were more excited about the pretzels than the candy – really!
So on to this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge! This week we have a cute sketch challenge. When I saw it with the three little elements on the front it made me think of the Merry Mini’s stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. So that is what I decided to use for my card.
Mine is a 4-1/4″ square card with a layer of Festival of Prints Designer Paper from the little pack in the Holiday catalog. If you want more ideas with the same stamp set be sure to see the cards that Mary created for the new Card “Create”ions class. Details are below.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: Merry Minis, Petite Pairs
- Ink: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake
- Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Stampin’ Sponge, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. I hope you will join us this week – every week I find some great ideas and I love to see all the different interpretations of each challenge.
Did you check out Connie & Mary’s new online mini class? It’s called Card “Create”-ions and it just started – already there are some really awesome card ideas! Here are some of the details for you –
JOIN US for a BRAND NEW venture with creative card ideas
using holiday and winter stamp sets from the Main and Holiday Mini catalogs!
* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* 3 week mini edition
* October 28 thru November 17
* Printable supply lists & measurements
* 24/7 access
* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!
Oct 24, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012, Punch Art, Tags |
I found the cutest ever Santa Tag idea on Pinterest. At least I think it was on Pinterest. But evidently I didn’t actually pin it so when I went back to see who created it I couldn’t find it! If you happen to know who it is let me know and I’ll update my post. In any case it fit perfectly in my Ornament Keepsakes Bundle class – I wanted to showcase some different ways to use the items in this bundle that is featured in the front of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. Something besides stamp an image, cut it out and put it on a card. It was a really fun class and I think I was able to show everyone the many possibilities that there are with the bundle items. Are you ready to see it?
Isn’t he so cute! The girls wanted to know where was Mrs. Claus and the reindeer – so maybe, just maybe I’ll have to come up with a whole set – that really would be cute, wouldn’t it! Here is the inside –
This uses one of the Holiday Ornaments Framelits – its the big one that looks like a light bulb. So this tag reminds me of the lightbulb ornaments that have been around for years. I folded a piece of Whisper White card stock and cut it so that the top fold did not cut through so it could be a tag that opened up. I don’t think the one I saw did that but I’m not sure.
Then cut an extra white piece and emboss the tip to c
reate the Santa beard. You could alternately just emboss the front part of the tag without adding the extra layer. But I also used it as a guide for the mustache and to hide any over sponging that might have occurred on the face.
Cut a Cherry Cobbler Ornament to make Santa’s hat – punch the tip off using the Decorative Label punch. I don’t know for sure if the original creator used that one but that is what it looked like.
Add a little tuft of hair which is the tip of the large blossom from the Build a Blossom punch. Another thought I had was to just add some white Baker’s Twine for hair – but maybe that would be too bulky – I may try in and see.
The mustache is two layers – the larger part is the wing from the two-step Bird punch. the smaller part is the small petal from the Build a Blossom punch. And then a shiny red nose punched from Red Glimmer paper. Oh and by the way sponge the face with Pink Pirouette ink (or another light ink color).
Add some Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine for a hanger. Super cute – don’t you think!
Have a fun day – be back tomorrow for this week’s Create with Connie & Mary challenge. I really like the card I created and I can’t wait to show you!
