Nov 10, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Blog Tour, Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
I planned to share details about each of my projects for the Royal Blog Tour that just finished. If you missed it or if you want to go back and revisit any of the blogs all the links are still available on the main Blog Tour site – CLICK HERE.
I have decided to start by sharing the easiest of the four projects and since I had everyone tell me which project was their favorite – I know many people couldn’t pick just one – this was the one chosen the least number of times. It is a quick and simple project so perhaps the simplicity kept it from being a chosen favorite.
I used a Mini Lunch Sack from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. They come with the scallop border already on it and inside there is a sturdy piece of cardboard in the bottom – I wasn’t expecting that. So it is actually a sturdy bag.
I took the bag and ran it through my Big Shot Die-Cut Machine with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Isn’t it great how it embosses the snowflakes on this bag? In case you are wondering the back side does show a debossed image. Then I used a Sponge Dauber and some Frost White Shimmer Paint and dabbed the snowflakes to make them pop of the bag just a little bit more. As a final touch I added the Basic Pearls to the centers of the snowflakes – that is a little hard to see in this picture because the Very Vanilla Seam Binding that I tied through the top is covering them up. I also added some shimmer paint to the scalloped edge.
To decorate the bottom I used a piece of Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper – I like the blues and browns for winter. I stamped the reindeer image from the Winter Post stamp set in Soft Suede ink on Very Vanilla card stock – cut him out, tied some Linen Thread around his neck and added a tiny pearl to the end of his nose. He is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I stamped the To:/From: and punched it out with the Modern Label punch. I sponged the edges of the label before attaching it to the bag. Fill with treats and give to your neighbor, the bus driver, the mailman, or maybe a teacher. You could quickly make a bunch of these – if you don’t want to cut out the reindeer – stamp a different image that you can punch out instead.
I think that covers that one. If you have other questions on this project just leave me a comment and I’ll get back to you. I received lots of comments and many more visitors – thanks to everyone that stopped by. I very much enjoyed being a part of the Royal Blog Tour. Details on the remaining projects will be coming up soon. And my blog candy winners will be announced soon too.
I’m also playing Blog Bingo and it’s time for another piece to be called – is anyone getting close yet?
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.
I did a recap of all the pieces on yesterday’s post if you need it.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #8 –the sunflower from the Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
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).
Oct 31, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
If you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator you receive the Stampin’ Success Magazine every month. It is full of ideas and articles for us. In the October issue there was an 8×8 scrapbook page that I fell in Love with. It used the French Foliage stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. As it turns out I won that stamp set at the Baltimore Regional! And this was the first thing I created with it. I decided to make the 8×8 page (with a few changes). I was also preparing for my Scrapbook class but for it I do 12×12 two-page layouts. So I wanted to modify the 8×8 page to use it for my Scrapbook class.
Step 1 – make the 8×8 page –
I started with an Old Olive 8×8 piece of card stock. The strips of Designer Paper on the left side are from the Love Letter Designer Series Paper. With a piece of Soft Suede textured card stock that has been torn on one side. And a piece of Confetti Cream card stock that was been stamped with the word block from the French Foliage stamp set. The leaves were stamped on Confetti Cream card stock and cut out. I added a button from the Neutrals Designer buttons.
I cut the 2010 using the GoGo Boots Sizzlits dies and the Big Shot. I had the page finished and wasn’t sure what to use it for. One of the stamps in the set says “PARIS” – the little circle and I thought of Greg’s recent trip to Paris and thought this page would be perfect for that. So I looked through his pictures and printed some out. On the Decorative Label punch I decided to stamp the definition of Journey from the Define Your Life stamp set. And I added the little splatter image – right now it is an excellent replacement for the splatter that I miss from Itty Bitty Backgrounds.
Step 2 – take the 8×8 page and turn it into a 12×12 page.
I kept it very simple and stuck with the square theme. I just place the original page on a black square and then on a 12×12 Old Olive square.
Now that it is done – I think it is pretty enough to frame – and I just might do that and hang it on the wall!
Step 3 – create a coordinating 12×12 page.
I normally have more than one picture on a scrapbook page. And with only 1 picture on the left I wanted to be able to add more pictures to the second page so I had to figure out how to do that. I stuck with the square theme and decided to create a grid on the second page.
It actually looked good with just the card stock and Designer Series paper squares on it – which is what i started with. But I had to add pictures.
The squares are 2×2″ squares. To add the pictures when I cut them into 2×2 squares and placed them in the grid. Pictures that I really wanted to show more than one square I placed side by side or top and bottom so you could see the full scene. They are scattered through out the grid and mixed in with the Designer Paper and card stock.
I added a piece of Designer Paper from the Newsprint pack – it has the map on it which I thought suited this journey layout.
I love how it turned out and everyone in my scrapbook class loved it too. While the stamp set is sort of a fall leaves theme – this set is easy to use for many things – I think this could have even been used as a wedding/anniversary layout. It is really a year-round set so use it for many things!
And HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I didn’t have anymore Halloween projects – I was done with all those and have been doing fall/Christmas and other stuff. So that is why you got a non-Halloween project today. I hope you liked it!
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 #2 –the flower from Because I Care stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush
).
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!
Oct 7, 2010 | Bingo, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Stampin' Up! Events, Tags |
Before I went to the Baltimore Regional last Friday I posted to my blog that I had a treat for any of my blog visitors that came and found me at the regional. My sister-in-law, Stephanie, helped me finish up my treats at her house on Thursday and here is what they looked like.
I wasn’t sure if anybody would even come say anything to me – so I was thrilled when you guys did!! I gave some to the SU corporate girls that came to do the regional – we happened to be sitting close to them and talked to them several time throughout the day. I gave some away to new people I met, everyone at my table and swapped some for other 3-Ds. I hope everyone that got one liked it.
Here is a close up of the tag. My 1×8 bags were filled with candy-coated Sunflower Seeds that my friend Sue had given me. So I used those colors to create my tag. I used the Share What You Love stamp that we were able to buy at the Memento Mall at the Stampin’ Up! convention this year. I used Stampin’ Write Markers to color the tags – Night of Navy, Garden Green, More Mustard and Pumpkin Pie. The little heart in the birds mouth is Pumpkin Pie. I went back and colored in the eyes with Night of Navy so you could see them better.
I punched out the tag with the new Decorative Label Punch. Then I punched a second one in Garden Green and cut it in half and trim the centers. These were layered on each end. Punch a third one out of Night of Navy and turn it in the opposite direction. All of that was layered on a piece of More Mustard punched using the 2-1/2″ Circle Punch. Both of these punches are in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog.
At the regional we had a couple of extra little surprises. One was a little button that everyone got for attending the regional. Each regional has its own design. Here is mine with my name tag.
And like all Stampin’ Up! events there was a prize patrol. A list of names get shown on the screen for the prize winners – I think they did it three or four times throughout the day. And on one of them I was a winner!! Yeah for me!!
It was funny because Pam Morgan was standing right by our table with the prizes and I said “Pick Me! Pick Me!” and then they popped up the list. I started reading the list and before I got to the bottom my friend Linda – says “it’s you Monika” – and sure enough I was the last name on the list! 
But Pam had walked away and didn’t see me. Like all good demonstrators I had to jump up and down and yell and wave and she finally came back! What fun! I won the French Foliage stamp set from the Holiday Mini catalog. It was one that I liked but haven’t bought yet. But now I don’t have to.
Here are a few more pictures from the regional.
Stephanie and me
Stephanie came with me and we had a wonderful girls weekend. It was so nice of Stampin’ Up! to have a regional close to her house (well close enough to drive) and at the time that I normally go visit for some girl time.
Linda and Betty
We shared our table with my friend Linda – she is also from Georgia and we met on the plane flying to convention this summer. And Linda met Betty in Baltimore so she sat with us too. We also had Tina and Roz join us at our table but I didn’t get a picture of them. Roz came as Tina’s guest and we were trying to get her to join as a demonstrator so they would get the new Eat Chocolate stamp set. She didn’t join that day but maybe she has changed her mind since then.
Here is a picture of me with Shannon West. We decided we did a good job coordinating our outfits! Shannon always wears the cutest skirts to all the Stampin’ Up! events and this summer I found a skirt while we were on vacation. I had to laugh the first time I wore it – apparently I haven’t worn a skirt/dress in a long time – going to the bathroom was a whole different game if you know what I mean……
The regional was so much fun! If you have the opportunity to attend one you should. We saw several presentations from the SU staff and all 6 Workshop Wows from other Demonstrators. I’ll be sharing some of the techniques we learned over the next couple of months.
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 – 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. Is anyone getting close yet?
Here is piece #10 –the little bird from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
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.
