Sep 7, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Stamper's Club |
Did you feel the fall weather where you live over the Labor Day weekend? There was just a hint of it here at my house! Just perfect for my Fall themed projects that we made at Stamper’s Club Friday night. Overnight Saturday into Sunday I think the temperature dropped below 60 – we have been in the 90s during the day it seems like forever. Saturday was nice and was probably not as hot as it has been. We had a nice day Saturday – Greg and Ryan went to play golf and Tyler and I went shopping and out to lunch. Oh – as we were leaving Kroger we could smell smoke and tried to figure out where it was coming from. Finally saw it coming from under the hood of a parked car. It kept getting worse and since we were parked only a few spaces away on the same aisle – I told Tyler we need to hurry and get our car moved. So we did that real quick as the smoke got worse. I parked the car at the far end of the lot and Tyler got out to go back to the front of the store – I called 911, they already had people on the way. By that time flames were coming out from the bottom of the car and from under the hood. Finally the police and fire truck got there and they put the fire out and ended up using a saw to get the hood of the car open. It even melted the front of the car parked across from it. How awful for those people!
Sorry to get sidetracked it was just one of those things you never expect to see. Greg and Tyler put together a new grill this weekend which we used on Sunday night to cook a delicious dinner. And Sunday I went to go see Kyle for lunch. Today I spent the afternoon making Halloween projects!! I have some cute stuff planned for my class this weekend – you’ll need to plan to attend.
Now that I’ve rambled on enough – let me show you one of my Fall projects.
It is a small wooden box that we decorated. Around the outside I glued 4 pieces of Chocolate Chip card stock – cut to the size of each side of the box. Then I wrapped a piece of the 1-1/4″ Striped Old Olive ribbon around the box and overlapped it on the front. I used a piece of Linen Thread to tie around it and hold it tight.
Using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Leaves #2 die to cut a piece of the Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series paper that you can find in the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. After the leaves were cut I sponged the edges with ink and then used the Color Spritzer and the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to spritz the leaves. Each leaf was then tied to the front of the box using the linen thread. I tied a knot around the stem for each one individually. Finally I added a large Old Olive button and then tied the Linen Thread in a bow.
I adjusted the leaves to position where I wanted and put Stampin’ Dimensionals behind them to hold them in place. I added another piece of the Designer Paper to the inside of the box.
I was thinking about setting it on my kitchen table and putting my salt and pepper shakers in there. You could fill it with candy and set it on your desk. Or maybe get some nuts and a nutcracker and put those in there. A small pot of fall flowers would work too. It all depends on the size of your box as to what you can put inside.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
No Bingo winner yet – but I know several people are close …….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
Here is piece #10 –the friends Dandelion from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Thanks for playing along!
Sep 3, 2010 | Bingo, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, My Digital Studio |
I’m not sure that I regularly post my classes and events on my blog so I thought I would start doing that so anyone local to me can join me. If you have a question about something please let me know.
9/2 – KSU Card Club- hostess this month is Amy
9/3 – Stamper’s Club – this group meets at my house – hostess this month is Jamie.
9/7 – EW Card Club – hostess this month is Tammy
9/11 – PAWS Downline Meeting at my house – this is open to all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators – cost is $5 if you are not in my direct downline – or you can supply a Make&Take project – please RSVP by 9/8. Email me for more information.
9/12 – Halloween Class – 2:00 pm
9/14 – Stampin’ at the Ronald McDonald House
9/17 – Hands-on Class – Love Your Pets – 10:00 am and 7:00 pm
9/23 – Towne Lake Card Club – hostess this month is Meghan
9/24 – Scrapbook Class – 10:00 am and 7:00 pm
9/26 – AAWCC workshop
CLICK HERE to go to my events schedule on my website which has more information about each of these events.
Here’s the latest News from Stampin’ Up!:
The Holiday Mini is here!!
With lots of exciting new products – including FABRIC that matches or Designer Series paper! This mini covers holidays from Halloween through Valentine’s Day and runs from Sept. 1, 2010 – Jan 3, 2011.
You’ll find two new hostess stamp sets, new Big Shot Embossing Folders and Dies, new Designer Series Paper and lots of new stamp sets. Some of our new products include – Waffle Paper, Lace Trim, Designer Jewels, Designer Printed Albums, Sound Cards, Fabric Adhesive, Glass Glitter, Tinsel Trim, Glimmer Brads, Design-a-House Kit, and Letterpress Plates.
Everything you need to make your holidays the best ever.
Five More Card Stock Colors Available for My Digital Studio!
August 30, 2010 Last but not least! Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Pink Pirouette, Bravo Burgundy, and Elegant Eggplant are now available for free download for My Digital Studio. Keep your My Digital Studio card stock collection complete and up-to-date by downloading these five favorites today!
Click here to download: http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/16011.asp
New Digital Downloads for My Digital Studio
#122156 Taffeta Ribbon Color Pack $4.95
#122158 Crochet Trim Ribbon Pack $1.95
#122163 Vintage Trinkets Pack $1.95
#122164 Antique Brads Pack $1.95
That was a lot of information – but hopefully you found something of interest to you. All month long I’ll be playing Monika’s Blog Bingo. And here we go for today…….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner. It sounds like things are going well.
Here is piece #6 –small swirly circle from Circle Circus stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz). 
Thanks for playing along!
Aug 27, 2010 | Bingo, Blog Candy, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, In Colors |
I received this email on Friday morning:
I have Bingo!
I do … I really do!! Diagonally, starting in the lower left corner, or the upper right … whichever way you choose to review.
I have Bingo! I’m SO excited!
Carolyn
Congratulations Carolyn! I confirmed the Bingo on her card and I will be sending out a prize to Carolyn next week. The prize this round is a Melon Mambo Classic Ink Pad.
Thank you to all the Group 1 players for playing along. I hope you had fun. I will be emailing out Bingo Cards to the Group 2 players on Saturday – 8/28. I’ll start calling pieces for Group 2 on Sunday 8/29.
Group 3 is now full and I’ll start taking names for Group 4 next.
Here are the rules for playing Monika’s Blog Bingo (I reserve the right to adjust the game if necessary):
First since I plan to mail a prize to the winner you need to live in the US (sorry if you don’t but the prizes are SU product in most cases).
Second: I created 16 cards so I’m going to have 16 people play in each round and I hope to do multiple rounds. ( I know I said 15 to begin with but I miscounted and starting with group 2 there will be 16 players).
Third: You need to email me at [email protected] with Monika’s Blog Bingo in the subject line and tell me you want to play. I need your name and your mailing address (so if you win I can send you a prize).
Fourth: I will email you an image of your Bingo card – each card is unique and I will have them numbered so I know which one you have.
Fifth: After I have all 16 players I will post a Bingo Piece each day on my blog – so you have to keep coming back – it will likely be at the end of my regular post for the day – and if I don’t have a regular post it will just be by itself.
Sixth: I will post Bingo Pieces until someone has Bingo – you must have 5 in a row – across, down, diagonal – just like normal bingo and once you have Bingo You have to email me that you have – send the email to [email protected] – subject I have Bingo!. I will check your card against the pieces that have been played to make sure you have Bingo. And if per chance there is more than one on the same piece, I will pick the winner by the time stamp on the email – first one wins after verifying the Bingos.
Then I’ll mail the winner a prize!
A couple more things on how I am playing this game: Only one group will play at a time. If you are playing in a current group you cannot sign up for any other groups. Once your group is finished and if you did not win you can sign up for another group and play again.
I hope you’ll play along with me! Is everybody ready….
Let’s play Monika’s Blog Bingo!
Group 1: Winner Carolyn from NC
Group 2: cards will be sent 8/28, play begins on 8/29
Group 3: full
Group 4: full
Group 5: taking names – see rule 3 above.
Aug 16, 2010 | Bingo, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, In Colors, Open House |
I hope the answer to that question was YES!
Here is a sneak peek of a new stamp coming in the Holiday Mini Catalog called Bingo Card. And guess what it looks like. Yep a Bingo Card. So I decided to use it to make a Bingo game for my open house that I had this past weekend.
I stamped out 15 cards, cut them and put them on card stock. Then I got out lots of stamp sets and stamped images in the squares randomly to create my cards. I used the In-Colors and Chocolate Chip for my game. I also created the calling pieces and markers.
We had so much fun playing Bingo Saturday afternoon at my Open House that I thought it would be fun to play on my blog too. We also played at the workshop I had on Sunday afternoon. So are you ready to hear about Monika’s Blog Bingo?
So I thought about how I would do this and let’s hope it works out – I reserve the right to adjust the game if necessary.
First since I plan to mail a prize to the winner you need to live in the US (sorry if you don’t but the prizes are SU product in most cases).
Second: I created 15 cards so I’m going to have 15 people play in each round and I hope to do multiple rounds.
Third: You need to email me at [email protected] with Monika’s Blog Bingo in the subject line and tell me you want to play. I need your name and your mailing address (so if you win I can send you a prize).
Fourth: I will email you an image of your Bingo card – each card is unique and I will have them numbered so I know which one you have.
Fifth: After I have all 15 players I will post a Bingo Piece each day on my blog – so you have to keep coming back – it will likely be at the end of my regular post for the day – and if I don’t have a regular post it will just be by itself.
Sixth: I will post Bingo Pieces until someone has Bingo – you must have 5 in a row – across, down, diagonal – just like normal bingo and once you have Bingo You have to email me that you have – send the email to [email protected] – subject I have Bingo!. I will check your card against the pieces that have been played to make sure you have Bingo. And if per chance there is more than one on the same piece, I will pick the winner by the time stamp on the email – first one wins after verifying the Bingos.
Then I’ll mail the winner a prize!
Does all that make sense? Does it sound fun? Did I miss anything? I hope you’ll play along with me! Is everybody ready….
If it works well then I’ll do another round with 15 new players. I think it will be fun! Let’s play Blog Bingo!
BINGO UPDATE: I have 15 players for Round 1 and started a list for Round 2.
BINGO UPDATE 8/18/10: Round 1 is starting on 8/19 and I have filled a group for Round 2. I’m now taking names for Round 3.
I adjusted the leaves to position where I wanted and put Stampin’ Dimensionals behind them to hold them in place. I added another piece of the Designer Paper to the inside of the box.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
Here is piece #10 –the friends Dandelion from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
