Oct 31, 2011 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Scrapbook Pages |
Happy Halloween! I hope that I have already posted all of my Halloween projects – I need to go back and look through my stuff to see what all I made….. in any case I thought I would share a scrapbook layout with you. Now that Halloween is here, there will be pictures made that need to be scrapped. I’m not really sure that I will have any though – so I may pull off that 2011 and change to something else – two in college and the third in high school – dressing up and trick-or-treating is not high on the list at our house. Or I could take pictures of the kids coming to my house – or get pictures of my niece and nephew – now that is what I really need. So now that I have rambled on lets get to the layout – we made it on Friday at my monthly Scrapbook Class –
The idea for the layout came from a scrapbook magazine – it was a single page that I stretched……
I used the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini catalog. And the colors that coordinate ate Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla. I also used Basic Gray with my layout since a lot of the paper had the black faded out.
Stamp sets used are House of Haunts, Baroque Motifs and Warmest of Wishes (the Hostess set in the Holiday Mini catalog).
I cut strips of DSP in varying lengths and widths – 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ wide.
The swirls stamped write over the top of the papers after they were glued down. The house is stamped and cut out and a moon is punched with the 1-3/8″ circle punch and glued behind the house. I also colored in the windows with the Peach Parfait Stampin’ Write Maker to give them some spooky light inside.
The owl from Warmest of wishes was stamp in Pumpkin Pie ink on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out and then stamped on Peach Parfait card stock with Basic Black ink to cut out the trick or treat bag which is put on top of the punched out owl with a stampin’ dimensional. I colored in the eyes and nose with a black marker.
The title is cut with the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior alphabet set. And today is the last day that you can get the Big Shot Die-Cut Machine for FREE! Really – you can – when you sign up as a demonstrator today you get the full starter kit plus a free Big Shot (or $100 in product). You can sign up today directly on my website! Don’t miss it!
UPDATED – The Free Big Shot promotion has been extended through Nov. 11th – so you still have time to join with the awesome offer!
Have a fun Halloween!
Oct 28, 2011 | Cards, Christmas, Demonstrator, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, My Digital Studio |
Earlier this month we had a retreat for demos at my house and we learned all about My Digital Studio. It was so much fun! My friend, Cindy and I came up with the idea last summer as we flew out to Salt Lake City for the Stampin’ Up! Convention. We started talking on the flight over and then had even more ideas after attending the classes that they offered at convention. We worked on our plans and on our projects and scheduled the retreat for mid October.
There were 12 of us here for an entire day learning and playing with My Digital Studio.
all of us
A picture of the whole gang eating out in my sunroom. We set up tables out there so we wouldn’t have to clear the computers off our work spaces. We set up two classrooms – the kitchen table had the beginner group that I taught and the dining room table had the intermediate group that Cindy taught.
Beginner Classroom
Intermediate Classroom
We planned our day with class time in the morning, lunch and dinner breaks, three hybrid projects, and free create time at the end of the day. For each hybrid project the time was split between actually completing the project – adding the hybrid elements – we had the MDS part pre-printed – and going over how we created it in MDS. We covered topics such as printing through the Stampin’ Up! print service, using Designer Templates, printing at home, and more.
One project was a Welcome Banner. This one was modeled after one that we saw at one of the classes at Convention. I changed it to use the Spice Cake Designer Paper in MDS. This one I printed on my home computer and then we added the elements such as die cut letters, punched flowers, ribbon, pearls, linen thread, hemp twine and the mini clothes pins for hanging.
The second project was a card. This is the card sample in the Holiday Mini catalog. It is made using a postcard template so we showed how to take that template (it is a digital download) and create a card with it. And then add the hybrid elements. Cindy created this project for the class. These were printed through the SU print service.
The third project was the calendar. Cindy recreated the calendar that was made in the MDS +FUN class at convention in the portrait option. And she made it a 2012 calendar. For the class we added little hybrid pieces to each month. These were printed through the SU print service and they are so nice.
Everybody received a Make ‘n Take bag that included a personalized name tag. I got this idea from another demo – Heather. I created the tags as a MDS Swatchbook project and had them printed through the SU print service. The swatch books are really nice – see the hole in the corner – that is where the rivet is and then the book has a plastic cover on the front and back. I just took it all apart to create the tags which we tied to the bags with Very Vanilla Seam Binding. Inside the bag were all the pieces for the projects we made (we pre-punched everything!) and all the handouts with instructions for our class topics, printing, and the projects.
We had good food – Chicken Salad for lunch and Chili and baked potatoes for dinner. We had some desserts – look at these little brownie bites – 
We punched out the detailed flower from the Triple Flower punch – laid it on each brownie and sprinkled them with powdered sugar. They matched the cover of our calendar!!
I think everyone learned a lot in that one day – even Cindy and I learned from each other as we prepared and held the retreat. We enjoyed ourselves so much we started planning the next one before the night even ended. If you live near us – I hope you will be able to join us for the next one!
Have a great day!
Oct 24, 2011 | Embossing, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
This is a quick easy little treat for Halloween. This was one of the projects in my last hands-on class which was all about having fun outdoors. What’s more fun outside than Glow sticks?
The bracelet sized glow sticks fit perfectly in our 1″ x 8″ skinny cellophane bags. I slid in two glow sticks and the connectors and sealed up the bag. I had purple glow sticks so I decided to use purple on my tag.
For some added fun I pulled out my Tangerine Tango Embossing powder. I stamped the trick-or-treat owl from the Warmest of Wishes stamp set (the hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog) with VersaMark ink on some Basic Black card stock, covered it with the Tangerine Tango Embossing powder, heat set it with the heat tool, and then punched it out with my Owl punch. Isn’t he cute with his black mask?
I punched a piece of Elegant Eggplant card stock with the big 2-1/2″ Circle punch. On the bottom I stamped the spider web image from the Wicked Cool stamp set in Black ink – it is a bit hard to see in the photo but it’s there. And above that I stamped the “have a wicked halloween” from the same set in VersaMark and embossed it with the Tangerine Tango powder. To attach to the glow stick bag just punch a hole in the corner and tie on with some Basic Black Taffeta ribbon. 
I attempted to take a picture of it in the dark with one of the sticks glowing – not the best picture but you get the idea. I think these would be fun to had out at Halloween or for a party – get them all glowing and put them in a pot for the kids to pull out.
Enjoy your day!
Oct 21, 2011 | Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Tags |
These are the Pretzel treats that I took to my Pokeeno Group last night.
My friend Sue brought over the Chocolate Covered Pretzels and I put them in long cellophane bags – they were too wide for the 1×8 bags so I had to use some wider bags that I bought last year.
I made tags using the Gift Givers’ Stamp Set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. 
The Halloween image is stamped on Whisper White card stock with Black StazOn ink. Then punched out with the Decorative Label punch. I colored it with Stampin’ Write Markers – Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, and Old Olive. I also sponged around the edge of the tag with Old Olive – going heavy on the bottom edge so the pumpkins look like they are sitting on the ground.
I punched a hole in the corner and tied them to the bags with some Pumpkin Pie Taffeta ribbon (now retired). They turned out cute and everyone liked them.
A couple of other things I wanted to tell you about. I am registered to attend the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX in January. I have never been to Texas so I’m excited to go. Registration is done, Flight reservations are made, Hotel reservations are made, roommates found. I still have to register for the Regional Conference which is the day after but the registration isn’t open until next week so I have to wait a little bit longer.
I also wanted to tell you about Kyle, my oldest son. He is attending Ga Tech – in his second year there and he has been interviewing for Internship jobs for next summer. He already has two job offers – one in Texas and one in California – and he is still interviewing. I am very proud of him but I’m not sure I’m ready for him to be so far away. He did travel to California last weekend all by himself – he flew one other time by himself but we met him there – so this was his first trip by himself, staying in a hotel, he had a limo service pick him up, when to all day interviews at the company and made it back home (well back to his dorm) with no problems. In the next few weeks he will have to decide which job to take.
Have a great weekend!
Oct 7, 2011 | Cards, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Thank You |
Do you have the new Simply Scored tool from Stampin’ Up!? I love mine.
This card today uses the Simply Scored tool to create a frame on the front of the card.
The frame is a subtle scored outline around the center element on the card. I put the card on the Simply Scored tool and added a scored line 1/2″ from all four sides of the card front. Inside the rectangle is the focal element – a piece of More Mustard card stock, layered with a piece of Spice Cake Designer Series paper. I used the Spice Cake Fabric to tie around the front – it is just a 1″ strip of fabric tied in a knot.
To finish it off I used the Gently Falling stamp set – stamp the leaf in More Mustard ink and then the outline of the leaf in Soft Suede ink. It is stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and then cut out and add to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. There is also a little Jewelry tag punch stamped with Thanks so Much from Tiny Tags and attached with the Vintage Safety Pin to the fabric knot.
The fabric, the designer paper, the stamp set and the Simply Scored are all in the Holiday Mini catalog – and you can order from me any time through my website – www.monika.stampinup.net.
Enjoy this nice fall card on a nice fall day – at least we have been having nice fall days for the last little while. It’s a busy weekend – tonight I have Stamper’s Club and we are making the Advent Calendar projects. And tomorrow is the Birmingham Regional Stampin’ Up! Regional conference – I can’t wait. I’ll be going with two of my downline – Lisa and Travice and a bunch of my demonstrator friends – about 11 of us will be there together. And wish me luck because I’m doing a Workshop Wow demonstration on stage – and I am super nervous – I hope I don’t shake too much and that everyone can hear me. I’ll share my projects next week. If you are a going be sure to say hi.
Have a great day!
Oct 3, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
Last month at my Hand’s On class we made these fun Halloween Luminaries……
I bought the House of Haunts stamp set just for this project because the house and tree images fit perfectly in the circle openings. The luminary is made with the 4″ square coasters just like the Strength & Hope Luminary I made a few months back – CLICK HERE to see more on that.
For this one I covered my coasters with the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. And used the Big Shot to cut the circles. The house from House of Haunts is stamped on one vellum panel and the tree is stamped on the other three. I used the Daffodil Stampin’ Write Marker to color the backside of the moon and windows. The ribbon that holds it all together is the Basic Black Taffetta. I added a few rhinestones and then finally went back and added a punched bat. The punch isn’t in our regluar catalog any more but there were some on the Clearance Rack on Saturday. Go to my online store to see everything in the Clearance Rack – these items can only be ordered online.
Here is a view with one of the lit..
Use a battery operated tea light. We have been having fall weather the past few days so it definitely feels like we should be getting ready for Halloween – finally! I hope you like it.
I used the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini catalog. And the colors that coordinate ate Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla. I also used Basic Gray with my layout since a lot of the paper had the black faded out.
I cut strips of DSP in varying lengths and widths – 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ wide.
