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.
Aug 14, 2010 | Birthday, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Punch Art |
Cute, Cute, Cute! I made In-Color Owl Cupcakes for my Open House. Looky – Looky……..
Aren’t they cute? I had to laugh when I uploaded the pictures and my photo editing software actually tried to to the automatic red eye fix and created an updated version of my picture!
The new Owl Punch is very cute – I made a whole bunch to add to my cupcakes. The cupcakes have edible glitter on them that my friend Sue gave me. I used the In Color Designer Series Paper pack – the Hostess Level 1 pack. I actually used a marker to make the little pupils for the eyes – I had so many on my table that I decided gluing on those tiny little punched circle was going to take way too long. It was much easier to make all the owls look in different directions using the marker. When I work with small punched pieces I like to use craft tweezers and a 2-way glue pen.
Everyone got to take home their owl – just pull it off the stick and then they can add it to a card or tag or something else.
My Open House was a whole lot of fun. Be sure to come back on Monday for a fun blog game!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and Stampin’ Write Markers
- Stamps: none
- Two Step Owl Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Aug 10, 2010 | Big Shot, In Colors, SU Ribbon, Summer Mini 2010 |
Look at how cute these turned out –
These are all the In-Color Ribbons for the July Ribbon share. I like to do something fun with the cut ribbon for the ribbon share. And this was what I decided on for the 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon. 
I used my Two Tags Die for the Big Shot and cut matching tags for each color ribbon. These happen to be the five new In-Colors for this year – Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz.
I actually glued two tags together so that there is a scallop on each end. The lower one is stamped with the Punched Posies Level 2 Hostess stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog. The top is printed on my computer and punched with the Scallop Circle punch. I added some doodles with the matching Stampin’ Write Markers.
I have decided that the person that came up with the names for the new Stampin’ Up! colors must have been hungry – Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler – it just sounds like they had food on their mind! Perhaps sitting on the balcony overlooking the water (Marina Mist), talking to a friend about a wedding (Blushing Bride) and the flowers (Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight)…..do you ever wonder how they decide on the names?
I have a new ribbon share for August – the 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon – 13 colors.
Have a colorful day! Thanks for stopping by today.
Jul 24, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, In Colors, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
Saturday is the last day of convention and while the official Stampin’ Up! events will end in the afternoon. My roommates and I are going to a Shoebox swap Saturday night. I think there are supposed to be 48 of us total. The shoebox swap works like this – everyone designs a card and brings all the supplies to make the card for everyone. For this particular swap we bring half of them completely made and half of them in pieces in a baggie. Everyone will get divided and make half of the 48 cards on Saturday night. We rotate from table to table until we are done with them all.
Here is my design:
I used the new Butterfly Prints stamp set. I love how this card turned out. I used Basic Grey, Pear Pizazz, and Whisper White as my colors. I did have to get a bit creative so that I could get enough cards out of the paper I had. It didn’t occur to me that I would run out of ribbon either. So some of the swap cards that I made up have different ribbon.
This is the new In-Color Poly-Twill ribbon and it is going to be so nice to use. It is really soft and look at what you can do – fray it! I love the look 
of the frayed ends on my knot.
First tie the ribbon around the card and tie the knot. Then I carefully trimmed off the white edges up to the knot. Then pull apart the green strands and remove the white ones that are left. Fun!
For those cards that I ran out of the poly-twill ribbon I used Satin ribbon in Basic Grey or Certainly Celery which matched well to the Designer Series Paper.
The patterns papers now come in paper stacks and this is one of the new In-Colors so you get a stack of Designer Paper that includes all 6 colors and the two double-sided patterns.
I added distressing on all the layers. And the tag is cut from the Matchbox die using the Big Shot.
I really like the softness of this card and I hope everyone at the shoebox swap does too!
Jul 2, 2010 | Catalogs, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, SU Ribbon |
The new Stampin’ Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog is here!
And with the introduction of the new catalog I’ll be doing ribbon and paper shares again. Everyone keeps asking so here are the details for July.
July Designer Series Paper Share
Would you like a sample of the new Designer papers in the catalog? Participating in a paper share allows you to get a sample of every print in each pack so that you can see them all in real life. Then choose your favorites and order a full pack later. This paper share will include a 6” x 6” piece of each pattern in the 15 new Designer Series Papers that are in the Stampin’ Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog. Each share is $23 pre-paid by July 15th. I’ll place the orders in groups of 8 as they are filled. If you need your share mailed to you shipping will be extra.
You can see all the patterns in the new catalog or in my online store on my website. Here is a list of what is included in this share:
- Sweet & Sour Specialty (gloss on one side)
- Nursery Suite Specialty (includes die cut papers)
- Wicked Fun Specialty (includes black flocked papers)
- Greenhouse Gala
- Woodland Park
- Love Letter
- Celebrations
- Jolly Holiday
- Lap of Luxury
- Sunny Garden
- Blueberry Crisp
- Newsprint
- Build-a-Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints II
- Elegant Soiree
- Play Date
July Ribbon Share
Most of our ribbons come in either 10 yard or 15 yard rolls and not everyone wants that much of one ribbon. Participating in a ribbon share allows you to have a smaller amount of each ribbon. I will have one ribbon share each month for the next several months. This month we will feature the 1/2” Stitched-Poly Ribbon in the new In-Colors – Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, and Pear Pizzazz. This unique ribbon has stitched edges to give your projects an eclectic look. Each share will include approximately 3 yards of ribbon in each of the five colors. The cost of the share is $10.50 prepaid by July 15th. If you need your share mailed to you shipping will be extra.
Let me know if you would like to participate in either or both of these shares.
Jun 27, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, In Colors |
This was my favorite card from my Last Chance class. The layout comes directly from the front of the new Stampin’ Up! catalog that starts on July 1st. But the Designer Paper and the stamp set are from the old catalog and on the Last Chance List.
The card base is Sahara Sand and is textured with the new Square Lattice Embossing Folder in the Summer Mini Catalog. I used strips of paper from the Thoroughly Modern Designer Series paper (this is retiring) to cover the front of a piece of card stock and then cut the whole thing with the Top Note die and the Big Shot. The strips are of varying widths and one is even scallop with the scallop border punch.
The front tag is from the Matchbox die.
The stamp set is called Of the Earth and is a very pretty Level 1 Hostess set in this year’s catalog. You have a little bit more time to earn this set. I used markers to color the flower image – Rose Red and Soft Suede and then stamped in on the left edge. I used the Warm Words stamp set (also retiring) to stamp the word “cherish” in Soft Suede. And the little butterfly is stamped in Bermuda Bay (this is a current In-Color and it will be retiring too).
The butterfly is stamped a second time on scratch paper and cut out and popped up on a dimensional on top of the first one. I stamped the envelope to match. It turned out so pretty!
You can order items on the Last Chance lists by visiting my website and clicking the SHOP NOW button. Some items are on sale and many have sold out – don’t miss out if there is something you want.
Have a great day!
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?
