Jul 23, 2009 | Embellishments, In Colors, SU Ribbon |
The July Ribbon Share is going to be the new In-Color Polka Dot Ribbon on page 182 in the new catalog. There are 6 new In-Colors (Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, and Soft Suede) and you will receive 3 yards of each color. The ribbon is ½” Grosgrain with white polka-dots on one side and solid on the reverse side. These are going to be fun to use!
This is a great way to get some of each of the ribbons without having to buy the full roll of each. Each Ribbon Share will be a group of 5 people. Group 1 is full so I am now filling a second group. Full rolls of ribbon are 15 yards. You’ll be seeing this fun ribbon in lots of my projects.
The Ribbon Share will be $15. If you want it mailed to you please add $2 for shipping. Payment due to me by July 29th.
$15 for July Ribbon Share
$15 + $2 for July Ribbon Share shipped to you
Please contact me by email to arrange payment – [email protected]
Have a great day!
Jul 15, 2009 | Big Shot, family, In Colors, Party Hearty, Stamps |
Ryan - 13 years old
Yesterday was Ryan’s 13th birthday!
Yep – I have THREE teenage boys! Oh my!
I made Ryan a Tennis Racket Cake and Tennis Ball cupcakes. Actually, my mom helped me with the cake. She put on the frosting and did the writing. He took about 2 dozen cupcakes to tennis camp. And then my parents and Greg’s mom came for dinner and the cake.
I made Ryan a birthday card using the new Stampin’ Up! Pop-Up LOOK HERE die for the Big Shot. The die creates the inside part of the card that is a pop-up with arrows and a gift card holder – all the arrows point to the gift card – as in “look here there is a gift card for you”.
You could just put a piece of card stock with a message right there too or a picture. You could cut off the arrows and use them on cards or scrapbook pages. This should be a fun die to play with. 
Here are pictures of the outside of the card and the inside. The colors I used are Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White.
The stamp set is Party Hearty and I added orange beads from the Bead Duos to the cupcake for the sprinkles. The way I did this was put a small puddle of Crystal Effects on a piece of scratch paper. Use a straight pin or toothpick and pick up a tiny bit of Crystal Effects and put it on the stamped image where you want the bead. I used a straight pin to grab a bead from the container and then placed it in the Crystal Effects on the card. This was I don’t get too much Crystal Effects in places where I don’t want it. You need a very small amount and it will hold the beads tight. I used markers to ink the candle – Yep – the new In-Colors come in a set of markers this year! A very popular request from both demonstrators and customers alike. The arrow on the front is one of the punch outs from the Look Here die. The actual cut of the die is on the inside of the card.
I did find a matching gift card. Well actually I had my die-cut piece done in the Pumpkin Pie. So when I looked for a gift card I found one with orange in it. Then came home to make the card and Crushed Curry was the other color in the gift card so it worked out perfect. It was a quick card that I made in just a few minutes. I could have dressed it up but decided to keep it pretty simple.
The Happy Birthday stamp is one of the Under $10 stamps that were in the last catalog. Most of these are still available to order they just aren’t shown in the new catalog. I have been using this one a lot.
Ryan is headed to California tomorrow with Greg’s mom. Thank you to anyone that offered suggestions on places he should visit. He has a long list. I have to finish getting him packed.
Have a great day!
Jul 14, 2009 | Big Shot, family, Flight of the Butterfly, In Colors, Stamps, SU Ribbon |
I mentioned the other day that I created a card for the Stamping 411 Blog challenge last week and missed the entry cutoff. So I took the same materials for that card and turned it into a card using this weeks challenge. I thought I would share this with you because I thought it was interesting to see how the same set of materials can make two different cards.
So here was the sketch for last week and the card I created:
And then below is this weeks sketch and the new card I created. To visit the Stamping 411 Blog and participate in the weekly challenges – CLICK HERE.
Supplies include – Flight of the Butterfly stamp set; Butterfly Punch; Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper; Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, and Melon Mambo card stock and classic ink; Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon; Big Shot die-cut machine and Perfect Details Texture Plate.
It doesn’t quite look like the sketch since my image was bigger and I moved it higher because I wanted it over my designer paper – the only dimensions I changed from my first card was cutting the rectangles slightly smaller so that I had room for the knot on the left side.
This was my swap card at our STARZ group meeting on Saturday night and I’ll be bringing some of these to convention to swap also. If you are a demo and will be at convention I hope you will swap with me and say “Hi” – I would love to meet you.
Today is Ryan’s 13th birthday! Yes, I officially have 3 teenage boys! What is a mom to do……
Well I have to go frost cupcakes for him to take to tennis camp. And then get ready for his birthday dinner and make him a card – which I will post later. His birthday balloon is already in his room. This is a tradition I have been doing for 17 years now – from Kyle’s first birthday. When they wake up on the morning of their birthday they have a special balloon in their room. A few times I have had to run out late at night to go get one. When they were little it was from the “balloon fairy” – but I’m quite sure they figured out it was really from mom. The trick will be next year when Kyle goes off to college – how to get one into his dorm room – I guess I’ll have to get to know his room mate and have him do it for me.
Have a great day!
Jul 12, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Flight of the Butterfly, In Colors, Stamper's Club, Stamps |
Today is Sunday and I will shortly be headed to a birthday party! I’m so excited because it is a little girls birthday party – I haven’t been to one of those in a long time – and I’m teaching them how to make a paper bag scrapbook and the little top note purse. I’ll post pictures of our projets later in the week.
I was very excited to see that we had a new Butterfly Punch in the catalog. It coordinates with the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set so I decided to use these for one of the Stamper’s Club projects on Friday night. I was a bit dissapointed after I started playing because the punch is designed to fit the butterfly wings – but once you add the body stamp (the 2-step stampin’) and punch it punches off the atenna – unless you don’t center the butterfly in the punch – but who wants that. I’m going to write Stampin’ Up! about it – I need to take some pictures so that I can show them exactly what I am talking about. For this card though I added cross-stitch thread to the centers to create the body and antenna.
I used the new Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series paper and three of the new In-colors – Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Melon Mango. The card front was also embossed with the new Perfect Details Texture plate.
My card sketch came from the Stamping411 blog – but it was last weeks sketch and I finish my card too late to put it in for the challenge. So yesterday the new sketch was posted and I decided to take the same pieces and convert the card to the new sketch for this week. This ended up being my swap for our STARZ meeting last night. I haven’t taken a picture yet, but will do that later toady – so I’ll post that version of this card (and add it to the 411 blog) tomorrow. I’m planning to use it also as one of my convention swaps since I had extra’s left from the meeting.
I also made a few extra of the Red, White and Blue card from yesterday and I’ll take those to convention too. Now to plan the rest and start making them. Convention is less than a month away and I’m so excited – I can’t wait to get there. I’m rooming with Sue, Michele and Diane again. We had the best time last year and this year will be even better!
Have a great weekend.
Jul 10, 2009 | Circle Scissor Plus, Designer Series Paper, Great Friend, In Colors, Occasions Mini 2009, Rock 'n Roll, Stamps, SU Ribbon, Techniques |
I made this cute box the other day. The pattern and idea came from an online class that I am taking called Simply Babies by Heather Summers who is a demonstrator in Canada. While her projects are all baby related and I don’t really need baby projects her work is so great and most things can be adapted to anything you want. I haven’t been able to create all the projects – there is a new one each day – but I have made a few.
This one is a cupcake box that I made for my friend Gina who had a birthday while I was away on vacation. Gina likes bright colors so I thought the new Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper would be just perfect for her. I used three of the new In-Colors – Melon Mambo (the pink color), Crushed Curry (the yellow color), and Rich Razzleberry (the purple color). The stamp set is the Great Friend stamp set – one of my favorites as you can tell because I am using it a lot. It debuted in the Occasions mini catalog. The butterfly is done with the Rock ‘n’ Roll technique because I wanted it to kind of look like the paper which has the Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry colors blending together.
To do the Rock ‘n Roll technique follow these easy steps:
- Choose two colors of ink that will work together – one lighter than the other. In this case mine are Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry – where Melon Mambo is the lighter color.
- Tap your solid image stamp into the light-colored ink – Melon Mambo.
- Press the edges of the stamp in a rolling motion on the darker ink pad – Rich Razzleberry, being careful not to ink the center of the stamp.
This gives the lighter Melon Mambo color in the center of the butterfly and the Rich Razzleberry around the edges. I cut out the butterfly and added cross-stitch thread to the center to create a body and antenna for the butterfly. The tag is made using one of the large sized metal edge tags. The 1-3/4″ circle punch is the perfect circle to fit on the tag – I used Crushed Curry and stamped “for you” in Rich Razzleberry ink. The butterfly is attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals to give it a 3-D effect.
I created my lid a bit differently than Heather made her orignal design – I changed two things. First before assembling the lid I used the Scallop Edge punch on each edge to create the lid border. Make sure to trim the tabs on so that they can be attached inside without seeing them behind the scallops. Also before assemble I punched a slit using the Horizontal slot punch on two sides of the box – these are in the edge corner where the side fold down. I made them wide enough to slide my ribbon through. This allowed me to tie the ribbon through the lid of the box and it doesn’t have to be untied to remove the lid. I am so bad at tying bows once I “get it” I don’t want to undo it.
The inside of the box has an insert with a circle cut out of the center – used the Circle Scissor Plus – that holds the cupcake in place so it doesn’t slide around. The picture doesn’t actually have the cupcake inside – just the liner to show you. I was able to add the cupcake with a candle in it – the box was tall enough for that.
I really loved how it all turned out and think this would be a cute little birthday present to give someone that maybe you wouldn’t normally buy a gift for but want to acknowledge them with a special surprise!
I took Gina her cupcake yesterday afternoon and she was surprised to find it inside when she opened the box. We lit the candle and she made a wish – but to her surprise (and actually to mine) – the candle re-lit! My boys like to use the trick candles and when I grabbed one it never crossed my mind that it would be one of those. I just picked one with pink colored stripes – which of course are the leftovers since I have boys we don’t usually use the pink candles unless they make a cake for me.
Anyway – hope you day is full of fun and surprises!
Jul 1, 2009 | Catalogs, Demonstrator, In Colors |
The 2009-2010 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog is now available to order from. I’ll be updating my blog with new links to the new catalog and Decor Elements next week after the holiday. But you can find all the new stuff on my Stampin’ Up! website – www.monika.stampinup.com.
For the month of July there will be a special item of the week. So from now until Monday July 6th at 9:50 am (MT) – that’s 12:50 pm (ET) you can order this first special item:
112091 | Scallop Edge punch | $10.99 |
I use this punch a lot – if you have been to my classes you will know. So if you don’t own this one yet it is a great time to get it – normally it is $15.95.
There is also a new starter kit special – a mini kit option for $85 or the regular $199 starter kit – which includes the In-Color ink pads and a pack of card stock for each of the 6 In-Colors. The new colors are:
Soft Suede
Dusty Durango
Crushed Curry
Melon Mambo
Rich Razzleberry
Bermuda Bay
That’s all for now – I’ll have more information in my July newsletter and add more here later.
Talk to you all soon!
