Aug 21, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Open House |
Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalogs are in the mail! I can’t wait for you to see it – some fun new stuff for the holidays. There are two fun new Textured Embossing Folders for the Big Shot. I had them both out at my open house last weekend and let everyone emboss napkins. Yep that is what everyone is doing – what a great idea – don’t you think? Some of the floral designs would be absolutely beautiful for a wedding. But look at these – for Halloween – a spider web.
I had to use orange napkins though – the grocery store didn’t have any black napkins. A fun idea for a halloween party.
And how about this one – a snowflake:
Pretty for the winter. I really love the embossing folders for the Big Shot. The Holiday Mini Catalog starts on September 1st so have your wish list ready to order. You’ll be able to order online through my website – CLICK HERE.
It’s BINGO TIME! Continuing with Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #3 – the little bird image from the Friends Fur-ever stamp set. (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Have a great day!
Aug 18, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Masking, Open House, Stampin' Up! Convention, Techniques |
This little 3×3 card was one of the Make & Takes from our convention class. It uses a reverse masking technique. In our kit was a piece of card stock that had been cut with the Circles #2 die for the Big Shot. Using the negative piece (not the circles) we placed this over our card stock to create a mask on the outside edges of the card. Then using a Stampin’ Sponge add color to the inside of the circle. We also stamped the leaf image before removing the mask. Make sure your mask doesn’t move while you are doing the sponging and stamping – I have a little shadow on mine because I slipped just a bit.
The words were added after the mask was removed – I needed to scoot mine over just a bit so it wasn’t on top of my leaves. It’s not perfect but it’s still a cute card.
I used this card as one of the projects at my Open House for everyone to make. My oops was that I thought I had envelopes for the 3x3s but I was wrong – sorry about that.
BINGO UPDATE:
I have filled all the player slots for Round 1 and have started a list of players for Round 2 which is also filling quickly. I will be emailing Bingo Cards for the Round 1 players today, Wednesday. And I’ll start calling Bingo pieces on Thursday and I’ll have a piece each day until someone gets Bingo. I think it is fun to see where everyone is from! Here are the round 1 players:
- Carolyn from NC
- Lisa from MT
- Andrea from CA
- D from WA
- Jeanette from GA
- Gery from LA
- Bonnie from GA
- Jana’ from NV
- Marisol from NJ
- Cinthia from MI
- Chris from IL
- Sherry from CA
- Nancy from FL
- Anne from CA
- Donna from WI
Good luck and let’s have fun!
Aug 17, 2010 | Cards, In Colors, Open House, Punch Art |
At my Stampin’ Up! Open House event on Saturday I had a few Make & Take projects for everyone. One was this card using the new Owl Punch – I had already made all of the cupcake owls so I thought it would be fun to use one on a card too.
If you went to the Stampin’ Up! Convention this card may look a little bit familiar. It is based on a card that Heather Summers Demonstrated on stage during one of our classes. I used the In-Color Designer Series Paper for mine and she used various colors of card stock for hers. A few minor differences but basically the same card that she created. I think everyone liked this card. I demoed the same card at Becky’s workshop on Sunday and everyone there loved it too. This little owl punch is going to be very popular!
If you want to play BLOG BINGO with me – see this post for the details. It will be fun so don’t miss out. BINGO UPDATE: Round 1 is full so I’m taking names for the second round.
And for those of you that were at my Open House and saw Jennifer (9 months pregnant!) she had her baby on Monday, August 16th at 2:26 pm – Shelby Jean was 5-1/2 pounds and 18-3/4″. Everyone is doing well.
Thanks for stopping by.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and Stampin’ Write Markers
- Stamps: Word Play
- Two Step Owl Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch
- Designer Series Paper Pack – In Color (Level 1 Hostess set)
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
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 13, 2010 | Open House |
Open House
Saturday, August 14th – 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Come see items from the new catalog, get a preview of the new Holiday mini, and see some of the ideas I brought back from Convention. This will be just a fun afternoon to visit with me and do a little bit of stamping too. There will be prizes too. If you would like to come please email me – [email protected].
I had to use orange napkins though – the grocery store didn’t have any black napkins. A fun idea for a halloween party.
Pretty for the winter. I really love the embossing folders for the Big Shot. The Holiday Mini Catalog starts on September 1st so have your wish list ready to order. You’ll be able to order online through my website – CLICK HERE.
