Aug 30, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Scrapbook Pages, Summer Mini 2010 |
My friend Becky wanted to have a Stampin’ Up! workshop focused on scrapbooking. So I wanted to accomplish a few different things. I remembered a demonstration that Wendy Knowles did at convention 2 or 3 years ago. For her scrapbook workshops she would design a 6×6 scrapbook page for the Make & Take project but she would use the same materials to create a card for those guests that didn’t scrapbook. I always thought that was a great idea and finally had a chance to use it for a workshop. I also wanted to show how to take the 6×6 scrapbook page and use that on an 8-1/2 x 11 page, which could then be used on a 12×12.
So this is what I came up with:
This is the 6×6 page – Chocolate Chip card stock, Old Olive card stock, Whisper White card stock. I stamped on the Old Olive with the tropical leaves image. On the white I used a stamp from the Word Play stamp set with the same tropical image beside it. I decided after I made this that I should have used my Stampin’ Write Markers on the words – inked all the words in Chocolate Chip and the earth image in the Old Olive. I did that at the workshop and it looked much better. I used my Stampin’ Write marker to add some faux stitching and also sponged the edges.
On the side I used the Island Oasis Designer series paper – I punched a strip with the Scallop Border punch – and saved the little left over strip to layer on top of the Chocolate Chip piece. I added my picture and finished the page with two palm trees that were cut out.
I demonstrated how to take the 6×6 and create an 8-1/2 x 11 page with it. And this is the result:
I used a Tempting Turquoise 8-1/2 x 11 piece of card stock. I put the same strip of designer series paper across the middle. On the left I added the wide striped Old Olive ribbon. I stamped some of the flowers in Tempting Turquoise and cut those out. I added Old Olive brads to the center of the ones at the base of the 6×6. And a button to the center of the one tied around the ribbon – I tied it with the Linen Thread.
The picture on the 6×6 was of me and my three boys. So I decided to add one of Greg and I at the bottom. And finished with another cut out palm tree.
I didn’t actually create a 12×12 but my thought is to either use Chocolate Chip or Old Olive. Put this 8-1/2 x 11 on one side and add some additional photos to the side. And probably add additional flowers as well.
As part of the workshop I did use the supplies from the 6×6 page to also create a card. Some of the guests chose this option. Here is what it looks like.
For the card I just used a different stamp from the Word Play set so that the card could be a birthday card.
I hope you like the ideas. And hurry if you haven’t gotten the Tropical Party stamp set or Island Oasis Designer Series paper. They are both in the Summer Mini catalog which is ending on August 31st! You can order online through my website if you need to or send me an email.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 4 – there is one spot left. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
Here is piece #2 – the sparkle image from the Hello Again stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Thank you again for voting for me for Honorary Blog Queen. Have a wonderful day!
Aug 24, 2010 | Bingo, Blog Tour, class, Scrapbook Pages |
Remember to vote today for the Royal Blog Tour Queens – see this post.
I would appreciate your support!
August 2010 Scrapbook Class Reminder
My scrapbook classes are now on FRIDAYS! I hope that fits better into your schedule.
There will be a morning (10:00 am) class and an evening (7:00 pm) class.
Friday, August 27th – Scrapbook class
Here’s a peek at one of our pages!
10:00 am and 7:00 pm
We will be making two 2-page 12×12 spreads at this scrapbook class. You will be able to take your pages home and add your pictures. The class fee is $20. Please bring snail adhesive and paper snips.
RSVP by end of day on August 25th so I can have materials ready for you.
And now it is time for Monika’s BLOG BINGO!
We are currently playing the Round 1 group. As soon as I have a winner for Round 1 I will email out the cards for Group 2 and we will start playing. Then Group 3 will follow. I have a couple of spots still open in Group 3. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #6 – the little butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set (stamped in Concord Grape). 
Aug 12, 2010 | Almost Artisan, Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Convention, Stampin' Up! Events |
The 10 Artisan Award winners had their projects on display at convention. And Stampin’ Up! announced I think 25 finalists. Unfortunately I wasn’t in that group either – bummer. I did however find 8-1/2 of my projects on the display boards so that was exciting. I also found 5 or 6 other projects some were swaps from the last convention – I thought that was good since they held on to those for a whole year.
If you are wondering about how I had 8-1/2 projects displayed this is where the half came in…..
I was looking at this display board 
and there was another demonstrator standing next to me. She commented on the pretty paper flowers which I hadn’t really paid attention to. So I looked at those and thought – oh my gosh those are my flowers – those are my flowers from my scrapbook page that I sent in for the Artisan Award contest – oh no – what happened to my page – and my mind continues to run in a whirlwind of thoughts – when did the page come apart – was it in shipping to SU, was it before the judging, was it after, was it in transit to the convention center, this is not good at all and I will never even know. It was my favorite page too.
I wish everyone could have seen the whole page not just the flowers up on that board. So here it is again for you to see – isn’t my niece Ally just Cute as a Button!
Otherwise both of my 3-d projects were on display, the other two scrapbook pages were on display, and four of my five cards – at least I never found the 5th one. If you want to see all of my projects that I entered – CLICK HERE.
I wondered what the winners had submitted and there were a few with very impressive projects – I think this one takes the cake! (literally)!
I can only imagine how many hours she spent making those flowers! The creator of this awesome cake project was Jodi Oliver.
Here is another winner Heather Van Duker.
Look at the wall hanging that she made. The fabric pieces are cut with the Big Shot and a variety of the dies. My sewing skills are not that great – I probably should not have attempted it on my entry.
Another winner was Angela Timms – here are some of her projects – just check out the details in her scrapbook pages – OMG!
Oh and there were actually only 9 girls that won the Artisan Award. The 10th one was a guy! Yep we do have men that are Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.
So in case you wondered what his stamping looks like I thought I would share his winning projects too.
His name is Richard Garay and he won some other stuff too. Each year they have a commercial/video contest and Richard won that this year with his team of demonstrators. I’ll have to try to locate the video it is probably somewhere on the internet by now.
Let’s see if I have the names of all of the winners (not in any order other than my pictures were taken in this order).
- Sarah Sagert
- Tessa Wise
- Richard Garay
- Renee Ballard
- Rebecca Cowley
- Heather Van Duker
- Jodi Oliver
- Elizabeth Price
- Angela Timms
- Andrea Munro
Have a great day today! Only one more week until we move Kyle down to college. I’m not sure how that will be not having him here. I guess I’ll know soon enough…..
Aug 9, 2010 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Convention, Stampin' Up! Events |
I am continuing to work on my Convention album in My Digital Studio. Apparently I did not do a good job this year of taking pictures. Part of the reason a couple of days was because my battery for the camera died so I couldn’t. And then the other days I guess I just wasn’t thinking clearly about some of those important moments.
This year I earn two special things – one was VIP status on check-in day to get early admission into the Memento Mall. Did I take any pictures of that? No. Not of the sign, not of the inside of Memento mall displays (although I did remember on the last day but it just wasn’t the same then). The VIP status was for getting a recruit at the beginning of July – Thanks Sherri!
The second thing was earning a special Breakfast on Friday morning with Shelli and the Corporate Team and about 200 other demonstrators. That was for being part of the Recruit Crew training program and getting a new recruit during the training – Thanks Stephanie! Did I take any pictures of me at the breakfast, or my table of new friends – Nope. The only pictures I have were of Shelli when she was talking to us. On top of that we got to enter the main stage area from a special entrance early. I should have been taking pictures then too. I’m not sure where my brain was – several special opportunities that may never happen again and no pictures for my scrapbook.
I did get some pictures from the Stampin’ Up! website and Facebook page and my roommates from the Opening Session on Thursday morning. So I created a scrapbook page in My Digital Studio for that and I’m sharing that today.
This year Stampin’ Up! actually closed the home office and had all the employees at the Opening General Session. In the big picture you can see all the employees line up on each side of the entrance in white shirts – two rows on each side to cheer as we came inside. I did not take that picture it was one from Stampin’ Up!
To start each convention when get to hear the new theme song and watch it being performed. I don’t remember who the performers were but I really like the song this year. Very hip and current. And then there were some young dancers on the stage too. Very exciting and fun and we were all standing and cheering the whole time.
For some details about what I did in My Digital Studio – I created the page using one of the photo layouts. You can pull in a photo layout but then it is still fully customizable and you can change anything that you want. I moved one of the photo blocks and then deleted one and replaced with a punch and a text box. My background is from the Happy Birthday Designer Kit – I think it was paper 2. I noticed as I made this page the elements actually coordinated with some of the decorations and things they used at convention on the stage and in the lights and images that they flashed on the walls. I added some embellishments that also came from the Happy Birthday Designer Kit. And some brads too.
One fun thing about My Digital Studio is adding text right on top of your pictures. The text block is actually clear so you can put the text write over the photo and still see the photo. On the page where I have the journaling I used a punch to add a piece of designer paper behind my words so that they would be easier to read. The background was too busy for the text. My photos and my punched piece are all matted with a thin white mat.
I hope to be finished with the whole album later this week. Have a great week!
Aug 5, 2010 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Convention |
I have been working on a My Digital Studio project the past couple of days. I decided to take the pictures I have from the Stampin’ Up! Convention and create an album in My Digital Studio that I can show as a slide show with the Share What You Love theme song playing in the background. I have about 6 pages done and love it so far. I thought I would share one of the pages with you. This is one of my favorite ones so far – these are pictures I took of all the flowers and gardens at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Every year we want to go there but never have time. So this year we decided not to plan anything for the day we arrived – which was Tuesday – and use that time to walk around and visit Temple Square.
I just love all the pretty flowers. The photo in the center of the bottom row is of a family of quail (I think that is what they are). Michele, Diane and Becky stopped to talk to someone and as I turned around I notice this large group of birds waddling across the sidewalk from one section of the gardens to another. Well you know me I had to go check it out. I got over there with my camera just in time. About half of them were already through the bushes and I only got a picture of the last few before they disappeared.
This page was very easy to create in My Digital Studio. I am working with a 12 x 12 album and I started with a blank page. I added a background paper which is the Designer Series Paper in Pear Pizazz Wallpaper print. Then I added a photo layout on top. In the Resource Palette it is the 5th button over and when you hover over it it says – “Click to Access Photo layouts”. Click on that and it brings up a selection of different layouts to choose from. I picked the one I wanted and it adds it to my page. Then I Click over on the little camera (the 1st button) to access my pictures. Browse to the folder on your computer with the pictures you want to use. Then I just click and drag the photos into each box. I normally go back and select each one to adjust the crop to show the portion of the full photograph that I want to see on my page. Last I added a text box with my title. My Digital Studio uses fonts that are loaded on your computer. This happens to be one that I downloaded for free and is not a standard font.
I hope to post the entire slide show to my blog when it is finished. So hopefully I can figure out how to do that.
Have a great day – I spent most of it shopping with Kyle to get him ready for college. We had a long list of little things to buy – an alarm clock was at the top and I made him get a little hand held vacuum for keeping his dorm room clean too.
Thanks for stopping by!
Jul 13, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I wanted to share some more pages from the My Digital Studio book that my sister-in-law is creating.
We have both been scanning in old pictures that are then pulled in to the My Digital Studio program for this book.
This picture is my husband Greg’s grandparents from his mom’s side of the family. The book basically covers this branch of the family – Idus and Lessie Goocher’s children, their children and the families that they currently have.
It is fun to look back at all the old pictures – I still have more to scan. And we are still waiting on some current pictures and updates for a few of the cousins.
These pages are perfect with these old black & white photos. The scallop trim corner and border punches work great for framing a photo. Both of these are extra’s that you can purchase as Digital Downloads for the My Digital Studio program. Each or these is 95 cents.
Stephanie also used one of the Vintage Overlays on these two pages. That is another extra download that you can purchase. The Vintage Overlay Digital kit includes 13 different designs and costs $5.95.
To order these you can visit my online store on my website – CLICK HERE.
I am working on swaps for convention so this week I’ll be posting MDS pages and swap cards from our group meeting this past weekend. My convention swaps will post while I am at convention. Only 1 more week until I leave for convention – I’m so excited! It is such a fun time with Demonstrators from all over the country. Oh – and my new catalog order finally came on Monday – yeah!! I have new stuff to use for my swaps. I’ll let you know how much I get done throughout the week – and if I get way behind I may be asking for help this weekend to get everything put together!
Thanks for stopping by today!
I used a Tempting Turquoise 8-1/2 x 11 piece of card stock. I put the same strip of designer series paper across the middle. On the left I added the wide striped Old Olive ribbon. I stamped some of the flowers in Tempting Turquoise and cut those out. I added Old Olive brads to the center of the ones at the base of the 6×6. And a button to the center of the one tied around the ribbon – I tied it with the Linen Thread.
As part of the workshop I did use the supplies from the 6×6 page to also create a card. Some of the guests chose this option. Here is what it looks like.
