I tried something new today – well several new things actually – and hopefully it works like I thought….
First I created a Movie from my My Digital Studio album of my Convention scrapbook pages. I have posted a few pages here and there on my blog and now I have all the pages finished and I wanted to create a movie and post it on my blog.
So the movie was done and then I had to figure out how to post it. I was able to upload it to Stampin’ Connection – which is an online community for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.
Next I uploaded it to YouTube – that’s the first time I have done that – but apparently I already had an account and I just followed the steps on the screen. And now here it is:
I hope you could view it! It looked like some of the pages were fuzzy – I’m not sure why.
It seems that this will open up a whole new area for sharing projects – but we’ll have to see if I can go there….
As of the time I’m writing this post on Saturday night I have not received any emails that someone has BINGO – but there could be one before this actually posts on Sunday morning. I think some of my posts got messed up because WordPress was down on Friday night. The times on my posts seem all messed up and what I posted on Friday is what got emailed to my email subscribers on Saturday night. And the Saturday post didn’t go out in the email yet. So I’m going to wait for tomorrow to draw another piece. Really there should be a winner by now – I can’t believe it is taking this long.
I just love this new Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Just Believe (pg.109) and I was very excited to know we were getting it in our Convention Bags this year. I have seen tons of beautiful projects with this stamp set. There is a card in the catalog on page 71 that pops out at me when I look through the catalog – but I don’t have that particular stamp set so I decided instead to use the layout and colors with the Just Believe stamp set and here is the result:
I was happy with how it turned out. This was the first time I have used my Scallop Oval Frame die – I did figure out that there is a difference between each end of the oval so for this card I had to make sure the scallop frame was in the same direction as the white inside so they matched up perfectly. I used a technique with this set that I’m not sure what to call it – it probably has a name. Basically you ink the entire image with the Wild Wasabi ink pad and then use a Blender Pen to remove the ink from the flowers. Then add color back to the flowers with a marker.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Card stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade,Whisper White
Ink: Wild Wasabi ink pad and Poppy Parade Stampin’ Write Marker
Stamp sets: Just Believe
Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Oval Scallop Frame Die
Modern Label punch
Bold Brights Brads, Basic Pearls
White Gel Pen, Stampin’ Sponges, Blender Pens, paper piercer
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Let’s play some more Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #2 –the polka dot butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Good Luck to all the players in Round 3!
It’s time for another game sponsored by Sherrill Graff. You can also play along with the Late Night Stamper’s Scavenger Hunt.
My Clue is: Just Believe stamp set
Here is the Scavenger Hunt Round 2 post for you to go find more blogs that are playing along –
To enter into the contest for free stamps you need to email me at [email protected] with your 20 clues before September 15th. In you Subject put LNS Scavenger Hunt. You will be entered into a drawing to win free Stampin’ Up! products!
Did you notice all of the a la carte stamps in the front of the Stampin’ Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog? They are on pages 18 – 20 and are all individual stamps covering a variety of occasions and the are all under $10!
One that stood out to me in this new catalog is called On the Green. It is a golf themed stamp. My husband Greg has played a little bit of golf here and there over the years but this year he has really gotten into it. Now that seems to be his main hobby and he is playing a lot. Ryan (my 14 year old) is also learning to play golf and he is good enough that he goes with Greg and the other men to play on the weekends. So because of all the golf I wanted to get this stamp.
At Convention I met KatyZamer from TN and she had the perfect swap card using the On the Green stamp. I decided to use her idea for one of my club projects. I made only one change – I layered it on a Crumb Cake card base and only created a half panel of the Wild Wasabi textured piece. Katy’s card had the whole front of the card as textured Wild Wasabi. I also gave the girls the option to use the So Many Thanks stamp instead if they didn’t need a golf themed card. I can’t find my sample right now so I don’t have a picture of it – but when I find it I’ll post it. Yep my craft room is a huge mess right now and I need to spend some time cleaning and also creating. And I need to get my newsletter out – I’m behind on that too!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Card stock: Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Stamp sets: On the Green
Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder
Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper
Modern Label punch
Silver Brads
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
No Bingo winner yet – maybe today…….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
I asked Greg to draw a piece for me this time and this is what he pulled:
Here is piece #9 –the lady from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Butterfly Prints is one my favorite new stamp sets from the Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog. It is a small set with three sets of butterfly wings, the body image and a quote about Love. I used it for one of my convention swaps – the one I did for the Shoebox swap and I got back a swap from another demo that used that set too. Swapping is a fun part of any Stampin’ Up! event. And it gives us great ideas to bring back to use in our classes. So that is exactly what I did.
I received this swap from Dianne Gill – I think it was one of the completed cards I received from the shoebox swap. I really liked her card with the Butterfly Prints stamp set and the bright colors. I decided to use it for my card club meeting last week. I changed the greeting on the front (I don’t have the set that Dianne used) and simplified the inside for my club.
I played around with some different colors but ultimately decide to stick with the colors Dianne used. Sometimes when something is just right it doesn’t need to be changed!
For my greeting I used the Three Little Words stamp set. Then everyone at the club meeting could create the card for the occasion that they needed. On the inside are the three little words and another butterfly image. How about that three little words and three little butterflies – it kind works together don’t you think?
The colors are little hard to tell in this photo – the background looks lighter than it is. The back is Pear Pizzazz, then Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. The words and butterfly bodies are stamped with Early Espresso. The center butterfly is stamped on a second time on a piece of Whisper White card stock, punched out with the butterfly punch and popped up with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
I hope you are having fun playing along with Blog Bingo. It’s time for the next piece to be called – are you ready?
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
Here is piece #4 – the heart image from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
This is another page from my Convention Album that I created in Stampin’ Up!s My Digital Studio. I have a few more things I want to fix up before I publish it. When I’m done I hope to add it as a slide show to my blog – but I have to figure out how to do that still. There is always something new to learn when it comes to this blog. The page above has pictures from the Awards night which included entertainment from Charley Jenkins.
Notice the photo in the bottom right corner – that’s me and that guy is the drummer from the band. He was the one they kept talking about being single. That night happened to be my wedding anniversary and I was spending it at convention. Becky thought it would be funny to get a picture of me with the drummer. So she told him it was my anniversary and that she wanted to take a picture and I don’t know if she planned it or not but when she took the picture he gave me this big kiss! Can you see by my face that I was surprised!
And now it’s time to continue with Monika’s Blog Bingo!
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I filled group 4 and I opened up group 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
Here is piece #3 – the coffee mug image from the Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
If you are part of my last ribbon share – I am working on cutting the ribbon and will let you know when it is ready for you. Thanks for stopping by today!
These little buttons that read “10 in 2010” were handed out to us at Convention this year. They had lots of them in various colors. I guess I wasn’t paying attention so I had to ask someone what they meant.
And this is what I found out – that Stampin’ Up! set a company wide goal to recruit 10,000 new Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators in the year 2010. I asked if I could take some extra buttons home for my downline and they said sure! So I grabbed some extra ones and when I got home I decided I needed to present them in some fun way.
While we were at convention we had the opportunity to get a new stamp called “Share what you love”. I got mine luckily on the first day because after that they sold out quickly. I used a portion of the stamp for this tag for my button. Share what you love is exactly what it’s all about. I used the two-tags die and my Big Shot to cut the tags and added the button on the scalloped end. If you have ever considered joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator I would be happy to answer any questions that you have and would love to have you be a part of my team.
Shelli Gardner, Co-Founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up, commented at convention about changes happening in the company. And on her blog this week she said “As we move forward, I anticipate making changes that are more visible to our demonstrators and customers, changes that will make it even more fun and rewarding to be involved with us! So stay tuned. . .” I’m excited to hear what’s coming and I hope you are too!
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. Group 3 is now full. See this POST for more details.
Some players are close – I have heard about some with 4 in a row – it could be any day now…….
Here is piece #9 – the leaves from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
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