Jul 21, 2010 | Cards, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon, Thank You |
I bought the Nature’s Nest stamp set last year in my first order from the catalog. I had planned on using for convention swaps last year. Well that never happened and it sat in my craft room for almost a year – how awful was that. I finally used it and made a beautiful card for some of my convention swaps this year. I’m really happy with the result.
I’m not sure the picture on my blog show just how pretty it is. I actually used the same layout that I had used in some cards I created early this year for the Royal Blog Tour.
The colors this time are Crumb Cake, Marina Mist and Soft Suede. The dragonfly image is stamped in Basic Black StazOn ink. I colored the dragonfly body with the Marina Mist marker and then wings with a Bashful Blue marker. Then I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the wings.
If you know me, you know I rarely use glitter. But these wings really needed the extra sparkle. It is pretty in real life. I tried to get a close up pictures but I still don’t think it shows the sparkle and shine.
I also used the color spritzer tool to add spritz on the front of the card – I sure do miss that splatter from the Itty Bitty Backgrounds set – we need that one stamp back in the catalog.
To finish the card I added the new 1/8″ Marina Mist Ribbon tied with Linen Thread and a little jewelery tag. I hope you like it.
Jul 20, 2010 | Great Friend, Stampin' Up! Events, Tags |
I am off to convention today! I’m so excited! I hope my flight goes well.
While I’m gone I’ll be sharing my swaps with you on my blog. I’m going to start with these little M&M Treats.
I have made these little treats before for Easter, St. Patrick’s Day and some summer treats too. I thought I would make these to give to my friends that I see at convention this year.
The tag uses a color combo that I got from the new Color Coach. I really like having it. The colors are Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, and Daffodil Delight.
The Early Espresso looked like the brown M&Ms. I punched those out using the new extra-large scallop circle punch.
Then I punch a layer of Daffodil Delight with the regular scallop circle punch. The middle is Whisper White card stock and I stamped it with the saying from the Great Friend stamp set using Cherry Cobbler ink. Then stamped the butterfly image in Daffodil Delight. I punched it out with the 1-3/8″ Circle punch and then added Cherry Cobbler around the edges with a Stampin’ Write marker. I tied the tag to the top of my treat bags with white crochet thread. Quick and cute!
UPDATE: I have had many people ask about the bags – I ordered them online from clearbags.com – they are called 1×8 + flap crystal clear bags – I purchased 1000 of them in packs of 100 along with a few other items to make the shipping cost reasonable. Ordering just one pack has a very high shipping cost. I split my order with some other demonstrators and we shared the cost of the shipping.
Thanks for checking in!
Jul 19, 2010 | Birthday, family, Stampin' Up! Events |
Ryan’s birthday was last week – he is my baby – well he isn’t really a baby anymore – he turned 14 years old! He has been playing a lot of golf lately so his birthday gifts were pretty much golf themed. According to Greg he is quite the good golfer for his age and gets to play occasionally with Greg and his friends.
With the golf theme in mind I used one of the new single stamps from the Stampin’ Up! catalog. It is called On the Green.
I combined it with some retired products to make his birthday card. Do you remember the Stampin’ Up! wrapping paper that we had one time. I still have some of the dots and stripes and I like to use those for birthdays. So I wrapped Ryan’s present with the paper and then used a piece on the front of his card. I stuck with the colors – Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, and Bashful Blue. Riding Hood Red is one of the old In-Colors that has returned.
I stamped the image twice – once in Riding Hood Red for the base and then a second time in Old Olive and cut a couple of things out to layer on top. I added some of the striped Bashful Blue ribbon which did retire – darn – I liked that striped ribbon.
Here is a picture of Ryan with his cake. And here is the cake story…. I asked Ryan what kind of cake he wanted and his reply was a store bought cake (normally I make the birthday cakes) and he wanted a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate icing. So I believed him. And went to the store and looked at the cakes. It was late and I had to choose from what they already had made – I had the lady search through all the cakes to find me a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting – and no flowers or girly decorations. Apparently that was not easy – there was one. So I bought it and took it home. There were two surprises – one was that he was joking and didn’t want a store bought cake – but it was too late to change now. And second when we cut the cake – it wasn’t even Chocolate! It was a yellow cake with the wrong label on the outside. So Ryan didn’t even eat any – no one else really did either. One small corner is missing and I do plan to take it back to the store and let them know I was disappointed and so was he.
Sunday was a productive day for my convention preparation:
Shoebox swap – 49 cards – DONE
UDI card swap – 19 cards – DONE
UDI 3-D swap – I am making the second one since I want to send the first one to Stampin’ Up! for a contest. I am almost done with the second one – all the pieces are there and it is more than half way put together.
General swap 1 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 2 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 3 – 25 card fronts – I have an idea in mind, I just need to work on it – this may not get done at all.
General swap 4 – 25 card fronts – I realized I started cutting for a swap, used part of it for my STARZ swap this weekend, but I think I want to redesign this because I wasn’t completely happy with it, so I need to work with what I already cut
Friend gifts – planning to make some amount of something to give to friends I see
Roommate gifts – 3 – designed
Thanks for stopping by – I’ll be leaving soon for convention. You can keep visiting my blog while I’m gone. I plan to schedule posts of all of my swaps.
Jul 14, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Stampin' Up! Events, Summer Mini 2010 |
Last week I had my monthly hands-on class. It was my Ice Cream Party class and we had a blast! I took some pictures of all the girls working on their projects and told them I was going to post on my blog. So here they are:
Here is Jamie and her niece, Olivia, working on their ice cream kits. Jamie brought Olivia to two classes while she was visiting during her summer break.
And here is Sue working hard on her kit. I think they were all mad at me because they had to cut out so many ice cream cones and ice cream scoops for the projects. I just keep telling them it is so much cuter when they are cut out!
And there is Travice working at the Big Shot Station. She has that at the top of her wish list and is saving her money to get it in the near future. It is a must have these days for me – I think I use it for every class that I do. Travice has invited me to do a class for her woman’s group and I’m so excited. We set our date for this fall.
Here is the other half of the group – Lisa, Lana and Jeannette were in the other room working on some ice cream cards. The whole class was based on the Sweet Scoops stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog. I love all the things you can do with this set. I showed them the kissing techniques – there is more than one way to kiss you know… And we did Rock ‘n Roll and the Baby Wipe technique. All that with one stamp set in one class!
I hope everyone had as much fun as I did – they were all smiles so I’m pretty sure they had a great time.
So here is my convention prep work update:
Shoebox swap – 49 cards – ummmm nothing done on this one yet, I have an idea floating in my head though
UDI card swap – 19 cards – designed, cut and needs to be assembled
UDI 3-D swap – I only have to make 1! And I know what it is just need to decide if I want to give away my sample or make a new one.
General swap 1 – 25 card fronts – designed, cut and half are assembled
General swap 2 – 25 card fronts – designed, cut, and all are assembled
General swap 3 – 25 card fronts – I have an idea in mind, I just need to work on it
General swap 4 – 25 card fronts – hoping to get to this one
Friend gifts – planning to make some amount of something to give to friends I see
Roommate gifts – 3 – designed
So that is where things stand and I better keep working to get it all done.
Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and if you are going to be at the Stampin’ Up! Convention come find me and swap with me!
And let me say a quick “Happy Birthday” to my son Ryan who is 14 today on the 14th of July! He is the first one to reach the age of his birth date – see he does get to be first at something. My other boys were born on the 21st and 29th so it will still be a while before they get to accomplish that.
Jul 1, 2010 | Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Buttons |
I have had numerous requests for more information on how to make the little nugget purse. So that is what I have for you today. This project was presented on stage at the Chattanooga Half-Day regional last fall by Susan Barron. These were so cute and Susan was very nice to give me the measurements.
Here is a picture of my purse again.
Each little purse hold 2 nuggets.
Designer Series paper is 3×4-3/4 , score long side a ½” on each side. Score 1”, 1-1/2”, 2-1/2” on outsides only. Look at the drawing to see where you clip the sides to create the tabs and cut away the top tabs to create the lid. The 2 corners on the lid are punched with the corner rounder.
- Add a 6” piece of ribbon for the handle. It works best to attach the ribbon with glue dots in between the side flaps.
- Add a button to the front for decoration and a ¼” piece of a Velcro dot under the lid to hold it shut.
- Use 3” x 1” pieces of Designer Series paper to cover the nuggets.
- Stick the nuggets inside the purse.
I hope that gives you enough to make your own.
Here is one more picture – this is the DSP after it is scored and cut.
Have a great day!
May 28, 2010 | Demonstrator, Stampin' Up! Events |
You are invited to join me for a Stampin’ Up! Opportunity night!
I’m holding a Stampin’ Up! Opportunity event at my house on June 13, 2010, and you are invited!
There will be plenty of food, stamping and fun.
This will be an excellent chance to learn more about the Stampin’ Up! Opportunity!
I hope to see you there!
Please RSVP by June 11th to Monika Davis at [email protected].
Event is at 6:00 pm on June 13, 2010.
I’m not sure the picture on my blog show just how pretty it is. I actually used the same layout that I had used in some cards I created early this year for the Royal Blog Tour.
