Apr 14, 2010 | class, Flight of the Butterfly, Stampin' Up! Events |
I don’t think I shared this project from my class last month – it is a box of tags – this project was demonstrated for us at the Chattanooga Half-Day Regional. I used a different color combination and added the flowers to the butterflies. It is a cute little project.
First we made a box using Old Olive card stock with the insert inside to create the different sections. The box is a 6″ x 6″ piece of card stock – scored at 1″ on all four sides. Snip two opposite sides to create tabs and glue to make the box.
The insert is made from two pieces of 4″ x 6″ of Old Olive card stock. Score both pieces at 2″, 3″ and 4″. Then on one you cut down the center from the outside edge to each score line and on the other you cut down the center between the two outside score lines and nudge over and cut again to create a narrow slit. Fold both pieces so they have a mountain in the middle.
Fold up the first piece and slide it into the slit in the second piece then fold down the flaps to create the sectioned insert. Slide this inside your box.
We made butterfly tags – there are four tags of each color – Old Olive, Regal Rose and Rose Red with butterflies that were made by stamping the details from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and punching with the Butterfly Punch.
For eac
h butterfly we added a flower punched from the Trio Flower punch and a silver brad. The butterflies are attached to the tag with pieces of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The words come from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set – I used “For You”, “Hello”, “Thanks”, and “Friend”.
The tags were put in the box and then we added ribbon. Slide the whole thing inside a large cello bag. Tie with a piece of ribbon. Then add a tag which was made from a metal edge tag as the base.
This would make a cute hostess gift or just for a friend. It reminds me of spring! If you would like to come to my next class – it is this week on Friday – please let me know today.
Have a nice spring day!
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Jan 21, 2010 | Stampin' Up! Events |
This week I did something new. I visited the Ronald McDonald House over by Northside Hospital. I met two other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators over there – Jenn Nahrstadt and Nadine Am. Jenn designed a cute little card using an old Sale-A-Bration stamp set called Very Punny and some bright cheerful colors – click here to visit Jenn’s blog and see the card.
It was a quiet night – with only two people joining us to stamp – a mom who was there with her young son and a 19 year old girl. I guess in a way it was good that there weren’t too many people there that means there aren’t so many children that are seriously ill that they needed to be there. We did stamp and complete all the cards and they were left for anyone that might need them.
I’m planning to go again and get into the rotation of designing a card. If you are a demo near by and would like to help out you can contact Jenn and she is now officially the lead for this house. I think she just got it changed the same day we went down there this week.
If you aren’t a demonstrator you can also help by purchasing the stamp set Very Thankful – a portion of the sales from this stamp set get donated to RMHC.
Here is the information from our Stampin’ Up! Website about this program:
Stampin’ Up! is partnering with Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) to bring comfort and creativity to the lives of Ronald McDonald House guests. Each year, thousands of families stay at more than 160 independently operated Ronald McDonald Houses in North America. These Houses serve as temporary homes for the families of seriously ill children who are being treated in nearby hospitals.
We are pleased and honored to become a national sponsor of RMHC. Together, these two caring, helping organizations will create a powerful environment in which House guests will be able to enjoy creative expression in the comfort of their “home-away-from-home.”
As part of our commitment to support this organization, Stampin’ Up! will:
- Make an annual contribution of $100,000 to RMHC.
- Design an exclusive stamp set each year; a portion of the proceeds from the sale of that set will be donated to the organization. This year’s set is Very Thanful.
- Donate items created by our demonstrators to Houses in the cities where we host events.
- Facilitate a program through which demonstrators can make a caring contribution and organize volunteer activities at Ronald McDonald Houses.
Have a “Very Thankful” kind of day!
Nov 28, 2009 | Christmas, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, In Colors, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Buttons |
I’m back home – we drove all day today and we are home. I had a couple of days without posting – one was Thanksgiving – we spent the day cooking, then eating and enjoying our time with family, then cleaning it all up, then getting it all out and eating some more. We were all stuffed! Friday the girls went shopping and most of the boys went to the battlefield for a hike. Friday night we pulled out all the Thanksgiving left overs one more time. And packed up so we could leave early this morning. Aspen and Magnolia are VERY HAPPY to have us home and to be back in their own house instead of at the kennel.
Onto another card from my Holiday Card class – this is one my favorite cards. The colors are Soft Suede, Old Olive, Ruby Red and Whisper White. We received this stamp set from Stampin’ Up! at the Chattanooga Regional – it is called Berry Christmas from the Holiday mini catalog. There was a card on one of the display boards that I took a photo of and created my version for my class – I stuck pretty close to the original because I just loved it. I don’t know who the original creator was because we can’t see that on the display boards. It might have been someone at the corporate office – I’m not sure.
Stampin’ Up Supplies:
- Berry Christmas stamp set
- Soft Suede card stock and ink and marker
- Old Olive card stock and ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Ruby Red ink
- Scallop edge punch
- Linen thread
- Earth Elements buttons
- mini glue dots
- stampin’ dimensionals
- medium envelope
Thanks for stopping by today! I am thankful too for everyone that visits my blog, leaves me comments and sends me emails. I’m thankful for Stampin’ Up! and all the friends I have made and the opportunities that I have had. There is always something exciting around the corner and I can’t wait to share many more ideas and creations with you.
Nov 22, 2009 | Christmas, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
My Holiday Card Class was a big hit this year. I’ll be sharing the cards we made over the next several days. This first card was one that we made at the Stampin’ Up! convention this summer. It uses the Tree Trimmings stamp set and the Sweet Season stamp set.
Stampin’ Up! supplies:
- Kraft card stock
- Very Vanilla card stock
- Garden Green classic ink
- Chocolate Chip classic ink
- Real Red classic ink
- Red Polka Dot ribbon
- Clear Rhinestone brads
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
- Very Vanilla envelope
On a family note…. Kyle heard from Ga Tech and he has been deferred for now. They want to see fall grades and what he has been doing this semester. So we’ll send all that in after Christmas. Darn I was hoping he would get it early. I’m not sure what else they want to see he has good grades, high test scores, etc. I guess he isn’t well-rounded in that he is all academics and nothing else – no sports, no community service, who knows….he’ll have to work on that.
Enjoy your day!
Nov 8, 2009 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Punch Art, Stampin' Up! Events |
This is the cutest little reindeer swap that I got from Rhea Anderson at the Chattanooga Regional. She was a new friend that I met there – it was her first Stampin’ Up! event and she was so excited. This is a little pouch that folds over – on the inside is a slot cut with the modern label punch that she had a piece of candy stuck inside. She used some ribbon to make a handle so it is like a mini little purse.
The punch art reindeer is the cutest. He has a red shiny nose – use crystal effects to get it to shine. And the whole pouch is covered with the shimmery sparkles from the new Shimmer Paint in the Holiday mini. I don’t think it really shows in person but it does in real life. It is just covered in shimmer!
Can you guess how the antlers were created? It is one of our Big Shot Dies – it is the Stampin’ Up! Tulipe Bigz die – she just cut a piece off the die cut image and used it for the antlers – very clever and looks perfect don’t you think?
Thanks Rhea for sharing your creativity with me at the regional and joining us at our table – we enjoyed the day with you!
If you missed my Holiday Card class the other week – you are in luck, I am going to have one more class on Thursday, November 19th at 10:00 AM only (not night class – sorry). I’ll add it to my website calendar and be sending out an email to my email list. This coming Friday I’m having a Holiday BIG SHOT class! We will be making projects using the Big Shot – it should be lots of fun – an email will be coming out for that too.
I had a busy weekend – it was Wendy’s Gift Giving Extravaganza weekend – Wendy is my upline and each year she creates about a dozen projects and opens her house up for all day Friday and Saturday for everyone to come make gifts for the holidays. I hope one year to have something similar but for now I just attend hers. Everyone chooses the projects they want to make and I made three different ones this year. So Friday morning/afternoon I was stamping at Wendy’s house. Then Friday night I had my Stamper’s Club meeting – it was a lot of fun and we made some great projects there including a gift idea which I’ll be sharing later this week. Saturday morning I took Ryan to his soccer game and then went back to Wendy’s house in the afternoon. The best part about going to Wendy’s for this event is that her husband cooks for us! Home made soups and rolls, deserts and more – the food is great – I’m not sure I can get Greg to do that for me. Today I’ve been working on the school years scrapbook pages and tonight we went to dinner with Greg’s brother and mom and just got back. It feels like its after 9 but it was only 7 when we got home. The time change has it dark so early now.
Enjoy what’s left of the day!
Oh – one more thing – someone asked me a question about one of the projects I posted recently and I tried to email a reply but it came back with a bad email. So can you send me the question again with a different email. I forgot which project so if I didn’t reply to you then email me again. Thanks.
Oct 24, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Rub-Ons, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
Yesterday was girls day at the Chattanooga Half-Day Regional. Stampin’ Up! started offering half-day regional events this year – just a little taste of what their larger events are like. Danette met me at my house in the morning and we drove to meet Sue and then headed north – in the POURING RAIN – to Chattanooga. After a few wrong turns in the Chattanooga area we finally found our way to the Convention Center and the parking garage. We grabbed a bite to eat at the sandwich shop inside and ran into Shannon West and Cari Cudney from 
Stampin’ Up!. They were the regional presenters along with Pam Morgan.
Pam started by welcoming us and then showed us a cute little WOW project that we all wanted to make – I’m really planning to make one so I’ll show it when I do. Shannon did a presentation on The Way of Workshops and showed us a handful of different ideas. Carrie showed us Tempting Techniques which I now have to play with too – Crystal Effects Glaze, one with waxed paper (I didn’t hear the name of that one), Faux Alligator/Snake skin, Brushless Watercoloring, and Custom Rainbow pad. Shannon did another presentation on Scrapbooks and Photo Tips. If you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and didn’t get to attend one of the Fall regionals – these three presentations are included in the Front Row Regional DVD.
We saw Workshop Wow presentations from several local demonstrators Susan Barron from Alpharetta, GA; Paige Butler from Chattanooga, TN, Julie Salva, Theresa Clark from Lawrenceville, GA, and Joan Wiemers from Alabama. I hope I spelled all their names correctly. They each had great ideas that they shared with us and I have a whole list of new things to try.
There were prize drawings throughout the afternoon – the odds are good when there are only 100 people in attendance – and guess what – I won a prize! The Autumn Splendor stamp set from the Mini Catalog. I was hoping someone else from our table would win – but not this time.
I met lots of new friends, and talked to some of you who visit my blog – that was exciting! In the parking lot we met Kim from West VA. Then we met Rhea from Louisiana who is a new demo trying to meet new friends. Later we had Diane and Beth from South Carolina come join us at our table.
I’m trying to remember everyone else I talked to – Mandy and Abby, LeAnne, Diane, Susan and more. It was a great time. 
I made only a few swaps on Thursday night – 
it was a the exact design from a card that my sister-in-law had sent me a couple of months ago. I just changed the colors and the Designer Series Paper.
Supply List:
- Out of the Box stamp set (hostess level 1)
- Chit Chat Rub-ons
- Tall Tales Designer Series Paper
- So Saffron card stock and ink
- Chocolate Chip card stock and ink
- Old Olive card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- 1-1/4″ Square Punch
- Paper Piercer and Mat pack
- 1/16″ circle punch
- Earth Element brads
- Old Olive Striped Ribbon
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
I had a few other misc. swaps left from my classes or other events and then I swapped some little bags of tags. I hope everyone that attended had a great time.
We drove back after it ended, stopped and had dinner – I ran into Cari from my stamp club at dinner. Then came home and headed up to the high school to see the end of the football game. Etowah won. I missed the band performance but today I am chaperoning for the competition which we will go to shortly. So I’ll see the show later today again – they are doing such a good job this year. Have a great rest of the day! Thanks for stopping by~
First we made a box using Old Olive card stock with the insert inside to create the different sections. The box is a 6″ x 6″ piece of card stock – scored at 1″ on all four sides. Snip two opposite sides to create tabs and glue to make the box.
h butterfly we added a flower punched from the Trio Flower punch and a silver brad. The butterflies are attached to the tag with pieces of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
