Sep 19, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, D is for Dog, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
This last week we went to stamp with the families at the Ronald McDonald House. We have a small group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators that go once a month. We each take turns designing a card and this month was my turn. I decided to do something with dogs and cats since I was already working on pet projects for my regular monthly class which was also this week. When designing for RMH we try to keep it fairly simply, usually one color of ink and want it to be easy for everyone to make something of their very own. I designed two cards using the same supplies but two different stamp sets – D is for Dog and C is for Cat. Everything was the same color of card stock, designer paper and ribbon – Brocade Blue and the ink was all Chocolate Chip.
I used the same idea for cards in my pet class so I’ll give you a few more details in another post and show you those.
Now I want to show you some of the kids and families that we met and show you their creations.
We met a young girl – I think about 13 years old and her mother. We were so excited for her to join us because last month she would only watch from a distance. This month she sat at the table and we helped her make her very own card. I did not get a picture of her this time but I hope to see her again next month.
Then we met Hunter – I believe he was 8 years old. He was our high energy creative little guy for the evening. He and his mom both stamped with us and Hunter talked and showed us his creativity. If you read Hunter’s story and where he was just a few months ago you would be amazed at his progress! Here is a link to his CaringBridge site – http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/hunterdenny
If you have a minute read his story, sign his guest book and send some prayers. This is Hunter when we were at RMHC this week.
Hunter had fun with the stamps on his envelope he decided to stamp the fish and the cat chasing the fish and the dog chasing the cat.
I’m so glad we were able to provide a fun evening activity for Hunter and his mom. She had fun stamping too!
Then we met Jessie (I think that is her name). She was about 5 years old and finally made it over to us at the end of the evening. 
She was in a wheel chair and is supposed to still be there when we come next month so we are hoping to see her again.
Hunter should be headed back home before we come back. So we won’t get to see him again. The cards that the kids didn’t make were put together by the rest of us and left for Cari the house manager.
If you would like to learn more about the Ronald McDonald house here is a link to the Atlanta site – http://www.armhc.org/aboutus.html We are volunteering at the Peachtree Dunwoody house. If you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like to join us please contact me. If you don’t live near me contact Stampin’ Up! to find the house near you and a group of demonstrators that you can join. I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed doing this once a month. It is so fun to see the joy on their faces when they have made a card. And they spend time figuring out who to send them too. One of them this month was going as a thank you to the family that was caring for their dog while they were here at the RMH. The families that stay here are not local – they come from other parts of Georgia and other states too.
That’s this months review of the Ronald McDonald House visit. I’m going to try to include this each month that I go.
Let’s play 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 #10 –the Alphabet from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
We have some players that are close – will there be a winner today??
Sep 18, 2010 | Bingo, Season of Friendship |
I had a very busy Friday so I’ve decided to post only my Bingo piece for today. I’ll have lots of fun things to share this week so be sure to check back with me.
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 #9 –the snowflake from the Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
There seems to be a winner about this time – I wonder if anyone will have Bingo today?
Sep 17, 2010 | All in the Family, Bingo, Halloween, Punch Art |
Yesterday I showed you the cute little fancy favor box that I made for my Halloween class. Well another thing that fits nicely inside that box is 3×3 cards! So I created some of those for the class too.
I have been seeing a lot of people use our new Owl Punch to create punch art for Halloween. All different little owl costumes and characters so I decided to use some of those ideas to decorate the front of my 3×3 cards.
I used the color scheme from the Wicked Fun Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! – Basic Black, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, and Cajun Craze. For each card I cut a Basic Black piece and then a piece of the Designer Series Paper for the front. Then I used my Owl Punch to create my characters for the front of the cards – the Ghost, the Owl, and the Bat. The wings from the bat are actually the Bat Punch tucked behind the owl Punch. Here are some close ups….
They were fun little critters to make for Halloween.
Now it’s our daily dose of 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 #8 –the soccer ball from the Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Is anyone close to Bingo – 4 in row or do we have a Bingo winner today?
Sep 14, 2010 | Bingo, Charming, Tags, UDI Color Challenge |
There is a new weekly Color Challenge over at the Utah Diva’s International Blog and this is week #1. Here is the color inspiration we got for this week from Gretchen –
Some pretty colors don’t you think? Apparently I have been using a lot of Pear Pizzazz because I’m almost completely out – down to one 1/2 sheet of card stock which nearly left me in a bind with trying to complete this color challenge. But I figured it out and used my time wisely too. I needed to make some more little tags and decided that I would use this color challenge for the inspiration for this batch of tags.
I used the colors in the challenge plus Whisper White. I created a handful of tags which will go on some of my orders this week. 
In the close up of the tag you can see it little bit better what I did. I used 4 different sized circle punches – the new 2-1/2″ circle, 1-3/4″ circle, 1-3/8″ circle and the 1-1/4″ circle.
The flowers are from the Charming stamp set and I used my Stampin’ Write Markers to color the stamp with Pear Pizzazz (see that’s where I got it in without using any of my card stock), Pretty in Pink and Rich Razzleberry. The Early Espresso is one of the circles and the stamped “thank you” which came from the Because I Care stamp set. I also sponged the edges of the Crumb Cake circle with it. The layout for this tag was based on another one that I made over the weekend for my Halloween class and Downline meeting. I’ll show that one later this week. I probably could have added some shimmer or glitter to these flowers too and then they would have sparkled – but too late now.
I do have to tell you though that I am not usually a glitter/bling girl but earlier in the summer I bought a shirt that that had some little rhinestone things on it. So I have it on today and I keep thinking I have something stuck on my shirt – like food or something – I’ve already picked off two rhinestones not thinking that they were supposed to be there – ugh… how do I make myself stop?
Anyway – back to the topic at hand….. to see the other ideas that the UDI Color Challenge team came up with for the beautiful color combination visit the blog – click here. You can create a creation too and play along with us – linking instructions are on the UDI blog.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Rich Razzleberry,Whisper White
- Ink: Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write markers: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink
- Stamp sets: Charming, Because I Care
- 2-1/2″ Circle punch, 1-3/4″ Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch, 1-1/4″ Circle Punch, 1/16″ Circle Punch
- Stampin’ Sponges, white crochet thread
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
And now it’s time for Monika’s Blog 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.
Tyler drew the Bingo piece for me this time and this is what he got:
Here is piece #5 –the small flower from Because I Care hostess stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Have Fun and Good Luck!
Sep 13, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Charming, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Inspired by Nature, Punch Art |
Today’s card uses the Owl Punch – I just love that Owl punch! – and the Word Play stamp set. I created another card earlier using the same to items and basically the same colors – you can see it here. I needed another card using the Owl punch from Stampin’ Up! but didn’t want to use the same one so I came up with another one. Here it is:
We made this one in my card clubs the last couple of weeks. The colors are the Stampin’ Up! In Colors – Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait.
I wanted a matching envelope but since the card was basically all punched I wasn’t sure what to do to decorate the envelope. I finally decided to use the grass from Inspired by Nature and then added the little butterfly from Charming – it gave it an outdoor look to go along with my owl.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Chocolate Chip
- Stamp sets: Word Play, Inspired by Nature, Charming
- In Color Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper
- Owl Punch, 2-step Bird Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
- Stampin’ Sponges, 2-way glue pen
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 #4 –the words “hand crafted” from the Tiny Tags stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Have Fun!
Aug 19, 2010 | All in the Family, Bingo, Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
Tuesday night a small group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators went to the Ronald McDonald House to stamp cards with the house guests. We go once a month and each of us take turns designing and preparing a card for everyone to make. This month Joyce designed the card.
This month the card featured the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the new 1/8″ ribbon. I asked if I could take pictures of everyone making their cards. The kids are always so proud of their creations. We get kids of all ages and sometimes parents too. Both the boys and the girls come stamp with us. Here are some pictures of us from Tuesday night.
This month Joyce, Jenn (the Stampin’ Up! team leader for this house), myself and a new volunteer, Linda, met at the house.
Cari Olson the House Manager at the Peachtree Dunwoody House took some time when we were done to show us a new video story about the Ronald McDonald House and one of the families that stays there. It is the story of Elsie – I hope you will watch it.
Ronald McDonald House Video Story
Elsie stays at the house we volunteer at and while I haven’t personally seen her we told Cari to call us and we would plan a special stamping day for her because she loves to do crafts. We only visit once a month but maybe with more Stampin’ Up! volunteers we can do this twice a month. If you’d like to volunteer with us let me know and I’ll pass your information onto Jenn – the Stampin’ Up! team leader for this house.
Here is a link to the website for the Atlanta Ronald McDonald House charities – CLICK HERE. Stampin’ Up! is a National Sponsor of the Ronald McDonald House charities. Stampin’ Up! donates $100,000 annually, each year they design an exclusive stamp set and a portion of the sales are donated, they donate items to houses in the cities where events are held, and they facilitate the program that allows demonstrators to volunteer at the houses by bringing stamping to the families.
It’s BINGO TIME! Today we are starting Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. The players have been finalized and all Bingo Cards were emailed out yesterday so we are ready to play. If you missed getting into Round 1 before it filled you can sign up for a future round – Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #1 – the cat image from the All in the Family stamp set (in Peach Parfait).
Have a great day!
I used the same idea for cards in my pet class so I’ll give you a few more details in another post and show you those.
Hunter had fun with the stamps on his envelope he decided to stamp the fish and the cat chasing the fish and the dog chasing the cat.
She was in a wheel chair and is supposed to still be there when we come next month so we are hoping to see her again.
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.
We have some players that are close – will there be a winner today??
