Mar 7, 2009 | family, Good Friend, Stamper's Club |
I had hope to get a post out earlier today but Ryan had a soccer game over near Roswell. It was a good game that ended in a tie of 0-0. One key play was when the other team was trying to score and got the ball past our goalie. With two of their players and the ball approaching the goal Ryan came in from the side and somehow kicked the ball out and saved the goal. But as a result he fell and must have hit his head pretty hard (he said later it hit the ground). He stood up after the play ended but immediately fell back to the ground. The ref and the coach ran over to him and I watched from the side line. He got up and the coach walked him off the field – always a good thing when they walk of the field. I wasn’t sure he was going to go back in but with about 5 minutes left in the game the coach put him back in and he did play. As a mom it can be hard to wait on the sidelines when your child gets hurt. But with Ryan being the youngest I had already learned with the other boys it is better for you to wait. If it is bad enough that they need you the coach will tell you to come over. Otherwise it is best to wait and let them take care of it. So I’m keeping an eye on him this afternoon but he seems to be fine – I guess he has a hard head. Ok on to a stamping project……
Last night was my Stamper’s Club meeting. This was our second meeting for this group and I have a couple of different things going on in the club. First we have what I call an on-going project. At the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference we made the cutest box as one of our Make-n-take projects and then made other items to go inside. I decided to take this project and use it for my Stamper’s Club but I’m going to add to it. So at our first meeting we made the
box and at each subsequent meeting we’ll making something to go in the box. This month we made a small box of tags. All the projects are using coordinating products including Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper, Good Friend stamp set, and So Tweet Chipboard. The color scheme is from the Stampin’ Up! Retro Fresh Style Watch – see it on page 10 & 11 in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book. Next month we’ll add something else to the box.
I’m off to make swaps for our STARZ group meeting tonight. I’ll tell you more about the Stamper’s Club later. Have a great weekend and enjoy the weather here.
Happy Stamping!
Monika
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www.monika.stampinup.net
Mar 4, 2009 | class, family, Game Night |
I came home yesterday afternoon and found these beautiful flowers on my front porch. They are from my sister-in-law, Stephanie. Her note said “Congratulations, You’re the Best!”
She is my biggest cheerleader when it comes to Stampin’ Up! and I told her right away that I won the class contest. She was the one that encouraged me to enter the first time and helped me make the little game night boxes that I took to the leadership conference.
The little boxes will be one of the projects that we are making in my Game Night Class on Wednesday, March 11th. I hope you can join me. It will be a fun night with stamping, games, and prizes. You can find the information below and on my website. Please send me an email if you would like to attend.
Make sure you check back here tomorrow I will be posting my March Class-To-Go Kit. I finished the design yesterday and love how it turned out.
GAME NIGHT CLASS
When: Wednesday, March 11th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
It’s GAME NIGHT!
Come join me for my special class.
I submitted this class idea to Stampin’ Up! and won the January class contest!
And now I hope you will join me as we make these fun projects featuring the new Game Night stamp set and Jackpot Designer Series paper.
And we can’t have a game night without playing a game…so we will play Pokeeno throughout the class (don’t worry if you haven’t played it is super easy)
and I’ll have a PRIZES to give away. It should be a fun evening!
Here are the details:
Class fee is $20. You will receive $10 off with a $50 product order.
Please bring Snail adhesive (or one of your choosing and if you don’t have any you can order it here from me), paper snips and a bone folder if you have it.
RSVP by March 7th.
We’ll be making the projects that I submitted to Stampin’ Up! (the box with pad, pencil, cards inside, coasters, and a card) – and a surprise project not shown, plus play Pokeeno for PRIZES and I’ll have a light snack.
I hope you will join me!
Monika
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www.monika.stampinup.net
Mar 1, 2009 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2009, Stamps |
Stampin’ Up! has several new products available beginning today, March 1st.
First is the Stampin’ Up! exclusive Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die. It is shown on page 202 in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book. It is designed to coordinate with our Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set and creates an elegant, embossed card front image. This would make beautiful Wedding invitations or thank yous. This was demonstrated at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando in January and a few demonstrators won this as a prize! This is going to be a popular item – I think everyone in the room wanted one. It is item # 114517 for $7.95.
SU Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die
Next are some stamp sets with Easter images. These will also appear in the Occasions Mini Catalog that begins April 1st. Click here to view theses pages from the Occasions Mini Catalog. Here are the sets available beginning today – March 1st:
Eight Great Greetings #113822 $27.95
(also available in a French and Spanish version)
Eight Great Greetings
An Egg-cellent Easter #113196 $21.95
An Egg-cellent Easter
Egg Hunt Stampin’ Around Wheel #113833 $6.50
Egg Hunt Wheel
Wagon Full of Fun #113262 $34.95
Wagon Full of Fun
If you would like to order any of these products please contact me by email at [email protected] or visit my website at www.monika.stampinup.net and click on the SHOP NOW button to order online any time you want.
Our snow has turned to mostly rain now so no pictures to share. Many places around us have snow on the ground just not here at our house. The temperature is getting close to freezing though so we will likely end up with lots of ice by morning since it has been raining here since Friday morning. By the way the soccer tournament that Ryan was supposed to play in this weekend – thankfully was cancelled! They said it was the first time in the 19 year history of this tournament that they had to cancel. It would have been miserable for the kids to play this weekend.
Stay warm and dry!
Monika
Feb 28, 2009 | Best Wishes & More, Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, Stamps |
I Love You 365…
This is one of the 2-page 12×12 spreads we made at my Wednesday night scrapbook class. These pages use the Best Wishes & More stamp set that demonstrators received at the Stampin’ Up! Orlando Regional Conference – it is on page 55 of the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book. The idea for this page was based on a single 8×8 page in one of the Stampin’ Up! publications. I expanded it into two 12×12 pages. Colors used are Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, and So Saffron. We used both the Big Shot machine and the new Circle Scissor Plus to make thes pages.
Enjoy!
Monika
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Feb 27, 2009 | Big Shot, Celebrate Everything, Sale-A-Bration 2009, Scrapbook Pages, Stamps |
Hi everyone on this rainy Friday (at least where I am it is rainy). At my scrapbook class on Wednesday night we did a bonus 12×12 page using some of the Sale-A-Bration items. I found this page idea on Splitcoast Stampers and changed a few things on it but the layout was basically the same as the one from the original designer. Like I said yesterday sometimes your final project turns out to look totally different from your inspiration and other times it looks much the same. Here is my 12 x 12 page:
SAB Celebrate Page
The colors come directly from Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. The colors are Sahara Sand, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and I used Whisper White. I used the stamp set Polka Dot Punches and also the ribbon from the Ribbon Bundle. I cut out a Top-Note with my Big Shot machine and also used the Stampin’ Up! Little Leaves Embosslit. I stamped the title in Basic Grey ink using the stamp set Celebrate Everything (page 132 in the Spring-Summer 09 Idea Book). This set is great because you have so many choices – there are 7 different words to pair up with the word Celebrate so you can use it from many different things. I used a Bashful Blue brad in the center of the flower. Punches used that coordinate with the Polka Dot Punches stamp set are the Scallop Circle Punch and the 5-Petal Flower Punch. I hope you like it – I think this page could be used for many different things including wedding, baby, Easter and more.
Happy Stamping!
Monika
Feb 24, 2009 | Party Hearty, Punch Art |
At my Fun With Punches class we not only enjoyed stamping the projects I had planned but also talked about other ideas and things to try with punches. While working with the accordian flower (see earlier post) a thought occurred to me. Actually I had my accordian all folded up and my finger slipped and it popped loose – and what did I think of – a Jack-in-the Box! What if I created the accordian put it inside a box and added a punched clown face to the top. So an idea sprang out and of course I had to play with it. So I came up with a box – basically a 2-4-6-8 box that I scored and cut to create a lid. And then to create the clown face – with punches of course – and bright colors. Then to work on the accordian and the mechanics of it. Well that part took the longest because it wouldn’t pop the way I wanted – I shorten the accordian, made it wider, attached it in different places in the bottom of the box – this little clown wasn’t going to win the battle – he was going to pop. So finally I could get him to pop sort of how I wanted but I had to make it happen more than once – and I finally did – I decided it had more to do with how I put him in the box than anything. And after working a long time on this decided it would NOT be a project to do in a class but I will share it here in case you want to tackle this on your own – I was good with the creative part, but didn’t want to spend more time on the mechanics of it – but maybe someone else does. So here is the box closed:
Clown Box closed
You pull up on the little tab (punched with the Word Window Punch) to lift the top and …..
POP!
Clown Box open
Colors used are Real Red, Summer Sun, Green Galore, and white and black.
Stamp set is Party Hearty.
Punches used are Scallop Circle, 1-1/4″ Circle, 1/2″ Circle, 1/4″ circle, Heart to Heart Punch. I clipped inbetween the scallops on the clown face. Added accents with the Gel Pen for the eyes and nose. Mouth was drawn with a black marker.
The accordian strip on the inside is 1″ wide and 7-1/2″ long and scored every 1/2″ and attached in the center of the box with sticky strip and the back of the clown a dimensional.
The box is a 2-4-6-8 box. Start with card stock that is 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″. Score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″. On the other side score at 1″, 3″, and 5″. Then you have to imagine the box and where the lid would be and cut away the extra squares – leaving the two sides with a 1/2″ strip for the flaps on the lid. I cut each of the flaps onthe lid at and angle so the box would close easily. I hope that makes sense.
Have fun and let me know if you give it a try!
Monika
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www.monika.stampinup.net
