Feb 3, 2011 | Blog Candy, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, SU Ribbon, Thank You Kindly |
Today is my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary! I was officially a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator on Feb. 3rd, 2006. I have completed 5 years and I have loved every minute. I also just passed my blog-a-versary (is there such a word?) – I started my blog Jan. 20th, 2009 – two years of blogging! I had a couple of things planned for my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary but I think I need something for my blog-a-versary too – don’t you? What should it be? Let me think on that while I tell you about what else I have planned this month.
Oh but first here is the card that I used as my Make&Take project for my first ever workshop!
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I can’t believe I found the pictures but I actually had a folder called February 2006 and there it was. Along with two or three other projects. Now lets move on to February 2011 – here is what I have going on…..
First I am planning a SAMPLE SALE all month long. I’ll be cleaning out all my samples that I have made and collected for the last five years. So when you come to my house this month you can shop the sample sale – there will be cards, card fronts, 3-Ds and gifts. I may even have some class kits – with all the consumables cut and you can finish how you want.
Second – how about some Bingo? For the month of February you will earn a Bingo card for every $50 your order from me and in March we will play Bingo to win prizes. You’ll want to check my blog (or sign up for daily updates) so that you can see the Bingo pieces that get called. I’ll send out more details and instructions at the end of February along with your earned Bingo cards.
Check out my February Ribbon Share – that includes Free ribbon and buttons from the Sale-A-Bration Ice Cream Parlor pack.
February 2011 Ribbon Share
Here are the details for this month’s ribbon share.
1/2” Seam Binding Ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog
You will receive approximately 2 yards each of Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke,
Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, and Rose Red 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon.
Plus three Vanilla Rosettes – one in each size.
And since it is Sale-A-Bration you will also get for FREE –
3 yards of Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon and 3 Ice Cream Parlor buttons – one in each color.
How Much? $13
Prepay by February 15th.
Orders will be placed after this date and it will all be ready for you by the end of the month.
If you need the ribbon share mailed to you there will be an additional cost for that.
Email me today if you would like to participate – monikastamp@comcast.net.
Well let’s get back to my Blog-a-versary – I think it would be appropriate to give away some Blog Candy. I’ll be giving away the stamp set Thank You Kindly to one lucky blog visitor – my way to say Thank You for supporting my blog. To enter into the drawing for my Blog-a-versary Blog Candy please leave a comment on this post between now and Wednesday, February 9th – midnight EST. I will draw a winner and post it on my blog after the 10th.
Thanks so much for visiting!
Jun 20, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, My Digital Studio, Tags, Thank You Kindly |
One of the specialty Designer Series paper packs that Stampin’ Up! had in this catalog was the Write Stuff Specialty pack – it was one that I really liked the paper that was included but wasn’t always sure what I wanted to do with all the die-cut elements that were included. Well I finally figured out what to do with them. Look here…..
I made them into tags!
I cut a few of the bigger ones in half. I used the Thank You Kindly stamp set and stamped them. Then added some of the die cut butterflies and one of the larger ones has the two-step bird on it. These were actually left over die-cut pieces from another project.
I use these on my orders – tie them to the bag as a little thank you! I know everyone loves the tags that I add and they just make a really nice touch to each order. The Write Stuff Specialty Designer Series pa
per is on the retired list right now so if you want to order a pack go to my online store and order today. Or you have another option – download the digital set for My Digital Studio. Then you can print out what ever you need when you need and add the “Thank You” using My Digital Studio before you print. You’ll need to cut or punch out the shapes once you print it on your card stock. Here is an example of some I made real quick just now in MDS – it took just a couple of minutes – after they are printed then add the butterflies and punch the holes.
To order this digital kit – the item number is #120881 for $9.95. It includes all the papers and the die cut images from the real kit.
Have a great weekend!
Mar 24, 2010 | Big Shot, Demonstrator, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Thank You Kindly |
I saw this idea on the new Stampin’ Connection site. This wonderful new resource is for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators – a place where we can share ideas, post questions and discuss things, share videos and more. I think it is a great new addition to everything that Stampin’ Up! offers its demonstrators. I’m looking for new team members to join so ask me if you are interested and I’ll answer your questions – this is a wonderful company to be a part of and I’d love to have you join me!
So on to this cute little project I saw – Butterfly Notes!
We made these in my class last week – aren’t they the cutest – attach them to your purse and you’ll have a little piece of paper ready when ever you need it.
The butterflies are cut using the Big Shot Die Cut Machine and the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Butterflies die. For each one I cut two pieces of heavy cardboard – I used the pieces that come with the Decor Elements – then I cut 4 pieces of Designer Series Paper – the paper that I used is from the Welcome Neighbor 6×6 pack that you can get for free in the Sale-A-Bration brochure (HURRY it ends March 31st). Then I cut a bunch of printer paper to create the pages in between.
The Designer Paper is attached to the cardboard with the Anywhere Glue Stick. Then I sponged the edges with the same ink that matched my designer paper. I used the Crop-A-Dile to punch the holes and put a book ring through.
I like the monogram idea that I saw on the other samples from the demonstrators on Stampin’ Connection so I did the same thing. This set is the Lovely Letters stamp set. Stamp in Soft Suede – punched with the circle punch and backed with a Soft Suede circle. I added a matching Rhinestone Brad.
I also used the Thank You Kindly Stamp set to get the “a note” from one of those stamps. Last time a little bit of ribbon on the ring. They turned out cute. Hope you like them.
There are several other Big Shot dies that would work to make little notepads – give it a try! This would be cute little thank yous for your child’s teachers.
Jan 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, Create with Connie & Julie, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, SU Ribbon, Thank You, Thank You Kindly |
So today I took a break from Valentines – well actually I did a Valentine project this morning but I’ll be posting that one on Wednesday – make sure to come back. But this afternoon I worked on a non-Valentine’s project. I also tried another sketch challenge – called Mojo Monday. I see this mentioned all the time in our yahoo groups where we share our projects but I haven’t tried it before. So this is my first Mojo Monday sketch attempt….here is the sketch
and here is my card….
instead of the brads I used a greeting in that spot.
I used four new Stampin’ Up! products: the Garden from the Heart stamp set, Satin Ribbon, and the Scallop Trim Border Punch, and the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack. All of these are available to order beginning tomorrow – January 5th.
Here is a complete list of Stampin’ Up! products that I used for this card:
- Garden from the Heart stamp set (Occasions Mini Catalog 2010)
- Thank You Kindly stamp set
- Taken with Teal card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Pumpkin Pie card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Black StazOn ink
- Watercolor Wonder Crayons: Earth Elements, Rich Regals
- Aqua painter
- Big Shot die cut machine
- Scallop Circle #2 die
- Circle Scissor Plus and Glass mat
- Scallop Trim Border Punch (Sale-A-Bration 2010)
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack (Occasions Mini Catalog 2010)
- Chocolate Chip satin ribbon (Occasions Mini Catalog 2010)
- Linen Thread
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
I’m going to like this new gardening set. And I do have it in the new Clear-Mount version which worked so nicely on the new Stampin’ Up! Clear blocks. I cut the white circle first and then stamped the image – it was easy to position on the circle with the Clear-Mount option. Happy Stampin’!
Thanks for stopping by!
Join me for Create with Connie & Julie – sign up today! This week we are giving away Free passes to the class – each team member has a different day that they are giving away a free pass so make sure to visit each day to see who is giving away a pass. Just a hint – you really should stop by my blog on Wednesday…..
Jul 30, 2009 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, In Colors, Stamps, Thank You Kindly |
Earlier this month I went to my upline’s group meeting and we had a card swap. Over the next few days I’ll be sharing some of those swap cards with you. Here is the first one:
This card was designed by Cindy Schuster. This card has a lot of elements that I love – the Baroque Motif swirl, the die cut butterfly, and right now my favorite of the new In-Colors is Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede.
Supplies used:
- Rich Razzleberry card stock
- Soft Suede card stock
- Old Olive card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Medium Window Sheet
- Soft Suede classic ink
- Old Olive classic ink
- Baroque Motif stamp set
- Thank You Kindly stamp set
- Scallop Edge Punch
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine
- SU Beautiful Butterflies die
- SU Texture Plates Backgrounds 1
- Vintage Brads
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
I love this card and think Cindy did a great job. You can visit her blog at http://nutmegcreations.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend. We are headed to the State USTA junior tennis finals.
Apr 21, 2009 | class, Heartfelt Thanks, Stamps, Thank You Kindly |
On Friday I had my monthly class and it was called Get Connected Notes Class – we made two projects one I designed as a box set that you could have sitting on your desk ready to go whenever you needed to connect with friends or family by sending them a note. I used the Bella Rose Designer Series Paper and the coordinating colors and pulled out an old stamp set that I hadn’t used in a while – Heartfelt Thanks. It is a beautiful 2-step stampin’ set. Everyone made the box, four cards with matching envelopes – there were two different styles, a bookmark and a beaded pen. This project would also be a perfect gift for a teacher – I’ve seen many discussions on what to give and not give teachers. It seemed the most popular gift that teachers want is note cards or thank you cards – something consumable. So this idea is perfect! My kids only have about 6 more weeks of school left for this year – it is unbelievable how fast time goes by!
