Stampin’ Up! has a limited number of these cute little embossing machines! It would make a perfect gift for your favorite crafter or for yourself! There are two options – purchase by itself for $29.95 or as a bundle with two Stampin’ Up! exclusive embossing folders for $39.95. Watch this video to see how it works –
These are available for a limited time so hurry before they run out. You can find them in my online store – www.monika.stampinup.net –
There is still more to share including a 10 day sale coming soon – I’ll post more soon.
One of the problems with going away is that you loose track of the days and then it takes a few days to get back into a routine. Luckily I checked my calendar Monday night or I would have missed my dentist appointment on Tuesday – I thought I still had another day before I had to go. I still need to go look at all of last week’s creations – I haven’t caught back up since I was gone from Thursday through Sunday for the Getaway Trip. And Monday and Tuesday I was gone to various appointments finally a couple of days at home so I can get myself back together – I don’t like being disorganized – but I really am right now.
On to better things – at least I did remember this! It’s time for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary weekly challenge! This week is a new sketch CCMC221 – and I think this is a good one. I started thinking of lots of different things to do with this sketch but I didn’t have time to implement them all for this challenge. I do plan to go back though and use this one again!
For now I decided to use this one for a 6×6 Halloween Scrapbook Page. I think a My Digital Studio page would be cute too, or a card, or a framed piece, and more…..
Here is my little layout. I actually want to add this to a 12×12 layout and include the rest of my photos but I haven’t had a chance to do that yet nor did I decide what the rest of the layout would look like. I’m headed to a scrapbook crop on Saturday and I may let them do this as a Make ‘n Take project if they visit my table – what do you think?
I had to dig deep for a good Halloween photo – it has been a while since all the boys have dressed up – this may have been the last year that Kyle wore a costume – this is from 2005. He isn’t actually in this group picture but I did get an individual picture of him – that’s part of the reason I want to include this on a larger layout so I can add the boys individual photos that I do have.
Did you see the news about Stampin’ Up! selling some of the stamps individually out of the stamp sets? Well the Happy Halloween that I used on this layout is one of them that you can buy all by its little ol’ self. I’m excited to hear what everyone thinks about the idea. Stampin’ Up! is trying it out on three of the greeting stamp sets and I guess they will evaluate the results towards the end of the year to decide if they want to continue once January gets here.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamps: Seasonal Sayings
Ink: VersaMark
Card Stock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Tangerine Tango Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Houndstooth and Scaringbone Designer Series Paper, Silver Stampin’ Dazzle Marker
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. Have you been enjoying all the holiday creations at the online 2012 Create Class – the final week is here – but it’s not to late to join – there are some really fun projects!
I created this card for my Paper Piercing class but decided that I wanted to also use it for my swap card at Hilton Head. To start off our Stampin’ Up! Hilton Head Getaway Trip a couple of the girls organized a swap for us on Thursday night. There were a bunch of groups – each had 21 swappers – so we brought 21 of the same card and came back with 20 different card swaps. I’ll have to take pictures of the ones I received but for now here is the one that I made.
The card base is Chocolate Chip. The underneath layer is Crumb Cake stamped with the Flowering Flourishes stamp set in Chocolate Chip. The top layer is Baja Breeze – I punched three circles – 1-3/4″, 1-1/4″, 1″ – then I lined up each circle with the matching piercing template from the Essentials Piercing Pack and pierced a circle around each of the punched out circles. The greeting is from Petite Pairs.
I used the Big Shot to cut Crumb Cake flowers using the Floral Fusion Sizzlit – cut two sets and then stack them together like this – 1 large, 1 medium – 1 large, 1 small – 1 medium, 1 small. All the flowers are crumpled and sponged – I used Crumb Cake ink but if you like it darker use the Chocolate Chip. Pierce a hole through the center of each stack and put a little button brad from the Vintage Trinkets through the flowers and then through the card front. Attach the card front to the layered card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
It’s back to reality now that I’m back from the Hilton Head trip. Thank you Stampin’ Up! for a wonderfully relaxing getaway! Now to work on next year!
It’s Friday! And here were we live it’s the last day of school before we have Fall Break. Yep they get a whole week of school next week. When you start school on Aug 1st you are ready for a break by mid September.
Today I wanted to share with you a card I made using the Core’dinations card stock that is in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. At my PAWS downline meeting last weekend I showed everyone a bunch of different ways to use this card stock. Each person made a Core’dinations Technique book and this card that uses several of the techniques we went over.
I used the Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations card stock as the card base. On the front I scored lines and then sanded them (that’s one technique). Then I added a layer of the Early Espresso Core’dinations card stock that was cut with the Top Note die and sanded the edges (that’s another technique). I tied some Cotton Ribbon around it with Linen Thread – it is stamped with the Loving Thoughts stamp set. The final addition is a rose made out of the Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations card stock by tearing it into circle and layering them (that’s a third technique).
Here is a look at the technique book/sampler – I just fanned all the pages out for you to see.
Here is a quick list of the techniques –
12 techniques
Sanding – just sand the card stock
Tearing – tear toward you
Embossing – use embossing folder
Debossing – upside down folder and sand around the debossed image
Distressing – distressing tool on the edge
Scoring – score from the back and then sand
Outlining – secure chipboard to surface, lay over and sand
Label – use non-electric label maker, insert strip type letters, sand (or write in reverse on the back with a pencil or stylus and sand the front)
Antiquing – crumple into a ball, flatten, sand
Corrugating – run through crimper tool, sand
As is – textured side
Punching – use border punches
So on my card above I used #1, #2, and #6. So go play with it and have some fun.
Just a quick post for today showing this pretty fall card using the French Foliage stamp set and the new Core’dinations card stock.
This card was not my idea – but right this minute I can’t find where I got it from. I’m pretty sure I copied it pretty close to the original one that I saw. I thought Pinterest would help me find where I get ideas from but this one I didn’t see on my boards so I’m not sure where it came from now. The card base is Crumb Cake and then a layer of the new Core’dinations card stock in Early Espresso – it was embossed with the new Woodgrain Embossing folder! And then I sanded it just a bit more – it really looks like wood! The stamped piece used French Foliage and I used the Rock ‘n’ Roll technique on the leaves – so ink in one color and then roll the edges in another – so on here I have More Mustard with Cherry Cobbler, and then Cherry Cobbler with Early Espresso.
Lots to do today – tonight Cindy and I are having an intro class for My Digital Studio 2! It’s going to be fun. I’m making little cupcakes and picks to go in them like I had at my Getaway Party. Oh speaking of which I got a UPS notice that I have a package coming from the company that organizes the Stampin’ Up! incentive trips. That must mean something is coming for the Getaway Trip that I get to go at the end of this month! Now to patiently wait until UPS delivers it on Monday! I wonder what it will be? And if you happen to know – don’t tell me I want to be surprised!
Are you ready? I made another video! This was a fun technique that I taught at my Hands-On class last month. The class was all about Baker’s Twine and different ways to use it. In this video I’m going to show you how I used Baker’s Twine to make a cool stamp! I’m still learning how to create videos so sorry for the shadow puppets at the beginning, and for moving off the screen a couple of times. Hopefully you can hear me better – I tried to talk louder – that was the most common comment from my first video. I learn something new every time!
Here is the card that I’ll be showing you. You can see the original post for this card HERE.
I hope you enjoy the video and this fun technique!
Let me know what you think. Could you hear me better?
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