Mar 5, 2013 | Birthday, Cards, Masculine |
Have you seen the Hey Dude kit made just for men? It was introduced during the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference. It’s a manly kit designed to help out the guys in our life to make cards for us of course. Well I have a house full of guys and figured this was just what I needed to get for them. So I did.
It arrived at least a month ago (before Valentine’s Day) and I put it out for them to explore and use. Well Valentine’s Day came and went – and I said to them – why didn’t you make me a card? They all looked at me like what in the world was I talking about. I said I got you this kit from Stampin’ Up! – Dude! You’re Welcome – it has everything you need to make me a card. Greg says – yeah I opened it – I looked at it and I closed it back up. I didn’t know I was supposed to make a card with it. This would be a good place to use the stamp that says this “#%&@!” – sigh – it didn’t work like I had planned. But now they know how I feel about it and what they should be doing with it and it just so happens that my birthday is today! And I was gone all day Saturday so there was time for them to use the kit without me even knowing about – yes the opportunity to surprise me. And yes this time – Tyler came through – he got out the kit while I was gone on Saturday and put it to use to make my birthday card. And here is the result –
Tyler looked through my stamps for a birthday stamp since the kit didn’t include one that specifically said that. He found Easy Events and used the cupcake from that – it’s stamped in Island Indigo ink – that is what was lying on my craft table.
From the Dude Kit he used what looks to be 4 different postcard pieces – on the base one he used the edge of the Special Occasion stamp and the Basic Gray ink to stamp several times. And then he cut pieces of the other cards and layered them on.
That was my birthday card from the boys! Tyler even cleaned and put away the stamps too!
We actually celebrated my birthday Sunday evening so Kyle could come and join us. I love to have all of the boys with me! Dinner was great – a ton of food though – we took most of it home to eat as leftovers. And my favorite Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream from Bruesters!
I have been home all day today doing mostly nothing – keeping up with birthday messages from Facebook friends, and playing a little in my craft room. Tonight I’ll go to Panera for the My Digital Studio digi crop with the girls.
Thank you for all my birthday wishes!
Mar 2, 2013 | Best Of 25 Years |
For Stampin’ Up!s 25-year anniversary, they are bringing back some of your favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and combining them into 12 sets which will release – one set per month – during 2013. Even better, along with some great classic images each “Best of” set will also include a never-before seen image!
Hang on to your 25-year proof of purchase sticker, and adhere it to your Stampin’ Up! Collectors card. For every six Best of sets you buy, you can send in your collector’s card for a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95!
The Best of Sets will be available until March 31, 2014 – and the free sets must be redeemed by April 30, 2014.
The March set is here and it is a Flower theme! Item # 133342 Best of Flowers $14.95 – clear-mount
So do you remember any of these stamps – I know two of them – one is new and the other I don’t remember – I’ll have to see if I can find it.
Hydrangea – Stipple Hydrangea set in 2002-2003 catalog
Daisies – Upsy Daisy stamp set
Roses – Gentler Times stamp set in the 2005-2006 catalog
Single Daisy is new and coordinates with the 1-1/4″ Scallop Circle punch
Flowers mean spring is coming! Yeah! And I know it is coming because yesterday the bluebirds started building a nest in one of the bird houses. They were busy all day. But we still have a cold weekend ahead of us. I took some pictures and will get those posted soon.
You can order the Best of stamp sets on my website www.monika.stampinup.net – or contact me to place the order for you.
January – Best of Birthdays #132929
February Best of Love #132987
Mar 1, 2013 | Paper Pumpkin |
To get started this month be sure to join by March 10th!
Sweep away the mundane-your creativity carriage awaits!
I’m Paper Pumpkin . . .
I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage).
I’ll help you to escape your life with some paper fun.
I come in a sweet box, but you’ll really love what you find on the inside:
Each month a unique, surprise kit arrives at your door to create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more! All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories will be included. (We’ve even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!) All you need is adhesive. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month!
Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone (even you) can enjoy!
$19.95 per month (shipping included)
Here’s How to Get Started
Contact me [email protected] and I’ll do the sign up for you or sign up yourself by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com and click Get it (join here).
- Enter the quantity – 1 (or more than one if you want more).
- Enter all of your shipping information.
- Enter your payment information.
- Select No when it asks if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator (if you are you can answer yes but otherwise answer no.)
- Next it will ask if you have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator (that’s me) – select YES and then fill in my name – MONIKA DAVIS – and WOODSTOCK, GA. Then find me in the list.
- After you finish you will get a Welcome email and it will ask you to set up a password for your account.
- You can come back into your account and make any updates, skip a month or cancel. After you sign up send me an email ([email protected]).
Of course, you’ll want to know more. So here’s the nitty gritty:
- We will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month. That’s when your card gets charged.
- You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month’s kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let’s say you sign up on May 10th, we’ll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, we’ll send your first kit around June 15th.)
- A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!)
- There’s no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.
A Free Gift in Your Very First Kit
The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic block!
Feb 28, 2013 | Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Uncategorized |
Can you believe that March is about to be here? Where did February go? I think it just went poof! If time flies when you are having fun then I must be having a whole lot of FUN! And today I have a cute little creation to get you all ready for St. Patrick’s Day which will be here any minute. This week at Create with Connie & Mary we were issued a sketch challenge! What to do. What to do. Here is the sketch for this week and once you see my card you will see that you can use this sketch for anything.
I finally decided since March got here so fast if I was going to do a St. Patrick’s Day card I better go ahead and get it done for my Card Maker’s class this week because when I have the next one it will be too late. So that was the direction I went – on a search for ideas for St. Patrick’s Day.
Here are the details on this card –
- card base is Crumb Cake – stamp the greeting in the lower right corner
- Stamp the clover image on Whisper White card stock and punch out with the 1″ square punch
- Color the clovers with a Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write Marker
- punch from Lucky Limeade card stock with the Postage Stamp punch
- Tie Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine around the front of the card and tie in a bow.
- Layer the clovers on the stamps and add to the card with stampin’ dimensionals
- And the final touch is a little bit of sparkle – I used Dazzling Details on each clover.
- Now you have something to make for St. Patrick’s Day!
Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. I hope you will play along. Every week the top 3 are announced from each challenge – maybe this week it will be you!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Every Little Bit
- Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write Marker
- Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
- Accessories: Postage Stamp punch, 1″ Square punch, Dazzling Details, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
And guess what – I have BONUS Card! Yep I actually made another card with this sketch- using practically the same supplies. Instead of the postage stamp punch I used the Peekaboo Frames Bigz L Die. And I added a few more colors.
This is my attempt at trying to encourage spring to get here – we are having lots of rain, and I really want the sun, which should bring the flowers and the bees to pollinate everything….come on spring get here faster!
I hope you like this sketch!
Feb 27, 2013 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Spring Catalog 2013 |
Stampin’ Up! now has dresses! Paper dresses that is! The new All Dressed Up collection is all ready for you to play.
I used the Dress Up Framelits from the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog to create these cute little dresses. This Saturday I’m going to have a vendor table at the BUMC Scrapbook Crop and if you plan to attend be sure to stop by so you can make your very own cute little dress! I’ll have these available as Make&Takes at my table.
I used various Designer Series papers to create them – just cut the paper with the framelits. For the dress form I just cut it out of Crumb Cake card stock. Then I just decorated them in slightly different ways – the ones shown in this picture used the following to dress them up
- Basic Rhinestone Jewels
- Basic Pearls
- Baker’s Twine
- Seam Binding
- 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon
- 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon
- Itty Bitty Punch Shapes
- Mini Silver Brads
- Satiny Ribbon from the Sycamore Street pack
These are just a few ways to dress these up – there are many other things you could do. Fun!
Which one is your favorite? Mine is the Pool Party dress.
