My March Demonstrator Meeting was a ton of fun. I wanted to share with you the swaps from our meeting – our theme was Easter, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
Anne's Swap
Christine's Swap
Cindy's Swap
Diane's Swap
Fran's Swap
LaRee's Swap
Leishman's Swap
Lisa's Swap
Monika's Swap - and matching envelope made with the Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate
I hope you enjoyed all these ideas.
My next scrapbook class is this FRIDAY! If you would like to attend please RSVP so I can have materials ready for you.
March 2012 – Scrapbook Class Reminder
Come join me on Friday for Scrapbooking Class!
This layout was from my February Class.
We will be making two new 2-page layouts this month.
Scrapbook Class
Friday, March 23rd
at 10AM and 7PM– Scrapbook Class
Come join me for my scrapbook class this week.
We are making two 2-page 12×12 layouts.
The class fee is $20.
Please bring snail adhesive and paper snips.
RSVP by Wed. night so I can have materials ready for you.
RSVP directly from the events on my website calendar.
If you are a demonstrator the scrapbook layout from last month may look a bit familiar – it is modified version of the layout that we made during our Make&Take Session at Leadership. I took the 8×8 page and stretched it into a 2-page 12×12 layout. What do you think?
Background is Old Olive stamped with Baroque Motifs. The original 8×8 page is on the right page of the layout and I add another strip of Baja Breeze Designer Series paper to the left – the same height but wider and the card stock layer behind it. I took the elements on the left side of the original 8×8 layout and moved them over to the left page. Then added some extra blossoms from the set in the Occasions Mini Catlalog to fill in. The two banners are on skewers – they were punched with the Pennant punch.
So one thing I am not good at is journaling – I really don’t like to write and don’t think I’m very good at it. Having a blog and writing for it is not always easy. So when it comes to my scrapbook pages the journaling part is usually very minimal. This was a layout from Heather’s MDS class and she used with a single photo of her family and then wrote little things about why she loved her family. So I figured I could do that – I thought what I should do is write about the boys and what I decided to do was write what I would “tell” someone if I was describing my boys to them. I ended up adding individual pictures of each of them and yes, I often included Greg in the boy category in my house – he can act just like one of them a lot of the time. I am really happy with the layout and my journaling. I’ll have to keep practicing.
There have been lots of little not good things going on today – I wonder if that is a sign of something to come…… first I think I slept with a mosquito – I had two itchy bites when I got up and then noticed 4 more on my stomach! And yes I had clothes on all night. Or something else is biting me or I’m allergic….
Then I opened the freezer this morning and it is wet – I checked the temperature – 22 degrees! Yikes – that is a long way off from ZERO. And then I checked the fridge and it is at 40 (should be 37). Things are not looking good. I have an extra fridge/freezer in the garage so I decided to move all the stuff out there – of course I have to throw some things out to get it all to fit. That’s ok I probably needed to clean out anyway. Called a repair man – scheduled to come after 3. Took Kyle to the dentist – ran over a big stick that got stuck under the car – had to stop and reverse to get it out. Came back home and checked the freezer – not it is at 3 degrees – called the repair man and talked on the phone (cheaper than having him come out) – he said to wait 24 hours and see what it is doing and call back tomorrow. Ok. Greg sends a text that the bomb squad detonated a package on the street outside their building – he heard and felt the explosion – the road is stilled closed – not sure when he will be able to leave – hopefully soon.
So now I’m waiting to see what is coming next……
I hope your day was good and uneventful (unless they were good events of course).
We made this little project during Stamp Club this month. It’s an old idea that I created a couple of years ago. But back then we didn’t have the Simply Scored Tool or the Diagonal Score plate – and this is the perfect little project to make with those.
To start I cut a scallop square using the Big Shot die-cut machine and the clear scallop square die – I used a piece of Sweet Shop Designer Series paper. Then you’ll get out the Simply Scored and put the scallop square up in the corner – score it like a tic-tac-toe board – in between every 3 scallops. After that’s done, add the Diagonal Score plate to your Simply Scored – and put your scallop square back in the corner again. Now score a diagonal from each corner into where the two score lines meet on the tic-tac-toe board. So you have a diagonal score through the center of each corner square.
Now fold on all your score lines – the diagonals go in and the others go out. Punch a hole in each corner to pull your Baker’s Twine through and pull the corners together. Add a tag and tie a bow. The tag is the Decorative Label punch, “sweet treats” is a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Island Indigo, doodle around the edges with the Stampin’ Write marker, and finally add a sticker from the cute Sweet Shop designer stickers. Fill with some candy and you have a cute sweet little treat to give to someone one.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Have a sweet day!
Look at this cute card that we made at the San Antonio Regional (way back in January). This is a good example of how to use a stamp set and a punch in a new way. Aren’t we always looking for different ways to use what we have – thinking outside the box…
The stamp set used on this card is the Send Me Soaring set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. Its the set with all the kites and clouds. But there aren’t any kites on on this card – its a flower. The polka dot kite was used – stamped on Whisper White card stock and then punched. The little flower petals are the small heart punch – four hearts with the points together in the center make up the center of the flower. The same polka dot kite was used to make the leaf – punch with a circle punch and the put the punched piece back inside the circle and punch again on the other side to create the leaf.
The Designer Paper on this card is from Sweet Shop (the Pool Party waves) and from Berry Blossoms (the Expresso Polka Dots). The other layers of the flower are from the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch – there are two layers. And a bitty button in the center with some Baker’s Twine tied through.
One more trick on this card – the rounded corners – that’s not the corner rounder punch (which is smaller) – the corners were actually stuck into the Circle punch to round the corners.
I asked Diane to do this as the Make&Take card at our January Demonstrator meeting – but neither of us actually had the Send Me Soaring stamp set. So we decided to find another set to use – there are several that you could use but what I
used was Up, Up & Away – there is a hot air balloon with polka dots. Some other stamp sets you could use for the polka dots – Delightful Decorations and Sweetheart – or you you use designer paper or choose another pattern besides polka dots and then there are lots of other options. Here is the alternate version with a pearl in the flower instead of the bitty button. We added a different greeting set – Friendly Phrases and actually used the corner rounder punch.
I hope you like seeing some different ways to use your stamps, punches other than the way you thought!
Have a great day!
Milton, Georgia
Hi! I am a Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrator in Milton, Georgia. I love being creative and want to share it with you! On my blog I will share creative ideas using Stampin’ Up! products and you’ll also hear about my family and my dogs.
I look forward to helping you get your creative juices flowing!
Lets get crafty,
Monika Davis
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