Nov 28, 2010 | Bingo |
Sorry I am late with this update. We just got home yesterday after being gone for the week for Thanksgiving. I was so tired yesterday I didn’t do much and today I’m not feeling so hot – I think I may have come back with a cold – I didn’t feel it until late last night – so I didn’t do much today either. I did not get the new group Bingo cards emailed out today (Sunday) – I will do that on Monday. Monika’s Blog Bingo – Group 6 had a winner right before Thanksgiving. Now it is time to get started with Group 7 – here are the players:
- Sue from MS
- Barbara from NJ
- D from WA
- Ola from Indiana
- Cindy from GA
- Judy from CA
- Mary from WA
- Linda from IL
- Rose from CT
- Donna from NY
- Connie from NM
- Babe from CA
- Wendy from WI
- Debbie from NJ
- Stacey from UT
- Linda from TX
If you are in this group – GROUP 7 – I will email Bingo cards to you on Monday 11/29. If you have played in an earlier round – please make sure to use your new Bingo card. The first Bingo piece will be called on Tuesday 11/30. This is my last group for right now – maybe sometime in the future I will do it again. Thank you to everyone that has played – it has been great fun – I have really enjoyed seeing where everyone is from and I love to read the comments you leave on my blog. I hope you will continue to do that.
Here are the rules for playing Monika’s Blog Bingo (I reserve the right to adjust the game if necessary):
First since I plan to mail a prize to the winner you need to live in the US or have APO address(sorry if you don’t but the prizes are SU product in most cases).
Second: I created 16 cards so I’m going to have 16 people play in each round and I hope to do multiple rounds.
Third: You need to email me at [email protected] with Monika’s Blog Bingo in the subject line and tell me you want to play. I need your name and your mailing address (so if you win I can send you a prize).
Fourth: I will email you an image of your Bingo card – each card is unique and I will have them numbered so I know which one you have.
Fifth: After I have all 16 players I will post a Bingo Piece each day on my blog – so you have to keep coming back – it will likely be at the end of my regular post for the day – and if I don’t have a regular post it will just be by itself.
Sixth: I will post Bingo Pieces until someone has Bingo – you must have 5 in a row – across, down, diagonal – just like normal bingo and once you have Bingo You have to email me that you have – send the email to [email protected] – subject I have Bingo!. I will check your card against the pieces that have been played to make sure you have Bingo. And if per chance there is more than one on the same piece, I will pick the winner by the time stamp on the email – first one wins after verifying the Bingos.
Then I’ll mail the winner a prize!
A couple more things on how I am playing this game: Only one group will play at a time. If you are playing in a current group you cannot sign up for any other groups. Once your group is finished and if you did not win you can sign up for another group and play again.
I hope you’ll play along with me!
Group 1: Winner Carolyn from NC
Group 2: Winner Patrice from CA
Group 3: Winner Stacie from CA
Group 4: Winner Cinthia from MI
Group 5: Winner Charna from NY
Group 6: Winner Marisol from NJ
Group 7: cards emailed on 11/29, first piece called on 11/30
Thanks for playing along with me!!
Nov 26, 2010 | Big Shot, Christmas, Demonstrator, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
Online Spectacular – Nov. 22 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
50% Off Starter Kit – Nov. 15 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
ABCs of the Perfect Handmade Holiday – Oct. 19 – Dec. 16th – CLICK HERE.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with your family. We spent Thanksgiving with Greg’s family – we all met in Virginia for a big Turkey and Ham meal with all the sides. Everyone has their own favorite item from our Thanksgiving meal. And for some it is the desert!
So speaking of desert here are some more cookie swaps from my demonstrator meeting. Well first let me share a pictures of some more of the girls.
Lisa B., Christine and Cindy S.
Lisa B., Christine, and Cindy S. are working on the make&takes from the meeting. We had three tables with different projects – including a hybrid MDS card that Cindy S. shared with us after talking to the group about My Digital Studio and sharing some of the 12×12 pages she had printed.
Christine was a soon to be demonstrator – Cindy recruited her and she was signing up with the half price special that is going on now.
Christine and Cindy got together to make their swaps. And here is Christine’s – a green and red bag filled with Green and Red sugar cookies. Then a topper in green and red. Stamp set is Sweet Season.
Cindy S. made a cute Santa Hat box for her cookies. I do have to confess though – now that I took them all out I don’t remember what cookies were in which box. The Santa Hat box is a triangle box like one I made a year or so ago for Valentine’s – I think it is here on my blog in the archives somewhere.
Cindy used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder to decorate the Santa hat – it gives such a neat texture to the hat. The tag is from the Tags til Christmas stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. The cording at the top is actually retired but it sure is perfect for this hat.
The last one I wanted to share today is from Lisa B. I do remember her cookies – mostly because I ate them all – chocolate oatmeal no bake cookies – and they were yummy!
I did get the picture made before I ate them all. Lisa had them packaged in a cello bag with a cute topper.
Her topper is the Top Note die with the Holly Jolly Designer Series paper. The squares of designer paper are attached to the top note giving it a quilted look. A tag from the Tags til Christmas set along with some ribbon finishes this cute package!
And she brought the whole bunch in a nice little basket.
I hope you are enjoying all of these cute ideas on how to package up cookies and treats for the holidays. These would be easy to adapt for Valentine’s, Easter, birthday, Halloween or anything else that you need little treats for.
I think I’m about half way through all the ideas so be sure to check back for more they are still coming over the next few days.
Have a great rest of the holiday weekend! I hope you got some great shopping deals if you have been out.
A bingo winner was found right before Thanksgiving – I’ll have the new group ready to go with an update on Sunday – that’s my plan.
Nov 24, 2010 | My Digital Studio |
I wanted to share a quick creation I made!
You can create quick cards, scrapbook pages, calendars and so much more with My Digital Studio!
Get it now at 50% off during Online Spectacular! What a deal!
I love mine and you’ll love it too – in January I’ll be having My Digital Studio crops at my house!
Online Spectacular – Nov. 22 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
50% Off Starter Kit – Nov. 15 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
ABCs of the Perfect Handmade Holiday – Oct. 19 – Dec. 16th – CLICK HERE.
Nov 24, 2010 | Bingo |
Finally a Blog Bingo Winner has been found!
It’s Marisol from NJ. Congratulations!
I’ll get the next group started after the Thanksgiving Holiday – I’ll plan to send out Round 7 update and Bingo cards on Sunday.
Thanks and have a Happy Thanksgiving!!
Nov 24, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Christmas |
Online Spectacular – Nov. 22 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
50% Off Starter Kit – Nov. 15 – Nov. 30th – CLICK HERE.
ABCs of the Perfect Handmade Holiday – Oct. 19 – Dec. 16th – CLICK HERE.
I told you I would have lots of these Cookie Swaps to share with you – they were all such great ideas. I’m trying to make sure I don’t miss anyone so I’m sharing based upon my pictures that I took of everyone.
Susie and Lisa S.
I got a picture of Susie and Lisa working with the Letterpress Plates and the Big Shot. Susie is my newest demonstrator on my PAWS team and I was very excited to have her join. Susie signed up with the Digital+ Starter kit and you can too – if you do it before Nov. 30th you can join Stampin’ Up! for half price – $87.50 – what a deal! If I wasn’t already a demo I would not even hesitate to think about this one.
With Suzie being so new she didn’t have any Stampin’ Up! designer paper so she did use some of her stash of non-su paper and ribbon for her swap. But she pulled out the Stampin’ Up! Snowflake punch to finish off the front of these cute bags. Inside she had snowflake candies – made with white chocolate and the back was tinted blue. I do confess that I took this little bag apart because I wanted to trace the pattern and see how she made it – I still need to get out the ruler and measure it.
Lisa S. used a Cello Bag for her cookies – thumbprint cookies and then made a topper. The topper looks to be the size of a card – 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 – but I didn’t actually get out the ruler to measure it.
She used the Top Note die cut from Very Vanilla card stock to decorate the front. The stamp set is Snow Swirled. The colors are Old Olive, Real Red and Very Vanilla. A little bit of ribbon adds a perfect touch.
The center strips are also cut with the top note die but they are just a strip from the center layered on top of the full cut piece – one is Old Olive and the other has the greeting on it.
I brought all the swaps and cookies with me for Thanksgiving and a couple of days ago I emptied them all out into a container – the kids and all the family have been sampling these awesome cookie creations every day!
Have a great Thanksgiving with your family! I have decided not to put up a new post on Thursday – Thanksgiving day – I’ll catch back up with you on Friday. I’m still waiting on someone to claim Bingo….until then we will keep going with the game that never ends – who will it be? Are you checking your card carefully? Everybody here keeps asking me if I have a winner yet.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #21 –the woman from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Make sure you send me an email when you get your 5 in a row Bingo. If there is more than one winner – I will choose based on who sent me the email first.
Sorry I am late with this update. We just got home yesterday after being gone for the week for Thanksgiving. I was so tired yesterday I didn’t do much and today I’m not feeling so hot – I think I may have come back with a cold – I didn’t feel it until late last night – so I didn’t do much today either. I did not get the new group Bingo cards emailed out today (Sunday) – I will do that on Monday. Monika’s Blog Bingo – Group 6 had a winner right before Thanksgiving. Now it is time to get started with Group 7 – here are the players:
