Every Monday at noon EST I will be doing a live stamping session on my FaceBook Business page – https://www.facebook.com/AtMonikasPlace/
You can join me live or watch the recording later – just visit the video section to see past sessions. If I have to change the time or the date it will be posted on my Facebook page.
Every Monday at noon EST I will be doing a live stamping session on my FaceBook Business page – https://www.facebook.com/AtMonikasPlace/
You can join me live or watch the recording later – just visit the video section to see past sessions. If I have to change the time or the date it will be posted on my Facebook page.
Christmas Whimsy is an adorably festive card kit with a modern design! Santa’s elves might be hard at work in the North Pole but with this all-inclusive kit, the hard work is done for you! All pieces are printed, die cut, and ready for you to craft. The simple steps of this kit are perfect for beginner crafters and kids, too! Grab a kit or two and gather around for a simple Christmas activity that everyone will enjoy. The kit contains everything you need to create eight elf-centric Christmas cards including printed card bases, die cuts, embellishments, an exclusive stamp set, a Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Spot, and more!
The Christmas Whimsy Card Kit is available starting today Sept. 8, 2021. Item #158166 and it is $19.
Would you like to gather together with a group of friends either in person or virtually to make this kit (or one of the other kits) let me know. I’d be happy to hold facilitate a crafty party for you.
Want to see how to put this kit together – watch this video –
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I’m back! Hello my stamping friends. I’ve been away from my blog for awhile and I’m trying to get back to posting. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. But it’s time for our monthly A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop. A blog hop filled with alternate ideas using contents from the monthly kit. The May kit was called Batter Up and it was a baseball theme but I’ve put a twist on it.
This timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine cards—featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! There are even some pieces of bubble gum in the kit for a fun twist while you craft or play ball!
Baseball is actually big around here – go Braves! But we are not really a baseball family so I came up with some different alternates for you today. I do love the printed card bases so I wanted to work with those and the pieces that came in the kit but with a twist. The color scheme is fun for this time of year – summer, memorial day, and the 4th of July are perfect for a red, white and blue (and yellow) theme – so I did stick with the colors in this kit. But I added a bundle so that it wasn’t so sports oriented. I used the Sweet Strawberry Bundle – which is a carry over from the JJ Mini Catalog into the new Annual Catalog. Yay!
For my cards I decided to pull out the Sweet Strawberry Bundle and use both the stamp set and the punch to add a more feminine twist. On the back of the instruction sheet (don’t you love the new instructions!) you can see the list of coordinating colors and I grabbed my ink in Real Red, Bumblebee, and Soft Suede to use with the Night of Navy ink that came in the kit. By rearranging the pieces and in some cases stamping on the back – the white side – and punching some flowers, leaves and a strawberry these cards take on a whole new look.
By sticking with the main colors in the kit the cards kept the same vibe. Since I didn’t want to introduce a shade of green for my leaves I used the Soft Suede instead. On all three cards I combined sentiments from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set and the Batter Up stamp set. To “hide” the baseball elements try stamping on the back side like I did on the baseball card for the mom card, the baseball on the friend card, and on the back of both the base plate and the 4th strip for the thank you card. I did have to pull in just a small scrap of Basic White card stock for the strawberry and large leaves.
The striped Real Red/Bumblee piece was cut into 4 strips and I used 2 pieces on the mom card and 2 on the thank you card. Using the Sweet Strawberry punch you can get flowers out of the small red strip – stamp first with the Real Red ink the outline of the small flower then punch by lining up the end with the small flower.
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
Here is a closer look at the 3 cards I made.
I hope you liked this alternate idea for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts.
To continue through go and click on the next blog in the list below. If you are reading this post in your email you will need to click on the title of the post to visit my blog and see the list to continue on the hop. Everyone is always so creative and the ideas are unique each month.
Don’t forget you have until the 10th of the month to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get that month’s kit.
The June kit is called Expressions in Color and includes two Stampin’ Spots, 9 cards and coordinating envelopes and a stamp set. Sign up by the 10th – go here.
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I am celebrating my fifteenth year anniversary with Stampin’ Up! today – February 3, 2021!
It’s hard to believe it’s been that long but I’ve loved every minute of it. The traditional 15-anniversary gift is crystal and I would love to give a gift of “crystal” in the form of Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets to you this month. Place a minimum $50 order on my website (monika.stampinup.net) during the month of February 2021 using the host code N74CMKUS.. You will earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration item (be sure to redeem that on your order), a tutorial bundle with 15 amazing tutorials and a free pack of the Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets ($9 value). I will mail your gift to you in March.
It’s my Stampiversary and I want to celebrate with you. I found some photos from 2006 at my very first convention with Stampin’ Up! When I started I didn’t really know anyone and traveled alone to Utah and walked into the hotel room to meet my room mate – Michele from Iowa – we are still friends today! A very exciting part of the event was meeting Shelli Gardner the co-founder of Stampin’ Up! and CEO at that time. Now her daughter Sara is the CEO. over these 15 years I have met 100s of friends (maybe more like 1000+) from all over the world and these women are so amazing and creative! It’s been an amazing journey and I’m so excited to continue for another 15 years (goodness knows how old I will be then!)
The February Tutorial bundle includes 15 amazing tutorials – one from myself and the other 14 from demonstrator friends of mine. We all created a fun project for you from the new Jan-Jun Mini Catalog. If you are a member of my PAWS team the tutorial will be shared on our private group page and for anyone else just place an order with me this month of $40 or more. But if your order is $50 or more you also earn a free SAB item and my “crystal” gift mentioned above. Here is a sneak peek of the tutorial bundle just to tease you:
If you have every thought about joining Stampin’ Up! and being part of a creative and fun community I’d love to have you join my team – the PAWS Team. Build a Starter Kit by choosing $125 of products for just $99. Join during Sale-a-Bration and you get a FREE, exclusive gift from the upcoming catalog – an assortment of 6″ x 6″ stacks of our newest Designer Series Paper. Business Supplies and free shipping are included. Talk to me today and join the PAWS team and the Stampin’ Up! family – we would love to have you. Join Today!
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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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