Jul 14, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Stampin' Up! Events, Summer Mini 2010 |
Last week I had my monthly hands-on class. It was my Ice Cream Party class and we had a blast! I took some pictures of all the girls working on their projects and told them I was going to post on my blog. So here they are:
Here is Jamie and her niece, Olivia, working on their ice cream kits. Jamie brought Olivia to two classes while she was visiting during her summer break.
And here is Sue working hard on her kit. I think they were all mad at me because they had to cut out so many ice cream cones and ice cream scoops for the projects. I just keep telling them it is so much cuter when they are cut out!
And there is Travice working at the Big Shot Station. She has that at the top of her wish list and is saving her money to get it in the near future. It is a must have these days for me – I think I use it for every class that I do. Travice has invited me to do a class for her woman’s group and I’m so excited. We set our date for this fall.
Here is the other half of the group – Lisa, Lana and Jeannette were in the other room working on some ice cream cards. The whole class was based on the Sweet Scoops stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog. I love all the things you can do with this set. I showed them the kissing techniques – there is more than one way to kiss you know… And we did Rock ‘n Roll and the Baby Wipe technique. All that with one stamp set in one class!
I hope everyone had as much fun as I did – they were all smiles so I’m pretty sure they had a great time.
So here is my convention prep work update:
Shoebox swap – 49 cards – ummmm nothing done on this one yet, I have an idea floating in my head though
UDI card swap – 19 cards – designed, cut and needs to be assembled
UDI 3-D swap – I only have to make 1! And I know what it is just need to decide if I want to give away my sample or make a new one.
General swap 1 – 25 card fronts – designed, cut and half are assembled
General swap 2 – 25 card fronts – designed, cut, and all are assembled
General swap 3 – 25 card fronts – I have an idea in mind, I just need to work on it
General swap 4 – 25 card fronts – hoping to get to this one
Friend gifts – planning to make some amount of something to give to friends I see
Roommate gifts – 3 – designed
So that is where things stand and I better keep working to get it all done.
Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and if you are going to be at the Stampin’ Up! Convention come find me and swap with me!
And let me say a quick “Happy Birthday” to my son Ryan who is 14 today on the 14th of July! He is the first one to reach the age of his birth date – see he does get to be first at something. My other boys were born on the 21st and 29th so it will still be a while before they get to accomplish that.
Jul 13, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I wanted to share some more pages from the My Digital Studio book that my sister-in-law is creating.
We have both been scanning in old pictures that are then pulled in to the My Digital Studio program for this book.
This picture is my husband Greg’s grandparents from his mom’s side of the family. The book basically covers this branch of the family – Idus and Lessie Goocher’s children, their children and the families that they currently have.
It is fun to look back at all the old pictures – I still have more to scan. And we are still waiting on some current pictures and updates for a few of the cousins.
These pages are perfect with these old black & white photos. The scallop trim corner and border punches work great for framing a photo. Both of these are extra’s that you can purchase as Digital Downloads for the My Digital Studio program. Each or these is 95 cents.
Stephanie also used one of the Vintage Overlays on these two pages. That is another extra download that you can purchase. The Vintage Overlay Digital kit includes 13 different designs and costs $5.95.
To order these you can visit my online store on my website – CLICK HERE.
I am working on swaps for convention so this week I’ll be posting MDS pages and swap cards from our group meeting this past weekend. My convention swaps will post while I am at convention. Only 1 more week until I leave for convention – I’m so excited! It is such a fun time with Demonstrators from all over the country. Oh – and my new catalog order finally came on Monday – yeah!! I have new stuff to use for my swaps. I’ll let you know how much I get done throughout the week – and if I get way behind I may be asking for help this weekend to get everything put together!
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Jul 12, 2010 | Chipboard, Stamper's Club |
I saw the cutest purse at my friend Wendy’s house earlier this year. She said it was a project that they made at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference that was held in January for qualifying Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. I did qualify to attend but the trip didn’t fit into my schedule this year. I do plan to attend in 2011 in Nashville, TN and would love to have some travel buddies from my downline or sidelines so make sure you set your goals toward this. I attended in 2009 in Orlando, FL and it was wonderful – much smaller than convention and Stampin’ Up! treats us so well with catered lunches and lots of surprises.
So on to this project – I took a picture of Wendy’s but didn’t actually get any instructions of measurements so mine may not be exactly the same as the one they created. We made this as a Stamper’s Club project a couple of months ago. Unfortunately several of the products that I used have not retired from the catalog but you can still create this using current products. Just use new Designer Series Paper and cut your chipboard to the size that you want your purse to be.
The front decorations are the stamp set called For All You Do – the flowers and butterfly are hand cut – I always like the look of that and I know some people don’t like detailed cutting so you could stamp directly on the front of the purse. I like the dimension that is added by cutting them out and popping them up on dimensionals.
Everyone added a monogram to the front – I actually cut it out of a white coaster so that it would also have dimension to it. I think the original ones from leadership are just white card stock.
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Jul 10, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Stamper's Club, Thank You |
I have another card using the Because I Care Level 1 Hostess set from the new Stampin’ Up! 2010-1022 Idea Book & Catalog. I found this idea on Stampin’ Connection just like my first sample and it is from the same designer – Jo-Ann Pullen. She has some really pretty designs out there using this stamp set with Baja Breeze and Early Espresso colors. I made a few changes to mine but the basic design follows her original.
My second card is actually the new Marina Mist color with the Early Espresso. I was out of the Baja Breeze and had a new package of this new color so I thought it would work equally well.
We made this card during my Stamper’s Club meeting this month. For me I found it best to first cut the little squares and then stamp a portion of the hydrangea image on each square so I could get the parts that I wanted. When I tried to stamp just the flower on a large piece and then cut it I found I had more white space than I wanted.
I also decorated the inside of the card like this – 
I stamped the hydrangea off the left side and added the thank you from the stamp set. You could have also stamped that on the front instead of the little border image.
The new Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder was used on the panel on the front – I know I’m going to be using it a lot. I hope they come out with more of these folders because they add so much texture to cards and scrapbook pages.
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Jul 9, 2010 | Big Shot, Stamper's Club, Summer Mini 2010 |
I have one more project from Glenda Calkins – this one is a little pouch made from the large tag on the Two Tags die for the Big Shot.
I liked the colors that Glenda chose for hers so mine follows the same color scheme and uses the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper. I decided to use a flower from the Punched Posies Level 2 hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog. I stamped two in Pumpkin pie and punched them out with the 5 petal flower punch. The leaves in the back are also a punched 5 petal flower.
This little pouch also uses two of the large tags from the Two Tags die. Just fold on the score line and glue the bottoms together.
To hold it shut pull the wide striped ribbon through the two slits. I decided to use a Pumpkin Pie button tied with Linen thread around the ribbon.
You could tuck a little candy bar inside or fill a small cello bag with candy and slide it inside.
We made these at our Stamper’s Club meeting this month. I love this little idea and the one I showed yesterday.
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Here is Jamie and her niece, Olivia, working on their ice cream kits. Jamie brought Olivia to two classes while she was visiting during her summer break.
And here is Sue working hard on her kit. I think they were all mad at me because they had to cut out so many ice cream cones and ice cream scoops for the projects. I just keep telling them it is so much cuter when they are cut out!
And there is Travice working at the Big Shot Station. She has that at the top of her wish list and is saving her money to get it in the near future. It is a must have these days for me – I think I use it for every class that I do. Travice has invited me to do a class for her woman’s group and I’m so excited. We set our date for this fall.
Here is the other half of the group – Lisa, Lana and Jeannette were in the other room working on some ice cream cards. The whole class was based on the Sweet Scoops stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog. I love all the things you can do with this set. I showed them the kissing techniques – there is more than one way to kiss you know… And we did Rock ‘n Roll and the Baby Wipe technique. All that with one stamp set in one class!
