Jan 22, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, family, Scrapbook Pages |
On Thursday morning I finished my next scrapbook page for the 52 weeks of stress-free scrapbooking. So that means there are 50 more to go….I hope I can keep up. I meant to get this one done earlier this week but the week got away from me. The third one should be out on the blog today – so I’ll have to go check for it.
Kyle is my oldest son and he turned 18 this past November. I can’t believe the time has passed so quickly. He is camera shy or at least he tries to hide every time I have my camera out. Maybe it is the age because Tyler has started to do the same thing. Ryan on the other hand still likes to have his picture taken.
So the point is I don’t often get pictures of Kyle and even fewer of him looking at the camera. These were some I took on his birthday. If you can read the words on his t-shirt it says “I’d like to change the world – but I can’t find the source code…”
I figure one day Kyle will change the world – we’ll just have to wait and see what it will be that he does.
Here are the Stampin’ Up! Suppplies that I used:
- Kraft card stock
- Write Stuff Specialty Designer Series Paper
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Extreme Elements stamp set
- Sense of Time stamp set
- Chocolate Chip craft and classic ink
- 1-3/8″ circle punch
- 1-3/4″ circle punch
- Big Shot Die Cut machine
- Go Go Boots Sizzlit Alphabet dies
- Matchbox XL Die (for the label)
- 1-1/4″ square punch
I think the page is pretty straight forward. I used the square punch to cut the notch out of one strip of the designer paper – but you could do that with scissors too. The Matchbox die has three labels on it and I used one to go behind my circle that has the quote on it. I also inked the edges of that circle by pulling it through my Chocolate Chip ink pad.
A nice masculine looking page. 2 down and 50 more to go…..
Thanks for visiting! Have a great weekend.
Jan 21, 2010 | Stampin' Up! Events |
This week I did something new. I visited the Ronald McDonald House over by Northside Hospital. I met two other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators over there – Jenn Nahrstadt and Nadine Am. Jenn designed a cute little card using an old Sale-A-Bration stamp set called Very Punny and some bright cheerful colors – click here to visit Jenn’s blog and see the card.
It was a quiet night – with only two people joining us to stamp – a mom who was there with her young son and a 19 year old girl. I guess in a way it was good that there weren’t too many people there that means there aren’t so many children that are seriously ill that they needed to be there. We did stamp and complete all the cards and they were left for anyone that might need them.
I’m planning to go again and get into the rotation of designing a card. If you are a demo near by and would like to help out you can contact Jenn and she is now officially the lead for this house. I think she just got it changed the same day we went down there this week.
If you aren’t a demonstrator you can also help by purchasing the stamp set Very Thankful – a portion of the sales from this stamp set get donated to RMHC.
Here is the information from our Stampin’ Up! Website about this program:
Stampin’ Up! is partnering with Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) to bring comfort and creativity to the lives of Ronald McDonald House guests. Each year, thousands of families stay at more than 160 independently operated Ronald McDonald Houses in North America. These Houses serve as temporary homes for the families of seriously ill children who are being treated in nearby hospitals.
We are pleased and honored to become a national sponsor of RMHC. Together, these two caring, helping organizations will create a powerful environment in which House guests will be able to enjoy creative expression in the comfort of their “home-away-from-home.”
As part of our commitment to support this organization, Stampin’ Up! will:
- Make an annual contribution of $100,000 to RMHC.
- Design an exclusive stamp set each year; a portion of the proceeds from the sale of that set will be donated to the organization. This year’s set is Very Thanful.
- Donate items created by our demonstrators to Houses in the cities where we host events.
- Facilitate a program through which demonstrators can make a caring contribution and organize volunteer activities at Ronald McDonald Houses.
Have a “Very Thankful” kind of day!
Jan 20, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
Here are some more pages from my Desk Top calendar class. Here is the original post.
This is the March page and the list of Stampin’ Up Supplies:
- So Saffron card stock
- Pretty in Pink card stock and ink
- Old Olive card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Eyelet Border punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Simple Flower Embosslit Die
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Eyelets – So Saffron
- Crop-a-Dile
After the flowers are die cut I used the sponge and Pretty in Pink to highlight the embossing – you probably can’t see it in this photo.
And the April page and list of Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Pretty in Pink card stock
- Sahara Sand card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Taken with Teal card stock
- Old Olive card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series paper stack
- Scallop Trim Border punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Little Leaves Sizzlits die
- Birds & Blooms Sizzlits die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink and marker
I used the marker to put eyes on the birds. And I realized once I added the photo to this post the wing on the one bird got bent in the wrong direction – it should be back like the others – I guess he was just flapping his wings….
Sorry this post was so late today – apparently I was busy all day – I went to jazzercise this morning after taking the boys to school. Then came home for a short while – spent a long time trying to get Aspen outside to do his thing. He hurt his back again last night while I was gone. So he doesn’t want to be picked up, he doesn’t want to do the stairs, he doesn’t want anyone near him but he still needs to go out… I finally got him out the door – convinced him with some chicken!
After that got a haircut, came home and finished my project tutorial and blog post for Create with Connie & Julie – it will post to the class site on Friday. If you haven’t joined the class it’s not too late. Just click the logo on my side bar and it will take you to the site to sign up. All the projects that have been posted will still be available to anyone that joins.
Then later I picked up Tyler from school, then we picked up his glasses, went by Haley’s house, stopped at the grocery store, went home, took Ryan to tennis, cooked a quick dinner and went to a band parent meeting. Aspen does seem better tonight – I gave him his pain meds and muscle relaxer and they seem to be helping. Not that you wanted to hear all of that but sometimes it helps me to see that I really did do something today when I write it all out.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jan 19, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Last night and this morning I worked on another scrapbook page using the My Digital Studio. I am taking the online class that Heather Summers is offering. For the moment I skipped ahead to lesson 6 and did a page for that one – I’ll go back to the others later.
Since the last page was about Ryan – this time I decided to create a page about Tyler. These are photos of Tyler and the Etowah Marching Band at one of the band competitions they went to this fall. I picked a variety of pictures of the performance. Two of the photos have circles that highlight where Tyler is. The lower left photo is an octet that played at the end of the performance. I need to add a little more journaling so that others will know that it is Tyler in the band.
Stampin’ Up! supplies:
– My Digital Studio software
– Background – color matched to the blue in the band logo at 90% Opacity with text at 100% to create the background
– Stamps –Thought’s & Prayers for the tree, School Days for the circle
– Embellishments – Modern label punch, white grosgrain ribbon, black brads
The bands show this year was titled “A Day in the Park”. I’ll need to create another page showing all of the things going on at the beginning before they started playing – the kids split up into groups like they were at a park and did all different things – played ball, frisbee, had a picnic, walked the dog, etc. It was a very fun show. The closer was the octet playing while it “rained” the rest of the band went and got in a huddle under umbrellas. The drum major and one of the color guard girls did a little “dance” where he bring her the umbrellas and twirls her around – they end with the “kiss” behind the umbrella and she kicks up her leg. It was really cute.
Thanks for visiting today.
I’m going to meet a new demonstrator friend, Jenn, tonight and join her at the Ronald McDonald House to do some stamping with the guests that are there.
Jan 18, 2010 | Retired Stamps for Sale |
I am updating the page on retired stamps for sale. Click Here to go to that page.
These are the stamps that I am adding to the list
- Alphabits (2005) – set of 4 – $4
- Lots of Thoughts (2008) – set of 6 – $6 (sale-a-bration)
- So Many Sayings (2007) – set of 3 – $6 (Hostess Lvl 1 set)
- Polka Dots & Paisley (2007) – set of 6 – $9 (Spring Mini set)
- Cheesecloth background (2005) – set of 1 – $6
- Stipple Celebrations (2003) – set of 14 – $14
- Nature’s Secret (2005) – set of 6 – $12 (Hostess Lvl 3 set)
- Punches Three (2008) – set of 3 – $6 (Hostess Lvl 1 set) – only 1 is mounted
- Take Three (2008) – set of 6 – $6
- Seeing Spots (2006) – set of 6 – $6
- Flora & Fauna (2004) – set of 7 – $14
Thanks for looking.
Kyle is my oldest son and he turned 18 this past November. I can’t believe the time has passed so quickly. He is camera shy or at least he tries to hide every time I have my camera out. Maybe it is the age because Tyler has started to do the same thing. Ryan on the other hand still likes to have his picture taken.
