Jun 29, 2009 | In Colors, Occasions Mini 2009 |
This year the Occasions mini catalog was full of so many great stamp sets. I ordered quite a few and luckily most of them will be in the new catalog so I can continue to share them with you. But one that I really like did not end up in the new catalog so I wanted to share some cards with you today. You can still order from the Occasions Mini catalog until June 30th. Just go to my website www.monika.stampinup.net and click on the SHOP NOW button. To view the whole mini catalog click on the link on the side bar.
These are four cards made from the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set. They all use the same layout and color scheme – Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, and So Saffron. You should be able to click on the picture to see a larger image. I used Watercolor Paper and stamped each image in Black StazOn ink. I stamped the image again either once or twice depending on how many layers I wanted to pop up. The images are watercolored with an aquapainter and classic ink. Then cut out each image and the layers and attach them together with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The card base has sponging on the edges – Baja Breeze ink on both the Sahara Sand and the Baja Breeze layer. I used a paper piercer and the matpack template to create the holes around the square frame.
Enjoy the rest of your day – have a wagon full of fun!!
Jun 28, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Uncategorized |
Here is another swap card. This one came from Pearl Robb and was party of our Masculine Swap at the retreat we had in May. This stamp set is the Big Birthday Candle set that is also on the Last Chance list. This is great stamp set to use for scrapbook pages – it was the set we used on the Party Time layout for the May Wow Scrapbook kit – visit this blog wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com for more information about our monthly kits and individual scrapbook layouts.
Supplies used for this card:
- Sahara Sand card stock
- Baja Breeze card stock
- Very Vanilla card stock
- Manchester Designer Series paper
- See You Around Jumbo Wheel
- Jumbo Stampin’ Around Handle
- Close to Cocoa jumbo ink cartridge
- Black Stazon ink
- So Saffron ink
- aqua painter
- 2-way glue pen
- Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
- Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Have a fun day!
Jun 27, 2009 | Wild About You |
I found another Wild About You card swap in my stash that I wanted to share. At every Starz downine meeting we do a swap. I know I got this from one of the meetings but I don’t know who made it and they didn’t put their name on it so I can’t tell you who designed it. Wild About You is on the Last Chance list so don’t miss out on this fun animal set – great for kids!
I was having a problem getting the picture to load – but now I am on a different computer and it seems to be working. This is an old card sample and the ribbon and card stock are from a prior catalog – so just imagine replacing it with something current. The idea for this card is really cute.
Supplies:
- Purely Pomegranate card stock – use Ruby Red or another red card stock
- Old Olive card stock
- Confetti cream card stock
- Scallop circle punch
- 1/16″ hand held punch
- 1-3/8″ circle punch
- Old Olive ink
- Whisper White craft ink
- Purely Pomegranate ribbon – use another ribbon
- Wild About You stamp set
- Happy Everything stamp set
- Stampin’ Sponge
- a retired back ground stamp – use Sanded instead
- Crystal Effects
- wiggle eyes
I think this is a fun card!
Have a fun weekend!
Jun 26, 2009 | Big Shot, Lifes a Breeze, Retired List, Scrapbook Pages, Stamps |
At my June Scrapbook class we made a 2-page layout using the Life’s a Breeze stamp set and the Something Fishy Jumbo Stampin’ Around wheel. The stamp set and wheel are retiring so I had to use them for a summer beach page this month. I took the color scheme from the Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper (which is not retiring) – Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun and Real Red. We only used a small piece of the paper on the layout though. I hoping to design another page with the paper as the main design element but that will be for later. The layout is based on a design from one of Wendy’s WOW scrapbook pages from a year or so ago. These are the best pictures – the light was funny when I took them and the flash was washing things out. On the right page I stamped the “Lifes a Breeze” in Real Red ink on the Turquoise patterned paper but it doesn’t show up well. I’ll probably get out my stamp-a-ma-jig and stamp over it with Basic Black ink. I think that will stand out more – it is hard to see. The fish were stamped and then cut out individual. I used the paper piercer and poked a hole between the eye and the edge of each fish. I threaded them one by one on the linen thread with a knot inbetween. I used the little bits of Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach them to the page.
Supplies:
- Summer Sun card stock
- Cameo Coral card stock and classic ink
- Tempting Turquoise card stock and classic ink
- Real Red card stock and classic ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Life’s a Breeze stamp set
- Somethings Fishy Jumbo wheel
- Jumbo Stampin’ Around Handle
- Jumbo ink cartridge – Tempting Turquoise
- Big Shot Die-cut machine and Scallop Circle die
- Scallop Circle punch
- 1-3/8″ Circle punch
- 1-1/4″ Circle punch
- Paper piercer
- Linen Thread
It should be a fun layout for some summer pictures – beach, pool, or swim team. It was really hot today – my car said it was 105 degrees outside! It really wasn’t but that was what it felt like – it was somewhere in the mid 90s I think.
Have a fun summer day!
Jun 25, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2009, Scrapbook Pages |
Last night I had a great scrapbook class. In my class we normally make 2 sets of 2-page 12″ x 12″ layouts – so four 12″ x12″ pages total. Sometimes I add a “bonus page” – a single 12″ x 12″ layout. Yesterday I decided to do that – why because I wanted to use my Walk in the Park Designer Series paper on a scrapbook page and I have not done it yet. My inspiration layout was actually in the Occasions Mini Catalog – and I put this together real fast a few hours before my class.
Supplies I used:
- Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper – the leafy print and the So Saffron print for the bird
- Cameo Coral card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Basic Gray card stock
- Kiwi Kiss card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Eyelet Border Punch
- Large Oval Punch
- Scallop Oval Punch
- Basic Gray classic ink
- So Saffron classic ink – sponged the flower, the bird and the oval
- Warm Words stamp set
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine – cutting pads and platform
- Stampin’ Up! Little Leaves Sizzlits die
- Stampin’ Up! Birds & Blooms Sizzlits die
- Stampin’ Up! Simple Flower Embosslits die
- Fire Circle Rhinestone Brad
- 2-way glue pen
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
- Stampin’ Sponge
For another scrapbooking option you can also check out the WOW Scrapbook Kits blog that my upline Wendy and I have started. We have a monthly kit that includes three 2-page 12″ x 12″ layouts for you to create at home. If you order the kits by the 20th of the month you get all the card stock, designer paper, embellishments and die cuts along with the step-by-step instructions, photos, and WOW tips on how to create the pages. Visit our blog at wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com for more information. Our July kit will be released after the 4th of July holiday weekend. There is a link on my side bar any time you want to stop in and visit. We will also be posting some scrapbooking related articles from time to time.
Greg update (if you want to know) – he went for a visit to the doctor today – but he went at the wrong time so I wasn’t there. He went to work today and I was planning on meeting him but he was there an hour early. Anyway, the doctor did an ultrasound (that’s what Greg said) to look at his neck again and it was much improved. Gave him a second round of the antibiotics and scheduled a recheck after the 4th of July holiday. So all is good right now. We still don’t know the exact cause or how to keep it from happening again – we’ll have that discussion next visit.
Have a good evening!
