Mar 14, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Occasion Mini 2010 |
Stampin’ With Monika
Class Reminder
Come join me for my Hands-on Class on
Friday, March 19th – 10:00 am and 7:00 pm – Birds & Butterflies
We will be making the three items in the picture above –
a divided box with butterfly tags, a cute mini butterfly notepad, a beautiful birdhouse card and another card that is not included in the picture.
I just love birds and butterflies and have more ideas than what we can do in this class.
The last day to sign up is March 17th!
The class fee will be $15.
You need to bring your paper snips and adhesive.
I hope you will join me for a fun class!
Mar 7, 2010 | class, Occasion Mini 2010, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
If you haven’t seen the Stampin’ Up! Simply Adorned Charms and Chains in person – you need to. I love mine and the fact that I can create inserts for the charm to suit my mood, my outfit, the season, the holiday, whatever I want is awesome!
Later this month I have a special class planned – everyone that attends will get to make at least 12 inserts for their own charm, we will make a holder to hold the inserts that you are currently using and decorate the box. I’ll add the details at the bottom of this post – I also sent email to my email list yesterday.
I knew that I wanted to create a Monogram insert as well as a Black & White insert so yesterday I combined those two ideas into one and came up with this. This is the side of the charm has the beveled glass. I used Lovely Letters for the Monogram – the ‘M’ happens to be wider than the charm so I decided to cut it out and trim off the little tails (that’s what I call them) on the sides so that it would be narrow enough to fit in the charm. It is also popped up on little bits of Stampin’ Dimensionals – so it is raised off the bottom layer.
The bottom layer is stamped with images from the Charming stamp set. And you can just barely see a piece of black card stock on the left side that I punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch.
The back of the charm also has a piece of flat glass so I have been creating a coordinating insert to face the back of my charm. When I wear mine it tends to flip back and forth so now which ever way it faces it will look nice.
For the back I also used the images from the Charming stamp set and added a little piece of ribbon.
I was able to make these in just a few minutes to go with what I was wearing yesterday. I’m ready to make some more. You could use little scraps to create these inserts – you are working on a small canvas so you only need small bits.
Below are the class details – thanks for visiting me today!
Come join me for a Special Class on
Sunday, March 28th – 2:00 pm – Simply Adorned Jewelry Class
The class fee will be $28 – prepaid by March 16th.
The class fee will include the 1” x 1-1/4” Simply Adorned Charm and box,
We will create at least 12 inserts for the charm, a holder for the inserts, decorate the box and make a gift tag (if you plan to give it away).
You need to bring your paper snips and adhesive.
If you would like a chain there are two sizes and you can add that to the cost of the class –
24” chain – add $12.75
34” chain – add $15.00
The charms have a lobster clasp so you can use on a chain your already have or even with ribbon or cord.
Please RSVP and give me your payment by March 16th. I will be placing an order for the charms/chains that have been pre-paid. If you miss this deadline you can still attend the class but you may not receive your charm/chain until after the class. Final RSVP cut-off to attend the class will be 3/24.
Our Simply Adorned line beautifully combines the best of two worlds: stamping and jewelry! The charms are designed to hold a creation that you make yourself; making your jewelry truly unique. Simply Adorned charms are lockets – they open up so you can insert your creation or a photo. The frame surrounds tempered beveled glass on the front and flat glass on the back. Because there’s glass on both sides of the charm, you can display an image on one side or both. You can create a custom heirloom piece that you’ll never want to change, or you can swap artwork in and out, depending on your mood or your wardrobe.
The charms are nickel-plated and the chains are anodized stainless steel.
I have my charm and a 24” chain if you would like to see them in person.
They are really nice and would make a wonderful gift (think Mother’s Day or birthday) for someone but you can always keep it for yourself!
I hope you can join me!
Feb 25, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Create with Connie & Julie, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, SU Ribbon |
At last weeks class we made three Easter projects – a pocket card/invitation, a place card/candy holder, and a candy treat bag. Sometimes I’m just not sure what to call things. These were made using the Eggscellant Eggs Kit in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog and the Chocolate Bunny stamp. My class photo shows the projects made with all Pretty in Pink accents. Ok – to me these pictures don’t look as good as the other ones that I took – I was trying to use the white back drop that many people use but the lighting wasn’t so good. I’ll have to keep working on that.
Everyone had different colors because the kit came with different colors so I decided to take photos of some of the projects finished in the other colors:
Bashful Blue w/Certainly Celery
Pale Plum w/Whisper White
Pretty in Pink w/Certainly Celery
So Saffron w/Certainly Celery
These were fun! I’ll be making more in all the colors for our family Easter gathering.
These three projects along with 3 more were part of a collection I created for Create with Connie & Julie. We are in the last couple of weeks of adding new projects but everything will be available for a long time so you can still join. So far there are 27 tutorials available along with many more projects – everything includes a full supply list and some basic instructions – so you are getting a ton of ideas for the price of the subscription.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Feb 22, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Punch Art |
Valentine’s day has passed and while I’m mostly thinking about Easter – I created a St. Patrick’s Day card for last weeks class. There are about 24 days left before St. Patrick’s Day. And don’t think that you can’t create a St. Patrick’s Day card when you don’t have anything with leprechaun’s or shamrocks. The easiest way to create a shamrock is with a heart punch!
Punch 4 hearts and put the points together – look what you get!
For my card the base is Old Olive and it is embossed on the front only with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. The hearts are put on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then I added the Jumbo Brad to the center. The stem is actually the branch from the XL Two-Step Bird punch in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog. I just trimmed off the leaves and tucked it under my hearts.
The “happy st. patrick’s day” is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I’m using this stamp set a lot more than I thought. It has something for every holiday and they all fit in the Modern Label Punch.
This is really a quick card. I didn’t have a picture but on the inside I have 4 of the small hearts for a little shamrock in the corner.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Old Olive card stock and ink
- More Mustard card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock and Stampin’ Write Marker
- Whisper White card stock
- Old Olive Patterns Designer Series paper
- Big Shot Die Cut machine
- Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder
- Movers & Shapers Die and the Modern Label Die
- Full Heart Punch
- Modern Label Punch
- Small heart Punch
- XL Two-Step Bird Punch
- Paper Piercer
- Jumbo Chocolate Chip Brad
- Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Thanks for checking in with me today – leave a comment – I love to read them. Everybody is back at school today – Tyler and Ryan were off for winter break last week so today we can get back to a regular schedule.
I decided to make a “Snow Day” scrapbook layout for my scrapbook class this week. It turned out great – I’m really happy with it. I’ll share it later this week. If you plan to come to my class please let me know right away.
Happy Stampin’!
Feb 21, 2010 | Birthday, Cards, Occasion Mini 2010, Watercoloring |
Picnic Parade is the Level 2 Hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. It is the cutest little stamp set. It reminds me of the Beatrix Potter designs that were big when my kids were babies – not sure if that is still popular now.
This card was one that we made at my class on Friday. It could be an Easter card, or birthday card, or a whatever you want it for card.
This particular card design is from another demonstrator but now I can’t figure out where I found it. I know I left her a comment. So if it was you please leave me a comment back so I can add your name here.
If you get this stamp set in the Clear Mount Version the great thing is you can mount all the stamps on one of the large rectangle blocks and stamp them all at the same time! Or you can do them individually which is nice in the clear mount because you can see. The down side is they are fairly small which makes them harder to clean. And the little lady bug by itself is also hard to stamp with out catching an edge in ink – it did help to mount it with the other animals.
These are all watercolored with an aquapainter using classic ink. I added the bunny on the inside too – he turned out cute directly on the Sahara Sand card stock. And I stamped the bunny and the raccoon on my envelope. It all matches.
The animals in my back yard are happy today – it is sunny, fairly warm – although we don’t have any green grass yet.
I hope you like this cute card.
And as my card says “Have a happy day every step of the way!”
