Red Hot Challenge

The Red Hot Challenge for this month was to make something from punches other than what the punch(es) are intended for. I love to make things using punches so this was right up my alley. I took my love for the M and M guys, combined it with my Craft Sale needs,

and shared this fun punch art project.

Here's a double your pleasure box...

I actually snagged this idea from Colleen Benedito from the Stampin' Connection -
Thanks, Colleen, for sharing your fun ideas!

We all had to come up with a 1/2 sheet of instructions so I made this visual up
for all the gals that participated...

And since I was making things up for the craft sales -

I just HAD to make a bunch more of the M and M guys ...


Since we are in an M and M theme I thought I would show you some fun
things that others have given me ...

Tyler and Gracie saw these cute cups at the store and thought Gramma really
needed to have them on hand. Actually they are a great size, the kids love to use them,
and when I use them they always make me smile.

My friend, Marla, found these mugs she had on hand when she started packing up her house to move. When her husband asked her what she wanted to do with them she right away said "Christi Jo!! I'm going to give them to Christi!" Thanks Marla! I LOVE them!

Have a Sweet Day!!

Christi

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C3 Challenge

Now that I have 7 lovely gals in my down line I have been having a separate down line meeting in my home for them, and then once a quarter Glenda has everyone come to a full down line meeting at her house. I am still getting used to this so I try to piggy-back off her meeting and then share the same info at mine - yes, I know, I'm cheating (haha). So even though we are all Red Hot Stampers, we are also in a group of our own call Christi's Creative Crew which I lovingly call C3.

In March we met here and I issued a challenge for the gals to pick a layout design from any of the Stampin' Success Magazines that we get every month and to make a card.

This is the card that I made for my challenge...


First I stamped the butterflies from the stamp set called Butterfly Prints on Whisper White card stock with Poppy Parade, Concord Crush and Peach Parfait - three of our current IN- Colors. Then I ran the card front only through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I also stamped the same butterflies on a separate scrap piece of Whisper White Card Stock, smooshed Versa Mark on them and then heat embossed them with Iridescent Ice to give them a bit of "dazzle". I attached the butterflies with a side piece of dimensionals and added pearls and a rhinestone.

The more I look at it the more I like it - such a simple basic card, but it has flare!!

If any of my gals complete their challenge I will share those with you as well.

Have a Blessed Day!!

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Red Hot Challenge

Click HERE to see the great blog candy offer that ends March 6th.

Glenda sent us our most recent Red Hot Challenge which was to choose a layout in one of the current catalogs (Idea Catalog, Occasions Mini, Sale A Bration), and then make a card (or scrapbook page) using a layout featured in the catalog, but using a different stamp set, colors, etc. So if you own the Main Idea Catalog you can look on page 160 to see the layout that I patterned my card after.





Inside I just had to add row of colorful bird eggs.

MENU:
SS: Nature Walk (Occasions Mini)
CS: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
INK: Soft Suede, So Saffron, Baja Breeze (inside eggs also include Regal Rose and Cherry Cobbler)
Accessories: Color Coach - helps me to choose my coordinating colors, Finial Press EF, Big Shot, Very Vanilla 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sponge
Punches: Modern Label, XL Bird

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Red Hot Challenge... and so much more

At last months Red Hot Stamper meeting Glenda showed us how to make several other animals using the owl punch. Frog, Hippo, Cat, Penguin, Reindeer, Santa... these are the ones we made at our meeting, and she promised we would be making more in the future. Aren't they cute!

So the challenge she gave us was to make a scrapbook page using the owl punch.

First thing I thought of was the cute bride and groom owls that I used on this GIFT CARD HOLDER TIN. So I had to make it into a scrapbook page for Jeff and Jess' wedding photos


See the "bling" on the "I Do"? And check out the pretty (retired - sorry) Bride Designer paper...


Here is a close up on the owl bride and groom... they only have eyes for each other...


Then I got to thinking...maybe Glenda really wanted us to make our scrapbook page using one the ideas from the samples we made at our Red Hot Meeting, so I chose to make a page with the penguin...

I may have over done it with the Frost White Shimmer Paint, but I kind of like it. It looks like what I picture a winter night in Alaska would look like. Besides it will get covered up somewhat by photos.
And here is a close up of the cute little penguins having a snowball fight...


I can just picture some fun pictures of our grand kids on this page so I think I will have to give this page to our daughter Julie to put in one of their albums.

At our meeting/party we revealed who our Secret Santa was. This is me with Sarah - the sweet gal that I was Secret Santa to...


And this is me with Rachel who was my Secret Santa... I love all the fun gifts that she showered on me in the past month. Thank you so much Rachel!!!


Rachel is such a dear friend - just look at what she gave me for the reveal gift...

She even decorated the front of the envelope - how clever! Check out the yummy soup mixes - one is called Love Soup - Do I have to wait for Valentine's day to enjoy it? hmmm....

and check out the cute, cute, cute M&M Christmas Tree ornaments!!! Love it!!!

Glenda out did herself again by giving us a wonderfully fun night with the ladies. It was good to have some of the new recruits there and now they can see how much fun we have and how nutty we really are.Here we are playing some fun games
































And as always - gifts for the winners...

the little gift box/bag/purse holds perfectly a small size Russell Stover Chocolate box...


Glenda gifted each of us with this cute bag - we made the tag at the beginning of the evening while we waited for everyone to show up, but had no clue why we needed it, but when she gave us the tote it all became clear. The note pad w/envelope set is for us to use at our meetings for taking notes and the tote bag is to use for meetings as well to carry all the supplies in that we need to bring along.

this is what the inside of the note pad looks like...

Super cute! all made from a file folder - sold by Stampin' Up! of course!!

Glenda honored all the gals who promoted during 2010 - AND... one was ME!! I promoted to Manager!!! Look at the great gift basket she put together for me.


SERIOUSLY!! - Check out the abundance of M&M's!!! Do these ladies know me or WHAT??!!


And here is a photo of the Red Hot Stampers group that you hear me talk about so much. Of course, not everyone could be there, but we sure do have a lot of fun when we are together.


So For Now...

Happy Stamping!!

Christi







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Another Challenge

Stampin' Up!'s new incentive trip is to DISNEY WORLD in 2012!! I am all over this challenge!!! I will have to work very hard for this next year to bring in the sales and sign up some new recruits to earn a FREE trip for 2 to Disney World in 2012. Because of the incentive trip, Stampin' Up! issued a challenge for all demonstrators to create a project with a Disney theme, download it into our Stampin' Connection, and then 5 lucky demonstrators will win a FREE stamp set. I decided to go to work on this challenge, knowing full well I would not win, but it was fun to participate anyway. I decided to make this scrapbook page and use some of the photos we took last year when the family all went to Disney World. It was fun seeing it all again through the eyes of Tyler and Gracie




Using the Build a Bear dies and my Big Shot I could make a "Tyler" and a "Gracie" bear to adorn my page.

Now for the winners of the contest...Not even knowing the results yet, I had copied the ideas I saw as they came into the Stampin' Connection.
This card by Patricia Santoso, had I known my little nephew was having a Toy Story birthday party I would have sent him a card like this one. And this one of Goofy was one I made a while back and sent it to my grown up nephew for his 40th birthday. It was designed by Candice Anderson. All the winners had great ideas, and there were many more that really could have won if they were awarding more than 5 demonstrators, but that's okay - I hope to meet them all at Disney World in 2012. Want to help me reach my goal?? How about signing on to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!! You can see we have so much fun in the RED HOT STAMPERS and you could be a part of this fun, fun group as well as Christi's Creative Crew!!

So For Now...

Happy Stamping!!

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Lookie what I got!!

Lookie what I got in the mail Friday!!!

My new (used) MAC!!

And Look!! It came in this handy dandy red protective carry bag. How FUN!!


I am learning the Mac way so I have to adjust to the new changes and learn a few things in how it works, but I am happy to have a computer that doesn't shut down on me right in the middle of a project. Thanks to my sister, Lynette, who sold me her MAC so she could get an IPAD. I am posting this blog straight from my new computer!!

And Lookie what else I got in the mail last week...

Thanks Glenda! This is our newest challenge for the RED HOT STAMPERS for the month of October. The challenge is for us to use one (or more) of the Stampin' Up! punches and create something other than what that punch was intended for. For example, Glenda used the Two step Owl Punch to make the little ghost and the little alien as well as the owl. I am loving this cute card and I love this challenge too, because you all know how much I love to use the punches. Stay tuned to see what I decide to make with the punches.

So For Now...

Happy Stamping!!

Christi Pin It Now!

Red Hot Challenge

I just love being a Red Hot Stamper!!

Our upline, Glenda, sent each of us a challenge in the mail so that she could include all the demonstrators in our Red Hot Stamper group – even those who live as far away as – HAWAII!! Yes, you heard me right – we have one gal, Arlene, who lives in Hawaii! Hi, Arlene!!! Of course she cannot make it to any of the meetings so this was Glenda’s special way to include those who cannot attend. I love it!! what a wonderful idea! When Glenda went to Convention in Utah each demonstrator there received this “Love what you do Share what you love” stamp so she stamped the image and sent each of us one square and told us to make a card up, post it to the Stampin’ Connection – you’ve heard me mention that a number of times, it’s where I get so many ideas!! and then we had to post it to our group. Competitive little me, I wanted to be the first one to post, but alas, I was not. I had to settle for number two this time (hehe).

This is the card Glenda sent us – isn’t it beautiful!!

I set it aside and started working on mine and thinking I was so smart I would make mine into a circle, thinking “no one will think to put it in a circle” – DUH, Glenda’s was a circle! When I got mine all done I realized how similar mine was to Glenda’s – Silly, me…

I was glad to have a second chance with the same image Glenda sent to my daughter Julie – who is also a “demonstrator” – to help out her mom by having enough ladies in her down line. I’M TRYING TO EARN THE 2012 DISNEY TRIP BY THE WAY!!!

ANYWAY… using the second stamped image I chose this design. This is called the Big Shot Die…Half Cut Technique and I saw it on http://stampndesign.blogspot.com, a blog I check on a weekly basis.

Click here for a link to the tutorial on how to do the Half Cut with your Big Shot.

According to Glenda’s instructions we are supposed to give the card away to someone who has never attended one of our classes and invite them to come so I added a little invitation in the inside. When I mailed them out I also included one of my business cards and wrote on the back that they could redeem that business card for one FREE Stamp A Stack class in September 2010. I will keep you posted to see if I get any new gals coming because of it. What a fun challenge – thanks Glenda!! PS: I handed both of the cards I made plus the two that Glenda sent.

So For Now…

Happy Stamping!!

Christi

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