Stamps, Paper, and Ink

File it Fun!

I've taken a bit of a vacation from blogging in May, and just got back from a week's vacation too! I had wonderful fun on our family trip to West Virginia, and feel relaxed and so rested. Ready to get in gear for new catalog time and lots of crafting!

One of the things I LOVE about My Digital Studio is being able to put together pages simply while you're away. I used the template provided with the File It Fun Designer Kit to make this one. It's as easy as uploading your photos and text into the spaces provided. The rest is already done for you! Hope you enjoy seeing the photo of my husband and beautiful daughter along with my chatter about favorites.

Just a reminder that Tuesday is the day you'll find new My Digital Studio downloads each week on the Stampin' Up! home page. You can bet I'll be checking out the new offerings later this morning.

I'm lining up a few posts for you this week so I hope you'll check back. I appreciate every one of you that visits. Your comments are important and make sharing so much fun. Please feel free to ask any questions about the projects and let me know what you think.

Mouthwatering!

 Good morning! 

I'm sharing the other projects we made at my club last week using the Mouthwatering and Fruits and Flowers set.

 The card is a CASE from the Idea Book & Catalog on page 99. I changed it by using punched flowers and the Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper instead of stamped images, but kept everything else the same. Making a mock up of the card with My Digital Studio helped me get the right dimensions and placement of the squares and rectangles for the layout. I printed it out on copy paper and then measured the shapes. What a help to take the guesswork out if it!

The water bottle topper has been around awhile but was fun to revisit with the Cherry Scented Embossing Powder. My Digital Studio enabled me to create a sheet of printed tags to be punched with the Curly Label punch. 

Hope you have a cheery day!

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Mouthwatering, Fruits & Flowers, Petite Phrases

Paper: Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Berry Blossom DSP,

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Real Red Craft

Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, 2-3/4" Circle punch, 1-1/4" Square punch, Scallop Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Wild Wisteria Ruffled Ribbon, Brads (silver), Lucky Limade Baker's Twine, Cherry Scented EP

Summer's Coming!

Summer means two things to me - warm weather and the new Stampin' Up! catalog!

Stampin' Up!'s new Promotion for April will warm you up for sure, it's called Summer Smooches! Not kisses, but a wonderful line of new products from the upcoming catalog coming out in June. 

Check out this flyer for details. You'll find ordering information HERE.

These products are available during April and include the new Petite Purse die which you are going to love! 

I love the super bright bold colors of tempting turquoise, real red, and rich razzleberry.

Here's a card I designed using the My Digital Studio Summer Smooches Kit to show off these super cute patterns of the Summer Smooches Designer Series Papers. 

Hope you've enjoyed taking a look today! See you tomorrow. 

 

I Scream!

Hi everybody! You can take my title any way you want tonight. I scream with delight that I got a new computer and squeal with a sigh to have almost all of my files downloaded. Now I scream for a different reason in that it's quite a learning curve switching to a Mac and took me most of 2 hours to edit, find and edit again my photos. But look forward with me to all the possibilities! So glad to be able to replace my fractured laptop. It may take me a few days to get my photo edits up to snuff, thanks in advance for your patience.

But you came for a card, right? I scream = Ice cream! How about a scoop in Wisteria Wonder that was embossed with Cherry-scented EP and smells yummy?

Isn't that Sweet Shoppe DSP luscious looking? I am delighted to tell you that it's digital! I don't have that paper but did print out the patterns from MDS for this hybrid card. I used white card stock and couldn't believe how easy it was to do.

Pool Party card stock was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots folder and cut with a Framelits Labels die. I used various markers to ink up the cone image, then embossed clear Cherry EP and cut out the ice cream scoop (it's actually a pattern of the paper with tiny dots) to add shine and texture. The cherry was topped with a dollop of Crystal Effects. 

I'm happy to send you to see the great sketch by Tui Nathan at Freshly Made Sketches and to play along. I actually made another card for this sketch which I'll post soon.

Have a great day! 

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

My Sweetpea, My Digital Studio

I am happy to share another page I made with My Digital Studio but before I do, there's a great opportunity to try it out for yourself! Stampin Up! is offering a 30 day FREE trial of My Digital Studio Express so that you may try it before you buy it. You'll have access to some of the artwork and all that you need to create your own cards, books, or calendar. If you've been wondering if digital scrapbooking is for you, order your FREE trial HERE. Your 30 day trial will begin when you first open the program. Contact me if you'd like more information.

I'm re-discovering my love of scrapbooking with My Digital Studio. Thinking of the message I want to portray and the journaling makes it so rewarding. My page began with thinking about our dear daughter. We nicknamed her "Sweetpea" when she was little so it made my choice of the  Sweet Pea Designer Paper a no brainer for this page celebrating her college graduation.

Once I had chosen this paper for the background, the theme became easy. The great layout is Sketch #2 from Tink & Bell's Digital Scrapbooking Club which I highly recommend. Because my paper had beautiful butterflies on it already, I kept my embellishments to a minimum, only adding two butterflies. One decorates the square punched paper, and one is to the left of my journaling. These form a triangle beginning with the butterflies at the top left to draw the eye across the page.

It was fun adding three rows of Baker's Twine and a tiny bow to the row of patterned squares. It's a subtle effect, but I know it's there and for me that wraps it all up nicely.

Have a great day!!

 

  All supplies from My Digital Studio

Stamps:  none

Paper:  My Sweet Pea

Fonts:  HavixHMK Bold, LamboHMK Bold

Accessories:  Square punch, Butterfly 2 punch, Baker's Twine (Pumpkin Pie), Butterfly from Limited Edition Embellishments

 

Puppy Love

I had a goal this year of beginning to make pages more than once in a while on a regular basis using My Digital Studio. First observation I found is that I have taken very few photos once I quit doing actual scrap albums. I must fix that!

Since Josie (our beagle puppy) is my most available subject, I made this Puppy Love page of her.

I have found a great new class offered by Jan Tink and Wendy Weixler (you can find info HERE) and I look forward to sharing more pages with you. This one is based on a template they provided and it was fun to plug in the Day in the Life Designer Papers and embellishments.

Enjoy!

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Cherish Friendship for the Paper Players!

 Welcome to this week's sample for the challenge at the Paper Players. Here's the sketch that we are playing with this week. Won't you join us?

 

I wanted to truly keep my card clean and simple, so I didn't add extra layers and I knew I needed lots of detail in the focal panel. I chose a whisper white die cut (now retired) with a tiny scalloped border, and had fun embellishing it. Here's my card.

 The bowl of cherries is my fav image from the Cherished Friendship set, which will be for sale beginning July 1. I stamped in black and used my aqua painter and inks to color. The idea of chocloate covered cherries suggested my color combo with rich Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and Rose Red for the cherries, Pool Party and Lucky Limeade for the accents. The floral image at the bottom (does it look a bit like a tablecloth?) is from the Vintage Vogue set.

After stamping and embossing the "Friends" sentiment in white, I added a row of pearls for emphasis. To add balance and texture, I scored the two vertical lines on the left side of the card. If you want to see them better, click to enlarge the picture.

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Cerish Friendship, Vintage Vogue

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink:  Jetblack StazOn, Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, White Crat

Accessories:  Designer Button Originals, White taffeta ribbon, Basic Pearls, White Embossing Powder

 

BRAND NEW!

I just had to post to tell you how excited I am to have made my brand new blog header using My Digital Studio! The Sew Suite collection that was my ABSOLUTE favorite from the Occasions Mini is available for download (click HERE) and I had so much fun featuring it for my header.

Enjoy!

French Foliage

I have so much to share today, but first off, how do you like my new blog banner that I designed with My Digital Studio? You may have noticed my blog design has been a bit in limbo for the last month or so, but I was determined to get the hang of making my own, and it makes me smile. So good to have a project completed too.

French Foliage. Isn't that a beautiful name for a stamp set? It's a pretty combination of images, perfect for a card I needed to create over the weekend. I can't believe it's the first time I've inked it up! I made up for that by getting really messy with ink, sponging and spritz. How could anybody but you readers understand that feeling we get - akin to a gardener loving to dig in the dirt, LOL! I made another card right after that and when I came down for lunch I was also covered with glitter. What fun!

Want to see the card?

I began by choosing the colors of Garden Green, Tangerine Tango and Chocolate Chip for fall. Realizing I had no patterned paper in Garden Green, I stamped my own background using the French Filigree stamp. All the edges are distressed with sponging and I did use the brush and stipple the Garden Green panel as well. Stippling adds a textured look to card stock similar to felt. Smooch Spritz Spray in Gold Glow gives spatters of sheen.

I used a terrific sketch by Jen del Muro (SFYTT here) and I like it so well I made another card with the same sketch. Here's a little peek for you of what's coming on my blog in a day or two.

 

I always look forward to your comments and read every one. I received one of the nicest comments from Bonnie, who recently awarded me with the Beautiful Bloggers Award. (She has often blessed me with sweet, thoughtful comments and shares on her very  beautiful blog which you will find HERE). Thanks, Bonnie!

If you have any questions about my cards, just send an e-mail, I am always happy to answer them.

 

Supplies~  all supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: French Foliage, French Filigree
Paper: Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango
and Ink: Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:Smooch Spritz Spray, Antique brads, Chantilly Crochet Trim, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Order from me online anytime HERE or e-mail me HERE with any questions you have!

Cool Dude

 

Using My Digital Studio to make this full photo page of my son was so easy and gives a really professional result. Starting off with a great photo was a huge help. This shot gave me a great little story to journal. I loved pausing to reflect on this cool dude who is my son and how much I appreciate him.

I keep thinking now that summer is here, I'll have time for more scrap booking. Then I remember how fast the summer flies by!  Oh well, and it's really not officially here yet.