Autumn Splendor

September 18th, 2009 at 12:30pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments »
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The leaves are from the Holiday Mini set, Autumn Splendor. 

I really like the two-tone ribbon!  Its a very unique look.

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Another card from the Holiday Mini Shoebox Swap.

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My Digital Studio!!

September 16th, 2009 at 4:08pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets | 1 Comment »
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This is AMAZING! 

My Digital Studio is a digital papercrafting software, brand-new from Stampin’ Up!  (It will be available for customers to purchase Oct 1st.)  This includes digital scrapbook albums (and individual pages), cards, calendars, and a lot more!  You can even burn CDs & DVDs, including videos and music!  (Though I haven’t had a chance to try any of the multi-media section yet.)

My Digital Studio was delivered Monday night.  I had it installed fairly quickly and yesterday Esther (my six-year-old) and I spent quite a bit of time playing with it.  It is so much fun!

This is the first card I made.  It uses the digital version of the Together Forever stamp set.

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And then I played around with Eat, Drink & Be Scary.

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My daughter spent at least an hour playing with it!  I finally had to make her go outside to play.  This is the card she made (one version of it at least).  She started by picking one of the designer templates, then changed colors, moved things around, and added punches & stamps.  When she found out it comes with the set All in the Family, she was so happy!  (She calls it “the Esther stamp set”, because she can make an Esther with it. lol)

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After playing with My Digital Studio for just one day, these are some of my favorite things about it:

  • Easy to use!  With each project, you start with 3 options: Designer Template (which is a completed project designed by Stampin’ Up! artists, which you can manipulate to your hearts content- or just leave it as-is); or Photo Only Template (where you start with a basic layout and you add colors, stamps, accents, photos, etc); or Create Your Own (which is just a blank page.  You choose the size of your project and start from scratch, just like when you are at your own stamp table).
  • Fully and completely customizable! No matter which template you start with, you can change everything about your project that you want to: colors, sizes, images- everything!
  • Stampin’ Up! colors, papers, and images we love!  My Digital Studio includes 2,000 items (stamps, DSP, ribbon, etc) for you to play with right away!  Stampin’ Up! will also offer additional Digital Downloads in the future to add to your collection.
  • Professional print services.  Stampin’ Up! has arranged for our projects to be printed professionally from a company they trust.  Stampin’ Up! will regularly monitor the quality of the print jobs and especially color accuracy.  When you want Real Red, you’ll get Real Red! Of course I haven’t tried it yet- but I love that it is an option and will be printing a project (or a few!) with them soon. (Of course, you can also print using your own home printer, but the colors won’t be guaranteed as they are with the designated print service.)

Can you tell I’m excited?! 

I love the possibilites!  And I haven’t even started about hybrid projects!  (I’ll talk about that soon.)

You can count on seeing more digital projects from me soon.  (But don’t worry- I’m not even close to giving up my real ink & paper!  And you’ll be seeing more of that soon, too.)

Pumpkin Patch

September 14th, 2009 at 11:03am | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 6 Comments »
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Today I’m showing you another cute card we made at the Holiday Shoebox Swap.  Halloween is only a month and a half away.  Time to start thinking about spooky little projects.  :)

This is made with the new stamp set, Pumpkin Patch, in the Holiday Mini Catalog. 

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I love that the set includes patterned ovals that you can use for so many other things- think Easter Eggs, balloons, and flower centers!

See the sparkle on the faces?  We used the 2-Way Glue Pen to adhere Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  I love that stuff!

And here is a cute little box made with Pumpkin Patch that Stampin’ Up! is featuring on their website right now.

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An All-American Package

July 1st, 2009 at 11:01am | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 2 Comments »
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Last week I sent this package to my little brother.  He is in Canada serving a mission for our church.  Since he hasn’t been gone from home very long, and its his first holiday away and they don’t celebrate the 4th in Canada, I sent him an Independence Day package.  It was really fun to put together!

Use these ideas to make decorations of your own for the fourth, or for the rest of the summer.

My package starts with a handmade card, of course!  :)

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This is a quick and simple one to make.  I simply cut a Whisper White piece of card stock a little smaller than my Ballet Blue card base.  I added Real Red 5/8″ Wide Grosgrain Ribbon for stripes.  The star I stamped with a small stamp from the Nursery Necessities set onto Brushed Silver card stock (its so pretty!).  Then I punched it out with the Large Star Punch, and layered that onto a square of Night of Navy card stock with Dimensionals.

I made both the card and these “firecracker” sparklers with my club last month.  These are also quick to put together.  (I taught them to make the card, the “firecrackers”, and a scrapbook page in an hour!)

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To make these cute “firecrackers”, wrap a 3″ x 3″ piece of DSP around a lifesaver!  Then punch Real Red card stock with the Small Star punch and Large Tag Punch, and Night of Navy card stock with the Small Tag punch.  Layer together, punch a hole in the top, and tie onto the firecracker with Real Red Gingham Ribbon.  Punch a hole in the top of the candy with the Paper Piercer and stick in the foil stars (I got mine from the Dollar Tree.)

These double as decorations and party favors! 

(Sorry these photos are so dark!  I took the pictures in the evening with bad lighting.)

    

Next, I took some photos of my ‘lil American cuties that had been taken at a Memorial Day party this year and made a small folding scrapbook.

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I added a bunch of these “confetti” stars (punched out of card stock that matched the projects with the Small Star Punch) and candy with red & blue wrappers (he says he can’t find Almond Joy in Canada!).

I hope he likes it!

Sheep Treats

April 8th, 2009 at 1:13pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets | No Comments »
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I made these treats for the teachers of the children at my church.  I’ll be giving them to the teachers on Easter- this Sunday.

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The lamb I CASED from a card I made last month.  These would make great baby shower favors, too!

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I used the Scallop Circle Punch for the body, and another one, punched smaller for the head.  The face was made with the Small Oval Punch, and the legs with the Word Window Punch.  For the ears, I used the retired Spring Flowers punch, and just snipped a few petals off a flower.  You could use the current Bojo Blossoms Punch, I think.

   

For the paper filler inside the Cello Bags, I simply took the same Designer Paper as on the topper, and used the Paper Cutter to cut 3″ long skinny strips.  Then I ran them through my Crimper.  (Actually, my husband and 3-year-old son helped with the crimping.  Boys like that tool.  lol.)

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 I hope you (and the teachers) like my Easter goodies!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

March 17th, 2009 at 11:15am | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Uncategorized | No Comments »
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I made this card for my sweetie. On the outside it says “lucky me”, on the inside it says “I have you”.

I used the Love You Much stamp set to stamp some hearts in Garden Green ink on Certainly Celery card stock. Then I used the coordinating Heart to Heart punch to punch out the hearts and used Dimensionals to pop them up. The background is Certainly Celery Designer Series Paper. I stamped the letters with an old retired set called Alphabits (if you don’t have that one, some good alternatives are Simple Serif Mini Alpha or Calendar Alpha). I punched the letters out with a 1/4″ Square Punch, and glued them onto 5/8″ Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon.

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Can’t wait for my corned beef & cabbage tonight!  Have a great St. Patty’s Day and stay pinch-proof!