MDS Monday: Shadow Box

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016It’s My Digital Studio (MDS)Monday!  My upline had a little Christmas party yesterday for her team.  There was a gift exchange and this is the gift that I brought.  It’s a cute little 6″ x 6″ shadow box.

The MDS portion of the project is Stampin’ Up!’s Statement of the Heart.  It’s one of the downloads for My Digital Studio.  I simply resized it to fit the frame and printed it on my printer.

You may notice some items on the project that you don’t recognize.  There’s a few sneak peeks for you.  You’ll see the gorgeous paper during Sale-a-Bration (starts 1/28).  The little banners are die-cut from a fun product in the Occasions Catalog (you can order from this 1/2) and the little heart is from a fun new stamp set coming in the Occasions Catalog and was punched out with the Small Heart Punch which is a current product.

I’ve been wanting to do something with this download for a long time and this project was the perfect chance!  Have you tried MDS yet?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Joyful Christmas

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Joyful ChristmasCan you believe Christmas is almost here?  I’m not ready!  How about you?

Here’s a lovely card for you on this, the third Sunday of Advent.

This card was made using the Calm Christmas stamp set.  I stamped the image and embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder.  I cut it out and added the Frosted Finishes Embellishment to the center for even more WOW factor! A sparkly and shimmery Christmas card for this holiday season!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple Saturday: Magnetic Frame

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004Today’s Simple Saturday project is a quick gift item.  I made this for the gal who does my hair and she LOVED it!

I first showed you one of these magnetic frames back in May.  I’ve updated it using items from the Holiday Catalog.  I used the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Paper, the Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Silver Foil Paper and the Silver Ribbon.  It’s such a fun and simple project.  I’m trying to figure out who else I can give one to!

I love the Frosted Finishes Embellishments.  I think that Stampin’ Up! should keep selling them.  I bet they’d look good as the center of a flower for spring…..I better let them know on Monday so they can take care of that!  Ha!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Technique Tuesday: Starbursts!

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Festive FlurryIt’s Technique Tuesday and here’s a fun new technique for you:  Starbursts!

The great thing about this technique is that you can do it with stamping or designer paper or a combination of both!  Check out the Stampin’ Up! video below to see how you do this technique.  It’s pretty cool.

On my card I masked with the first pattern and spritzed the card stock with Bermuda Bay ink.  Then I masked with the second pattern and stamped Bermuda Bay snowflakes with the Festive Flurry stamp set.

Give this fun technique a try!  It’s pretty fun!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple Saturday: Tags 4 You

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011Simple Saturday!  If you haven’t started your making your Christmas cards this simple one is for you!

All you need is a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock, a piece of designer paper from the Season of Style Paper Stack, two piece of Cherry Cobbler 1″ Grosgrain Ribbon and a tag stamped with the Tags 4 You stamp set and punched with the Label Bracket Punch.  That’s it!  Put them together and you have this cute and simple card!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!  🙂

Build a Banner: BRRR

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 This project is perfect for Colorado today!  It’s absolutely FRIGID here!  You wouldn’t think that I would be such a weinie, especially being from the Minnesota tundra, but my blood has thinned at altitude and I’m dang cold!  🙂

These Build a Banners are so fun to make!  I just love making them.  All the pieces and parts came in the Christmas Banner Kit.  I did add a few little things though.  Click on the picture to make it larger and you’ll get a better view of the banner.

The first thing I added to the kit is on the first rosette.  I added a bow made from 1/8″ Bermuda Bay Taffeta Ribbon.  The second things(s) I added were little “flowers” on embellishments 2, 3 & 4 punched with the Boho Blossoms Punch.  The only other thing I added was the large circle on the back of the center embellishment.  This turned out so cool!  I took a piece of Silver Glimmer paper and spritzed with a combination of Bermuda Bay Ink Refill and 70% rubbing alcohol!  So pretty!  You really need to try this little technique!  Too fun!

I hope you have a warm and cozy day….perfect for stamping!

Christmas Collectibles

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014Ah, Christmas….

It’s on it’s way!  Here’s a fun and easy card for the holidays made using the Christmas Collectibles stamp set and the Winter Frost Designer Paper.   I added a piece of the Silver Foil Sheets as well as the Silver 1/8″ Ribbon to make it pop.

Don’t you just love Bermuda Bay as a color for Christmas?  Definitely not traditional but oh…so pretty!

Are you ready for Christmas?  I’m definitely not!  We still have to get all the Christmas boxes down from the attic!  It will happen soon though!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

MDS Monday: Wedding Page

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JMWedding-012Welcome back to MDS (My Digital Studio) Monday!  Here is one of the pages from the albums I’ve been working on.  As I’ve mentioned before, I like to stick to simple for my layouts and embellishments.

All of the pages in the book started with the Crumb Cake background overlaid with the slightly darker Crumb Cake chevron design.  That part was so simple to make.  I simply lighted the opacity of the background so that the chevron design would show up darker.  I love that little trick.  If you’re wondering why I chose the chevron design for the background go back to this post.  We used the chevron design on the programs for the wedding.  I thought those turned out so cute I just had to use that design again!  🙂

All of the pictures in the book have a black frame around them and if the page needed a little something to fill in the blank space I used this little flower outline.  Like I said, my scrapbooking style is very simple….especially when you’re trying to get things done quickly!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Daydream Medallions Christmas Wreath

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Daydream MedallionsWhere oh where have I been?  I apologize for being such a slacker when it comes to my blog.  I do have to confess that I’ve been playing with My Digital Studio.  We got the links to the pictures of my son’s wedding so I had to do some quick creating while the sale was still on for the MDS print products.  I ordered my Christmas cards and I also made albums for the three sets of grandparents.  I’ll show you a few pages tomorrow.

Here’s an actual card for you!  Isn’t it fun?  I saw this idea months ago and knew we had to make it for class.  I stamped two of the medallions from the Daydream Medallions stamp set and die cut them with the Floral Frames Framelits.  Layer them, add a ribbon and a sentiment and you’ve got a great Christmas card!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Wonderful Blessing

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009Isn’t this a beautiful stamp?  It’s called Wonderful Blessing and it’s one of the current single stamps available.  There are eight great Christmas single stamps available until January 31st.

This is one of the cards we made for our Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack last month.  I’m planning on making my Christmas cards with My Digital Studio this year but if I wasn’t I’d definitely be making these!

It’s great that the stamped image can be die cut perfectly with one of the Circle Framelits.  I thought the background embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder added the perfect touch.  I just may have to make some of these to have on hand next Christmas!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Festive Flurry Ornament Kit

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frostedfinisheskit1113Don’t you love kits?  They make life SO easy!  Here’s a new kit from Stampin’ Up! just in time for the holidays.

With this fun new kit you can make ornaments, cards, banners and even decorate gifts!

The kit includes everything you need (minus adhesive) to create 10 snowflakes, including

  • 10 feet of Soft Sky Ribbon
  • Printed cardstock – die cut and scored, ready to be assembled (Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Cardstock and Silver Glimmer Paper)
  • Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (40)

All this for only $14.95 (item #135813)

Don’t wait though!  This kit is only available while supplies last.  I’ve ordered mine….when are you going to order yours?  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple Saturday: Calm Christmas

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007This card is another simple one from our October Christmas card Stamp-a-Stack.  This one was made using the Calm Christmas stamp set.  Didn’t this card turn out pretty using the Island Indigo ink and card stock?  It’s not your typical Christmas color but it’s striking on this card.

Stamping and layers are all you’ll find on this card.  Can you believe that I didn’t even use dimensionals?  Ha!  Simple…..

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 

Tags for You Thanksgiving

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012Are you looking for an easy little card to include with a gift for your Thanksgiving dinner hostess?  This one is perfect.

It’s made with the Tags 4 You stamp set and the fun new Label Bracket Punch.  The designer paper is the adorable Sweater Weather designer paper.  This pattern is probably my favorite from the package.

This is a simple little 3″ x 3″ card.  Did you notice that I lined the little envelope?  How fun!  The Envelope Liner Framelits are great!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

A Simple Festive Flurry

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005Way back in October, before the wedding, we had a Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack class.  This lovely card is one of the ones we made.  We stamped the snowflake from the Festive Flurry stamp set and die cut it with the Festive Flurry Framelits.  Gotta love coordination!  😀

To finish off the card we stamped a sentiment from More Merry Messages, added some layers, popped up the snowflake and added a rhinestone jewel.  Ta Da!   A beautiful and simple card!

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Really Good Greetings

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006I love this sentiment!  Although, shouldn’t it say “finally a day that really is all about me”!  Ha!  That’s always the joke at convention….everything is all about me!

Joking aside…it is a fun sentiment!  It’s from the Really Good Greetings stamp set.

The Naturals Composition Specialty Paper makes such a great background.  And then when you add the fun Chevron Punch and Chevron Ribbon to it….look out!  Adorable card!

I made this card back in August for my open house.  It was so fun to just sit and play with all of the great products that I collect.  I really need to do that more often.  Now that the wedding is done I may have time to just do that!

Do you get to play often with all of your “toys”?  I either have to stop collecting so many toys or make the time to play with them!  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!