Oops, I Did it Again

I couldn't resist making another quick digital CASE of a recent project to share with you. I had to modify it a bit to accommodate the available digital stamp sets, but I like how it turned out. Enjoy!

This or That

Hello happy stampers! Here's another project I made with my Hostess Club recently. I wanted to do a 6x6 this time, but I also realize that not everyone in the club is a scrapbooker. (gasp! *wink*) So I came up with a projects where they could have the choice of making it into a 6x6 or a card. Both projects use the same materials, just assembled a bit differently.

Stamps: Celebrate Everything, Fast Flowers wheel
Paper: Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Real Red Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Brocade Blue
Accessories/Tools: Rich Regal Brads, Trio Flower Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Paper Piercer

I hope you enjoyed this project!

Don't forget - the holidays are fast approaching. If stampin' goodies are on your wish list, be sure to take advantage of my holiday registry. Send me your wish list along with the email address of your Santa(s) and I'll let them know the perfect gift for you! Or have your Santa call or email me directly and I'm certain you'll be excited on Christmas morning!

Until next time!

Is it live or is it MDS?

OK - so I'm totally dating myself (again) with my little play on words. I believe the original tag line was for brand of cassette tapes. Some of you youngin' may never have even seen an actual cassette tape! Don't be too shocked when I tell you I can remember having an 8 track player in the house. Gulp!

I'm still playing around with MDS and growing to love it more and more each day. I thought it would be fun to CASE myself digitally. Tell me what you think.

Here's a card we made at our last Hostess Club get together.



Stamps: Full of Life, Eastern Bloom
Paper: Rose Red, Close to Cocoa,Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Ink: Rose Red, Close to Cocoa,Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal
Accessories: 1/4" Apricot Appeal Grosgrain Ribbon

And here's my digital version made with Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio.



I had to use different stamps because MDS doesn't include the ones I used on the hard copy. I also used So Saffron on the digital version instead of Apricot Appeal.

So, what do you think?

Stamping out germs

Hello fellow stampers. I apologize for my lack of posts in the last 2 weeks. Our house was struck with some serious illness lately. H1N1? Maybe - maybe not. All I know is it's been a very long time since I've been that ill. So I've been too busy stamping out germs to stamp anything fun! Boo-hoo! But everyone is well again, and I promise to get back to sharing ASAP.

For those of you who follow me via FeedBlitz, I wanted to let you know that FeedBlitz will be deactivated in a couple of days. I didn't realize when I signed up that the free account was temporary and eventually they'd start demanding money. I've opted not to pay for their subscription. I'll be looking for another service, but in the meantime you can always come to my blog to check out the lastest - or become a fan on Facebook. I post my blog updates there as well.

I hope you've all been healthy and stay that way! Have a wonderful day!

Two Weddings and a Thank You

My husband and I had two weddings to attend this month. I also had 31 thank you cards to make for a couple of events. I really like the Day and Night Designer Series Paper in the current mini catalog, and I knew I wanted to use it for the cards. I started with the wedding card. The designs in the paper are so elegant I didn't want to over shadow it with a lot of stuff. So I kept the card clean and simple, with just a small bow to set it off.

You can't tell in the picture, but the white part of the card is what opens. The black piece is just a mat. I could have made a black card base and written with the white gel pen, but this just made it a bit different.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Basic Black and Whisper White Card Stock, Day and Night Designer Series Paper
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Basic Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch

I used the same layout for my Thank You cards, but wanted to punch it up with some color in lieu of the black ribbon. I made this flower using the 5 Petal Punch and Trio Flower Punch, along with the Little Leaves Sizzlet Die.

Stamps: Thank You Kindly
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Passion, Pixie Pink,Green Galore and Summer Sun Card Stock, Day and Night Designer Series Paper
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, 5 Petal Punch, Flower Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlet Die, Silver Brad

The middle layer of the flower was made with the 5 Petal Punch. Punch the flower and attach it to a piece of scrap paper with Dotto. Then punch the flower again but turn it so the petals are cut in two (see picture below). Now you have another type of flower to play with. You can do the same thing with the Trio Flower punch. Try it - you'll like it!
Until next time!

Don't mind me

I'm just testing my new signature. Pretend I'm not here.

More Digital Fun

So did you notice my new blog banner? I was playing with My Digital Studio and made it this evening. It was really easy to make. I love how you can tweek colors and sizes so easily. I'll probably end up changing it again before too long. When it's this easy, it makes you want to create new ones as often as possible.

Ok - I just realized that if you're reading this after I've changed the banner, you won't know what I was talking about! I've posted it here so it sticks with the post. :)



Next on my list - a pretty signature!

Bus Driver Appreciation Week

It's Bus Driver Appreciation week at Mulberry Elementary. Being the happy stamper that I am, I volunteered to make 17 Thank You cards/gift card holders and wanted to share the project with you.

The basic fold for this card is simple. You can dress it up with different papers and images and end up with a variety of looks.

Here's the step by step:

• Start with a 4"x12" piece of textured Sage Shadow card stock
• Score at 2.5" and 8"
• Using a circle punch (I used the 1 3/4" punch), punch about a half circle out of the end
  that you scored at 2.5" (this becomes the pocket for your gift card)
• Fold the 2.5" piece up and secure with brads
• Fold the 4" piece down and decorate as desired. I covered mine with Autumn Vine Designer Series Paper (retired)
• Attach stamped image or greeting to top flap. I used Defining Alphabet and Define Your Life
• If desired, stamp additional greeting on pocket. I used the For You sentiment from All Holidays.
• Voila! Quick and easy gift card holder

I hope you enjoyed this project. Until next time - Happy Stamping!