Nov 23, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Bingo, My Digital Studio, UDI Color Challenge, Upsy Daisy |
We are movin’ right along with the color challenge’s each week – we are already on week #11 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:

For this week I decided to play with these colors in My Digital Studio. Stampin’ Up! has recently release several new project options for My Digital Studio so I decided to create something using the new calendar size that was added. Here is some more information about the recent update: The My Digital Studio version 1.0.5 update is now available. With this latest update, you will receive functionality upgrades as well as access to seven new professional print output products–including a trifold card, a journal, a 5.5″ x 6.5″ calendar with easel, and four postcards.
My birthday is in the month of March and these look like March colors to me so I created that month’s page for this weeks color challenge. Here is the result:

I started with the template in My Digital Studio – the designer template for a calendar already has the name of the month and all the numbers lined up in the right place for you. I did go in and change the color and opacity for all the numbers and the title – they are Chocolate Chip at 100%. I added a Background paper which is Very Vanilla Textured card stock. I used three digital stamp brush sets to decorate the page – Upsy Daisy, Baroque Motifs, For All You Do.
The butterflies are all the same image but I changed the sizes, colors and turned them in different directions. The flowers from Upsy Daisy set are flipped and the opacity is reduced and I added drop shadows on them. I highlighted St. Patricks day in Pear Pizzazz and my birthday in Rose Red. I also went back and added some Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon and a Bow – since our inspiration picture had that on the dress I thought I would dress up my calendar page the same way!
From now until November 30th you can purchase My Digital Studio at 50% off during the Online Extravaganza – plus some of the digital downloads are also on sale. Just visit my online store on my website. Or you can sign up as a new demonstrator with the Digital+ Starter Kit for half-price. If you want to know more about either of these let me know.
Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- My Digital Studio software
- Additional Digital Downloads: Textured card stock
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Some of my Bingo Players must be napping – or away on vacation with their families for the holidays – so for those of you still playing – we’ll keep going on the search for the winner of this never ending round of Bingo!
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #20 –the mug from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Anybody have Bingo? Make sure you send me an email when you get your 5 in a row. 
Jul 25, 2010 | Cards, Stampin' Up! Convention, Thank You, Upsy Daisy |
This is my last swap for the Stampin’ Convention this year.
I had the Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Very Vanilla combination on my mind and decided to work with that. I made several different attempts at the swap before deciding on this one and I am happy with the result in the end. The card base is Cherry Cobbler and I stamped the Upsy Daisy set randomly on the front of the card – stamping multiple times before reinking so there would be multiple shades. I did the same thing on the Very Vanilla square. The square is on a Basic Black mat which was attached over a piece of Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.
I added my greeting on the front which is from the new stamp set called Perfect Punches. It is stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the scallop oval and then layered on a Basic Black wide oval.
I finished this swap on the airplane flying from Atlanta to Salt Lake city.
Today is Sunday and convention is over and I am on my way back home.
I hope you had a great week – I sure did!

Apr 2, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, My Digital Studio, Occasion Mini 2010, Upsy Daisy |
So sorry about not posting yesterday – just trying to get a lot done. So today I’ll share two cards. These are birthday cards that I received earlier this month.
This first card is from my sister-in-law, Stephanie. This is a hybrid card – she created the focal element using My Digital Studio and printed it on Whisper White card stock and then added it as a layer on the front of her card. Here is a list of Stampin’ Up! supplies that she used:
- Old Olive card stock
- Regal Rose card stock
- Basic Grey card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Sweet Always Designer Series paper (retired)
- Upsy Daisy stamp set (in My Digital Studio)
- Canvas stamp set (retired) – it is on the Old Olive background
- Garden Whimsy (in My Digital Studio)
- Fundamental Phrases (in My Digital Studio)
- Small Oval Punch
- Large Oval Punch
- 1/16″ punch
- Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon
What do you think of that? A quick way to create a card using My Digital Studio and it still looks like it is completely hand stamped card. The great thing about My Digital Studio is you can adjust the size and make images smaller. And you can flip and turn the images – if you have the Garden Whimsy stamp set the butterfly stamp is actually facing the other way – so on this card it was flipped in My Digital Studio so it would face the flowers. This would be a quick for making cards – create the focal image and print it out multiple times, cut and add to the front of your card.
And here is another card from the Utah Divas International Group – I don’t know specifically who made it because there wasn’t a name on the back of it.
The card uses just two colors – Melon Mambo and Whisper White. Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that were used:
- Melon Mambo card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Wedding Sweet stamp set
- Well Scripted stamp set
- Melon Mambo ink
- Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon
- Scallop Trim Border Punch
- Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder
- Big Shot Die Cut machine
It is so much fun to see these hand stamped cards coming in the mail!
I’m off to finish up for my Stamp Club Meeting tonight, this afternoon we will be at an awards ceremony at KSU for Kyle. And Saturday I’ll be finishing up everything for Easter – my shopping is done and the house is clean (need to keep it that way though). Sunday I’ll have 36 people here for Easter lunch. Busy, busy for the next few days and then it will be spring break.
Thanks for stopping by.

Mar 26, 2010 | Sale-A-Bration 2010, Thank You, Upsy Daisy |
A quick post today with another 3×3 tag. 
This one uses the Upsy Daisy stamp set. I stamped it in Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry. Each one was stamped multiple times before re-inking so there are several shades of each color.
I added black doodling around the Melon Mambo base and some splatters with the Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp set. A small trim of Crushed Curry punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch is on one side.
I stamped the Thanks from the Picnic Parade and also the little ladybug is amongst the flowers.
I checked on the bluebirds this morning and it looks like she finished the nest in House #3 – so now I’ll start checking for eggs. I guess House #2 was just a decoy or practice nest.
Thanks for checking in today.
Feb 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Scrapbook Pages, Upsy Daisy, Wildlife |
She is the shelter from the storm…
As you can tell if you have been reading my blog I spend some of my time observing the birds and animals in nature around me. It is actually very fascinating and you can learn a lot. Last year in May my friend and upline Wendy had a group retreat at her home. It turned out to be a rainy weekend. The back of Wendy’s house faces into the woods and the back porch is high off the ground and I was surprised to see on her porch a nest built on the floor next to the grill. I kept my eye on the nest – it had four beautiful blue eggs and belonged to a Robin.
I had never really thought about it but the mama robin sat in that nest during the rain to protect her eggs. She sat on top and spread her wings to create a shelter from the storm. When the rain stopped she flew away to do what she needed to do. I found it to be quite amazing the protection that she offered those eggs.
Because she was close I was able to get some great pictures of her on the nest and of the eggs. I pulled them out and decided to put them on a scrapbook page.
This is my week 5 page for the 52 weeks of scrapbooking challenge. (I also finished week 6 and I’ll show you that tomorrow).
I used Taken with Teal as my background to match the color of the Robin’s eggs. I added strips of designer paper from the Sweet Pea Designer Series paper pack. I used the Big Shot to create some accent pieces – the scalloped circle, and the flower daisies in the corner.
The new xl Two-Step Bird punch added an accent on my circle and the stems on my flowers. The stamp set I used is Upsy Daisy. And then a piece of black satin ribbon at the top.
The Designer Paper, the bird punch and the satin ribbon are all from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. If you haven’t tried out the ribbon you really should – I have used most of what I bought and I’m on my second roll of most of the colors. I hope it is in our next catalog and I wish they would add So Saffron – this week for some reason I have wanted to use So Saffron ribbon more than once.
Sadly, I found out a few weeks later that while the mom did a wonderful job protecting her eggs during the storm she did not make a wise decision on the location of the nest. Because it was on the floor of the deck it was easy for other animals to reach. I hope she tried again in a better location.
I’ll be back tomorrow with my week 6 page.

Nov 5, 2009 | In Colors, Upsy Daisy |
I have started making 3×3 tags to put on all of my orders – they serve two purposes – one to say thank you to the person that ordered and two it has their name on it so I know whose bag it is without having to look inside. I saw this idea when I visited Christina Crawford, a demo in Virginia. She had tags on all of her orders and they just looked so pretty. This week I made some fall looking ones using the Upsy Daisy stamp set. They turned out cute – the layout was one from Stampin’ Up! and I just changed the colors to suit what I needed.

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:
- Crushed Curry card stock
- Dusty Durango card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Upsy Daisy stamp set
- Crushed Curry ink
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Linen Thread
- Crop-a-Dile
- Tag corner punch
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
The 3×3 cards are quick and easy to make so I whipped out a small stack in no time. And then I decided to make a full size card using the exact same design, colors and stamp set. I needed a card to send off as a Thank You. Once you find a layout that you like or a color combination just adapt it to the size card that you need.

To create the large card – I stamped the daisy image twice. I made the Chocolate Chip strip a little wider and added the paper piercing along the bottom of the card. The Tag for the Thank You is also longer and the Dusty Durango circle is a 1/2″ circle on that tag.
So additional Stampin’ Up! supplies needed for the larger card include
– 1/2″ circle punch
– Paper Piercer
– Mat Pack
After having so much rain for so long this week has been beautiful with clear sunny skies. But fall is definitely here – the leaves are turning and falling to the ground faster than Greg can keep them off the yard. It would be a great time to drive up to the mountains and take some pictures.
Have a wonderful day!
