Apr 16, 2013 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Paper Pumpkin, Stampin' Up! Events |
I made these cards to swap at the Stampin’ Up! Baltimore Regional this past weekend. I love the clean simple design of these. I wish I had taken a picture of the full rainbow of cards but I did not – sigh. Luckily I got a couple of photos though.
I made a whole rainbow of these and they would actually make a really fun set of cards. Now I think I may need to make some more. Let’s see I had Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Marina Mist and Rich Razzleberry.
And you know what I didn’t even save one for myself now that I think about it. I will have to make some more of these. Here is what I used to make each card –
- card base in one of the rainbow colors – 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 and scored at 4-1/4″ – fold in half
- Whisper White layer – 5-1/4 x 4 – stamp “hey there friend” in the lower right corner in the same color as the base.
- Punch a Itty Bitty Flower using the Itty Bitty Punch pack in the same color.
- Pierce a hole through the center of the flower and through the Whisper White layer next to the words and insert a mini silver brad. Curl up the flower around the brad.
- Add a strip of designer series paper from the Polka Dot Parade pack in the same color to the left side of the Whisper White layer.
- Tie a piece of Whisper White Baker’s twine around and tie in a bow.
- Glue the Whisper White layer to the card base.
Do you know where the stamp came from? It is one of the stamps in the Paper Pumpkin Welcome kit – isn’t it great? If you don’t have it and you want it then you need to join Paper Pumpkin – its easy click here to learn how – and you will get it in your first kit. Our surprise April Kits are on the way – I hope it gets here this week before my Creative Retreat is over so I can show everyone that’s here the newest monthly kit!
Have a nice Spring day today!
Apr 14, 2013 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Events |
Just a quick post of a layout with pictures from the Baltimore Regional. A fun day with friends!
Apr 12, 2013 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
This was a quick My Digital Studio page I made with some pictures I took yesterday after arriving in the Washington D.C. area. It is the Cherry Blossom Festival and we took a quick drive through downtown to see the cherry trees. Well it wasn’t that quick really – there are a TON of people down there and it was late just before sunset – I guess they were double dipping – watching the sunset too.
Cherry Blossom Festival
My photo editing software isn’t working for some reason – maybe it will work later today so I can post some of my stamped projects while I’m away from home – other wise I guess I have to create more MDS pages for you.
Tomorrow is the Baltimore Regional and I have to finish my swaps – if you will be there be sure to say “hi”.
Apr 11, 2013 | Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
I wanted to share some pictures from our visit this week to the Ronald McDonald House for some stamping time. We had kids and moms plus some help from one of the dads and the volunteer coordinator at the house. It was a fun night and everyone that participated enjoyed themselves. Jenn designed the card that everyone made – here it is –
The volunteer demonstrators take turns designing the card and bringing the supplies. Some of the guests follow the card exactly while others get creative.
Thank you to everyone that came and helped – Jenn, Leishman, Bryan, Suzi and myself. It was a nice escape for the guests at the house even if it wasn’t for very long.
Apr 10, 2013 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I’m excited to be a Guest blogger on the MDS Blog Hop for the month of April!! Thank you to the design team for letting me join you all this month. I have a spring themed page to share today that features a picture of my parents and I from a recent trip to Gibbs Gardens. It happened to be the Daffodil Festival and there were millions of blooming daffodils while we were there. I had so many pictures I could have used on this page but really wanted to use the one with my parents. I’ll just have to make a companion page to feature all the beautiful flowers.
This layout was actually from a traditional scrapbook page that I had used in my regular scrapbook class recently. I loved the combination of the Daffodil Delight and the Chocolate Chip in real life and thought I could translate it to My Digital Studio. I made a few changes and one of the things that is so super easy in MDS that I don’t find easy in real life is adding the STITCHING! Just a few clicks and it looks like I have real sewing on my page and I didn’t even get out a sewing machine.
Here are the Digital Supplies that I used on this page:
Background
Card Stock\Very Vanilla
Embellishments
Brads\Chocolate Chip – brad
Mis-Stitched – embellishments\Mis-Stitched – espresso 6b
Mis-Stitched – embellishments\Mis-Stitched – espresso 4
Mis-Stitched – embellishments\Mis-Stitched – espresso 6c
_Designer Kits\Lemonade Stand – embellishments\Lemonade Stand – flower 2
Natural Designer Buttons\Naturals Designer Buttons – small dark 1
_Designer Kits\Lemonade Stand – embellishments\Lemonade Stand – flower 2
Baker’s Twine\Baker’s Twine – Daffodil Delight bow
Stamps
Textured\Basic Black Texture, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Lemonade Stand\Lemonade Stand – honeycomb, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 3, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 4, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 5, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 1, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
Punches
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\2010 New Color Patterns\Daffodil Delight Polka Dots
Borders\Scallop Edge Punch, Fill Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92
Extras\Petite Pennant Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\First Edition – designer series paper\First Edition – 5
Itty Bitty Shapes Flower Punch, Fill Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92
Flowers\Blossom Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Chocolate Chip
Flowers\Blossom Punch, Fill Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the MDS Blog Hop – I know the regular design team will have some AMAZING Creations to share with you – they always do!
