Oct 23, 2012 | My Digital Studio |
It’s Tuesday and Stampin’ UP! has some new digital downloads for My Digital Studio – check them out on my website here.
Check for current updates on your software – Stampin’ Up! is working hard to get the last few features finished and they have been releasing updates so check often.
Keep in mind Holiday Shipping Dates for your print projects (and reduced pricing too!) –
My Digital Studio print products make for awesome presents that have a personal touch. Make sure to order them by December 6 to get them in time for Christmas (by December 24, to be exact)! Or, if you need a little extra design time, take advantage of expedited shipping and order by December 10 for US Second-Day Air and by December 11 for US Next-Day Air.
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Look what’s coming!
What do you get when you combine Digital Scrapbooking Day and My Digital Studio? A week of FREE downloads and 50 percent off ALL digital kits!
Mark your calendar for October 29 to November 5 for our week long Digital Scrapbooking Day celebration where you’ll get:
- FREE digital downloads
- 50% off ALL digital kits
- Creative project ideas
- Digital project challenges
What: Three FREE downloads. 50% off ALL digital kits. Mega blogging on MyDigitalStudio.net all week!
When: October 29-November 5, 2012.
Get Your FREE Downloads: Customers can get theirs from my online store. If you are a demonstrator go to the demonstrator website to get yours.
Get a BONUS FREE Download:
If we get 18,000 downloads of FREE items we’ll give you another FREE download!
Tonight is our Digi Crop night. If you are local comes join us – details are on my FB business page. Be sure to go LIKE my page.
Have a great rest of your day!
Oct 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
This card idea came from a presentation at convention (I think it was Bonnie’s).
She was showing us the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and matching Framelits in the Holiday Catalog. On this particular card she used mulitple pieces from the set and showed us how to stamp them and set it up so we could cut everything with one pass through the Big Shot.
When you are at convention (or other events) they show what the person is doing by putting it up on a screen and if you want a picture of it you have to be fast before they change it or they move on to something else. So needless to say the pictures aren’t usually the greatest and so looking back at them later I have to remember why did I want a picture of that. So while this isn’t the greatest picture it does show you what I’m talking about for setting up this card. You want a strip of card stock that you are going to stamp all the images on and glue the small piece of Designer Series paper on one end. Then layout out all the framelits and cut everything.
The circle is punched out with a circle punch – I used a 1″ punch and a different stamp than what Bonnie used. And my card is similar but not exactly the same. I wanted to also show the piercing templates – so there is piercing around the card (but not through the greeting) and also around the designer paper ornament.
This month you can get the Festive Piercing Template pack (which includes the template that matches these ornaments) if you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set (or stamp/framelit bundle) plus the Candlelight Christmas Designer Series paper. More information is on my website – www.monika.stampinup.net.
Have a great day!
Oct 19, 2012 | Cards, Halloween, My Digital Studio, Punch Art |
Earlier this week I was playing around in My Digital Studio. I wanted to make a creation for this weeks challenge on MyDigitalStudio.net – the challenge was to create something with a Halloween theme. I ended up playing around with digital punch art. Now I don’t think creating digital punch art is any faster than real punch art. But the next 20 or 30 copies of the same creation will be 100 times easier!! And fortunately with the new Crop feature in MDS2 it is sooo much better than it was before. So I made a Mr. Bones using digital punch art –
But then I really wanted to get him out of the computer. I saved my file as a .jpg and then printed on my home computer – I printed 4 to a piece of card stock and printed it on Very Vanilla card stock. I let him sit on my table for a couple of days before deciding what to do with him. Finally he turned into a hybrid card – pretty simple really – cut out the layer – added it to a Crumb Cake card base, added some Crumb Cake Tulle and a real punch art bone! Here is the hybrid card –
What do you think? I think he is kind-of fun! Now head on over to mydigitalstudio.net – look in the samples under Halloween and go LIKE my card – each week Stampin’ Up! picks a winner of the challenge – let’s see if Mr. Bones can win this week!
Here is a supply list for you:
Crumb Cake card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Crumb Cake Tulle, Word Window punch, Small Heart punch, Stampin’ Sponge, Crumb Cake ink
My Digital Studio:
Background
Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169
Stamps
Vintage Overlays\Vintage Overlays – texture 1, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
_Designer Kits\Grad Party\Grad Party – frame 4, Color = 0,0,0
_Designer Kits\Chevron\Chevron – 2 grunge, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4, Color = 0,0,0
Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4, Color = 0,0,0
Eat, Drink & Be Scary\Eat, Drink & Be Scary – spider, Color = 0,0,0
Punches
Extras\Chevron – punches\Chevron – 7, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Chevron – punches\Chevron – 7, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Chevron – punches\Chevron – 7, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Savor the Season – bow 3, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Medium Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Snowflake Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Hearts\Small Heart Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – 1, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Any Day Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Snowflake Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Alphabet & Numbers\Alphabet Soup – punches\Alphabet Soup – lowercase i, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Two Step Owl Eyes 2 Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Wide Oval Punch, Fill Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Extras\Flag Punch, Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Convention 2012 – designer series paper\Convention 2012 – 7
Extras\Any Day Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Extras\Any Day Label Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Bye!
Oct 18, 2012 | Big Shot, Create with Connie & Mary, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Are you still getting ready for Halloween? I finally bought a pumpkin yesterday but I haven’t put out any Halloween decorations yet. But I have been coming up with different Halloween treat ideas and I have another one for you today. It’s based on a sketch for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge.
Here is what the sketch looks like –
I guess it looks like it could be a card but it’s not! It’s actually a slip cover for a box of mummy candy that I found at the store.
It just slips around the box. I just happened to have a piece of the Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper that was exactly the same height as the box of candy. I wrapped the paper around it and trimmed the extra and glue the ends together to form the slip cover. “Boooo” is stamped directly on the designer paper. I cut a strip of Tangerine Tango card stock and embossed it with the square lattice embossing folder – glued it diagonally to the front of the box and trimmed it against the box. I used a leftover tag from the Googly Treat Kit and stamped it with the mummy image. I sponged the tag with Crumb Cake to tone down the white since my designer paper had Very Vanilla in it. I also watercolored the mummy to give him some dimension. I tied some Basic Black ribbon around the box and through the tag. Now to decide who will get this mummy treat…..
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Crumb Cake
- Card Stock: Tangerine Tango
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit, Stampin’ Sponge, Aqua-painter, Basic Black 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. Is this your week to be one of the top picks? Do you think you can use this sketch for something other than a card?
Monika Davis
Oct 17, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Stampin' Up! Events |
Finally I have the tutorial ready for my on stage presentation at the Stampin’ Up! Chattanooga Regional. I didn’t mean for it to take so long. But with lots going on and trouble with our internet connection for the last week it just didn’t happen any sooner. But I have it ready now and you still have time to make the Halloween version or try one of the other versions.
Here is another picture of my project in case you forgot because it has been so long –
Googly Ghouls Halloween treat bags
CLICK HERE to get the tutorial on how to make these cute little treats. And if you want to see my post from the regional presentation – click here.
Have a great day!
