Mar 12, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Last night we had one of our MDS Digi Crop nites near my house. We meet at a local restaurant that has wifi (not that we necessarily need it but we do use it while we are there). That’s one of the nice things about the My Digital Studio software it is loaded on your computer and you don’t need to be connect to the internet to use it and create with it. You need the internet connection to download digital content that you want to add to your software, or to send your completed project to the printer. Or if you want to share your creation on a social network. Most of us shared our creations last night after we finished them. Here is mine
The challenge we had last night that Cindy came up with was this –
- start with a sketch or template (I started with a Rounded Corner photo template – it had 2 photos, I deleted one and made the other one taller)
- add punches (my background is actually a square punch, and the letters for ETOWAH are punches)
- add a photo with rounded corners (it was already in the template)
- use only 3 colors (plus white or vanilla) (I color matched the dark blue and yellow to Ryan’s uniform, also had white and the the overlays are watermark as the color choice).
Everyone finished – even me – yes that laugh at me because I don’t necessarily get mine done while we are there. But I did last night and I was even late getting there.
On this page I tried out a Double Mat trick on my photo – a long time ago it was asked could you create a double mat on a photo – well the MAT option only allows one. But what came to me in a dream (no really it did) was this – create the photo with the mat that you want. Make a copy and paste in place and the second one create the second mat. Adjusting the size so that one mat is larger than the other. The larger one needs to be the one in the back. It was quick and easy to do this since you don’t have to check the sizes or anything just adjust the number on the MAT. There are other ways to accomplish the look of a double mat but this was what I did.
Have a great day!
Mar 11, 2014 | Big Shot, My Digital Studio, Paper Pumpkin, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
We have had a few beautiful spring days! I have been taking pictures of the birds and flowers and today took a quick trip to Gibbs Gardens to see the daffodils. I have to download all the pictures off my big camera so that I can start posting them.
Here is the Stampin’ Up! Tuesday news….
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- Two Brand new Photopolymer Stamp sets – Sweetie Pie stamp set and Sweetie Pie Frames stamp set – something brand new designed by one of the Stampin’ Up! Employees – Cindy who works in the Communications department. See these are other new arrivals – HERE.
- New Weekly Deals 3/11 – 3/17 – This weeks deals…. BIG SHOT deals!!
- New My Digital Studio Downloads – New stuff this week….
- This will be ending soon! Paper Pumpkin New Member special has been extended through March 31, 2014. If you haven’t previously joined Paper Pumpkin there is a special for new memberships – join now and you will get a free pack of 2012-2014 In-color Markers with your welcome kit! I need one more membership to earn a free sneak peek stamp set from the next annual catalog. Are you my next member?
JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE – to go to the sign up. And you can see ideas with past kits by visiting my Paper Pumpkin Idea Pinterest Board. - Sale-A-Bration is ending soon – don’t miss it!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
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Mar 10, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Catalog 2014, Punch Art, Sale-A-Bration 2014 |
I made this fun card for Kyle the other day –
I sent him a box of Girl Scout cookies and thought they needed a fun card to go along with them. Cookie Monster was perfect. This is what I used –
- Circle Framelits, Word Bubble Framelits (from the Occasions catalog)
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Magnetic Platform
- Circle Punches (so I forgot exactly which sizes and I don’t have the card here to measure – I’m thinking the 1-3/4″ and the 1″ for the eyes, and 1-1/4″ for the cookie)
- Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (from the Sale-A-Bration brochure)
- Oh, Goodie! stamp set (carry-over from the Holiday catalog)
Inside there is a white circle and I stamped “Enjoy” also from the Oh, Goodie! stamp set.
Just a tip on making the card base – go ahead and cut a standard size card base and score it – fold the card and place it so the scalloped circle cuts near the edge of the cut side of the card and the folded side doesn’t get cut because it is inside the die. I guess I should have taken a picture of that. Hopefully it makes sense.
Enjoy!
Mar 6, 2014 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Thank You, Uncategorized |
Did you notice the Good as Gold card kit in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure? It’s on page 12 and includes everything you need to make 8 cards. You don’t even need stamps and ink because the kit comes with pre-printed die cut tags. Not only that but the tags come in THREE languages! The greetings are in English, German and French (at least I think it is French – honestly I don’t know any French). But I do know German – in fact my parents are both from Germany and almost all of my relatives still live in Germany. In fact you might remember last May I took a trip to Germany with my parents. So when I saw the greetings in this kit (which I did not at all notice in the brochure) I was super excited! My mom’s birthday was in February and I made a card for her and used one of the German tags on it. I’ll show it to you in a minute.
First I want to show you one of the cards made just like the kit was designed:
It’s a cute Polka Dot card. Add the banner pieces to the front including a gold banner and the greeting. I used the little punched out star too. Bakers twine and Gold Elastic card are tied around the front of the card. The envelope has a gold liner.
At my last team meeting Sue shared with us an alternate idea – she cut each of the Polka Dot card bases in half and used them as a layer on a regular sized card. Then we added die-cut and embossed flowers and a button. This is the one that I made for my mom.
The tag says “for you” in German. So it was perfect for my mom!
In my Sale-A-Bration class last month I shared another idea on how to use this kit – you can use the cards to make a cute little bag perfect for some candy – like gold foil covered chocolate kisses perhaps. I found this one on Pinterest.
I used the Simply Scored board to add the score lines to create the sides and bottom of the box. Punch a hole in the top to add the twine, cord and tags. I used half pieces of the twine and cord that were included in the kit. It’s a tiny little bag but super cute. Hang tight – let me go find the measurements for scoring it so I can share those with you.
Ok – I’m back. You want to start with the card piece 6-1/2″ x 5″ – which means you trim off 1/2″ on the side that is 7″ when the card is open and not folded. Then line it up on the score board so the existing score line is at 3-1/2″ on the board. Now add a score line at 1/2″, at 2-1/2″, and at 5-1/2″. This creates the four sides of the box plus the piece to overlap for gluing. Turn your card stock to score along the bottom edge at 1″. Cut on the score lines up to that 1″ line to create the tabs for the bottom. You’ll also have one extra little rectangle on the overlap piece that you can just cut off to get it out of the way. Glue the bottom tabs to make the bottom of the bag. Pinch the sides to make the top come together and tie it shut with the twine & cord.
I hope you like all of these ideas. Sale-A-Bration ends at the end of March! You can choose this Good as Gold kit as one of your free items when you order $50 in product.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Mar 5, 2014 | Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Envelope Punch Board, Mini Scrapbook, Tutorial |
I thought I would do something fun on my blog for today to celebrate my birthday. I’d like for you to leave me a comment and let me know which project/blog post has been your favorite on my blog. I’ll pick a winner to receive a free tutorial of the project I’m sharing with you today. And if you place a Stampin’ Up! order in my online store I’ll send you the tutorial for free. You can shop my store here. You’ll have through Friday to leave your comment and/or place an order. I’ll send the tutorials out via email this weekend.
This is one of my favorite projects that I’ve made in the last few months.
It is so pretty in person. The combination of Basic Black and Very Vanilla from the Modern Medley Designer Series Paper along with the GOLD accents and the pop of color from the Coastal Cabana it’s just beautiful!
There are touches of gold and the natural elements from the Linen Thread and Cotton Ribbon are unique combination.
The book has multiple pages made out of coasters. Plus a fun pocket page in the center.
The tutorial has all the details to make this project including lots of photos. I hope you’ll leave me some love today!
