Jul 3, 2012 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Happy Tuesday!
I have been working on several My Digital Studio projects lately and I wanted to tell you about one of them today. I have had this idea for a really long time and finally started working on it about 2 weeks ago. I wanted to make myself a personalized planner – a calendar that I can carry around to my workshops, classes and events and use to keep track of all my Stampin’ Up! Business related things that I need to do.
I made a list of the different things that I keep track of each month (like points towards earning the incentive trip) – some are things that I am doing and others are things my team is doing. I wanted a calendar – and the calendar function in My Digital Studio is so great for making exactly the calendar that I need. Probably the hardest thing was deciding on a “theme” – a color palette, designer papers, embellishments – that sort of thing. Naturally the best place to start would be a kit – since it has all those elements in one package. Then the new catalog came out June 1st and in the hostess section there is a new My Digital Studio Disc – it’s called Keep in Touch – and I decided it would be perfect for this project.
Since the Stampin’ Up! year starts in July my planner is a July 2012 through June 2013 planner – that’s the great thing about My Digital Studio is I can create my project exactly the way I want it – I don’t have to have a calendar that is Jan-Dec – I can start and end with any month I want. So here is my July calendar page –
I included the 12 months – this is the right side page and the left page has different spaces for me to write notes – calls to make, things to follow up on, etc. The back page is an Annual Summary page. The front page include our Stampin’ Up! Statement of the Heart. Then I added a front cover and back cover. I sent it out to the Stampin’ Up! printer and hope to have it back in about a week. I printed it as a soft cover photo book so that I can carry it around and write in it. I’ll post again when I have the real thing so you can see what it looks like printed.
Stampin’ Up! has new downloads today – You can see all the available Digital Downloads on my website. There is a new photobook template, a digital version of the retired Take Three stamp set from a couple of years ago, the new Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper, and digital Washi Tape.
Have a great day and get creative!
Jul 2, 2012 | Almost Artisan, family, Scrapbook Pages |
I have a few final thank you’s to get out from orders that I had in the last couple of days of June – thank you to Sabrina and Molly. I keep checking back at my reports to make sure it is still there. And now I’m wondering what happens and what to expect on the trip. I guess I will learn that soon. The Getaway trip is at the end of September to a resort on Hilton Head Island.
Today’s share is another project that I entered in the Artisan Design Team contest. This is my second scrapbook page – this one is an 8×8 page and features a picture of my boys that I took at Easter this year. They were being silly together and it really makes me happy when they are together and having fun and laughing with each other.
The edges of the page are actually stamped with the French Foliage stamp set in various colors and also swiped with the ink pad. I added the three little pool party hearts – one for each of my three boys – there are also three little butterflies that represents each of them flying off in their own directions. As they get older they are finding themselves and where they fit in the world. I did the main journaling on the computer but used my own handwriting for the date and the little quote – maybe that was a bad idea – I don’t have good hand writing and it isn’t very straight and even. I really like this page and the picture of the boys. I need to make another one so I can frame and hang it in my craft room. That is the downside of this contest is making projects your love and giving them to Stampin’ Up! and not getting them back.
Have a good day today! It’s a little cooler here than it was this breaking – we had two record breaking days at 106 degrees – the highest ever. Today its only 99. Stay cool.
Jun 29, 2012 | Awards, Stampin' Up! Events |
Oh my! I’m doin’ the Happy Dance! You can all dance with me. Did you see the thermometer?
Look it went over the top!! With all of your help I have earned my first incentive trip! I’m so excited. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
I will be getting emails out to everyone that took part in my 55 orders campaign really soon. And I’ll be planning a celebration party and give you the details on that, and free class passes, and more. I placed my final orders today – and that should put me over the top. I called Stampin’ Up! just to ask if they saw it the same way I did. And tomorrow the reports should show that I earned enough points to go on the Get-a-way trip. Thank you to Colleen, Jamie, Wanda, and Claire for your orders. I hope I haven’t missed anyone I’ve been trying to add the thank you’s to my posts each day. It’s been an exciting ride these past few weeks with both ups and downs. I honestly wasn’t sure that I could do this. But with all of your help I did and that is just amazing and I thank you so much!
Have a great weekend! I have more Artisan projects to share next week, some new cards, a couple of fun scrapbook layouts we made today and a surprise is coming too. So keep coming back and visit me here on my little blog.
Jun 28, 2012 | Almost Artisan, Cards, Punch Art, Thank You |
The thermometer is nearly at the top! Yeah! Thank you to Dana, Merri, Stacey, Lana and Bethany.
Today’s card is a fun one. It was my second card for the Artisan Design Team contest. It is a Bobble-Head card. I came up with the bobble-head card a few years ago – my first one was a dog card. So this time I decided to try a frog and fly.
The frog’s head and the fly both bobble around when you move the card. Here is another view.
This is punch art with the head attached to a brad that is put through a hole and left loose so it will wobble. The card is layered with dimensionals so the brad can wiggle around underneath the top layer. Here is a view from the side –
The top layer is stacked on double high dimensionals to give it space. There is lots of sponging, punching and piercing to put this card together but it sure is fun. To create the woodgrain look of the fence background – drag the ink pad across the card stock – starting and stopping in different places. Then add little “nails” with the Stampin’ Write marker.
I figure no one else had made anything like this and that it was a unique idea. Moveable cards are fun aren’t they?
Have a great day!
