Hi all – just sharing a quick MDS page using the Downtown Grunge Digital Kit. I just used one of the pages in the album – added my pictures and some journaling and then it was done. It takes longer to decided on the pictures and crop them than anything else when you use a template from one of the kits.
I have a couple of sneak peeks in my UDI Color Challenge card this week. The new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog will be starting on January 4th. There are lots of fun new products in there! So today I’m going to show you a little peak at two new stamp sets.
The first is the cherry image – it comes from the Mouthwatering stamp set. And second is the greeting – “you’re so sweet” – it comes from the Sweet Cake stamp set. Both are part of the Sweet Shop Product Suite. The card base is Real Red, then a layer that is part More Mustard and part Garden Green. I tied some Very Vanilla Satin ribbon where the two colors meet. I also add some paper piercing in the corners. Stamp the greeting and then add the cherries – stamped on Very Vanilla and cut out. I used my Stampin’ Write markers to color the stamp.
Here is the inspiration picture for this week –
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
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Merry Christmas to you!
Here is the other scrapbook layout for you – one that you can use for your Christmas photos.
When I saw this idea for the sled I knew I had to put it on a scrapbook page. The sled idea is from Sandra Hanedanian.
I decided to add the bricks underneath the sled so it looks like it is up on the roof top/chimney/ or on a wall. And how do you think you make those bricks that is super quick and easy – it is the Stocking Builder Punch. That is the cuff portion of the stocking and believe it or not Stampin’ Up! just told us that they will retire this punch and once they run out of stock it will be here no more! Oh no – go get it quick. I also used it to make the hobby horse – so its not just for stockings.
The sled itself is the Top Note Die and I hand cut away part of it so it looks like a sled. The runners are from the Scribbles Swirls Embosslit die – just trimmed away pieces to leave me with the bit curls. The package bows are the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch – the third layer then cut in half for four loops or cut less than half for three loops. The packages are punched with the 1″ square punch. 
The tree on the other side is from the Pennant Die and then it is embossed with the Snow Burst Embossing Folder. I wrapped Baker’s Twine around it and added a Rhinestone Brad to the top. There are supposed to be packages underneath the tree – and I just noticed I forgot to add them. The white pieces are place holders for photos – I wasn’t planning to leave the white but put four photos in those spaces. The red strip on the left page will also have stacked photos.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas! I may not post for a few days but I will be back hopefully with some sneak peeks from the new Mini Catalog which should be showing up in mailboxes any day now!
It’s Christmas Eve! Yep it is here. The next week or so we will spend time with family and enjoy being together. Just a few more things to do today and I’ll be ready to relax and enjoy the fun.
But real quick I wanted to share some scrapbook layouts with you – I have one today and another tomorrow. Now don’t laugh – I know there aren’t any pictures on them. That is pretty normal for me. I love the layouts that I make and most of the time have pictures “planned” for them. The problem is I never actually print the pictures! And then when I think about it it will be on a day of the week that isn’t the “sale” day for printing so then I decide to wait a few days, but then I forget, and so on. And here we are with some layouts that I want to share with no pictures because I don’t want to wait any longer. So just imagine…..
I really love this layout in real life. The pictures are never as nice as the real life layouts. So imagine this layout with pictures of Aspen and Magnolia playing in the snow! Remember last year in January (yes I know it’s been a long time) we had a record breaking snow in Georgia and I took pictures of the dogs and planned to put them on this layout that I created for my December Scrapbook class. I should make a New Year’s resolution to actually put pictures on my scrapbook pages!
So to give you some more details – the background is Crumb Cake (my favorite). The Designer Series Paper is the Spice Cake paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog. It works for winter too. So hurry and buy some before the Mini Catalog ends on Jan. 3rd. There is a strip on the outside and then I enlarged a top note shape and created a template to cut the other piece. There is also a line of circles across the page. 
I have a strip of Very Vanilla that has been stamped with Crumb Cake snowflakes. And there is also some of the Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon – also in the Holiday Mini Catalog.
Going across the page is a strip of Riding Hood Red punched with the Dotted Ribbon Border Punch. The frame is actually one of the frames from the Peek-a-boo Frames Big Shot Die (that’s also in the Holiday Mini catalog).
Going across both pages is a “garland” of Very Vanilla snow flakes – these are from the decorative strip die Northern Frost. Then I used a Stampin’ Write Marker to draw the strings underneath. Over on the right had side is a wide strip of Riding Hood Red that was stamped with snowflakes. At the top of each of the Early Espresso mats I added a Pool Party printed brad.
I spritzed the whole layout with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. And added the title snow dogs. I hope you like it. The sketch, idea and colors for this layout came from a scrapbook magazine.
Enjoy the evening with your family!
Merry Christmas!
I wanted to share with you the 2011 Christmas Card that I made to send to our family. I created this in My Digital Studio after seeing a blog post on Mydigitalstudio.net about the Tri-Fold cards. I really liked how it was all laid out with both a spot for a family photo and then a page for photos of the kids and then on the back a place to write. In past years I would write a letter, print it out, fold it up and stick it inside our Christmas cards. But with My Digital Studio the letter part can become part of the card instead of being an insert. So that is what I decided to do for our family – I printed 35 of these – mailed out 34 and kept 1.
This is the card folded it up and it doesn’t look like much. This is the smaller size of the the tri-fold choices – I have to go back and look for sure but I think the other one was either bigger or it was just turned to be portrait orientation. It looks like a really small card but then when you unfold it you get this….
In the center panel I had a picture of our whole family and then the third panel has individual pictures of the boys plus a little note from us.
But there is more – turn it over to the back and you get this –
That is where my “letter” came in. I used two panels to write all of our 2011 memorable moments.
I sent hand-stamped cards to everyone else on my list. I still have a few more to get out. But so far I have used 80 stamps! I bought 2 packs of the Christmas stamps and used all those. Went to the store to get more this morning and they were out of Christmas ones so the rest of my card have regular stamps. I’ll finish up tomorrow with everyone on my list.
I hope everyone likes the MDS card and the hand-stamped cards.
Here is today’s Christmas activity –
Dec. 22 – Attend a Christmas Concert – I knew I had this one in the bunch. We already did this earlier though – I should have planned my days out better when making the countdown project. We went to the Etowah High School Band Concert. Ryan is in the percussion section – his section of the band played three songs – he played crash cymbals on one song, the wooden block on one and jingle bells on one.
IMPORTANT NOTE: we got word from Stampin’ Up! that the Stocking builder punch that is in the Holiday Mini catalog will be discontinued – so if you had your eye on that punch you better order it now. The Holiday Mini catalog end on Jan. 3rd but I don’t know how much stock they have left and there will not be any more once they run out. And remember the Clearance Rack sale – there are some great deals on other punches – current shapes but the older body style. And a steal on the GoGo Boots Alphabet Sizzlets die set – I use this a lot for scrapbooking titles.
Have a productive day!
Milton, Georgia
Hi! I am a Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrator in Milton, Georgia. I love being creative and want to share it with you! On my blog I will share creative ideas using Stampin’ Up! products and you’ll also hear about my family and my dogs.
I look forward to helping you get your creative juices flowing!
Lets get crafty,
Monika Davis
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