May 19, 2011 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Tyler, my middle son, is graduating this year – in about a week actually. He has been in the high school band for all four years and each year the Band Boosters give the seniors a gift. I suggested that we give them photo books for their senior gifts and the committee agreed. We spent the next few weeks gathering pictures of all the band seniors – we had 20 this year. For the past couple of months I have been working on their books using My Digital Studio.
I started by creating a book for Tyler – I designed all the pages – creating pages for each of their four years of high school. I used a combination of individual and group/full band photos. Luckily we have had other band parents taking photographs each year and the band has a website where we have many of them loaded. Then to make the rest of the books I started with Tyler’s completed book and then did SAVE AS (important to remember this part before you make all your changes or you’ll lose the original – ask me how I know). I saved a copy with the next students name and then switched out the pictures of Tyler for that student. In some cases where I didn’t have as many pictures – I added in other group or section photos or made changes to some of the layouts. As long as I had pictures I was good. I had a few students that needed a bit more editing – one that wasn’t there during the freshman year – so I deleted those pages and added pages in other places, two that were Color Guard so they didn’t have concert season photos, and one that wasn’t in marching band for the senior year (and that was the biggest section of the book).
I was excited that Stampin’ Up! was having the sale this month on print products – I was able to print all 20 books at 30% off! I ordered on the 1st so they would be here in time for the banquet which was this week. I showed the band booster committee a few days early and they were so excited. We presented the kids their books at the banquet and they loved them – the band director played a special good-bye song for them and I felt bad because I don’t think they were even paying attention to the song because they were looking at their books and at each other’s books. I hope they will be cherished memories for them – if not the mom’s will love them!
Here are a few pages from Tyler’s book – and the matching tag that I made to go on them after I wrapped them up – I used the new swatchbook option for the tags.
For each book the first page was their Senior Night Photo with their parents. I listed their name, the instruments they played during their four years, leadership positions, and special honors. While Tyler didn’t actually play flute at any time in the band, he participated in a student led Flute Choir last year and they played as part of the concert that year.
This page was from their senior year and Tyler played a solo at the beginning of their show. He was also the brass captain so the lower photo is all the leadership at one of their competitions.
This is the back cover of the book. I wasn’t originally sure what to do with the back but I when I saw these photos that some one took from the back of all the students marching in formation to the football field. And I thought the quote from the Word Play stamp set was perfect for this – and coincidentally was the same quote they used on the banquet program too.
And here is that tag – you can see it matches the page from the Senior year I posted above.
This is a page from the swatch book and I just exported them to .jpeg and printed them at home on my computer.
I think I have rambled on enough today. Have a good one!
May 18, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I was working on a page in My Digital Studio and I had most of it down but something was missing from it so I left it alone for a couple of days. Well today I was checking in on Heather’s blog (yes I check hers almost every day) and her blog post said RUN …. the BEST MDS download ever is here. So what do you think I had to go do – run right over to the Stampin’ Up! website to see the new downloads – almost every Tuesday they are releasing new downloads for My Digital Studio and the one Heather was talking about is called Simple Stitching and Corners – it has lots of different stitching including corners and circles – in White and Chocolate Chip – but there is a trick in My Digital Studio that you can do to get them in other colors – I’ll be trying that out soon. Anyway I bought the download and loaded it to my laptop and guess what – I added stitching to my page and that was exactly what it needed.
It’s a picture that I took on Mother’s Day. Prior to that weekend I saw a page that someone created about her boys. At their age my boys really don’t like me to take their pictures. So I decided for Mother’s Day what I wanted was to take pictures of them. And for them to cooperate until I got as many pictures as I wanted. This was the best one of the three of them (and Aspen is in there too). They are all up on the play set in the back yard so there was a very natural back drop that I like. And I like that they are at different heights.
To make my page I actually started with a 12×12 template from the Hip & Handsome Overlays stamp brush set. It is another download that you can add to your My Digital Studio. I made some changes once I got the template – first I changed some of the colors to match better with my photo – I used browns, blues and greens. I also widen the vanilla strip through the center because I needed some more space for my journaling. I switched around some of the overlays and added another one called Textured stamp brush set – it comes with the My Digital Studio disks. I added my photo – with a drop shadow, the journaling (font is called CK Wood House and it was a free download), added the tree stamp from Forest Friends stamp brush set – both with drop shadows.
Then with my new Simple Stitches and Corners download I was able to add all the stitching – the two corners and then between all the different color panels – so it looks like they are all stitched together in the background.
Those are my boys – Kyle is 19 and a student at Ga Tech, Tyler is 17 and about to graduate high school in about 10 days, Ryan is 14 and finishing his freshman year – and there’s Aspen one of my JRTs – and he is actually 5 years old already – he still seems like a puppy to me. That means Magnolia is 6 – she is a year older. I also tried to get some pictures of the dogs so I’ll have to create a page with them too.
Have a great day – and get some scrapbooking done – its National Scrapbook Month!
May 17, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Summer Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
Here it is Tuesday and time for a Color Challenge. Are you ready for this one?
This week we have a another bright summery color combination – Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Garden Green, More Mustard and Very Vanilla. Here is the inspiration picture that we got.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
I needed a card swap for my demonstrator meeting Saturday night so I decided to use the colors for this challenge for that and get two things done at once. I already had planned on using the new On the Grow stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog. I didn’t buy this set at first but I did think it was cute. But then I saw other demos using it and you know we are such bad influences on each other – it became a “have to have” set and I put it on my next order.
To create the focal point I did a little trick that you can do with the Clear Stamps – I mounted both the scooter and the words on one clear block and stamped them at the same time. Here is what it looks like –
I really need to mount them on a larger block but this one worked and was within arms reach when I was making this card. To create the card I stamped the images in VersaMark ink and then embossed with Black Embossing Powder. Next I water colored the image using my Aqua painter and classic inks – except for the black tires I used a Water Color Wonder Crayon for it.
The card base is Garden Green stamped with the grass from Inspired by Nature. I added the little More Mustard Butterflies cut with the Big Shot and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. Behind the focal image I tied some Very Vanilla ribbon – I used Seam Binding on some of the cards and then ran out and switched to the Taffeta ribbon – both looked good.
In this picture I have the added flower from the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch with a pearl in the center. I didn’t actually have this on my meeting swaps only because I ran out of time. I was still cutting and gluing on butterflies as everyone was walking in the door.
So there you have it – my color challenge card for the week. Take a minute to visit the UDI site and play along with us this week.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Garden Green, Basic Black, More Mustard, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, Garden Green, VersaMark
- Stamp sets: On the Grow, Inspired by Nature
- Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Aqua Painter, Neutrals Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Very Vanilla ribbon, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Basic Pearls, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
May 16, 2011 | Cards, Punch Art, Summer Mini 2011 |
Oh my gosh – it has been three days and no blog posts from me! Sorry about that. I’ll have projects for you all week so come back every day. Saturday night I had my demonstrator meeting and it was so much fun! I love getting together with all of these ladies – we had a good time and Cindy Schuster did an awesome presentation for us on My Digital Studio Hybrid projects and then we made two scrapbook pages that I’ll share later this week. I showed everyone about the new Triple Punches in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog and I’m going to show you the card that I designed for everyone to make. I combined two different ideas from Stampin’ Up! – I really liked the look of the scrapbook page in the Summer Mini catalog – page 6. And then an Easel card that was in our Stampin’ Success magazine. And here it is:
I liked the fact that it is an easel card so that you can set it out for everyone to see the different punched pieces that you get from the two new punches. This picture shows the card standing up – the front panel with the Hello Blossoms is on the inside of the card and attached with dimensionals. The front of the card is scored and has a second panel – the one you can see here with all the punch flowers attached to it. When you fold the front at the score the panel pops up and you tuck it behind the inside piece to make it stand up. Did that make any sense at all? Here is a side view –
The two punches are the Doily Triple Layer Punch and the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch. The colors I used are Old Olive, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Rose Red, and Blushing Bride. There are lots of different combinations that you can create with all these punched pieces. I hope you like it!
Come back tomorrow for this weeks UDI Color Challenge.
May 12, 2011 | class, Masculine, My Digital Studio, Newsletter, Summer Mini 2011 |
I have a bad feeling that my May Newsletter and Class Reminder emails are not getting to my email list. Why – I do not know. But several people this week have commented to me if I was having a class and I said yes – I sent out the newsletter the first of the month and a reminder the first of this week – my hands-on class is TOMORROW. Hopefully many of my email listers are also blog subscribers or Facebook friends and will see this post. I am going to put my May newsletter here in this blog post – we’ll see how that works – I’m not sure all my pictures will stay in tact and I’ll probably have to figure out how to add those back in the right place and I know the fonts and probably colors won’t stay – oh well. And by the way my hands-on class is supposed to be tomorrow – but perhaps I need to reschedule – we are making masculine projects and here is a look at some of what we are doing –
I need to know TODAY if you want to attend at either 10:00 am or 7:00 pm so I can cut your class materials. I’ll look at my calendar for next week and may hold another session due to this problem with my emails going out. I may have to look into another method for sending out newsletters. Anyway here is my May newsletter –
May 2011
Last month I showed you the eggs in the nests in my yard – now we have babies!
Chickadee babies on 4-23
Tufted Titmouse babies 4-23
The chickadees actually fledged (left the nest) in the last day or so – they are pictured on the left. The tufted titmouse babies are almost ready to fledge too – but the picture above is earlier in April – I think they are so funny when they have those big beaks open waiting for food. They didn’t stay open long once they realized I wasn’t mom or dad.
This month I am planning to start a new club – the Card Maker’s Club – our focus will be all about cards. The club will meet on the last Wednesday of the month from 7-9:30pm. So this month we will meet on May 25th. Bring a list of cards that you need for the month of June – birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, thinking of you – whatever you might need. Each club meeting will be $15 and you will make 6 cards with envelopes. If time permits you can make additional cards for $2 each – so you make as many as you need in the time of the class. And you can choose which cards you want to make and how many – there will be at least 10 different card choices. And card designs will be available for more than one month – so you can come back to make more or make some that you didn’t get to the last time. This should give you flexibility to create what you need each month.
Please bring adhesive – if you’d like me to order Stampin’ Up! Snail Adhesive, Snail refill, or Tombow Multipurpose glue to have on hand for you please let me know before the class.
BYOB – I will provide a small snack. I think it will be fun and I hope you will join me. Everyone is invited – earn free cards by bringing a friend that I don’t know.
Read on below for my full schedule for May and what’s new at Stampin’ Up!
Your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator,
Monika Davis
Check out my class schedule and the details of my Ribbon Share for May. I hope to see you soon.
NEW FEATURE – RSVP directly from the events on my website calendar.
Below is my class/event schedule for May:
- Sunday, May 1st – Alexan Card Club
- Friday, May 6th – Stamper’s Club – Hostess is Jeanette 7 pm
- Friday, May 13th – Hands On Class – 10am & 7pm – Masculine Projects
- Saturday, May 14th – PAWS Downline Meeting – 6pm
- Tuesday, May 16th – Stamping at the Ronald McDonald House
- Thursday, May 19th – KSU Card Club – Hostess is Pam
- Friday, May 20th – Scrapbook Class 10 am & 7 pm
- Sunday, May 22nd – My Digital Studio Class 2 pm
- Wednesday, May 25th – **NEW** Card Makers Club – 7pm
More News for You
I had a lot going on in April and didn’t get this ribbon share done so it is still open for the month of May – the share will be the 1-1/4” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (page 191 in the big catalog). You will receive 2 yards of each of the following colors – Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, and Basic Black. The cost of the ribbon share will be $26.00. Please email me and pay by May 13th if you would like to participate in the May Ribbon Share. Here is a project with the Early Espresso
News from Stampin’ Up!
The SUMMER MINI CATALOG is here!! The mini catalog started on May 1st. There are some fun new products in this little mini catalog. New Triple Punches! I’ll be showing these in my classes and clubs this month to teach you how to use these fun punches that punch three different designs. Masculine stamps and papers, summer themed products, Baker’s Twine and colored embossing powder.
One of the new stamp sets in the Summer Mini is called Strength & Hope. There is also a Strength & Hope Digital Kit for My Digital Studio. Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 from these purchases to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This set is one of my favorites in this mini catalog. I hope you’ll make a difference with me and purchase this beautiful stamp set and/or Digital kit to support BCRF.
And finally it is National Scrapbooking Month and Stampin’ Up! has a special – including select stamp sets at 30% off, My Digital Studio download bundles at 30% off, select My Digital Studio Professional print products at 30% off. I’ve already sent off some print projects this week – I can’t wait to get them back. And the My Digital Studio+ Starter Kit is also 30% off – so you can join Stampin’ Up! for $125.50 (over a $320 value) and the Stampin’ Memories Add-On is only $35 (over a $60 value).
Click on each of the images on the right side of my blog to link to my website and see the details – or go directly to my website.
My Digital Studio Updates
If you have purchased My Digital Studio make sure that you register and select to receive email updates from Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Up! will be sending out a monthly email to all registered users with a list of all the download releases for the month.
A new FREE Update for April is available so make sure you run it. CLICK HERE to go see projects I have created with MDS. You can order the Digital Downloads through my online store – CLICK HERE. I have started My Digital Studio classes – there will be one each month. Ask me for more details. Make sure to join MyDigitalStudio.net where you can find all things about My Digital Studio.
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Below are some projects featuring Strength & Hope stamp set and the new Hello Blossoms stamp set in the Summer Mini catalog.
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For each book the first page was their Senior Night Photo with their parents. I listed their name, the instruments they played during their four years, leadership positions, and special honors. While Tyler didn’t actually play flute at any time in the band, he participated in a student led Flute Choir last year and they played as part of the concert that year.
This page was from their senior year and Tyler played a solo at the beginning of their show. He was also the brass captain so the lower photo is all the leadership at one of their competitions.
This is the back cover of the book. I wasn’t originally sure what to do with the back but I when I saw these photos that some one took from the back of all the students marching in formation to the football field. And I thought the quote from the Word Play stamp set was perfect for this – and coincidentally was the same quote they used on the banquet program too.
This is a page from the swatch book and I just exported them to .jpeg and printed them at home on my computer.
