Jan 5, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I originally made this layout as a traditional scrapbook page – CLICK HERE to see it. When Stampin’ Up! announced a My Digital Studio contest I decided to see if I could recreate this layout using My Digital Studio. I had fingers crossed that I might win but I did not. The ladies that did had some amazing creations and you can see their entries HERE.
This is one of my entries – First Day Scrapbook page – featuring Ryan.
One of the things that I could do on My Digital Studio was add his name in white on the driveway portion of the picture – it’s supposed to look like it was drawn with chalk. It isn’t really part of the picture but something I was able to add digitally. Ryan is now in high school – a freshman – my how he has grown!
I’m going to start having some MDS classes at my house later this month. I added details in my newsletter for January. We’ll start with the basics and go on from there. You’ll need My Digital Studio loaded on a laptop to bring to my house – and be sure you have some pictures too so you can create some projects. I want this to be a hands on class so everyone needs their own work station.
Jan 4, 2011 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
I almost forgot to create my Color Challenge card. With Christmas, New Year and everyone home the days just sort of run together and I’m not sure when is a week day or when its a weekend – they are all the same during that time. Gretchen wants us to have our challenge cards ready by Sunday night – well let just say that didn’t happen (and I’m not the only one either). But I did get it done on Monday afternoon and sent in to Gretchen. And today I get to share it with you.
We are on #17 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
These colors make me think of birds and nature and the new Nature Walk stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog that starts TODAY! So that was what I used for my creation. The inspiration piece has kind of a collage look to it so I went with that on my card too.
It’s a little busy – maybe I needed another strip of Marina Mist across the middle so the bird and thank you stand out more. I’ll try that and perhaps add another picture to this post later. Here is a close up of the details with a few things to note:
The eye on the bird is one of the Basic Pearls and I just ran the Marina Mist marker over it to give a blue hue – how do you like that?
I decided to make it look like the bird was carrying a tag in his beak with the “thank you” so I tied the Linen Thread to the top and just attached it right under the beak – it isn’t really tied to the beak at all.
The ribbon is Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding – also in the new Mini Catalog. I decided to try the ruffles that I have seen everyone doing lately on their cards. Needless to say I wasn’t very good at making a straight line across my card…
Yes I did go back and make a slight change to the card – and I do like this second version better – I added a Marina Mist strip above the ruffled ribbon so the bird and tag were easier to see. Here it is:
I hope you like this weeks card. I have been playing a lot with this stamp set and using it for several of my swaps for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference next week – oh my it really is just over a week away. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Stampin’ Write Markers: Marina Mist
- Stamp sets: Nature’s Walk (Occasions 2011), Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding (Occasions 2011), Basic Pearls, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Sponge, the little oval punch that I can’t find the exact name of right now, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Piercer
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 3, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper |
January always seems to be the time to get reorganized. It’s a new year and maybe a slow time as far as other activities go – at least we are in between sports it seems for right this minute. High School Tennis Team tryouts will be later this month and Ryan plans to tryout – we’ll see how that goes. He hasn’t played in probably a month and he broke his racket about that time so he is going to be rusty…..
Anyway back to organizing – I have discovered that the Clear Stamp set boxes are very handy for doing some organizing. And luckily we can buy them in a pack of three from Stampin’ Up! – Now if you purchase a clear stamp set your stamps will come in their own case. But Stampin’ Up! also sells empty cases and I’m going to be sharing some ideas on what you might want to do with them.
I tend to save coupons – for the grocery store or various restaurants and fast food places that we eat at. I save them and stick them in places and then when I need them I can never find them. So just before Christmas I was working on cleaning up some piles of stuff that had various coupons mixed in and I realized I needed a better way to keep my coupons handy so that I would actually use them. So here is my idea –
I used two of the clear stamp cases and got out some Designer Series Paper. The one on the left uses a piece of paper from the Play Date Designer Series Paper. The one on the right uses a piece from the retired Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack.
I used one of the insert from a clear stamp set to measure the size I needed to cut my paper to. I cut the paper and slid it inside the plastic sleeve on the outside of the box. Close the boxes and it naturally creates the folds in the right place.
I cut the letters using the Big Shot die-cut machine and the GoGo Boots Sizzlits Alphabet dies. I decided to separate my coupons into store coupons – those for the grocery store – and restaurant coupons – those for the places we go out to eat at. Then I just stick my coupons inside and they can sit nicely in the center console in my car or I can slide them into my purse.
This is a super quick and easy project – just order some of the empty cases. I have more ideas to share later. Tomorrow Tyler and Ryan go back to school and we can get back to a more normal routine. I love having the “vacation” time but our days get so messed up and I loose track of what day of the week it is. So I am looking forward to being back on a schedule. Kyle will still be home for the rest of the week and we’ll take him back to school this weekend.
Jan 2, 2011 | class, Occasions Mini 2011, Sale-A-Bration 2011, Stampin' Up! Events |
2011 is here! Are you ready for a fun and exciting new year? I know I am! I hope that you will join me for some stamping fun this year. Here is a look at what I have planned for January 2011….
- Tuesday, January 4th – OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG 2011 starts
- Friday, January 7th – Stamper’s Club – Hostess is Sabrina.
- Jan. 12 – 16th – I’ll be away at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference
- Tuesday, January 18th – Stamping at the Ronald McDonald House
- Friday, January 21st – Hands On Class – Valentine, Hearts and Love
- Saturday, January 22nd – PAWS Downline/Demonstrator Meeting
- Tuesday, January 25th – SALE-A-BRATION 2011 starts – earn FREE Stampin’ Up! products
- Tuesday, January 25th – KSU Card Club – Hostess is Kathy
- Thursday, January 27th – Towne lake Card Club – Hostess is Leslie
- Friday, January 28th – Scrapbook Class
- Sunday, January 30th – My Digital Studio Class
If you would like more information on attending any of my classes please let me know.
Jan 1, 2011 | Christmas, Scrapbook Pages |
Happy New Year to you!
Can you believe 2011 is here? Time is moving so quickly, my boys are growing up and two are practically out the door. Kyle really likes going to Georgia Tech – it doesn’t even sound like he wants to come home for the summer – he applied for some intern positions – some are out of state and it he doesn’t get any of those he wants to stay in school. He is excited about his TA position for next semester and says he would do that again over the summer and continue with classes if he doesn’t get an internship. One of my Christmas presents was a GT Mom t-shirt and the other was that he made all As and has a 4.0 for his first semester – how exciting is that! I knew he was smarter me – I didn’t start GT with a 4.0 and don’t think I ever had that the whole time I was there.
Here are a few more projects to finish out my Year in Review for 2010….
October 2010 – French Foliage scrapbook page
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/french-foliage-scrapbook-layout/
I could have also picked the Boo Banner or the Scarecrow box.
November 2010 – JOY Banner
This was one of my Royal Blog Tour projects.
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/rbt-joy-banner/
December 2010 – I Love Christmas scrapbook layout
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/i-love-christmas-scrapbook-layout/
Now I just need to add pictures to my scrapbook pages.
I wish you the best in 2011!
Oh – and it won’t be long before I start having bird updates!! The Bluebirds have been in the yard and I have seen them and some other starting to check out the bird houses. This week I’ll go make sure all of them are clean – not sure if anyone was roosting inside on those cold nights. And I have two new ones to hang – a woodpecker house – yes the same one from last year that never got put up, and a new one from my friend Sue that she gave me for Christmas – it looks like a cat – so we’ll see if any birds will go in its mouth to build a nest!
One of the things that I could do on My Digital Studio was add his name in white on the driveway portion of the picture – it’s supposed to look like it was drawn with chalk. It isn’t really part of the picture but something I was able to add digitally. Ryan is now in high school – a freshman – my how he has grown!
