My Digital Studio Invitation

I have a great group of stamping friends that form our Stamp Club, so each year I love to host a get-together and a little stamp project for us to make together, as my way of saying, "Thank You!" I like to send out personal invitations to everyone, so this is my invitation design this year.

I went digital because I love the digital stamp set "Fabulous Florets" and the fact that I can make the flowers different sizes and mirror-image them. For some things, digital is the best way to go, which in this case, a simple postcard invite is perfect for a digital layout.
I hope that you're having a wonderful Saturday!

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Stamping and Digital Go Head to Head

I needed some "Thank You" cards, so I pulled out this fun stamp set "Flower Fest" and joined it with one of the new In-Colors, "Pool Party", to create this simple card. I used the Ink/Spray/Smash technique on Splitcoast to create the background panel. My plan was that I was going to make a bunch of these cards as my "Thank You's", but the technique and coloring turned out to be more involved than I had time for. So what's a girl to do?

Well, that's when I turn to My Digital Studio. I used my Flower Fest layout and added some quick digital elements to create a similar card and then I printed my needed cards up. They were lifesavers!

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 Here they are head to head...while they both were fun to create, I still love stamping, coloring and the hands on that goes with a handmade card, but when you need something cute and quick, digital can be a lifesaver.

Hope that you've had a great start to your week so far. See you next time!

Some My Digital Studio News

FREE My Digital Studio Download!

As a "hurray" to the new catalog and beginning of a Stampin' Up! year, you can  get a FREE greeting card designer template!  This template showcases a great mix & match of the new catalog content and the new 2011 - 2013 In Colors!

To get this FREE download simply CLICK HERE, sign in and add to your shopping bag. It will be ready for you to download and use in your My Digital Studio.

Your free download will be available immediately if you already have an online ordering account. If you don't have an account, it may take up to 24 hours to appear after creating it.

The second My Digital Studio news is...Free Color Palette Update with 2011-2013 In Colors
You can update your My Digital Studio color palette by downloading the latest 1.0.7 update to the software by going to "Check for Updates" in the Help menu of your My Digital Studio software or by installing from the Updates section of MyDigitalStudio.net. Once installed, the color palette in your software will be updated with this year's In Colors: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder.

There's still MORE My Digital Studio News...With the new 2011 - 2012 Idea Book & Catalog came 26 NEW My Digital Studio downloads! The new downloads coordinate with your favorite traditional stamps, embellishments, and Designer Series Paper from the catalog. You can purchase all of this content as individual downloads or as four large DVD collection bundles, each bundle is priced at over a 10 percent discount from the individual download prices.

Take a peek at this flyer that showcases these DVD collections.  They are beautiful!

Don't own My Digital Studio yet?

Purchase My Digital Studio by CLICKING HERE - read about your purchasing options below.

My Digital Studio Software - Item #118108

Use the same great artwork, colors, and accessory images found in our current product line to create personalized digital projects. The options are endless: create photo albums, calendars, and greeting cards using My Digital Studio. Once you've created your personalized gift or heirloom, have it printed in our high-quality print facility and delivered to your door or print it at home.

• Available in English only

My Digital Studio Express Software - Item #124483

My Digital Studio is perfect for you—no matter your skill level or experience—because you can start from a blank canvas or use designer templates for inspiration.

This downloadable version comes with the full software and fresh, minimal digital content using Stampin’ Up!’s artwork, designs, and colors! Windows and Mac compatible.

Includes over $50 worth of content:

• 12 Designer Series paper patterns
• One 9-piece stamp brush set
• 81 embellishments
• 26 punches
• Five designer templates (24-page 11" x 8-1/2" photobook, 7" x 5" postcard, 5" x 7" postcard, 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" greeting card, 4" x 9-1/4" trifold card)

My Digital Studio Downloadable Booster Pack - Item #124484

Pair this downloadable booster pack containing over $500 worth of digital content with My Digital Studio Express (item 124483) to enjoy the same full digital content from the packaged DVD version of the software.

Content includes:

• 408 Designer Series paper patterns
• 62 stamp brush sets
• 187 embellishments
• Six designer kits with designer templates, Designer Series paper patterns, and embellishments
• Seven 12-page photobooks in each of these sizes: 5" x 5", 8" x 8", 12" x 12", 8-1/2" x 11", and 11" x 8-1/2", seven greeting cards in each of these sizes: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", 5-1/2" x 4-1/4", 5" x 7", 7" x 5", and 6" x 6"

Something Different

I hardly ever share any Scrapbook pages. It's probably because I don't have many to share, although I do love creating scrapbooks, especially the little mini scrap albums. My dream is to sit down for a month and just scrap away and create a wonderful book of memories.

Anyway, in May 2010 I gave a baby shower for Adriel and one of the shower activities was to create a Baby Scrapbook for her. All the sweet ladies that came were given a page that Adriel and I had designed, cut and prepped...all they had to do was copy the picture we'd taken and put their pages together. We had a great time and within an hour, her whole scrapbook had been made. All that was left was for her to add pictures and journalling. She came over a few weeks ago to pick up the album so that she could place pictures she's been taking of Allie (who BTW,  is just over a year old now) into the album. I had forgotten how cute the scrapbook had turned out. Today I found a 3 more scrapbook pages tucked in a drawer (why? I don't know!), so I thought that I'd share them here with you over the next few days. Maybe you'll be inspired to do a little bit of scrapbooking yourself. I know that I was inspired again :-)
The page above is all Stampin' Up! I used My Digital Studio to create the DSP background and added the "little cutie" sentiment, which I printed out. The little pink bird is also a digital stamp from MDS. I believe the colors I used (it's been awhile) are Garden Green, So Saffron, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink (maybe it's Pink Pirouette), and Whisper White. Punches: Scallop Edge, Scallop Circle, Boho Blossom, 1/2" circle, Corner Rounder.

Thanks so much for dropping by.

MDS Father's Day

Here's my quick, simple, but fun, digital Father's Day card for my husband. The only addition I added was a cut-out DSP tie, which I dimensionaled onto the card front. Even though he rarely wears a tie, I thought I'd add one, just to make it look like a card for a special day, since the only time he wears a tie is for something really special. I liked this digital stamp sentiment, I really like to spend time with him...he's a great friend, husband and father.

I really wish that I had more time to play around with MDS...every time I use it, I think it's so cool, as I think of all the fun things I could do with it. Lots of possibilities!
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Fabulous Florets Thank You How-To

 This beautiful floral image is from the new Summer Mini's Fabulous Florets. This time around, I decided to purchase the My Digital Studio's digital Fabulous Floret download, instead of the actual stamp set and I've enjoyed the versatility of the digital set.

I needed some quick "Thank You" cards, but I wanted them to be special, so I went hybrid. I love how they turned out and wanted to share a very quick "how-to" here with you.

One of the things that I like about digital stamping, is that I can make my images larger or smaller, which is what I did here. I used the Fabulous Floret's large floral image, colored it Not Quite Navy, and placed it in the bottom left corner. I resized the first floral image to make two slightly smaller florals and placed them on either side of the corner floral, and and then made one last resizing to the first floral, making it slightly smaller, and placed it in the upper right corner. I inserted the leaf image, chose Old Olive as the color, and then made a mirror image and placed the leaves in between the three floral images. My background is Barely Banana. I saved my image as a jpeg and then opened up Word, inserting my Fabulous Floret jpeg into my document, resized it to 3-3/4x5, copied it and pasted it three more times onto my 8-1/2x11 screen page. Then I printed it out on Whisper White cardstock. Voila! Now I have a beautiful stamped background that I can use over and over with the click of a button...What a time saver!

I went with a digital sentiment, as well. Here I chose MDS Thank You Kindly stamp set. I created a new MDS Project using the 8-1/2x11 page option. I then chose my "Thank You"stamp from the Thank You Kindly stamp set, colored it Early Espresso, sized it so that I could create a 3/4"x3-1/2" sentiment strip with it. (You gotta love the resizing feature.) I positioned the sentiment at the top left of the screen page, allowing space for trimming it to 3/4"x3-1/2", copy and pasted it onto the top right of the screen page again allowing for my desired finished dimensions, copied both sentiments and pasted them down the page and used MDS to print them out. Again a time saver :-)

CARDSTOCK: Not Quite Navy (5-1/2x8-1/2, folded in half for cardbase); Old Olive (3-7/8x5-1/8, Front panel); Fabulous Floret digital background printed on Whisper White (3-3/4x5, digital panel); Printed Thank You sentiment on Whisper White (3/4x3-1/2); So Saffron, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy (Punch Pieces)  PUNCHES: 1-1/8" Circle punch - punch left side of Whisper White Thank You sentiment; Photo Corner - Punch right side of Whisper White Thank You sentiment to flag end; Blossom Bouquet, set at far right - So Saffron, use the inside punched flower; Boho Blossom, small flower - Old Olive; Itty Bitty, scallop - Not Quite Navy; INK: Old Olive, sponge outer edges of punched So Saffron flower and the centers of Old Olive leaves on digital background.

1. Snail Fabulous Floret digital background to Old Olive front panel, leaving even borders around all sides. Snail panel assembly to Not Quite Navy card front, leaving even borders around all sides. 2. Dimensional Whisper White Thank You sentiment to the left front of card, with bottom of sentiment about 1-1/8" from bottom of card. 3. Assemble flower by snailing Old Olive flower to center of So Saffron flower. Snail Not Quite Navy flower to center of flower assembly. Attach Old Olive brad to the center of flower and dimensional flower to left side of sentiment and card front.

Pretty easy, huh? And the best part, is that if you need more cards, you can just print out the card parts, punch a few pieces of cardstock, and within a few minutes you have yourself some beautiful cards.

Also, Stampin' Up! is offering a My Digital Studio Express-Downloadable Version for $39.95, which is the full My Digital Studio software, but with minimal digital content. It's an affordable option allowing you to pick and choose which downloads you need and want. Thanks for stopping by!

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Hey Scrappers...

... From Now until May 31, get 30% OFF select scrapbooking supplies, including select My Digital Studio Downloads, Scrapbooking Stamp sets, and printed My Digital Studio scrapbooks!  CLICK HERE to order and to view more details. 

...AND if you have thought about signing up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and would like to try out My Digital Studio - join today with the Digital Starter kit at 30% OFF ... you can join Stampin' Up! and my Stamp Group with the DIGITAL STARTER KIT ON SALE FOR ONLY $122.50!!  

What's for Dinner?

Create this stylish write-on/write-off Menu Board with us this coming Tuesday (3/22) at Tumbleweed Rec Center (316TW.331 - 12:30 PM; 317TW.331 - 7 PM), and you'll have the daily question of, "What's for Dinner?" already answered. And hey, if you're like me, I'm usually the one asking the question... and I'm the one making dinner! This is definitely the answer for me :-) We'll also be creating a Covered Purse-Size Notepad, which is great for menu planning, notes, or shopping list. If you're one of the lucky ones and aren't meal-planning challenged, you can make these to give away, they make great gifts! You can register for classes online with the City of Chandler using the one of the class codes above.

Adriel created and designed this fun project using the Elegant Soiree DSP and some digital elements using My Digital Studio.  Way to go, Adriel! Since I haven't made one of these yet, I'm looking forward to next week's class :-)

On another note, I can't wait to publish our April Newsletter. We hit the jackpot this month with our stamping friend's card submissions. We have some gorgeous cards to share this month...can't wait for you to see what they've been up to, so be sure to check back at the first of April to view our newsletter.

We appreciate you taking time to stop by...have a wonderful day!!

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My Digital Studio Contest Reject #3

From Adriel:

To see my other submissions for the My Digital Studio contest, click HERE and HERE. =)

So here is my last (rejected) submission for the contest. I took a chance with this one, as the requirements were 1 card and 2 layouts. This might not have met SU's idea of "layout", but I wanted to think outside the box. It was a layout in my mind.

This is a weekly menu planner. We will actually be making a real one of these that looks almost the same at one of our upcoming classes. I'm looking forward to that! =)

So I have now shared my failures rejects submissions. ;-)

I hope you enjoyed them.

Which one was your favorite?

Leave me a comment to let me know! =)

Have a great day and thanks for visiting our blog.

My Digital Studio Contest Reject #2

I shared one of the MDS projects I made a few days ago. (You can view that post HERE.) Here is my second contest reject (that sounds really nice, doesn't it?).

I designed a tri-fold card, so it folds in thirds and when you unfold the card it creates this cute scene. This was my most difficult project with all the layers involved. I definitely have a list in my head of improvements I think Stampin' Up! could make to My Digital Studio, namely have a box with a "stack" of all the layers of your card, so you can quickly move something several layers forward or backward. The way it is now, you have to select the layer you want to move and right click it and then you have to keep clicking move forward (or backward) until it is where you want it to be. It makes designing a little more time consuming than it needs to be, I think.

I ended up changing the sentiment to a birthday greeting and printing this up as my card for Kayla's birthday. We were just getting over the flu, so I hadn't been able to make a special birthday card for her. I just printed this up from my computer and she loved it! =)

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!

New My Digital Studio Downloads Available

Here's some more brand new digital downloads available for My Digital Studio! My favorite is the Eat Chocolate stamp set brush and the new baby boy and baby girl birth announcements. Great ideas! =)

Item	Description	Image	Price	Content
124030	Tempting Turquoise Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Tempting Turquoise Designer Series Paper Patterns
124031	Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Old Olive Designer Series Paper Patterns
124033	Pretty in Pink Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Pretty in Pink Designer Series Paper Patterns
124022	Sweet Stitches Designer Buttons		$2.95	Three button styles in Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, and Daffodil Delight. Total of 12 buttons.
124028	Pattern Pieces Stamp Brush		$1.95	One oversized fabric pattern. Coordinates with the "Oh Sew Suite" product line.
124018	Blossom Petals Punch		$0.95	Four-piece stamp brush set and one 5" x 7" greeting card designer template.
124019	Build a Blossom Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Twelve-piece stamp brush set. Coordinates with the digital Blossom Petals Punch.
124027	Eat Chocolate Stamp Brush Set		$3.95	Four-piece stamp brush set.
125161	Top 10 Photo Book Template		$14.95	This 24-page designer template (11" x 8-1/2") was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125162	2011 Pennant Desktop Calendar		$14.95	This 25-page calendar template (5-1/2" x 6-1/2" calendar with easel) was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125623	Baja Breeze Flower Bouquet Birth Announcement		$1.95	Double-sided baby boy announcement postcard designer template. Colors are Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Basic Gray.
125163	Regal Rose Flower Bouquet Birth Announcement		$1.95	Double-sided baby girl announcement postcard designer template. Colors are Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, and So Saffron. This template was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125164	Play Date Invitation Designer Template		$1.95	Birthday greeting card invitation template. Front and inside of card are pre-designed. Template includes nine embellishment pieces and was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125165	Snowflake Flurry Holiday Trifold Card Designer Template		$1.95	This 4" x 9-1/4" trifold card designer template was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
124542	Chat Room Rock Star Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.
124543	Chat Room Friend Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.
124486	Chat Room Baby Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.

You can order any of these new downloads through Heidi's Stampin' Up! online store by clicking HERE!

Hope you're all having a great day. I have had a super busy week so far and my goal today is not do anything but the bare minimum (which still ends up being a good amount with 3 kids and homeschooling). So... enjoy your day, whatever it is you are doing today! =)

My Digital Studio Contest Reject #1

From Adriel:

A couple of months ago, Stampin' Up! announced a contest using My Digital Studio. I decided to try my hand at it and submitted 3 projects for the contest. The winners have been announced and I wasn't one of them... haha. Regardless, making the projects got me using My Digital Studio and I came away with more experience and a better understanding of how to use the program. I put a bit of time and effort into my projects, so I thought I would share them on the blog. For a complete list of the MDS contest winners, click HERE.

I know I have 2 other children, but something about a baby just begs for a scrapbook page all their own! You know what is sweet? My older kids are not jealous of their baby sister at all. They adore and love her to death and think she is the cutest. I'm so blessed to have such great kids. =)

Thanks for taking time out of your day to share it with us. We hope your week is going great. Come visit us again!

New Digital Downloads

Item	Description	Image	Price
124034	Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124032	Rose Red Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124037	Wild Wasabi Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124035	So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124024	Letterpress Alphabet Stamp Brush		$1.95
124025	Lots of Love Stamp Brush		$1.95
124026	Valentine Defined Stamp Brush Set		$5.95
124029	Be My Valentine Stamp Brush		$1.95
124020	Seam Binding II Ribbon Pack		$3.95
124488	Extra Postage Stamp Brush Set		$3.95
124491	Motorcycle Stamp Brush		$1.95
124492	Printed Petals Stamp Brush Set		$3.95
125157	Chat Room Good Thoughts Stamp Brush Set		$5.95
124541	Chat Room Celebrate Stamp Brush Set		$5.95

Here's the newest digital downloads for My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! Lots of items from the Mini Occasion catalog, even the Lots of Love Letterpress image is available. This image makes a wonderful background for your Valentine cards, whether they be all digital or hybrid. We hope that you're all having a wonderful day!

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