Can’t Update “My Digital Studio”?

BTW – it’s time to update again! If you have problems to update your “My Digital Studio” software from within the program, then you may need to do this manually.

If that still does not work for you, please, please, PLEASE contact Stampin’ Up so they can help you keep your program current. It may have to do with your internet connection… but they may be able to send you the file you need.

You can e-mail or call the customer support specialists.
E-mail: mydigitalstudio@stampinup.com Phone: 1-877-ISTAMP2 (1-877-478-2672)

Circles, Circles, Circles!

Today I was playing with Designer Series Paper in preparation for this month’s Stamp-a-Stack and remembered that there was this neat card I wanted to show you.

This card was designed by Robin M Neth for our shoe-box-swap at leadership.

It thought this was such a clever way to not only make a quick and fun card, but to also use up some of the DSP scraps we all have!

So please give this a try, pull out some of your scraps and make a fun card or several. You could even keep the greetings off for just now… This way, you can add the perfect greeting when you need a card!

Amazing!

… and that’s exactly what this stamp set is! Actually it’s called “Floral Fillers” and you can see it on page 141. (it does have the word Amazing in the set…)

I am so glad that this was another of our leadership shoe-box swaps, because it made me look it up in the catalog and I noticed I had marked it. So I will have to get it next time I order. Goes with lots of our punches!

Here is the pretty card:

The floral images are so detailed that I had to show you close up:

The hearts were embossed in white and are so pretty!

I also really like the color combo and especially the use of the black cardstock for the layering. It just makes this card pop! BTW, the black ribbon is not something new, it’s the 1/2” Scallop Dots Ribbon… well the backside of it!

So don’t forget, that if polka dots on the ribbon seem to busy for your card, you can use the backside of it

Hybrid with Sale-a-Bration

Did you know that you can get all of the Sale-a-Bration items (not the ones that are available for sale in the regular catalog) for free on a CD!?

How neat is that?! And because of that you could make a hybrid card like this one:

Everything stamped and DSP on this card was created in MDS (My Digital Studio), printed at home onto Vanilla CS and cut and made into a card.. The only “ink” that came in contact with this card is the ink that was sponged around the edges.

This card was created by fellow demo Kimber Millard for our shoe-box swap at leadership. and it was one of the faster cards to complete. She had everything pre-cut for us already!

If you have a DSP (Designer Series Paper) in MDS… you will never run out of your favorite pattern

Look, you can even add stitching:

“Faux Stitching” that is! It’s all printed! With the use of some dimensionals and the die-cut layers, this card is a pretty hybrid creation.

Give it a try yourself… remember you can still try the express version of MDS for free for 30 days!

Loving Thoughts

… meets “Take it to Heart”! The Sentiments of the stamp set “Loving Thoughts” fit just perfectly into the banner of “Take it to Heart”, don’t you agree?!



And both stamp sets can be found in the Occasions Mini Catalog, on pages 14-15. The DSP on the bottom is from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog and is called "Everyday Enchantment"... and you can earn it for FREE :-)
The image in upper portion is from the stamp set "Best Friends Forever", which can be found in the main catalog on page 90.

This is another very pretty card from our shoe-box-swap at Leadership. This card was designed by a fellow demo, but I sadly don’t have her name…

I love how the outline of the banner was colored in with the Soft Suede Marker. This really makes the banner stand out and seem more dimensional! This is another sample of a quick but striking card…

Stamp Club Swap Cards

Hi Guys, today I am going to share the wonderful cards that my stamp club ladies created. The theme was “monochromatic”, see definition here.

Here they are…

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Now that you’ve seem them all, will you please go cast your vote in the right side bar? I know the ladies will appreciate your support!

Downline Meeting Projects

Last night I my monthly downline meeting at my house and I thought I’d share the projects we made…

But first, some of you may not know what a “dwnline” is. A downline is a person that signed up with Stampin’ Up! to be a demonstrator under me, hence the word “downline”. At our monthly meetings we discuss business questions, share new ideas, show new products and do a “shoe-box-swap” and have fun. No, we don’t swap the boxes, LOL. It just means everyone, brings one project plus the materials for everyone at the meeting to complete one of theirs, and used to the materials were transported in a shoe box.

We had lots of fun last night! I always look forward to our meetings… So let me share the projects:

I prepared this card in honor of Hillary, my newest “downline girl”. She just got her starter kit last week. Since I wanted her to participate, I came up with this card featuring only product that came in her kit so she can use it for her first event perhaps…

This is a take on my card posted earlier, and uses the “Blossom Builders” kit and new “Simply Scored Diagonal Plate”. The little card is 3x3. We scored the corners of the white layer in an 1/4” interval and also created a matching envelope

This card was design by Julie. She got very creative with the eggs! She used the ovals die for them and used the “Fossil Stone” technique.

The funny thing is she said she did this card with eggs only because she didn’t have a current Easter stamp set. But Marcie had her Easter set with her, so we got creative and added some of those images! Now that I look at the card, I notice that I forgot the add the Pearl to the Tag. Oops! Will do that NOW

This card was designed by Marci my local demo friend and “adoptee”. She is the “downline” of my friend Deidre who moved away left an orphan downline behind. So Marci gets to come to our meetings too! She used the stamp set “Heaven Blessed” from the Occasions Mini catalog (page 20) and had us watercolor the images with an Aqua Painter and inks from ink pad lids. Boy we were so quiet because we were concentrating to color it all in…

If you feel like you would like to be part of my Stampin’ Up Family and come to the meetings or if out of town participate in the swap by mail… now is a great time to sign up because the starter kit is only $125 (valued more than $345), plus you’ll get free DSP packs each moth for the rest of the year! If you want more info please feel free to contact me and/or check details here!