Preview and MDS Tags

Tomorrow's PPA Challenge invites YOU to play along! We will be showing what the Design Team came up with from our inspiration. You can use your own materials and then upload your creation for our challenge. 

I wanted to show you the niftiest thing I discovered this gift-giving season! I created this tag using My Digital Studio. It took me 10 minutes! Then I ordered up 26 identical tags for 26 special and identical gifts for family and close friends. All I need to do is add a ribbon to tie my tag onto each box.

You can see the back of each tag, too--I decided to make them look a little "professional." My tags were printed on quality card stock, arrived nicely packaged and in a few days!

I'd love to hear what you think of my tags! Please leave your comments below.

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Happy Independence Day! Sneak Preview...

Happy Independence Day! I hope your day is full of fun, food and friends! And please do be safe out there! I quickly created the above "tag" in My Digital Studio, as I had no time to make any Red, White and Blue cards this week. I hope you enjoy your holiday! Below is sneak preview of the Pals Paper Arts Challenge this week! Come back tomorrow to see the full reveal.

Pals Paper Arts Preview and Latest Digital Downloads

Hello! Just a reminder that we have a new Pals Paper Arts Challenge tomorrow! We hope that you will play along using your own favorite supplies! It's always such fun seeing what each person does with the "challenge."

Don't forget about the new My Digital Studio Digital Downloads! You can view them HERE.

In the mean time, please order your Stampin' Up! supplies from my Website.

Newest Digital Downloads and FREE Trial!

Birthday Block Party Stamp Brush Set $7.95

Boardwalk Stamp Brush Set $5.95

Mixed Bunch Kit $7.95

Thank You Block Party Stamp Brush Set $7.95

Washi Delightful Digital Tape $2.95

You're My Type Stamp Brush Set $3.95

Click HERE for all recent downloads, or HERE for a complete PDF Catalog

Don't forget that Stampin' Up! invites you to try out My Digital Studio Digital Design software *FREE* for 30 days! Just download here. You can try out the *fun* and easy designs to make cards, post cards, invitations, scrapbook pages, calendars and much more! With Stampin' Up's professional printing services, your projects will be enjoyed and treasured for many years to come! Why haven't you taken advantage of this *FREE* trial yet???

Sale-A-Bration and My Digital Studio Updates!

I'm very excited to share my very first My Digital Studio scrapbook pages! I have played with the MDS program here and there, but never really competed a whole project with it. Here, you will see that my pages are complete. I had so much fun. Wanna know how I did it? I took a lesson from my friends Jan and Wendy. You can find the details on Jan's website.

My page is about a trip we made to Hawai'i to see my daughter and her husband. We carved out some mother/daughter time and I had a few photos to use in the layout. Now I'll be excited to update my MDS with all of the new Designer papers and some new Brush Sets. You can see this week's updates here.

Download Sale-A-Bration Catalog

Download Sale-A-Bration Supplies List

Also, today is exciting because it's SALE-A-BRATION time at Stampin' Up! Today through March 31, 2012 customers will earn a free Sale-A-Bration gift for each ad every $50 spent on Stampin' Up! products including the Clearance Rack items!

SALE-A-BRATION Starter Kit Deal: Starter Kit is discounted to $135 during Sale-A-Bration. You $ave $50 and Shipping is *FREE* That puts over $340 in products right into your craft space! Standard Starter Kit contents HERE.

BONUS: You receive your choice of either FREE Designer Series Paper (you pay shipping) or a FREE My Digital Studio Download (no shipping charges) every month you are active from February through December 2012. That is worth up to $120.

***With the purchase of your Starter Kit, you will enjoy demonstrator discounts and benefits through June 30, 2012 with no further obligation to purchase products or host workshops. There is no penalty to drop. I welcome hobby or business demonstrators in my group.***

Please email me if you have questions, I am here to help you in any way I can with your purchase of products OR your Stampin' Up! Starter Kit.

Don't forget! You still have time to upload your creation to our Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge!

Baby Boy Congrats

Today I am very excited to show you what I've been doing for the past day or so! I learned how to make a Tri-Shutter Album from Andrea Walford at Christmas time. I purchased her kit and have the full instructions. After Christmas, I decided that I could really make this album into any theme that I wanted. Using my leftover Delicate Dots Designer paper from last year, I made this Boy Baby Album! I am thrilled with how it turned out!

Here is the front of the album.

Of course I made a matching card, too! I got my inspiration for this card from Kit Marie at Splitcoast Stampers.

Album open. Fully opened center.

Another exciting thing about this album is--I DON'T OWN ANY BABY STAMPS!! BUT, I am a new My Digital Studio Owner. Okay, I'm not a new owner, I got my copy months ago, but after I completed the training to be MDS certified, I never opened the program again until yesterday! I found the images I wanted, printed them off on my computer (onto Whisper White card stock) in the colors and sizes I wanted, cut or punched them out, and voila! I "have" the stamps! Plus, now that I have the document with all of the images, I can use them over and over to make more albums. I can change the color or size as I wish. These images all came WITH MDS, as I have not downloaded any *new* images, papers, etc. I am so hooked on this, now! I still like my 3-D cards and albums, but this really adds to it. I now am thinking of trying to print out album pages using the background papers and stamps, then added my photos and embellishments on top (the old-fashioned way) to get the look and feel that I love for scrapbooking! Stay tuned!