Occasions Mini Sneak Peek

I had so much fun playing with new stamps from the Occasions Mini. The Occasions Mini will be out in January, but as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I got to order this month. I haven't stamped in a while (hence, my sporadic appearances here), but today was the last day of preschool before Christmas break so I promised myself that I would stamp for fun today with my new stamps.



This card is based on this week's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. I used the new set Fox and Friends and the new Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder for the Big shot.



I should add that starting with the Occasions Mini Stampin' Up! is offering their stamps as clear mount stamps which I now LOVE. You can still get the wood mount, too, you just have more options! I had never been all that interested in clear mount stamps before, but one stamp set and I am hooked!



So here is my card using the 2S4Y sketch....



Materials for this card: Fox and Friends stamp set (Occasions Mini); Rose Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White card stock; Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad; Chat Room Rub-Ons (Occasions Mini); Chocolate Chip 1/4 Inch Grosgrain Ribbon; White Gel Pen, Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions Folder and Big Shot; 1 3/4 Inch Circle Punch; Stampin' Dimensionals.

Christmas card

Here is one of the Christmas cards we made at my Christmas card Stamp-A-Stack. It's my favorite card that we made. The colors are a little unusual for Christmas cards. I used the colors from the Cottage Wall DSP.

Materials for this card: Season of Joy stamp set; Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, and Whisper White card stock; Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pads; Cottage Wall DSP; 1 3/4 inch Circle Punch; 5/8 inch Grosgrain Ribbon; Clear Rhinestone Brads; Stampin' Dimensionals.

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I can make that party!

Chris over at Just a Girl is hosting an "I can make that!" party with all kinds of great gift ideas to make. I can't wait to see what everyone else has made! But first I have to go do the grocery shopping, so I guess that will have to wait.

Here is what I made for the party:

I have had this idea in my head since I made these for Mother's Day gifts and I decided that now was the time to finally make it. I kid you not this project took me less than 30 minutes to make! (Well, except for looking for the image to use. I did that on another day.)

Here is what you need for this project:

Picture frame (I used an 8x8 frame.)

Patterned scrapbook paper

Coordinating card stock

Glue or other permanent adhesive

Temporary adhesive (optional)

Pencil

Image

Here is what you do:

1. Find an image you want to make into a silhouette. I found mine on Microsoft's online clip art site.

2. Cut out the image.

3. Turn your image over and trace it on the back of your patterned scrapbook paper and cut out. You may want to stick your image down with temporary adhesive while you are tracing to keep it from shifting. Tracing on the back means you won't have to erase any stray pencil marks.

4. Cut a piece of coordinating card stock to the size of your frame.

5. Glue your silhouette onto the card stock and put it in the frame.

I already had the frame and, of course, I have plenty of scrapbook paper and card stock in my craft stash, so this didn't cost me anything to make, but even if you had to buy the supplies, you should be able to get them for minimal cost.

Materials for this project: Orchid Opulence card stock; Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper. You can order these products here.

Digital Scrapbooking Day

Today is Digital Scrapbooking Day, so I thought I'd share some more pages I've made with My Digital Studio. I just had all of the pages I've made so far and they look awesome! I have also been busy working on some Christmas gifts with MDS. (Sorry, can't tell you what it is because my family reads my blog.)

Have a happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!

More from My Digital Studio

I am seriously hooked on My Digital Studio! I have been looking forward to the release of MDS since Stampin' Up! announced it in January, and I love it more than I thought I would. It is so easy to create awesome pages! I have done more scrapbooking since I got MDS than I have this whole year.

I also love the fact that I don't have to wait to have my pictures printed. The page with pictures of my daughter on the trike were taken on Monday and I created the page on Tuesday night! You can also use different effects with your photos in MDS. I changed the trike photos to black and white after I started the page. If I had printed the pictures in color and then decided I wanted B&W, I would have had to wait for more photos.

Here are two of the pages I created on Tuesday night. I worked on a third page, but I'm not quite finished with it yet. I'll have it to share soon!

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My Digital Studio Cards

I have been having a great time playing with the new digital paper crafting software from Stampin' Up! This week I made some cards using my Digital Studio. I almost made my daughter late for school this morning because I started playing with MDS and lost track of time!

Here are two of the cards that I made using MDS:

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