Gettin' Digi with it...MDS News

Bad title...I know!  That's what I get for trying to be cool!  With one child heading into middle school next year I know we are headed into the teenage years...I'm not ready for that, but at the same time I'm looking forward to it!

Last week the downloads were aimed toward tween/teen projects.  While I totally saw those kinds of projects when I looked at the downloads, I also saw a BUNCH of potential in the Seriously Teen kit for projects for all my boys from the 11 year old right down to the 6 year old.  I immediately downloaded it and have been playing around with it a bit.

Since March Madness is coming up soon I decided to kick it off early on my blog with a basketball layout!

This was the first layout I came up with.  My oldest son finally got to play Grade 5 Basketball (he's been looking forward to it since Grade 1!!!).  It's a short season and they get to play against other elementary schools around town.  I know he loves basketball, but I was surprised that he's pretty good!  He has pretty good ball control, he can dribble good and he made some sweet baskets during their 3 week season.  His goal is to be on the school team in Middle School next year, so he's been practicing hard outside between snow storms when our snow is melting.

Supply List for my layout:

Background
     Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Serioulsy Teen - designer series paper\Seriously Teen - summer starfruit stars

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits\Seriously Teen - embellishments\Seriously Teen - torn paper 2 (re-colored)
    _Designer Kits\Seriously Teen - embellishments\Seriously Teen - torn paper 1 (re-colored)
    _Designer Kits\Seriously Teen - embellishments\Seriously Teen - star

Stamps
    Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - rule no 1, Color = 0,0,0
    Scoreboard\Scoreboard - 3, Color = 0,0,0
    Scoreboard\Scoreboard - 0, Color = 0,0,0
    Athletic Department\Athletic Department - hustle, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
    Athletic Department\Athletic Department - nothing but net, Color = 0,0,0

Stampin' Up! announced some pretty fantastic things about MDS yesterday, so allow me to share!

Starting today (or yesterday!):

• We've changed the name of the software from MDS 2 (and MDS 2+) to MDS.
• We've lowered the price. What has been known as MDS 2+ is now $19.95 US/$24.95 CAN.

Coming soon:

• The upgrade will be free! If you have been holding onto the original My Digital Studio software, you will be able to upgrade to the new software for free. We will let you know when it is available. We have discontinued the item number for the MDS 2 Upgrade (item 130650) until it's available for FREE.

Other information:   

• MyDigitalStudio.net is currently under construction as we make all of the changes. Just keep in mind that you may see outdated information for awhile.
• We will remove the My Digital Studio Catalog at the end March from MyDigitalStudio.net. If you would like to keep of copy of it, go grab it before then. We have not been maintaining this file since last fall and it is outdated, so we feel like it's time to delete it.
• We understand that when a price changes after you have made a recent purchase it can be frustrating. If you purchased the software at the old price from March 1 to March 17, 2013, the following will be added to your Download Manager by Wednesday, March 20:
  MDS 2+ or MDS 2
  
  • Up To Date Planner Template (item133271, retail value $14.95 US/$18.50 CAN)
  • Hello There Kit (item 133374, retail value $9.95 US/$12.50 CAN)
  • Everyday Woodcuts Embellishments (item 132191, retail value $5.95 US/$7.95 CAN)
  MDS Upgrade
  
  • Hello There Kit (item 133374, retail value $9.95 US/$12.50 CAN)

Isn't that awesome news?!?!?  The former MDS2+ (now known as MDS) is FULL of SO much content.  I'm excited that all of you can get it at such a low price now!

And, finally, it's Tuesday which means there's some brand new downloads available.  You can find them in my online store here.  With a house full of boys, I'm loving the downloads today!

Have an inspired day!

Soda Pop Tops....Squished

At first I wasn't sure about the Soda Pop Tops in the Spring catalog.  But, now that I have played around with them, I can say with confidence that I LOVE them!!!!  I do find them a little bulky, so I like to squish 'em for my projects!  This is a project I made for all my downline who attended the Calgary Regional last weekend.

I started with MDS and made the part that was going to go in the squished soda pop top.  I sized a circle punch to 1", filled it with some DSP and then added some hearts and a name.  Then I copied and pasted a bunch of times to get enough for all my downline that was attending the Calgary Regional last weekend.  After printing on whisper white cardstock, I punched them all out with my 1" punch and stuck them into the squished soda pop tops.  The next step is to fill the soda pop top with crystal effects and let it sit for a looooooooong time to dry...like 24 hours!  After they were dry, I punched a hole in them with my retired crop-a-dile and fed a chain through (I found the chain at my local craft store).  The final little touch was to tie a strip of the More Amore Designer Fabric on it.

These make perfect scissor charms......

They also are cute on a bag (in a room of hundreds or thousands of demonstrators with the same bag it's important to make yours a little different than the others!).  Some of my downline even put them on their lanyards along with their name tags for the day.

And, here's a little video showing you how to squish your Soda Pop Tops...it's easier than you think!

Go forth and squish your soda pop tops people...it's loads of fun!

Have an inspired day!

A Special Card

Recently I was commissioned to make a very special card for someone very special and influential in so many lives.  Here's what I came up with.

I chose Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and a hint of Baja Breeze for my card and I love the soft muted tones of it.  And, I really love the layers of ribbon, texture and dimension this card has!  Using the music notes wheel makes a quick and easy background, which I then just had to embellish.  It also makes is super easy to jazz up the envelope, and the fact that we have Crumb Cake Envelopes that I used for this card just makes me happy!  Coordinating card and envelope...it's the small things!!!!!

I'm not even going to get into how many cards I made before I ended up with this one...perfect for the occasion!  I'm really happy with the final result and hope the recipient is too! 

Today is Tuesday and you know what that means...new Digital Downloads!!!  There are some super fun ones this week.  I'm really liking the "Check This Out" designer page templates and the fun colors and stamp images of the "Walk In the Park II" kit.  You can see this week's new downloads here.

Have an inspired day!

Rock Climbing

Taylor is turning 10 in less than a month and wanted to do a Rock Climbing party to celebrate double digits!!!  I checked into it at the University and it was only just over $100 for two hours (an hour of climbing and an hour in the party room), so we booked it!  He gets to have a super fun new experience with his friends and I don't have a bunch of 9 and 10 year old boys in my house!!!!  It's win-win!!!

Because I have a super busy month, I wanted to do up some quick invitations that he could hand out and before I leave for SU's Leadership Conference.  So, once again, MDS to the rescue!

I started with a 5x7 postcard.  The picture is one I found online from superstock.com, which I cropped to fit into the space I wanted.  The side with the wording has a basic gray background.  The "celebrate" is from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set brush and it's done in Tangerine Tango.  The rest was done with a text box.

It's simple and was super quick to create.  I would have liked to get it printed through SU, but I don't have enough time, so I will take it to a local photo printing place tomorrow to get it printed and he can start handing them out!

It's Tuesday, so that means new digital downloads!  You can find today's downloads here.  They will be available for purchase and download starting at 1pm!

I'm off to create a new non-Christmas background and banner!!!  I might just go snowy to try and entice Mother nature to give us some of the white stuff (in the hopes that the arrival of snow will calm the crazy winds we have been having!).  Have an inspired day!

MDS to the Rescue!

Two out of our three boys have DS's (and the third is getting one for Christmas...shhh, don't tell!!).  We have about 12 games and have a HUGE problem with them getting lost.  Those are expensive little pieces of plastic to lose!  Well, this past weekend, Kevin and I had enough (when 3 of the games were missing) and came up with a plan in the hopes that no more games go missing!

We decided to have a DS Game Library!  All the games are now stored up on an unreachable shelf (unreachable to the boys...for now!!!) and they must sign them out.  The easiest way to keep track is to have each of the boys have their own DS Game Library Card (even Sawyer, even though he doesn't have a DS yet...he uses his card to get his Leapster games)...and the fastest way to make them cards was with My Digital Studio!

They have to ask for a game when they want one and when they have the game, we slide their card into the cover of the game.  This way we know which kid has the game and the rule is they have to bring the game back to us before they can get another one.  And, if they lose the game, they replace the game...nothing like a little financial motivation (it takes a lot of weeks of allowance to replace a DS Game)!!!!!!

It was quick and easy to make their cards.  I found some vinyl business card sleeves in my stash, that I had ordered many years ago.  I measured what size I would need the final product to be to fit into the sleeve.  In MDS, I used the square punch to make a "canvas", matted it and filled it with the scrunched paper from the Downtown Grunge download.  I added a cool skateboarder guy (each one has a different color), some stars (from Extreme Elements), their name (a CK font called Rugged) and called it their DS Game Library Card.

Kevin and I are thinking we're pretty brilliant and so far, two of the three have embraced this little change.  Carter, however, thinks we're the worst parents ever for doing this!!!!  Sigh...in the eyes of a 7 year old life is so unfair right now!!!!!

Have an inspired day!

FREE Digital Downloads

"Capture, design & share your life events."

Today is the first day of all kinds of crazy digital fun brought to you by Stampin' Up!...join us on mydigitalstudio.net and get your FREE downloads!!!

Come on over and check it out!  And, here is a fun card made with two of the free downloads you can get...

I did one of my favorite tricks with this card.  My background is Pear Pizzazz and the flowers stamped on it are Old Olive.  To make it look like I stamped them with Versamark, I changed the opacity of the flowers to about 50%.  The two free digital downloads I used on this card are the So Typefelt Stamp Brush set and the Neutral Delightful Digital Tape.

Head on over to mydigitalstudio.net and vote for your favorite entries into the digital contest, get your free downloads and check out all the inspiration!

Have an inspired day!

Hybrid Calendar

It's Digital Tuesday and today I have a super fun calendar to share!  I'm offering a special My Digital Studio Hybrid Calendar class on November 1.  At this class you will get a professionally printed MDS Calendar which we will embellish with real embellishments! 

That's the cover.  The calendar is 10x5 with an o-ring coil along the top.  It has a great little mechanism to make it stand on a desk, table, shelf, etc.  Here's a look at one of the pages.

Now, your pages will not be exactly the same as shown!  I've used a convention class sample as my inspiration and made the pages very close to the sample based on the downloads that I have!

Did you notice the little punched flower and button on the cover...or the rhinestones on the snowflakes?  That's the type of embellishing we will be doing!

This class will be held on November 1 at my house.  The cost is $35 and that fee MUST be received before October 11 to allow for printing and shipping time for your calendars.  You can see all the info on this class on my Classes & Events page.  Please contact me to reserve your spot!

Since it's Tuesday, there's new Digital Downloads for you to enjoy!  You can find all the new downloads for today here.

One last thing for today...Have you voted for your favorite stocking in the Stocking Challenge yet?  You can find all the info here...now go check it out and vote for your favorite!!!

Have an inspired day!

ROAR!!!

I've decided that I'm going to try and share some digital projects with you on Tuesdays.  I know that quite a few of you have purchased My Digital Studio (MDS) and I figure I should share what I've done with it...and who knows, maybe inspire you!  You may be wondering why I chose Tuesdays.  Well, Tuesday is the day that Stampin' Up! releases new digital downloads...yep, every Tuesday they release new downloads!  Super fun!!!

Yesterday I mentioned that I had taken two road trips to Edmonton with  my kids for some stamping events and that my parents looked after them when I was busy.  The first weekend, they took the boys to Jurassic Forest for a dinosaur adventure...and they had a BLAST!!!  The boys still haven't stopped talking about it!  My brother and his little one went along for the fun (my boys were thrilled to see their cousin!) and he was nice enough to take some pictures of my kids and email them to me so I decided to do up a digital layout.

My background is Basic Black with one of the hip and handsome overlays in Wild Wasabi over it.  You can't really see the overlay well in the picture, but it's there!  I changed the opacity of it to 40% so it's going to be subtle when it's printed, but it will be just enough to add a little bit of oomph to the background.  You also may notice a subtle fuzziness around my letters.  I added a white drop shadow to them and made it bigger than the default setting.

To make this page, you will need the following downloads:
-Hip & Handsome Overlays
-Letters stamp set
-Tasteful Trim Shape 3
-Wild Wasabi Brads

Here's a little tip for you...I have made some digital books and a few single pages.  The books I have printed, but I have a file called Random Layouts saved in MDS which, when I get enough of them (there's a minimum of 5 single pages to get them printed), I will have them printed too.

Since it's Digital Tuesday, I also have some MDS classes I want to tell you about!

Getting Started with My Digital Studio
This is a FREE class where you can come, bring your laptop if you have one, and learn some tips and tricks as well as basic use of the program.  This class is good for people who have the program and people who may be thinking about purchasing the program.  This class will be on October 5 at 7:30pm.  Please RSVP for this class so I know how many chairs to have out!

Hybrid Calendar Class
In this class you will received a beautifully printed 2012 MDS Calendar which we will enhance with some fun embellishments.  The cost of this class is $35/calendar (you can do more than one if you want) and it will be held on November 1 at 7:30pm.  Registration for this class will close on October 11 to allow time for your calendars to be printed!    Registration fees MUST be received prior to October 11 or you will not be able to participate in the class.  I will have some pictures of the pages for you to see next week on Digital Tuesday!

If you're interested in coming to either of these classes, please contact me.  You can find today's digital downloads here.

Have an inspired day!

A New Look

So, did ya notice the new look?  I thought it was time for a little change.  Again, I used My Digital Studio to create my background, blog banner and signature.  I used the new Noteworthy Digital CD that you can get FREE by hosting a workshop!  I'm booking workshops for August and September right now, so contact me today to choose your date for some stampin' fun!

Did you notice the ribbon loops on my banner?  I learned how to do this from one of the girls in my downline who learned it in a class at Convention.  It's surprisingly easy to do and rather than me writing out the steps, I'm going to send you to Alise's blog.  She has a great little tutorial on her blog which you can find here.  Her instructions are super easy to follow!

Well, that's all for today...short and sweet!!!  I will be back tomorrow with some stamping to share.

As Easy As ABC

I am so excited about the scrapbooking project I have to share today!  I have been working on a special book for my sweet little nephew for a super long time now.  Honestly, I started before Christmas and then left it for a while and came back to it last month.  I've been working hard on it for about 6 weeks and am thrilled it's finished...although I'm about a month late for his birthday!  Oh well!

I got the idea to make a personalized ABC book for him.  It took me much longer than I anticipated to gather all the pictures, but once I got my layouts planned and pictures organized it was just a matter of getting it done.

Have a look at my creation (I shrunk the quality and it may take a while to completely load because it's a good size book!)...

So, what do you think?  I know he is going to love looking at it because the pictures mean something to him.  And, I know his momma is also gonna love it!  My hope is that it will become a cherished keepsake for him!

Have an inspired day!

Happy Scrappin'

With the sale on digital printing this month, I was inspired to get my Nashville pictures scrapbooked and printed.  The other day I sat down with my Leadership downloads (the book template, digital kit and pictures) and set out to get 'r done!  I'm happy to report that in one day, I finished my whole album and got it sent off to the printer!

Here are the two pages I did for the Manager's Reception.  Manager's Reception is a hilight of Leadership!  Stampin' Up! takes demonstrators at a certain title and higher and treats us to a special evening.  This year, in Nashville, they took us to the Wildhorse Saloon for a delicious supper, line dancing lessons, special entertainment and loads of fun.  We also all got a cowgirl hat decorated with some Early Espresso ribbon and Antique Brads...a nice touch...as well as a special gift (a stamp set from the Summer Mini catalogue).  The whole place was reserved for demonstrators only...so fun and so many memories!  Stampin' Up! treated us like gold!

I decided to use the book template to make it quick and easy...the Stampin' Up! designers did a fabulous job!  It was so easy...25 pages done in one day...all I had to do was pop my pictures in and do some journalling!  And, I can't wait to get my book in a couple weeks.

Speaking of the digital templates, did you know you can resize them?  The Leadership album template was originally an 8x8 album.  By clicking Edit/Change Product Size, I had the option of changing my album to either 5x5 or 12x12!  I was soooo excited to learn this...and I changed my album to 12x12!

With my demonstrator discount and the sale this month, my book was half price!  You can sign up and get some digital printing done at half price too!  Right now the Digital Starter Kit is only $150.50.  I would love to have you  join my team...contact me today to get signed up and start creating!

Have an inspired day!

Rock On!

For Scrapbook Saturday today, I want to share a digital spread I recently did. 

Over Christmas holidays, Taylor had a really cool project to complete.  Their class was learning about sound in science, and each kid had to create an instrument.  Tay didn't think too long before he decided that he wanted to make a drum set.  So I told him to go find the stuff he needed to make it in the recycle bins in the garage.  He was out there a long time!  But, I was so impressed with what he came in with!  He chose a huge variety of cans and containers so that each of his "drums" and "cymbals" made a different sound!  We left most of the project completely up to him and just stepped in to help put it together since that required poking some holes in some of the cans.  We were super impressed with how creative he was with this project!

Left page



Right Page

For the background of my page, I used (my fav) the 2011 Noteable Desktop Calendar Kit!  Then I added the Extreme Guitar stamp in River Rock and played around with the drop shadow to get it to look like it's kind of popping off the page.  The photos are matted with either Basic Black or River Rock.  My journaling is done on a punch...the Curly Label punch filled with River Rock and matted with Basic Black.  To finish it off, I added some stars (from the Extreme Elements set) in River Rock. 

The font I chose for this page was a free download from Creating Keepsakes called CK Rugged.

Since it's Scrapbook Saturday, my March Madness prize today is a Simply Scrappin Kit!  The winner will get the Just 4 You Simply Scrappin' Kit from quite a few years ago!  The winer will be randomly chosen from all the comments left today.  The winning comment from the last post is #6, which is Janet!  Congratulations Janet!

Bingo Square:  Pretty In Pink Cat

Have an inspired day!

Commitment Issues

The other day the doorbell rang at lunch.  I had my hands full, and Kevin happened to be home for lunch so he answered the door, gave a wave to the delivery guy and brought in three packages from Stampin' Up!.  Just another normal day in my life, I was expecting some backordered product anyway...except I got a white box from Stampin' Up!.  I know, you're thinking whatever Lisa, it's just a white box.  But seriously, in 8 1/2 years, I have NEVER got a little white box from Stampin' Up!.  I think I asked Kevin about 3 times if he was sure it was from Stampin' Up! and got a nasty reply from him each time...something like "yes Lisa, I do know how to read"!!!  Of course, curiosity got the better of me and lunch for the kiddos had to wait while I opened it to see what they sent me!

It was my very first My Digital Studio book!  We unwrapped it and had a look right away and I have to say I'm thrilled with the results!  I "sat" on this book for a loooong time before sending it away to be printed...commitment issues!  I have created a lot of stuff with My Digital Studio, but it just sits on my computer.  There's something so final about that submit button when it comes time to print!

So, since I got my book back, I'm going to show you it.  And, rather than put a boatload of pictures here for you to see, I saved my book as a MOVIE for you!!!  Isn't that exciting?  Now, I hope it works and you can see it...so bear with  me if I have to fiddle a bit with it.

Drumroll please....

So, what do you think?  The cool thing is that I had 4 copies of the book printed so I could send them to some very special family members that we don't see very often.  I know they will be super surprised when they open their mail in the next couple weeks (I'm kinda sad I can't be there to see the looks on their faces!!!).

Today I learned that I need to get over those My Digital Studio commitment issues and not be afraid of the submit button.  I also learned how to easily upload videos to my blog!  And, I've decided that I'm going to add Movie Producer to my list of skills!!!!  *grin*

Today's Bingo Square:  Tempting Turquoise Gumball Machine (I know I haven't posted in a few days, but I still drew bingo squares and you can find all of them by clicking on the Bingo tab).

Have an inspired day!

It's BINGO Time!!!!

I almost forgot!  BINGO starts today!  The square today is Concord Crush Bee.  If you have that on your card, mark it off!  You can see a running list of the squares called by clicking on the Sale-A-Bration BINGO tab up at the top.  If I post, I will make sure to put the square called at the end of my post, but since I don't post everyday, you'll want to check the SAB Bingo tab for the most up-to-date list!

Did you notice the new look?  March is my birthday month, and I have some BIG things in the works for this month!   You'll want to check back often so you can be in the know!!!!!

My Little Cowboy

Today I have a little digital to share with you!  Sawyer went for some pictures the other day in his "picture shirt"!!!  That's what he calls the shirt he wore for our family pictures and then again for his pictures the other day.  Each year when I get outfits for our family picture and school pictures I try to coordinate the three boys.  This year I found some western themed shirts at Gymboree and went with it!  They all have the same colors, just a little different designs.  Sawyer's shirt said "Howdy" on it and had a cowboy boot, so he was totally playing the part.  At the photo studio, he was being a goof and pretending to be a cowboy, so the photographer went with it and got him a hat and a horse!  Check out these cute pictures...

I love his little bare feet...I have a thing for little feet!  He was such a little ham!

I kept my digital page super, super simple so the focus stays on the pictures.  In fact I finished it in about 10 minutes!  Impressive...Kevin even commented how fast I had it done!  I used the 2011 Noteable Calendar download for my DSP.  The title is the Just Perfect Alphabet and I just sized and placed the letters differently.  I finished it off with a Modern Label punch filled with Not Quite Navy, matted with Early Espresso and finished off with 2 Vintage Brads!

So fun and so easy!  Did you know that you can earn a FREE Digital Content CD with Sale-A-Bration?  The CD has ALL the images from ALL the SAB sets this year.  All you have to do to get it is place a $60 order.

Gotta run!  I have a few classes to prep for.  Have an inspired day!

Digital Downloads

Stampin`Up! has released more Digital Downloads today!  Please click here to see them.  Remember, any of the digital downloads work in lots of different photo editing or digital crafting programs.  For more info on this contact me!

Digital downloads (and any other stampin` supplies you need!) can be purchased in my online store!

Time to Sale-A-Brate!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  Today is the first day of Sale-A-Bration...the biggest Stampin' Up! sale!  I do have 5 more Valentine's projects to share, but today we're taking a little break from the "14 LOVE-ly Projects" because we need to Sale-a-Brate!

This project was done by Heather at my HUGE downline Shoebox Swap at the beginning of the month!  I love the simplicity of this card.

This card features the "Punch Bunch" set, which coordinates with lots of our fabulous punches!  Check out the pearl in the flower...

Love it!  It also looks super cute with a Rhinestone in the middle of the flower.

So, while we're talkin' about SAB, did you notice my new background, banner, and signature?  I made them all in My Digital Studio with the Digital Content CD that you can earn FREE with a qualifying purchase during Sale-A-Bration!  How fun is that?!?!?

For all your Sale-A-Bration questions, please click here to visit my Sale-A-Bration Destination!  And, don't forget to contact me to book your Sale-A-Bration workshop today!

While you're checking out the Sale-A-Bration Destination, you'll want to click here to find out about the fun Sale-A-Bration Bingo game I'm playing.  You won't want to miss it!
So, would you like to make today's card?  Host a workshop and this card can be one of your make & takes!  Contact me today to book your date!

Have an inspired day!

Hybrid

Whenever I hear the word Hybrid, I think of a Toyota Prius!  Good branding I guess!  But, today I'm going to show you a hybrid Stampin' Up! style...no cars or fossil fuels involved!

At Leadership I took a digital class and learned some tips and tricks about MDS (My Digital Studio).  It was a great class, and I learned a bit more about the program which made me more comfortable with it and some if it's capabilities.  Those of us with laptops, got to follow along with the presenter (the fabulous Sara Douglass...Shelli's daughter!) and we all made a card.

Can you believe that the "love" is from a Christmas stamp brush set?  Just like with normal stamps, you have lots of versatility with the digital stamps!  The whole card was made with product that comes in the original software...no extra digital downloads required!

When our card was done, we noticed that Sara had a picture of her card with some ribbon on it, but the ribbon was bunched by the knot (something you can't do with MDS...or at least I haven't figured out how to do it yet!).  So, of course, the question was "How did you get the ribbon to bunch?".  Turns out, the card pictured was a hybrid project, meaning, it was done with MDS, but finished off with real life stuff.  Here's the finished project.

We ALL got one of the cards and some ribbon in our Make & Take packet so we would have a finished project to show everyone when we got home.  Isn't that great?  It was a fun surprise!  And, I love how the ribbon perfectly finishes off the card!

I have to admit, at first, I really resisted the whole digital paper crafting thing.  For me, it will not replace traditional paper crafting (I really like getting sticky fingers...and touching all the supplies), but I do see a place for it.  It's kinda cool to be able to quickly and easily mass produce a card and then add a special little touch, like the ribbon on this card.

Have an inspired day!

Button Love

I meant to post this yesterday (Saturday), but after travelling ALL day to get home from Nashville I was exhausted.  And, my ears hurt...flying with a cold is not fun!

I originally was going to post this for Scrapbook Saturday, but I ran out of time at the Denver airport and went to bed when I got home!  So, I'm posting it today and we can all pretend that it's still Saturday...consequently, Simple Card Sunday will also be a day late!

The page I'm going to share with you today was totally inspired by a couple pages I've seen like it out there in internet land.  I mentally saved a picture of this layout in my mind and re-created it in Denver while I was waiting for my flight.  So whoever out there has done a page like this and shared it, thanks for your inspiration!

So, here is one of the scrapbook projects for the 14 Lovely Projects I'm doing right now!  Check it out!

Yep, I did a My Digital Studio page.  Let me tell you, MDS won't replace traditional scrapbooking for me, but sometimes it's a nice change and a great way to get some pages done quickly!  It also allowed me to scrapbook a very busy airport and not make a mess...I did have a group of people watching me though (kinda weird!).

So, I used some background paper from the 2011 calendar download...it comes with all the texture-looking stuff already on it!  Super easy!  They I added a picture.  This is my favorite picture from the family pictures we had taken at Thanksgiving in October.  There's just something about little feet that makes me happy!  I matted my picture with Whisper White and then I copied and pasted it about 4 times, twisting each picture so it looks like there's a pile of them.

To get the heart, I added a heart punch and made it huge.  Then I put buttons around the punch and when I had all the buttons in place, I deleted the punched heart.  I *heart* the result.  And, MDS allowed me to do something I would NEVER  do with traditional scrapbooking...use so many buttons!!!

The word October is also from that same calendar download and the numbers are the Athletic Dept. download (I think...it's one of those sports ones!).  They are in Early Espresso and I just changed the opacity to 40%.

I can't see wait to see what it looks like when I get it printed!

I will be back tomorrow with a simple card for you and I will also tell you a bit about the fun I had in Nashville!  Have an inspired day!

Let's Get Digital!

Well, after a bit of stress and frustration, everything matches on my blog again!!!  Sorry if you were on my blog as I was changing, adjusting and changing more.  No, I wasn't going crazy...I was technologically impaired!!!  I created a new Valentine's themed background, banner and signature in My Digital Studio!  The My Digital Studio part was easy...getting it to do what I wanted on my blog...not so easy!  So what do you think of the new look?

While we're talkin' about My Digital Studio, for those of you who have gone digital, there are some brand new digital downloads available.  Check them out.

121821    Love Impressions Designer Series Paper     $3.75

124009     Love Impressions Embellishments     $4.95

124016     Cupcake Punch     $1.25

124017     Create a Cupcake Stamp Brush Set     $7.95

124013     Artistic Etchings Stamp Brush Set     $4.95

124014     Notably Ornate Stamp Brush Set     $4.95

124490     Love Bandit Stamp Brush Set     $7.95

124015     Bring on the Cake Stamp Brush Set     $9.95

125158     Chat Room Love Stamp Brush Set     $7.95

125159     Chat Room Occasions Stamp Brush Set     $7.95

124012     Love Letter Designer Series Paper     $6.50

123601     XOXO Stamp Brush Set     $2.50

122169 Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper $4.95

123603     Nature Stamp Brush Set     $2.50

123602     Vintage Flowers Embellishment Kit     $2.50

122172     Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper     $6.50

123604     Sewing Stamp Brush Set     $4.95

122170     Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper      $4.95

Whew!  That was a lot!  You can find more information (better pictures) of all of these downloads in my online store.  You can also see some of these downloads featured in the new Occasions Mini Catalogue.  Don't have one yet?  Let me know and I will mail you one (Canada only...sorry!).  To order any of these downloads, or any other Stampin' Up! product, visit my online store and be sure to choose me as your demonstrator!

Have an inspired day!