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Kyla's Digital Birthday Page Two

Good Morning Dolls,

Today I have to share with you, page two of Kyla's first birthday layout!  I used many of the same elements on this page as I did on yesterday's page.  

I absolutely adore the color combination on this page of Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo, Pool Party and Wysteria Wonder.  The Designer Series Paper is Sweet Shoppe and Noteworthy along with some solid cardstock.  The thread you see is from the Staples and Stitches download.  The title is a comination of the Simple Letters Alphabet Punch set and StretchingupHigh.

We'll see you all back here tomorrow for another traditional card share!

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My Digital Studio Update

Good Morning again Dolls!  

Just a head's up that there is a My Digital Studio Update available!  So if you own the software, head over to the My Digital Studio website to pick it up!  Click HERE to head there now and get your software up to do!

For those of you who don't own the software yet, click HERE or on the photo above to try the 30 day free trial now!

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Kyla's Digital Birthday

Good Morning Dolls!

I cannot believe I have less than a week left here in Mesa.  Where has a whole month gone?  Well, I can tell you where Saturday went!!!!  Stamping HEAVEN!  I went to the Spring Fling put on by Diana Gibbs and Rhonda Morgan and I had such a great time!  I have a ton of pictures to share with you of both the new friends I made, and the projects, but I haven't had a chance to upload those to my computer yet, so I will be sure to be back with them in a day or two!

In the mean time I have been hard at work on my Digital Pages.  Today's Digital Scrapbook Page is one half of a two page layout of my beautiful niece Kyla's first birthday party!

This page was put together with the following items:

Deigner Series Paper - Downtown Grunge, Sweet Shoppe

Colors: Crumb Cake, Wysteria Wonder, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler

The title is made with the Simple Alphabet letter punch and then filled with color!

If you have any questions about this digital page, or any of my others, please feel free to contact me.  

My Digital Stamp Club will begin on April 3, so let me know if you have any interest in joining !

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Love and Laughter...again!

 Morning Dolls!

I'm so excited!  Today is the day of Diana Gibbs' Spring Fling and I get to attend!  You should see the projects she has lined up for us, they are awesome.....and there are so many!!!  I can't wait to share them with you!

While I'm off stamping, I will leave you with some wedding inspiration!  Here is a cute card made with the new Love and Laughter stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalogue.

Enjoy your day and I will be back soon to share some of fun projects with you from the Fling!

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Delicate In Color Doilies

 Good Morning Dolls!

I am pooped today and am feeling like a women of FEW words!  It must be the sunshine here in Arizona! It has been 80 degrees here (27 degrees for my Canadian audience!!) and it's making me feel sleepy!

So, I just have a simple card to share with you all today!  The stamp on this card is from our Delicate Doilies set!  I love the way the same scene was repeated in three of our 2010-2012 In Colors (Peach Parfait, Concord Crush and Pear Pizazz).  I am so going to miss those when they are gone in June!  =(

If you don't already have the 2010-2012 In Color kit there is still time to get it.  If you do, I would encourage you to order the ink refills for your pads and markers before they become unavailable.  Also, order yourselves some of the cardstock to go with that ink before it is gone too! 

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Apothacary Art

Morning Dolls!

I have been hard at work the last few days on My Digital Studio content, so I thought I would change it up and give all you traditional crafter's out there a good old fashioned card!  =)  Today's card was given to me by my kind and wonderful friend Patty Chenail!  HI Patty Cake!

I love the color combination on this card!  Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizazz!  So yummy! The Designer Series Paper on this card is called First Edition.  The adorble little tag at the bottom if from a set called Tiny Tags and it co-ordinates with our Jewelry Tag Punch.  

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New Digital Downloads

Hello Dolls,

I just wanted to share today's newest My Digital Studio Downloads with you!  There are some real cute ones included.

If you don't already have My Digital Studio, don't forget that you can try it anytime for FREE for 30 days! Just go to the My Digital Studio Website at www.mydigitalstudio.net and sign up for your free download!

Just a reminder that I have a My Digital Studio Club beginning on April 1, 2012.  Click HERE for all the details!

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Red Rock, Digital Kitty

Good Morning Dolls!

You didn't hear from me yesterday because we took a day trip!  My Mom and Dad and Ava and I went to a quaint little town called Sedona up in Northern Arizona.  The Red Rock found here in the Coconino National Forest is simplying stunning!  We visited a few different location, but my favorite by far is the Chapel of the Holy Cross.  It is this breathtaking Chapel that is found on the face of a Butte.  Its elegant design blends right into its serene setting!  When you get up to the church, you pass by this UNREAL house that is equally breathtaking.  It must be 5,000 or 6,000 square feet and has its own waterfalls and pond and even has gold embedded into the gate surrounding the home.  The current resident is the Dr. who invented Lasik MD surgery but the builder and original owner was Nicholas Cage!!!

Here are some photos of the area:

After we got back, I got to work and was even productive!  Here is a page I created for my sweet Kramer who is back home probably wondering where the heck I went and if I will ever be back!

This layout was inspired by Heather Summers.  The DSP is our Sale-a-Bration Every Day Enchantment. The frame you see around the picture is actually a stamp from a brush set called Eclectic Overlays.  The frames around Kramer are from our Downtown Grunge Digital Kit which is by far my FAV!!  The punches on the page were also filled with Everyday Enchantment DSP.

I hope you are enjoying my Digital creations of late!  Don't forget that starting April 1, 2012 you can join a My Digital Studio club.  Click HERE for my previous post with all the details.

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My Digital Studio Club

Morning Dolls!

Ok, seriously, I have NEVER been ready for something a month and a half in advance....truly!  lol Anyone who knows me well, knows I am a last minute Suzie!  I LITERALLY fly by the seat of my pants. Sometimes this is a quality that serves me well as it allows me to prep for events with only a little bit of time without panicking....but SOMETIMES, it keeps me from bringing some of my best ideas to fruition as I end up running out of time.

So I am pleasantly surprised and pleased with myself that I am done Ava's birthday invitation well over a month in advance....her birthday is April 9th!

I used My Digital Studio to create this adorable project and I am so stinkin' excited to share it with you! I am sharing two pictures because the invitation was created using the "postcard" feature of My Digital Studio and therefore has two sides!

I am super excited to announce that beginning in April 2012, I will be offering a My Digital Studio Club. 

Here is what I have planned for the MDS club I am offering:

• 10 month club starting April 1
• $25 per month in downloads for the club
• At the end of the 10 month club you will receive an MDS swatchbook sketchbook from me for FREE!  It will contain 12 double page layouts!!!
• Access to an online, password protected community where you can download our Digital Club layouts.  I will keep the online site available for 2 months after club ends so you can download all the inforamtion you want/need!
• Once a week you will receive a sketch, with tips/tricks for you to easily recreate your own page in your color scheme!

Club will take place on the first Tuesday of every month for two hours (7-9 pm) and will teach you all the tips and tricks for using this awesome software. 

For those of you who already own My Digital Studio, you are already prepared with everything you need for club!  

For those of you who do not yet own My Digital Studio, you will have the whole month of March to purchase the program and get it installed on your computer (I can help!).  The great thing is, that with your purchase, you will also receive any free Sale.a.Bration item you choose for spending $60 and there are two digital content CD's in the Sale.a.Bration brochure!  The cost of the software is $99.  As an added bonus for committing to club, I will cover the cost of shipping and taxes.

The other option that you have, if you will be purchasing the My Digital Studio Software, is to purcahse the Digital Starter Kit and join the Prairie Paper Doll team.  We are a fun group of ladies who all share a passion for Crafting and Stampin'Up! and we would love to have you as a member of our team!  The best part is, that from now until March 31st, the kit is on sale for only $150!!!  

Here is an image of the kit contents:

So for only $50 more than the cost of the software alone, you can get all of what you see above, valued at $415 for only $150!!!  In addition, from now to March 31st only, you'll also get a free pack of Designer Series Paper (excludes Specialty Designer Series Paper) or a digital download every month for the rest of the year! Simply place a demonstrator order each month and you'll be able to choose a qualifying paper or digital download for free! (does not include shipping and handling charges).

There will only be room for 10 ladies in this first club, so if you would like to reserve your spot in club, please email me at [email protected] or simply click on the link on the left side of your screen!

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You're my Type

Morning Dolls!

You're My Type is one of those sets that I just didn't fall in love with when I first saw it in the new Occasions Mini Catalogue.  But you know how it goes.....first I see samples online, then I see samples at Leadership and Regionals and worst of all, I receive gorgeous swaps like the one below 

I've since realized the versatility of this set and of course, I had to have it!  What's going to happen when I run of house space for all my stamps?!  LOL

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Fabulous Florets

Morning Dolls!

Today's card is made with the Fabulous Florets stamp set.  This was one of the most popular sets last year in our Summer Mini and therefore made it into the big catalogue on July 1, 2011.  

Speaking of catalogues, there will be a few changes coming in the next few months when the occasions mini comes to an end and the new Idea Book and Catalogue is released.  Here's what will be different!

The 2012 Occasions Mini will end on April 30th.  There will be no Summer Mini Catalogue this year.

The current Catalogue will end May 31st and the 2012-2013 Catalogue will start on June 1st instead of July 1st as in previous years. 

The new catalogue will be smaller than normal (208 pages instead of 240) and you will no longer see any Simply Adorned products or Decor Elements in the new catalogue as Stampin'Up is discontinuing these lines.

The new Holiday Mini catalogue will begin on August 1, 2012 instead of in September so that you all have a couple of extra months to pick out your holiday stamps and plan out your Christmas cards!  The new Holiday Mini will also be a new format (8 1/2 x 11) to allow more products per page!  Isn't that exciting!

Don't forget that Sale-a-Bration is currently on!  Spend $60 on any product and receive anything free out of our Sale-a-Bration brochure!  This is a great time to book a workshop of your own, so contact me for more information if you would like to arrange one!

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Love and Laughter Ever After

Good Morning Dolls!

How are you all today?!  It is so hard to believe that our vacation here in Arizona is almost half over! That means I haven't stamped in 15 days!  I'm having withdrawal!  What's worse is that I have all kinds of time to check out the blogs and posts of all my friends to see the cute projects they are creating....which just makes me want to stamp even more!  lol  I'm a very long list of things to do when I get home!  Oy!

Today's card features our gorgeous wedding stamp in the 2012 Occasions Mini catalogue, called Love and Laugher!  The color combination of Pretty in Pink, Basic Grey and Whisper White is a simple but classy one!  This was another shoe box swap card that I made while in San Antonio in January!

I hope everyone is doing well!  What projects have you all been working on lately?!  I would love to see!

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Sweet Shoppe Suite

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Ice Cream and Cupcakes and Sundaes OH MY!  I just love the new Sweet Shoppe Suite in the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalogue!  As a matter of fact, I love it SO much, that I am going to use the Digital Download to make my daughter's 1st Birthday party invitations with My Digital Studio!  As soon as I have those done up I will be sure to share them!  Until then here is a card that was made at the Shoe Box Swap in San Antonio using the Sweet Shoppe Designer Series Paper!

The Cute little Ice Cream cone was made using the top part of our Cupcake punch and the straight edge banner from our Petit Pennant punch!  How darling right?!

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Bordering on Romance

Morning Dolls!

One of the perks of being a Demonstrator is that we get lots of FREE swag, and sometimes even as a part of a sneek peak.  Today's share features the Bordering on Romance stamp set, which I got free in December as a part of my title bundle.  Sadly, I haven't had time to play with it yet, but at Regionals in Phoenix last Saturday I saw a bunch of samples and so I wanted to share some of them with you!

Do you see how this first card looks like its flowers are shiny?!  It has been covered in Crystal Effects a liquid glue that is used to make things look puffy and shiny!

The Bordering on Romance set co-ordinates just lovely with our new Edgelits and Embosslits for the Big Shot!  Here are a few more samples using this set!

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Sweet Baby Feet

Good Morning Dolls!

Who can resist sweet baby feet?!  Not this Mama!  Today's share is another digital layout of sweet Ms. Ava's feet!  And of course, I had to share Ava's first Valentine's day outfit!  Enjoy!

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Valentine's Day

Good Morning Dolls,

Happy Valentine's Day!  What are your plans for tonight?!  Unforunately I won't be celebrating with my Honey this year as I am in Mesa, Arizona and he is back home in Winnipeg, but I did make sure to leave him a gift hidden in the house and directions on how to find it!

Actually, I left him 30 little notes!  That's right, I wrote 30 3 x 3 notes for him and sealed them in Stampin'Up's! 3x3 Envelopes and I decorated and wrote a message in each of them!  Today's note will lead him to his gift!  I have often times left home to go on different trips, but this is the first time I have ever left him something like this.  Here's what inspired me:

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou

SO!  My challenge to you today is to go to your craft room, or kitchen table, or basement and make a card for someone just because.  A card that tells them that you think they are special!

Here is today's share, my last Valentine's card for this year!  

I hope you enjoyed today's card!  Happy Valentine's Day! 

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Phoenix Regionals

Hi Dolls!

Today I have some pictures to share with you from the Regional here in Phoenix Arizona last Saturday February 11!  It was a great day with awesome make and take projects, inspiring presentations, good food and best of all, time spent with friends!

Throughout the day, we were able to do things "My Way" and for those of you who haven't heard that saying before, that is Stampin'Up!'s theme for 2012....doing things "My Way"....meaning "Your Way"  lol

There were make and take tables set up, demonstration booths, sample boards, a card contest, swaps and some great presenters!  So, after our welcoming message, I headed to the Make and Take table where we made these two gorgeous and fun cards!  

After Make and Takes I headed over to the demonstration booths to take in some of the fun tips and tricks that some of our fellow Demonstrators had for us.  It was a toss up between my two favorites....

I have always admired Diana Gibbs' water coloring techniques so it was a great honour to watch her in action!  I learned a great many things from here demo and will therefore be announcing a water coloring class for you ladies in March!  Here are a few water colored cards by Diana!

My other favorite demo was a duo.....Mercedes Person and Duana Foster, sisters from Arizona and North Carolina.  These two were gorgeous, and talented and priceless!  I loved loved loved their fabric flower creations using chiffon!  That is why I will be announcing a flower fabric accessory class in March as well!  Here are a few pictures of their projects!

I hope that today's post has inspired you as much as the event inspired me!  If you would like more information on any of today's projects, just let me know!

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Mouth Watering Scratch and Sniff Cherries

Good Morning Dolls,

Today I am actually in Phoenix Arizona at the Phoenix Regional put on by Stampin'Up!  I'm so excited to be able to take part in this event since it has been 4 years since there has been one back home in Winnipeg......we'd love to have you back SU!....hint hint!  lol

So, I will have some fun pics for you tomorrow of our make and takes and the sample boards!  For today, I have another Shoe Box Swap card to share with you.  This card features the cherries from the Mouth Watering stamp set and the Sweet Shoppe designer series paper and Jelly Bean brads.

The cherries have been heat embossed using our Cherry scented embossing powder from the 2012 Occasions mini catalogue.  It's a Scratch and Sniff card!  How fun!

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Everyday Enchantment

Evening Dolls!

Did you ever wonder what the heck to do with all your Designer Series Paper scraps?!  It seems such a waste to just dispose of them and some of them are just to small to create anything with!!!  So I was really excited when I saw today's card at our Shoe Box Swap in San Antonio.  Isn't it the perfect way to use up those small scraps?!

The Desinger Series Paper you see here is our Everyday Enchantment DSP which is exclusive to Sale.a.Bration.  Place an order for $60 or more anytime between now and March 31 and you can choose this item, or any other you like for FREE!

On another note, Ava and I are really enjoying our time down here in Arizona.  Yesterday we went to Collosal Cave Mountain Park just outside Tucson Arizona!  This was definitely one of the coolest things I have ever seen.  I have a few pictures to share with you from our tour!

The tour guide told us that an episode of Sesame Street was taped in the cave back in the 80's and they used this room where there is a hole that looks like "Big Bird"  In the episode Big Bird got scared and ran right through the cave wall.....check it out!  Do you see it?!

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A Brand New Baby

Good Evening Dolls!

I'm really excited about the time I have had to start Ava's first scrapbook while I have been here in Arizona!  I have another Digital Layout for you today featuring our Noteworthy Digital Kit! This layout was inspired by the lovely Heather Summers!  

Don't forget that you can download a free 30 day trial version of My Digital Studio and see if it is a good fit for you!  And.....stayed tuned in the coming months for more information on a My Digital Studio Class I will be offering, where you can come and learn how to use your new software!

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My Digital Cutie

Hey Dolls!

Good news!  Today Miss Ava was feeling a littlet better and I was able to get a few pages done!  Its so nice to be able to use all my free time to do something I WANT to do and not something I HAVE to do!  Vacation is great!  Here is one of the pages I completed today!

I'm really pleased with the way this page turned out!  The background Designer Series Paper is from our Downtown Grunge Digital Kit (this is one of my favorites!)  The Other Designer Series Papers are from our Noteworthy Digital Kit.  The embellishments on the page are our Staples and Stitching, Deck The Halls Designer Buttons and White Bakers Twine.  The lone stamp on the page is Chat Room Baby Brush Set.  If you're wondering about colors, they are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pool Party and Cherry Cobbler.  The font I used was downloaded from a free font site called Amanda and Kevin.  I love love love the fonts on that site -- it is definitely worth checking out!

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On a non stamp related front, Ava took her first swim in a pool today and she HATED it!  lol  

 

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Fresh Vintage Take Two

Hello Dolls,

Today was NOT a productive one!  Little miss Ava was up most of the night last night and she successfully kept me awake most of the night!  Needless to say, I don't have a Scrapbook page for you, but I do  have another card to share with you from my Leadership Shoe Box Swap in San Antonio, Texas

This card features the Fresh Vintage Stamp Set, which can be yours for free with any $60 purchase of your choice!  Please call or email me if you would like to figure out a time to set up a Sale.a.Bration workshop of your own!

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Wordle

Hello Dolls!

So today is somewhat of an atypical post for me.  I was sitting here this morning, while Ava was napping, trying to figure out what I wanted to share with you in my post today.  While I was playing on our My Digital Studio site, reading some of the comments in our forum I came across something brand new to me called Wordle!

Yes....WORDLE!  What is wordle you ask?!  Well, let me tell you!  Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Here is an example of what a Wordle looks like!

The one other thing that I found out that you will need in order to make Wordle work for you, is a screenshot program.  The one that I downloaded for free is called Greenshot and was recommended by the gal on MyDigitalStudio.net.  It seems to work great....so far!

So, I created this word cloud to go with this LadyBug photo of Ava from Halloween.  

I have only scratched the surface of the fun that can be had with this program!  I am so excited to create a digital page with it!  I am going to try to have the page itself completed tonight so that I can share it with you tomorrow!

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Gnomenclature

Morning Dolls!

Ok, seriously, have you seen the two new Gnome sets in the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalogue-- Gnome Sweet Gnome and Gnomenclature?!  They are seriously hilarious!  Here is what they look like!

At first I thought to myself, what would I do with this set?! but then I saw a whole bunch of cute samples at Leadership, and, as always, I was sold!

 

 

Ok, so you can now understand why, when I got here to Mesa and started seeing everyone's lawn ornaments, that I nearly rolled out of the car laughing when I found these:

The cactus and the palm trees here are just awesome, but in the same park where I found the Gnomes I saw this priceless cactus just asking me to take a picture!

We didn't do too much today except a little car tour and then some shopping.  Just recently I put Ava in her first shopping cart at Costco and she absolutely LOVED it.  So today at Walmart, I knew she would love another ride.  Check out these pics of my cutsie bum!

 I hope everyone back home is doing well!  Make sure to check back here often this month.  I will try to post my MDS projects just as soon as they get done!

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Hi Dolls,

So,I'm here in Mesa, Arizona and I'm so excited for this break!  Of course going anywhere for a whole month with a baby, requires EXTENSIVE packing!  Since there was such a long list of things to bring, my Stamping supplies did not quite make the list.  While this is sad, because I am so itching to stamp for myself, this actually makes me happy because it means that I am forced to do some Digital Scrapbooking!  

I am hoping......and this is a mighty LARGE hope.....to get the first nine months of Ava's life done up! I'll try and keep ya'll up to date on how I'm doing!

Until I have a chance to get some Scrapbooking done, here is a really nice MDS card that I got in San Antonio using the Sale.a.Bration digital content CD.

All of the pieces of designer series paper that you see on the card, including the bit that has been cut out using the Framelits Labels Collection have all been printed with My Digital Studio using the Everyday Enchantment DSP from the Sale.a.Bration content CD.

How would you like to try My Digital Studio Express for free?  Now you can!  When you download our free trial version, you will get full access to our My Digital Studio Express software at no cost for 30 days. With this download you will have full design functionality, which means access to $65 worth of exclusive artwork content!

Click here now to access the free 30 trial version of My Digital Studio.

 

 

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Sprinkled Expressions

Good Morning Dolls!

Today is packing day and by this time tomorrow I will be off to Mesa Arizona for a whole month!  I just realized that this means that in less than 24 hours I will not have to scrub a poopy diaper for a WHOLE month!  You see, we won't have any laundry down there, so I will have to leave Ava's cloth diapers at home and make the switch to disposables for a bit.  I think it will be a nice break!

Since I'm busy packing, I didn't have time to make a card to share with you today, so I have chosen to show you another card from our shoe box swap in San Antonio.  Today's card features the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set which is now available for FREE in our Sale.a.Bration brochure when you place a $60 order!

I hope you enjoyed the card!  Tomorrow at this time, I will be in Mesa and ready to send you some sun-shiny pics!  I plan on working hard on my tan while I'm there.....it BETTER be nice out!  lol

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With all my heart Wednesday

Good Morning Dolls,

Today I wanted to show you another option using the Take it to Heart stamp set, using a very different color combination from yesterday!

Today's card using Pretty in Pink and Pear Pizazz card stock and ink.  Speaking of Pear Pizazz, I'm not sure that I have mentioned the announcement made at Leadership, where we found out that our current Idea Book and Catalogue will be ending early this year on May 31 instead of June 30th.  May 31 will be the new cut off date for future publications. 

Anyway, what does this mean for you!? Well, it means that our favorite 2010-2012 In-Colors, including Pear Pizazz, Peach Parfait, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade and Concord Crush will be gone for good.  So make sure you stock up some ink pads, reinkers and card stock if any of these are a favorite of yours, cause once they're gone, they're gone!

So back to our card!  Guess you'd probably like to see what it looks like right?!  lol  Here it is:


The heart in the middle was stamped and then cut out with our heart framelits dies available in the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalogue and the Pretty in Pink card stock has been texturized using our Vintage Embossing Folder.

Have you made your Valentine's Day cards yet?!  If so, send me some pictures, I would love to see them!  Who are you making them for?!

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Take it to heart

Good Morning Dolls!

ANOTHER VALENTINE!  Are you in the mood yet, cause if not, I've got more!  lol  Come on, break your stamps and ink out and make a Valentine's Day card for your honey this year!  If you don't have a Special Someone to make a card for, then make some for your friends, or co-workers! 

Think about how nice it is to receive a card, especially when it is unexpected!  Come on, you have 13 days left, get on it!

Today's card is another from the Shoe Box swap in San Antonio that features the Take it to Heart Stamp set from our 2012 Occasions Mini Catalogue!  Here is what the set looks like:

The really great thing about the Take it To Heart stamp set is that it coordinates with our new Hearts Framelits Collection, making it quick and easy to cut your hearts out!  The Framelits have been used on the card below.  Hopefully this will give you an idea of why you need to add both the Take it to Heart as well as the framelits collection to your Stamping inventory!

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P.S. I love you!

Hey Dolls!

I'm not typically a Valentine's Day lover....too commercial!  However, for some reason this year, I'm feeling the love!  Personally I think one of the reason's is the adorable stamp set in our 2012 Occasions Mini Catalogue; P.S. I love you!  It is such a cute set and I have seen the most adorable cards made with it!

Today's two projects, one card and one 3D project were created by Shelli and Sara for their Valentine's Day Class at home. 

I love this card so much because it is unique and sweet but also quick and easy!  To make this card, in addition to the P.S. I love you stamp set, you will need some textured Crumb Cake card stock and some Real Red and Basic Black card stock, and of course some Whisper White card stock to stamp on.  You will also need some Limited Edition Designer Series Paper or, if you have an older more yellow book on hand, rip a page out of that!  For ink you will need Real Red and Basic Black, preferably in the form of a marker, so that you can use it with the Spritzer Tool to get that spotted effect in the background.  You will also need some Linen Thread, a black brad from our neutrals collection, and the small heart punch.

This second, 3D projects are the little gifts that Shelli made for her grandkids.  You can't see it in this picture, but on the opposite side, Shelli wrote to "ABCD" from "G & G G" (Grandma and Grandpa Gardner)  I LOVE that!  So sweet!

The little extras on these sweet 3D Valentine's gifts are White Waffle Paper, 1/8" Black Taffeta ribbon and the little maze games available in the 2012 Occasions Mini!  The bag toppers are cut out with the Big Shot, using our using our Framelits Labels Collection, also available in the Mini!

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Two Step Bird Punch January 29

Good Morning Dolls!

Sorry that there was no post yesterday!  It looks like I hit the wrong button when I set it up! 

Today's share is another Valentine Card.....I'm in the mood for love!  lol  I made today's card at a Shoe Box swap while at Leadership Convention in San Antonio this month.

 

The colors of today's card are crumb cake, early espresso and cherry cobbler as well as some read glimmer paper for good measure!  The punches used on the card were our Two Step Bird Punch and our small heart punch.  The stamp sets used were P.S. I love you and Best Friends Forever! The other accessories on the card are Cherry Cobbler Dotted Scallop Ribbon and Twitterpatted Designer Series Paper.

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