Eat Something Cute Birthday Card - Clean and Simple Design

Pack a big punch with a clean and simple design.  The old saying goes that if you want people to listen to you...Whisper.  Well the new wave of clean and simple cards does just that.  There is a whole gallery dedicated to clean and simple cards at Splitcoaststampers.com and you can see some really great artistry there where less is more.  It is a big challenge for me to be reserved and not go overboard with layers and embellishments so every once in a while I like to meet that challenge and make something simple.  I did that with this birthday card by using 1 stamp set (Birthday Bakery - Hostess Set).  I stamped the image and then colored it with markers, added a little glitter glue to the image and then stamped the sentiment.  I took 1/4" off the front flap of the card and then punched it with a scallop border punch and added a ribbon and bow to the opposite side. 

Card stock is Naturals White for the base with a Baja Breeze on the inside.  A strip of Regal Rose DSP was used on the envelope.  Host a workshop or order $150 or more from my online SU store to earn a free  Birthday Bakery stamp set.

Like Free Stuff - SU Sale-A-Bration is Here

Earn extra SU merchandise with your order of $50 or more.  For Every $50 you order you get to pick merchandise out of the Sale-a-Bration mini catalog.  AND -- If you order directly from my on-line store you to earn are able to earn Stampin' Rewards.  Just like Stampin' Up's traditional hostess benefits that you would receive by hosting a Stampin' Up workshop, you can earn benefits from ordering on your own.  With orders of $150 or more, you will get to select free hostess sets and get to chose free merchandise based on the amount of your order.  So you don't even have to talk to me or see me.  Trust me you won't hurt my feelings.  Not that I wouldn't love doing a workshop for you but I know we all have time constraints and it is hard asking people to come to your workshop.  Instead go on line and shop away.  Download a catalog or use the online store to select your merchandise.  So if you like free stuff order $50 between now and March 31 for your Sale-a-Bration rewards and if you would like to double your free stuff order $150 or more for additional Sale-A-Bration merchandise as well as traditional hostess benefits. 

Woodland Peace TriShutter Card - D.I.V.A.S. Oldies But Goodies Blog Hop

Welcome to my first time participating in a Blog Hop.  I'm #19 on the list of 30 DIVA bloggers participating in the hop.  You may have arrived here from Sharri-I Stamp4U blog.  To see the full list of blogs participating visit the first blog on the hop Sue's Sentments . 

The challenge for this event was to make a card, 3D project or scrapbook page using products that we have had for 6 months or more.  For my project, I chose the Stampin' Up! stamp set Peace Within and SU's Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper.  Peace Within was the set I ordered in my SU start-up kit that I got last summer when I signed on to be an SU demo so it is older than 6 months old as is the designer series paper I used.  The flowers and the green bead stickers have been in my stash for a while. 

The style of this card is called a Tri-Shutter Card and the tutorial for this can be found in the resources section of Splitcoaststampers.com  Scroll down to the bottom of the post to see other views of the card.  Don't forget to check out these SU products in this project or all other SU products in my SU Online Store   

Now to continue on the Hop visit  Melissa - INKClinations

Again to start from the beginning of the Hop you can visit my friend Sue's blog.
Sue's Sentiments

Tri-Shutter Card Top View

Tri Shutter Card Closed Front

Filled With Love Promotion Ends Jan 24.

Don't miss out on this great promotion. Make some really cute things for all your sweeties for Valentine's day.  Very versitile as these would be great for weddings, anniversaries.  Purchase directly online my SU Store or contact me to order.

Dog Themed Birthday Card

This card is made with a little help from Man's Best Friend and My Digital Studio (MDS).  The "stamp" set Man's Best Friend is included with the MDS software from Stampin Up (See my January 10 post for more info on MDS).  I was able to reduce the size of the dog images to make the little border and add the big dog with the fire hydrant and the sentiment.  I then trimmed them out with my paper trimmer and put the card together using Love Letter Designer Series Paper (DSP) and scallop border punch.  Such a fun card and my friend who is also my dog's groomer is the recipient of this card.

My Digital Studio and Digital Downloads

I have been having such a blast working with My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up!  While I do not prefer to generate my entire project digitally, I use the digital images and sentiments available through the program to augment my already expansive stamp and paper inventory. 

There are advantages and disadvantages to using digital images but they are nice to have when I need and easy to store.  One of the advantag is that you can resize the image to suit your project.  You can't do that with a stamp.  Within the program you can change the color of the images to match your Stampin Up card stock and paper and print out the elements to use on your cards such as I did here on this cupcake card. 

The cup cake was generated within the program and printed out. I then trimmed and used it like it was any other stamped image by layering it with card stock and an embossed background, and adding embellishments

You can order the My Digital Studio software from Stampin' Up which comes with many stamp sets, background papers, and embellishments to start with.  Then when you are ready, you can purchase other downloads separately to add to your digital collection. 

And I'll share a secret with you, you can also purchase the individual downloadble sets/papers, etc separately and use them in your own desk top publishing or similar program that you already have.  So if you are an experienced with creating with digital images already, you will enjoy purchasing the very affordable digital downloads from Stampin' Up.  If you have any questions about the My Digital Studio and/or digital downloads don't hesitate to contact me. 

Stampin Up Occasions Mini Catalog

Fun and awesome new products avaialble.  Like vintage?  Sewing themes?  Valentines?  Just a great variety available for all tastes.