My Digital Studio to the rescue

Pin It Now! Today is my good friends' birthday & I didn't mail her card out in time; she live in Hawaii & I should have mailed it out a couple of weeks ago  :( Instead of beating myself up about it I decided to send her a card via email. I did something I haven't done before: I created a card using My Digital Studio 2. I've had MDS for quite awhile now (a couple of years) but just haven't spent time playing around with it; the most I've done was create my blog signature with it. Anyway, here is my very first email-able card using MDS2:

                                                                            Front:

Inside:

It was a lot of fun playing around with everything. What I like about MDS2 is you can re-do things as many times as you need to with out wasting paper ;) I may have "thought" I wanted to use certain colors but once I saw the results I wondered what other color combos would work; I didn't have to waste time cleaning, re-inking, & stamping over & over until I liked it. I just hit the "undo" or "delete" button until I got it right. I didn't have to fuss with the stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect alignment, either. There are so many reasons to fall in love with My Digital Studio; I will be making time to play around with it more :) It will be my go-to for if/when I don't get cards mailed out in time; instead of just not sending one at all I have no excuse not to email them one on the same day :) 

If you don't already have MDS & would like more information or have any questions about anything you've seen please email me. I look forward to hearing from you! Have a wonderful day!

Super quick today

Pin It Now! We have been taking turns having nasty colds at our house since last week; one downside to the weather change :( Yesterday was the worst for me plus our 5 year old was home sick as well; I didn't get much accomplished it seemed like. With him out of the house today it was time to get back at it :) I needed a birthday card for a friend back in Texas who's favorite colors are red & blue. Here's what I accomplished today:

There was hardly any stamping done for this one. I used the Floral Frames framelits on the layer of River Rock before putting it over the card base. I didn't adhere it right away but used some removable tape to hold it in place while I lightly traced the outlines. After I removed the top layer I applied some sticky strip to the traced images. Then I cut strips of ribbon & put them on the sticky strips. I saw somewhere (sorry but I don't remember who I originally saw this tip from) you can used the new jumbo sticky rounds from Stampin' Up!; I wanted to try this out & didn't have any of them (I'm impatient lol) so I used the sticky strip I had on hand. I used sponges to add some color to the cut-out images before running it through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals. It wasn't a time consuming project but I hope she likes it :)

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope y'all stay healthy :) Signing off until next time!

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Midnight Muse; Real Red
Cardstock: Whisper White; River Rock; Read Red
Accessories: Big Shot; Fancy Fan embossing folder; Floral Frames framelits; sponges; Modern Label punch;  Word Window punch; Midnight Muse 3/8" stitched satin ribbon; Real Red 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon

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A new technique

Pin It Now! I have seen a new technique showcased on quite a few other stampin' blogs & finally decided to try my hand at it. I don't know what the proper name of the technique is but the name I've heard in several different forums is Triple Mat. To be honest I was a bit intimidated when I first saw the technique & filed it away in the back of my mind with all those other "looks amazing but I can't do that; it's too much work" techniques/projects. Do y'all know what I mean? ;)  Well after watching an easy to follow video over at Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie I was determined to try it. She broke it down & had everything measured out so I went ahead & did one after the video was over. In fact it's a whole lot easier than I originally thought & now I'm addicted to making these! Here's (one of) the first ones I've done ~ so far ;)

All of the cards I've seen using this technique have all been with flowers & leaves; I have (as of this posting) not seen any that are kid-friendly so I wanted to see what one would look like. I'm really happy with the way it turned out & I can use it for nieces & nephews birthdays by just changing up the color combos.

I didn't take step-by-step pictures but if you'd like a visual Brian King has pictures walking ya through it. You can go check out Frenchie if you'd like to take a peek at the video that helped me get through it ;) Go on & give it a try but don't say I didn't warn ya: they're addicting! :)

Have a great day stampin'!

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Supply List:
Stamp set: Patterned Party
Ink: Midnight Muse; Raspberry Ripple; Summer Starfruit; Gumball Green
Cardstock: Whisper White; Gumball Green

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Quick & Easy

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Does this ever happen to you: a friend or relative's birthday is coming up & you think there's plenty of time to get their card in the mail, only to realize you need to have it in the mail in less than an hour? Or maybe that only happens to me...well, it happened to me last week & I almost panicked: I have to mail things back to the states at least a week ahead of time if I want it to reach the recipient on time. I needed something fast & easy so I grabbed the Mixed Bunch stamp set & got right to work. Here's what came from my mad-dash to the finish:

It's hard to see in the photo but I ran the white layer through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. *TIP: If you want a sentiment be sure to stamp it first before running it through the Big Shot. I then ran it back through the Big Shot with one of the Adorning Accents edgelits to create the scallop edge. The main flower image was stamped onto some vellum using VersaMark then  heat embossed with white emboss powder before punching it out using the coordinating Blossom punch. It's also kind of hard to tell but the white layer is popped up on dimensionals (sneaky trick to hide the ends of the ribbon). I'm quite pleased with the finished product & hope my friend likes it as well. 

Go on & see how many of these fun & quick little creations you can make today; I dare ya! :)  Enjoy the possibilities today!

Supply List:

Stamp set: Mixed Bunch; Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess, retired)

Ink: Island Indigoo

Cardstock: Island Indigo; Whisper White; White Vellum

Accessories: Big Shot; Perfect Polkda Dots embossing folder; Adorning Accents edgelits; VersaMark; Blossom punch; White emboss powder; heat tool; Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack; basic jewels; Island Indigo 3/8" ruffled ribbon

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New Week - A New Challenge

Pin It Now! Since I've been busy since sometime in September I'm finding it a little more difficult to sit & create new projects. To help me sit & focus I have fallen in love with doing challenges; I've even gone back several weeks/months & have found a lot that have gotten me through several projects :)

Today I'm sharing with you my creation for the Freshely Made Sketches #6.


And here is my finished card:

I started by inking the image from the set "Just Believe" using Wild Wasabi &  stamping it onto a piece of 4" x 2 7/8 " vanilla card stock. I stamped it once & then moved the stamp over & stamped again; re-inked it, stamped in on a scratch paper & stamped it the 3rd time. I used sticky strip to mount this onto a 3 1/8" x 4 1/3" piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock. Using more sticky strip I adhered the panel onto a vanilla piece of card stock measuring 4" x 5 1/4". Next I used the Eyelet Border punch on a strip of Soft Suede & used sticky strip to adhere it to the entire panel. I cut a piece of Soft Suede designer paper (from the Neutrals Designer Series pack) & layered in over the scallop border using dimensionals. I then wrapped a piece of Marina Mist taffeta around that. I used the Beautiful Wings embosslits die & the Big Shot to cut out some Marina Mist & Pumpkin Pie butterflies that I glued onto the front. This whole layer was mounted to the Wild Wasabi card front using sticky strip. I stamped another image from the same stamp set onto some vanilla card stock using Pumpkin Pie ink & then punched it out using the  1 1/4" circle punch. It was glued onto a Soft Suede circle that I punched out with the 1 3/8" circle punch & popped up on a dimensional. "Happy Birthday" (from "Teeny Tiny Wishes") was inked up with Marina Mist ink & stamped onto vanilla card stock then punched out using the Word Window punch. I sponged the edges with Soft Suede ink & glued to the circle.

I know I've said this before but typing out the directions is taking longer than actually making it :) I wasn't too sure about this at first but I'm liking it more & more. The color combo wasn't one I've used before, not that I remember anyway, but I kind of  like it :)  After I took this picture I noticed I forgot to add rhinestones to the center of the butterflies like I had "planned". However, I'm kind of glad I didn't; I rather like it just as it is :)

I hope you enjoy today's project. It's the start of a brand new week & I'm hoping to get a few things done in the next couple of days. I am going to the Stampin' Up! Regional Convention later this week so I have a "to do" list to complete :) My wonderful husband even took a day off work so I can go up a day early with some fellow demos from here. It will be the first time he's in charge of things on a school day; I'm sure he'll appreciate going back to work ;)

Have a wonderful week & check back for more projects this week! :)