Create Something Everyday

Card Night Card #2

2012-02-01T16:12:00.000-08:00

Here's the second of three cards we made last night. I absolutely LOVE the colors in the Twitterpated collection, so I used those instead of trying to invent my own color combo.

To get the alternating petals on the big flower, you just stamp the same flower twice with Island Indigo ink - once on Whisper White cardstock, and once on Pool Party. Punch both out and cut three of the petals on the white one to the center of the flower. Then adhere them alternating over the Pool Party flower.

I also ran a little Pear Pizzazz ink over the textured cardstock with a sponge to make the dots stand out more.

Supplies Used:

Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine	Mixed Bunch Set	Blossom Punch	Twitterpated Designer Series Paper	Whisper White Cardstock	Island Indigo Cardstock
Pool Party Cardstock	Island Indigo Classic Ink	Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch	Elements of Style Clear Set	Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder	Curly Label Punch	Scallop Edge Border Punch

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Club Night Card #1

2012-02-01T10:01:00.000-08:00

Yep, I know I missed the past few days on the blog. But the good news is that I'm going to make it up today with 3 card idea posts that my club made last evening!

This card was the simplest of the three we made, but was my favorite. A similar design was featured in Stampin' Success this month, which is an idea magazine sent monthly to Stampin' Up! demonstrators. I always love the ideas they have in there, but don't always have the time to make them. This one I had to try! I put my own spin on it with the textured background and the flowers. And the technique we learned for this card is that it is always hard to get a "clean" image when you have a stamp that has a lot of dark areas without details. You'll get spots, you'll get lines, you'll get areas just not filled in that well by your ink. The way around that is to just color in those areas with the coordinating Stampin' Write marker (in this case, Basic Black). Once you get done it will look like you stamped it perfectly!

And those little tiny green leaves? Just punch the same flowers out of green and cut the petals off to make leaves. Easy! Check back today for two more card ideas!

Supplies Used:

Decorative Label Punch	Basic Black Stampin' Write	You're My Type Clear Set	Stripes Embossing Folder	Baja Breeze Cardstock	Early Expresso Cardstock	Daffodil Delight Cardstock
Pear Pizzazz Cardstock	Whisper White Cardstock	Rich Razzleberry Cardstock	Melon Mambo Cardstock	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	Basic Black Classic Ink

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Scrapbook Sunday - The Drive to Win

2012-01-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

Today is a quick drive-by post. It's late, and I'm trying to get all of the Girl Scout cookie orders put together. It's taking much longer than I thought it would!

A few months ago I was contacted by Stampin' Up! and asked to make some projects using My Digital Studio for their Leadership event. Of course, I jumped at the chance! But then I got my assignments and lo and behold...one was a sports page. UGH! I have no children that play or have EVER played a sport. Well, lucky for me my friend Christa let me use some of her son's soccer photos. It was so fun! Now I can't wait to get some sports photos of our own to use.

Keep watching the blog in the next few days - I have some VERY EXCITING My Digital Studio news to share very shortly! :)

Simple Saturday - Thanks in Gray & Black

2012-01-28T15:54:00.000-08:00

It's Simple Saturday and I was so inspired when I got home from a wonderful Open House put on by my downline demonstrator, Connie. We made the 3 cutest cards! And when I got home I had the mojo to head to the scrap room and make today's card (and she'll be happy to know that Whitney used her white pen!).

Now don't be fooled. When I ordered the Blossom Builder kit from the new Occasions Mini catalog, it wasn't for the beautiful textured flowers. It was for the PINK BLING! (yay!)

Now, this card isn't completely over-the-top simple, but it's simple enough. Build some flowers, make your tag, then sew on some satin ribbon.

When designing cards, scrapbook pages, etc. don't forget the rule of threes. Three is always more pleasing to the eye than three or four. Try it and see! :)

Supplies Used:

A Word For You - Clear-Mount Stamp	Brushed Silver 8-1/2X11 Card Stock	Basic Black Cardstock	Basic Gray Cardstock	Basic Gray 5/8 Inch Satin Ribbon	Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit	Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen	Heat Tool	White Embossing Powder	Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch	Whisper White Cardstock
Versamark Ink	Stampin' Dimensionals	Decorative Label Punch

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MDS Blog Hop - First Snow Day

2012-01-26T19:11:00.000-08:00

Julie picked our theme for this week - Winter fun! Living in Ohio, we get LOTS of winter so this one wasn't too hard for me.

A few weeks ago we had our first Snow Day off from school, and the girls' Grandpa took them out sledding. I didn't go and didn't take my camera, but they came home SO excited - telling me that they were going to be in the newspaper! It seems they were the only one on the hill when a News Journal photographer came by. Not only were they in the paper that next day, but also featured on the newspaper's website. How exciting!

This Designer Series paper had just come out shortly after I started Stampin' Up! as a demo and it was my absolute FAVORITE paper. Love the colors and the designs (and those stripes!) so imagine how happy I was when it came out as a digital download! So that's what I used today.

Supplies Used:

My Digital Studio Express	Wintergreen Designer Series Paper	Snowflake Trimmings Punch	Snowburst Stamp Brush Set	Snow Stamp Brush
Top Note Shape - Digital Download	1/4" Ribbon In All Core Colors - Digital	Basic Pearls and Rhinestones

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Now don't forget to go see what wintery goodness my fellow MDS blog hoppers have whipped up for today. I promise you won't be disappointed! Just click the links below.

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

8. Erica Shaw

10. Alesha Walls

11. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

Technique Thursday - Doodling!

2012-01-26T14:58:00.001-08:00

Yes, you read the title of this post right. What used to be Triple-Play Thursday got changed today to Technique Thursday. I loved the idea of Triple-Play day, but I have to be realistic. I just don't have enough time in my day to do three versions of the same technique. So...we're going with techniques on Thursday from now on.

I'm an art teacher, and know how hard it is to get kids over the fear of doing something wrong. Even in art. Especially in art. My bulletin board that says "There Are No Mistakes in Art Only Happy Accidents", and that helps a little when I remind them to look at it. But it's not just kids. I think to a certain degree we're all afraid sometimes to do art because we're afraid we're going to screw up.

For this reason I make my kids doodle. We doodle a LOT. They usually get to a point in the year where they're not so afraid to draw things anymore because they've done it so much. Well, that and the fact that I absolutely LOVE to doodle too!

So for today's Technique card, I doodled. I used to have a big heart stamp (wasn't Stampin' Up!) that looked almost just like this. It's long gone, I don't remember when or where to, but I miss it. So I thought I'd doodle my own today with a black Stampin' Write marker. I also doodled the border around the white, and the "Amour" tag. Fun stuff! When you're stuck on what to stamp, why don't you try it?

Supplies Used:

Basic Black Stampin' Write	Artistic Etchings - Clear-Mount Stamp	Whisper White Cardstock	Real Red Cardstock	Basic Black Cardstock	Designer Series Paper Brights Patterns Stack	Riding Hood Red Classic Ink
Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	Corner Punch	Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder	Stampin' Dimensionals

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Win an Elementary Elegance SAB Set!

2012-01-26T04:23:00.000-08:00

FACEBOOK WALL REFERRAL CONTEST!

It's so easy - share the Holly Stamps page. Refer your friends to like it and post YOUR name on the wall. If your name shows up most on the wall, I'll send you an Elementary Elegance (see post below) Sale-A-Bration stamp set! (they must also 'like' the page for it to count) Ready, set....GO!

Hurry, contest ends midnight, January 31!

White Wednesday - Love You Card

2012-01-25T16:38:00.000-08:00

Well, my attempt at White Wednesday this week turned out SO much whiter than last week's card that turned out blue.

I LOVE Stampin' Up!'s silver embossing powder, and I especially love how it looks on white cardstock. It's so shiny and beautiful.

This card uses one of the new Sale-a-bration stamp sets. What's Sale-a-bration you say? It's two months out of the year where every $50 you spend in Stampin' Up! merchandise, you receive a FREE item. Want to see all of the amazing items you can get for Sale-a-bration this year? Just click here to see the catalog online. The Sale-a-bration set that I used for this card is the Elementary Elegance stamp set. If you order the items below to make the card, chances are you'll have the $50 to get this stamp set for FREE! There is no online link for Sale-a-bration items, but when placing your order, just enter the item number for the FREE set below:

Elementary Elegance stamp set

Wood mount: Item #125120

Clear mount: Item #125122

Want more information about Sale-a-bration? Just click here!

Supplies Used:

Whisper White Cardstock	Brushed Silver 8-1/2X11 Card Stock	Notably Ornate	Curly Label Punch	Small Heart Punch	Heat Tool	Stampin' Dimensionals
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Scrapbook Sunday - Happy Birthday, Audrey!

2012-01-22T17:43:00.000-08:00

My sweet Audrey turned 9 yesterday, so I wanted to digitally scrapbook a page celebrating that! This is a fun, quick little page made with Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio software.

AND I'm so excited! They announced at Leadership this weekend that they'll be offering a 3-month trial of the software starting next month. How fun is that?

Sorry this is a quick post tonight, we had her birthday party today and I'm completely exhausted and have to get ready for school tomorrow.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend and have a great Monday tomorrow! :)

Simple Saturday - Hello Hearts

2012-01-21T19:33:00.001-08:00

What a day! My oldest turned 9 today and woke us up at the crack of dawn. Then we had Basketball games, and other Basketball games where the Birthday girl donned her cheerleading uniform. A busy Saturday is always a great day to do a simple card for the blog!

Luckily I seem to have gotten over my simple creative block that I suffered from earlier this year. At first, I thought this card may have been a little too simple. But that's what I love about it! Hope you love its simpleness as much as I do!

PS - the "You" comes from the "Thank You Kindly" set, I just inked the "You" and not the other part that I didn't want to use.

Have a great weekend!

Printed 2011 In Color Designer Brads	I {heart} Hearts Clear	Thank You Kindly	In Color Stampin' Write Markers	Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink	Whisper White Cardstock	Small Heart Punch
Basic Black Classic Ink	Daffodil Delight Cardstock

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MDS Blog Hop - Sketch Page

2012-01-20T05:00:00.000-08:00

Our My Digital Studio challenge this week was to create a digital scrapbook page from a PageMap from the PageMaps website (sketch below). The sketch was so cute, creative and fun to work with! But it also took me hours to do! (Not that that's a bad thing)

I used so many My Digital Studio downloads on this one, it will take me forever to put links so I may come back and do that this weekend. But for now I have to get to bed for school tomorrow!

I LOVED doing this sketch and using all of the goodies available in my stash and I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what the other MDS blog hoppers did with it!

To find out, just follow the blog hop links below! You won't regret it! :)

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

8. Erica Shaw

10. Alesha Walls

11. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

White Wednesday - Happy Birthday Card

2012-01-18T13:26:00.000-08:00

Well, I couldn't do a flat card on Flat Tuesday after all. When I got to school in the morning I realized I hadn't finished putting my grades in for the quarter yet, so I had until midnight to do that. I figured I'd just do my flat card today.

So I get home from school today and I go straight to the scrap room. I do a flat card. And I hate it. Yuck! So I do another flat card. And guess what? I hate that one too! Blech! As much as I LOVE flat cards, I could not make a decent looking one today. So I decided to work on my White Wednesday card instead.

HA! This is how it turned out! It's BLUE!!!! Sure, there are smidges of white in there but for the most part, this is NOT a white card for White Wednesday. Oooops! :)

But...I love how it turned out. So out of the 3 cards I made, I like one well enough to post. Better than none I guess!

Are you asking where I got that fantastic swirly little frame stamp? In a few days you will wonder no more - it's a Sale-A-Bration set that will be available next week when Sale-A-Bration starts! I'm so excited - it's my favorite time of the year for Stampin' Up! Who doesn't love getting free stamp sets (and other goodies!)? I know I do! Watch the blog in the next few days for more Sneak Peeks!

The Monday Blues - {love} Card

2012-01-16T13:06:00.000-08:00

It's that time of the week again! Time to head back to work after the weekend. Well, unless you're like me and work at a school where we have the day off to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King! The girls let me sleep in until 8am this morning, and I got lots of stuff done so today wasn't too very blue for me.

Have I told you how much I *love* the color gray? That's almost the only color I wear. I'm so boring! But lately I've been using it a TON on my cards. Lately, I'm loving it more than black! And Basic Gray looks so very pretty with the Pool Party cardstock I pulled out to do a blue card with today. And I used a wheel! I love, love, LOVE Stampin' Up!'s wheels. They're so fun to use and just add a little "extra" to a card when you need a little extra.

Hope you had as much of a productive Monday as I did today and see you tomorrow for Flat Tuesday! Flat cards are my new favorite so I can't wait! :) And don't forget - every day I post a card as a project on the blog, if you purchase ANY one item used to make that card from my Stampin' Up! store (links below) I will send you the card for FREE!

Supplies Used:

Heart-To-Heart Punch	Tiny Tags Set	I {heart} Hearts Clear	Set Designer Frames Textured	Adorning Accents Edgelits Die	Adorning Accents Textured	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine
Printed 2011 In Color Designer Brads	Basic Gray Classic Ink	Pool Party Ink	Pool Party Cardstock	Whisper White Cardstock	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	Basic Gray 5/8 Inch Satin Ribbon
Stampin' Dimensionals	Woodgrain Background	Stampin' Around Jumbo Handle	I {Love} Love Jumbo Wheel

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Scrapbook Sunday - Project Life (MDS Style!)

2012-01-15T12:07:00.001-08:00

Have you heard the buzz about Project Life by Becky Higgins? It's just matching pieces and parts that you put together to create pages that document a whole year of your life. I wanted to do something similar this year (I usually always start a project like this in January - then it fizzles by February) But this year I'm NOT GOING TO LET IT FIZZLE! Did you hear me yell that? :)

So I'm going to do a Project Life style album in My Digital Studio. I'm not going to get all crazy about it - if I don't take a picture on a few days, that's OK. But hopefully I'll have *something* to include on a page each week. We definitely do enough stuff in this family!

So with that, I'm going to take my leave for blogging today. The girls are out playing in the snow while I'm trying to get all toasty here in the house (I hate the cold!) and my work-in-progress novel is calling me from the dining room to write, write, write! Have a wonderful Scrapbook Sunday and hope you get some scrapped today!

Simple Saturday - Thanks Flowers

2012-01-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

It's Simple Saturday!

Sometimes I struggle more with the simple cards. Like this one. I went through SIX different versions of this card before I got one I like enough to post here, and I'm still not 100% sure that I love it. :)

I bought the Button Buddies set *just* for this flower vase stamp, I love it so much, but haven't actually USED it yet (silly girl!). But it's perfect for the new Twitterpated Bitty Buttons in the Occassions Mini. I stamped my images first, ran it through the Big Shot with the embossing folder, then added my buttons and the rhinestones in the center of them. DONE! Simple (yeah, right). ;)

Do you struggle doing simple cards as much as I do?

Supplies Used:

Basic Gray Classic Ink	Whisper White Cardstock	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	Button Buddies - Clear Mount	Twitterpated Designer Buttons
Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink	Square Lattice Embossing Folder	Thank You Kindly

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MDS Blog Hop - Cupcake Day

2012-01-13T05:00:00.000-08:00

Yay! It's MDS day! Our theme this week was to use something new. So, since I had just downloaded the "A Day in the Life" kit, I couldn't wait to use it!

I did a page on our cupcake day from our summer vacation. I love the tape download, you can use it for so many things!

I love the "Day in the Life" kit - it's got so many fun little embellishments, stamps, paper, etc. Thanks for visiting the blog today and be sure to check out what everyone else did (links below!)

Day in the Life Kit

Downtown Grunge Photobook Template

Vintage Overlay Stamp Brush Set

Delightful Digital Tape

Simple Stitches and Corners

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1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

7. Erica Shaw

10. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

January 11 - White Wednesday

2012-01-11T18:38:00.001-08:00

Another quick post tonight for White Wednesday. Still trying to get better but can't get into the Dr. until February. FEBRUARY! Ugh.

I'm LOVING the challenge of coming up with white cards! This one uses vellum for the flowers, stamped and embossed with white embossing powder. I also love the new big pearls in the new mini catalog. They're so fun.

This is a super-simple card and could be used for many different occasions, depending on the sentiment you stamp on it.

Hope you had a fantastic White Wednesday!

Basic Gray Classic Ink	White Embossing Powder	Whisper White Cardstock	Blossom Punch	Modern Label Punch	Large Pearls	With All My Heart
Mixed Bunch Set	Stampin' Dimensionals	Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder	Versamark Ink	8-1/2X11 Vellum Paper	Heat Tool

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January 10 - Flat Tuesday

2012-01-10T18:18:00.000-08:00

This is going to be a *really* quick Flat Tuesday post - didn't get much sleep last night so I'm going to bed EARLY tonight!

To make a card similar to this, you'll want to pick out some patterned paper that is light and understated. No loud patterns or colors for your paper - that's what you're going to use your ink for!

Stamp your images directly on the patterned paper card, then use your black Stampin' Write marker to doodle around the petals with lines and dots. Easy peasy and FLAT! :)

Hope you had a wonderful Tuesday - I've been under the weather which is why I missed the Monday Blues yesterday, but I'm hoping I can kick this thing SOON! I hate not feeling well!

Basic Black Stampin' Write

In Color Stampin' Write Markers

Old Olive Classic Ink

Build A Blossom - Clear-Mount Stamp

First Edition Designer Series Paper - Digital Download

Daffodil Delight Ink

Melon Mambo Classic Ink

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January 8 - Scrapbook Sunday

2012-01-08T07:23:00.000-08:00

I had such high hopes for this Scrapbook Sunday. The last crop I went to, I had started this page but never finished it. So last night I thought - perfect! I'll finish the page and use it for today's blog post. That way the page will be finished, and I'll have a page to post! Many of my scrapbooking buddies had spent all day scrapbooking and I wasn't able to go, so I figured I could get a little cropping in that way.

As the family sat down to watch "Cars 2", I got out the stamps, my white Signo and Basic Black Stampin' Write marker and went to work. And I loved how it turned out! I set it down on the floor beside me, and watched the rest of the movie. But then...

I spilled a cup of Pepsi on it. ALL over it. See the dirty looking streaks on the Tempting Turquoise? UGH. Another plus in the digital scrapbooking column (unless you spill the Pepsi on your computer, which I also did). So I'll have to re-do at least the Tempting Turquoise part. I had hand drawn all of the white scallops and colored them in with the white Signo pen, so it's going to take me a while to re-do it. But I'm not doing it today! Today's blog post will just have to be streaked with Pepsi. And I learned a lesson too! Never put a layout on the floor. :)

See you tomorrow for the Monday Blues!

Supplies Used:

Island Indigo Classic Ink	Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen	Basic Black Stampin' Write	Old Olive Cardstock	Island Indigo Cardstock
Basic Black Cardstock	Tempting Turquoise 12x12 Cardstock	Heart-To-Heart Punch	Designer Series Paper Brights Patterns Stack	Stampin' Dimensionals
Broadsheet Alphabet	Scallop Trim Border Punch	Scallop Edge Border Punch

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January 7 - Simple Saturday

2012-01-07T06:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Simple Saturday!

I love simple cards. I also love big, fancy-schmancy cards but as much as I try to make them - that's just not my style. Once my husband called me "mashed potatoes with no gravy." He knows me well. :)

For today's project I decided to use the "Turtle & Co." set which is also this year's Ronald McDonald Charity set. That means that every set Stampin' Up! sells, they donate $3 of that set to the Ronald McDonald Charities. It also means that this set won't carry over to the next catalog, so if you're on the fence about it you've only got about 6 more months to decide. :)

I love these outlined sets so much because I LOVE mixing patterned paper with the stamps. To make the frog I stamped it once on the Whisper White cardstock, then stamped the frog again on the patterned paper and cut out the body (everything except for the eyes). Then just adhere it over your original stamped image. I also did it with the cone part of the hat, and the heart in the thought bubble. It took a few minutes to cut out the toes of the frog, but cutting things soothes me and I love doing it. Just takes a little bit of patience.

I'm running out of time this morning and don't have time to do the individual product links, but all items used (and that great stamp set!) can be found in my online store. I will try to add them later tonight.

Have a very great Simple Saturday and see you tomorrow for Scrapbook Sunday!

MDS Blog Hop - Valentines

2012-01-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

Our My Digital Studio blog hop assignment this week was to use any of the newest digital downloads in a project.

Since most of Tuesday's downloads were Valentine's related downloads I decided to CASE an idea I saw on Pinterest earlier this week. Once I saw it, I knew I wanted to use it for my girls' Valentine's this year and knew My Digital Studio would be the perfect tool to use for them.

I wanted Audrey to be looking up at me in the picture so I stood on a dining room chair to take the shot. It's a great way to minimize distracting things on the background since your floor becomes your background instead! Just make sure if you want to add something to your photo (like the Happy Valentine's Day stamps) you can offset your subject to leave room for the sentiment.

I set it up as a small postcard in My Digital Studio and it also allowed me to design the back. I added the "To:" and "From:" and let Audrey fill those out. She's so excited to take these to school, I think it will be hard for her to wait a month!

The supplies for this project are listed below. As well as the links to the other talented My Digital Studio blog hoppers!

Supplies Used:

My Digital Studio Express

Top Note Shape - Digital Download

You Are Loved Stamp Brush Set

My Sweet Pea Digital Kit

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Be sure to check out the other blog hoppers this week! There are a few that had to drop off temporarily due to unforeseen circumstances but will hopefully be back with us soon!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

6. Erica Shaw

9. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

January 5 - Triple Play Thursday

2012-01-05T05:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to Triple-Play Thursday! Have you discovered Pinterest yet? If you did, you know how addicting it is! My inspiration for today's Triple-Play comes from a card I saw on Pinterest here. I loved how the heart opened up to the ribbon underneath. So I decided to try it a few different ways.

The first I CASED the example with a few differences. The first being glitter paper. :) Nothing says "Be My Valentine" like red glitter paper! Just pop the red glitter paper up with some dimensionals after you punch your heart through it and add your ribbons underneath.

For the second take I pretty much only used the concept of the punched heart. These aren't your typical Valentine's colors, but you know how much I love blue. And Crumb Cake. When I put this one together the corners kept popping up more than I wanted them to (maybe because I ran it through the embossing folder first) but it was nothing a little brad in each corner wouldn't fix. And I had to use my favorite alpha stamps - the Just Perfect alpha. They weren't kidding when they named that set.

For the third take I went the fancy, traditional route. I LOVE Stampin' Up!'s chunky glitter and I loved how it looks under the punched heart. I just used Stampin' Up!'s sticky sheets, laid my punched heart on top of it and cut a slightly larger heart out of it to stick the glitter to my card. I didn't sew around the edges of the square like I did on my first take, I just used my white Signo pen from the catalog and drew a simple border around the edges and the heart.

Thanks for coming by for the Triple-Play today! You'll find three sets of supplies below for each of the cards. And be sure to stop by tomorrow for our MDS Blog Hop where we'll all be using the latest/newest digi downloads for My Digital Studio!

Supplies for Card #1:

Red Glimmer Paper	Whisper White Cardstock	Daffodil Delight Cardstock	Pool Party Cardstock	Tiny Tags Set	Corner Punch
Heart-To-Heart Punch	Full Heart Punch	Jewelry Tag Punch	Stampin' Dimensionals	Old Olive 1/2 Inch Scallop Dots Ribbon	Designer Buttons - Subtles Collection

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Supplies for Card #2:

Beau ChÃ¢teau Designer Series Paper	Crumb Cake Cardstock	Just Perfect Alphabet	First Edition Designer Series Paper - Digital Download	Designer Series Paper Brights Patterns Stack	Stripes Embossing Folder	Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen
Heart-To-Heart Punch	Full Heart Punch	Island Indigo Classic Ink	Island Indigo Cardstock	Silver Mini Brads	Stampin' Dimensionals

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Supplies for Card #3:

Whisper White Cardstock	Melon Mambo Cardstock	Twitterpated Designer Series Paper	Basic Gray Classic Ink	Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen	Full Heart Punch	Eyelet Border Punch
Stampin' Dimensionals	Silver Glass Glitter

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January 4 - White Wednesday

2012-01-04T07:48:00.000-08:00

It's a nice day for a white wedding...um...I mean, a WHITE WEDNESDAY!

I just love white. It's so clean and pretty, and you can do so much with it. Today I kept it pretty simple. I love this embossing folder, but the design is so beautiful I didn't want to "junk it up" and add a whole lot more too it. I used one of my favorite sets - Circle Circus. I love the big scalloped circle in the set but found I loved it so much more when I layered one of the smaller circles in the set in the middle of it. Plus it gave it a little more dimension. I added a rhinestone to the middle and DONE! The "Thank You" sentiment on the Baja Breeze banner was embossed with white embossing powder to make it as bright as the white background.

This could also make a beautiful wedding or engagement card too!

Have a wonderful Wednesday and see you back here tomorrow for Triple Play Thursday where I break out the HEARTS!

PS - The Occasions Mini Catalog went LIVE this morning so you are now able to order from it! If you'd like a paper copy of the catalog just send me an email at holly@hollystamps.com and I'd be happy to send one out to you (Yours is on the way today, Robin!).

Circle Circus	Curly Cute	Baha Breeze Classic Ink	Baja Breeze Cardstock	Whisper White Cardstock	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	Corner Punch
Stampin' Dimensionals	Versamark Ink	White Embossing Powder	Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Jan 3 - Flat Tuesday

2012-01-03T11:03:00.000-08:00

Happy Flat Tuesday!

It's been a while since I've done a flat card, but WOW this was fun!

Stampin' Up!'s Two-Step Stampin' stamps really make flat cards easy - you just layer colors and stamps on top of each other. Today I used the Raining Flowers stamp set (thanks Peg!)

And for those of you who are saying "Hey, look at the bottom! That card's not flat!" It really is! I just punched the bottom of the card front and added the patterned paper strip to the bottom of the INSIDE of the card. See? Still flat! :)

Hope you are having a FANTASTIC Flat Tuesday!

Raining Flowers	Create A Cupcake	Basic Black Classic Ink	Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink	Old Olive Classic Ink	Daffodil Delight Ink	Melon Mambo Classic Ink	Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink
Scallop Trim Border Punch	Designer Series Paper Brights Patterns Stack	Whisper White Cardstock	In Color Stampin' Write Markers

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January 2 - The Monday Blues

2012-01-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

I'm back to work...the kids are back to school...you guessed it - I've got the Monday blues. But on the blog that means I get to post a blue card and that makes me smile!

Only two more days until the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini comes out. So I thought I'd sneak a few little sneak peek items onto this card for you. Can you spot them?

Now, Island Indigo has to be one of my favorite SU! colors ever. I'll be so sad when its two years is up and it retires. But for now - I'm going to use it like crazy!

Now if you can tell, when I cut the white border and adhered it to the card I decided to use it as a kind of pocket and tuck the petals for my flower inside. I curled the petals around a pen and tucked a Dimensional under each one to give them some POP. And yes, I even whipped out my sewing machine!

One more quick thing - on a day I post a card as a sample - if you order ANY of the items used to make the featured card from my online store I will send you the sample card for you to keep or send to someone else!

The available items I used are listed below, just click on the item photo to order. See you tomorrow for Flat Tuesday and Happy Monday Blues to you!

Island Indigo Cardstock	Island Indigo Classic Ink	Whisper White Cardstock	Baja Breeze Cardstock	Baha Breeze Classic Ink	Stampin' Dimensionals	Antique Brads	With All My Heart
Build A Blossom - Clear-Mount Stamp	Blossom Petals Xl Punch

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Happy 2012! - It's Scrapbook Sunday!

2012-01-01T19:09:00.001-08:00

Yay for 2012!

My resolution is to stay on track with this blog - whoooo hoooo for that! And to do that, I've decided to schedule events for each day on the blog to keep me on track easier.

MONDAYS - I don't know about you, but Monday means I have to go back to work. And while I absolutely love my job, I still get the Monday blues. And since blue is my favorite color - Monday will be some type of Stampin' Up! project with blue in it.

TUESDAYS - Being Catholic, we have Fat Tuesday right before Lent starts. Well, at Create Something Everyday I'm making every Tuesday FLAT Tuesday! I love doing flat projects (no layers, no embellishments) I just don't do them very often so this will be a good challenge for me!

WEDNESDAY - I *heart* white. So every Wednesday will be White Wednesday. Each project posted on Wednesdays will be a majority of white. I can't wait!

THURSDAY - Triple Play day! I'm going to pick a technique or design idea each Thursday and put three different spins on it.

FRIDAY - Friday is our My Digital Studio Blog Hop day with various themes picked by one of our 12 blog hoppers.

SATURDAY - Is simple day! I love simple, classy looking projects so each project posted on Saturdays will be simple enough to create in less than ten minutes.

SUNDAY - Sunday is SCRAPBOOK DAY! Be it paper, be it digital - all of Sunday's posts will be a scrapbook page.

If you've ever forgotten the schedule and want to be reminded - I've listed it on the right-hand column. So with today being Sunday and all, that means it's time to share a scrapbook page with you! For twelve years now I've been a paper scrapbooker. But I've been finding myself using My Digital Studio more and more to make my pages. I just love it. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to give up my paper for good - and that's OK. But for today - it's digital!

I decided to be kind of proactive and start on our Christmas photos from 2011. I did this page of the girls making Christmas cookies with their Grandma Jill this year. I have such a hard time using "traditional" Christmas colors. I'm not a huge fan of red and green together, but I love using non-traditional colors for Christmas so that's the route I went.

See you tomorrow for the Monday Blues! :)

December 29 - Wall Art

2011-12-29T06:19:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to find this frame at our church rummage sale for $5. When I found it there was a mirror in the middle and the frame was brushed gold. I hate gold, really I do. But I bought it anyway and brought it home to my husband. He was able to take out the mirror leaving only the frame and he also painted the frame black for me. Now it was perfect! So I hung it in my dining room and did nothing with it for almost a year. UGH.

We had Thanksgiving at our home this year for our families and while we were cleaning the house, the one thing Chad requested was that I "put something in that frame!" I guess it was bugging him more than it was bugging me. :)

I had an 8"x10" photo of the girls already printed, so using normal scrapbooking adhesive, I stuck it to the wall in the middle of the frame. Now I was also lucky enough to snag a few of the black rhinestone swirls that Stampin' Up! had on the Clearance Rack a few months ago, so I added the swirls overlapping the photo and the straight strings of rhinestones on the edges of the photo (so it wouldn't look so much like I just stuck a photo straight to the wall). But when I stood back, I could tell it needed something else. The photos and the rhinestones didn't fill up enough of the space inside of the frame.

PUNCHES! Use your punches, silly! Some Basic Black and Crumb Cake cardstock did the trick - I punched the Fancy Flower punch with Basic Black, and the inside flower of the Blossom Bouquet punch. Then did the outside flower of the Blossom Bouquet punch with Crumb Cake cardstock. Once I had the flowers built, I just added a rhinestone to the center and stuck them inside of the frame. Done!

Now my wall is finished and my husband can no longer complain that we have an empty frame hanging in the dining room!

Supplies I used:

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Basic Black Classic Ink

Fancy Flower Punch

Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch

Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents

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December 28 - Hello Card

2011-12-28T12:01:00.001-08:00

Time for another Occasions Mini sneak peek! I absolutely LOVED the sample in the mini where they used the stamped and punched flower and cut off two petals to create a butterfly. I knew I had to try it!

First I stamped the flower on the new Twitterpated Designer Series paper and embossed it in white. Then punched out the flower. Cut off the top and bottom petals, then add your rhinestones to the middle.

I absolutely love the metal label holders, and was so sad when they were discontinued. But now they're on the Clearance Rack (oh happy day!) With the hardware kit you get a TON of these things!

We're still on Christmas vacation from school and its nice to have so much free time with my girls.

December 27 - Get Better Sooner Card

2011-12-27T18:29:00.001-08:00

It's about time I start posting more ideas on this blog, don't you think? Well, let me tell you - Mr. Big Brown Truck dropped off the most delightful box of new Occasions Mini items to me today and I've had so much fun playing with them!

Here's a little sneak peek for you - I'll update this post next week with links to the items when the mini catalog goes live, but the colors I used are Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade.

If you need one of the new Occasions Mini Catalog please just let me know!

MDS Blog Hop - Family Tree Gift

2011-12-23T09:15:00.000-08:00

Today for the MDS Blog Hop we were to do something Christmas. Now this isn't "technically" Christmas, but I made these to give as Christmas gifts this year so I think it counts! :)

When I saw Stampin' Up!'s new Family Tree digital download, I fell in love! And because it's digital you can add as many labels as you need (and in this case, I added photos of each family member too!) This was such a fun project to create, and I hope everyone that receives one will love it. I will be printing these tonight as an 8"x10" print and putting them in a frame to wrap up. Even if not for Christmas, this is a fun personalized gift that will be treasured for years.

Hope you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Now don't forget to follow along the "hop" and see what everyone else did with My Digital Studio this week! We will be taking next week off to regroup and get ready for more MDS blog hop projects for 2012 - I can't wait!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

MDS Blog Hop - It's Coming...

2011-12-16T07:05:00.000-08:00

It's coming, it's coming - I promise!
I'll be making my post later this evening so if you get a chance, please check back! Until then be sure to check with the other blogs on the hop!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

MDS Blog Hop - Spice Labels

2011-12-10T04:40:00.001-08:00

I owe you an apology. I missed last week of the blog hop, and am a day late posting this one. It's been that kind of month already. For me, Christmas is like childbirth. By the time it comes around again, I forget how hard it was the last time. I don't have the best memory. So when our local theater had auditions for "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!", I asked my 6-year-old if she would want to try out. Well, she tried out, got a part as a baby angel, and we have basically been living at the theater for the past month. This weekend is the last weekend of the show and while the experience has been wonderful, it has sucked the life out of me. Not what I need this time of year when I can use all of the extra energy I can save up.

I wear leg braces. They are wonderful and help me out a ton, but they don't allow my feet to move. And that's pretty uncomfortable and constricting sometimes. So everyday I take a few minutes here and there to take them off, let my feet move around and just *breathe*. Yesterday was so non-stop insane, I didn't get ONE opportunity to do that. I wore the braces for 16-hours straight. Lesson learned - I won't do that again. But I'm off track! Let's get back to my MDS project!

Here's my secret - I'm a HORRIBLE cook! Thank goodness my husband is a wonderful one. When he repainted the spice rack in our kitchen, he came up with a brilliant idea - why don't we actually DISPLAY SPICES IN IT! (Have I told you how smart he is?) So I found some different sized jars in my craft room and we added the spices. The only thing we were missing - labels! My Digital Studio to the rescue!!! Using designer series paper that matches my blue kitchen walls, I put some labels together for the spices I needed then printed them out on my printer. (Just go to SHARE, then EXPORT TO JPG). After I printed them I punched them out with my Designer Label punch and adhered them with some Super-Tape. I love how they turned out and my hubby was impressed too. At least now I feel like I did something in the kitchen... :)

Don't forget to visit my other MDS Blog Hop friends this week - here are the links!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

November 25 - Tri-fold Card {MDS Blog Hop}

2011-11-24T20:18:00.000-08:00

Today I challenged the MDS blog hop girls to use the new tri-fold card Stampin' Up! offers with MDS.

About a month ago I had one of these printed with the intention of sending it to my mom. But when I got the printed card I knew there was no way it was leaving this house. The first reason was when I designed it in My Digital Studio I didn't pay attention to the sizing, I just assumed it would be the same size as a normal A2 card. I was so shocked to find out that it was such a large size! I had created my project using the 5"x7" tri-fold card and I guess I didn't realize that EACH fold would be 5"x7".

The other thing that amazed me was the quality. There was nothing flimsy about this thing, it's printed on very thick cardstock - which made me think that this thing was just too nice to send to someone like a normal card. (Yes, I still love you Mom - I'll send you another card!) I wanted to PLAY with this thing! Dress it up and make it a home decor project. Which is just what I did.

I love the silver glitter paper from Stampin' Up! so I used that to create two little scalloped circle frames. Then I used the clear window sheets (also punched with the large scalloped circle) to place in the 3-D frames with a stamped flower and punched black heart. But when I put my little 3-D frames on the project they didn't show up as much as I wanted so I made another one in black and placed it directly on the tri-fold so it would look like a shadow of the glitter frame. That helped it show up so much better.

And don't forget that the tri-fold has a back that you can design as well! I designed it when I had it printed, but didn't play with that side yet - I figure I can play with that one later so that way when I get tired of looking at the front side of the project I can just flip it over and BAM! New project! Here's a picture of the back -

And don't forget - from now until November 30th, if you purchase My Digital Studio Express for $39.95 you can pick from one of three digital download bundles ($40 value) for FREE!

My Digital Studio Express	Silver Glimmer Paper	Window Sheets	Basic Black Cardstock	Marina Mist Cardstock	Basic Black Classic Ink
Marina Mist Classic Ink	1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch	2-3/8 Inch Scallop Circle Punch	5 Petal Flower Punch	Small Heart Punch	Scallop Trim Border Punch
Flower Fest	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	Stampin' Dimensionals

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Now go visit my other My Digital Studio blog hoppers! I can't wait to see what everyone else did with their tri-fold cards, and I can't wait to see what you do with yours!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

November 18 - Blog Hop

2011-11-18T05:14:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday to you! Unfortunately I have to pass on the hop this week due to sick kids and a sick self, but I'm really bummed about it because I was dying to do this one. I hope to still do Alecia's Home theme, if I can get something done tomorrow I'll post it!

Be sure to check out all of the other ideas from my fellow blog hoppers!

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

November 11 - Remembrance Blog Hop

2011-11-11T03:00:00.000-08:00

This week Heather challenged us to make something that deals with remembrance. I realize I went back a little too far, since I technically don't remember any of these people (my great-grandfather died twenty years before I was born), but I've always loved this photo and don't do nearly enough heritage pages as I need should.

This seemed like the perfect opportunity!

I kept the page simple, didn't want too much stuff to overshadow the photo and my favorite Downtown Grunge kit was perfect for the heritage look. I added just a few little splashes of color with the Pool Party ribbon, green bracket and notes tag.

Supplies used:

Downtown Grunge Photobook Template

Vintage Overlay Stamp Brush Set

First Edition Designer Series Paper - Digital Download

Distressed Dots Stamp Brush

Schoolbook Serif Alphabet

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Be sure to check out all of the other ideas from my fellow blog hoppers!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

November 6 - Natalie Digital Page (using FREEBIES!)

2011-11-06T15:54:00.000-08:00

I promised to post another layout using the new My Digital Studio freebies from Stampin' Up!, so here it is. (better late than never!)

The "So Typeful" digital stamp set is one of the free downloads and when I saw it, I knew I had to use it on a scrapbook page. And not just one of them - ALL of them! Many times!

I loved the background of this photo, but wanted to add a little more too it. Not cover it up completely, just enhance it. So I started adding the stamps digitally. Once I added one to the page I did the following steps with each stamp/sentiment.

Change the color to white
Tilt it to -8 to match my bottom frame strip
Lower the opacity to 60%
Move the stamp so it fit around Natalie's body.

As you can imagine it might, it took a little time but I love it and feel that the outcome it was well worth the time it took.

Hope you had a fabulous Digital Scrapbooking weekend and got a lot of digital scrapbooking done! I know I did, and I feel SO good about it!

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day - FREE downloads!

2011-11-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

Yay! It's Digital Scrapbooking Day! :) And what a better way to celebrate than getting FREE digital downloads from Stampin' Up!

Been thinking about investing in My Digital Studio? Be sure to download the free content from today so if you take the plunge in the future you'll have instant free goodies to play with - these downloads are only available until Monday!

Here's a preview of the freebies:

The Home for the Holidays ensemble would be wonderful for any Christmas or holiday goodies you may be making this season - the little houses with this one are SO cute!

I *love* My Digital Studio's template pages too - and the Delight in the Day template pages are so fun. Template pages are already designed - you just pop in your pictures and save! Doesn't get any easier than that, does it?

The So Typefelt set is so fun, I'm a type junkie and addicted to different fonts so I can't wait to start playing with this one on both cards AND scrapbook pages.

And finally I have a digital page I made that uses the Neutral Delightful Digital Tape download that you can get today for FREE! (Yay!)

Now I cheated just a little bit, as the Downtown Grunge kit that I used on this page actually had the tape already included, but I'm so happy to have it as its own set of digital elements so I can use it on EVERYTHING, even if I'm not using a page from the Downtown Grunge set.

If you have any questions about anything related to My Digital Studio please just let me know, and Stampin' Up! has a wonderful MDS website devoted to My Digital Studio - it has forums, samples, how-to videos and more! Be sure to check it out if you've been thinking about trying out digital.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend and enjoy Digital Scrapbooking Day! I'll post another sample tomorrow using more of the freebies, so be sure to check back!

Want to pick up any of the other digital elements I used on the page above? Just use the links below!

Downtown Grunge Photobook Template

Simple Stitches and Corners

Medallion Stamp Brush Set

1/4" Ribbon In All Core Colors - Digital

Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper

Torn Edges Stamp Brush Set

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November 4 - December Calendar

2011-11-04T03:00:00.000-07:00

I'm such a huge fan of calendars! The problem is this. I have so many that I have a few things in one, then other things in another, which means I never quite know where I'm supposed to be on any given day. I need to consolidate for my own sanity. And what a better way to do it than with this cute little easel calendar using My Digital Studio?

The {brand new this week} Frosty Day II Digital Kit had the cutest easel calendar template for December, and while I loved it - I wanted to make it a little more personal. So I mixed it up a little, deleted some things, added some more, changed some colors around, and added a sweet little photo to the notes section that will put a smile on my face every day of the month. This was super quick, easy and fun and I can't wait to use this template and start making the rest of the months for 2012!

Supplies Used:

Frosty Day II Kit	Snow Stamp Brush	Snowflake Trimmings Punch	Simple Stitches and Corners	Basic Pearls and Rhinestones
Snowburst Stamp Brush Set

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Don't forget to visit the others on the hop! (links below!)

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

Blog Hop - Holiday Postcards

2011-10-28T05:32:00.000-07:00

This week's My Digital Studio Blog Hop Challenge was to create holiday postcards. I couldn't wait to do this one, you can get so creative with a postcard! But then my hubby had to have a tooth pulled and I had to become both parents for a few days. So I didn't get to be too creative - I just didn't have the time. *sniff* But that's OK! I still love the finished product.

Don't forget to visit the others on the hop! (links below!)

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

October 24 - A Dramatic Rant

2011-10-24T20:43:00.000-07:00

I don't think I've ever been much of a drama queen. At least, I try not to be. But this weekend, life gave me no choice. On Friday I took my beloved 8-year old Nikon DSLR to school with me to get some shots of the kids for the yearbook. I didn't realize that the external flash wasn't locked and my camera slid off of it and bounced on the hard hallway floor a few times. {insert tears and drama-filled sobbing call to my hubby here}

It's now broken, WAY broken. So is my heart. Since I've gotten it, it's practically been my third child. So as a final farewell, I did a quick My Digital Studio page of my favorite picture it took on the last photo shoot I took it on. And until I get a new camera you'll probably be seeing more digital items on my blog.

Last time I purchased some MDS downloads, I purchased a duplicate Hello, Doily digital brush stamp that I used on this layout. Would you like it? Just post a comment on this post and I'll randomly pick a winner from everyone who posts a comment on Thursday morning and email it to the winner! It really is an awesome brush to use on your digital goodies!

Digital supplies used in this layout:

1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon - Digital	Vintage Overlay Stamp Brush Set	Simple Stitches and Corners	Write Stuff II Digital Kit	Lighthearted Stamp Brush Set
All Holidays Stamp Brush Set	Hello, Doily Stamp Brush	Greatest Moments Stamp Brush Set	Top Note Shape - Digital Download

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MDS Blog Hop - Tea Party Digital Page

2011-10-21T04:00:00.000-07:00

This week for the My Digital Studio blog hop we were challenged to think out of the box by using paper/embellishments from one theme on a totally different theme you'd never think to use it on. Whoooo hoooo - right up my alley!

Now let me admit something. I'm not a big fan of Halloween themed stuff. I have two girls who usually dress up like princesses or Spidergirl, nurses or other fun girly things. So usually themed Halloween stuff doesn't make it into my shopping cart. Papers with spiderwebs, skulls, ghosts and ghouls just don't fit the pink vibe going through the VanDyne household.

So for the challenge this week I wanted to scrap the girliest thing I could think of with typical Halloween papers and colors. I found pictures from last year's tea party (my mom hosts one for us every year). It was mid-summer, and us girls were dressed up in dresses, crowns, and every piece of jewelry they could untangle from their jewelry box before we walked out the door. Then I opened up one of the photo template 12x12 pages in My Digital Studio and started to pop them in (removing the middle one for the title).

I'm really happy with how it turned out. The darker colors seemed to bring out the lighter colors in the pictures and I think help them stand out more in the process. And the CANDY stamp from the Halloween Bingo Bits set was perfect for the photo of the sucker tree Mom made.

What a FUN challenge this was!

Now head on over to my other fellow MDS blog hoppers and see what eye candy they came up with this week!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

October 18 - Thanks Shaker Box Card

2011-10-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

The last Tuesday of each month I have a wonderful group of ladies who come over for "technique night". This past month they wanted to do some holiday cards, so this was a Thanksgiving card that we made.

It uses the new shaker frames in the Holiday Mini. When I started scrapbooking ten or so years ago, shaker frames were all the rage. I must admit, I've not made one since. But I was tempted when I saw these in the mini and thought they'd work great with the chunky glitter. FUN!

The key to making the scalloped window on the top is to punch the circle middle FIRST, then line it up in your larger scalloped circle punch (upside down so you can center it).

Supplies used:

Falling Leaves	Crumb Cake Cardstock	Early Expresso Cardstock	Very Vanilla Cardstock	Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
Woodgrain Background	Early Expresso Ink	Window Sheets	Shaker Frames	Champagne Glass Glitter
1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch	2-3/8 Inch Scallop Circle Punch	Scallop Trim Border Punch	Old Olive 1/2 Inch Scallop Dots Ribbon	Stampin' Dimensionals

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October 17 - Merry Christmas Card

2011-10-17T06:00:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday a few members of the Funky Stampers team held an Ultimate Card Day where attendees made 12 different holiday cards. From the comments I heard back, it was a very fun and crafty afternoon!

This was one of the cards available to make during the event. It was super-easy, definitely a ten minute or less card. The pennant punch makes it so easy and the silver glimmer paper really sets it off against the Real Red cardstock. The "Merry Christmas" was stamped in Very Vanilla craft ink.

Have you started making your holiday cards yet?

Early Expresso Cardstock	Crumb Cake Cardstock	Real Red Cardstock	Very Vanilla Craft Ink Pad	Petite Pennants Builder Punch
Designer Series Paper Brights Patterns Stack	Silver Glimmer Paper	1/4" Early Expresso Grosgrain Ribbon	Hand-Penned Holidays Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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MDS Blog Hop - Give Thanks Digital Page

2011-10-13T20:30:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the week again - FRIDAY! Time for the MDS Blog Hop!

This week our theme was Thanksgiving or giving thanks. And what am I most thankful for? Two little girls who call me Mom. Not to mention nothing gets my scrappin' mojo flowing faster than working on a page about these two little cuties.

I created this page as an 8x8 page, thinking of doing some 8x8 albums for the grandparents for Christmas this year (ssshhhhh!) The cool thing about the 8x8 size is that all of your stamps and elements are bigger! I love using BIG elements on my pages, so this size was perfect.

All digital products used are listed below, but if you don't see it listed that's because it was included in the full version of the My Digital Studio software.

PS - I went a little crazy buying fun elements for this page and re-purchased a few of them (oops!) so this week I'm going to be giving my extras away on the blog. Check back for the info!

Basic Pearls and Rhinestones	Simple Stitches and Corners	Vintage Overlay Stamp Brush Set	My Sweet Pea Digital Kit	First Edition Designer Series Paper - Digital Download
1/4" Ribbon In All Core Colors - Digital	Paper Daisies Digital Kit	All Scallops Digital Brush Set	Creative Elements Stamp Brush Set	Hand-Penned Holidays Stamp Brush

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Continue to hop! See more My Digital Studio thankful ideas from the following blogs.

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

October 12 - Pumpkin Jar Lights

2011-10-12T10:27:00.000-07:00

No doubt you've seen this idea on blogs (I found it on my cousin's blog CynSew), not to mention on a magazine cover the other day. It's a super-cute idea that I figured I could do as a craft project with my girls (ages 6 & 8) with minimal mess. Just a little tissue paper, jars and some Mod Podge and we were good to go. We let the tissue paper dry overnight, but then the next morning it was time to make the faces.

The girls started to draw them on a sheet of Basic Black cardstock, but found it hard to do. I knew I had the answer - we brought down a basket of Stampin' Up! punches and started punching out faces! The smaller circles overlapped made for fantastic eyes (Natalie made her ghost jar a little crazy!) and the pennant punch was awesome for the triangle eyes and noses. But the punch we found ourselves using most was the wide oval punch. We cut teeth out of it, used the whole shape to make our ghost "yell" and cut a smile out of another wide oval. The modern label punch trimmed in half made a great nose, and paired with tips from the pennant die made a great mouth with fangs on our green jar.

The girls were so proud of what they'd made and the punches made it so much easier!

Bitty Bat Punch	1 inch Circle Punch	1-1/4 Inch Circle Punch	Extra-Large Oval Punch	Modern Label Punch
Petite Pennants Builder Punch	Basic Black Cardstock

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MDS Blog Hop: Halloween Party

2011-10-06T19:44:00.000-07:00

Last week I was invited to join a very talented group of Stampin' Up! ladies to participate in a weekly My Digital Studio Blog Hop. I'm SO excited! Each week you'll get to follow the blogs to see fun ideas in a different theme every Friday.

This week is Halloween Party week! Our challenge was to make Halloween party goodies using My Digital Studio. Since I'm a digital girl that can't let go of her paper, I wanted to do a hybrid project. I love the new Kraft Gift Boxes that are in the new Holiday Mini Catalog, and figured they would make great Halloween treat boxes.

I printed the background paper from the digital "Wicked Fun" kit onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it to fit the sides of the box (2-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Then inked the edges and over the surface with black ink. Then I created the "Audrey" name tag in My Digital Studio with the cute little owl (Audrey LOVES owls!) and printed it also on Whisper White cardstock. Punched it out and adhered it to a 2 1/2" circle. I then adhered it to a sucker stick with the inside circles from the new shaker frame adhesives from the Holiday Mini.

The last step is to punch holes in the top and side flap of your box with the Crop-a-dile (the largest hole fits the sucker stick PERFECTLY). I figured out a trick with it too - punch your hole in the top flap first, then assemble the top of your box. Then stick a pen or marker through that hole to mark where you will need to punch the side flap so it lines up correctly. Easy! The bat is from the bat punch that is currently on the Clearance Rack - get it while it's still available!

Supplies Used:

Shaker Frames	2-3/8 Inch Scallop Circle Punch	Spooky Bingo Bits Stamp Brush Set	Wicked Fun Kit - Digital Download	Basic Black Classic Ink
2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch	Kraft Gift Box	Elegant Eggplant Cardstock	Basic Black Cardstock	Bitty Bat Punch

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Now go see more My Digital Studio Halloween party ideas from the following blogs in the hop!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne (you are here!)

October 3 - Tie Dye Embossed Flower

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When these paper flowers came out, I didn't buy them. I had no idea what I would do with them. They're white! Classy, but slightly boring.

Well, I bought them. And I love them. And I wonder how I ever lived without them. And I hope they never, ever, ever retire. Ever. :) These paper daisies are like a blank canvas for color, and I love me some color!

The only thing is - they're paper. So when you ink them, the color ends up looking inked, not dyed. So I made a video of a quick way to dye them without having to use Stampin' Up!'s re-inkers. Oh yeah, and I might have heat-embossed them too. I have to give credit to my very eager 8-year-old daughter who did such a fantastic job filming this video for me. (You can hear her excitement at the end!) Makes me laugh. :)

This was a super-quick card once you've got your flower created!

Elements of Style Clear Set	Tempting Turquoise Cardstock	Daffodil Delight Cardstock	Melon Mambo 1/2 Inch Scallop Dots Ribbon	Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder	Versamark Ink
Tempting Turquoise Classic Ink	Daffodil Delight Ink	Melon Mambo Classic Ink	Paper Daisies	Antique Brads	Stampin' Dimensionals
Heat Tool	Corner Punch	Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Emboss Powder	Stampin' Mist

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