Merry Christmas!! We are enjoying time with my family this week! I think the kids loved everything they received this morning and we are getting ready to feast with extended family this evening. I am feeling so blessed!
Here is our Christmas card that I designed with MDS this year. The cards arrived from the printer yesterday, so I will work on getting them in the mail before the New Year!
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With all the other excitement this week, I almost forgot about the Free Digital Downloads from Stampin' Up! this week. Who doesn't love free!?! Plus you can get 50% off ALL Digital KITS this week! Hurry -- this offer ends on November 5th, so there's only a few more days left!
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Here's another card I designed using My Digital Studio 2. I couldn't wait to try using multiple colors on stamp images! I did that on this card with the sentiment and the doilies in the corner. It's subtle, but HUGE for me when it comes to adding color to my digital designs!
This is another great sentiment from the new Fantabulous You digital stamp set. This is one example of the digital-exclusive designs that are available in My Digital Studio. Read more about My Digital Studio 2 and how to try it FREE for 30 days.
I have been playing with MDS 2 and I LOVE it!! I downloaded the trial version is there is LOTS of great content included, so you really have a lot to play with during the 30 day trial period! My favorite new digital brush set is "Fantabulous You". Check it out here in my Online Store. I couldn't resist making a card with this sentiment:
Who doesn't feel like that some days!?! This card shows off the new splatter feature and the ability to use multiple colors on a stamp image. It's like using markers on a real-life stamp -- and better yet, no huffing! Read more about My Digital Studio 2 and how to try it FREE for 30 days.
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I recently sent gifts to all of my downline who placed in order during the month of June. I knew that July would be a crazy month and that I wouldn't have a lot of time to hand stamp cards for everyone, so I designed a tag in My Digital Studio and had them printed and tucked inside the packages.
Great news if you're a My Digital Studio fan -- MDS 2.0 will be available August 1st! You can download a 30 day trial of the new version (whether or not you have the software already) or you can upgrade to the new version with or without all of the extra content. And that's not all! During the month of August, you'll save 31% on all printing services when you print your My Digital Studio designs through Stampin' Up! Watch for all the details to be posted on August 1st!
Whew!! It was another long day at Convention!! Classes all day and even another one at night! It's already nearly midnight again and I am going to keep it short so I can get some rest for the last day!
Today, I was inspired and excited! As always, the main stage presentations were great! I was excited to see some of the home office staff share projects...some were clean and simple and easy to duplicate, and some, like Shelli's journal were detailed and gorgeous works of art. One of the projects I loved the most was a Halloween frame. (I didn't get a picture of it, sorry!) But I was so excited when they announced that the project would be part of a recruiting promotion in August! When you join my Stampin' family in August, you and I will both get a project kit to create this spook-tacular frame!! I promise I'll share more details and a photo as it gets closer!
The class I took this evening was about My Digital Studio and I got to install the beta version of MDS 2 and play around with some of the new features. It is INCREDIBLE!!!! You can check out a sneak peek of some of the new features at http://mydigitalstudio.net and the happy news is that MDS 2 and the 30 day free trial version will be available starting August 1st!!!
The other classes I took today were good, though not quite as exciting as the MDS class! I enjoyed "I am earning an Incentive Trip" led by Karen Hauley. I really loved one of the quotes she shared: "A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot." Sooo true!
Shannon West's class was entertaining! Her presentation "I am Having Fun" was a brilliant reminder that above all, our stamping events need to be FUN! She had us on our feet and dancing (literally), laughing, and smiling. I think I snorted when she showed a clip of this video on exercising your facial muscles.
Well, so much for being "short" tonight! I'll leave you with some stamping inspiration. These projects really caught my eye in the display area this afternoon. I am inspired by some of the amazing talent displayed by my fellow demonstrators!
I spent all day traveling, but I'm here in Salt Lake City, unpacked, and unwinding before I hit the sack! I can't wait for all the Convention activity to start up tomorrow! I met up with other demonstrator friends from our group at the hotel and we exchanged small gifts. I had a little gift for everyone. It was a Stampin' Sponge in a cello bag and I tied on a tag that I created using My Digital Studio.
The butterfly trail says: "The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here." Perfect for Convention, don't you think?
It's kind of hard to read the text. It says: "Absorb" what you can and take pictures of the rest! Convention 2012
The flight here was the perfect opportunity to finish up my swaps!
I sent over 100 invitations for my Customer Appreciation Party last month. While I would have loved to hand-stamp all of them, I just didn't have time. My Digital Studio made it so easy to create beautiful invitations and cut my work time considerably! I had the invitations printed four to a page at our local copy shop and then attached them to a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock. The invitation was just a flat "postcard" and did not open.(Read my tips for printing four card fronts to a page.)
With the new catalog, Stampin' Up! has announced that My Digital Studio 2 will be released this fall! I am so excited for some of the new features! Check out this video from Stampin' Up! to learn more about what's coming! If you already own My Digital Studio, you'll be able to upgrade for only $19.95. If you buy My Digital Studio now, you'll get to upgrade for free! Want to try it FREE for 30 days? Click here to learn more about the Trial version.
This hybrid card created with My Digital Studio is the fourth project in my Summer Smooches class series. Creating cards with My Digital Studio is so easy and the results are stunning!
Can you tell which elements on this card are real and which are digital?
I stamped the greeting in Basic Black ink, added a Daffodil Delight Boho Blossom punch and Summer Smooches Fabric Brad to the center flower, and put the card front on the Rich Razzleberry card base. Everything else is digital!
Click here to view another MDS Hybrid card and read some tips for printing your card image.
I used the new Summer Smooches Digital Kit (available for customers on April 1st!) to create this My Digital Studio (MDS) hybrid card for my team meeting earlier this month. The background design was printed from the card template that comes with the digital kit and then we embossed the greeting on Daffodil Delight cardstock and adding rhinestones to finish the card.
Creating hybrid cards with My Digital Studio is easy! My home printer is not very good, so I prefer to print my designs at a local copy center. Here's how: In My Digital Studio, I saved the card image as a JPG. Then, in Microsoft Word, I "inserted" the JPG image as a picture. I right-clicked on the image and then I edited the "Size" of the picture and made it 4" x 5.25". I copied and pasted the picture so that there were four on the page, one in each corner. Finally, I did a "Save As" and saved the file as a PDF. I put the PDF on a flash drive and took it to the local copy center along with our Whisper White cardstock and had it printed. The colors were clear and vibrant, MUCH better than my home printer!
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Busy, Busy, Busy! This month is a busy one as I'm trying to cram as much as I can into the last month of Sale-A-Bration! Last night I held a My Digital Studio class and we went over some of the basics to create the Sweet Details Photo Book. This template is available in the My Digital Studio Express Trial version. So you can create your own book during your free 30 day trial. Click here to get your My Digital Studio Trial now!
I used the Sweet Details template as a "Best of 2011" album and I'm proud to say this is the first album I've EVER completed! (Notice I said completed!) It's so easy with the designer templates in My Digital Studio. I went through and added all the photos and then went back and added text and journaling. I did tweak the layouts here and there and change some of the background colors/paper and embellishments. It was easy. And hey, if *I* can do it, you can too!
Tonight I'm headed to Springfield to do a card class with some of my old stamping friends! It's been many months since I've seen some of them and I can't wait to catch up and craft together!
Here are some pages from my Sweet Details 2011 Photo Book. These are the pages I created for the Alaska Cruise that Jim and I took with Stampin' Up! last May.
This My Digital Studio Hybrid project was one of our make and takes at Leadership Conference last month. The text was designed and printed from My Digital Studio and then we added the flowers and additional embellishments to dress it up. This was soooo easy (especially with the Blossom Builders die cut flowers from the Occasions Mini Catalog) and would make a great gift!
Have you been thinking about purchasing My Digital Studio? Stampin' Up! has just released a FREE 30-day trial version of My Digital Studio Express so you can try it out before you buy it! You'll have some of the content and all of the power of My Digital Studio to create your own cards, books, and calendars. You'll be able to save, print, and share what you create. Click here to download your free trial. The 30 day trial period will start when you open the program for the first time.
Make sure to check out all the great resources at www.mydigitalstudio.net to learn more about the software. There are great training videos that show you how to get started and how to do more advanced techniques.
I created new designs for these desk calendars for my downline and VIP customers as Christmas gifts. (Well, they were a little late and more like New Years gifts!) I just love the way they turned out! I designed the monthly layouts in Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio software, exported the images as a JPGs, and cropped them down to 4x6 to print as photos.
I have some extra calendars, so I'm offering them up to you, my loyal blog readers! If you place an order in my Online Store before February 10th, I will automatically send a desk calendar to you for FREE!!
Or you can purchase a calendar for $9.95, which includes free first class shipping within the United States. (Outside of the United States? No problem! Email me for a quote if you are interested in purchasing a calendar.)
The calendar comes in a clear plastic "CD" style case packaged in a slim clear envelope. It would make a great gift! Calendars will be shipped within two business days.
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