Valentine's Day Cards and digital Valentine's Downloads

• Another Valentine's Day Swap Card from Leadership
• Get started on your Valentine Cards today with these MDS downloads 
• My Library App to manage your MDS Digital downloads 

Here's another card I designed for Leadership swaps last week.  I fell in love with the Language of Love stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog and couldn't wait to use it.  I know I'll be using many more of the cute flag, triangle and heart shapes from that set before Valentine's Day is over. 

The heart is heat embossed in gold, and the Champagne glitter paper compliments it nicely.  Its so nice to have so many matching products.  The Coastal Cabana card stock matches the designer paper and the ruffled ribbon. I used the Fancy Fans embossing folder as the background.  Stampin' Up offers a wide selection of affordable embossing folders and Framelit shapes you can use if you want to case this card, but don't have the exact items I used.



Valentine's Day Card using non-traditional colors

Recipe
Stamps: Language of Love.(133074-w, 133077-c)
Paper:   Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Champagne Glitter Paper (127885), Whisper White, 2013-2015 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack (130136)
Inks:  Versamark
Accessories:  Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine and Pressure Plates, Windows Frames Collection (129021), Hearts a Flutter Framelit (130159) NEW-On Film Framelit Dies (132969) - from the Occasions Catalog, Small Heart punch (117193), Full Heart Punch (119883), 3/8" Coastal Cabana Ruffle Stretch Trim, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack (127857), Paper-Piercing Tool  9126189), Stampin' Pierce Mat (126199), Stampin' Dimensionals, Gold embossing Powder, Stampin' Up! Heat Tool

To place an order for any products above:  Visit my Stampin' Up! Store

 

 

Get started on your Valentines today with the MDS downloads.

Tuesday's MyDigitalStudio (MDS) Releases for 14-January included three great downloads to get you started making your Valentine's Cards and Scrapbook pages. If you don't already own the MyDigitalStudio design software, download the Free trial version, buy these 3 downloads, and for the next 30 days, play with MyDigitalStudio to complete all your Valentine's needs. If you haven't used the software before, visit MyDigitalStudio site for free videos to get you started and a great forum to answer you questions. There are also several classes you might want to purchase and download to your computer to learn how to make a specific page or project. Stampin' Up! releases new download every Tuesday. To see each week's downloads, sign up for the mailing list on the MyDigitalStudio site.

 

1. This download (above) includes a video tutorial showcasing two digital projects and beginner MDS techniques. It includes a follow along tutorial to make a Valentine's card mailbox and valentines. This is a Digital-exclusive. It includes:

• 6-page designer templates (8-1/2 X 11) so you can print them on your home computer or through Stampin' Up!'s professional printing services
• 16-Piece SVG stamp brush set
• 5 Designer Series Papers
• 5 embellishments
• 8 punches (yes 8!)

 

2.  This next download (above), called This and That Ensemble (item 136783) works with your This and That journals.  It is set up so you can easily add colors you want to use to the designer papers, and it also includes two cute envelopes templates to fold together and use on your pages of This and That. 

 

 

 

 

 

There are a full line of traditional products you can also use in your This and That journal, including new products just introduced in the Occasions catalog like Designer Washi Tape, a Rotary Stamp for making notes, and designer journaling tags and stickers.  Use the new This and that Ensemble download (above the journal) on your This and That journal today to capture all the Everyday Memories you'll wish you had captured as they happened.

3.  The third download this week is the Love is All Around kit (item 136821).  This download includes:

• 19-piece SVG stamp brush set
• 12 Designer Series Papers
• 12 embellishments

 

 

Also, if you have an iPad, download the new My Library App from the iTunes store.     You can add all of your downloads for easy reference, create a wish list, plus see all the digital downloads in one place.

 

Take a look at how the My Library App for iPad works with your library:

 

 

 

 

Quick Links

• Browse the Occasions Catalog or download any of the catalogs for FREE
• Prepare your Valentines early - hurry, special products available through 27-Jan
• NEW - Weekly Deals -- every Tuesday, while supplies last - now available!
• Order a hard copy of the 2013-2014 Annual catalog or Occasions catalog - now available!!

Enjoy!

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

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Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day with FREE downloads

• Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day with FREE downloads
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• Free Big Shot Promotion extended until Nov 11 for signing up as a new demonstrator

 

 

Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day with Stampin' Up! with a four-day online event designed to introduce more you to digital content.   Learn More about FREE Digital Content.

Digital Scrapbooking Day is November 5, but Stampin' Up! expanded the celebration from November 4-7! The event includes free downloads, blog posts with exciting project ideas all weekend long, and the announcement of the 2011 My Digital Studio Contest winners.

Here are a couple of pages I made with the FREE Delight in the Day Photobook Template.

 

 

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As much as I would prefer to use traditional scrapbooking products for my Scrapbooking, I find I just don't have the time or the space to create multiple pages that all match.  As a digital photo nut who often captures 500 photos at a time, I converted to digital scrapbooking to save time and space.  Going digital, I've created more scrapbook pages this year than I have in the past 6 years -- and they are so easy to share! 

With Stampin' Up! designer papers, cardstock colors, punch shapes and a wealth of pre-formatted templates available I have endless possibilities for creating original content or for customizing templates using colors that match my photos.


Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day and check out Digital Scrapbooking Events this weekend!

Digital Scrapbooking Day is November 5, but Stampin' Up! expanded the celebration from November 4-7! The event includes free downloads, blog posts with exciting project ideas all weekend long, and the announcement of the 2011 My Digital Studio Contest winners.

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Brand-new, never seen before FREE downloads include:

• So Typefelt Stamp Brush Set
• Neutral Delightful Digital Tape
• Home for the Holidays Ensemble
• Delight in the Day Photobook Template 

I can't believe all the pieces included in these four downloads.  Digital ribbons and digital tapes, Labels and Tags (Ho Ho Ho, hot cocoa, To: From:), three Christmas village images, a snowman, Christmas trees, a separate Word Christmas Tree,  bunches of boarders, lots of words stamps, and templates for a Holiday Postcard invitation, a template for a photo Thank-You card, and a two - page template for a photo book spread!...all for FREE!

The downloads are available for MAC OS X files for My Digital Studio software, Windows files for My Digital Studio or as files for use with other applications. Access the free downloads  from Nov 4-7 at MyDigitalStudio.net.  Complete a quick survey for Stampin' Up! and download your FREE downloads.

These digital downloads can be customized to help you create Holiday gift tags, photo cards, seasonal greeting cards, journals, and photo books.  Print your finished products on Winter White cardstock on your home printer, or have your digital creations professional printed through Stampin' Up!.  Let me know if you have questions or need help with your digital downloads.

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You can sign up on line immediately and start enjoying your 20% discount this month for all your holiday projects.  (AND an extra 10% discount on your first order!)  Remember, when joining Stampin' Up! you can customize your starter kit with stamps of equal or lessor value, and select the paper and ink colors you want.  Find out full details here.  Feel free to contact me to learn more about this offer.

 

Enjoy!

 

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

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Love Bug in My Digital Studio scrapbooking software

I was playing with My Digital Studio software earlier this evening and after dropping some photos from my family's Facebook pages into the quick templates in My Digital Studio software, I stumbled across a feature that lets me make an on-line album and add it as a slideshow to my blog. 

I stated with this great page and the rest of the pages just seemed to fall into place.

I'm curious to find out if  this slide show works.  Click on the replay button below.  Then, leave me a comment one way or the other.   If it does work, this would be a fast, easy way to quickly add tutorials for projeccts onto my website...a plus for both you and me!


Find more samples like this on My Digital Studio


I can't wait to get to Stampin' Up's! convention the middle of next month.  I'm registered for My Digital Studio software classes and I'm sure I'll return with even more ideas to share with you.  

You've been to scrapbooking conferences, so you know how much you love the inspirational ideas and the photos you take of all the wonderful samples you've seen.  I was just going through my photos from the last Stampin' Up! Convention and I was amazed to find over 1500 photos!  I have to remind myself that the samples and demos we see at the Stampin' Up! Convention are some of the most professional, creative ideas available in the paper crafting industry today.  Looking at them just once doesn't do justice to these photos packed with design ideas as well as business tips for turning your love of paper crafts into a business!  I can't wait to see what Stampin' Up! has in store for us this year.  Just 16 more days until Convention!

If you've thought about joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator, now is a great time to join.  Excitement at the start of the new catalog year can help set you on the path to a wonderful new hobby or a rewarding career.  And Fall and  Winter are the best times of the year to be a demonstrator.  Watch a quick demo of some of the stamping techniques you can do with your Starter Kit once you sign up as a demonstrator.

If you are interested in learning more about the benefits demonstrators enjoy, this link  tells you about the product discounts, extra income, flexible schedule and support from Stampin' Up! that you'll receive for joining.

And whather you join as a hobby demonsrtator to buy your Stampin' Up! products at a discount, or if your join to make Stampin' Up! your career, this link tells you how a demonstrator earns discounts, income, free stamps, commissions, cash and product bonuses, incentive trips and other awards.

Final few days before retiring stamps, papers, ribbons and embellishments from the current catalog are gone.  These items are listed on the Last Chance Lists.

Free new catalog with a US$50.00 order placed on my Shopping Site.  My new 2011-2012 Idea Books and Catalogs have arrived.  Want a free catalog?  Place an order for $50 or more on my Stampin' Up! shopping site between now and June 30 and I will send you a free ($9.95 value) Stampin' Up! catalog on July 1.  Sorry, this offer good for U.S. addresses only.  Or, visit my new catalog open house on Sunday, July 3.  Check out the details and RSVP here:

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or want to know more.

Enjoy!
 

Donna Ross

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator

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Naturally Mother

It getting warmer outside and everything is fresh and new!  Colorful flowers are popping out of the ground, and in Texas, the humidity is still low -- it is simply the best time of the year!

I had so much fun making this card.  I used the same colors as the flowers my DH planted for me in the front flower bed. Who knew that even the garden store followed fashion colors!   And I was surprised at how fast and easy it was to make this card.  I am so pleased the punch for this stamp set is one of the carry-over items from the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini catalog!  There are a number of items you can purchase from the Holiday and Occasions Mini catalog and the Occasions catalog.  You won't find these items posted in the Summer Mini, but you can add stamp and punch numbers below to your order.

I made this for my mom in Minnesota for Mother's Day.  I love that with the Build A Blossom stamp set and Blossom Petals Punch I can create this easy-to-make flower so quickly. 

After stamping the petals in Melon Mambo on Pink Pirouette, I punched them out with the matching Blossoms Petals Punch.  Then I curled the petals slightly with my bone folder.  A few leaves in Always Artichoke were added to the underside and I also used one of the Fabric Designer Brads in the center, although the stamp set comes with a wonderful center (actually, 2 circle centers; a 1/2" and a 1" center stamp) to give you more variety.  This is a very versatile stamp and punch set and one you'll want to add to your collection as soon as possible!  While the stamp set and punch aren't in the catalog, you can still add them to your order buy using the numbers below. 


Stamps:  Build A Blossom - 121994 (Clear); 121923 (wood), Home is where your mother is (retired)
Paper:  Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper (Occasions Mini), Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Pink Pirouette
Ink:  Always Artichoke, Melon Mambo
Accessories:  Fabric Designer Brads (121880- Occasions Mini), Blossom Petals Punch - 121808, Bone Folder, Eyelet Boarder Punch

On another note, I'm so excited to share with you the new Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog.  Download your free copy today!  Good May 1 - August 31, 2011

Also, this is National Scrapbooking Month.  Look at these great promotions for May and save today.  If you're a mom, this is a great time to drop a hint that Stampin' Up! is what you really want.  Or spend that gift card someone thoughtfully tucked inside your card.

• 30% off Select Stamp Sets, including one of my all-time favorite butterfly sets called Simple Friendship.
• 30% off Select My Digital Studio(TM) professional print products,
• 30% off Digital Download Products--bundles-- for themed photobooks, and
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Cupcake Cooper

I couldn't resist doing a quick My Digital Studio page when my brother sent me this photo of Cooper, my grand-nephew sitting excitedly in front of a cupcake. 

 If I were limited to traditional scrapbooking, I would likely add the photo to my collection of "photos-to-scrap-one-day-soon..." box and never see the photo again until he graduated.  My Digital Studio, however, is so quick and easy, and with new downloads being added all the time, I just naturally reach for my (computer) mouse whenever I see a cute photo worthy of its own memory page.



Although I own a wide-carriage printer that will print 12 X 12 pages, I find that my favorite size has become 8-1/2 X 11 for digital pages.  That way I can quickly print them at home onto photo paper, which i usually have on hand, and as soon as they are dry, I protect them in a clear page protectors.  

Stampin' Up! also offers great prices on professional printing of your digital projects, too...from individual pages, to greeting cards to digital scrapbooks, with or without photo covers in a variety of cloth, leather or soft cover books.

For this project, I started with a pre-formatted page out of one of the designer kits downloads, dragged the photo into the pre-formatted photo box, and added a few embellishments from other designer kits.   The frogs and labels are from the Hoppy Memories Digital Kit download. 

Also, if you are just getting started with My Digital Studio, be sure to register for news and updates on the  My Digital Studio Site. 

• Tips and Ideas.  I'm always amazed at the video instruction, tips and ideas contributed by other My Digital Studio users. 
• Help Forums.  When I have a question about using My Digital Studio, I can usually get an answer from someone in the forums in a matter of 30 minutes or so. 
• Traditional & Digital Creations.  There are plenty of hybrid cards and scrapbook pages and many of the ideas would work with your traditional scrapbooking supplies you already have.

My Digital Studio DVD software (118108), includes over $500 worth of content.  400+ Designer Series Paper Patterns, 62 Stamp Brush Sets, 650+ embellishments, 25 punch shapes, and 140 Designer Templates.  It includes all of this year's In Colors as well as the basic cardstock colors.  You probably switched to digital photos several years ago; why not put that investment in digital technology to work by creating your own scrapbook pages, cards, invitations, and more using digital software!  Order your copy of My Digital Studio Software today!



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Well, time to get ready for a new week.  Enjoy!