Favorite Designer Series Paper!

Stampin' Up! has some great Designer Series paper, some I love, some I like and some I get because I know some of my customers might like it, but it not "me".  The DSP in the Holiday Catalog called Howlstooth and Scaringbone (in digital and cardstock) is one my all time favs!  I love the colors!  I love the patterns!  And I really love that I don't have to use it just for Halloween or fall, but I can use it for lots of projects!  Here is a Thinking of you card that is just a long postcard size 9 1/2 x 4, perfect for quick notes--and even better now because all the prices from our printer have dropped!  I can print off a few of these and have them on hand for any occasion!  I can also add an actual Antique brad and make it a hybrid project!  That's what I like about My Digital Studio!  I can do what I want!  Get your free 30-day trial here!  You'll like it, just try it!

Julie

Who doesn't like a little chocolate?

Sometimes you just need a little bit of chocolate! (Sometimes you need a lot of chocolate!) This is just a small favor to give to your friends/neighbors/relatives/whoever!  You are going to want to order these cute little cello bags!  They are so much fun to fill with Pixie Stix, chocolate candies, pencils, pens, licorice, jelly beans, whatever you can think of!  They are 1 x 8 and have a self-closing flap, but here I just added a tag and a little bit of baker's twine to finish it off!  The owl and the "Bone Appetite" is from the Monster Munchies stamp set and was stamped on the cello bag with Stazon ink--a must for stamping on cellophane, plastic, wood and even ceramic!  Go ahead, have a little bit of chocolate...it's good for you!

Julie

Spider Cider Tag

This is a project I did at my last class!  It was very simple and used a few fun tools, especially the Big Shot!  It uses the Two Tags die and the Spider Web embossing folder.  We also used the Simply Scored to make our cute little rosette behind the stamped image (this one is a little smaller than the others) and the ladies got to use our new silicone craft sheet and a glue gun to glue our rosette down! (Crafters, you need one of these!) The stamp set is Monster Munchies and I added a couple Googlies to the eyes! The Spider Cider stamp was stamped in Tangerine Tango and then colored with a Basic Black marker. Last thing was to use the 1 3/8 inch circle punch to make the hole to go over the bottle!  We had a choice of IBC root beer or cream soda!  These would be fun at your Halloween party!

Julie

Fancy Frames download!

I love the new Fancy Frames download!  The frames are so cute for all sorts of applications, they look so real!  This is a card that I made for the weekly MyDigitalStudio.net challenge, which was using any of the September 2012 downloads.  I love the polka dot DSP from Howlstooth and Scaringbone--one of my favorite Designer Series Paper!  The color combination is Basic Gray, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, and Very Vanilla.

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What are some of your favorite Downloads?  Leave a comment and let me know!  You can also "like"  my card here!

Julie

Trick-or-treat printable

I am planning on doing a few more videos for My Digital Studio 2, but until they are done, I have more Halloween projects!  This project can be framed in a square frame and you could even print a few and cut out some of the squares and pop them up with some Stampin' Dimensionals and add brads or rhinestones!  When I find my square frame, I will post a photo!  My Digital Studio 2 is available as a free 30-day trial, so you have nothing to loose!  Click "shop now" and "digital crafting" for your downloadable trial! As always, this is for personal use only!

Julie

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Defy Gravity!

Last night my husband and I went to the Smith Center for the Performing Arts to see the production of "Wicked"!  We had such a fun time!  This was my second time seeing "Wicked" but David's first!  He has loved the music ever since I played if for him years ago after going on a weekend trip with the Young Women from church!  Well, finally the production came to Las Vegas!  They announced it last year and we've been looking forward to going since then!  It was great!  The cast members were very talented and funny and I completely enjoyed myself!  So....in honor of my wonderful evening, I thought I would make a fun card to go along with the theme!

I hope that you get a chance to see "Wicked"!  If you have seen it, I would love to hear what you thought about it and where you saw it!

Julie

Merry Christmas...and a mummy card!

Are you ready for Christmas?  I am so NOT!  But Stampin' Up! wants you to start getting ready with their October special!  If you purchase 1 of 2 bundles you will receive the Festive paper piercing pack for FREE!  Make sure you check my demonstrator website for more details!  Also, for a limited time, you will be able to purchase single clear-mount stamps from 3 word stamp sets!  They will not come with a clear block and will arrive in a cello bag not the regular DVD sized case that our clear-mount sets come in.  If you would like extra DVD/stamp cases, please let me know! The stamp sets are listed below!
Single Stamps: Word Play
Single Stamps: Perfectly Penned
Single Stamps: Seasonal Sayings

Now back to Halloween!  I made this card with the same paper I designed for my mummy card from convention and Jill's get together.  It was done using My Digital Studio and sent to Stampin' Up! for printing.  It is a 5 x 7 trifold card and I put the tag punch shape on each panel of the card and filled it with my "mummy paper" on one side and Frightful Sight DSP and Wicked Cool stamp brushes on the other and when I received it from the printer, I trimmed around the tag shape.  It is a card AND a home decor item!  My mummy paper is made using the torn edge stamp brush copied and flipped with a drop shadow, the eyes are just circle punches with a black mat and dropped shadow.  It does take some time so have something else to do while you're waiting for it to load (it has several layers!!) and then save it as a .jpg file so you don't have to wait for all the layers to load each time you open it.  My Digital Studio 2 may make it easier to do the strips by grouping and copying, I may have to try it!  And speaking of My Digital Studio 2, please check for a new update (under help on your menu) and today is Digital Download day--see the new downloads here!

Julie