Happy Birthday Ben

Happy Birthday Ben!   Its my husband Ben's birthday and so I thought I would post a page I had been working on in his honor.  This is from his Basic Training Graduation back in 1992!  The Navy held the graduation at Daley Plaza in Downtown Chicago.  What a special day. The words on the small tags are Wisdom, Courage, and Honor, which are the middle names of our children.  I copied a layout I saw at Mydigitalstudio.net by Marie Shaughnessy.  This is a great site to go to when you are looking for ideas.

  Happy Birthday Ben!

Some digital posts

I have been posting some digital projects on my other blog "Beth's Digital Cuts".  I thought I would post a few here in case you missed them.    My Digital Studio is a really fun software program.  I have really fallen in love.  I use it for so many things.  Scrapbook pages and cards of course, but also some hybrid projects that I was able to personalize for the recipient, such as party favors, treat bags, journals and photo books.  If you've ever thought of giving it a try, you can download a FREE TRIAL version today and use it for 30 days.  If you like it, contact me about how to purchase and what options there are.  Did you know you could even purchase the software as part of your customized demonstrator starter kit?  Then get demonstrator discounts on downloads and printed projects, and all Stampin' Up! products.  Not ready for that?  Just purchase as a customer and enjoy creating today.  I am here to help you learn the program with in person classes on a big screen I bring to class so we can learn together, or I can help you over the phone or with a video tutorial.  I want you to love it as much as I do. 
Go to my online Stampin Up store, click on shop now in the upper right hand corner, and add the free trail to your shopping cart.  It is completely free. 

Check out my Digital Blog for more fun projects!

MDS2 Video

Stampin' up! has made a video showing some of the things you can do with My Digital Studio 2.  Check it out and try the Free Trail today!  Get the free trial by clicking on my "Shop" button above to be directed to my Stampin' Up! store, click "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner and add the free trial to your cart.  No credit card info or any payment required!  Watch instructional videos at MyDigitalStdio.net, or browse the sample gallery.

Happy Anniversary!

It's my parents Anniversary.  Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!  Here is a page I made for the occassion!

Perfectly Preserved take two

I made a super quick card for today.  The stamps and paper from yesterday's post were still out on my desk, so I decided to use the flowers without the jar for a very fast card.  The base of the card is Gumball Green, the patterned paper is from the Orchard Harvest designer series paper pack, and the ribbon is Raspberry Ripple stitched ribbon.   I cut the white and raspberry backgrounds with the Apothecary Accents framelits dies.  Quick card and a quick post, school starts on Monday and I am not quite ready! WOW did summer go fast!!

Perfectly Preserved

The new Holiday Mini Catalog is so full of great new products it's hard to know where to start.  I started with fall, my favorite time of year.  Yesterday I did a Halloween, today I am using products from the Orchard Harvest Suite.  The papers in this line are really cute for fall, the colors are great: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, and Raspberry Ripple.  For this card I focused on Raspberry Ripple and Lucky Limeade.  The stamp set is called Perfectly Preserved and has a lot of co-ordinating elements.  There is a caning jar, apples, a pear, flowers, stems and leaves, and even an ear of corn.  There is a matching Framelit Die so you don't have to cut out the elements with scissors if you are looking for cut out shapes.    The stamp set is $20.95 clear mount, the framelit dies are $24.95, but if you buy them together the cost is $38.95!  That's a savings of 15%.  I used the dies to cut out my jar.  The jar is stamped on a window sheet, that's a clear acetate.  I wanted to hide the adhesive so I put it behind the "just for you" banner.  The jar is also held on by the linen thread.  I used my Paper Piercing tool and mat to make holes for the thread.  I also added some Dazzling Details glitter on the flower centers.  Its hard

to see that detail in the photos, but it really makes a sparkly and finished looking card in real life.

Thanks for stopping by! 

contact me with any questions about the projects you see!

Halloween Boo!

On Friday I posted a monster Double Peek-A-Boo card.  That card was for a little boys birthday and was instantly taken over by my 5 year old Zachary.  While making a new monster card I decided to make a Halloween version for a swap I am in this month.  These cards are actually easy to make, especially after I watched the video by Dawn Griffith.  

 

Have a nice day!