Placemats!!

Welcome to week two of our October MDS Blog Hop!  Are you familiar with the MDS Blog Hop?  Its a collection of blog posts by a team of MDS Lovers who link their blogs together to showcase the fun and versatility of My Digital Studio.   We hop the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.  This week we are showing you "what we are working on" in MDS.   I am working on Placemats!!  One of the great features of MDS is the Custom Size Feature.  You can use it to create custom business cards, frame-ables, placemats and more!  I made some fun Christmas placemats last year so this year I am adding to my collection by making fun Thanksgiving placemats!  Jillian especially loves to eat on these, and we get it out for watercolor and play dough too.

 

I print them out and have them laminated at Office Depot.  Staples and Office Max are good for this too! 

 

here are some older placemats I've made for Christmas...

and here is a version I made for Zachary and Jillian to practice their letters and printing...

continue on the MDS Hop by clicking on the NEXT button.  You'll be heading over to the blog of the super talented Holly!  Holly was just named to the new MDS Design Team at MyDigtalStudio.net!  Can't wait to see what she comes up with as a member of that new Team!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!! For a more detailed "how to" on creating in My Digital Studio, click on the "Beth's Digital Cuts" button on the side.

Stamp Sale

I had planned to post a project today, but the Stampin' Up! sale is too good not to post.  This week is Stampin' Up's actual 25th anniversary.  Stampin' Up has been doing several things this year to celebrate 25 years in business, but this week is the actual week!  They have 25 stamp sets at 25% off for this one week only.  Starting today and going through October 28th, 25 stamps will be on sale.  I checked out the list and I have most of them as usual, but the single Christmas star went straight into my cart this morning!  The picture doesn't do it justice, its actually very big, card front sized! Love it.  I also grabbed "Hello Lovely" and "Zoo Babies".  If you don't already have "Gently Falling", "Ornament Keepsakes" (matching framelits still available), "Snowflake Soiree" or "Gorgeous Grunge" you should jump on those.  Oh, and "Label Love" (matching punch), "Bitty Banners" (matching framelits) and "A Dozen Thoughts".   OR what about "Yippee Skippy" and "Morning Post Alphabet"?  Seriously, they are all good!  While you are there, don't forget to check out the weekly deals, the clearance rack and the newest Digital downloads!  And, don't forget to use the "Hostess Code" to get your frequent buyer points. 
Contact me with any questions you may have!  I am always happy to help!

Last Day to Join for $25.00

I know this has been on my blog a few times lately but really its a great deal and today is the last day, so I wanted to put it up top one more time.  If this is your first time seeing it, here are the details.

 

Stampin' Up! is offering an exciting $25.00 joining kit for a short time only, Oct 7 - 21 .   We are celebrating 25 years of Stampin' Up!! YEA!  Have you ever wished you were a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, getting discounts on all your favorite paper crafting products?  This kit is priced right for those of you on the fence.  Maybe your worried about what all you have to do.  Well, the answer is simple, what ever you want to do.  There are Demonstrators who make a living with Stampin' Up, others who make extra spending money, others who make enough to cover all the paper products they could want so their hobby isn't costing them money , or others who just want their hobby to cost less by getting their favorite products at a lower cost.  I love the other perks as well. We get a bi-monthly Stamping Magazine, full of ideas.  Sneak Peeks at new products, special pricing, contests, a website full of ideas and more.  Now is a great time to give it a try.  Choose your product for your kit, up to $26.95, and you will also get a business pack of catalogs and forms to use to get you started.  Once you join, you start getting your demo discount right away.  You even get 30% off your first order as a demonstrator.  Hold an open house just in time for the upcoming holiday season, or just get a few friends together to browse the catalog.  Have a large wish list, start saving on it right away.  I'm sure you'll have questions and I am happy to help.  Contact me with any questions you have.  Bethrush@issinternet.com    I have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 8 years and I love it!!  For a while, I was my only customer, I joined to get the discount.  Then I added a few home parties for friends and family to earn more products.  As years have gone on I have added a monthly classes and this blog.  That's one of the great things about Stampin' Up!  you can do it your way!  Starting October 7th you can log into my Join me tab at the top of the blog, and join right there on my site.  Contact me today with any questions!  

Current Hostess Code

The current Hostess Code is  4DH4K3A3 for the Frequent Buyer program.
Class Dates: Saturday November 16th 10:00 to 12:30  cost $15.00
Contact me for details

Endless Wishes

Do you know about the Photopolymer Stamps from Stampin' Up?  You may know of them as "clear stamps".  Stampin' Up! introduces a new Photopolymer stamp set every so often.  These stamps are less expensive than the rubber stamps you are used to from Stampin' Up! and are a limited release.  So far there have been 11 sets offered!  I don't think I have mentioned them very much, I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical, I am a firm believer in the quality of the rubber stamp.   Stampin' Up! is committed to quality and uses high quality Photopolymer.  I have purchased about 5 sets so far and I  have to admit to being pleasantly surprised.  They are more for fun, and the sets are more trendy or whimsical.  Today's release is super cute and I know it will go on my order this weekend.  I liked it so much I had to share it on my blog.  I love the doodle look to it. 

 

The set of 19 stamps is just $13.95.  Photo Polymer stamps to do not come in a stamp case, they are meant to be a less expensive option.  I bought a few stamp cases to put them in. 

Check out the full line of Photopolymer stamps in my online store by clicking here !  My Favorites are the Bombs Away, Another Thank you, and Christmas Tagables. 

If you have any questions about the Photopolymer line, feel free to contact me, I am always happy to help!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

 

Leaf Wreath

Happy Fall everyone.  Are the leaves by you changing colors yet?  They are not too colorful around here actually.  I heard that our very mild weather is making this years fall a less colorful one.  I am changing all that with my fall wreath.  I cut out leaves with my big shot Autumn Accents die in various fall colors.  The Autumn Accents die is one of the "Bigz" dies, which are great because you can run multiple sheets of paper through them at one time.  Cutting out all these leaves was a breeze.  I had tons left over too, so we used them at the last  stamp camp, and I used them on my fall banner too!  I ran most of the leaves through the big shot a second time with an embossing folder. I arranged several leaves in the folder at a time. I also used a sponge on the leaves so they had more dimension.   I also cut some out with gold glimmer paper and some newsprint too.   I attached the leaves to a twig wreath with a hot glue gun.

Autumn Accents leaf Bigz Die item # 127812 $21.95

















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Fall Banner

I had a lot of fun creating this fall banner.  It was really easy because it used the Build a Banner Simply Created kit.  The kit comes with the pre-cut banners, already complete with grommets.  You also get twine and stencils!  You can also buy a refill kit without the stencils.  I bought a couple refills because I know I will be making these again in the future.  I think it will be fun to make one for a birthday party, maybe pink with lots of frills for Jillian!  You can really take it in any direction. 

  I added some burlap and buttons between the pennants.

I finished of the ends with some paper leaves.

Here is the full kit.  You get a full set of alphabet stencils, some background stencils, jute twine, 18 canvas pennants and a spritzer.   Although the kit comes with a spritzer, I used a sponge. I actually forgot it even came with the spritzer :)   Sponges worked great and I found them to be really easy, so I would probably do it that way again next time.   The spritzer is super fun though and I will use it on other projects.   This kit is just $19.95!!  item # 133407.  you get 18 canvas pennants.

This is the refill kit.  You get 18 canvas pennants and some jute twine (approx. 9 feet).  The refill is just $9.95 item #13699.















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