Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  I thought I would share a last minute Valentine.  My daughter gave away photo Valentine's Day cards made with MDS and my youngest son gave away the cute monster Valentine's from Stampin' Up! but I needed just a few more at the last minute, so I made these cuties on my computer with My Digital Studio.  Super cute and super fast. 

I searched though my digital stamps for a bird and found this cutie.  I colored it to match the DSP I choose.   I love that I can add text boxes to say what ever I want, so I added the "you are so Tweet" and the "Valentine" text and printed them out.  I used a glue dot to add a chocolate heart. 

Here is the back. 











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MDS Blog Hop ~ "What do you love about MDS?"

It's MDS Blog Hop time!  Yea! It feels like its been a while since the last MDS Blog hop, but I think that is because I have been laid up with a hurt knee and I feel like its been forever since I've done much!  But this month our blog hop theme is "What to you love about MDS?" and let me tell you, being stuck on the couch makes you love MDS even more!  My poor stamp pads are being neglected.
If you are unfamiliar with the MDS Blog hop I will let you know what it is about.  Twice a month, the second and fourth Thursdays,  a group of My Digital Studio loving demonstrators link our blogs together to highlight all that you can do with My Digital Studio.  We love MDS and we want you to love it too!  And what do I love the most about it?  Preserving my family memories in pages for the kids to look at for years to come.  When I get out the pictures of the kids as babies they are always interested in how little they were and what they did,  questions are always asked and they giggle about things.  Zachary usually complains that I have captured him in some embarrassing situation, Jillian wants to know if I still have some of those old outfits, David remembers when his siblings were smaller and unable to mess up his things.  Then they say, "where's that page with Kiddie Land" or "remember that picture of all those cicada's  ?"  and the conversation flows.   This is a page I made not for a book, but for my dresser.  I made a similar one a few years back and I wanted an updated one.  Which brings me to another thing I love about MDS, how easy it is to change things in an instant.  Switch out a photo, change a paper, re-size, re-color, re-make.  love it.   For this project I wanted a hybrid look, not a flat page, so I printed out three copies of the page, then cut up different areas to pop-up with dimensionals.   

Here is the page I created. 

Amazingly like my old one huh?  I just changed the papers in my boxes and the colors of my letters. 

Here is a side view so you can see what I mean about cutting out items and layering them. 














I hope you like my project!  And I hope that you will continue on the Hop and see what the rest of our team has come up with.  Next up is Holly's blog, where I am sure you will find lots to "Love".

Pennants with a peek a boo!

Last months My Paper Pumpkin has some fun cards with triangle cut outs on the front.  I thought the little cut outs were really fun and so I wanted to add them to a card.  The fun patterns and colors in the Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper were perfect for this card.  I used the Chevron Punch to make my cut outs.  

 I added a strip of patterned paper to show through the chevron punch outs and some Whisper White to write the greeting on.  

Perfect Pennants Bundle is a great way to save 15% both products, but they are also available separately too.

Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper
















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Pucker Up!

I made these fun little treats to hand out on Valentine's Day.   I love those cute little 1 x 8 cello tubes, so when I see a new use for them I am happy.  The lemon drops from Target were a perfect fit.  I used the new tag topper punch for my tag and a heart for some accent color.  Fast and Easy!

tag topper punch

Crazy Mixed Up Love stamp set is available as a digital download too!  love that!
















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Join SU! during Sale-A-Bration!

I joined Stampin' Up! back in 2005 and it was the best decision ever.  I loved the products and bought them anyway, so why not get a discount?  For many years I just made my own purchases and that was that.  Then after a while I started doing a few workshops when asked and then some classes and now I hold monthly events.  That is the beauty of Stampin' Up!   You can join as a hobbyist or make it a business or do something in between.   You will find that even better than the products are the people you meet.  There are wonderful online communities of other Stampin' Up! demonstrators who will share ideas and projects or just chat about life.  I have made many online friends but its even more fun for me to spend time with other crafters at Stamp Camp.  During Sale-A-Bration Stampin' Up! has made joining a little sweeter with an added bonus of $25 extra dollars in your starter kit, and, the kit ships FREE, so you save even more!  In the past you had to choose from a small selection of products for your starter kit.  That is not the case anymore.  You get to choose any $150 worth of product for just $99!  Go digital!  Get some new colors, hoard some paper!  What ever you want, its your kit, your way!  Check my Join now tab for all the details.  You can even join right there online, in your jammies, day or night,  and get started right now! Contact me anytime with any questions!

Burlap and Blooms Wreath

At the next stamp camp we will be making the Burlap and Blooms Wreath.  This wreath is really pretty and will get you in the mood for spring!  You will also learn how to make some really pretty paper flowers too!  The class cost is $20 and includes everything you need to make the wreath.  I have 4 more spots open, so if you are in the area and can make it on February 15th, let me know! details are on my events calendar at my SU! site.  In the meantime, check out the video!

New Personalized Stamps

Stampin' Up! released a new line of personalized stamps today!  They are really fun!  I went to the online store to check them out.   There are 5 different designs and when you choose one, you can make them say what ever you want.  I tried one out with my name...

You type in what you want it to say and click "Apply" to get a preview of what it will look like.










Here is a version for the backs of my cards...

or maybe I would change the "R" to something else entirely.  You could make it a "C" and have the line say "create".  You can make them however you want, so if you don't want them for addresses, you can make them for your baked goods labels if you bake a lot.  Homemade goodness just for you, with a big "C" and cookies in the middle.  Then you need to mail some to me of course!



Here are some other styles...

Head on over to the online store and check them out.  While you are there be sure to check out the new weekly deals, updated every Tuesday!  I got the valentine download of course!