My Digital Studio

I finally caved and bought the My Digital Studio and I love the program. I don't think I will really ever use it as a scrapbook program but will definitely use it for hybrid cards and flyer needs!! I made this flyer for my stamp camp using this program.

You will be seeing this flyer in the mail this week (for my customers in my area)!! Hope you all can make it! Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday!

Today my oldest son turns 14. Every year he gets older I wonder more and more where has the time gone. He is definitely not my little boy anymore ... he looks so grown up already. Matter of fact he is now officially taller than I am standing at 5'10".

It's hard to make cards for a teenage boy but here is his Birthday Card I made him:


He loves to skateboard so I figured Extreme Skateboard would be the perfect image. With boy cards you can't use glitter or other fun things but I did add a bit of ribbon AND I misted Platinum shimmer paint onto both the Night of Navy and Brocade Blue cardstock pieces. I also ran the Bordering Blue piece through my big shot using the #4 texturz plate, it's the one is the random lines. Happy Stamping!

Couple of Pumpkins

Pumpkin Patch is versatile set. I have seen it used for all kinds of things, even to make flowers. But in the case I used it for it's intended purpose.

I just stamped 2 different pumpkins and cut one out so I could pop it up on the card. The orange strip of cardstock I ran through the big shot using my perfect detail texturz plate to give it a bit more zing. I also added the rich razzleberry strip just to add a little more color to the card. Happy Stamping!

Baby Tag

As usual I am running behind .... in everything. Showing my projects, even making them. This is a gift tag I made for a friend of mine that I made back in July. Her baby is 3 months old now and I'm just now showing this.

I *loved* this gift tag!!! I had all of about 15 minutes to make this before I had to leave to make it to her shower. See I am always running behind. But at least in those 15 minutes my creative juices were pumping! I watercolored the little cute little bear from the stamp set Cute and Cuddly using my colored pencils and mineral oil. (I promise to have a tutorial done to show you how .... sometime.) I have to tell you I only got this set because of that cute little bear.

I was surprised in how well this color combo works, I would have not normally put soft suede and blush blossom together. Happy Stamping!

Postin' It Up

I'm am altering freak ... I love to take things and make something else. This was originally a magnetic picture frame and I changed it to this:

I miss Kiwi Kiss and loved it for this project. The center of the flower is done using microbeads and a large pop up glue dot. This is perfect for a quick and easy gift idea. Happy Stamping!

Birthday Flap

I found this card the other day and realized I hadn't shared it yet. I think I made it for a birthday swap I did several months back.

What's unique about this card is how it opens up.

As you can see the orange flaps folds over the top and the cupcake piece is what holds it closed. It's fun to try different openings and adds just a little bit of spunk to the card. Happy Stamping!

Getting Better...

If you have been reading my blog for awhile you already know that I struggle making 3x3's. I'm really not sure what the problem is. Is it the size? I dunno BUT I feel like I am finally getting better at the them.

It definitely doesn't make me cringe so that's a good thing! Happy Stamping!