Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza Coming Soon!

Stampin' Up! will kick off the holiday shopping season with our Online Extravaganza which will begin Monday, November 21, 2011, and run through Wednesday, November 30, 2011 with sale prices on severable of our desirable products!

Visit my website here to take advantage of great savings like FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express, 60 percent off select Designer Fabrics, and 30 percent off an exclusive ribbon bundle!

In addition, there will be two items on sale for 24 hours only (November 21, 12:01 AM - 11:59 PM [MT])-so make sure you don't miss the first 24 hours of Online Extravaganza!

Remember, you can shop our Online Extravaganza from my demonstrator website just by clicking here!  But be sure to visit on Monday, November 21 to see the two items on sale for only 24 hours!  Can't wait to see what Stampin' Up! has in store for us!

Happy Stampin' and Scrappin'!

Denise

upcoming retreat for stampers and scrappers

Check out this website for an awesome opportunity for crafters!

Denise

Home for the Holidays!

Well, now that I have piqued your curiosity about being able to receive the FREE digital downloads that Stampin' Up! will be giving away between November 4-7, I'd like to share a little project I made with some of the digital designs that will be available.

This adorable Christmas card was created using the "Home for the Holidays Ensemble".  Don't you just LOVE the colors?  So bright and cheery!

Here is another card made using that same ensemble.  Would this be a great design to use for sending Christmas greetings to friends and neighbors this Holiday Season?

I just know that this is one offer you are not going to want to miss!  If you do not yet own the My Digital Studio software from Stampin' Up!, you can find out all of the details here on my website, where you can shop 24/7!.  My Digital Studio is a wonderful for creating so many different projects: photo albums, calendars, greeting cards and more!  Once you have created your designs, have them printed out and shipped right to your door!  There is even a website designed specifically for My Digital Studio users.  You can visit it at: www.MyDigitalStudio.net, where you will find all the support you need to begin creating spectacular projects of your own. 

Remember: Visit www.MyDigitalStudio.net between November 4-7 to download your FREE digital designs and get started with your very own holiday creations!

Enjoy!
Denise

FREE Digital Content for YOU!

Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day with Stampin' Up! for a four-day online event designed to introduce more of our demonstrators and customers to our digital content. Digital Scrapbooking Day is November 5, but we'll keep the celebration going from November 4-7! The event will include free downloads, blog posts with exciting project ideas all weekend long, and the announcement of the 2011 My Digital Studio Contest winners.

Mark your calendars now to visit MyDigitalStudio.net between November 4-7!  You'll be glad you did! 

Denise

Using up scraps with Perfect Punches!

Hello and Happy Monday to all! 

Today I'd like to share with you and card I made recently using the Perfect Punches stamp set! 



As you can see, this set is a great one to own for a variety of occasions - birthday, friendship, congratulations, thank you notes, Christmas and more.   Each of the images in this set are designed to coordinate with a punch that makes card-making a snap!   The punches used along with this stamp set are the Extra Large Oval Punch (#119859), the Curly Label Punch (#119851), the Modern Label Punch (#119849), the Scallop Oval Punch (#119856), and the Scallop Circle Punch (#119854).

There is even a stamp image that coordinates with our Round Tab Punch (#119864) which is very useful for making tabs in recipe albums, mini albums, address books, photo files, home organizers and so much more! 

This is one set you will be very happy to own!   Now onto the card....

Don't you just love this color combination?  It's not one that I would have put together myself, but one that was suggested when using my Color Coach (#121046)!.  I love my Color Coach!  It's a tool that helps me to know what color combinations go well together, and saves me so much time when designing my card creations!  
I dry embossed the base of the card with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (#117335) before adding More Mustard cardstock and Not Quite Navy Designers Series Paper to the front.  To give the sentiment a matted finish, I simply trimmed closely around the oval stamped Happy Birthday image before laying it onto a piece of Not Quite Navy cardstock punched out with the Large Oval Punch.  Easy-peasy! 

Stamp Set: Elements 2 – Perfect Punches
Paper: More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White
DSP: Paisley Petals DSP, Designers Series Paper Stack (Not Quite Navy)
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Paper Snips, 5/8” Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Dimensionals, Snail, Sticky Tape

See the little squares of DSP on the card?  This design is also great for using up all of those little scraps DSP leftover from other projects.  The 3 pieces I have here were from the Paisley Petals Designers Series Paper Pack and each measure 1"x 1.25" .  I had them leftover from a project I did for a swap I participated in for the 1"x 1.25" Simply Adorned Charm.  I just love the challenge of creating something with these little leftovers of our beautiful DSP, don't you?
I hope that you enjoyed seeing this card and that it has been a little bit of inspiration for you to try and find ways to use up some of your beautiful scraps as well. 

Happy Scrappin' and Stampin'!
Denise