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Happy Memorial Day!

  Here in the U.S., Memorial Day traditionally marks the beginning of summer and we always get together with family to celebrate it.  My cousin Christian and I share a May 30th birthday so it's a good time to celebrate our birthdays, too.  This year we celebrated it a day early - some of us had to work today and my three kids had swim practice at 6 am this morning so we plan to kick back and take it easy this afternoon!

  I remembered to pull out my camera and snap some pictures and dropped them into a scrapbook page I created in My Digital Studio.  I used a sketch from the Got Sketch? site that I found on Pinterest... I love how easy it is to create pages using sketches!!

  If you'd like to give My Digital Studio a try, be sure and download the FREE 30 day trial on my website here.

  Thanks for visiting - have a wonderful day!

My Digital Studios is fabulous!

   This week on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are focusing on National Scrapbooking Month for Fabulous Friday and decided to feature scrapbook pages created using My Digital Studio - this is an awesome digital design software that is an exclusive Stampin' Up! product.  Curious to try it out?  You can download a FREE 30-day trial of our My Digital Studio Express here.

   I just can't say it enough, I just love My Digital Studio for making a quick scrapbook layout!  I designed the page above in about half an hour... the hardest part was deciding which designer paper I wanted to use once I found the photograph that I wanted to feaure.  This one of Brandon was taken last weekend when we were at the Virginia Tech pool for a swim meet.  It just fits his personality to a "T"!! 

  Creating the layout was simple when I started with this sketch below that I found on Pinterest... looking for more scrapbooking ideas and sketches that I've pinned?  Click the "Follow me on Pinterest" button on the left sidebar of my blog.

 Want even more inspiration with My Digital Studio?  Hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog after Noon EST today to see our other Fabulous Friday projects!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

 

Looking forward to 2012~

Merry Christmas!

December 2011 Demonstrator of the Month, part 1

I'd like to introduce you to my Demonstrator of the Month for December - Jaime Penney.  Jaime lived in Lynchburg when she first signed up as a demonstrator on my team but has since moved a couple of hours away (love that view of the Virginia countryside in the Shenandoah Valley in Jaime's photo!).  I'm thrilled that she still participates with us in our monthly swaps and shoe box swaps via the mail because I think she is so talented and I love her projects (as I'm sure you will when I share them with you over the next couple of days!).  She was able to attend our summer meeting a year and a half ago and I'm hoping when her little girls get older she'll be joining us for more!

Here's a little bit about Jaime in her own words...

I got started with Stampin' Up! 4 years ago when a friend and I decided to go to a Christmas card stamp-a-stack class held by a local demo. (Hi Debbie!) I purchased a stamp set, two ink pads and enough card stock to make my own Christmas cards that year. I then decided to go to another Christmas gifts stamping class, and by the end of that night I was hopelessly hooked. I inquired about the starter kit because it seemed like a good deal - lots of product and no commitment. During SAB 2008, I took the plunge (who doesn't love extra free stuff on top of an already awesome deal?!) I am a hobby demo and that's okay because Stampin' Up! allows me the creative outlet I need as well as access to cool new things before they're released to the public. I live about two hours away from my upline, but that doesn't affect any of the support I receive when I have questions, need assistance, or want to participate in group activities. I've just become real familiar with the ladies in my local post office!

Thanks, Jaime!  I'm so glad you've continued to participate in our swaps!! 

When Stampin' Up! first introduced My Digital Studio I was lucky enough to get hands-on training at Founder's Circle.  I came back and told everyone in my group how much I loved it... Jaime purchased the design software and has far surpassed me in her abilities as you will see below.  She has been scrapbooking her daugters faithfully and sending out beautiful Christmas photo cards of her family each year.  I hope you find inspriration from her work as I have!

Here is a two-page spread she created for her daughter as a "year in review" - isn't it fantastic? 

This is a "baby's first Christmas" spread... I love it!  Being able to match colors to photos or to the embellishments means everything is going to look awesome and coordinated.

If you are interested in purchasing My Digital Studio or have any questions, please let me know!  Tomorrow I'll be sharing some traditional hand-stamped cards that Jaime created so be sure and stop back by.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for all the blessings in my life including my wonderfully supportive family, great friends, a "job" that I LOVE that allows me to meet so many talented stampers, good health and happiness.  What are you thankful for?

I hope you have a wonderful memory-filled day with loved ones today!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Fabulous MDS birthday page

This week on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring projects created using My Digital Studio.  This digital design software is so amazing and at just $79.95 comes pre-loaded with so much!  It is a fabulous value and I love being able to use our stamp images, punches and colors to quickly and easily create scrapbook pages, cards and flyers to advertise my stamping events.

So this week I designed a scrapbook page with pictures taken last weekend when I celebrated my oldest daughter Amanda's 14th birthday with her at The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant that we just love!!  I really enjoy spending this one-on-one time with her... as a Mother of three kids it is so rare that I get those moments of alone time with them.  We have been going to The Melting Pot for four years now to celebrate birthdays and the food is always so yummy!

Be sure and check out the other fabulous My Digital Studio projects on the Sisters in Stamping blog after Noon today... you'll be amazed at all that you can create with this fabulous digital design software!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!! 

Help me celebrate my 3-year blog anniversary!!

Yippeee! Today marks the 3-year anniversary of my blog and I'm really close to reaching 140,000 hits!  Thank you to everyone who comes to visit me and see what I'm up to - it means a lot!!

 

To properly celebrate I need to give away some blog candy, don't I?  Well, I've put together this package of goodies to give away - it includes the Four the Holidays stamp set, whisper white organza ribbon and the Framed Tulips impressions folder, all perfect for your holiday cards!  Everyone who leaves me a comment on this post between now and Monday, Oct. 10th at Noon EST will be entered in the drawing.  I will use Random.org to choose a winner on Monday afternoon and post the name at that time.

Thanks, again, for supporting me by visiting and good luck!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Need to replenish your card supply?

Are you local to the Lynchburg, VA area and looking to replenish your card supply?  Then read on for details on an exciting stamp camp opportunity next month!!

2011 Summer Shoe Box Swap team meeting, part 3

Well, I meant to get the rest of the photos posted yesterday, but we had to go out of town for a swim meet and I just ran out of time... do you ever have those days?  Here we go with the rest of the cards with their designers.  Since there are so many pictures, I'm going to wait and post the pictures of the hand-crafted gifts from our gift exchange tomorrow...

Gwen Goulder, Morning Cup stamp set... there are two close-up photos of the card because the inside had a pocket made from a big shot scallop envelope to hold a tea bag - so clever!

Angie Kinzie, Printed Petals stamp set

Jennifer Rawlings, Simply Soft hostess stamp set

Darlene Crockett, Upsy Daisy stamp set

Cindy Blekas, Precious Butterflies hostess stamp set

The next two cards were submitted by team members who were unable to attend the meeting but still wanted to participate:

Kris Sennett, Fox and Friends stamp set.  Kris was unable to make the meeting because her husband surprised her with a weekend at the beach to celebrate their anniversary... how fun!

 

Jaime Penney, Just Believe stamp set. 

Jaime was unable to attend because she lives a couple of hours away and had just given birth to a beautiful baby girl a month ago... check out the fabulous birth announcements that she created with My Digital Studio (MDS) plus matching note cards.  She even designed mailing labels with the same theme... it just goes to show that you can do so much more than just digital scrapbooking with MDS!!  And what gorgeous girls she has, too!!

As I said before, I am so blessed to have such talented stampers in my group - thanks, Ladies, for the great cards! 

Please be sure and check back tomorrow to see what fun gifts some of them came up with for our gift exchange...