Flamingo Get Well

My cousin had surgery on her hip and is recovering at home for a few weeks. The brace that she was given, immobilizes her hip/leg so that it's in a bent position. She referred to it as a 'Flamingo Brace'. I wanted to create a card that had flamingos on it, but didn't have a flamingo stamp.  I did recall that I had some digital paper within my digital software that had flamingos. So, I created this card within My Memories Suite and printed it out on Whisper White cardstock... and finishing it up the traditional way.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite

Designer Series Paper - Pink Flamingo

Stamp Brush Set - Teeny Tiny Wishes (Blue)

Paper - Flirty Flamingo, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

Accessories - Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon, Big Shot, Polka Dots TIEF, glue dot

Having Fun!

 

Yeah! Finally finished scrapbooking our May 2012 trip to Orlando with my two brother's and their families.  Wow! What an exciting trip!

The top two pages just reflect us having fun posing throughout the parks.  Things to note:  There is an ice cream shop in Islands of Adventure called 'Schwab's'.... since my brother's and family ARE indeed Schwab's -- we couldn't miss that photo-op!  My brother, Doug, is called 'Squidward' at work by a few co-workers -- so he got a photo with him! And last, my niece, Sam.... got a photo with Sam I Am! Totally cute!

The bottom two pages show our one day trip to Wet 'n Wild Waterpark and our dinner/show at Arabian Nights. 

I'm so happy to have re-lived this vacation again while I've scrapbooked it!  I so wanna go back now!

Or, at least, plan another trip with some family members!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software, Stampin' Up!

Background paper - Whisper White

Punch - Square (filled w/Pink Flamingo DSP #1); Flag (filled w/Melon Mambo Dotted Stripe DSP and Coastal Island Dots DSP); Large Photo Corner (filled w/Coastal Island Dots DSP)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Island Indigo); Printed Brads (Island Indigo)

Stamp Brush Sets - Earth Laughs (Island Indigo and Coastal Cabana); Blossoms Abound (swirl - Melon Mambo

Font - Aurora (Island Indigo)

Harry Potter World

 

Continuing our photobook for May 2012 with our Orlando trip, with our visit to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Wow!  I thoroughly enjoyed the books.... then the movies... and now with the Wizarding World in Universal -- it makes it all complete!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio, Stampin' Up!
Background paper - Whisper White
Punch - Square (filled w/Pink Flamingo DSP #1); Flag (filled w/Melon Mambo Dotted Stripe DSP and Coastal Island Dots DSP); Large Photo Corner (filled w/Coastal Island Dots DSP)
Embellishments- Ruffled Ribbon (Island Indigo); Printed Brads (Island Indigo)
Stamp Brush Sets - Earth Laughs (Island Indigo and Coastal Cabana); Blossoms Abound (swirl- Melon Mambo)
Font - Aurora (Island Indigo)

The Rides

 

Still working on our vacation trip to Orlando in May 2012....wow...we have a ton of photos!  That said, I was surprised we had so many with us on the rides.  I wanted to keep the theme going with the flags and such on previous pages (to tie them all together), so I just rotated the flags on the side by grouping them together. <---So easy in My Digital Studio.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used - My Digital Studio software, Stampin' Up!

Background Paper - Whisper White

Punch - Square (filled w/Pink Flamingo DSP#1); Flag (filled w/Melon Mambo Dotted Stripe DSP and Coastal Island Dots); Large Photo Corner (filled w/Coastal Island Dots)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Island Indigo); Printed Brads (Island Indigo)

Stamp Brush Set - Earth Laughs (Island Indigo and Coastal Cabana)

Font - Aurora (Island Indigo)

Vacation House

Continuing working on our vacation trip to Orlando in May 2012.  Here are photos of our vacation rental home and of our little photo shoot by the gatehouse of Doug's family and Mike &I! We enjoyed it!

I used a sketch I saw on the SweetShoppe website:

As you can see from my page, I left a lot of the embellishments off of it! 

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio (Stampin' Up!)

Background - Whisper White

Punch - Square (filled w/Pink Flamingo DSP #1); Flag (filled w/Melon Mambo Dotted Stripe DSP and Coastal Island Dots DSP); Large Photo Corner (filled w/Coastal Island Dots DSP)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Island Indigo); Printed Brads (Island Indigo)

Stamp Brush Set - Earth Laughs (flourish - Coastal Cabana and Island Indigo); Blossoms Abound (swirl- Melon Mambo)

Font - Aurora (Island Indigo)

Universal - MDSM59

 

Working on our 2012 photobook with our May trip to Florida with two of my brothers and their families.  We had a great time!

I used the sketch found on the MDS Monday Blog - MDSM59.  You may view the challenge here: http://mdsmonday.blogspot.com/2014/03/mdsm59-heidis-layering-trim.html

And decided to create a double page spread with it! Thanks Ladies!

My page is an 11x8.5 size....although, you can't really tell as the background is white. 

I created my own DSP in MDS for the 'blue' flags.... and I'd like to share how I did that.

I opened up a blank page, within MDS. I selected the background to be Coastal Cabana. Then I brought over the stamp 'Dots Dots Dots'....changing the color of the 'dots' to be Island Indigo. I selected 'share' (on the right-hand side of the design center) and chose 'export pages'. I saved it as a .jpg file and sent it to my desktop, so that I could find it easier. Name your new DSP (I called mine Coastal Island Dots).  Now.... all I needed to do was add it to my background papers within the MDS software, and I have my own DSP!  This is how I did that (using a PC...not a MAC):  follow this path on your computer: C drive/Program Files(x86)/My Digital Studio/Components/Backgrounds/Designer Series Paper  -- now add a new folder and name it whatever you want (Mine is 'MyDiane DSP').  Now, copy and paste your .jpg file into that folder you just created.  Now, when you open MDS again, and select DSP.... your folder (and all your own DSP) will be in there to choose from!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio (Stampin' Up!)

Background paper - Whisper White

Punch - Square (filled w/Pink Flamingo DSP #1); Flag (filled w/ Melon Mambo Dotted Stripe and Coastal Island Dots DSP)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Island Indigo), Printed Brad (Island Indigo)

Font - Aurora (Island Indigo)

Cleveland Aquarium

 

Sorry I have been absent lately in posting things.  I have been trying to care for my Mom along with hospice (My Mom has pancreatic cancer - diagnosed May 2012).

I had a few hours to work on my 2012 scrapbook.  Yeah.... I know I'm far behind, but I'll get caught up eventually.  Here is a trip to Cleveland, where I went to the new Cleveland Aquarium with my brother, Dan, and Tracy.  It was a really neat place to visit.

I used a sketch I found on Pinterest from Susan Williams' blog. Thanks Susan!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio

Background - Pink Flamingo DSP #8

Embellishments - Simple Snapshots (zigzag border recolored Calypso Coral); Grosgrain Ribbon (Night of Navy)

Stamp Brush Sets - Bunch of Backgrounds (chicken wire - Basic Black); Anchors Away (starfish - Calypso Coral)

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring to Life DSP #12)

Font - Dolphin (Whisper White and Night of Navy)

Houston Aquarium

 

Moving along with our 2010 scrapbook.  I used a challenge found on Splitcoaststampers website (DSD2012-02) for the first page. You may view the challenge here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/19798349-post15.html
-Use two shaped photos
-Use 2 background papers (I used a photo as one of my background papers)
-3 clusters of 3 items (the fish across the two pages)
-Some rick rack (I didn't have rick rack ribbon, so I used the Knots and Ties Trim for the look of seaweed)
-Title and journaling

Stamp Brush Set - Cute Cats (fish - Night of Navy), The Open Sea (anchor - Night of Navy)
Paper - Pink Flamingo DSP #8
Embellishments - Knots and Ties Trim (Wild Wasabi)

Napali Coast - DGSC084

Trying to work on a few scrapbook challenges on Splitcoaststampers.  This one is called "Follow the Leader - DGSC084".  I used Terri's scrapbook page as inspiration for my page. Thanks Terri!

Stamp Brush Sets - Decorative Overlays (Calypso Coral), Spring Break II (flower - Calypso Coral w/white paint brush tool behind it)
Paper - Pink Flamingo #8
Punch - Labels Collection (Lucky Limeade)
Embellishment - Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Daffodil Delight), Painted Brads (Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral)
Font - Multi and Regency (Soft Suede)

Love - DGSC069

 



A new Digi-Challenge has been posted on Splitcoaststampers, and I just had to try it out!  The Challenge is "Stretch your Sketch" (DGSC069).  With this challenge, take any card sketch and use it to create a scrapbook page. I used a sketch I saw on the Stampin Connection website (SCCSC9)
You may view the Digi-Challenge here:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-f253/dgsc069-stretch-your-sketch-06-26-12-a-t556499.html
Thanks for looking!

Paper - Pink Flamingo #5, Textured Cardstock (Tempting Turquoise, Calypso Coral)
Photo mat - Real Red
Embellishments - Basic Pearls
Punches - Labels Collection (filled w/Tempting Turquoise), Square (filled w/Calypso Coral and Pink Flamingo #5), Circle (filled w/Whisper White
Stamp Brush Set - Walk in the Park II (Tempting Turquoise), Autumn Elements (Summer Sun), For All You Do (Tempting Turquoise and Summer Sun), Petal Pizzazz (Real Red)

Dallas Aqaurium

Spent a day in the Dallas Aquarium in Feb 2008.

Papers - Pink Flamingo #10 & #5

Ribbon - Real Red grosgrain

Font - Boho