Essential Sampler - FTL254

I needed a few thank you cards, and the Clean & Simple blog provided a wonderful sketch to work with.  You may view the challenge here: http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/2013/08/254.html

I wanted to try a using Coastal Cabana.... it's the first time I opened the new ink pad and paper!  I think it turned out pretty.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Sweet Essentials, Six-Sided Sampler

Paper - Naturals Ivory, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar

Ink - Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar

Accessories - Stamp-a-ma-jig, Basic Pearls, dimensionals, Hexagon punch

Sunsets

Whew! The final page in my 2011 photobook, as well as, the final page on our trip to Hawaii! YEAH!!!!  It's finally complete.... and before the end of the year too!!!! Whoohoo! I'm that much closer to being up-to-date on all of our scrapbooks!!!!

Such a lovely page to end with too....the setting of the sun (see Mike peeking out behind Buddha?).

Thanks for browsing along while I completed these pages of our 2011 photobook.  I will probably take a break from scrapbooking to work on some cards now.  But, there are always those calendars and Christmas gifts that need the touch of My Digital Studio.... so I shall return to scrapbooking soon.

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Pool Party), Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)

Pool and Beach Time

 

Whoohoo! Another two-page spread complete in our 2011 photobook.  These pages reflect the love of the pool and beach at our resort!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Pool Party), Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)

Black Sand Beach

 

What a great experience....seeing a black sand beach and turtles sunning themselves.  Beautiful!

Here's another two-page spread from our trip to Hawaii in Oct 2011. Just a few more pages to complete this trip!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Pool Party), Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)

Luau

 

Working hard to get my 2011 photobook completed before the end of the year. Here's another two-page spread from our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii.  An Hawaiian trip just isn't right without a Luau.... and this one didn't disappoint.  The food was excellent and the show spectacular!

In creating this page, I used a sketch I found on Pinterest from Scrapbooks Etc.  Here's the sketch:

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)

Chocolate Factory

 

My mouth was watering as I created these two pages..... I then had to eat some chocolate (it wasn't Hawaiian Chocolate.... it was Hershey's). YUM!

Anyway, another two-page spread complete in our trip to Hawaii from October 2011.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Pool Party), Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)

Lava Fields and Rainbow Falls

 

Continuing on our 2011 photobook, with our trip to the Big Island, Hawaii in October.  We went to see the past lava flows and waterfalls.  I'm using some of the same papers and embellishments throughout our trip to tie them together.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Pool Party), Simple Snapshots (leaves and flowers -- one flower is re-colored Crushed Curry)

Freeform Tool - Behind leaves using the coloring tool w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan (Early Espresso)

Blue Hawaiian

 

I created another two-page spread from our Hawaii trip to the Big Island (photos back from Oct 2011).  We took a Blue Hawaiian Helicopter ride to view the lava flows and some waterfalls.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punches - Square (filled w/Spring Break II DSP #5 and #9)

Embellishments - Simple Snapshots (flowers and leaves)

FreeForm Tool - Coloring beneath the leaves w/River Rock

Font - Franciscan and Freestyle Script (Early Espresso)

Dolphin Quest

 

Competed another two-page spread to our 2011 photobook.  We try to go to Hawaii every year around our anniversary (in October)....each year to a different island/hotel.  We love it there!  We did a lot on our trip, so there will be many more pages to come with the Hawaii theme.  =)

These two pages were from our Dolphin Encounter at our resort.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Background paper - Spring Break II DSP #4

Punch - Square (filled W/ Spring Break II DSP #5, #9), Circle (filled w/Early Espresso underneath fishes for eyes)

Embellishments - Ruffled Ribbon (Pool Party), Sycamore Street (buttons)

Stamp Brush Sets - Anchors Away (starfish - Early Espresso), Cute Cats (fish - Pool Party and Whisper White)

Font - Dolphin (Early Espresso)

Baroque Array

I needed a soft subtle 'thinking of you' card and immediately thought of a past Dynamic Duo Challenge of using Pink Pirouette and Sahara Sand.  You may view this past challenge here:
http://thedynamicduoschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/dynamic-duos-61-soft-and-subtle-with.html
Also, I used a past Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge for this card. You may view this past challenge here: http://www.papercraftcrew.com/2013/07/24/pcccs-51-card-sketch/

Both were great challenges, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to create with them even though the challenge is not longer open.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Beautifully Baroque, A Round Array, Daydream Medallions, Express Yourself
Paper - Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Ink - Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette
Accessories - Big Shot, Floral Frames Framelits, 7/8" scallop punch, Basic Pearls, dimensionals

Lots of Flurries

What an honor it was to create all those wedding invitations for my brother and his fiance.  I wanted to show my thanks to them for trusting me enough to design and create the invites for them. (It's a December wedding.... so I chose to create the thank you to go along with their invites!).

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Lot of Thanks, Festive Flurry
Paper - Real Red, Whisper White
Ink - Smoky Slate, Black Staz-on
Accessories - Big Shot, Festive Flurry Framelits, Northern Flurry TIEF, Satin Ribbon (Basic Black), Silver Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, two-way glue, dimensionals

December Wedding Invitations

Sorry I haven't posted many things these past few weeks.  Now that I finally got all my brother's wedding invitations, RSVP cards and boxes created I'm sure to be posting more often.

In a earlier post, I designed many wedding invites for my brother and fiance to choose from. The instructions (Stamp sets and fonts used are listed within the original post). They originally chose a blue/white color combo.... as seen in this post:
http://mydianedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/03/wedding-invitations.html
But, wanted their wedding colors to be red and white.  It was so easy to create these invitations and RSVP cards with My Digital Studio.  I decided to print them myself, rather than going through the Stampin' Up! professional print service. (So, YES.... I had to cut each one!).
I added rhinestones inside the red snowflakes too.  These invitations will be tied with White Organza Ribbon (not shown in the photo).

The boxes I created using my Simply Scored Tool.
Each Wedding Invitation Box holds 25 invites....so I created 4.
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock - 8.5x10.5 and scored at 1 1/2".
Whisper White Cardstock - 8.5x6.5 and scored at 7/8" with a shim. (I printed the cardstock with three red snowflakes and the words '25 Wedding Invitation' before cutting).

The one RSVP Card box holds all 100 cards.
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock - 4.5x6.5 and scored at 7/8"
Whisper White cardstock - 4.5x6.5 and scored at 7/8" with shim. (I printed the cardstock with three red snowflakes and the words '100 RSVP cards before cutting).

Off to mail these off to my brother and his fiance.

Thanks for looking!

One Daydream

I wanted to create a special thank you card for a very special friend! This card was a joy to put together using the 'Million & One' Stamp set.  Doris Denman had used the other stamp in the set, and place a double outline around hers.  I liked that look a lot, so I placed one outline around this stamp set..... I really like how it turned out.  Thanks Doris!

Supplies Used:
Stamp sets - Million & One, Daydream Medallion
Paper - Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink - Old Olive, Black Staz-on
Accessories - Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Floral Frames Framelits, Beautifully Baroque TIEF, Basic Pearls, glue dots

Six-Sided Expression

I needed a card for my Mom, and also wanted to use some of the new sets that I purchased from Stampin' Up!  I'm so very pleased how this card came out.

I used the 'Express Yourself' stamp set inside the Six-Sided Sampler hexagon. To get 'always' by itself... I only inked that part of the stamp.  I then used the stamp-a-ma-jig to align the hexagon shape around the words - perfectly!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Six-Sided Sampler, Express Yourself
Paper - Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink - Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso
Accessories - Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots TIEF, Hexagon Punch, stamp-a-ma-jig, Basic Pearls, Organza Ribbon (Whisper White), dimensionals

Loving Trees

It's been a while since I've been in my crafting area to create cards.... I've missed it! =)
I so wanted to work with some new stamp sets, but.... this one came together so quickly.... I just had to use one of my favorite stamp sets - "Lovely As A Tree'.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Lovely As A Tree, Loving Thoughts
Paper - Naturals Ivory, Soft Suede
Ink - Soft Suede
Accessories - Big Shot, Windows Collection Framelits, Simply Scored Tool, Taffeta Ribbon (Soft Suede), glue dots

Philly Zoo

 

I decided to play with the progressive challenge #14 on Splitcoaststampers website for the first page, and then I created a companion page to finish it up with the rest of the photos I had from the Philadelphia Zoo trip.

You can view Task #1 of the Progressive Challenge #14 here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-f253/pr0gressive-challenge-14-task-1-07-02-13-a-t575214.html

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Very Vanilla Cardstock
Stamp Brush set - Spring to Life (leaves -- Basic Black to create background paper), My Sweet Pea (bird - Basic Black)
Punch - Square (filled w/Spring to Life DSP #10 --with ripped photo option, #12 and Textured Cardstock - Lucky Limeade and Very Vanilla), Flag (Tangerine Tango), Scallop Circle (Basic Black), Banner (Tangerine Tango and Lucky Limeade), Rounded Corner (Lucky Limeade)
Embellishment - Spring to Life (swirl flower), Taffeta Knot (Basic Black)
Font - Elephant (Basic Black)

Seaside Museum

 

Finishing up our trip to Seaside, OR with our visit to the Historical Museum there. It was cool to see so may early inventions there at the museum.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - River Rock

Embellishment - Ruffled Ribbon (Island Indigo)

Punch - Photo Corner (River Rock), Square (filled w/Keep This Memory DSP #4, Oval (filled w/Island Indigo), Rounded Square (filled w/River Rock)

Stamp Brush Sets - Bunch of Backgrounds (Crumb Cake), Certified (Cajun Craze)

Font - Celebrity (Island Indigo)

Seaside Coast

 

With these two pages.... I wanted to use a photo for my background paper -- AND, I wanted it to span both pages.  It was easily done with my software, as all I needed to do was place it in double-page view and then right-click and select 'span pages'.  So cool!

While walking along the shore, we came across a historical trail marker. Marking the trail that Lewis and Clark took. Very cool!

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Embellishment - Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (Soft Suede)

Font - Dolphin (Marina Mist and Whisper White)

Seaside Aquarium

 

Getting closer to finishing this 2011 photobook!!! I'm into August 2011 now...whoo-hoo!  Mike had work in Beaverton, OR around this time, so we decided to drive to the coast (Seaside, OR) to do some sight-seeing, as well as to walk on the coast!  Here is our trip to the Aquarium there.... right on the coast.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Soft Sky

Embellishment- Brads (Pewter), Basic Pearl, Knots and Ties Trim (Pacific Point)

Stamp Brush Sets - Anchors Away (helm - Summer Starfruit, seahorse - Pacific Point, clam shell - Pacific Point and the color to match the dots in the DSP, waves - Pacific Point and Whisper White), A Split Second (Splatter - Whisper White)

Punch - (filled w/ Summer Starfruit DSP and a photo)

Font - Tubular (Pacific Point)

International Rose Test Garden

 

We took so many photos at the International Rose Test Garden in Oregon that I had a very hard time choosing which ones to place in our scrapbook.  Fortunately, I came across this sketch (off of Pinterest) from the 'Let's Scrap' blog.  Such lovely inspiration and with many photos too! Bonus!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Early Espresso

Embellishment - Scallop Dots Ribbon (Cherry Cobbler), My Sweet Pea (stitched leaf), Festive Blooms (Cherry Cobbler), Soft Blooms (Very Vanilla)

Stamp Brush Set - Natural Composition Overlays (Very Vanilla at 20% opacity)

Punch - Tasteful Trim (Very Vanilla), Scallop Circle (Cherry Cobbler), Circle (Very Vanilla)

Font - AltastGreetings (Early Espresso)

Columbia River Gorge

 

My husband and I wanted to take a trip to the Columbia River Gorge to look at the many waterfalls in the area, so we decided to hike the many trails to find them along the gorge.  We had a lovely time enjoying the falls and the scenery along! The Pacific Northwest is so very beautiful!

I used a template from the Summer Home pages for my first page, and just swapped out the colors, and added a few more embellishments to make it my own.

I submitted this for the My Digital Studio.net Challenge - "Tailored Template".

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Sahara Sand

Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Early Espresso), Round Button (Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss), Button Latte (Whisper White), Brads (Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Kiwi Kiss)

Stamp Brush Sets - Vintage Overlays (Whisper White), Enjoy Every Moment (dotted circle - Whisper White, Early Espresso; flowers - Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Kiwi Kiss), All Scallops (dotted scallop border - Early Espresso)  ***Not sure where the '&' stamp is from....it's not showing on my supply list*****

Punch - Square (filled w/Sweet Shop DSP #3), Circle (filled w/Kiwi Kiss, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso and Whisper White)

Font - MV Boli (Early Espresso), Century Gothic (Early Espresso)

Buffalo Creek Lodge

 

Moving along, working on my 2011 scrapbook.  I had already created a photobook specifically for our trip to this Lodge (as a keepsake for my family members), but wanted to include a two-page spread in our 2011 photobook as well.  So, I chose to just include the Lodge picture and our family photos.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used - My Digital Studio software

Background Paper - So Saffron

Embellishment - Dahlias (More Mustard), Grosgrain Ribbon (River Rock)

Stamp Brush Set - Decorative Overlays (More Mustard)

Punch - Square - Rock-a-Bye DSP #3

Font - CK Honey (Very Vanilla)

Dance

 

Continuing my work on my 2011 scrapbook..... with a two-page spread of my niece, Haley's dance recital.  She has been in dance since she was really little, and I have been to all of her dance recitals so far.  She amazes me with her gracefulness and beauty onstage.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software

Background - Night and Day DSP #3

Embellishment - Taffeta Trimmings (Night of Navy), Keep This Memory (tickets - recolored Basic Black)

Stamp Brush Set - Frames with a Flourish (Smoky Slate)

Punch - Star (Smoky Slate, Whisper White and Glitter (Night of Navy), Scallop Square (Glimmer - Silver)

Font - Broadway (Night of Navy and Smoky Slate)

Elmwood Park Zoo

 

Created another two-page spread for my 2011 photobook!!!  May 2011 is almost complete.... just putting the finishing touches on my other two-page spread....and I will share it with all of you! =)

The above pages are from our trip to the Elmwood Zoo near Philadelphia. It was a smaller zoo, but it didn't disappoint.

Supplies Used: My Digital Studio software

Background Paper - Pistachio Pudding

Embellishment - Timeless Taffeta (Crumb Cake)

Stamp Brush Sets - Torn Edges (swirl leaves - Crumb Cake), Presto Patterns Overlays (Crisscross - Always Artichoke at 20% opacity), Bloomin' Marvelous (leaves - Always Artichoke)

Punch - Square (Early Espresso)

Font - Bliss (Whisper White and Early Espresso)

Longwood Gardens

 

It's been awhile since I worked on my 2011 photobook, so thought to create a double-page spread of our trip to Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia.  Beautiful Place!  We had so many pictures it was so difficult to chose the ones I used on my pages.  =)

I loosely used a sketch I found on Pinterest from Simple Stories blog -- Life Documented #2 Sketch.

I loved that this sketch had so many photos.... my husband loves to take them, and I love to show them off. =)

I also used the MDS Challenge - Color Challenge #4. Use Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, So Saffron and Smoky Slate on your page.

Supplies Used - My Digital Studio software 

Background paper - Coastal Cabana

Embellishments - Taffeta Ribbon (Basic Black)

Stamp Brush Sets - Presto Patterns Overlays (Bermuda Bay), All Scallops (scallop design - Basic Black), Earth Laughs (flower and flourish - Basic Black and So Saffron)

Freeform Tool - I colored in the flowers with So Saffron.

Punch - Scallop Border (Smoky Slate), Square (Crisp Cantaloupe)

Font - Regency and Pristina (Basic Black)

50th Birthday Cascade

This is my first attempt at creating a cascading card.  I made it for my husband's 50th birthday.  I kept the colors simple....yet now when I look at it... it may seems a bit plain. BUT!  My husband adored my card! =)

I created the "label" part in My Digital Studio (MDS), and printed it on Whisper White cardstock before using the Labels Collection Framelit.

Supplies Used:
MDS - Stamp Brush Set - Bunch of Backgrounds (weathered - Basic Gray at 50% opacity)
MDS - Font - Broach (Basic Black)

Paper - Whisper White, Night of Navy, Glimmer (Silver), Basic Black
Accessories - Simply Scored, scissors, Oval cutting system (Non-SU), Labels Collection Framelits, Big Shot, glue dots

Lovely Expressions - CTS35

I created this card using the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #35 (CTS35).  You may view their blog here:http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2013/07/case-this-sketch-35.html

Supplies:

Stamp Sets - Lovely as a Tree, Express Yourself

Paper - Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Naturals White, Soft Suede

Ink - Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green

Accessories - Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Taffeta Ribbon (Soft Suede), glue dot

Frosted Flurries

Decided to play with some exciting new products  from Stampin' Up! that will be available August 1, 2013 for customers.

The Festive Flurries Stamp set and Festive Flurries Framelits, as well as...the Frosted Finishes Embellishment.

I used the "Less Is More" blog as a guide for my card.  The challenge was to create a card using shades of gray.  I used Basic Gray and Smoky Slate for my card.  If you'd like to see the challenge, here's a link to their blog: http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2013/07/shades-of-grey-week-127.html





Supplies Used:

Stamp Brush Set - Festive Flurry
Paper - Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Ink - Smoky Slate, Versamark
Accessories - Northern Flurry TIEF, Festive Flurry Framelits, Big Shot, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Frosted Finishes, dimensionals, glue dot