More Field Flowers

Hello All -

Getting ready for this hurricane that is headed our way. Everyone is running to the store, getting water, milk and batteries. It kind of cracks me up a little. I mean, really? Don't we already have those things around the house? I don't know, I've never been one to panic. Even more so now, that just last week before we knew this storm was coming, my smart hubby bought a generator. Hooray! And we had trees around the house taken down last Spring. So, I hope we are all set. Time will tell.

In the mean time, I am busy in the stamp room playing with all my new goodies. Here is another pretty card I made with the Field Flowers set.

I love the buttons and pearls - it just adds texture and dimension to the card. Fun! 

Here is the recipe:

Stamp Set: Field Flowers

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Naturals White

Ink: Old Olive, Rose Red, Soft Suede

Accessories: Soft Subtle Buttons, Basic Pearls and Rhinestones, Linen Thread, Wide Oval Punch, Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals. Scallop Border Punch, Paper Piercing Tool

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

It's Raining....Flowers.

Hello Stampers!
Since we are all preparing for a hurricane and lots of rain...I thought I would pick an appropriate set today....Raining Flowers. This is a NEW stamp set and I haven't even had the chance to use it yet!

I am savoring the last few days of summer and staying in my PJ's and stamping the day away. The kids go back Monday (in a hurricane no less) and I go back Tuesday. I am looking forward to having a schedule again, but I sure will miss summer. It seemed to go by faster than ever this year. I feel like we just got out of school. But hey, I am not complaining. I am so lucky to have a job and one that gives me the summers off no less!

OK, back to the card...here we go...

I saw a very similar card from another Demonstrator, and just loved the bright flowers. So I had to make one too. 

Here is the recipe:

Stamp Set: Raining Flowers, Petite Pairs (greeting)

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark, Poppy Pararade, Early Espresso

Accessories: Victoria Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen (faux stitching), Basic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you are having a great day!

We're hopping for Cupcakes!

It's Friday! And that means it's Blog Hop Day!

This weeks theme is near and dear to my heart. Cupcakes!
I was so excited when the theme was announced. Not only do I love to bake (and eat) cupcakes...we just visited the cutest cupcake shop on our recent vacation to Marco Island.

Simply Cupcakes of Olde Marco is a delightful little shop that has delectable creations! And the store is PINK! How could you NOT love it? We had a great time there, and the owner, Judy, welcomed us in and treated us like family (hmmm...maybe that's not a good thing in some families...but in this case it was a VERY good thing!). Judy is a sweet as her cupcakes and even let me come behind the counter for a picture with her. So sweet!

So, getting back to the Blog Hop...I of course, took a ton of pictures while I was in this cute little pink shop. And so I was all giddy when the cupcake theme was announced! And I seriously need to make some cupcake cards and send them to Judy. We have the cutest stamps and punches for cupcakes...she should get one from me!

Anyway, here are my pages:

I was going for some blank space on these pages with the White cardstock background...and then when I uploaded it you couldn't tell where the page ended and my blog background was....it looked funny. LOL

So I popped a piece of Pretty in Pink in the background just to give it a border. When I go to print them though, I will delete that layer with one keystroke and be back to my white border. 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you will continue the loop and check out all of the amazing digital creations this talented group of ladies have made!

Have a great weekend,

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Mandy Grant

3. Julie Leblanc 

4. Amber Meadows

5. Terri Mongeon (You are HERE)

6. Aly Schilling

7. Cindy Schuster

8. Erica Shaw

9. Heather Summers

12. Alesha Walls

SNOW MUCH FUN CLASS! Don't Miss It!

Double Click on the Flyer to enlarge!

So much more than just scrapbook pages...

WOW! Every time I turn around I am learning something NEW about My Digital Studio! To call it a digital scrapbooking program seems unfair! It does SO much more!

Yes, scrapbook pages and photo-books...in a variety of sizes...12x12, 8 1/2x11, 8x8, 6x6 and 5x5....
And cards in a ton of sizes too...

and tags, and swatchbooks...and JOURNALS?

Yes my friends. Journals. Gorgeous, awesome quality journals.

You design the front, the back and the spine...
and then send it off to be printed by Stampin' Up!'s professional print service.

And in about a week, your one of a kind, custom, unique Journal arrives at your door.

The journal is 6 1/4" x 8 1/4" and comes with 80 pages of double sided lined paper. WOW!

So, I finally sat down and designed one today!
I can't WAIT to get it! Perfect for back to school.
I used the upcoming Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (it's coming in the Holiday Mini Sept. 1st).
Oh, it's soooo pretty! Love, Love, LOVE that paper!

So here is what my journal looks like:

Isn't it pretty? I love that you can actually SPONGE the edges in MDS...or at least give the illusion of sponging! I kept the cover plain because I used a lot of the patterned DSP and I didn't want it to be too busy. 

So there you have it...

my one of a kind, custom, unique Journal. 

And I put my name on the cover, so there is NO question of who it belongs to! LOL

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day! Please visit again soon!

More Button Buddies

Happy Saturday All!

It's a gorgeous day here in CT. Cooler temps and drier air...nice! I hope you have a great weekend!

Last week I promised a few more samples with Button Buddies. It is such a cute set, and awesome that it matches our buttons perfectly (in size and colors).

So here are a few other samples I made with this set:

Super Cute Piggy! Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, and some pearls!

And how about a CUTE baby card? Love that all these color buttons come in the same pack! 

Thanks for stopping by today! Sorry for the quick post...but everything is all a buzz in the stamp room this weekend! I have lost of Christmas Club dates coming up in the next week and I am a cutting madwoman! 

Yes, I know ....so early for Christmas Cards...but by starting NOW, you will be in great shape come December! :)

Enjoy your weekend and stop back soon!

My Digital Studio Blog Hop - Week 2!

Did you check out last weeks projects? Weren't they amazing? WOW! I loved all of the wonderful creations that my fellow blog-hopper's did. I am completely HONORED to have been asked to participate in this weekly challenge.

So welcome to week #2! You may have just come from Amber's blog. And if you are just starting the loop, just click the next name in the list at the bottom of this post.

This weeks theme is BIRTHDAY! How fun! Stampin' Up! comes out with new downloads every Tuesday...and this week there were lots of new birthday images. I have had such a blast playing with them this week!

The main one that I used on my pages this week is called Patterned Party. Here is a look at what comes in the digital kit:

Lots of fun stuff, right? Yep, I thought so too. :)

Here are the pages I created from my daughters 14th Birthday Party last summer...

I have to say that this is really different from what I normally do. My scrapbooking tends to focus on one or two pictures to isolate a single moment. This is a lot busier than I normally would do, both in number of pictures and color/pattern. But I have to say it was fun to play with the BRIGHT colors (I am addicted to Crumb Cake in case you haven't noticed...LOL). 

The digital DSP is called Sun Garden...and it has wonderful summery colors in it like Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade (lot's of P's in all those names). I think it fit these pics well...because teenage girls are most certainly BRIGHT, and loud, and very silly. In fact, they loved that bounce house more than any 5 year old I've ever seen! LOL

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are enjoying all of the wonderful inspiration you are seeing on this blog hop! And if you are local, stay tuned as I will be offering MDS classes coming up in September.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the wonderful weather we are having. 

Make sure to hop on over to Ally's blog next!

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant 

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon (YOU ARE HERE)

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls