Stamped bags and Bottle Caps!

 Went out to celebrate a friend's birthday yesterday.  I decided we needed party favors!  So I stamped on little canvas bags.  I used a stamp from the Mixed Bouquet set and black Stazon ink.  The bottle caps are non Stampin' Up!.  I was into bottle caps before we started selling them and bought a gazillion at a local brewery supply place.  I made the initials in My Digital Studio, and then embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I tried one with Crystal Effects as the top layer but knew it would take too long to dry.  Thankfully I had some of those clear plastic things used in scrapbooking in my stash and used them.  I used a split key chain ring to attach the bottle cap and added it to the draw string.  I think they were a hit!

 Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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My Digital Studio

My goal for 2013 is to catch up on my scrap booking!  Hubby gave me a new laptop for Christmas so I was able to download the MDS2+ that I purchased when it was 50% off.  My other laptop has the original version that I still have to find the disc for!  Anyway....I put together two pages for Christmas Eve 2011!

Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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My Digital Studio Birthday Invites

I can finally share this! We threw my Dad a surprise party for his 80th birthday. I created the invitations in MDS. I scanned the photo from his high school graduation and used it for the invite. The background is the same picture, just faded out some. What do you think? I was very happy with how they came out! I was able to print two to a page on Very Vanilla cardstock, and them cornered rounded each and mounted them on to Soft Suede Cardstock! So easy and fun! Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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Celebration Balloon Wreath

Want a fun way to adorn your front door, hall mirror or just about anywhere to honor the birthday boy or girl? Then you need a Celebration wreath! These were so fun to make! (Glad I am not allergic to latex!) They are in my Etsy shop for sale! Great gift for teachers too! What child wouldn't want the honor of hanging the birthday wreath on the classroom door for their special day! The label on the wreath was made using My Digital Studio. I love how this wonderful software we have has soooo many digital stamps, paper, accessories to make projects like this easier and faster to do! I just used the same balloon image and just changed the color and orientation! So fun and easy to do! For whatever reason, Blogger is rotating the pic below. When I view it in my pics it's fine but not here! So the pic is sideways, but you can still see what I did! Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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Hybrid Birthday Card

First a little story......I have been stamping. Been making some birthday cards for all the June birthdays, Father's Day etc. I take pics of my creations for here, and to share with my customers etc. Well my camera's memory card decided it didn't want to work anymore! Tells me it's full, then when I go to look at the images on the camera, it tells me there are none. So then how can it be full??? Anyhoo.......I had some nice shots, taken outside in natural sunlight. POOF! Now not on camera. So I wanted to share this hybrid card. I take the cards we get for occasions and use tacky putty to put them on the door. This is my son's birthday card that is hanging on the door! Looks like a life size card in this pic doesn't it! But it's only a 5x7 card. The card is made with MDS (My Digital Studio). I made on my computer and printed the card front onto Whisper White Cardstock. The trimmed and mounted onto sheet folded in half then trimmed down. Layered with Basic Black CS. The stars on the card itself are a stamp in MDS, but I wanted to give it some dimension so I punched some stars with the star punch, added some brads, and popped them up with dimensionals. The two silver circles are leftover from my Father's day cards. (will have them in another post later) Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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Hey.....is that your drink or mine?

It is always inevitable! Have a party, and someone puts a drink down, and then someone else does the same. Then the problem arises........"Whose drink is whose????" Problem solved!!! We are having a Father's Day/Birthday celebration tomorrow. I don't want to mess with cups since drinks will be bottled water, Lipton 1/2tea, 1/2 lemonade, and beer! I told Mike I needed to make some tags. He replied, " You don't have time for all that!" HAHA! I sure did have time! All I needed was My Digital Studio and some shrink plastic! I got some ink jet shrink plastic at a local stamp convention this past year. I found it in my stash and went to work! Just pulled up a blank page in MDS (My Digital Studio) added the flower and star images and the names, printed on my printer. I cut down the sheets once printed into a strip as the tag, punched a whole with the 1/2" circle punch, then stuck in the toaster oven (I have an old one I use for this and polymer clay). Once they were cool, I added a large jump ring and a pony tail holder! Now we will all have tags for our bottles tomorrow! Love it!

Flower Collage

I love the spring and the summer. I especially love having flowers in bloom. This year we had some landscaping done on the front, and had some dead azaleas taken out on the side of the house. I already had a hydrangea planted there a few years ago and added two more where the azaleas were. Home Depot had some gorgeous Mandevillas that I had to have for the patio! The picture below was created with My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up! A fun and easy way to scrapbook, make cards, and so much more! Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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MDS to the rescue!

Time seems to go by to fast for me! I have plans to do this and that, but never enough time to do it all. Today is our Easter party at school (I work in the after care program). I wanted to give my kids (kindergartners) a treat bag to take home. Got the stuff for the bags, stuffed them, and at this point it was late in the evening. I wanted a tag for the bag but was too tired to go get all my supplies out to stamp them.

So MDS (My Digital Studio) to the rescue! I just pulled up a blank page, filled the background with the polka dot designer paper, added the bunny image, some text, and was done! Printed them onto cardstock on my printer, cut out, added to bags and was done!

That is one of the great things I love about MDS! You don't have to use it for just scrapbooking or cardmaking!

Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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BRRRR.............

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted! Been busy with work and getting ready for Christmas...

We were hit with one hell of a snow storm that started last night around 10pm and it's still snowing! Haven't officially measured, but I would gander to guess it's at least 18", if not more! I had a pajama day and baked cookies all day!

Happy Stamping & Knitting!

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