Stamping With Juanita

Check out Stampin' Up!'s new Clearance Rack

Stampin' Up! is launching a  new section of the online store called the Clearance Rack. The purpose of the Clearance Rack is to clear out the inventory of surplus items that have been retired. Many of these retired items will be offered at a substantially reduced price.

Here's a sample of what's in the Clearance Rack:

This is not a promotion, so there is no end date for the Clearance Rack. But since the items on the Clearance Rack are discontinued items, they will only be available while supplies last.

Check it out. To see all the items available, go HERE, click on the Shop Now button, then click on Clearance Rack. Continue to check back as items will be posted and removed based on inventory level.

C&C #196

I had a chance to join Chat & Challenge on Sudsol last week. I did two cards from the sketch that was given to us that day.

This is the first card. This card uses Christmas Jingle Designer Kit and Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon in My Digital Studio. The two tags are part of the elements in the kits. It was very quick and easy to put this card together.

On this card, I made the same plaid that I did for one of my scrapbook pages that I shared earlier. The paper is from the Sunny Day Designer Kit in My Digital Studio. because of the embossing, this card took a little longer to make. It also uses Tempting Turquiose, Whisper White and Only Orange CS, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon and Pumpkin Pie Brads. I also used the Oval and Scallop Oval Punches for the tag along with one of the Sunny Day stamps.

I can't wait until I can print out some of the cards that I've created. I may use the first one as one of my Christmas cards for this year.

Just 2 More Days - then My Digital Studio will be available for you to purchase.

Intro to My Digital Studio

My Digital Studio will be available for purchase on Thursday, October 1. I know I've been talking about it some and shown you some examples of things that I've made with it. Now it's time you got a better introduction to it. Watch the video to get an idea of what My Digital Studio can do.

You can order it online, too. I will be writing some tutorials for my newsletters, too, that show how to do some different things that I've tried with the program. So if you would be interested in getting those tutorials, sign up for my Newsletters, too.

Another Forest Friends Page & Drawing

Andrea always adds embellishments in such a cute way. I really love her creativity when she puts her pages together. She always complains that she feels her pages aren't so good. But I think they are lovely. In fact, she's the one who got me started scrapbooking. I am so grateful that she did, too.

Supplies Used:

Paper

• Chocolate Chip CS
  
• Whisper White CS
  
• Cottage Wall DSP

Ink

• Chocolate Chip
• Stazon Black
• Mellow Moss

Stamps

• Forest Friends
• Full of life

Accessories

• Clear Buttons
• Ribbon - Originals
• Chip Board - On Board Batch of Blooms
• Embossing - Stampin' Up! Background 1 Texture Plates
•                    Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder
• Brads - Flower

Everyone who leaves a comment on this post will be entered into a drawing for my Tailor Made Scrapbook Class Instructions ($3.95 Value). Be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win. The drawing will be done on Tuesday, Sept 29.

Forest Friends Page

Andrea has been busy scrapbooking, again. She sent me this page to show you. She comes up with some really beautiful pages and I am glad I can share them with you. I love the way she cut out the little deer and added it to the page. Now I can't wait to see what photos she adds to it.

Supplies Used

Paper-

• Chocolate Chip CS
  
• Whisper White CS
  
• Pale Plum CS
  
• Lavender Lace CS
  
• Chocolate Chip Patterns DSP
• Cottage Wall DSP

Ink

• Chocolate Chip
• Stazon black
• Mellow Moss

Stamps

• Forest Friends
• Full of Life

Accessories

• Ribbon- Origins
• Chip board- On Board Batch of Blooms
• Embossing- Perfect Details Clear Embossing Powder
• Brads- Flower

Another MDS Page

Here's another page that I made for my album that I made in My Digital Studio. It is so easy to create with this program. This is another page using the embossing technique that I showed you a few of days ago. On this page, I also made some vellum circles. In fact, just talking about vellum right now is giving me an idea for something that I want to try out. I'll let you know how it works out.

October 1 is coming quickly.That is when My Digital Studio will be available for you to purchase at my Online Demo Site. Be sure to click on the Shop Now button to go to see all the great Stampin' Up! products available. Keep checking back here for more samples from my album. I will also post some photos of the actual album when I get later this week.

Another Birthday Card

Here's the birthday card that I made for my youngest granddaughter. This cute little penguin is made from all punches. I saw one in the Sudsol gallery and fell in love with it. I just had to try it. What better to try it on than a birthday card for a little girl.

Supplies Used

Papers

• Whisper White CS (8-1/2x11 - 40shts) - #100730 - $7.50
  
• Barely Banana CS (8-1/2x11 - 24 shts) - #102701 - $5.50
  
• Pretty in Pink CS (8-1/2x11 - 24 shts) - #100459 - $5.50
• Pumpkin Pie CS (8-1/2x11 - 24 shts) - #105117 - $5.50
• Basic Black CS (8-1/2x11 - 24 shts) - #102851 - $5.50
• Regal Rose CS (8-1/2x11 - 24 shts) - #105130 - $5.50
• Brocade Blue CS (8-1/2x11 - 24 shts) - #101166 - $5.50
• Tea Party CS (12x12 - 12 shts) - #113992 - $$9.95
  

Punches

• Wide Oval - #112082 - $15.95
  
• Large Oval - #107305 - $15.95
  
• Small Oval - #107304 - $15.95
  
• Round Tab - #108340 - $15.95
  
• Star - #109045 - $5.59
  
• Trio Flower - #109183 - $15.95
  
• Scallop Circle - #109043 - $15.95
  
• 1/4" Circle (Discontinued)

Other Items Used

• Sincere Salutation Stamp Set - #115068 - $23.95
  
• Organza Ribbon (15 yds) - #114319 - $5.95
  
• Black Stazon Ink - #101406 - $7.95
  
• Pumpkin Pie Marker - #105115 - $3.25

You can buy any of these items 24/7 in my Online Demo Site. Check it out.

Making a plaid background in MDS

When I started my photo album in "My Digital Studio", I chose the page layouts with the Sunny Days Designer Kit. But I needed to add some pages to my album since there weren't enough pre-designed pages to make the 22 page minimum for an album. So I created some of my own designs. This is one of them.

For the background, there was a paper with a diagonal slant to it, but it didn't look quite right. So I added another layer of the same paper, rotated it 90 degrees and lowered the opacity to 50%. Very quick and easy way to make a plaid from stripes. I also added some stamping over the photos to give it a different look so that it wasn't so plain.

The nice thing about doing this on a digital page is that if you decide that you don't like it, you can remove it. With paper scrapbooking, you can't. I'm not saying that this will totally replace my paper scrapbooking. But I can sure do things here that I probably wouldn't do with the paper one. I know I will have both paper and digital scrapbooks. They each have their advantages and I love doing both.

Another nice thing about My Digital Studio is that you can individual pages printed out to add to an existing scrapbook or you can have a whole album printed up. There's a choice of three different types of covers, too: the photo cover, the linen cover or the leather-bound cover. For my album, I've chosen the photo cover. Once I get it ordered and get it back, I will post a photo of the finished album.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see the cute card I made for one of my granddaughters for her birthday. Just a hint. It's done with punches.

Embossing with MDS

This is a page I did for my first photo album in My Digital Studio. You will notice that I have some embossing at the top of the page. I am going to show you how to get the embossing effect in My Digital Studio. It takes a little work but is well worth the effort.

The first step is to place your stamp where you want it and then resize it to the size you want it. Make this layer white. While it's highlighted (like above) hit Ctrl+C to copy. Then hit Ctrl+Shift+V to paste in place. Hit the down arrow key twice and hit the right arrow key twice.

Because my background is a light blue, I made the shadow a darker blue, in this case Tempting Turquoise. Now you can see how the two layers are in slightly different place and it looks like a white shadow on the blue stamp. Now hit Ctrl+Shift+V again. Your stamp will now be pasted in the original spot again. On this layer, match your color to the background layer. Move this layer down one and right one space.

And, waalaa! You have your embossed image on a digital page.

My Digital Studio will be available for customer purchase on October 1. But I will be posting more samples between now and then. So be sure to check back to see what else I've learned about the possibilities of this program.

My Digital Studio Page

Here is the first page that I made with the New My Digital Studio. It lets you use custom backgrounds along with the ones that come with the program. For this page, I used one of my photos for the custom background. The word "Remember" is one of the elements that came with the program. The layout of the page is one of the layouts that come with the program, too. If you create a photo layout that you like and want to use again at a later time, you can save that layout.

My Digital Studio will be available for customer purchase on October 1. After the customer release, there will be added downloads made available at a later date. If you would like to be notified of the new downloads as they become available, then sign-up for my newsletter. The sign-up box is in the upper left of this page.