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On the Go Digital Scrapbook Page

May 232013

I created this digital scrapbook page with papers from the On The Go Kit. It is perfect for a child’s page.

The papers together are rather busy, but that so fits my son at that age. The only punches I used were the Square Punch and the Scallop Trim Punch. I did add some Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon down the left side and some Staples on the tags on the right side. Both of these downloads are included in the content when you purchase MDS. Oh, and I did use the Alphabet Soup Punches for the title of the page. This is a fairly simple page and it was fun to create.

On The Go Kit – Digital Download	129360
Price: $9.95
This download was added on 2/21/2012Download includes: * 20-piece stamp brush set * 12 Designer Series Paper patterns * 21 embellishments * One-page 12″ x 12″ designer templateFeatures: * Digital-exclusive * Perfect for little boy projects or road trip and travel themes * Stamp brush sets include imagery from retired traditional sets: By Land, By Air, and By Sea * Brand new coordinating paper patterns and embellishmentsCoordinating colors: Basic Gray, Island Indigo, More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Whisper White

You, too, can create some cute children’s digital scrapbook pages with the On The Go Kit.

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MDS Tutorial – Text on a curve

May 172013

Here’s an MDS tutorial created by Stampin’ Up! showing how to create text on a curve or a custom path. This is one of the great features of MDS now.

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Don’t forget the SU Retired List

May 142013

Don’t forget the SU Retired List is here and there is something for everyone.

Dates: April 24-June 3, 2013 (select items available while supplies last)

Details
Hundreds of stamps and accessories from the 2012-2013 catalogs are retiring, and this is your chance to get them before they’re gone. Many products are only available while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in early! (And remember that some items having amazing discounts!)

Retiring Lists

Retiring Stamps (Available April 24-June 3, 2013)
- PDF
Retiring Accessories (Available April 24-June 3, 2013, or while supplies last)
- PDF

Things to Remember:

Orders can be placed on a demonstrator, customer, workshop, or online order.
Retiring accessories are only available while supplies last.

So get your favorites from the SU Retired List before they are gone.

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Quilled Card for Any Occasion

May 102013

When I made this quilled card for my Quilling Classes, I wanted one that could be used for any occasion.

I found a design that I had seen online that I really liked and used it as my inspiration. Then I used some really old one-sided Designer Series paper for the fringed flowers and some retired card stock colors for the rest of the design. The retired Designer Series Papers are Regal Rose and Summer Sun, while the retired card stock colors are Sage Shadow, Summer Sun and Purely Pomegranate.

I did used the Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder on the background. I love being able to add texture to my cards and it is so easy with the embossing folders. Then I punched the edges of the center strips with the Eyelet Border Punch, which is also now retired.

I decided to look up the description of quilling and found this on Ask.com.

“Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is wound around a quill to create a basic coil shape. The paper is then glued at the tip and these shaped coils are arranged to form flowers, leaves, and various ornamental patterns similar to ironwork.

“During the Renaissance, French and Italian nuns and monks used quilling to decorate book covers and religious items. The paper most commonly used was strips of paper trimmed from the gilded edges of books. These gilded paper strips were then rolled to create the quilled shapes. Quilling often imitated the original ironwork of the day.

You can read the full article HERE.

I love doing quilling and I love teaching others how to create beautiful projects with this art form. I do Quilling Class once a quarter. At the classes, the attendees learn how to make different quilling shapes and putting them together in a design.Each attendee leaves with a finished quilled card, just like the one above.

To find out my class schedule, just sign up for my monthly newsletter.

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Digital Cookbook Page – Carrot Cake

May 072013

It’s been a while since I made a digital cookbook page and I still have several recipes to do to before December, when I will print them up for my kids.

For this page, I used the 12×12 page template from the Twitterpated Digital Kit. I did make some changes to it, such as stretching out the photo blocks and filling three of them with Whisper White card stock and the fourth one with a photo for the recipe. Since I was using the white for the text areas, I needed to change the color of the background which was originally white. I added one of the papers from the Twitterpated Digital Kit to the upper part of the page. Then I moved the background stamps down closer to the bottom, along with some of the other elements, to give more room for the recipe itself. Since the outline leaf stamps didn’t really show up on the paper, I switched them out with the solid leaf stamps. I also changed the scalloped area to one of the patterned papers from the Twitterpated Digital Kit rather than leaving it at Basic Gray.

Twitterpated Digital Kit
129332
Price: $9.95

This download was added on 1/10/2012

Download includes:

16-piece stamp brush set
15 Designer Series Paper patterns
12 buttons
4 ribbons
one-page 12″ x 12″ designer template

Features:

Traditional Twitterpated Designer Fabric patterns as well as digital Designer Series Paper patterns.

Coordinating colors:

Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

I think the Twitterpated Digital Kit worked very well for this digital cookbook page. What do you think?

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Have you ever thought about joining a Virtual Club?

May 062013

Do you like to Stamp?
Would you like to learn a different technique each month?
Have you ever thought about joining a Virtual Club?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then “Juanita’s Virtual Club” is here for you. A virtual club is a great way to learn, create and have fun without having to worry about schedule conflicts, travel or location.

You will learn different techniques each month through video classes delivered right to your inbox. And, you can watch them whenever it’s convenient for you. Each month, after placing your order, you will receive the link to two project videos for that month’s projects. You will have lifetime access to the videos that you receive as a member. The minimum commitment for Juanita’s Virtual Club is 6 months but you can stay as long as you like.

You need to sign up before May 1, then you place your order at my Online Store before May 10 to receive the videos of May’s projects.

To learn more about “Juanita’s Virtual Club” and to sign up, just click on the link below. We would love to have you join us.

Stamp Room Organization with MDS

May 022013

Yesterday, I decided to work on my Stamp Room Organization. I wanted to start getting things set up with the NEW colors from the Color Refresh.

So I went into MDS and started a new project and called it Organization Labels. First I added a Square punch, changed the size to .438 x .188. I gave it a mat that was 1 pixel wide and changed the mat color to Going Gray. I changed the color to the first color in my list. Then I copied and pasted that punch and changed the width to 1.356 and filled it with Whisper White. I lined this punch to the right of the first one. Then I added a text box over the white box. I sized it down to fit the size of the box below the text and changed the font to 9 and put in the name of the color that I just put in the first box. Then it was just a matter of grouping these items and copying and pasting four more of them. Then I lined them up below each other. Once they were aligned straight, I grouped those five together and copied and pasted two more times and moved those to the side of the first one. I also added a text box above the group so that I could put the color family they belonged to.

I grouped everything together and copied and pasted that group three times so I could have a chart for each color family. Once I had them pasted and moved where I wanted them, I ungrouped until everything was separated. Then I went through and started changing out the colors and the names of the colors to fit the different color families. I don’t have the new In Colors in MDS yet, so I had to leave those blank until MDS is upgraded with them when the new catalog comes out on May 31. But I do have the names there.

The reason I have three columns in my chart is that I have the extension on my Color Caddy. It is no longer available so with the regular Color Caddy, you would only need two columns. So the first two columns are the colors from that particular color family, while the third column is the current In Colors. That does leave me with 10 empty slots, which I am using for some of my favorite retired colors.

Once I had my Color Caddy finished up, I went to work get inserts for the Clear Mount DVD cases that I use for my Markers. When I had first put my markers into the DVD cases, I had gotten the inserts from Sudsol. I loved the fact that I could color in the little heart or dot for the colors that I had markers for. Then I recently saw a post on the Stampin’ Up! blog where someone shared the NEW Wood Mount cases with inserts for their reinkers. They had created the inserts in MDS, using the Label This Craft Room Craft Room Designer Template. I love what they did and knew that I could do something similar for my markers. This download has the names of different types of items that you might be organizing and the names of the color families. So the spine and the title on the front are done with stamps from that set, while the color names are from the Free Label This Designer Template. Unfortunately, it didn’t have all of the color names, so I used a text box and used a font that I thought came close to matching the stamps. Since the insert only covers the spine and the front, I was able to get two inserts per page. I did use a little heart punch with a mat of 1 as the spot to color with the markers if I have them. I am quite pleased with my start at my stamp room organization.

To help you with your stamp room organization, I am giving you a gift. Here is a download of the pages that I created for the Color Caddy and for theClear Mount DVD cases. All you have to do once you download them is to print them out and cut them out. Just click the button below to download them to your computer. I hope you like them.

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Digital Quilt Card

Apr 302013

I’ve been planning on doing a quilt card for a while now but just hadn’t gotten around to it. So today I decided it was time to do it.

As usual, I created this card in MDS. Admittedly, the Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue patterns are from paper that was included in the original MDS and is no longer available. But pretty much any design could be used. The Certainly Celery paper is one that was released later.

First, I went online and found a quilt design that I wanted to make. I had already edited a Square Punch and made a Triangle Punch a while back. So then it was just a matter of using squares and triangles to create the quilt design.

At first, I was going to make a birthday card with it. But then I remembered that I have a new little granddaughter that will be born any day now and I went to send a card to her parents along with a baby afghan that I made for her. And since I didn’t want the background to be just a plain pink, I added the Starburst Stamp from Decorative Overlays and changed it to Whisper White. I didn’t even have to lower the opacity on it. I added the baby greeting from A Word for You and made it Rose Red so that it would show up against the background.

The center of the quilt design looked a little too plain, so I add the scalloped heart and the plain heart from the Hearts Collection Punch and filled the inside one with the same paper that I used in the quilt design.

Making a quilt card, whether it’s digital or paper, can be a little time consuming. But it is so worth it when you see if finished. Try making your own quilt card and send it to someone special.

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Sign Up for My Stampin’ Up! Catalog Mailing List

Apr 292013

Stampin' Up! Catalogs - Sign up for my catalog mailing list

The new Stampin’ Up! Catalogs start mailing on Wednesday, May 1 and I’m starting a new policy. To receive the new SU catalogs from me as they are released, you need to sign up for my Catalog Mailing List. This list will only be used by me for mailing or handing out Stampin’ Up! Catalogs. Even if you’ve received catalogs from me before, if you still want to receive them, you will need to sign up on this list.

You must be a US resident for me to be able to send you the catalogs. Please, if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, do not sign up on this list.

The new catalogs will start being mailed out on May 1 so hurry and sign up for my Catalog Mailing List now so you don’t miss out. If you aren’t on this mailing list, you won’t receive one from me.

Juanita

Sudsol Design Challenge #245

Apr 272013

The Sudsol Design Challenge for this week was to choose a color combination that really pops. To really achieve that, we needed to include black with it.

To choose my colors in MDS, I went to the Combos tab in the color pallette. I decided to see what suggested color combinations were available for Crushed Curry, since it will be one of our new core colors starting June 1. The nice thing is, MDS already has the Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay. There are only two of the new core colors not currently available in MDS and that is Soft Sky and Smoky Slate.

So when I clicked on Crushed Curry a few times to see some of the different combos, I got one that had Bermuda Bay and Primrose Petals as part of the combo. I felt that those three colors combined with the black should really pop.

But I didn’t want to just use plain colors, so I added some stamps and gave the different pieces an embossed look. The stamps I used for embossing the flags were from Elements of Style and the one I used to emboss the black piece was from the Meant To Be Board Book Designer Template.

I was so glad to see this tag punch from the Get It Done Kit. It is so much easier than trying to use the digital Ticket Corner Punch. Then the final touch was the actual greeting. It is from the Wherever You Go Stamp Brush Set. I loved being able to color the stamp using the different colors that I’d chosen for the other elements of my card.

So did I meet the Sudsol Design Challenge requirements? Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think.

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Older Entries

So get your favorites from the SU Retired List before they are gone.

I think the Twitterpated Digital Kit worked very well for this digital cookbook page. What do you think?

Do you like to Stamp? Would you like to learn a different technique each month? Have you ever thought about joining a Virtual Club?

The new catalogs will start being mailed out on May 1 so hurry and sign up for my Catalog Mailing List now so you don’t miss out. If you aren’t on this mailing list, you won’t receive one from me.

So did I meet the Sudsol Design Challenge requirements? Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think.

Do you like to Stamp?
Would you like to learn a different technique each month?
Have you ever thought about joining a Virtual Club?