le Jardin Postale ~ May 2011

I'm excited to show you what I've been working on! May is going to be the first month I offer le Jardin Postale, the Garden Mail. May is National Scrapbooking Month, so I am going to be offering a scrapbooking kit. The kit will include all the consumable supplies to create 20 6x6 layouts and instructions to complete the scrapbook. The kit is beautiful! It includes cardstock, designer paper, coordinating ribbon, buttons, brads and stickers! You will not be disappointed with it. I will also offer the option to purchase a coordinating scrapbook to contain all of your layouts. Here are two layouts of the twenty. Once you complete your purchase, you will receive a PDF by email with color pictures and instructions to complete your layouts. Please allow 2-4 weeks to receive the supplies by mail. As always, feel free to contact me by email or phone with any questions!!



Coordinating Old Olive Dot Album



May's Jardin Postale

Scrapbook Kit $30.00 Scrapbook Kit & Coordinating Book $40.00

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge

I found this great blog through my friend Dawn. It's called the Shabby Tea Room. Every Monday they post a challenge to create a card based on different requirements and/or inspirations. I was so excited to find this blog because of all the wonderful shabby goodies that are in the Occassions Mini 2011. Today our challenge was to create a card based on a beautiful shabby chic nursery. This is what I came up with:

More Bliss!

Here is one more sample made with the Sale-a-bration stamp set "Bliss." Love that birdie!!

Sale-a-bration Preview!

All of these cards feature one of our new Sale-a-bration stamp sets. Sale-a-bration is the wonderful time of year Stampin' Up offers a free product of your choosing with every $50 purchase. There is no limit to how many free things you can earn!! Sale-a-bration begins January 25, 2011. Stay tuned for more previews and more details!

Filled with LOVE!

It's never too early to start thinking about Valentine's Day. Click on the picture below to visit my site for more info.

New MDS Product Preview!

As I've said before, I love, love, LOVE the new Occassions Mini Catalog! It's chock full of vintage and shabby chic goodies.

Today I have a special sneek peek for you from My Digital Studio. This theme continues through the catalog with Designer Series Paper, Stamps and Embellishments. I can't wait to get my new goodies to play with!!

If you are on my mailing list, you should be receiving your own free copy of the new catalog very shortly! These fabulous products will be available for purchase starting January 4, 2011.

Digital Scrapbooking

Have you ventured into the fabulous world of digital scrapbooking yet? I have happily taken the plunge into nearly 100% digital. I love it for many reasons. I get to skip the step of selecting, printing and cropping photos all on my own before I scrap. All of my photos are already right where they need to be: on my computer! My husband loves digital scrapbooking because there aren't 87 pages of paper, 38 packages of stickers, adhesive, cutting tools and scraps of photos laying all over the house!! (I admit I kind of like that too!!) It is all neatly organized right on my computer. I LOVE it!

My Digital Studio is a wonderful program to invest in when you are ready to take the digital step. It is entirely user friendly and fun. It also comes packed with over 2000 of Stampin' Ups images, papers, punches and embellishments. You can use them over and over and never run out of any supplies! It is a beautiful thing.

Here is a page I created today with My Digital Studio.

So you don't care for pastels....

I get that and I totally respect it. While I tend to lean towards everything vintage and shabby chic, I do love to see some funky dots and bright colors here and there. Today I created a card using the same stamp I did yesterday. It is called "Baby Steps" and is available a-la-carte. It's such a cute stamp! I love elephants!! Anyhow, today's card shows how versatile a single stamp can be. I just love that about Stampin' Up!

Sweet Baby Steps!

I found the inspiration for this sweet baby card while in Strasbourg, France over the weekend. One of the many benefits of military life is living abroad and the wonderful travel! My girls were riding the most beautiful carousel and I noticed the sweetest pink and green elephant on it. My only regret is not having a camera of any sort with me at the moment. I committed that elephant to memory though and today we have a sweet baby card! Of course the elephant on the carousel was much, much more ornate and elaborate!

A few of my favorite things............

Oh, fall. It has been my favorite season for as long as I can possibly remember. France. That obsession began in my early adulthood. I love Parisian decor and style! Combine those two faves with the color purple and vintage accessories and I've got a match made in heaven!

Today I combined all of these favorite things to make a card for my favorite person, my sweet hubby. Believe it or not, it has already begun to feel like fall here in Germany... and I am NOT complaining! Our family just settled on a home this week and we are ecstatic! I wanted to thank my hubby for all the work he has put into finding our family the perfect home. I am so lucky to have him!

And a closeup so you can see the dimension and the fabulous accessories!

Just because.....

I don't have much to share about today's card. Just needed a little stamping therapy.

More In Color fun!

I have to admit, my In Colors are getting more mileage than I expected. I should have known with Stampin' Up! though. They do exhaustive research on color trends, etc before they even consider putting new colors out there! These cards were made with a Crumb Cake base and use Designer Series Paper in Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz. I then added lots of vintage accessories including Mini Vintage tags, Vintage Trinkets and Vintage Brads. Don't you also just love the new Chantilly Crochet Trim? It adds such a delicate touch to my projects. Stamps sets used were Curly Cute and Tiny Tags. Both some of my faves! Hope you have  wonderful Thursday!

In Color Mini Cards

Looking through my last posts, I realize I have a fondness of the Crumb Cake and Poppy Parade combo! They just look so nice together, I couldn't help myself. I find myself naturally drawn to subdued, mellow colors, so today I decided to step out of the box just a bit. I made these mini cards out of the new In Colors. They are all so bright and fun and take almost zero time at all! Hope you enjoy them. {I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. Someone under the age of five got ahold of my good small camera and the lens isn't opening! I didn't want to drag out the giant camera, so I used my iphone!}

Friday Fun!

Claire has been lucky enough to participate in VBS this year on post. Today is her last day and I wanted to make a little something special for her crew leader and the assistant crew leader. Claire and I came up with these:

This single milk carton is for the teenager helping out with Claire's crew. It will be filled with  yummy German chocolates!

This cute little package of milk cartons is for the crew leader.

I'm Back!

Wow, it has been a long time. Our family has seen quite a few transitions in the last several months. We have arrived at Stuttgart, Germany; our home for the next three years. We are actually still living in a hotel and will continue to do so for the next two months as we await our new home. It has been.... interesting. Thankfully, I thought ahead and had my essential stamping supplies shipped with our hold baggage. That means these three and a half months of hotel living can be happily punctuated with a creative outlet! Phew!

I finally stamped something worth showing yesterday. It has taken me a while to get situated and back into the swing of things. I made this card for a friend who was kind enough to send a batch of homemade cookies to our family. What a welcome change anything homemade was!

This card contains several great elements and stamp sets from our fabulous new Idea Book & Catalog. If you haven't checked it out yet, you can click on the picture it on the left and you can view the entire catalog online! And as always, if it tickles your fancy to purchase anything right away, click on the "Shop Now" button to have an order shipped directly to you!!

Mojo Monday 120

Short and sweet this week! "Happy birthday!!" This card gets to pull double duty for Mojo Monday sketch 120 and Stampin' Royalty's birthday challenge!!

Just a few things.... maybe more!

What should you spend that $50 on you ask? Let me give you a little peak at our 2010 Spring Mini. {Click on picture to view catalog.}

12 Days of Holiday Sales

Love the Big Shot? Do you need more goodies for it? Now is the perfect time to pick some up for you or a friend! Just click the picture to start shopping now!

My favorite item is the Decor Elements sheets available in a large variety of colors!! What color is your favorite?? (There are more colors than the ones pictured. Check out my website for more.)

It's coming....

The new Occasions Mini and Sale-A-Bration!! If you would like a complimentary copy of either or both catalogs, please leave a comment and let me know. While I can't give any info just yet, I promise Stampin' Up has outdone themselves with this year's Sale-A-Bration and Spring mini. Stay tuned....

I'm Certified!

It's official! I am certified for My Digital Studio, woohoo! That means if you have any questions about making digital scrapbooks, cards, calendars or even various multiple media projects, I am your girl!

There are SOOO many great reasons to consider My Digital Studio. Now is a great time to ask for that special Christmas gift. Hint, hint Honey!!

Today, I will focus on the scrapbooking option of MDS. I used to be a traditional scrapbooker. I loved it. I loved to put all these pretty little touches on my treasured photos of my husband and my daughters. There were just a few glitches with traditional scrapping. My husband got tired of all the supplies just laying around all the time. I can't blame him really. I did too! But let's face the facts, you just cannot scrapbook without having all your available options right at your fingertips. And that is precisely where My Digital Studio comes in!

My Digital Studio offers THOUSANDS of images to have right at your fingertips. The truth is, all of our photos are already right here on our computer. I'm not knocking traditional scrapbooking here, just pointing out one of the many plusses of MDS.

When using MDS, you pull your photos right off of your hard drive, memory stick or camera itself. It's as easy as drag and drop and you are done. Then the fun begins! You can add background papers in solids or patterns. All of our backgrounds come in Stampin' Ups signature colors too! You can then add embellishments, stamps, mats, and the list goes on! I absolutely adore digital scrapbooking and was THRILLED to learn Stampin' Up was coming out with a program of their own.

If you have ANY questions about My Digital Studio or if you'd like to see a live demonstration or try it out for yourself, please contact me at any time! I'd love to let my passion for MDS inspire you.

If you love MDS, sign up to host a workshop.

If you just can't get enough of MDS, consider signing up to be a demonstrator. Now is a fabulous time to join because the starter kit includes all the MDS software! That is unheard of!!