Catalog Inspiration

I received a catalog from Pier 1 last week. The colors and textures on this Daisy Chair were so inspiring to me, I just had to use it to make a card! I thought the colors were perfect for fall. And you'll notice the colors of the daisies match the In Colors just splendidly! If you look closely, you'll also see the sweetest gold swirls in the background. Seeing all of this made my head swirl with inspiration!

To create the stunning texture of this card, I used a technique I learned at a regional event. Using a brayer, I inked up one of Stampin' Ups exclusive background texturz background plates. I ran it through my big shot with some soft suede cardstock and voila! I thought the texture matched the gold swirls of the chair perfectly! To order any of these products, clip the "Shop Now" button on your upper left. If you have any questions, please contact me!!!

Cardstock: Soft Suede 8 1/2" by 11" 115318

Ink: Chocolate Chip 100908, Rich Razzleberry115658, Crushed Curry 115659, Dusty Durango 115654

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus 115778, Best Wishes and More 111602

Tools: 1 Inch Circle Punch 109046, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates 114512, Brayer and Rubber Attachment 102395, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine 113439, Stampin' Dimensionals 104430

Fall Bliss

Today's challenge was done a little differently.... digitally! I got the sketch from Pals Paper Art. (PPA7) Here is just one reason why I love My Digital Studio. Instead of wasting cardstock, supplies, etc while you are figuring out your card design (you know you've done it!), you can put it together digitally first! If you don't like what you've come up with, just hit delete! I put this together on MDS this morning and this afternoon, I did it in 3D. I tweaked it a little and added more detail. I love the way it turned out. I love previewing cards with MDS! It was so much fun, when can I do another??!!

Mojo Monday

A Halloween Hi!

I actually did do this card on Monday. I am just now getting around to posting it! For the images, I used a fun hostess set called "The More the Merrier." To get the image, I used my Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker to just outline the pumpkins. I then used my blender pens to watercolor the inside of the pumpkins as well as the leaves and stems. Texture was added with paper piercing in a few of the pumpkins. Cardstock used is Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. The patterned paper is from the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series.

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CREATIVITY WITH STAMPIN’ UP!® GOES DIGITAL—INTRODUCING MY DIGITAL STUDIO™
Stampin’ Up!’s award-winning artwork, colors, and accessories available in digital format via My Digital Studio

Stampin’ Up!®, long known for its exclusive rubber stamps and accessories for paper crafting, scrapbooking and home décor, is venturing into the digital age with the release of My Digital Studio™. My Digital Studio is an easy-to-use, software-based design studio featuring thousands of Stampin’ Up!’s award-winning images, colors, and accessories.

Extremely intuitive, My Digital Studio allows crafters of all skill levels to easily navigate the program and design their own digital project or use hundreds of templates to create professionally designed cards, photo albums, scrapbooks, and more. New artwork and templates will be available on a regular basis for download via Stampin’ Up!’s Online Store. In addition, My Digital Studio will offer professional print services where customers can purchase bound photo albums, cards, individual scrapbook pages, and calendars.

“I love the way My Digital Studio combines what Stampin’ Up! is known for—exclusive images, terrific color coordination and inspiring project ideas—and offers it in a digital format,” said Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up! cofounder and CEO. “This will make it easier than ever before to scrapbook or create other paper crafting projects while still ensuring that your end result looks great!”

The design studio offers perfect coordination when embellishing digital output products with traditional Stampin’ Up! embellishments, as well. Users can produce exquisite, multi-dimensional projects that marry the ease of digital with the beauty of handcrafted projects, creating what are known as hybrid projects.

Offering its products in a digital format with My Digital Studio is an extension to Stampin’ Up!’s product offerings and not a replacement of the traditional paper crafting products. Stampin’ Up! will continue to deliver innovative products to its customers and demonstrators via the traditional format.