Fancy Friday Blog Hop - Making Memories and More

Welcome back to the Fancy Friday Blog Hop!

My fancy friends and I are back!!! We loved working with each other so much that we decided to continue on with an all new blog hop to inspire you in fun new ways! These are a group of past and current Artisans that have become fast friends thru the Artisan journey. Glad to have you here! We have 9 of us this month so don't miss a one!

 

Each month on the last Friday, we will bring to you new challenges of all kinds (color, sketch, stamp focus, etc)! This month we were select one of the Making Memories and More Collections from the Stampin' UP Annual Catalog. I selected Perfect Days based on the colors and theme. Little did I know that I would be using them for my latest life adventure...moving across the country and starting a new job! But first a card...

I was able to cut the 4 x 6 down a bit and make it a background layer. Then I took one of the  2 x 3 cards and cut it with the Lots of Labels Framelits and my Big Shot. I adorable this stamp set sentiments and font! It is called Ribbon of Courage and it was designed with my friend Patty Bennett, that amazing million dollar achiever! 

  Then I started a 6 x 8 album of my daily journey in this new adventure. Here are the first few pages. I plan to use Perfect Days to capture my daily life in this new place. It should be therapeutic for me and occupy some of my spare time.

Would love to have you join us in the Fancy Friday Challenge so make a project and let us know in the comments if you did or post on social media somewhere and add the #FANCYFRIDAYBLOGHOP

Thanks for stopping by my post for the Fancy Friday blog hop!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy
Now move on to the newbie on our team and from across the oceans, 
the amazing Paula Dobson
 by clicking on the next button below! 

Tip Top Taupe Onstage Display Samples by ME

SAMPLES FEATURING 2015-2017 IN-COLOR TIP TOP TAUPE

 Here are some display samples that I was asked to make for the Onstage Live event in Salt Lake City. I was tasked with using the 2015-2017 In-Colors and create 4 projects of each color thru cards, scrapbook pages and 3D items. Today I will share my Tip Top Taupe projects.

Mini flowers stamp image from the NEW Love and Affection Stamp set.

Washi Tape from the NEW Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape.

Greeting is from the Me = Grateful Stamp set.

Easel Frame and Greeting stamp image from the NEW Painter's Palette Stamp set.

Showing also the Thick Baker's Twine in a NEW Melon Mambo color.

Flower stamp image from the NEW Love and Affection Stamp set.

Ribbon is the NEW Mint Macaron 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon.

Greeting is from Balloon Celebration Stamp set. 

Paint swipes and greeting stamp image from the NEW Painter's Palette Stamp set.

Ribbon is the NEW Watermelon Wonder 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon.

Remember that all of these NEW products will be available when the NEW Stampin' UP Catalog goes live on June 1st, 2016!  So mark down a wish list for the products you see here now and be ready for that date!

Thanks for stopping by here! Hope this inspires you!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Celebrating International Scrapbooking Day

Welcome BACK to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!

This week is an "open to create" week. As team lead (who sometimes comes up with crazy ideas), I asked the ladies if they wanted to do something extra special like focusing on scrapbooking or Project life pages. Everyone was excited to give it a try and be challenged! We also found out that March 4th is International Scrapbooking Day and we are most definitely an International Team that dabbles in scrapbooking! Because it was our "free" week, we could use products from our Artisan boxes of goodies or add anything current as well so you will see alot of ideas with different products!

My all time favorite PL collection is the Moments Like These collection. I love the color combo, the GOLD foil, the sayings, the images, etc. I found this great photo of a moment that I never want to forget. I get a little sentimental when it comes to this girl. She is a Senior this year and I have been wanting to finish her scrapbook before Graduation. (I need a month off work to get this done mind you) I selected some cards from the Moments Like These Card Collection, cut them down to 3x3, added the Gold Glimmer Washi Tape (on Saleabration right now!) and used the Sweetheart Punch. That's it. Simplicity.

I wanted to share with you some pages that I finished recently using the Seasonal Snapshot 2015 Collection. (LOVE THAT ONE TOO) I made a Project Life page on one side and a traditional scrapbook page on the other side using PL cards too. I love the layout so much that I made another page for another memory using the same PL Collection.

We hope that we have inspired you to celebrate International Scrapbooking Day on March 4th! So get out your PL collections, 12x12 cardstock, your pile of photos and get your memories scrapped!

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment then thanks for truly making my day!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of my dearest friends and Artisan Design Team sister for life.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

Stampin' UP Supplies:

Moments Like This Project Life Collection

Moments Like This Accessory Pack

Sahara Sand 12x12 Cardstock

Sweetheart Punch

Saleabration Gold Glimmer Washi Tape

Seasonal Snapshot 2015 Card Collection

Seasonal Snapshot 2015 Accessory Pack

Real Red 12x12 Cardstock

Island Indigo 12x12 Cardstock

Kraft 12x 12 Cardstock

MDS Monday My Final Sketch Challenge #114

Sharing my last MDS Monday Sketch with you today. I have been so blessed to be on this digital design team and to create in MDS with them over the past year. There are some super talented ladies on this team and they all love MDS as much as I do so please be sure to check out there creations on MDS Monday website. Also please give them some love via comments!

Life has been super crazy and this roller coaster called life continues. I wanted to share a page that I made two years ago that changed my creative life. I made a similar page for the Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Application. I knew that My Digital Studio HAD to be part of my application and this page is probably the one I am most proud of. So I made a sketch layout of it for you. Use it as you like. Add more to it. Change the background or use a different stamp as the focal point. Make photo boxes with mat. Just have fun creating in MDS! 

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday May 23rd @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 
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The end is near and I find myself sad and yet thankful for this amazing ride with MDS after all these years. Thank you Stampin' UP for making a great digital program!

Special thanks to the whole MDS team thru the years at Stampin' UP: Andrea, Tanner, Tyler, Elizabeth, Sara, Shara, Lindsey, Philip, Holly, Chad, and Casey!

Extra thanks to Heather Summers for introducing me to MDS thru her online classes, Erica Shaw for asking me to be on the MDS Blog Hop, and to Holly Endress for asking me to be on the MDS Monday Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you will enjoy the sketch and do some creating in MDS!

Cindy

MDSM Sketch Challenge #107 Freeform a Story

I am bringing an oldie but a goodie back around for the MDS Monday Challenge. Bring up that Freeform Tool, add some shape to it and then add journaling text to it! If you can read what is in my sample text, it will give you some tips or suggestions. Capture the memory and tell a story of a special single photo!

 

 Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday April 4th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into 

MDS Mondays and our challenges!

Cindy 

MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #105

This week over on MDS Monday, Anita had a spring-y theme challenge for us! I love how she added the flower silhouette so I just had to you use it for my page as well. I have not taken much spring-y pictures recently (we just had our first real spring like temp day yesterday which I spent cleaning out our horder-like garage). So I looked back at last year's spring time photos and found this gem. These ladies mean the world to me!

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday March 21st @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun!

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

If you are looking for some more digital scrapbooking fun, drop by this Tuesday night the 17th on Facebook for two new challenges on our MDS Virtual Digi Crop hosted by Monika Davis and myself. Just search for the group name and we will add you to the group. We start at 7:30pm and give you til Thursday night to complete your challenges and post them for all to marvel at! 
Hope to see you there!

 Thanks for stopping by! 

Cindy 

MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #103 - Family Bike Ride

This week over on MDS Monday, Yapha had a very clean and simple sketch for all. These are perfect for a quick scrapbook page! You can focus on the photos and add simple clean images to enhance the photos. You can see my page above but I loved it so much and I had a few more photos that I had to make another page. What to do? Add a duplicate page mirrored! I added my other photos, removed the button and baker's twine bow, added a few more bike clips (recolored) and move my text to that page. I really like it now and I have more pages done on our trip!

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday March 7th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

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You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into 

MDS Mondays and our challenges!

Cindy 

Leadership Artisan Samples 2015 - Irresistibly Yours

The North American team members of the 2014-2015 Stampin' UP Global Artisan Design Team will be sharing some samples that we were asked to make for the Challenge Boards at Leadership in Orlando. Here is just one of the boards that displays mine and Kaitlyn Zumbach's work for this category of the Challenge. The other 7 members did other categories so be sure to check them out as well. See below for the links.

For this challenge section, I was to showcase the Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper called Irresistibly Yours. Did you know it is FREE?...with a 50$ purchase! This clear embossed white paper is so versatile and they wanted us to share different coloring techniques with it. 

I created this page first. I found the flower pattern so soft when you color with just a sponge dauber and classic ink. I used Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Blendabilities with Blackberry Bliss ribbon and cardstock. All of these images are from the photopolymer stamp set called You're Wonderful. I thought it fit very well as the photo title. 

This next project uses the diagonal striped version of the designer series paper. This time I colored directly onto paper with Blendabilities - Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Coastal Cabana. I cut strips of them and add to my Kraft cardstock card base. I love how the vellum paper breaks up the stripes just enough to then focus on the tags. This stamp set with the cute duck is called One Tag Fits All. I colored him in with Daffodil Delight Blendabilities too.

This last project is quite cute yet I took an awful picture of it as it is has much more color then this. It is a "pop out of the box" gift. I took the stars pattern of the designer series paper and colored with Pool Party Classic Ink and a sponge dauber for a soft, sky like effect. I used the Gold Sequin to add a streamer of gold and then used them to cover the Tiny Treat Box. This 2" by 12" strip folds into the box perfectly and you even have room for a piece of chocolate. I would add a piece of Pool Party Cotton Ribbon with a bow on the outside.

I hope that you like my projects and can use them to inspire you! Check back soon for more Leadership display samples! Much more to share!
Thanks for stopping by!
Cindy

Here is a list of the other North American Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team  blogs! Come see who made what!

Allison Okamitsu - http://nicepeoplestamp.blogspot.com/

Becky Cowley - http://scrapjunkie-becky.blogspot.com/

Cindy Schuster - http://nutmegcreations.blogspot.com/

Kaitlyn Zumbach - http://createwithkaitlyn.blogspot.com/

Krista Frattin - http://www.stampindolce.com/

Mercedes Weber - http://mercedesweber.blogspot.com/

Sarah Sagert - http://www.sarahsagert.stampinup.net/blog

MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #101

Tami has a awesome sketch and video this week over on MDS Monday! Be sure to go check it out and then open up MDS to create a page with it! The sketch is fairly simple, so it leaves lots of room for imagination. You can use three photos, like the template, or combine them into one or two, like my example. You group the photos and then drag a photo over into the group. You gotta have just the right photo and I thought this one of my besties on our BFFs' Day Out was perfect. 

For my example, I used the designer series papers from Beautiful Today and the images from Painter Petals Brush Stamp Set. 

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the Challenge Graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your Post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
• You can create a Card, Scrap Page or 3-D Object with the Sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday February 21st @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into 

MDS Mondays and our challenges!

Cindy 

MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #99

Here we go with sketch challenge #99! Did I just say 99? Oh wow! Wait until next week!
I have been on the fence with MDS lately. Not sure about the future of the program but I truly still love it and THANK GOODNESS we still have MDS Monday around after 99 sketch challenges that can bring me to create with a digital medium for my scrapbooking heart. Here is a great layout for a birthday or any celebration! Use all kinds of Designer Series Paper with the rectangle punches and fill your circle (or other shape if you wish) punches with photos. 

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday January 31st @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into 

MDS Mondays and our challenges!

Cindy 

Friday Extra - Project Life Santa Fun!

Way back in September, I helped my friend Monika Davis with her Fall Retreat prepping. We get together and design projects for it. We always have such fun creating together! Monika wanted to do two things - Project Life and take group photos to fill the page with. And from there, we came up with this fun activity for one of the nights. The right side is the page that the participants created at the retreat.

We wanted to show how you could do Project Life so easily with regular Stampin UP products from the holiday catalog. We used the Trim a Tree Designer Series Paper Stack, the Santa Stache Stamp Set, Frosted Sequins, Confetti Stars Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, and All is Calm Washi Tape. That saying come from the Visions of Santa Photopolymer Stamp Set. We thought it was perfect for this amount of silliness! We had so much fun with this!

We had the ladies wear their Christmas PJs one night. We set up a photo op area with a frame, a Santa hat, a white mustache prop and let the cray cray begin! I took the individual photos and made a second page here to fit all the awesome funny photos we took. I just love this! Perhaps you can recreate it for your holiday celebration coming up! Kids AND adults would love it!

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #93

Tami has a super sweet sketch challenge this week for you over at MDS Monday! You have to use one special photo and a flourish or two. I knew what photo I wanted to use right away! I took this photo of my daughter at the beach in September. I used the beautiful DSP called Lullably which is definitely not for just a baby theme. I love the confetti pattern as it has that trendy bohek look. I used the Convention 2012 download for my flourish around the photo. I also used the flag outline and the medallion flower image from the same download. The washi tape is from the download See Ya Next Year. Added some Gold Baker's Twine in a bow and string. 

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the Challenge Graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your Post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
• You can create a Card, Scrap Page or 3-D Object with the Sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday December 12th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into 

MDS Mondays and our challenges!

Cindy 

Bright Christmas - MDS Blog Hop

WELCOME TO THE MDS BLOG HOP!

A bunch of us have joined together to share our passion for digital designing with Stampin' UP's My Digital Studio.  These ladies are SERIOUSLY talented in MDS and I am thrilled to be on this Blog Hop with them! You will find us blog hopping on the 2nd and 4th THURSDAYS of each month! We are a little early this month due to the holidays! 

Inspired by colored chalkboard Christmas cards, here is what I came up with to capture one of our favorite things to do! The tree is from Jingle and Joy download and it has red star and ornaments but I changed it to match my "merry and bright" theme. I have to say that the coloring tool is SUCH fun to use on the stamp images. It is the "artist" in me! I also love the re-coloring tool on embellishments. I took Sara's Sequins download and re-colored a few of them for the ornaments on the tree.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you to get into a little MDS coloring!

 Cindy 

Click on the button to move on to see what Cori made!

MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #92

Back for a new MDS Monday Sketch Challenge! And guess what? I got to create the challenge this week! Ok, so it is a good one and most challenging cause it is double the trouble! Come on you can do it! December has arrived and I thought it would be great to make a double page layout for those thousands of Christmas pictures you took or will take soon! Another idea would be to change the trees to snowflakes for a snow pictures.....another idea would be ornaments for tree decorating pictures....see the possibilities? What can you come up with?  (you can do a single page layout if you like too!)

I took the layout as it was designed and re-colored the trees to Lost Lagoon. Then I used Designer paper from the Daily December Memories download. The stamp image for my title also comes from the same download. The snowflakes both stamp images and punch shapes come from the Festive Flurries download. I also like the option of filling some of the photo areas with Designer Series Papers if you do not have enough photos for this double page layout. 

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the Challenge Graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your Post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
• You can create a Card, Scrap Page or 3-D Object with the Sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday December 6th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! 

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into 

MDS Mondays and our challenges!

Cindy