MDS Monday Sketch Challenge #47

Sorry I missed last week's MDS Monday challenge! I do not even know what happened last week...it all is a blurr! Just way too much on my to do list and not enough time. But now that Christmas is over, I can sit on my chaise lounge under a comfy blanket with laptop opened to MDS! Happy place!

Tara brought us a great layout for a scrapbook page this week so I decided to try and catch up on a special event this year. We were very honored to be asked to be godparents to our friend's first born son. Megan is under 18 so Howard and I acted as godparents as well. She was very excited to be named godmother to him. Pretty special and it is a title that binds us as family to him.

I pretty much used the Fan Fair Ensemble to make this page. DSP, stamp images and embellishments work together so well together. I added the burlap flower recolored it to match the Island Indigo in the DSP. 

You can give the challenge a try and submit your own page if you click on the MDS Monday button on the right side! Follow the directions on the site to upload your page and link it from your blog or MDS.net. Winners and honorable mentions are announced every two weeks.

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into MDS Mondays and our challenges!

 Cindy 

Artisan Wednesday WOW - MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Welcome back to Artisan Wednesday WOW on Christmas DAY!!!  Or it could be a day later because you might be busy with family, opening presents, eating good food, snuggling with your kiddos or ALL of it! You just came from the fantastic and funny Cathy Caines and next is fabulous and famous Connie Collins, but before you come check out my Christmas/New Year's card!
 
#1 - I am loving gold and silver together! Very trend on!
#2 - Using My Digital Studio to solve a shape dilemma!
(getting a e-cutter for Christmas - shhhh!)

Here is me on this Christmas Eve morning working on MDS to find a champagne glass in the program to make my card (which came to me in a dream...yes I dream card layouts and ideas LOL)

I found this in the When the Clock Strikes Twelve Ensemble #136679. I plan to use that download for some decorations for our Annual New Year's Party with friends! (more to come on that)

I printed it out on white cardstock at home and then cut out carefully the glass. I am using this as a template.

I traced the glass onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock. Now take the Wonderful Watercolor Designer Washi Tape and line up across the glass image. Cut it out.

I added a Smoky Slate card base, the NEW Gold Sequin Trim and pulled some off for the bubbles, silver glimmer paper, no name brand gold thread, more Wonderful Watercolor Designer Washi Tape and the stamped in Basic Gray from the Christmas Messages Stamp set. It is the perfect sentiment for today -

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Thank YOU all for stopping by each and every week on our Artisan Blog Hop and all your support this fabulous year of 2013! This dream of being on the Artisan Design Team has been AMAZING for me!

 I hope that I have inspired you to reach for your dreams and try something NEW! 

See you in 2014! Very excited to see what the new year brings!

Cindy

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MDS Blog Hop - What ya doing?

 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 USUALLY! We will have a "theme" selected on the first hop and then a "What we are doing in MDS" on the second hop. 

My page today was one that I created when the big MDS Digital Scrapbooking Sale was going on.  I am loving the 11x8.5 scrapbook page to create with. I give my friend Julie Warnick credit for that. She does beautiful 8.5x11 pages and you can see her work here:

http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=1tzafg3yrzlo9

This holiday season has been flying by!  My shopping is NOT even done yet! I have not had time to do alot of digital scrapbooking BUT you can bet that I will be doing some as soon as the camera is full of Christmas photos. Check back with us in January! 

Just click on the NEXT button and it will take you to the next person on the hop. We hope this inspires you to get into My Digital Studio! 

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

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

 Cindy 

Artisan Wednesday Wow - 2013 Memory Ornament

Welcome back to Artisan Wednesday WOW!  You just came from the fantastic and funny Cathy Caines and next is fabulous and famous Connie Collins, but before you come check out my Christmas Memory Keepsake Ornament.
 

Some of you may have your Christmas trees up, so now is the time to make an ornament capturing your memories of 2013. I love photo ornaments on my own tree and looking back at them as the years go by. It is like looking at a Christmas scrapbook on display! This one is very easy to make with the Circle Collection Framelits and that wonderful Season of Style Designer Series Paper.  I have a whole piece of DSP on the back side of the same pattern. But before you glue it on makes sure you set your hanger ribbon and brads in place. You want to hide the brads from the back. To get your year stamped in perfect alignment, be sure to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig. It took me two tries but it CAN be done!

I made this one for my mom's Christmas tree. I hope she likes it!

Stamps
130252 (wood-mount) or 130255 (clear-mount): A Banner Christmas Stamp Set
132039 (wood-mount) or 126682 (clear-mount): Memorable Moments Stamp Set

Ink
126975: Crumb Cake Stampin’ Pad
126974: Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad
126953: Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

Paper
100702: Old Olive Cardstock
101650: Very Vanilla Cardstock
132340: Season or Style Designer Series Paper
121790: Red Glimmer Paper

Accessories & Tools
117273: Antique Brads
119256: Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon
130022: Baked Brown Sugar 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim
123125: Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine
104430: Stampin’ Dimensionals
104294: Sticky Strip
121807: Cupcake Builder Punch
101049: Stamp-a-ma-jig
113439: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine
130911: Circle Collection Framelits Dies
114511: Little Leaves Sizzlits Die
1/4" hole punch

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you! 

Come back next week! We will still be doing the blog hop on Wednesday...CHRISTMAS DAY!

Cindy

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MDS Monday Sketch #45 Challenge

Heidi brought us a great layout for a scrapbook page this week!

I am loving these layouts recently because they have lots of photos without looking like too much! Perfect for catching up with our daily or monthly events especially my daughter's 16th birthday! I still can not believe that I have a 16 year old!  She means the world to me and I am so proud of the young beautiful and thoughtful young woman she is becoming. She had a very busy day full of surprises and 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! Follow the directions on the site to upload your page and link it from your blog or MDS.net. Winners and honorable mentions are announced every two weeks.

 Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you today to get into MDS Mondays and our challenges!

 Cindy 

Endless Wishes Card

Back again with the original design with the unforgettable Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set for this card!  I have never in all my years with Stampin UP! have heard of a stamp set selling out in the currant year. It was a beautifully designed by Jen Campbell, a Concept Artist at Stampin UP!

Be sure to check the Stampin UP Facebook Page today!

New December Artisan Showcase will be posted!

Have a great day! I am off to get some stamping Christmas projects done!

Cindy

Artisan Wednesday Wow- Wonderful Wreath Card

 

 
 
 Welcome back to Artisan Wednesday WOW!  You just came from the fantastic and fun Cathy Caines and next is fabulous and famous Connie Collins, but before you come check out my Christmas card.
 

All the patterns in the Season of Style Designer Series Paper #132340 are perfect for this card. I especially love this diagonal pattern. Another favorite of mine from the Holiday Catalog is the stamp set called Wonderful Wreath #132748. Pair it with the Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon and you have a perfect holiday reminder of Christmas time.

Now I have to be honest, I first designed this with the Endless Wishes Photopolymer stamp set. But since it has completely sold out, I wanted to show you the same card but done with different stamps. I will post that card on Friday. So if you are one of the lucky owner of the Endless Wishes stamp set, come back here to see the card.
 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

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