Tell me Tuesday!

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Now...if you've skimmed down this far, here's the deal:

I'm leaving for Leadership (weather willing) tomorrow morning. While I'm away, if you place an order of ANY SIZE through my online store and use HOSTESS CODE: DHHYBK4N, not only will you receive a FREE tutorial, your name will also be entered in a draw to receive over $100 of FREE Stampin' UP! product.

You can't beat that!

Happy Stampin'!

Think Back...

Check this out! Download this template now and have it ready as a wonderful Christmas gift for your whole family!

Download it today from my online store (just click on the image above to go directly there).

Happy MDSin'!

Doin' it Digi for the Paper Craft Crew

I'm in the home stretch of classes for the busy Holiday season and hope to get back to some regular stamping and posting VERY soon! Just bear with me a little bit longer...

Today's card is a digital card created using My Digital Studio. Do YOU have My Digital Studio yet? If not, TODAY is the last day to get the FULL MDS2+ with over $500 worth of content and over 75 new features for just $49.98 which is fully 50% off!! This is a GREAT deal, but today is the last day to get it at this price. Tomorrow, it goes back up to $99.95.

Here's my card:

I started off with some Crumb Cake and added Cherry Cobbler. I like the way this two-toned card turned out.

You can check out what the rest of the crew created here and play along with the challenge too.


What do you think?

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Naughty? Or Nice?

It matters not! Stampin' UP! has a freebie for you!!!

Just go to my store HERE and you can "purchase" this download. You're not really purchasing it of course, because it's FREE, but you do need to go to my online store.

While you're there, why not do some shopping for the Online Extravaganza? Tomorrow (Nov. 28th) is the LAST day!

Happy Stampin'!

Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day

With a WHOLE WEEK of deals!!

FREE - like free, free - downloads from my online store and 50% off digital kits for EVERYONE!!

What will you download first??

MDS Monday for the Creative Crew!

It's finally HERE!!!! That day! That day when I can post my first Creative Crew Challenge on my blog for all of you to see!


To say I'm just a little excited would be a GROSS understatement. I do hope you'll share in my excitement as my "stint"on the Creative Crew continues through to the end of December.


Today's layout was a "recipe" layout. Not that it had to include a recipe, but that we had to FOLLOW a scrapbooking recipe in order to meet the challenge! I'm going to like the scrapbooking challenges because they'll give me a chance to S-T-R-E-T-C-H. I haven't done much scrapbooking lately and it's about time I got back into it! It's not like I have a lack of pictures or anything - HA!


Since our theme was "apples", we used an actual recipe as inspiration for all the parts.

Here's the "ingredient" list we were given:

A round layer - the traditional shape of a dumpling
Pacific Point - the plate
More Mustard - the crust
Old Olive - the apple
Stitching - faux, ditigal, or real - the seams of the dumpling
One photo - that's right just one
A tag or die cut - for your journaling
A button or buttons - use as you want, BUT one must be on your title!


And here's my layout:

It's a PERFECT layout for the end of summer break...the kids go back to school TOMORROW - WOOT! 


My littlest man can be a TOTAL goofball sometimes as evidenced by the above photograph. His older brother told him he looked a little like Wolverine with his spiky hair, so I guess this is his interpretation of what Wolverine would look like. Told you. GOOFBALL!


To create the circle behind the photo, I started with a circle punch and the filled it with Pacific Point. Then I made a duplicate and filled it with Whisper White, but reduced the opacity to 30%. Cool, eh?


After that I just started adding things till it made me happy! :) Stitching here, a button there, banners, journalling and the picture.


What do you think?

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Happy MDSin'!

But I don't even PLAY tennis! HMPH!

Yes, I know. The logical part of me knows that tennis elbow is a repetitive strain injury. The petulant child in me, however, is just plain ticked off!

It seems my awesome record of posting every day in July has caused me some grief. *sigh* So, I'm on heavy duty anti-inflammatory meds. I SHOULD be wearing a brace and I SHOULD be doing less stamping, but...well...I'm pouting and stamping my feet instead!

Today's card is digital because I'm SUPPOSED to be cutting back on stamping for a bit. Let me tell you, I'm none too pleased about it and will probably just keep stamping anyway. :P

I knew I wanted to do something "fall", so I started off with a base of Pumpkin Pie polka dots. In order to mute it a bit, I added a layer of Whisper White and reduced the opacity to 50% making it look like vellum. That's one of my FAVOURITE My Digital Studio tricks.

Next I added the Old Olive diagonal stripe and the image panel. When I stamped the pumpkins, they were black so I changed up the colour by using the colouring tool and it was SO fun! And you know what? You CAN go outside the lines in MDS. While I was colouring, I was trying to be careful to not get the Pumpkin Pie outside the outline of the pumpkin. I discovered that it didn't matter. WOOT! So I coloured the pumpkins in Pumpkin Pie and their stems in Old Olive. It took less than a minute!

The finishing touch was the brads in the bottom right hand corner.

I stayed true to the sketch on this one, so you'll actually be able to recognize it for a change - LOL!

What do you think?

ACCESSORIES: It's all digital! MDS baby!

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Reasons To Stamp and something AWESOME!!

Happy August! Can you believe it??? Summer is 1/2 over! Have the kids made you nuts yet? Time to send them outside and get ready to MDS! That's right, MDS2 has JUST been released and you're going to LOVE IT! You can check it out here. And, as added bonus, there's 31% off select MDS downloads and print products!

Here are a few reasons to stamp this month - as always, courtesy of Jane Hignite:

MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES

Admit You’re Happy Month

American Adventure Month

American Artist Appreciation Month

American History Essay Month

American Indian Heritage Month

Cataract Awareness Month

Celery, Fennel, and Cactus Month

Children’s Vision and Learning Month

Eye Injury Prevention Month

Family Fun Month

Foot Health Month

Get Ready for Kindergarten Month

Happiness Happens Month

Home Business Month

May Reading Be Your Haven Month

Medic Alert Month

Motorsports Awareness Month

Mushroom and Onion Month

National Catfish Month

National Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month

National Golf Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

National Inventors Month

National Minority Donor Awareness Month

National Pain Awareness Month

National Panini Month

National Picnic Month

National Peach Month

National Runaway Prevention Month

National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

National Truancy Prevention Month

National Water Quality Month

National Win With Civility Month

Neurosurgery Outreach Month

Orange and Papaya Month

Pedestrian Safety Month

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Romance Awareness Month

What Will Be Your Legacy Month

WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES

1st Week

International Clown Week

National Simplify Your Life Week

Rock for Life Week

2nd Week

Assistance Dog Week

Elvis Week

Exercise With Your Child Week

Exhibitor Appreciation Week

Hobo Week

International Clown Week

Knights of Columbus Family Week

National Apple Week

National Farmer’s Market Week

National Fraud Awareness Week

National Health Care Center Week

National Smile Week

Psychic Week

Single Working Women’s Week

Sturgis Rally

Thanks for All the Gifts Week

World Breastfeeding Week

3rd Week

Air-Conditioning Appreciation Week

American Dance Week

Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week

Little League Baseball World Series

National Aviation Week

National Friendship Week

National Resurrect Romance Month

National Scrabble Week

Weird Contest Week

World Money Week

4th Week

Minority Enterprise Development Week

National Bowling Week

National Waffle Week

5^th Week

Be Kind to Humankind Week

National Safe at Home Week

August 1st

Anne Frank’s Last Journal Entry (1944)

Francis Scott Key's Birthday (1779)

Gail Gibbons’ Birthday (1944)

Herman Melville’s Birthday(1891)

International Forgiveness Day

Jerry Garcia (1942)

Lughnasa

MTV Debuted (1981)

National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

Respect for Parents' Day

Spiderman Day

Sport's Day

Sweet Corn Day

Switzerland Founded (1291)

Watermelon Lovers Day

William Clark (1770)

Work Like a Dog Day

World Wide Web Day

US Air Force Day

Yves St. Laurent’s Birthday (1936)

August 2nd

Betsy Bloomingdale’s Birthday (1926)

First Income Tax-Congress enacts first income tax (1861)

First Lincoln Penny Issued (1909)

Isabel Allende’s Birthday (1942)

Laura Bennett's Birthday (1963) – Project Runway

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

National Ice Cream Soda Day

Official Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s Birthday (1754)

August 3rd

American Family Day

Anne Klein's Birthday (1923)

Braham Pie Day

Columbus Set Sail on His 1st Voyage (1492)

John Landis’ Birthday (1950)

Leon Uris’ Birthday (1924)

Martha Stewart’s Birthday (1941)

National Park Day

National Watermelon Day

Tony Bennett's Birthday (1926)

Victoria Jackson’s Birthday (1958)

August 4th

Champagne Day

Louis Armstrong’s Birthday (1901)

Louis Vuitton's Birthday (1821)

My Sister Margie Schiller’s Birthday

National Chocolate Chip Day

National Mustard Day

Percy Shelley’s Birthday (1792)

Queen Elizabeth I (1900)

Single Working Woman’s Day

Social Security Day

Twins Festival Day

U.S. Coast Guard Day (Established 1790)

August 5th

Assistance Dog Day

Friendship Day

Half of Summer Day

International Beer Day

John Huston's Birthday (1906)

Lunar Eclipse

Maureen McCormick’s Birthday (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!)

National Doll Day

National Kids Day

National Underwear Day

National Waffle Day

Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)

Sisters Day

Work Like a Dog Day

August 6th

Alfred Lord Tennyson's Birthday (1809)

Andy Warhol’s Birthday (1928)

Hiroshima Day

Lucille Ball’s Birthday (1911)

National Fresh Breath Day

Peace Day

Peter Bonerz’ Birthday (1938)

Root Beer Float Day

Wiggle Your Toes Day

August 7th

Betsy Byar’s Birthday (1928)

Garrison Keillor's Birthday (1942)

National Lighthouse Day

National Night Out

Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day

Professional Speakers Day

Purple Heart Established (1782)

Sea Serpent Day

Twins Day

August 8th

Admit You’re Happy Day

Assistance Dog Day

Bonza Bottler Day (eighth day of the eighth month)

Dave "the Edge Evans' Birthday (1961)

Dollar Day

Dustin Hoffman's Birthday (1937)

Eleanor Roosevelt Day

Esther Williams’ Birthday (1923)

Happiness Happens Day

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Birthday (1896)

Odie Day

Sneak Some Zucchini on Neighbor’s Porch Night

The Date to Create Day

August 9th

Betty Boop's Birthday (1930)

Book Lovers Day

Dance a Polka Day

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

John Dryden's Birthday (1631)

Michael Kors' Birthday (1959)

Nagasaki Day

National Rice Pudding Day

August 10th

Betsy Johnson’s Birthday (1942)

First Steam Locomotive

Herbert Hoover's Birthday (1874)

Lazy Day

National Duran Duran Appreciation Day

National S'Mores Day

Smithsonian Day

Take an Aspirin Day

August 11th

Alex Haley’s Birthday (1921)

Cherry Popsicle Day

Don Freeman’s Birthday (1908)

Ingersoll Day

Joe Jackson’s Birthday (1955)

Kool-Aid Day

National Garage Sale Day

Play in the Sand Day

Presidential Joke Day

Sons and Daughters Day

August 12th

Cecil B. DeMille’s Birthday (1881)

IBM PC Announced (1981)

International Youth Day

James (Diamond Jim) Brady's Birthday (1856)

Middle Children's Day

Sewing Machine Day

Truck Driver’s Day

UN International Youth Day

Vinyl Record Day

August 13th

Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday (1899)

Annie Oakley's Birthday (1860)

Blame Someone Else Day

Dan Fogelberg’s Birthday (1951)

Don Ho's Birthday (1930)

International Left-Handers Day

National Filet Mignon Day

Trail Mix Day

August 14th

Gary Larson’s Birthday (1950)

Healthy Feet Day

National Creamsicle Day

National Navajo Code Talkers Day

Sandcastle and Sculpture Day

Sarah Brightman's Birthday (1960)

Steve Martin's Birthday (1945)

VJ Day

August 15th

Angel Food Cake Day

Best Friends Day

Julia Child's Birthday (1912)

Napoleon Bonaparte's Birthday (1769)

National Failures Day

National Relaxation Day

Rose Marie’s Birthday (1925)

Sir Walter Scott’s Birthday (1771)

Tom Colicchio’s Birthday (1962)

August 16th

Bratwurst Festival Day

Chinese Valentine’s Day

Elvis Memorial Day

Joe Miller’s Joke Day

National Airborne Day

National Tell a Joke Day

Roller Coaster Day (Patented in 1898)

Sandcastle Day

Steve Carell's Birthday (1946)

T. E. Lawrence Birthday (1888)

Vanessa Carlton's Birthday (1980)

August 17th

#2 Pencil Day

Archeology Day

Belinda Carlisle's Birthday (1958)

Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)

First TransAtlantic Balloon Trip (1978)

Hug Your Boss Day

Maureen O’Hara’s Birthday (1920)

Men’s Grooming Day

National Thrift Shop Day

Robert DeNiro’s Birthday (1943)

Samuel Goldwyn’s Birthday (1882)

Watermelon Day

August 18th

Bad Poetry Day

Cupcake Day

International Geocaching Day

Mail Order Catalog Day

Max Factor's Birthday (1904)

Merriweather Lewis’ Birthday (1774)

Moot Point Day

National Personal Chef Day

19^th Amendment Ratified-Women’s Right to Vote (1920)

Paula Danzinger’s Birthday (1944)

Robert Redford’s Birthday (1937)

Serendipity Day

Wizard of Oz Premiered (1939)

World Daffodil Day

August 19th

Black Cow-Root Beer Float Anniversary Day

Coco Chanel’s Birthday (1883)

Kyra Sedgwick’s Birthday (1965)

Malcolm Forbes' Birthday (1919)

National Aviation Day

Ogden Nash’s Birthday (1902)

Orville Wright's Birthday (1871)

Peter Gallagher's Birthday (1955)

Potato Day

Spicy Food Day

Stay At Home With Your Kids Day

World Humanitarian Day

August 20th

Chinese Valentine's Day/Daughter's Day

Cupcake Day

Edgar Guest’s Birthday (1881)

International Homeless Animals Day

Joan Allen’s Birthday (1956)

National Men's Grooming Day

National Radio Day

Pony Express Day

Robert Plant's Birthday (1948)

Sandcastle and Sculpture Day

Virtual Worlds Day

August 21st

Count Basie's Birthday (1904)

Distilled Water Day

Dorothy Parker’s Birthday (1893)

Hawaii Becomes the 50^th State (1959)

National Spumoni Ice Cream Day

Poet’s Day

Senior Citizens Day

August 22nd

Annie Proulx's Birthday (1935)

Be An Angel Day

Claude Debussy’s Birthday (1862)

Eat a Peach Day

Giada de Laurentiis' Birthday (1970)

National Tooth Fairy Day

Norman Schwarzkopf's Birthday (1934)

Ray Bradbury’s Birthday (1920)

Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day

August 23rd

Gene Kelly's Birthday (1912)

Hair Dye Day

National Sponge Cake Day

Potato Feast Days

Ride the Wind Day

Valentino Day

August 24th

A S Byatt’s Birthday (1936)

Can Opener Day

Children’s Day

Knife Day

National Peach Pie Day

National Waffle Day

Pluto Demoted Day

Rupert Grint’s Birthday (1988)

Strange Music Day

Vesuvius Day

August 25th

Elvis Costello’s Birthday (1954)

Gene Simmons’ Birthday (1949)

International Bat Night

Kiss and Make Up Day

Leonard Bernstein’s Birthday (1918)

National Banana Split Day

National Second Hand Wardrobe Day

Rachel Ray’s Birthday (1968)

Sean Connery’s Birthday (1930)

Soybean Day

St. Bartholomew's Day

Tim Burton’s Birthday (1958)

August 26th

Albert Sabin’s Birthday (1906)

Christopher Isherwood’s Day (1904)

Horseshoe Day

Macaulay Culkin’s Birthday (1980)

National Cherry Popsicle Day

National Dog Day

Women's Equality Day

August 27th

Banana Lovers Day

Confucius’ Birthday (551 BC)

Global Forgiveness Day

Just Because Day

Mother Teresa's Birthday (1910)

Paul Reubens’ Birthday (1952)

Petroleum Day

The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day

August 28th

Crackers Over the Keyboard Day

Dream Day MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Birthday (1774)

Jack Black’s Birthday (1969)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Birthday (1749)

Leo Tolstoy’s Birthday (1828)

National Cherry Turnover Day

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day

Radio Commercials Day

Tall Building Day

Tasha Tudor’s Birthday (1915)

World Sauntering Day

August 29th

According to Hoyle Day

Charlie Bird Parker's Birthday (1920)

Chop Suey Invented (1896)

First Scout Camp Opened (1934)

Ingrid Bergman’s Birthday (1915)

International Day Against Nuclear Tests

John Locke’s Birthday (1632)

Lea Michele’s Birthday (1986)

Lemon Juice Day

More Herbs Less Salt Day

Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Birthday (1809)

Todd English’s Birthday (1960)

XIV Paralympic Games

August 30th

Frankenstein Day

Fred MacMurray’s Birthday (1908)

Geoffrey Beene's Birthday (1927)

Get a Slinky Day

Jean-Claude Kelly’s Birthday (1943)

Laurent de Brunhoff’s Birthday (1925)

Mary Shelley's Birthday (1797)

National Holistic Pet Day

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Slumber Party Night

Virginia Lee Burton’s Birthday (1909)

August 31st

Alan Jay Lerner's Birthday (1918)

Eat Outside Day

Itzhak Perlman's Birthday (1945)

Love Litigating Lawyers Day

Maria Montessori’s Birthday (1870)

National Trail Mix Day

Remember the Summer Day

Richard Gere’s Birthday (1949)

Van Morrison’s Birthday (1945)