Shade Late Birthday Card

A belated (thus the shade late post title) birthday card I sent out last month.

Super simple to make and easy to mail without requiring extra postage.

Thanks for looking =)

Sympathy Card

A very difficult card to make

for a friend that recently lost her

stepdaughter...............

All images (retired), ink and card stock

were from Stampin' Up!

Spellbinders die.

Christmas Town Digi Kit

There is a new Bits N Pieces digital kit in the store today at 

Scraps-N-Pieces.com !

It is called Christmas Town

and is created by JMC Designs.

I had fun playing with this one,

honestly I always enjoy coming up with digi or hybrid projects

with the terrific kits by Jodi. 

The first project is a simple facebook timeline cover.

I reduced kit elements in size and added a text box

over a background, easy !

The second is a printable card front that I love !

Cropping and reducing in size some of the elements,

adding my own text boxes and photo filling 

a shape to create the snow covered ground -

all easy enough to do with the My Memories 8 software.

I used this software to create all three of my projects.

 I'm entering my printable, all digital card front in the current challenge at

Digitally Sweet Challenges, 

A Digital Christmas Card.

The third is a scrapbook page.     

 I built a Christmas tree out of elements in the digi kit

plus a color filled shape from the software for the trunk.

 One of the ornaments is a photo of my cat

in our Christmas tree framed with a kit element.

Thanks for looking =) 

KIT CONTENTS:

Each portion of the kit is on sale for $1

through December 7th, 2016

Blog Hop, DT Call, Prizes!

Welcome to the 

House of Cards Blog Hop

and 

 Design Team Call

with prizes !

PLUS

I'm giving away a copy of the new

My Memories Suite 8 software!

This month is an inspiration photo challenge:

As part of the design team,

I worked with a digital stamp set

and a digital paper set from

one of the hop sponsors,

MHK Designs at etsy.com.

I created three projects for you to show the versatility 

of using digital stamps and print at home papers.

This first project used the digital papers

printed out onto white card stock then die cut

with a stocking die and assembled into a card.

A sentiment from the digital stamp set

was printed onto white card stock as well.

Below is the sheet I created with

the digital elements and 

using My Memories Suite software.

I then cut each section apart

and ran them through the stocking die.

This next card uses the wreath image 

from the digital stamp set,

but reduced in size to fit my card front.

I water colored the image with classic ink pads 

and a water pen. I printed the bow portion out 

a second time, trimmed, then adhered to the 

wreath base image. Tiny bits of red glitter

were added to the berries on the wreath, too.

Above is a closeup to show detail.

I also cut smaller pieces of card stock,

adding sponging and doodling to create

the illusion of panels on a door.

Below is a sentiment from the set,

increased in size, and printed inside the card.

NOTE: many digital elements can not be increased in size

without losing their quality. I did a test print of the sentiment

and it didn't look bad ( there was a pop up in my program 

telling me there could be a problem). It turned out

just fine inside my card. 

The last project is a 100% digital project,

using My Memories Suite software. 

It is a printable card front.

I did attempt to color the wreath image digitally, too. 

It is meant to give you an idea that you can create 

your own photo cards to either print at home

or send out to have done. 

The digital kits I worked with from MHK Designs:

Yes, it is a gardening set,

but the bright colors worked with the

challenge inspiration photo ;)

Now for the info on entering to win a copy of the My Memories Suite 8 software, a $39.99 value:
If you'd like to enter for a chance to win a copy of the software, you'll need to leave a comment letting me know you'd like to enter a copy of MMS8. You will need to provide your email so I can have the prize redemption code sent to you. The prize is a digital download. One winner will be randomly drawn on December 15th from those providing their email along with a comment asking to be entered. 

Be sure to stop by the rest of the design team blogs
 for lots of great ideas
as well as the House Of Cards blog
for DT and prize info!

Mynn | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather | Jane | Judy 

Karen | Katarina | Katy | Leslie | Linda | Merethe

Michele | Paula | Rocky | Rosi | Ruza

Shawna | Shirley | Steph | Sue N. | Susan | Tina | Toni

Thanks for looking
and
Happy Holidays !


I'm entering my cards in the MHK Designs challenge.

Snowflake Season Scrapbook Pages

December First - time for a new challenge at

  Love To Craft Challenge Blog !

I'm sharing a set of paper crafted scrap book pages

for my design team project this month.

They were a kit I bought quite some time ago,

but hadn't put together until now. 

I'm sure many of you can relate, wink ;)

The  challenge runs all month long

and is open to family friendly craft projects.

There is no theme

so feel free to share whatever crafty project

you are working on this month !

Take a moment to visit the blog

to see the rest of the design teams inspiring projects.

Thanks for looking 

and 

Happy Holidays ! 

Glittery Snowflake Ornament Card

What a glittery fun mess I made creating this card !      

The front layered snowflake  piece is actually a removable ornament.

I'm not so sure I like having a craft room

upstairs by my bedroom now after the mess I made ;)

It was nice keeping glitter and such more or less contained

to the old basement craft room before ! 

Card details:

Lightly textured red card stock, unknown,

was run through a polka dots Texturz plate (SU!).

I ran Diamond Stickles along the edges, 

but it didn't look right so I sprinkled on silver glitter.

Unfortunately the thin line of Stickles was drying quickly

so the silver glitter didn't adhere very well. 

Snowflake die, glitter paper, sentiment stamp and Real Red ink,

Stampin' Up!

Circle Spellbinders dies.

Cuttlebug paper medallion die.

White card stock, light weight red paper.

Banner was hand cut and edged with Diamond Stickles.

Thin silver elastic cord scrap from my stash, unknown. 

I die cut another snowflake from very thin cardboard

and glued it the the back of the glittery die cut snowflake,

sandwiching the ends of the silver cord between. 

The cardinal in snow covered trees image is 

actually a photograph that I took.

The finished card size is 5"x 5".

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - glitter

Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

Crafting by Designs - get ready for Christmas

CraftyHazelNuts Christmas Challenge Extra - anything goes

EDITED TO ADD DECEMBER 7th, 2016:
My card was an honorable mention at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Thinking of You Fall Card

This lovely rubber stamp image was a gift 

from a long time "pen pal". 

It is #80251 When Autumn Comes

from Stamps Happen, Inc.

I stamped it twice,

once on the card front and 

the second time on a scrap of card stock.

The base image on the card was colored

to resemble summer with green trees.

The trimmed second image was colored with

fall colors and mounted to the base

on a piece of cardboard cut to fit. 

Thanks for looking =) 

My Memories Suite 8 Is Here !

I'm excited to announce the release of My Memories Suite Version 8 Software today !
I can't wait to get my copy downloaded, installed then play with it so I can tell you more about it !

My Memories is a versatile digital scrapbooking program available for Windows and Mac computers. You can do more with it than make scrapbook pages. Click on the My Memories Suite label on the left side bar of my blog to see projects I've made with it. I've done various printables, card fronts, facebook timeline covers , stationery, bookmarks, assorted size scrapbook pages and more. It is a fun and easy to use program. 

What's New you ask ? Check it out !
Note: There will be a pdf file of what's new available here. The information below was copied from the MMS web site.

New commercial and personal use Content for My Memories Suite 8:      150 New Backgrounds      400 New Embellishments      3 Calendar Templates      6 Greeting Card Templates      3 Photobook Templates      6 Postcard Templates      3 Swatchbook Templates

	Changeable User Interface: Light, Medium, Dark
	Fade Edges Option for Embellishments and Imprints
	Convert Text to Shape
	AutoBuild Album from Folder of Images
	2X Page Thumbnails, Galleries and Content Dialogs
	Auto Caption Images with File Names
	Group and Select Multiple Items from Layers Panel
	Add PDF Files as Images to Albums
	32bit Windows Support
	Free 6” x 6” Softcover 26 Page Photobook *You Only Pay Shipping & Handling*

System Requirements:
Windows 7, 8, or 10
Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later
Install size: 2.5GB

The versatile digital scrapbooking program My Memories Suite is just $19.99 for a digital download through November 28th ! 

US residents can have a disc shipped for $23.99 (through November 28th) plus shipping and handling.

There is also a free trial option!  You are unable to export and print in the trial version though.

CLICK MY AFFILIATE LINK IN THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE BAR of my blog to buy the software now (or get a free trial). Be sure to type in STMMMS23251 in the Promo Code section. NOTE: The $10 discount offer is not valid on the sale prices this weekend. You will still receive the 6x6 photo book offer and code for your first month free to the Design Club. 

Happy Thanksgiving !

Give Thanks Card

Happy Thanksgiving !