Stamp with Heather

My Digital Studio ... Beach Babe

It's Saturday night and boy did we have a fun and busy day!!!!  I hosted a demonstrator event today and I had an AMAZING time!  Thank you to each of you that gave up your Saturday to spend it with me:)  Thank you!  I'll post more details tomorrow, but for now I wanted to share a page I made tonight.

The thing I LOVE about this page is that you can duplicate this in "paper mode" or on My Digital Studio!  Isn't that fun!?!?!  

This Nursery DSP is retiring in "real life" (in other words, in the Designer Series Paper) but remember you never run out and nothing retires in My Digital Studio!!!

Hope you like the page and I'll be back in the morning (I may just have to sleep in...or maybe I have to let Adam sleep in tomorrow as a thanks for driving me my cord yesterday to my event that I forgot:)

Have a great rest of your night!

Hugs!

Heather

that FACE is IRRESISTIBLE

Just a quick post for you:)  I did this page today and thought I'd share it with you tonight:) I think this has to be one of my favourite pages I've ever made:)  It makes me happy!

Here are the elements on this page:

• Downtown Grunge DSP
• Downtown Grunge Frames
• Friend by Definition Stamp
• Presto Patterns Overlay
• Alphabet Punch
• Rough Type Stamp Set
• Crumb Cake Brads
• Torn Edges Stamp Set

Thanks for stopping by!!!  See you in the morning:)

Heather

My Digital Studio ... The Best Time

Happy Wednesday to you!  Mid week already!  So let me start by asking....DID YOU CHECK OUT THE MDS DOWNLOADS YET?!?!?!  WOW, Stampin' Up! has outdone themselves this week!  CLICK HERE to check them out!  

NOTE FOR ALL DEMOS COMING ON SATURDAY: if you are not on the Yahoo group (and I know a few of you are not) please email me as you need to print off the class instructions before coming!  Thanks so much!

Sorry, back to my page.  I love this photo!  It's from Emma's birthday and it's our "local" and closest cousins.  We really are lucky to have Adam's sister so close to us.  Emma and Monica are only a year apart and are wonderful friends.  Matt and Karen are amazing with all the kids...so we really are lucky!

We didn't "plan" this photo and they were all pretty colourful which made it tough to scrapbook, so I changed the photo to Sepia and used it with the Downtown Grunge download (I'm getting lots of use from this download!)  I just made the picture measure 6 x 12, added the title, used a few stamps with opacity of 40% and a little journaling.  Again, another quick page, but I'm thrilled with the final look!  Hope you are too!!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Downtown Grunge

I have been feeling a little behind in my MDSing lately (although I've been doing a TON of it!!!!)  I finished my Alaska book and got it sent off during the 30% off sale (thank you SU!!!!)  I'm super excited to get this and check it out!  I'll share more pages (not to worry:)

In the meantime, I've wanted to do a little catch up on the past few months of things I haven't scrapped.  These photos are from Emma's birthday gathering....notice there isn't a cake?  She wanted a big cookie instead:)

This page was created using the Downtown Grunge kit and template and then I added the photo on the right, changed a journal box to DSP, added my own title and journaling and VOILA I have a page....under 15 minutes!!!  How fun is that???

Thanks for stopping by (again) today:)

See you tomorrow!

Heather

My Digital Studio ... not even TWO

What is the world coming to?  Two posts in one day!!!  It's been a while for that one:)  BUT I've been having fun doing a little MDSing before bed so I thought I'd share a page with you this afternoon.

It's funny that this page is so "simple" yet took me a while to create.  The "not even" and the "and you can turn on the tears" are done using the rough type alphabet stamp set.  The word "two" is from the Top 10 download.  I then just changed the opacity of the title as it worked it's way down the page.

Thanks for stopping by today!  (again!)  See you in the morning:)

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Fair Time Fun!

Happy Monday to you!!!  To my fellow Canadians I hope you are enjoying a wonderful LONG weekend!!!  I'm sure Adam is having a blast at home with the boys and Emma:)  Today we are off to Juneau Alaska...how fun does that sound?  We don't have any excursions planned, but are excited to explore and see what there is to see!  Will keep you posted!

Today's page was inspired by one in a Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.  I used another one of my all time favourite papers....Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper!  I love these colours!  I used the label punch, stretched it to fill the back of my page and then covered half of it with a Whisper White rectangle.  THEN I used the torn edge along the edge of the label so it looked like a torn label background layer!  Fun, eh? (almost as fun as Mark's big huge corn dog!)

I hope you have a great day!!!!  Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Detroit Zoo

Well, we are officially here in Seattle!  Mark and I had a safe journey yesterday and are anxiously awaiting climbing aboard our ship!  I can't believe this excursion is already here and I am so excited to share it with Mark!  (I think he's sortof excited too!)  I'll have some scrapbook pages (shocker, I know!) on how we spent our time in Seattle yesterday coming up, but in the meantime, here's another page from 2009.

Today's page uses one of my favourite Designer Series Paper Stampin' Up! has carried (Urban Garden).  It was a Designer Series Paper from I think two catalogues ago, but the GREAT thing about My Digital Studio is it is still current....I can still use it AND it will NEVER run out!!!

To create this page, I just kept adding layers of DSP to the page and then sortof "smattered" on my photos.  I didn't need much journaling and I just added the little greenery on the bottom and voila:)  The title is from the Thoughtful Overlays stamp set as well.

Thanks for stopping by this morning!!!  I'll keep you posted!  Thanks for ALL YOU DO and making my Stampin' Up! dream a reality!

Take care,

Heather

 

My Digital Studio....Crazy Hair

That's the story of my life!  Crazy Hair!!!  I wish I were a wash and go girl, but I am SO NOT!  This is why though we have the ponytail, right?  ANYHOW, I hope you had a great weekend!  We sure did!  Emma and I spent the weekend in Niagara with my sister-in-law and my niece at a cheer competition!  It was GREAT and you'll be seeing the MDS pages up soon enough:)  Adam and the boys drove up to watch on Sunday which was great!  And now, the week has begun and the "to do" list (or in my case, back to reality list!) has to be tackled!!!!

I love these photos of Emma and Mark from 2008!  Can you believe it!!!  THREE YEARS AGO!  They look so little, and they are actually touching one another in a kind almost loving manner!  WOW!

These colours and embellishments sure make me happy!  The majority of the embellishments and DSP is from the Summer Mini catalogue level one hostess set!  Aren't they fun!!!!  If you'd like to earn one of these disks free, I'd love to work together with you to have your own workshop which is a super fun night out for you and your friends and in the meantime...you'll get free stamping goods!!!!  How fun!  Please contact me if you're interested!!!  Alrighty, off to start the day!!!  I hope you enjoy yours!!!!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... The Big Hunt

Wednesday already!  Wow!  Some of you may have a little sneak peek at this one last week (oops) but now I can share it as Stampin' Up! released their new downloads yesterday!  There are some super fun ones (LOVE Travel Log and of course this Simply Scrappin Kit!).  CLICK HERE to see this week's downloads.

This kit comes with the fun DSP I used in the background, border strips, embellishments and so much more!  The only thing on this page that didn't some in the kit is the little flag punch I have tucked in behind Cole and the journaling.

I appreciate your stopping by today!!!  I hope you have a great Wednesday!  I've got club today...can't wait!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Happy Mother's Day!

I couldn't help myself this morning.   I was checking out the MDS site and saw THIS page and I just HAD to case it!  Leah is a super talented MDSer and I love her style!  So, here you have it!  This is our morning adventure to Sharon Creek on Mother's Day!  It was absolutely perfect, except that Mark wasn't with us (he wasn't home yet).  He had such a good weekend that it was worth it, but would have been great to have him with us too!

To create the background, I used two different Hip and Handsome overlays (same as Leah did).  One is in Night of Navy, the other is in Whisper White with opacity of 40%.  Then the photos are all done inside a punch (rounded square and circles).  There are a variety of embellishments on this page as well....brads, stitching, buttons, flag punch.....

I hope you like the page....you have Leah to thank:)  Have a wonderfully sunny day!!!  (finishing up some work here this morning then maybe there will be time for a good play outside:)

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... My Knight in Shining Armour

(or Christmas flannel!)  Isn't he a handsome knight!!!  I just LOVE the photo of Cole.  This is him....jammie loving, two soothers at all times, little ball of goofiness!  This page is beyond simple to put together.....three square punches filled with DSP or colour, a scalloped edge and a few photos!  

I hope you like it!  Are you enjoying the May specials Stampin' Up! has to share!  Aren't they GREAT!  I am MDSing like a mad woman so I can get my albums done this month and printed at 30% off!!!  WHOO HOOOO!!!!!

If you stopped by earlier, that blog post will return at a later date:)  Ooops:)

Have a wonderfully sunny day!  We're off to the park...can't wait!

Heather

(Cindy vanOorschot if you read this can you please email me at adamsum@yahoo.com....I received your cheque but can't seem to find your email to send you some information:)

 

Look Familiar?

Well, when I headed over to the Stampin' Up! website to see what downloads were available for today I was a happy girl!!!!  Love the Blossom punch, the Bakers Twine and of course my all time favourite DSP....Maine Blueberry, oh and the Good Morning Sunshine DSP, oh and one last WHOO HOO....the coupon book and the corresponding embellishments!!!!  I am one happy girl!  So, as soon as I downloaded the punch I wanted make a page inspired by today's card.  What do you think????

Do you see the sweet little bow on the page?  That's the Baker's Twine....LOVE IT!!!

CLICK HERE if you want to check out the latest in Digital Downloads!  Today is a perfect MDS day....miserable, cold and wet:) (but spring is coming:)

Thanks for stopping by!

Heather

I am a bit of a tease....I know!

I'm not done my room BUT I am DONE MY TAXES!!!!  YAY!!!!  I paid the bill last night around midnight....that's like a whole 24 hours before it was due....lots of time!  Every year I say, I'll do them earlier, I'll be more diligent throughout the year and yes, it's April 29th!  That's okay though they are done!

So, needless to say my room isn't quite finished and I really want to show you all the great advice that I received from others that I am implementing in my room and some will take a little bit of time (like waiting for my Big Shot boxes to come from SU....I may skip waiting for these and video before that!)  

ANYHOW, I found this super cute tin bucket at Winners the other day...isn't it sweet!  It was about $12 and is huge!  I knew it would match my craft room (I'm going with Pear Pizzazz and Baja Breeze) so it was PERFECT!  I wasn't 100% sure what I was going to store in the bin, but once home I realized my magazines and inspiration books would be love a new comfy home....so voila!  Organized, out of the way and cute...who can ask for more!  AND, I've promised myself (I'll do my best) that when I get a new magazine...an old one should get passed along to a fellow crafter!  That only makes sense, right?  Encourage me here:)

So I haven't picked up a stamp in over a week (hence all the MDS pages!) BUT I will have some in the very near future as it's Adam's birthday today and also I've got my "to do list" and on there are cards!  SO, not to sorry I'll have some cards on here soon:)  In the meantime, here's a little MDS (I do this for a few minutes each night before bed...so relaxing....love it!)  This is my little Cole on Easter (check out the bow tie:)  He truly is a ham (and getting really loud!)

Thanks for stopping in today and I'll check back with you soon!

Take care,

Heather

OH YEAH....today is the LAST day to order from the Spring mini so if you need ANYTHING I have my final order going in tonight around 10 pm:)  OR CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR ORDER

The "other" page

You guys sure have made my day!  It was so nice of you to comment on my blog post and email me personally about the May Scrapbooking ad for Stampin' Up!  I was asked a while back to design a few pages that they could use in their ad!  I had no idea until this morning which one they selected or how it would be used!  I am amazed at the number of people that recognized Emma as the little gem in the scrapbook page:)  She'll be thrilled when she gets home from school!

Stampin' Up! was very specific in terms of what products could be used (you'll see they correspond with the bundles they are offering....which are a SUPER WOW!!!!) and also the colour palette.  So once I had all the "elements" checked off my list for being used and checked out the corresponding embellishments with the colour palette given I was off:)  So, here is the second 5x5 page that I had created for them.  (I know, some of you are probably thinking....hey, she has four kids and only three were used!)  It had nothing to do with a "love more" or a "love less" just what photos I had to match:)

Thanks for stopping by again today:)  I'll "see" you in the morning:)

Heather

I'm so HAPPY!!!

Happy Thursday to you!  I have decided why my craft room is getting done so quickly....I'm avoiding the DREADED taxes!  I haven't done mine yet....hmmm, I have a few days, right?  UGH!  Anyhow....I thought I'd update you with a sneak peek!  I am LOVING my new ribbon storage!  I had a great ribbon rack (that my downline's husband made!).  It truly is a beautiful piece of furniture, but I go through ribbon so quickly with classes that it was a real pain to replace my ribbon on the dowels.  I knew I needed something quick and pretty.....so I'm using the photo shelves from IKEA for my ribbon!!!!  HOW FUN IS THIS!?!?!?  These sweet racks are only $15 and are about 3 1/2 feet long I think.  

What I find funny about these and having my ribbon organized is how many rolls I've double, tripled and even more.....ordered!  Apparently I LOVE Melon Mambo Polka Dotted Ribbon and Pretty In Pink Taffeta Ribbon!  My top shelf are the retired ribbons (and I sorted them by colour).  The other two racks are all current and I sorted them by type then colour....aren' they pretty???  I can't wait to just sit at my desk and stare at them!  Hey, for those of you that have been in my room before too, you'll notice the room is painted:)  Three of the walls are Baja Breeze!  I went to the paint store and they matched the colour to my card stock!  YAY!

My latest little "stumble" is a desktop.  I'm thinking an IKEA run might be in order, but maybe there are desktop options that are more local???  Any ideas?  You guys have been amazingly helpful and I have you to thank!!!!  Thank you so much!  Please feel free to read the comments over the last few days there are amazing ideas!

This is ONE of my MANY Easter pages I've done.  You can see my kids and the other three are my nieces and my nephew.  Without ANY planning everyone showed up in purple!  I love it!  So of course I had to take a million photos.  Cole wasn't in the "mood" for a photo shoot, but the others did a great job!  It's tough to see but Cole has a little bow tie on:)  SO adorable!  I'll have more pages and photos for you to see!  I This page was inspired by one in my Scrapbooks Etc. Magazine.  Hope you like it! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and again for ALL the amazing suggestions and ideas!!!  I'll check back soon!

Take care,

Heather

Here is the link for the IKEA shelf:) Thanks for all the kind words!

 

Happy Easter!

I can't believe I didn't have any Easter projects to share with you this year on my blog...I have to admit it, I didn't get much done:(  But that's okay...there is always next year!

In the meantime, just a little Easter greeting for you!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... are you getting sick of my pages yet?

Tough!  Kidding!  I actually have a ton of stamped projects to share with you but I haven't taken the photos yet.  It's on my "to do" list for today!  So I may just be back this afternoon with a stamped project for you too!

This is a actually part of a double page spread I made of my mom's birthday from 2009.  When we host her birthday we do a lot of stamped projects and decorations.  For this particular year, we used the Beautiful Butterflies Die and everything was to this theme.  We even made cookies with the butterflies on them:)  Super fun!

So of course I had to tie my scrapbook page into the colours and theme....how easy was that!?!?!  And this is what I ended up with!  I hope you like it!

I have had a few questions about fonts lately so I thought I'd address it now.  In looking at my pages I most often use a font for my titles opposed to an alphabet stamp set.  Now in saying that, I really do enjoy the Calendar Alphabet download for MDS as the letters are my "style" and are large so you can use them at the size they come or smaller.  Hope this helps!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Sink Time and Nature Walk

Happy Good Friday to you!  We are off to a wonderfully lazy start to our day!  We had a late night of making cake pops with friends so this morning is starting off slow:)  

I've been MDSing (it is now an official verb!) my 2009 book.....my goal is to be done it by the end of the month so I can print it cheaper next month (remember, it's on sale....all the scrapbooking deals and sales will be revealed on May 1st:)

This is a page from the cottage.  I'll be sad the day I no longer have any children that take their bath in the kitchen sink (can't even think that far ahead!)  I have photos of Emma and Mark in the same sink and really think I should do a page of all four kids in the sink at the same age....that'd be cute, don't you think?

This page uses the Vintage Overlays in Very Vanilla.  I used Soft Suede on the top half and Early Espresso on the bottom.  The page actually came together quite quickly, I think picking my font took the longest time:)

Today's card is a sad one....this set retires in about a week!  I love the set Nature's Walk and the matching DSP.  I didn't use it until recently and now......it'll be gone:)  This was a simple easel card with some collage stamping.

I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend....or at least a weekend full of fun and family!

Take care,

Heather

 

Fox and Friends and a little more My Digital Studio

Happy Thursday to you!  I hope you have been having a great week!  I am excited....no more lunches this week and a four day weekend!  Can it get any better than that?

This super sweet card was made by my friend Sonia for Nathan's birthday.  I just LOVE this little monkey!  Sonia cut out all the heads and popped them up...isn't it adorable?  I love that the card is a different dimension than the standard....I need to do this more often!  Thanks Sonia!

And today's MDS page came together super quick!  I am still plugging away at my 2009 book.  I really want to get this done by May so I can take total advantage of the SU scrapbooking deals in the month of May (30% off MDS books..... WHOO HOOO!!!!)

This page uses two of the downloads from this week - Urban Garden DSP and the Rooftop Embellishments.  This page literally took minutes to put together and I'm thrilled with the outcome!

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio .... Water Baby and a Message for Mom

Happy Wednesday to you!  YAY, only one more lunch to pack this week!  Today is a fun and busy day around here AND to make it even better, it's my sister-in-law's birthday!  Happy Birthday Sandra!  Hope you have a great day!!!

Today's MDS page was super quick and fun to make.  I started with an oval punch and made it REALLY big....larger than the 12 x 12 page.  Then I filled it with a photo and reduced the size of the photo (to the one on the left).  I then copied the oval and pasted in place.  I added the second photo, reduced the size and perfected the location to be beside the first photo.  I repeated this process with the third photo as well.  After all the photos were in the oval, they had their normal "straight" tops.  So I made another oval slightly larger than my first filled it in white and used it to create the fun "swoosh" on the top of the pictures!  Fun hey!?!?!  The blue and white swirls are from the stamp set Notes & Details.  Hope you like it!

Today's card is one that Emma made 99% on her own (I had 100% here and she kindly corrected me to say that I cut the one edge of her coloured layer card stock for her:) Emma made this card for my mom, "just because".  Didn't she do an amazing job?!?!  Emma stamped the flower image from the stamp set Messages for Mom on watercolour paper.  She then coloured the flower with markers and an aqua painter.  Didn't she do a great job?

Well, off to start our day!!!  Have a good one!

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... Too excited to not share!

Happy LATE night to you (or early morning....or really whenever you check out my blog:)  I am so stinkin excited to share this with you that I am doing this page at midnight (after my club....great night, thanks ladies!)  My friend Marjorie emailed me a link to a wonderful demonstrator's blog (Janet Wakeland!)  She is a Stampin' Up! legend as she has been a demonstrator for a very long time and from when we have spoken (and hiked together) makes a lot of sense and is a very generous soul!  SO, she has a great video on her blog if you don't understand my written instructions for you to check out (CLICK HERE).

In the meantime, I know, spill the beans!!!!  GUESS WHAT....you can change the colour of all our embellishments in MDS!  How nuts is that (and truly why didn't we figure this out sooner!)  Here's how:

• find your My Digital Studio folder on your computer (the folder where the "actual" program and all it's components are)
• after clicking on the MDS folder, select COMPONENTS
• select EMBELLISHMENTS
• highlight the folder you'd like to be able to manipulate (ex. staples and stitching)
• COPY this folder (DO NOT CUT!)  You can copy this folder by right clicking on your mouse OR use the edit function at the top of the screen
• go back to the COMPONENTS folder and select STAMPS
• paste the folder into the stamp folder and voila.....you now have embellishments you can change the colour of!!!!

A couple things worth noting is that if you alter the colour of an embellishment with a "shine" (ex. brads, hodgepodge hardware) you lose the shine of the metal when you change the colour.  I have to say I was most exited about changing the colour of our stitching!!!  WHOO HOOO!!!

If you click on this page of Mark, you'll see that my hodgepodge hardware not only is a colour BUT I could colour change to match Mark's shorts!!!  AND check out my stitching.....it's GREEN!  How fun is that!?!?!  I am SO EXCITED!!!!  I hope you are too!!!

Have a great day!  Check back this afternoon and I'll have my fifth card for my Strength and Hope class!  Thanks for stopping by!

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Feeding Chippy

I've been having too much fun MDSing lately!  Emma is an AVID Harry Potter fan (most of Emma's friends are in LOVE with Justin Beiber, Emma is in LOVE with Harry Potter!)  So, we went out last night and bought the newest Harry Potter (that she and Adam watched on opening night in the theatres:) and we watched it together.  And of course while we watch a movie....I get to MDS!  We all end up happy this way!

This is the latest page that I have made.  I was inspired by a page I saw on the internet (and can't remember where....I'm so sorry!)  It was a pirate page and truly in the end doesn't look the same, but there is always a springboard of inspiration:)

The circle in the background has a mat in Early Espresso size 20.  Then I made little rectangle punches and filled them with Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Pear Pizazz and Marina Mist.  Some are plain colours, others are DSP....fun eh!  It did take me a while, but I think it was worth it!  I love all the flower embellishments and the fun colours!  I hope you like today's page!

Thanks for checking out my blog today....have a great afternoon!

Take care,

Heather

 

My Digital Studio ... Those Eyes

Happy Friday Afternoon...I know, two posts in one day!  What is this craziness about!?!?  Actually I did this page last night of my little Cole and meant to post it but forgot....so here goes....two in one day!

It is actually a very simple page and I love it!  It uses the new Tickets and Tokens download that came available on Tuesday....love the colours...Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Early Expresso and Pumpkin Pie!  YUMMY!  The border and DSP on this page are some of the elements.

I made the owl using the owl punch and then layered a few of the scallop circles on top to make him my fluffy little owl.

Thanks already to those that have signed up for my Strength and Hope class!  I can't wait!  Enjoy your day,

Heather

My Digital Studio Strikes Again!

Happy Wednesday to You!  It's middle of the week!  So excited!  I am also LOVING the fact that we have sunshine!  Nathan has been outside ALL day....I mean ALL day since the weekend!  After running errands yesterday I took Nathan and Cole to the park for a change in pace (you know....not strapped in their car seats doing errands!)  

I had this page idea in my mind for a few days and today's photos seemed to be the right match!  I love the simplicity and the colours on this!  I included a coordinating embellishment on each square just to add a little "pop".  The stamps are from the Nursery Alphabet Images set (LOVE LOVE LOVE this set!)  The colours on this page are Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Pacific Point.  

The stitching on the squares if from the Rock-a-Bye Baby scrappin kit (you all own it....it came with the program!)  Check it out under frames....so cute and I didn't even realize I had this!!!!  

Again, it's a simple page, but I think effective!  Hope you like it!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio .... with a video function!

OK...breath...breath!  I am so excited to share with you today something I was playing with on the weekend!  I would have posted before now but I can't figure out how to show you "live" how this function works so I simply did a screen capture video.

So, what is all the excitement about?  Why is Heather off her rocker (yes, lack of sleep BUT also super excited!)  When I purchased MDS I always saw the interactive feature and always thought it looked fun and I'd "get to it later".  Well, later has happened and boy am I excited!

I made this page (cute, eh?) of Cole this past weekend and while snapping photos I also took some video.  SO, I thought....."Wouldn't it be nice to have the video somehow with the photos?"  And then it hit me....I can, I can!  So, that's what I did!  I made my page, clicked the "add video" button, imported the video and VOILA!  That easy!  (for those of you that have done this.....bear with me and pretend to be excited....for those that haven't JUST THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES!)

Here's one scenario:

• make and print my usual 12x12 family album through Stampin' Up! (yummy on it's own!)
• burn a DVD of the interactive project which means I'll have a CD with all my pages on it AND the videos attached
• create a little pocket in the back of my scrapbook and now I have my videos and photos all in one place organized in time and between the scrapbook page and video it's COMPLETE....
• are you starting to feel the excitement and possibilities here!?!?!?
• (can you imagine this little disk inserted in a Christmas card....a year in review of your family with photos, text and videos!!!!  SO STINKIN EXITED....I promise not to bore all of you with this for Christmas...probably just my mom:)

Check out the video down below...it shows you a screen capture of this function in action!  Have fun with this and please share your amazing ideas....this is how we all learn!

So one last thing for today.  If you're on the fence about My Digital Studio....allow me to push you over!!!  If you are Canadian and interested in taking the plunge I have a THREE DAY OFFER.  This expires on Thursday at 5 pm.  Here's what you'll receive:

• My Digital Studio
• my Simply MDS class burned onto a DVD that includes 20+ how to videos on the nuts and bolts of the program
• not one BUT TWO Sale-a-bration stamp sets of your choice PLUS (yes, I said PLUS!) the My Digital Studio Sale-a-bration disk (so that's a total of THREE Sale-a-bration items for you!!!!)
• And, want to know the best part....no shipping or taxes!  So all of this can be yours for only $106.95!!!!  You'll love the investment and have so much fun!!!!

If you are interested, please email me at adamsum@yahoo.com

I hope you have a wonderful day, I know I will!!!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio .... Great Things about Turning Four

Can you believe it....Nathan is FOUR today!  I can't believe it!  I started my blog the January before I had Nathan so his life has been journaled through my blog over these past four years.  So for those of you that have been on board for some or all of that time, you've seen my little monkey grow.  We are so lucky to have him in our life and for the wonderful boy that he is!  He adds a spark to our family and are so glad he is who he is!

This page is done with the amazing Sale-a-bration MDS disk!  This is THE BEST deal from the Sale-a-bration brochure!  It has EVERYTHING on the disk that you can get for "real"!  It's great!  I used the NOTES section of the MDS....it's the "blackboard" and the swirl.  The rest I did using text boxes.  

I hope you like today's page (sorry it's so late...the "party" went a little later than expected....Nathan was far too excited to sleep!!!)  Remember that you only have 12 more days of Sale-a-bration to either join the Stampin' Up! family or get your free product!  Please contact me if you need any assistance!  

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio....Father's Day

Happy Tuesday!  I have a few pages from My Digital Studio to share with you today!  For those of you that follow my blog, I set a goal to "back track" on my scrapbooking and to scrapbook 2009 so that's where these pages are from:)  I've been pretty good about getting some of these pages done!

This is Father's Day.  I love the tie that Emma made for Adam at school.  It is so sweet!  The best part is not only do we have the "original" but if anything ever happens to it, we always have photos!  This page is VERY simple really showcases the photos.

This second page has a few more details on it.  Mark made Adam a checker board for Fathers Day.  He used the All in the Family stamp set on the checkers (the red were Mark and the Black were Adam).  It was very cute.  He also made him a matching card as you can see on the MDS page.  I love that I have the matching DSP in MDS as I did in "real" life on the projects that Mark made!

I hope you're having a great day and I'll see you back again tomorrow!

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio Card .... Happy Birthday Mom!

Yippeeeee it's Friday!  We've got a busy weekend ahead (cheer competition both days!) BUT at least we can sleep in tomorrow.  I'm a happy mom!

Today's card is from a few weeks ago at my mom's birthday!  It's hard (no that's not true...) I make it hard, to WOW my mom with a card.  You've seen her creations, they are AMAZING!  So I decided I"d make her a card in MDS, print it off and make it a hybrid!  Now, I'm not sure this is an amazing card by any stretch, but because my mom is still learning the ropes of MDS, she was wowed.

This card uses the Leadership DSP....I LOVE IT (so much more than Leadership).  Like I've said before the +ONE is perfect for birthdays!

This also uses the pennant stamp set (or Celebrations) to make the banner on the top corner.  It's tough to see here, but the decorative label is popped up and then I added a few glimmer brads.

I hope you like the card (sorry, not the best photo:)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Our Sweet Little Nathan

Good morning to you!  I hope you've had a great start to your week!  We had a fun day yesterday with an awards assembly at school in the morning, hanging out with my boys and then last night I had a great workshop!  Thanks ladies!

I had fun making this page of my little munchkin.  These photos are from a year and a half ago....how he has grown.  I was in a writing mood so I wanted to create a page with a fair amount of journaling. 

The title on this page was just colour matched to the water.  I'm really happy with the simplicity of this page.....I'd love to see you CASE it and link here!  It's a fun way to share!

Have a great day...I may be back this afternoon....it'll depend, I've got an extra boy today so I may be exhausted:)

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... adventure

I hope you are having a GREAT weekend!  Ours has been busy....shocker, I know!  The kids have had "friend time", practices, homework and so much more!  It just seems sometimes things just don't slow down:)

I'm pretty excited about this page!  I think it's the colours that make me happy....Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black.  Not something I would have originally thought of but it just sortof fell into it.

I really like how I did my title. I used the brackets and title from the Thoughtful Overlays.  Then I added my own text behind the title to just add some interest to the title.  Then I used the same font in the journaling and created the black text boxes for my "story".  

The tags on the top left are the new download Tag 3 I think with a little stitching and a brad.

I hope you like the page.  Thank you so much for checking out my post today!  Have a wonderful day!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... Those Eyes

When I got my Stampin' Success (a demonstrator only magazine we get each month....super fun perk to being a demonstrator!) I fell in love with a scrapbook page layout!  I originally thought I was going to case it exactly (as MDS has all of the options) but as I got creating, I changed up the colours....but kept the layout.

I love the simplicity of this page!  I used Baja Breeze as the background colour.  I then used the stamp (Day of Gratitude) in Whisper White and changed the opacity to 20%.  I used the Nursery DSP below the photo and a Nursery Border under the photo.  

I just LOVE this photo of Cole!  It melts my heart his big blue eyes and dragging around his blanket behind him.  It makes me happy:)

I hope you have a great day!  I've got a stamped creation for you this afternoon:)

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... Colouring Eggs

This page was a ton of fun to put together!  It was super quick as there really aren't that many elements to this page.  The only thing that took some time was lining up the brads.

I love the colours on this page.  The background is Kraft (Crumb Cake) and then I used Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin PIe, Tangerine Tango and Real Red.  I matched the title colours to the brads as well.

To make the fun little arrow embellishment I used the square punch for the left side of the arrow and then I used the large arrow punch for the other portion.  

Hope you like today's page!  I had fun with this one!  I'll be back a little later today!

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... 2nd Birthday

I am having way too much fun scrapbooking "the past".  This is a page from Nathan's 2nd Birthday!  Hard to believe he'll be FOUR next month!  I will say though he hasn't changed much from these photos compared to the baby pictures I shared the other day.

My goal when I share an MDS page is to try and show you or teach you something new.  I'm always looking for inspiration in layouts so hopefully when you see my pages you either get a layout idea or learn a new trick:)

The lines on this page are from the Thoughtful Overlays download.  I think this is one of my favourite downloads...it has great titles, lines, brackets and so much more!  I encourage you to check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by this morning!  Guess what....come on by this afternoon for something SUPER FUN....I'll give you a hint....I'm featured on Splitcoaststampers today!!!!  

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... Our Wonderful Life

I am so stinkin excited to share my page with you today!  I am learning that scrapbooking truly is emotional.  As you create a page and really start working with photos your memories and feelings really come to the surface.  I can remember this day so well!  My friend Matt came over and did a little photo shoot of Nathan while Emma and Mark were at school.  He fell asleep under the tree in the yard and that was the end of the shoot!  But looking at these photos I can't get over how much my boy has changed!!!  He looks nothing like this anymore:)

Although this page looks very simple, it actually took me a while to create.  All of the embellishments on the top of the page are from the NEW Nursery Embellishments .... the circles were either solid in colour, or were white with a coloured circle around it.  So any of the circles with "more" I added other embellishments or matching stamps to add some more "wow" to the embellishments.  The also used the circle punch and filled them with DSP on a few of the circles as well.  

The "our wonderful" is a text box (with CK KOTM1 font) in Baja Breeze.  The "life" is from the Thoughtful Overlays in Pear Pizazz.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy seeing my little life on my blog each day...as you see I've been an MDS maniac lately!!!

Enjoy your day.  Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... London Heat

Do you ever make something that gets you super excited?  Well, this page did it for me!  I wasn't sure about the colours, or getting "flames" on Emma's cheer page, but I'm so happy with the way it turned out!

I think the best part of this page (my favourite part) are the expressions on her face. For those of you that know Emma, this isn't her "norm".  She isn't one for being too expressive but when she's competing her "cheer faces" rock!

Sorry, I'm going on and on about Emma....but I'm a proud Mom:)  

This page came together really easily....I used a rectangle punch and filled it with Cherry Cobbler.  I then matted it in Pumpkin Pie and rotated it 6 degrees.  The text at the bottom of the page is Arial in Pumpkin Pie.  The HEAT is in Arial.  I did each letter individually so I could centre the white letter on the Cherry Cobbler letter.  The white letter is size 144 and the Cherry Cobbler is 160.  The London is written in CK KOT font in Pumpkin Pie.  The "paper piercing" under the photos is done using a period and a text box.  

I hope you like the page as much as I do:) Check back this afternoon for a stamped project!  Thanks so much!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio Hybrid Project

Happy Wednesday to you!  How has your week been going?  I'm hoping I'm home with no extra kids today:)  Emma was home sick on Monday and Nathan was sick yesterday.  Here's hoping for some happy healthy kids today:)

Today's card was inspired from my friend Mandy Grant.  She did a great video on the MDS site on creating a hybrid project.  I made this card using MDS.  Isn't it sweet!

To do this I printed the three elements (front of card, Wide Oval and Thank you) on Crumb Cake card stock.  Here are the steps I did to create this card:

1. Use the Notably Ornate Stamp set and create the frame to measure about 4 inches tall.  
2. Add the bird over the frame.
3. Select punch - Modern Label
4. Fill the Modern Label with the stamp of choice (I used a Thank you and the decorative label).
5. Delete the Modern Label Punch as you will punch it out "for real"
6. Select punch - Wide Oval
7. Fill the oval with the stamp of your choice.  
8. Delete the Wide Oval Punch (remember you'll punch it out for real:)
9. Go to Share and then Print.
10. Print off these elements on Crumb Cake with black ink.
11. Cut the card front to 4 x 5 1/4.
12. Punch the Wide Oval.
13. Punch the Modern Label.
14. Attach the Glimmer Brads to the Wide Oval.  Fold the ribbon tucked behind the Wide Oval and attach to the card front with dimensionals.
15. Punch out the Modern Label and attach with Dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you're day is an exciting one!  Can't wait for my birthday card class tonight!  It'll be fun!

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio ... Love Birds

This kit is ADORABLE!  There is DSP, embellishments and stamps that all "go" together.  LOVE IT!!!!

This page is from 2009 of Emma and her friends enjoying a popsicle in early April in summer clothes!  (Here's hoping this year will be the same....the rate we're going it will be snowsuits for another six months!)

Are you wondering how I have a circle with 2 DSPs in it!?!?  Well, let me tell you:)

I created a circle with a punch the size of the background.  I then paper filled it with the white DSP.  After it was filled, I double clicked on the circle which brings up the "work station".  I dragged the paper to the left so the DSP doesn't cover the whole circle.  I then copied my circle and pasted IN PLACE.  I then filled the second circle with the striped DSP and sent it to the back.  And voila....a circle with two DSPs:)  Have fun with this trick:)

Thanks for stopping by this morning....I'll be back with some paper creations this afternoon!  Have a great day!

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio Hybrid Project

I have been having a ton of fun with creating My Digital Studio hybrid projects.  What does hybrid mean?  Well, it means I created a project using My Digital Studio, printed it off at home and then created a 3D project with it.....

This week is teacher appreciation week and I volunteered to make a little treat for each of the teachers' mailboxes.  But I didn't think I'd have the time to make 45 "real" stamped creations so I created an MDS project instead.

Here are the steps to how I created this:

1. I created a punch that measured 3 3/4 x 2 in MDS and this was my "work area".
2. I then inserted a rounded square and filled it with Basic Black.
3. I then used a vintage overlay stamp, shrunk it right down to be the same size as the rounded square punch and colour changed it to Whisper White.
4. I then used the Schoolbook Stamp set (I forget the actual name) and inserted the abc in Basic Black and the 123 in Kraft.  
5. I then copied and pasted the pattern and put 8 on a page.
6. To make the little tag on the bottom, I created a 1 3/4 inch circle with the circle punch.  Filled it in with a stamp from the same school set.  I changed the colour to Cherry Cobbler.
7. The stars are Summer Sun and are from the stamp set Extreme Elements.  
8. I copied an pasted these circles so I had 20 on a page.
9. I then printed the images off on Stampin' Up! Confetti White Card Stock.
10. I cut out the main image then used the Spiral Edge punch along the edge, mounted it on Basic Black and then made the little folder from Crumb Cake.
11. The thank you was stamped and then punched out with the Modern Label punch and popped up with Dimensionals.  

Thanks for stopping by today!  I encourage you to try a hybrid project...they are super fun!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio .... I can't get enough!

I know, are you sick of seeing my kids yet....am I scrapbooking too much?  Well, tough:)  Kidding!  As you can see I've got another beach page for you:)  These past few day's scrapbook pages have all been from the same beach trip but I just loved too many photos to only do one page.  BUT I can promise you that the next MDS page you see from me will not be from the beach:)  Deal?

I LOVE this DSP on this page!  I have mixed a ton of different elements and stamps on this one page.  The DSP is actually Halloween....how fun (I thought the colours matched Mark's shorts really well!)

The "details" stamps are from the Hoppy Memories kit....how cute?  The stamps are from Always (yes, the super elegant stamp set.....the scallop with the matching dots is from that one) and then of course Extreme Elements.

I hope you like my page:)  I'll be back later today with another stamped project!

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio Mornings ...

It has a ring to it, don't you think?  I had some time yesterday and some good scrapbooking mojo so I got a few pages done!  So, why not do MDS morning and then a handcrafty afternoon?  

Thank you so much for all the kind words that you shared with me yesterday on the petal cone box.  I had a number of emails and requests on how I put it together.  I tried writing it out....BUT really wasn't making sense....SO I'll do a video for you soon:)

In the meantime, I'm pretty happy with this page!  I love how I matched the text and heart to Nathan's swim shorts.  It's a magical button in MDS...MATCH COLOUR!  Love it!

The DSP on this page is from the 2011 Notable Calendar set and the Geometric Lines DSP.  The photos are mounted on the Top Note die and the accents at the side are created with punches, except for the Crumb Cake seam binding.  

I hope you like my MDS morning page....you can have your morning coffee with my family:)  Feel free to check back this afternoon for another creation:)

Take care,

Heather

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My Digital Studio .... Nut!

Yes, that's me!  A My Digital Studio NUT!  I am having far too much fun with the program lately.  I was on a bit of a lull because I'd run out of current pictures to scrapbook.  SO, I prepared pages I know I'll need after this weekend and left the photo boxes empty.  And then I remembered my little (ok, BIG!) MDS goal for 2011.  I want to have my scrapbooking caught up from 2008 to the end of 2011!  Wow, what do you think about that?  Here's what I've got done....2010 - DONE and printed!, Sept - Dec 2009 - DONE and printed!  So, that means while keeping up with 2011, I am going to back track and finish off 2009 first!  SO, I did the very labour intensive job of going through my 37000 pictures and finding the ones from the beginning of 2009!  So, I haven't gotten them all, but I have a lot of them and am ready to tackle the job!

This page is from the summer of 2009...look at how small my munchkins look!  I can't believe how much they have changed!  I am going to have fun scrpabooking years ago (and you'll be sick of me saying...look at how they've changed:)  

This page uses the Leadership DSP....isn't it FUN and great!  I know some of you are resisting this paper because you didn't go to SU Leadership...but you didn't have to to enjoy this paper!  The font is the new Vintage Lower and then the "Top Note Journaling Block" is from the Write Stuff Embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by this morning!  I'll have a card to share with you this afternoon (already preprogrammed for you:)  Have a great day!

Heather

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MDS to the RESCUE!!!!

Ok, I love MDS more today than ever before!!!  Mark came home from school on Friday with a "project".  He had to create a poster about his 2010 highlights and his visions of 2011.  There were no other guidelines.  BUT most of his friends were free handing the project.  There is NOTHING Mark despises more than colouring!  He cries, he drags it on, it takes him HOURS and it's painful for the ENTIRE family!  (I know you think I'm exaggerating....but I'm not!!!)

So, Saturday morning I said he should sit down and work on his project for a few minutes.  Meanwhile, I was preparing for my MDS online class at the table next to him.  Then he looks over and asks if he can do his project in MDS.  My response....YES!!!!!

So, we sat down, I taught him a bit about MDS, and we built a template together.  Then Mark imported all the pictures, typed all the journaling and the titles and made this sweet little two page spread for his project!!!!  How AWESOME is that!?!?!  And the best part....no tears and maybe, just maybe even a little bit of fun!  Thank you MDS!

Have a wonderful day!

Heather

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This one's for you Matt:)

Happy Sunday!  Hope you're enjoying your day!  I did this page up this afternoon (a total case from a page by from Jeanna Bohanon on the SU MDS website....if you haven't been...go!  There are so many great layouts and ideas on that site!!!)  My nephew, Matthew asked me to share this photo so his girlfriend could see it, but of course I couldn't just post the photo, I had to do a page:)  Great photo Matt and Kayleigh!  Have a great night!

Heather

 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!  I hope you have a wonderful day with friends and family!  Remember to take lots of photos and make lots of memories!

Hugs!

Heather

Let's Evaluate....

I have always been one to get excited for Christmas.  I love the Cherry Red that surrounds Christmas....Christmas balls, Stockings, Santa's Suit and so much more!  Well last night, Nathan went to bed with lots of tears and questions.  I have to say, my other two never really had questions or concerns and completely embraced all the joys and excitements of the holiday season including Santa.  Here goes our conversation:

Nathan:  "Tell me about Santa...what really happens on the night he comes?"

Me: "Well, it's pretty exciting.  Santa and his reindeer come to our house, Santa comes into our house through the chimney with his special sac.  Santa fills your stocking, has a little snack and leaves."

Nathan:  "Really.  Hmmm.  How does he know I'm sleeping?  You know, in the song....he knows if you are sleeping."

Me:  "He can sense it, he just knows."

Nathan:  "He can only come to our house if you promise he stays really far away from me, doesn't come near the stairs, I don't have to talk to him, I don't have to sit on his lap and I don't have to give him a hug.  Is that a deal?"

Me:  (totally shocked and a little dumb founded) "Sure."

Nathan: "Ok, I guess he can give me presents then."

Poor little guy!!!!  He is pretty anxious about this whole scenario...but I'm guessing this apprehension will completely disappear on Christmas morning!  I hope that you and your family are enjoying the holiday season already!  If we don't "chat" before the big day, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!  I hope you're enjoying yourself, doing what you love with people that are important to you!

Take care,

Heather

Sometimes it just works!

It's funny.  I was emailing my friend Linda about MDS and we were chatting on when a page just doesn't work, and then sometimes it does!  When I mean works, I mean the ideas come to you, it flows and it doesn't take long to create something you're pretty happy with.  This page is that....it took me about a half hour, I LOVE the final outcome and in my world, "it works".  I was doing a page the other day and an hour an a half in I was feeling BLAH about it and I haven't gone back to it (I may recreate a different page with the photos!)

Anyhow, I'm really happy with this page and I hope you are too!  We had a visit from Santa the other day at my family Christmas!  What a wonderful surprise!  Emma and Mark were pretty happy, Cole could care less and Nathan was scared.  Nathan needed some encouragement to even enter the room Santa was in and would NOT sit on his lap.  By the end though you can see in the photo that he was willing (sort of) to stand near him for one picture:)  I love Nathan's age!!!

Well, I hope you're having a great day!  Emma, Nathan and I have been baking up a storm with a little crafting on the side.  Now it's time for a family game so "toodles":)  Enjoy your day!

Heather

Happy Birthday Matt!

A little non Christmas for you today!  My nephew turned 17 last week....17!!!  He is such a nice boy and I have to say I really do love spending time with him and my kids adore him as well!  

This layout was a case from my friend Anne.  It was quick and easy and used the 2011 Notebook Download (I think that's the right name).  It is actually quite an amazing an involved download....there is an AMAZING desktop calendar template (that I'll share pictures with you after Christmas:)

Ok, it's a quick post....hope you're having a great day!

Heather

An MDS Update:)

I had a few of you ask me to post my pages once I've added photos to them...so that's what this post is about:)  I shared these pages a few weeks ago after I had made them and left the photo boxes empty.  I'm a little behind on my scrapping so I thought I'd fill these pages with some festive photos.

This first page is from one of our snow days last week.  I love the photo of Nathan, his eyes are twinkling like the "glittericious" snow (that would be a Nathan word).  It's tough to see in the photo but that's a ton of snow at our house in one day's snow fall!  The other part of the page I love is that Cole is SOUND asleep in the swing....I guess the cool air did him in:)

This next page is from a family Christmas we had last weekend.  This page is just one of the kids, but I'll do one of all the family later:)  I just loved the "randomness" of some of the kid photos having fun!  Hope you like the finished versions of these pages.

Take care,

Heather

 

Some more MDS....

It's been a crazy 24 hours so far with the snow!  It's crazy that some of you have emailed me and told me that you have no snow, or very little snow and yet you only live just down the way!  How crazy is that?  So far we've had over three feet of snow!  What fun!  The kids had a great day yesterday and I'm sure they will today again because it's ANOTHER SNOW DAY!

During our Snow Day, we thought we'd do some baking.  So Emma and Karen (my niece) took on the challenge and made homemade Pop Tarts.  CLICK HERE for the recipe!  They were AMAZING!!!  We tried the Cinnamon Brown Sugar recipe for six of them and filled the other three with some seedless raspberry jam.  They were both YUMMILICIOUS!!!!!  If you have a few minutes it's worth giving this recipe a try!

In the meantime have yourself a great day!  Travel safely!  I'll be back this afternoon with another stamped project for you!  Tis the season to do lots of crafting ... fa la la la la la la la la!

Take care,

Heather

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It's a SNOW DAY!

This is not news to me, but every once in a while I am pleasantly reminded I am NOT a morning person!  Cole decided to get up at 5:40 this morning and by 6:15 our whole house was up excited about the crazy snow....and the fact we have a SNOW DAY (which means no school!)  So, we've got a houseful today and to start the day off the kids RUSHED outside to play in the snow!

I got the fun job of staying inside with Cole, although he spent most of his time watching his siblings playing in the backyard!  I love the type of play that happens in the snow - cooperative, imaginative and fun!  They lasted about an hour before "needing" cup of hot chocolate.  And as crazy as it is, I've got the page done already to share with you!  Gotta love digital!!  I think I may recreate this one though in "traditional form" to frame in my studio....we shall see!  In the meantime I have this page done and ready!

Alrighty, off to play with the munchkins and maybe squeeze in some stamping time!  I hope you have a GREAT day! (I'm hoping to be back this afternoon with my second downline challenge:)

Take care,

Heather

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