Stamp with Heather

My Digital Studio CLUB!!!!

Attention ALL CANADIANS!  I am so super duper excited (like REALLY excited!) to share this amazing news with you!  Stampin' Up! has now made it possible to add digital downloads to a club or workshop order!!!  This is AWESOME!!!  Do you know what this means!?!?!?  We can have a Canadian MDS online club!!!  WHOO HOOOO!!!

Here are the details:

• Where do I have to live?  Canada!!!  (with the exception of Quebec as unfortunately you can't purchase MDS yet....)  You can LIVE anywhere and become a member of our online community MDS club!  SO amazing!
• Who can join the club?  Anyone, as long as you are Canadian:)
• What does being in a club mean?  For the next 8 months, you are committing to spending $25 in MDS downloads.  For one of these 8 months YOU will be the hostess and receive a minimum of $30 in FREE product!!!
• What are the benefits of being in a club? 

1. One month you will be the hostess and receive  a minimum of $30 in free downloads!!
2. Each month you will be given a minimum of 5 MDS projects including supply lists, video links, samples and ideas!
3. I will share the latest and greatest in techniques, tips, tricks, layout and trends!
4. There are always surprises up my sleeve so I won't leave you disappointed:)  
5. We will have an online gallery that you too can share your creations for others to enjoy and share!

• How will the club work?  Your orders are due on the first of each month (club will begin on December 1st).  I will contact the hostess on the 1st once all orders are received to have you submit your hostess benefits.  I will then place the order and you will receive an email from Stampin' Up! with the link to access your downloads (I will provide a video on this).  Because you are ordering downloads they will be immediate and of course no shipping either!
• What do I need from you?  An email saying you'd like to be in the MDS club!  This will be the email you will use to recieve your emails from Stampin' Up!  I will also need to get your credit card number with permission to use this for the club to put your purchases on.  And of course your address so I can send you some hygbrid MDS projects once in a while as well!!!!

Today's page are some sweet photos of Cole and my neice Augusta yesterday:)  It was SO wonderful to see them and these two had a ton of fun together (they are four months apart).  Emma took these precious photos and I'm thirlled with the page!  Hope you like it too!

So, I hope you are as excited as I am about the MDS club!  Whether you are NEW to My Digtial Studio, or an experienced user, there will be something for everyone with this club!  If you have not purchased My Digital Studio, this may be the time to start!  I will include basic how to videos for those that would like to learn more about the NEW My Digital Studio!  Please email me at [email protected] if you'd like to join the fun!!!!

Hugs,

Heather

I told you, I couldn't resist!

I am trying SO HARD to not do weekly MDS purchases.  I keep thinking save them up, add them to a demonstrator preorder, or collect enough to get hostess benefits, but I JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!  This week's downloads are NO exception!  I had to have the Grad Party Ensemble (129877).  I am a SUCKER for punches, distressed paper, fun colours and cute samples!  The cute sample I'm referring to is the one that Tanner did yesterday on the MDS website (mydigitalstudio.net).  It is amazing!  Go check it out...after you read my post:)  

So, today's page uses almost 100% of the elements from this ensemble (for the exception of the buttons/brads/stitching and title).  The frames, banner, DSPs, stamps, frames on the photos, swirlies on the photos ALL come from the kit!  It's AWESOME!  Check it out!

I've had a few people asking about my online class!  If you're registered, you will get your invitation to this next online class on SUNDAY night!  Yes, in only 4 more sleeps!  Can you believe it?  It has come really quickly and I am SUPER exicted as I've been having a lot of fun!  If you're not yet signed up, you're not too late for the My Digital Studio Made Simple class ONE or TWO.  Remember, these classes and the content are all online and meant for you to work at your pace!  

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

Take care,

Heather

It's that time of week again...MDS Blog Hop!

It's FRIDAY!!!  YIPPEEE...only one more lunch to make and then a week off!  WHOO HOO!!!  I can't believe March Break is here already!  The kids are PUMPED as am I!

This week's blog hop is a fun sketch challenge!  I'd love for you to play along!  If you create a page using MDS or traditional scrapbooking I'd love for you to link your site in my comments so I can check them out!

I had fun with this sketch adn decided to create a page from Emma's cheer this past weekend.  I LOVE the colour combination I used that happened completely by accident!  I used different papers originally, then when I was switching out the colours, the Island Indigo was the last one to go BUT I ended up leaving it as I thought it was stunning with the Cherry Cobbler and Black.

I used the alphabet punch for the title, CK Ali's hand font for the journalint and some random DSP for the strips (I think the black is from Jackpot, the Cherry Cobbler is just that and the Blue is from an upcoming kit called Summer Smooches).  The embellishments are the Island Indigo Polka Dot brads, black brads and some stitching.  not a lot of elements, but I'm happy with how they all came together!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a great start to your weekend!

Take care,

Heather

Remember, it's never too late to sign up for my online MDS class!  Email me for details:)

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

MDS Blog Hop ... Case a page

This was a fun challenge this week!  I loved it!  I went on Holly's site and found a page that popped!  Isn't it a fun page?  Thanks Holly for the inspriation!  So I took her layout and idea and created my own version.

I used pictures of Mitts.....and I loved that the cat was in the bin on my armour behind my Live Simply sign.  How appropriate.  Let's be honest, I want to be a cat somedays...nap, eat, nap again, spend time on my own and find people only when I'm in the mood, eat, nap....seriously how fun would that be???

OK, enough of my babbling.  My page uses a photo box measuring 12 x 7.  Then I used the Number One DSP for the backgound paper.  The overlay is from Vintage Overlays in black with opacity at about 60%.  The title "a cat's" is typed on some of the digital tape (love this!) and life is a stamp (forget which set it's from....I think Thoughtful Overlays).  The frame is from Downtown Grunge and that's it!  Easy Peasy, right???  I can't wait to see your take on this creation:)

Now, off to check out the other MDS blog hoppers!  I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by today:)

I am so touched that so many of you are asking about my online MDS class!  It is in full swing, but never too late you join!  Here's what some are saying about the class:

I think this is one of my favorite pages that you have done!  I love the colors and stretching the punch like that is brilliant!  I can't wait to make mine!  Thanks Heather! (THANK YOU - Kristyne)

I am thoroughly enjoying this class!  I especially LOVE looking at all the layouts in the Photo section - over & over again - that everyone comes up with!  Great work ladies!  Heather is making it pretty simple for us, isn't she??!! (THANK YOU - Carole!  Carole makes a GREAT point...our photo gallery in class is already up to almost 200 images which is amazing and it's thanks to all the wonderful members in the class!!!) 

If you'd like more information on the class or to register please CLICK HERE

In the meantime, enjoy your Friday!  YAY, the weekend is here!  Take care,

Heather

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers (that's me...thanks for visiting!)

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

13. Kristyne Brandt

It's that time again! MDS Blog Hop - Baby Style!

Some of you ask how I organize my photos so I thought I'd share a little on that one today.  Once I scrapbook them, I save them onto my external hard drive.  This lets me know that they are scrapbooked, saves room on my computer and helps me stay organized.  The problem though with this is I'm LAZY so getting the external hard drive to find a "baby" picture for today's page was a little more challenging....so 18 months was as close as I could go!  So this page is a bit of a summary of Cole at 18 months.

Subway Art or Word Collages are a big trend right now so I thought it would be fun on a page.  Some of the images were stamps, but a lot of them were created in text boxes and represent "how" he said things at this age.  Love the simplicity of colours and layout of this page.  Hope you do too!

I wanted to share a few more comments from my friends in my online class...we are having so much fun!

• Thanks SO much for this added video.  I was really having problems finding the things I wanted to purchase and also having a hard time finding them once I downloaded them.  After watching your video I just said to myself--DUH!!!  Simple yet with all the stuff there is to learn just one more obstical that kept making me not move forward with making projects.  These videos are REALLY helping. - Thank you Gerry!
• I heart this color combination Heather!!!!  I can't wait to make this page today! - Thank you Kristyne!

It's not too late to join the MDS class if you're at all interested in creating digital projects!  In the meantime have an AWESOME day!  It's FRIDAY!!!

Hugs,

Heather

CLICK HERE for information and registration for my online MDS class

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2.  Mandy Grant
3. Julie Leblanc 
4.  Amber Meadows
5.  Terri Mongeon
6.  Cindy Schuster
7.  Erica Shaw
8.  Heather Summers
9.  Alesha Walls
10.  Holly VanDyne

 

On the Go ... MDS Download

This is SERIOUSLY my favourite download EVER!  I'm not sure why I'm so excited about it, but I think if you have any boys to scrapbook, you're goign to want this kit....HANDS DOWN!  SERIOUSLY!!!  It has a ton of DSP, AMAZING embellishments, stamps and just screams FUN!  I had to use a million of the elements on this ONE page, I know it's probably way too much, but that's okay, right?

The only thing on this page that isn't from the On the Go kit are the frames and they are non other than Downtown Grunge.

OK, so I know it's a quick post but RUN and check out this week's downloads!  They are AMAZING!!!!

*MDS Online class update - it's NEVER too late to join!  I've had a number of you ask if you can still sign up...for sure you can!  Everything is on the site and will stay there until the end of June so you've got lots of time!  And also, if you haven't received your invitation please email me as a few of you haven't logged in yet:)

Have a WONDERFUL Thursday!  I've got my downline meeting tonight so it should be AWESOME!!!

Take care,

Heather

MDS Blog Hop Day!

I really do love MDS...are you surprised by that statement?  It's just versatile and I've used it for SO many things!  As I'm here in San Antonio I got to thinking how much I use and rely on MDS.  Here's just a short list of things I've done using My Digital Studio:

• scrapbooks
• short story books for the kids
• kids projects
• bag toppers
• cards
• journals
• advent calendar
• banners
• tags
• candy wrapper covers
• flyers
• newletters
• blog header and decor 
• quilt
• tshirt
• labels
• AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!

Amazing!  Had you told me I'd use it for these things and more before ordering it, I wouldn't have believed you and now I can't stop!!!  OK, enough of my babbling, I know....onto today's page!  The majority of this page is done using the Modern Details DSP and kit!  It is so funky and fun!  I know they aren't traditional Christmas colours but I figured that my shirt had enough pink and red tones that I could pull it off for this page!  I hope you like it!!!!  

I'm excited to hop around and see what the other ladies have in store for you!!!    Thanks for stopping by!

Take care,

Heather

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Cindy Schuster

7. Erica Shaw

8. Heather Summers (that's me:)

9. Alesha Walls

10. Holly VanDyne

 

MDS Blog Hop Day!

Happy Friday to you!  I hope you are having a great week!  This week's blog hop is a fun one!  My friend Mandy picked a sketch to use as the starting point for the challenge this week!  I was a little intimidated when I first saw the sketch and wondered how I would piece it all together.  BUT then I started working with it and fell in LOVE (thanks Mandy!)

I thought I'd do a page maybe for each of my kids and put them in my scrapbook frames with my favourite photos of them from 2011.  I'll share the other pages if in fact this happens:)

In the meantime, here is Cole's page.  I tried to gather pictures that had different expressions as he is full of them!  I think one of my favourites is number 4.  It was taken at the CN Tower and Cole couldn't stop staring at the airport on Toronto Island.  Fun!

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy the hop today and I can't wait to see what everyone did with the sketch!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Take care,

Heather

CLICK HERE to see this week's downloads

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Cindy Schuster

7. Erica Shaw

8. Heather Summers (that's me:)

9. Alesha Walls

10. Holly VanDyne

 

My Digital Studio Blog Hop

It's that time again....Friday!  This first week of back to school FLEW by!  The kids did great adjusting to being back at school, although Nathan was EXHAUSTED each night.  I'm not sure he was up past 6:30 at all this week....

For the My Digital Studio blog hop this week the theme is basically whatever!  So I thought I would try and get a little caught up on my Christmas scrapbooking (still have a TON of pages to go!)

I love this page as it's a the grandkids all together.....Adam's sister's children and ours.  There are two more cousins but they live too far away we don't get to see them very often:(  This was Christmas morning at our house.  All the kids piled on the couch and were relatively cooperative!  I used a ton of different elements on this page...if you have any specific questions let me know!

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this week's blog hop!  Thank you for making a pitstop here today.  Enjoy your weekend!

Take care,

Heather

CLICK HERE to see this week's downloads

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Cindy Schuster

7. Erica Shaw

8. Heather Summers (that's me:)

9. Alesha Walls

10. Holly VanDyne

Pure Joy!

I hope you have had a fantastic week so far!  I have to be honest in saying I haven't had any time yet to get into my craft room and do any paper crafting in over a week!  That makes me sad, BUT it's been so worth it!  We've been having so much fun together building Lego, playing games and just hanging out!

BUT late at night when Nathan and Cole are snug in their beds and the work is done, I like to snuggle up on the couch and dust off the laptop and do some MDSing.  I love these photos of Cole!  He was SO SO SO excited opening any or every present...socks, tractors, books all go these funny and fun faces!  Thanks for making it so fun Cole!

I also thought I'd share a little non stamping video of Cole!  Hope you like it!  Will do my best to find my craft room today!

Have a great day!

Heather

 

Adam's Advents.....oops:)

I forgot to post yesterday's cheesy advent gift for you!  So I guess, today's your lucky day and you get two:)  I love the idea that some of you are already planning to use this as a countdown to Valentine's day...how sweet is that!?!?  Maybe I'll have to come up with a new one for my kids for Valentines....hmmmm....remind me:)

So this first tag says, "Our life may sometimes be a circus, but I'm glad we're in it together."  This tag was SO easy to make as I just used a section of the Big Top Birthday DSP and voila.....I was done!  Cute, eh?

And the second tag says, "If you were a burger at McDonalds, you could be called McGorgeous."  I know, I know....that one is BAD!  But Emma made me do it:)  At the time of taking pictures I didn't have the treat for this one, but I simply tied it to a package of peppermint "patties"....close to a burger, right?  

Hope you like today's cheesy lines.  I do have other things to share....just wondering if I have the time to post them today!  It's field trip day with Nathan, can't wait!!!  Feel free to check back as I may be back:)

Hugs,

Heather

Adam's Advent Day 8

Happy Afternoon to you!  Can't say it's been a productive day, but Cole and I have had some fun:)

Today's gift is "Life without you would be un"bear"able" and then it's attached to a bag of teddy bear gummies.  Cute, eh?

Aren't you loving this "softer" side of me:)  Kidding!  Anyhow, hope the rest of your day is fantastic!

Take care,

Heather

Our Weekend was SNOW MUCH FUN!

Happy Monday to you!  I hope you have had a great weekend!  Ours was SNOW MUCH FUN!!!!  Between two family Christmases, the fun snowfall and of course delicious food, we had a great weekend!

I think it was very appropriate that we were welcomed with a beautiful blanket of white snow on Saturday morning!  The kids were SO excited and it meant they would be outside for hours while I got some dinner plans ready!  My boys especially LOVE to be outside (and don't notice the cold!)  They had fun rolling snowfalls and building a fort.  

I was glad we had some new fresh snow for us on Sunday so I too could go out and play with my boys!  Hey, we learned something new......if it's cold enough and you blow bubbles outside (you know the "summer" bubbles) they freeze....SO FUN!!!!

I'll share some pictures of that with you on a future MDS page:)  In the meantime, have a WONDERFUL day!!!  Take care,

Heather

(don't forget to check back later for Adam's treat of the day:)

Day 2 of Adam's 12 Days of Christmas

Thanks for all the kind words on yesterday's post about the 12 Days of Christmas!  Remember, these are CHEESY but cute, right?  I have decided to give Adam one for each "working" day he has before Christmas (so you won't see these posted on the weekend....but the 12 tags of Christmas will finish off this weekend for you:)

I love that a few of you asked about Adam's reaction.  He got his sweet little grin and said thank you:)  I'm sure he's thinking "she's a nut, but I love her!"  Maybe????  Anyhow, I don't care, I want Adam to know how great he is and sometimes these strange acts can make someone feel loved, right?

Today's little pun is "you o'fish'ally have my heart!"  I thought that was a sweet line!  Nathan helped me pick out the treats so this is what he wanted.  Although you could use the fish candies (and Mark thought we should get him a real gold fish....no thank you!)

Well, I hope you're enjoying this idea!  Have yourself a great rest of your day!

Thanks for stopping by (again!)  Take care,

Heather

MDS Blog Hop

Happy Friday afternoon to you!  I hope you're having a great day!  It's been busy around here, but I just enjoyed a great lunch (alone....Cole is napping) and finished off my MDS page for you today!

I have been going through my MDS pages for July to December of 2011 and I noticed I needed a few more pages of Emma and Cole.....I guess I have more photos of the other two:)  Anyhow, I really love this picture of Emma so decided to use it on a monochromatic (that's our theme this week) page of her.  So, most of the page is Pear Pizzazz (or a shade similar to:).  I had to throw in the purple bits just to pull out the purple in her hair!

I can't take credit for this layout, I saw it online SOMEWHERE and now I can't find it again!  The page I saw was not digital and they hand painted where I have the digital tape.  Of course I modified the original idea to "make it my own" and use all my fantastic My Digital Studio downloads as well! 

I hope you like the page!  Thanks so much for stopping by AGAIN today:)  Have a wonderful night...ours is full of crafting, snacking and family fun as we decorate the TV room tonight!

Take care,

Heather

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers (that's me:)

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

I'm in LOVE!!!

I know, I know, I'm so sorry!  I have gotten behind in my photo taking.....I've been VERY busy creating and really need to pull out my camera today to get some new photos!  I will, promise:)

In the meantime, I thought I'd share that I'm in LOVE!  This week's downloads from Stampin' Up! are BEAUTIFUL!!!  I LOVE the colours in the Trim the Tree Embellishments!  And the embellishments and papers in the Holiday Harmony kit are YUMMY!!!!  Of course, I love the digital tape....well, let's be honest, it's just GREAT!  

Thank you Stampin' Up!  Remember we have the Holiday Extravaganza on right now at Stampin' Up! Great DEALS that only last a short while!  I'll be back later today!

Have a great morning!

Take care,

Heather

Happy Birthday Mark!

Happy Sunday to you!  I hope you've had a great weekend so far!  It has been CRAZY around here!  I have so much stamping stuff that I've been working on, but things I can't share yet:(  The time will come that I can share, but in the meantime, I'm trying to make sure I have a post a day for you:)  Thanks for your patience with my blog over these past few days:)

I wanted to create a simple keepsake for Mark for his birthday.  We have a "secret" frame (not so secret when I tell you about it).  It's a plastic frame with plexiglass in it and it's under Mark's matress.  Every once in a while I switch up what's in the frame for him.  I like it to be a little message of love for him (and of course kids love to see a photo of themselves as well:)  SO, this will be the latest addition to the "secret" frame.  It may take him a while to look at the frame, but every once in a while he remembers and will quietly thank me for the new message.  Love this!

Anyhow, hope your day is a great one!  Will be a ton of fun around here!

Hugs,

Heather

Remember to check back first thing tomorrow morning for the 24 hour sale!!!!

Home Decor MDS Blog Hop

Where has the week gone?  It was a BUSY week around here, but productive and fun!  I'm sorry I haven't been good wtih phone calls and emails this week....time will slow down....right?  It's a PD Day here today, which is great!  Emma is taking a course today, I've got teacher interviews and then some birthday fun for Mark!  It's his birthday weekend and will be fairly low key.  He opted out of friend party this year (yay....a little less work for me:)  Mark truly is easy....he wants take out pizza for our family dinner....how easy is that!?!?!  LOVE IT!

So this week's theme was home decor.  I love the simplcity of what I created this week and can't wait to make a bunch of these....a fun hostess or friend gift.  Or better yet, a wedding gift would be perfect!  I am going to print this and then "modge podge" onto a 5x5 canvas.  Then I'll rest it on a little easel in my entrance way.  What do you think?  I'll photograph a finished version once I get it printed and ready, but this idea came a little late for me to get it all done for today:)  Sorry about that!

I hope you have a great day and enjoy the rest of the hop!  I'll be back tomorrow!

Hugs,

Heather

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers (that's me:)

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

A Day in the Life......

Here's my life....a typical day....photos complete!  This is my day yesterday....and truly resembles a day for me.  Now of course there are glitches and things that do come up, but boy am I lucky...I have quite the happy life!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

See you again in the morning!

Heather

So excited!

OK, this was not the post I was going to have today, but I have to share!  I squeeled with joy when I saw this download yesterday from Stampin' Up!  The download that got me excited is the kit called "Day in the Life" and it's SO FUN!!!!  It's got 12 DSPs, 21 embellishments and 38 stamps PLUS a double page spread!  

I think the title of the kit is what got me excited...."Day in the Life".  I keep saying I want to make a page about what my day looks like so TODAY is the day!  I made the page last night, so today you know what I'll be doing.....taking pictures!  I'll share the finished page with you tomorrow, and another project as well:)

Are you even remotely as excited as I am?  I hope so!!!  Depending on how my day goes, I may be back this afternoon with a card and video!  Here's hoping!  (I guess tomorrow you'll know for sure once you see my page:)

Have a great day!

Take care,

Heather

Spooktacular Bat

WHAT????  It's mid November and it wasn't until I got an email from Stacey yesterday that I realized I hadn't shared Cole or Mark's Halloween pages yet!  What a horrible mom I am!

So today I thought I'd share Cole's page!  It is oneof the templates right from the Downtown Grunge layouts....LOVE it!  I added the picture and frame on the left side but beyond that it is the page provided....great, hey!

I made Cole's costume out of one of his track suits.  I wanted something quick and easy so he felt like he was in street clothes.  All my kids were a struggle to get in a costume around the age of two.  So, Cole's costume was a favourite cashing in at the $3 mark!!!  Gotta lot that.....fleece and floss!  

After Halloween I tried taking off the wings and the ears, but he wanted them left on!  Cute, hey?  

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you head on over to my Stampin' Up! site and check out today's downloads!  Can't wait!!!

Have a great day!

Heather

CLICK HERE for today's downloads and other Stampin' Up! supplies!

Happy Birthday Cole!

Well, you didn't think you'd see something else today, did you?  We had a fun family day yesterday!  Thanks to everyone for coming and spending time with us!  Cole was actually asleep for the first part of the party....really for everyone's sake:)  Once he was up, I'm sure he was a little confused and overwhelmed but it didn't take long to start enjoying the food and the company!

I have to say that Cole's cake was really nothing special. His theme was farm animals and I had high hopes, but then Friday came and went and well, the sheep were cute, he didn't know the difference and no one complained:)  As you can see in the pictures, he enjoyed them!

I was surprised at how well he did opening presents.  He acutally "got it" and opened them, and like any two year old I'm sure, he wanted to play with each one and not move on!

The highlight for sure for his presents was the stroller for his baby that Sandra and family picked up for him!  It's very sweet, he pushes his baby around the house like a mad man and is happy as can be.  Last night he actually slept with the stroller folded up as well!  Love it!!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  If you haven't already, head on over to the My Digital Studio site and get your FREE downloads!  They are only free until tomorrow!!!  Even if you don't own My Digital Studio, snag the downloads so you can use them in another program or save them for later!  You have to fill out a quick survey, but it's worth it!!!  Have a great day!

Take care,

Heather

CLICK HERE TO ORDER all your Stampin' Up! needs - do you have your supplies for Christmas cards and packaging yet???

 

MDS Blog Hop

It's Friday...you know what that means!  BLOG HOP time!  I was excited about Ally's challenge - calendars!  WOW, that leaves things WIDE open!  BUT I was super excited to play with the new calendar feature on MDS.  It's WONDERFUL!  You can create a calendar using ANY of our layouts 12x12, 8 1/2 x 11, 5x5, swatchbook.....you name it, it's yours!!!  

SO, this got me thinking about when Emma was just born.  I had a baby's first year calendar and wrote just a jot note or two each day on the calendar so I could mark the milestones BIG or SMALL!  This is right along the same theme as Project Life...journaling our day to day lives!  Now, I'm not promising that I'll take a picture everyday, BUT my goal is to just at a quick glance, have a summary of our year!

I thought I'd create a sample of what I am going to do for 2012 for our past month (and who knows...maybe I'll do November and December as well!)  My thoughts are that I will create a 24 page book that will be a nice keepsake and overview of our year.

On the opposite page, I want to have a "highlight" section.  I'll ask each member of my family to recap their favourite happening in the month and have them pick a photo that best represents that moment for them.  

As you can see, the pages are fairly clean and simple...white, crisp, and focusing on the photos and journaling.

Hope you like this idea!  If you do, creating the calendar is SO stinking easy...just duplicate your page, change your month and voila...your text boxes and photo boxes are all done for you!  Just click and drag your photos in and you're done!  I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!  Prepping for Cole's birthday party today and being a taxi tonight!!!  Love Fridays!

Take care,

Heather

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers (that's me:)

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

 

 

my lil' pumpkins

I am so stinkin excited today!  I had the BEST class last night, and feel so rejuvinated, thank you ladies!!! (Susan, Katherine, Brenda, Lisa, Mom, Christine, Linda, Barb and Steph!!!)  Thank you for coming and for those of you that weren't there, I will share in due time:)  (that means once I get my act together and either shoot a video or take a picture:)

In the meantime, I have our annual pumpkin carving photos to share.  The background of this page is FREE coming soon to YOU!!!!  Next week Stampin' Up! is giving away FREE downloads!  Here's the deal...even if you don't own My Digital Studio, you NEED to download them!  It will just be a small file on your computer to have and to hold and you can then have it FREE for when you decide to make the plunge (or even play with the downloads in another program that accepts graphic files!)  Fun, hey!!!

The pumpkins were from a download a couple weeks back (Framable Gratitude).  Aren't they cute (and perfect for this page!)  The border strip and the Pool Party ribbon is a download next week (FREE!) as is the digital tape!  (I KNOW....AWESOME!)

I hope you like my page today and I will do my best to get Mark and Cole's pages done here shortly!  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog!  Have a WONDERFUL day!

Heather

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO GO AND VOTE ON WWW.MYDIGITALSTUDIO.NET!!!!  ONLY ONE MORE DAY!!!

Happy Halloween....the day after!

Well, last night was so much fun!!!  I absolutely LOVE Halloween (no shocker there!)  For those of you that have followed my blog for sometime, you know that every other year we do a family theme.  Well, this year was not my year:(  BUT I will say the kids did a GREAT job of choosing their costumes!  We all spent time together making the costumes and preparing for the big "haul".  Despite the rain, we had so much fun last night!  I was exhausted though so only got two of my pages done to share with you (yes, I am that retentive that because the costumes didn't match I had to do a separate page for each child!)

I should start by thanking Erica Shaw for the layouts today!  She completely inspired me on finishing these pages.  If you have never checked out her gallery I encourage you to do so over at www.mydigitalstudio.net!  (she's also on our weekly blog hop!)  I also have David Dooley to thank for the crown idea on Emma's costume.  We were stumped and he came to the rescue....it's made from wire coat hangers then covered in bling - so smart!

Emma wanted to go out as a "Toddler and Tiara" Beauty pagaent girl.  I find this so funny as this is the exact opposite of my usual girl!  We had fun making everything for this outfit....the skirt, shirt, sash, crown!  Thanks Emma for the time together!

Nathan worships Mark and loves that he plays football.  So it was a given that he wanted to go out as a football player.  BUT rather than wearing Mark's football team we convinced him to go out as Troy Polamalu....right down to the hair style!  This costume was a big hit, and the best part is it cost me $3!!!  We had everything except the hair.  I went to the dollar store and bought three black ponytail entensions.  I then sewed it onto a winter hat and voila....Troy's hair!

I hope you enjoy my pages today and depending on the day I may be back with the other two...if not I know you'll see them soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Also, don't forgot to go to www.mydigitalstudio.net and cast your vote!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio Contest

Happy Monday to you!  I hope you had a FANTASTIC weekend!  Can you believe it is HALLOWEEN today?  I am so stinkin excited!  I'm not quite done the kids' costumes, but they'll be all put together for tonight (no option, right?)  I hope you have a safe and fun night of trick or treating!

I am so honoured to share some exciting news with you today!  I have been selected as one of Stampin' Up!'s five demonstrator finalists in their My Digital Studio Contest!  In case you aren't aware of this contest, Stampin' Up! hosted a creative contest that involved making one scrapbook page and one card.  Stampin' Up! selected five demonstrators and five customers and are showcasing these on their website.  From here, it's up to the public to decide the top three demonstrators and the top three customers.  SO, this is where YOU come into play!

I am asking you to please head on over to the My Digital Studio website, check out ALL the finalists and vote on your favourite three demonstrator and favourite three customer creations!  The website is:

http://mydigitalstudio.net/page/contests

I am so excited at the talent that is shared on this site, and even if you aren't a scrapbooker or card maker or even a crafter, it would be great for you to check out the site and vote!

I thought I'd tease you with my creations...you'll have to head on over to the SU site (CLICK HERE) to see the full creations (evil, I know:)  You have until Friday night to vote (but please don't put it off!) and the winners will be announced on Saturday!!!!

Have yourself a WONDERFUL day and a safe night!

Take care,

Heather 

Just a little information should you decide to vote THIS LINK takes you to the page that has all 10 samples on display.  If you then click on your favourites, scroll down and click the LIKE button, then this is your vote!  Thanks for taking the time to do this!

MDS Blog Hop Day!

Happy Friday to you!!!  I hope you've had a GREAT week!  Ours has been productive, fun and busy!  Pretty excited to see the weekend is finally here!  It's full of cheer and football so should be fun!

This week's challenge for our MDS blog hop was a tricky one for me.  The challenge was to create a page using DSP for a different purpose than the paper was designed for!  My take on the challenge was a little lame....BUT I did it!!!  I used the Party Animal Designer Series Paper for a general everyday page of Cole.  

All of the designe elements and DSP are from the Party Animal kit (so cute, eh???)  The overlay on the page is from the Tickets and Tokens download (LOVE this download too!).  The stitching is from the Downtown Grunge kit.  

There are a ton of fun elements, it's worth checking it out!  I hope you like today's page and I appreciate your stopping by!  

Take care,

Heather

 

Here is the rest of the hop:

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers (that's me:)

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

it's the little things

Happy Thanksgiving Monday to you!  I got to sleep in this morning (yay for me!)  The only sad thing is that it's just after 9 and this is sleeping in:)

Yesterday we went on a fun family walk in Dorchester so you'll be seeing lots of photos scrapbooked but these ones really made me laugh!  (by the way, thanks to those that commented on Facebook...who knew posting photos would be so easy:)

This page uses the Grateful Thankgiving download for My Digital Studio!  I love the colours and the paper on the left makes me happy!

Hate to keep the post short, but lots to do today...make buns, football for Mark and then YIPPEE a family dinner at Sandra's with great company and yummy food!  Can't wait!  Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by!

Take care,

Heather 

Stamping, MDS and some family fun!

Well, let me start off by saying WOW WOW WOW!!!!  I think I had the best class in a long time last night!  Don't get me wrong, I love what I do and enjoy my stamping nights, but last night's class was SUPER fun!  The company was amazing, the projects were fun and I went to bed with a smile on my face!  Thank you Bird, Mer, Sundee, Dale, Mom and Sonia for such a fun night!!!!!

Now, onto my multiple projects here!  The VERY first set of out of the new catalogue that Emma just "had" to get was the moustache stamp set (yes, that one that you've all overlooked....at the front of the catalogue in the a la carte section....you know the one, right?)  Emma has made some fun projects with it and I thought it was time I dusted it off and used it!   So, challenge number 1...use this set.

Challenge number 2....make something fun for my kids as it's already been a bit of a long week.  When the kids get off the bus, we often all start heading in multiple directions between cheer, football, classes, dog walking and life but yesterday NO ONE had to be anywhere right away so I thought doing something easy and fun for all four kids would be a great way to start our evening.

SO, what I decided to do was stamp the moustache set on some Whisper White cardstock (in Staz On), cut them out, punch a small hole with the crop-o-dile in the moustache and stick it on a Tootsie Pop (I said easy!!!)  I unwrapped the candies, put them in a bowl, grabbed my camera and was ready for them to come home.  I had to laugh at their reactions and how excited they all were (except Cole, who ripped the moustache off RIGHT away and just got right into the sucker!)  

What did we learn from this?  It truly does take small things to amuse us.  The stamp set was not a waste of my money and we will get many more uses out of it!  My kids and I are going to stamp a million (ok, slight exaggeration) of these and laminate them so they don't get all soggy when on a sucker).  We'll make some with bigger holes for straws to go through as well and we'll make some with no holes as well!  I can't wait!  Can you believe that this $10 stamp set has created this much happiness.....and is including my non crafting son (Mark) to want to craft!!! SO EXCITED!

And then of course, I had to scrapbook the event in My Digital Studio!  I made the moustache out of the bird punch, and the rest of the DSP and elements are from the Big Top Birthday suite!  

I hope you like today's post and photos!  Well, I'd really love to stay and chat but I really

 Have a great day(I'll try shooting a video today for the boot from yesterday:)!!!!  Take care,

Heather

CLICK HERE for all your stamping up needs!

Wow...what a day!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I was exhausted last night so do apologize I didn't get the post done sooner.  I would like to start by waying WOW!!!!!  I had one of my best stamping days ever yesterday!  I had so much fun stamping, demonstrating, talking, eating and sharing with so many of you!  Thank you to those that were able to come to our event and I look forward to hosting another one in the spring.  Thank you SO SO SO much!!!!  

While we were at our stamping event, many of my technologically forward friends were checking out the Stampin' Up! specials for October.  And this special is HUGE!!!  AND so appropriate after a great day of sharing and being together.  I think we were all pretty excited to contact friends or family and invite them to join our stamping family to share in future events and stamp days like yesterday!

Here are the details for this months specials:  

An offer to DIE for!

If you've been looking for an opportunity to do what you love, while getting a 20 discount on your favourite products, now is the perfect time! During October, you'll get a FREE Big Shot when you join the Stampin' Up! family as a demonstrator.*(or up to $125 worth of product of your choice!)

Use the Big Shot die-cutting machine and Stampin' Up!'s exclusive dies**  to create uniquely beautiful projects in a flash.

In addition, the new-demonstrator Starter Kit--a steal at just $215--contains over $425 worth of stamp sets, card stock, ink, accessories, and business supplies--everything you need to start your new business.

There are so many benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, including

• A 20 percent product discount!
• A free monthly issue of Stampin' Up!'s demonstrator-only magazine, Stampin' Success!
• Sneak peeks at brand-new products!
• Invitations to exclusive Stampin' Up! events!
• Regular get-togethers to stamp!
• Free access to an online community of 30,000+ crafters/stampers and creative artists, as well as 160,000+ project samples!
• Plus, access to an exclusive video and training for your new Big Shot!

Don't miss this BIG deal! Contact your demonstrator today to learn how you can take advantage of this great opportunity and get your FREE Big Shot!

Yes, you read this correctly.....$550 worth of stamping supplies for only $215.  Can you imagine???  Remember that the kit is customizable as well so you can choose stamps and inks (and other things) of your choice).  If you'd like to join my team, Simply Stars, we would love to welcome you!  If you have a local demonstrator, give her a call and ask for the details!  I am so excited to see Stampin' Up!'s family of demonstrators grow over this month!

I do have a quick post for you today.  I watched The Hobbit (thanks Sundee!) last night with my kids and did a little MDSing.  Here's the page I came up with.  Cole LOVES his "dee dee" (he's actually pointing to the screen right now on my computer saying dee dee....dee dee).  It stays in his crib but when he heads up to bed he is just SO happy!  And of course there isn't just one, there are like 5!  My favourite thing is when Cole is tired he has usually one in his mouth, and one in each hand.  While he's falling asleep he rubs the two in his hands over his eye lids....not sure why but it calms him and next thing you know he's sound asleep and happy!  These are the memories I don't want to forget:)

I hope you enjoyed today's post (even though it is super long).  I hope you have a great day today, we've got a birthday party, football and cheer!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care,

Heather

CLICK HERE to check out my online store or to watch the video on the new starter kit deal and what it means to be a demonstrator!

 

MDS Blog Hop ... week 9

Happy Friday to you!  It's been a long week around here....productive but long:)  Nathan has still been struggling with school, he is just exhausted but I'm sure this too will pass....right?  I can't blame him, I'm tired by Friday too and am always looking forward to the weekend!  We've got a fun weekend ahead with two birthdays, football and of course the demonstrator event tomorrow!  What fun!!!

Julie laid out a great challenge for us this week on our MDS blog hop:  So Saffron, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz and Cajun Craze.  Well, you'll notice on my page the Night of Navy is pretty subtle (the journaling) but you can easily find and see the other colours!  Thanks for this fun challenge, Julie!

Now, let's put this on YOU!  YOU are also very welcome to participate in this challenge!  I would love to see what you come up with!  If you complete this challenge, leave me a comment on this post with a link to either your site, the My Digital Studio.net site or anywhere else you may post.  I'd love to see what you come up with!

Here is a "rough" ingredient list for what I used this week:

• apple stamp - A is for apple
• background paper - Flirtatious, Cajun Craze Polka Dots
• border strip - Patterned Party
• Title - Smitten Alphabet
• journaling - Arial
• embellishments - Pear Pizzazz Baker's Twine, Paper Buttons, Pear Pizzazz Brads

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!  I will "see" you again tomorrow!

Take care,

Heather

CLICK HERE for all your Stampin' Up! needs 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

MDS Blog Hop...week 8!

Happy Friday to you!  Well, it's a PD Day around here, so the kids and I are doing NOTHING today (I hope:)  I love having them home and would love to go out and about but I think they are tired (Nathan especially!)  

So for this week's blog hop for My Digital Studio, the theme was organization.  I was going to scrapbook a my closet, but that would be the OPPOSITE of our theme:)  I've been on a cleaning rampage lately (you'd almost think I'm nesting....no I'm not!) and was toying with scrapping some before and after pictures.  But I'd be embarrassed if you saw my before photos:) 

Anyhow, a few weeks back I shared with you a family menu MDS project (CLICK HERE IF YOU LIKE TO SEE IT).  I've been using it and yes, I've been cooking (although this week was tough:)  Next week we'll be all ready and organized again:)

I loved the layout so decided to just swap things out and recreate something similar!  Here is Emma's chore chart.  I used the Domestic Goddess DSP and the photos are from the Little Coupon Book download....isn't it sweet!!!  Love it!

Of course I had to make three of these (one for each of the older kids).  Nathan LOVES to help and is always sad when the other kids have a job and he doesn't.  (Have I mentioned he's my favourite...kidding!)  

I love the little pictures from the Little Coupon Book...aren't they cute?  The dishes are for "dishes", the picnic baskets are for them to make lunches (yes...I am passing on the torch), the breakfast is for them to make a meal (or two), the baby picture is to amuse Cole while I prep dinner, the vacuum is for extra cleaning and the duck is for cleaning up the toys.  Cute, eh?

I hope you liked this week's challenge.  A little bit different, but a whole lot of fun!  Feel free to check out the other blog hoppers that hopped on board this week's challenge!  Have a great day!

Take care,

Heather

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Cindy Schuster

6. Heather Summers

Yippee....I'm a guest blogger on MDS!

Tuesday's are always exciting as it is MDS download day!  But today is even more special as I get to be the guest blogger!!!  Feel free to check it out on the site if you like (www.mydigitalstudio.net) and be sure to add me as a friend on that site!!!  If you don't have the time...here's the gist of my post:)

I am SO excited to share my project with you today!  For those of you that know me, I LOVE Halloween, so when Andrea asked me to share a Halloween project or idea I screeched with excitement!  After seeing the Holiday Mini and the really cute Big Shot die you can use to create an advent calendar with I started wondering how I could make my own countdown in My Digital Studio.  And, what better holiday to create a countdown calendar for than Halloween!

I decided to just have it be a 13 day countdown (lucky number 13!)  Behind each door, rather than having a treat I wanted to put an activity that we could do as a family.

   

Here are the details on how I made this project:

1.  I created the first page of my countdown calendar first.  I used the square punch for each of the "doors" that will be opened.  

2.  After the square punches were in their exact place, I went to "insert duplicate page".

3.  I deleted all the content in the square punches and then wrote my text in these boxes.  DO NOT move these boxes around or they won't line up when you attach the pages together.

4.  When you're done creating your two pages (the outside sheet and the inside text sheet) send them to Stampin' Up! for printing.

5.  Attach each of the pages to a 12x12 sheet of card stock. (I prefer using the textured card stock as it is more pliable and easier to cut)

6.  Carefully cut each of the countdown doors with a hobby blade. (cut three of the four sides)

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7.  Score the fourth side of the countdown door so when it comes time to open the door it opens easily.

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8.  Use the 1/2 inch circle punch, and punch out a little crescent from the countdown so you can slip your finger in the slot and open the countdown doors easier.

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9.  Using sticky strip, attach the front and back pages together.  I applied the sticky strip between each box and all around the outside of the bottom sheet so when the doors open you don't tear the paper.

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10.  Attach the two sheets together so the edges all line up.

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11.  Attach a hanger for your countdown.

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12.  Have fun with this....I created a "spooky" version for my older two children and the "cute" version for my younger two!

(SHOW THE CUTE VERSION HERE MAYBE?)

Thanks so much for sharing in my excitement for Halloween!  I hope you like the idea and I can't wait to see what you create!

Now here's the kicker!!!  I created TWO different countdowns and I am just FORCING you to visit the My Digital Studio site to see the other one!!!!  Evil, I know!!!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like today's project!!!

Take care,

Heather    

It's Friday...MDS Blog Hop Time!!!

Whew...good thing Fridays ARE MDS days as that's all I've got for you:)  I actually did a ton of stamping and creating yesterday so I just have to tweak a few videos and take a few pictures and I'm ready for paper creations!  Thank you so much for all the sweet comments on my post yesterday (both on this site and on my app!)  I love reading them and appreciate your taking the time to comment:)

As for an update, let me tell you....I'm three for three (so far!!!)  Three days, three meals planned and executed!  AND the best part is I've made double each night so while I'm away at Founders Circle there are meals already made for my family!!!  YAY!!!  OK, onto my post....

This week's blog theme is outdoors so what better thing to scrapbook than our time at the cottage!  I had a lot of fun making this page.  OF COURSE it uses my two favourite downloads...Vintage Overlays and Downtown Grunge (please tell me if you're sick of me using these downloads...actually don't:)

Here is a quick supply list of what is used on this page:

• Smitten Alphabet Punch
• Sweet Details DSP
• Anchored Stamp Brush
• First Addition DSP
• Vintage Overlay
• Downtown Grunge

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have fun on the rest of the blog hop and I'll see you again tomorrow!

Take care,

Heather

 

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers(you're here)

11. Alesha Walls

I AM a Domestic Goddess....truly!

Stop laughing....seriously!  OK, one thing I LOVE about back to school is the feeling of "new".  It's more significant to me than a true "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Resolutions".  Back to school is the beginning of an exciting and BUSY time that needs structure and routine (and if you're anything like me, it's fallen apart by April...or sooner!)

I must admit that having Adam home with me all summer (he is a teacher) is wonderful but I get lazy!  Meals are thrown together, groceries are done a a really NEED to get basis (you know, the cereal is in the bowl and you have no milk....that's a good time to run to the store:)  I do enjoy to cook, but it's hard to cook when you're not organized and you don't have the groceries!  SO, here's my solution for that!  (It's practical and it's cute!)

Here is my plan...I am emailing this to Staples first thing in the morning.  I'll have them print four (so I can do a four week meal plan...make notes of recipes we like so when scheduling the upcoming weeks I can remember the meals that were a hit or as we day a "make again").  Then I am going to have them heavy duty laminate them so they are reusable.

Then I will of course buy the cutest dry erase marker I can find in a colour that hopefully matches:)  I'll hole punch them in the top left corner, put them on a ring (add a little ribbon) and voila!!!!  What do you think?  Can you tell that I am SUPER excited!?!!?  I can't take complete credit for this idea....on the mydigitalstudio.net site, Stampin' Up! has demonstrated a few cute projects with this idea of laminating them to make a reusable writing surface.  I just made the concept suite my needs and here it is!  Hope you like it!!!!  Here is the list of downloads used:

• Compliments to the Chef (menu)
• Domestic Goddess Designer Series Paper 123150
• Now You're Cookin' (cup, utensils) 123149
• Top Note Punch 124414
• Year in Review (days of the week) 125743
• Lots of Tags Shape 2 124439
• Lots of Tags Shape 1 124440

I will be back with stamping projects soon...I have to be honest, my projects have either been Halloween or non existent!  I'm trying to spend my last few days with the kids as much as possible!  So not to worry, fun new projects are on the horizon and I sure do appreciate your stopping by!!!

Take care,

Heather

MDS ... Pittsburgh

Happy Wednesday to you!  Sorry for the late blog post, it was a rough and late night with my boys last night.  Not that I'm complaining as I know these things happen but man I sure do love a full night's rest:)  I realize I'm getting "older" as I used to be able to stamp into the wee hours of the morning and now I'm a PUMPKIN (or maybe witch) by midnight!  Anyone else feel that way?  

ANYWHO..... I've been pretty slow at getting my Pittsburgh album done.  Normally I get my trips scrapbooked within a week of being home, but not this time.  I suppose it's been a busy summer with lots of photos but my goal is to get this done in the next few weeks.  

It's funny, when I create a trip book I usually always do a double page layout.  When I make a family album most of my pages are singles...not sure why!  I am doing this book in the 11x81/2 size...I love this size album.

I hope you like today's pages!  If I get my way, I'll be back this afternoon wit a stamped project as well!

Have a great morning!

Heather

(Did you check out the downloads yesterday?  You KNOW I'll be getting the football one for sure!)

MDS Blog Hop Week #3

Happy Friday to you!  I hope you’re having a GREAT week!  We sure are!!!  We have been at the cottage this week (so if you’ve emailed or called and I haven’t gotten back to you…this is why….no phone or internet!!!  I love it!)  I will get caught up by Sunday night (I have a downline event on Sunday so I’ve got to get caught up for that too!)  Before packing for the cottage I didn’t organize any stamping projects (which is so sad…I’ve missed it this week!) BUT I’ve had some MDS time!!!!  The local library here has the internet so I’ve been able to make this post and a video for you!  Today’s page is one showcasing a new download from Stampin’ Up! this week … a NEW alphabet punch set!  Do you love it?  I thought I’d showcase it this week for our MDS blog hop.

Here is the supply list for this page:

Background – Crumb Cake (Kraft) Textured Card Stock

Border Strips – Berries and Blossoms, Domestic Goodess

Embellishments – Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon, Tabs are from Tickets & Tags, Wisteria Wonder Brads

Colours – Island Indigo, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Title – Smitten Alphabet Punch (NEW!!!)

Font – 2 Peas Gift, 2 Peas Billboard

I hope you like today’s page!  The photos are fun … I love seeing how happy and excited the kids are (and even more importantly how much fun Emma and Mark are having together!)  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!!!!

Remember CLICK HERE to download my App!

CLICK HERE to learn more about my My Digital Studio Club (Canadians Only)

Have a great weekend!

Take care,

Heather

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers(you're here)

11. Alesha Walls

MDS Blog Hop...it's new and I hope fun!

Well, I hope you stopped by today for a little bit of exercise!  Guess why.....

YOU HAVE THE ARTISAN BLOG HOP OPTION TODAY...Check out the 10 projects of the day from all the wonderfully talented Artisan winners.....AND

STARTING TODAY EVERY FRIDAY A GROUP OF US ARE DOING AN MDS BLOG HOP!  Can't wait to share with you!

The way our MDS blog hop will work, is one of us will present a little challenge each week to the team and we have to create our projects accordingly.  So sweet Erica Shaw has really been the "founder" of this hop and set out our first challenge....back to school!  Well, thankfully here in Ontario (Canada) we are only just done half of our summer holidays so this challenge was perfect for me...plan ahead!  For those of you that don't know me, that's something I don't do very often:)  So Erica, thank you for this wonderful idea!

I decided to create a hybrid project for this week.  For the longest time I didn't know what a hybrid project was (even though I was creating them!)  Hybrid simply means taking the 2D digital creations and making it 3D (or as Emma says, turning it into a REAL project:)  These cards and tags were created in MDS, then printed and then I added the "real" to the cards by using "real" brads and for the tags I used "real" ribbon to embellish them!  Fun, hey!

Nathan starts school this fall (I'm SO sad...full day everyday!) but he has wonderful teachers (I can't wait!!!)  He is so excited to go to school and wanted to make his teachers a card.  So he helped me pick the elements to use on the card in MDS and has written a little message to his two teachers inside the card for the first day!  How cute is he!?!?

Here is a list of the elements from MDS I used for this card:

• Hodgepodge hardware
• Anchored stamp brush set (hello)
• School Colours stamp brush set (crayons)
• A is for Apple stamp brush (ruler, background lines)

The little tags are my favourite:)  Nathan was pretty excited about these!  We are going to tuck one in a pocket of his "new" backpack so he knows for sure which bag is his and then one on his lunch bag!  Can't wait!  I'm also going to write his bus number and siblings name on the one tag in case Nathan is unsure one day and freezes up (ie. doesn't talk!) and isn't sure where to go or what to do...I know, I'm a paranoid mom...but we're allowed!

I really hope you enjoyed the first of hopefully many blog hops and I can't wait to do it again next Friday!!!

To continue enjoying the blog hop, select another name on the list down below!  Have fun!!!!  Take care,

Heather

Here is a quick little video for you as well demonstrating how these printed projects came to life and became .... hybrid:)

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon  
2. Rochelle Gould
3. Mandy Grant  
4. Julie LeBlanc   
5. Amber Meadows   
6. Terri Mongeon
7. Alesha Walls    
8. Cindy Schuster       
9. Erica Shaw    
10. Heather Summers

   

 

 

 

 

 

My Digital Studio ... Page, Club and Swatchbook!

Happy Sunday to you!  Can you believe that we are on the LAST day of July....seriously, where did the time go?  I am SO sad summer is about half over!  BUT we have lots of fun things planned so I'm sure August will be a ton of fun!

I've been planning a ton of fun things coming up...some of which you already know about, and some things are coming!  Today's post will focus on none other than MY DIGITAL STUDIO!  I have a few pieces of news for My Digital Studio

Today is the last day that I will have the My Digital Studio swatchbook #1 for sale!  They were a huge hit and I have so many of YOU to thank!  I appreciate the kind words and the support you offered with these books.  I hope you have as much fun with it as I did!  Here is a quick synopsis of the details - 26 page swatchbook (13 front and back), 25 double page sketches, 25 different colour combinations and 25 MDS tips/tricks!  What fun!!!!  And to top it off, you get a sample of what a swatchbook is, so as a demonstrator it's a great business tool and as a customer you get a sample of the book so you can see for yourself how amazing they are!  If you are interested in one of these books, the cost is $25 which includes your shipping fee.  At midnight this book will no longer be available.  CLICK HERE if you'd like even more details:)

SO, if you are an MDS lover (or want to be one:) and you are Canadian then this is the club for you!  How does it work?  Commit to spending $20 a month on MDS downloads (or print products or other SU product) for six months from my SU online store.  For six months you will get a MINIMUM of one video and one page/project per week.  The page/project will be a detailed explanation of the page that will be exclusive to the club.  Of course there will be perks and challenges throughout:)  If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!  This club starts TOMORROW, but the first order isn't due until the 10th of August, so you have time to think this through and join the fun!!!  I hope you do!  If you're interested please email me at [email protected] 

Last but not least....do you like today's page?  I had fun creating this one.  A friend of mine emailed me a sketch (I think she drew it from a page online..not 100% sure as she didn't remember for sure either) and this is what I came up with (thanks Joni).  I used the hostess disk, Noteworthy (isn't it fun!) for all the DSP and the embellishments.  The title was done with the punched alphabet.  The only "trick" to the page is the fact that I created the "ring" of DSP. I shot a quick video on how to do this at the bottom of this post if you're interested!

Have a great day and thanks for making me a part of it!  Take care,

Heather

Click here if you'd like to visit my online Stampin' Up! shop!

My Digital Studio Club

Wow, what a weekend!  We finally got a tiny bit of rain yesterday so some of the humidity has been removed (although I think we're in for another hot day!)  I am a spring and fall weather sort of a girl, but the kids have been having fun playing board games and in the pool in this extreme heat:)

Well, I'm not sure about you but not even halfway into our Summer holidays and I have WAY too many photos! 200 plus from my Grandma's 90^th birthday, 300 from my nieces 2^nd birthday, tons by the pool and then some! For those of you that know me, I am obsessed and love taking pictures, so this is not out of the norm!

Here is what I have planned for the current MDS club I am offering:

• 6 month club (24 weeks) starting August 1st
• Canadians ONLY
• $20 per month in downloads for the club (to be placed by the 10^th of the month or earlier)
• at the end of the 6 month club you will receive an MDS swatchbook sketchbook from me for FREE! (it will be different than the one that I just sold on my blog!) This will contain 25 double page layouts, 25 colour combinations and 25 MDS tips/tricks!!!!
• once a week we will have an MDS video demonstrating a tip or technique
• once a week you will receive a sketch, page sample and tips/tricks guide for you to easily recreate your own page in your colour scheme!  
• Of course there will be surprises and new things as the club progresses, but this is the minimum I am offering!  I even have some prizes and challenges planned!  Can't wait!
• I will be building an online community in NING and will keep it open for two months after our club ends so you can download all information you need/want

If you don't already own My Digital Studio, now is a great time! It actually went down in price in the current catalogue (which is super exciting!) If you decide to take the plunge, this will be "worth" three months of club orders and you won't regret it AT ALL!!!!

Another option is to go with the Digital Starter kit and join my Stampin' Up! team, Simply Stars!  We are a fun group of women that share a PASSION for Stampin' Up! and welcome friends who love to create, love the idea of a discount and want to have fun! 

If you would like to see My Digital Studio in action I am happy to do a 30 minute session with you (or a small group) outlining how it works, what the print products look like and how user friendly it is!  As you can see I am passionate about this product!  I think the main reason I love it is because I am caught up on my scrapbooking from 2009 to now!  I can't believe I am working on my 2008 album right now as well as my daily photos I take of my munchkins!  I think once you see it in action you too may fall in love!  Please email me if you have questions/concerns or would like a little demo!

I hope you are as excited about this club as I am! I have some fun pages already designed and videos shot that I think you will love!!!! I hope you'll join the fun this time around! Please email me at 

[email protected] 

if you are interested!

Have a wonderful week!

Heather

 

 

My Digital Studio....Have you missed it?

I have been a crazy MDSer lately, but you'd never know!!!!  I have done my 25 pages that correspond with the sketchbook I created for sale!  I had so much fun with this project that you know I'll be doing a book #2 in the future!  Thank you SO SO much for your support and kind words!  Here are a few things that people are saying:

Margo: "Heather, this little booklet seriously exceeded any expectations I had.  The book is not only full of 50 cute sketches but amazing tips and fun color combinations.  Thank you for all your efforts."

Sue: "I have been really nervous to open my My Digital Studio software.  As soon as I got this book in the mail, I loaded the program and have already made five pages.  I wish I didn't wait so long.  Please do another one."

I am willing to do one last order of these books (as I've had a few emails this weekend).  CLICK HERE to view the details and the Pay Pal link.  Just note, that if you are in the US, I will ship it from Canada so it will take a few extra days to arrive.  Thanks for your understanding.

If you have purchased a book from me, you should have received an email from me last night with the photos of my pages using the sketches!  I hope you like it!!!!

Alrighty, onto the pages today.... They are both made using photos from 2008...look at how little my munchkins look!  The top page is a little summary of some of our trip to Bermuda.  I took Emma on this Stampin' Up! incentive trip and of course we had an amazing time!  I had HUGE feelings of guilt that I hadn't scrapbooked this trip for the two of us, but I can say now that I am done 12 pages so I'm a happy mom:)  This page layout was completely inspired by my friend Erica Shaw on the mydigitalstudio.net site.  I loved her strawberry page and just had to make my own!

This second page is from a family hike we took in January with family.  It was a fun little hike, but by far, Mark had the best time!  This page was inspired by one I saw on the scrapbook site, Two Peas in a Bucket.  I'm not sure who the original creator is of this idea, but if you know, please let me know:)

In the meantime, enjoy your day!  And if you're interested in the MDS swatchbook, I will do my last order of this book on Friday July 29th.  Thanks for stopping by!

Take care,

Heather

Happy FIRST Birthday Nathan!

I am so excited....I am now scrapbooking 2008!!!!  I have 2009 - NOW done!!!  WHOO HOO!!!  Sorry, had to do a little happy dance since my expedited order didn't show up today:(  That's alright though...MDS came to save the night!

Anyhow, this is one of the pages I came up with for Nathan's first birthday!  I wanted to play on the fun bright colours of the cake in the papers and layout.  I think all the pieces come together...hope you like it!  Here's a bit of a summary of what I used:

• to create the background I used the Pennant Punch (in Hello, Baby download) in Whisper White changed to 20% opacity
• Stars - anchored stamp brush
• ONE - leadership download
• title - alphabet punches
• cupcake punch
• paper buttons (brights)
• border strips from a variety of kits

Hope you like it!  See you again in the morning!

Hugs,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... My Little Monkey

Have you missed MDS?  I haven't been sharing too much lately because I've been working hard at getting my pages done for my gallery for the MDS swatchbook!  If you've ordered one of these books from me, I'm hoping my first batch arrives today...I'll keep you posted:)

This is a quick page I put together of Nathan on his first birthday...look at how sweet he is!!!  I love the simplicity of this page....Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze and Basic Grey.  I used the Hello, Baby elements (frames, DSP, pennant).  I used the Baja Breeze Bakers' Twine that the pennants hang from.

I hope you like today's page!  I had fun with it and am jumping back into MDS....I love it and have missed it (although have been enjoying a lot of family time:)

Happy Day to you!!!! (or night depending on when you're reading this:)

Hugs,

Heather 

My Favourite Day ... MDS Download Day!

For those of you that follow my blog you know I love Tuesdays!  What's going to be new for today?  I can't wait to head on over to HERE to check out the downloads and HERE to check out what Stampin' Up! is doing with the downloads!  Oh if only I had a few minutes to day to MDS:)  I truly am ADDICTED!

Today's page is all of Mr. Nathan.  He loves playing outside (although you'd wonder with the picture on the right).  I had fun using punches to fill in the stamps (the squirrel and the raccoon).  To make this page I used the circle photos and matted them with white size 6 and then dropped the shadow.  I think I'll add circles behind the patterned circles...not 100% sure yet:)  What do you think?  

The colours on this page are Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz.  I used a variety of punches to create the middle "piece" on this page.  Hope you like it!  (don't forget to check out the downloads for today!)  Oh, I forgot.....guess what....ONLY ONE MORE LUNCH:)  Have a wonderful day!

Take care,

Heather

My Digital Studio ... 19 months

A little MDS page for you....you didn't think I could go more than three days with out a scrapbook page, did you?  I sure do love MDS!  I have really been enjoying my camera lately.  Any of you avid photographers?  I don't think it means I'm a good photographer (although my subjects sure make it easy!) BUT I'm learning a ton, and am playing a lot with my camera.  I am trying really hard to play around with the shutter speed and aperture settings and am happy with the outcomes.  I've sold a couple of my lenses so I can invest in a new lense...anyone have a favourite?  I'm a Canon girl and LOVE LOVE LOVE my 55 - 250 and my 50mm.  But I'm going to be getting a good "everyday" lens and my friend Matt has been SO PATIENT with me and I think I've decided but it's always fun to hear what others have to say!  So, if you have any thoughts (good or bad!) I'd love to hear your opinions.

Oh right, the page!  Here's my little Cole man.  He didn't know I was snapping photos as I was using my zoom lens (with a 5.6 aperture....why the background is fuzzy) so I love the innocent look on his face.  A friend of mine sent me a page (I think from the 2peas website) and wondered if I could create something similar in MDS (I love these challenges so feel free to send me any pages you LOVE and would like to see in MDS).  

The background paper is from Blueberry Maine DSP, the Pumpkin Pie DSP is the striped DSP and the banner is full of textured card stock.  I created the DSP behind Cole's photo with the punch numbers.  They are all filled with Small Polka Dotted DSP in Old Olive, Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie.  The "journal" box is from Write Stuff and I added the DSP and scalloped edge and arrow with the brad.

Thanks for stopping by (again for some of you today:)  Have a wonderful night...I know I will, as my class attendees tonight are getting their new catties!!!!  How fun!!!!

Take care,

Heather

Thank you Terri!

So, I really didn't think I'd have any MDSing time today as I had plans in the morning with friends and I have been helping Karen with her math for her exam tomorrow.  BUT, children don't always follow my schedule and Nathan was SICK this morning.  So while he laid on my lap, and Cole amused himself for a very long time (a long time for Cole is like 20 minutes!) playing cards, I went to the MDS website.  My friend Terri posted the most adorable page on her dog Bella CLICK HERE TO SEE IT.  I loved it and knew I had the perfect photos for the page.  Because all the work was done for me, I decided to completely copy her page (thanks Terri!) and get one done in about 10 minutes today!!!!  YAY!!!

Here's a quick recipe:

• background - Old Olive Texture
• layers - Chocolate Chip Texture, More Mustard Texture, Old Olive Texture
• Borders - Autumn Spice DSP
• Stamps - Bliss
• Other - Stitching, Antique Brads
• Font - Scriptina (title)

Hope you had a great day!!!  Take care,

Heather

Another page for you:)

Guess what!!!  I took pictures today of stamped projects, so I've got a few days of new and old stamped projects for you:)  Can't wait!  In the meantime I thought I'd share an MDS sneak peek for you!  This is the "funnest" (yes, I said FUNNEST!) kit so far I think!  It's a hostess set in the next catalogue called Noteworthy.

You can see a sneak peek of the new In Colour, Pool Party as well!  Isn't it yummy???  All these papers are in the kit as well as some fun embellishments and borders (see the scallop at the top and the yellow rick rack on the bottom....cute, eh?)

The other embellishments on the page are Deck the Hall Buttons, stitching, Daffodil Brads, Staples and the punched alphabet!  

Thanks for stopping by!!!  I'll see you in the morning with a stamped card I think will "cool" you down!

Take care,

Heather

It's Tuesday....Tuesday....gotta get MDS Downloads!!!

OK, so I have that silly song "Friday" stuck on my head and therefore my title is me humming along to that song while typing:)  I really should get a bit more sleep:)  I have a ton of projects to share with you, just have to get my act together and photograph the hand stamped ones.  In the meantime, I thought I'd share some of my Father's Day book the kids and I made for Adam on Sunday.  Now, it is a little backwards, but we did the book on Sunday and shipped it off to SU first thing Monday so we'll get it next week.  But I wanted to use pictures from Father's Day for the book so therefore he'll get it a little late:)

I got this idea over on the MDS website (www.mydigitalstucio.net).  Sara Douglass posted a project like this a few weeks back and I just loved how clean and crisp the book turned out so I had to do the same!  For Sara's book, she had the book printed and then had each of the kids write in Sharpie marker their reasons for loving their dad.  I thought this was a great idea as I'm a sucker for little people printing!

BUT Emma and Mark both thought they'd rather it be in "type".  Because they were both so good with helping journal their thoughts I let them "win" this one:)

Aren't the journaling boxes fun?  I love the simplicity of the pages, thank you Sara!  I like how the black pages match the dark backgrounds the photos as well!

I'll leave you with a few more photos from the book (as I'm sure you don't want to read all the journaling:) Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I will do my best to photograph my cards today AND shoot the video of my craft room...I know finally!!!

Take care,

Heather

(And don't forget to check out the latest MDS downloads!!!!  CLICK HERE!)

My Digital Studio....Just Hangin Out

Well, I am organized....shocker, I know!  Emma's "birthday party" (a month late!) for her and a few friends is tonight.  As I said earlier I really tried to skip it this year, but with missing her birthday while in Alaska I really felt the need to do this.  Emma has a few new friends this year as my kids started at a new school so I think it's important to have them here at least once before the summer so they can get together in the summer together!

ANYHOW, as I sit here by myself (I know, another shocker - Nathan and Mark are playing, Cole is having a drink and Adam and Emma are out grabbing one last thing) I thought I'd share an MDS page I did last night.   

Earlier this week I took the boys to a FABULOUS park in Strathroy with Barb and her boys.  It really is a GREAT park and probably we could have spent more time there had Nate (Barb's little one) and Cole not been falling asleep in the swings!  I have had this idea to do a clothesline scrapbook page for a while now and finally I figured out to use the Digital Tape from Downtown Grunge as the "clothes pegs" for this page  I wasn't sure what to use, and I am happy with the final "look".  The lines are the Bakers' Twine (Crumb Cake), the clouds are from Sunny Days kit (comes with the program), the letters are from Calendar Alphabet, the Monkey is from Nursery Images and the Birds are from Cheep Talk.  It was a bit of a time consuming page as I made the letters look like they are interlocked.  I used "-" on my keyboard at a large font size to cover up unwanted portions of letters.  

Well, I hope you enjoy the page and enjoy your weekend!  Will check back with you tomorrow!

Hugs!

Heather

My Digital Studio ... a couple of pages

Happy Thursday to you!  Well our day was off to a "funny" start...I could say rough, but truly I have a wonderful life so I can't complain.  I tend to get "weather" headaches (Adam makes fun of me and says I should change up my day job to make weather predictions:) so this morning there was a headache just waiting for me....no big deal, take some medicine, have a shower and get on with the day!  Then Emma and Mark were all ready for school (easily this morning....) and either they missed the bus, it was delayed or didn't show up.  Not sure, doesn't matter but off we went to take them to school this morning.  Then we head off to the bank and my bank card doesn't get returned from the bank machine!?!?  So, what do you do when the bank isn't open, there's a line up of cars behind you in the drive thru bank machine.....well, I made sure the transaction was complete, let the cars know behind me, tried the bank's front door (that was locked and no one in site) and have returned home:)  I called the bank and all is well...just another "funny" thing to add to our morning.  So now that the boys and I are home I'm looking forward to Lego and some snuggles!!!!  Hope you're morning is off to a great start!

Now, the real reason you come visit...some creative inspiration.  A friend of mine (thanks Sue) emailed me a photo of a really cute scrapbook and asked if I could recreate something similar in MDS.  Now, this isn't exact and I'm sorry I don't know a link or the name of the original inspiration, but here's my take on it.   This came together surprisingly fast and any of you MDS users out there with the original program you can make most of this page!  The clouds and DSP are from the Sunny Days kit.  There of course are a few add ons, but the majority of this page anyone can do!!!  YAY for that!  This is Nathan this week....he is turning into quite the little man, very expressive, sweet and full of life!  We are really enjoying him in this stage!

This second page is Nathan at 1!  When I was working on this page last night I was really excited to find these photos of Nathan (from 2008)  Adam couldn't believe I let him have such "dorky" hair (those are his words) but I think it looks adorable!  This page was created using the Lucky Star embellishment downloads, some Bakers' Twine and a few punches.  The original inspiration for this page came from the upcoming Idea Book and Catalogue for Stampin' Up!  I have altered it a ton (really nothing looks similar except for the tasteful trim borders:)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a great day, and I'm sure ours will continue to be "fun".

Take care,

Heather

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