Stamping & Scrapping with Jen

My Digital Studio: Free 30 Day Trial

Who doesn't like FREE, right?  Now I have the chance to offer you a trial of the My Digital Studio software for 30 days, absolutley FREE!  You will have free access to the My Digital Studio Express software and all you need to do is download it - so it comes right to your computer - no waiting for a disk!

I will also be putting together a series of emails to help you through your 30 day trial, so if you order it through me, you can also take advantage of that!

To get started on your free trial, click to my online store and click on the MDS FREE TRIAL button.  Or you can just go to my online store and enter item number 129600.

My Digital Studio: Christmas Card

I decided to make my Christmas cards this year with My Digital Studio.  I actually created two different cards.  One was for my family who got a photo of my kids and our annual update which my husband very cleverly writes.  Every year I DREAD taking the photo of my girls.  It's usually torture!!!  However, this past year, I'm not sure if it was because they were older or because they just think they are supermodels, but they were actually EXCITED to pose for the picture and have their little photo shoot.  It was BY FAR the easiest year ever to get a good one!! 

So here is what we picked.

I look at that photo and I don't know WHO those big kids are!! Surely that couldn't be MINE, right?????  But whoever they are, I think they are adorable, and I sure do love them to pieces!!!

So next year, consider using My Digital Studio for your holiday cards - it made things a lot easier - and I was really happy with the quality and ease of them!!!

FREE FREE FREE!!

Who doesn't like FREE????

Stampin' Up! is offering FREE digital downloads in celebration of Digital Scrapbooking Day!!  All you need to do is click on this link, and take the short survey and you will receive the following four FREE never-before seen downloads!

Even if you do not use My Digital Studio (yet), you can use these downloads with many digital scrapbooking programs, such as: actually you can use it with any program that supports .jpg and .png files & layers such as: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Jasc Paint Shop Pro (PSP), Microsoft Digital Image Pro (DIP), Ulead Photo Impact (PI), Corel Draw.  Believe it or not, you can even use your MDS images in Word documents!!

So, what are you waiting for???  Go get your free stuff!!!

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My Digital Studio Layout: Hiking

Just a quick post since I am on my way to a Girl Scout Meeting!!  Based on tomorrow's weather forecast, I am actaully pretty much FREE the whole day!  I don't even think we'll be able to get our run in in the morning, so I might go to the Y, but I can't see running 9 miles on a treadmill.  Maybe 7. 

I guess we'll see, but in any case, I was thinking I might sit home and do some digital scrapbooking.  (I also want to make Potato & Leek soup, just because it seems nice & warm and it'll make the house smell good.)

But I have been playing around with My Digital Studio, so here is a recent layout I created.

We took a hike together as a family and by the end, the girls were EXHAUSTED!!  But the picture made for a great layout!!

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My Digital Studio Layout: Dance Recital

Here is another scrapbooking layout with My Digital Studio.  For this I used the Flirtatious paper, which is an additional download.  I used two different patterns in two different places - in the center as a gigantic circle punch and a strip at the bottom.

It is SO EASY to mat all your photos at the same time - it's just one simple command on each page.  But the one thing that was a little tricky is that you can only work on one page at a time so I had to keep switching back & forth between the two to make sure the photos and ribbons would align across the two pages, but if you double click on the element, it brings up a settings window where you can adjust the measurements so you can look it up on one page and use it on the other.  It takes a little patience, but it's well worth it!!

 

So if this paper looks interesting to you, you are going to really love a new promotion I have coming VERY soon!!!  It has to do with the Flirtatious Designer Series Paper (pictured below). 

I'll be releasing all the details via email the week of August 22, so be sure to be signed up for my mailing list if you aren't already!!

Oh, and while you are at it, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my layout above!!!  Have a great day!!

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PJ Pants: A My Digital Studio Layout

As you might know, I was inspired and motivated to use Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio and create more layouts with it during Convention earlier this month.  Next weekend, I have a scrapbooking weekend planned, so I wanted to have some of these layouts done & printed so I can maybe embellish them a little more, or at worst case, share them with other people.

This page was a single page layout of when Emily had our friend Theresa come over & help her make her first pair of pajama pants.  Emily had made a pillowcase in Girl Scouts this year and has been fascinated with sewing ever since.  It was so very sweet of Theresa to come over and Emily had a great time!  I was able to create the background paper (which unfortunately got covered with a lot of the photos) look very similar to the fabric they used, which Emily picked out herself.  I didn't want to add too many additional embellishments digitally, so I settled for a title and a little journaling.  I might bling it up a little when I get it - maybe add a few rhinestones or something, since she does have them on her shirt.  Sometimes I hate the fact that I am so literal and "matchy-matchy" when it comes to scrapbooking!!

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Tip of the Week: My Ten Favorite Facts about My Digital Studio

I am becoming addicted to My Digital Studio.  I have been playing around with it since Convention and I think I really like it!!!  Now don't get me wrong!  I promise I won't give up traditional scrapbooking!!  And I promise not to digitally scrapbook at a crop weekend.  In fact, the way I see it, I'll still get the same amount of traditional scrapbooking done, but now I can get more overall pages done because I will get to scrapbook in places and at times I can't do it traditionally.  (Like on an airplane, at a hotel, while waiting for my kids at their activities, in the car, at the pool, do you get the idea???)

Here is a list of my 10 Favorite Facts about MDS:

1. It still contains all the same Stampin' Up! colors that we know and love INCLUDING retired colors!!
2. Nothing ever retires!!!
3. The software is compatible with MAC and PC.
4. The software out of the box contains over $500 worth of content, including hundreds of papers, hundreds of embellishments, dozens of stamp sets, and MORE!
5. New downloads are released almost every week!
6. You can now sign up to be a demonstrator and customize your kit to include the MDS software!
7. MDS makes creating duplicate gifts a BREEZE!!!
8. MDS is VERY user-friendly!
9. There is a HUGE online resource if you ever get stuck, have any questions, or would like to learn more: http://mydigitalstudio.net/.
10. YOU CAN SCRAPBOOK ANYWHERE!!!

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All My Stuff... and a Tip of the Week

I went to convention with just two carry-on bags (pretty impressive so far, huh?)  I have traveled four times this year so far - Puerto Rico, California, Chicago, and Salt Lake City.  I haven't checked a bag in over a year, so it really was no big deal to get to SLC with just my two carry-on bags.  However, what was really impressive was that I CAME HOME with just those same two carry-on bags!!!!  I had to cheat a tiny bit, and have my friend Jessica throw my purse in her bigger carry-on bag (they wouldn't let me take "3" bags onto the place) and I could have taken things out of it and made it fit, but I would have had to take the whole thing apart, so she just threw it in her bag and I went on with my two.  Here is just SOME of the ADDITIONAL stuff I brought home that I didn't take with me.

• 8 stamp sets
• Simply Sent Kit
• Roll of Ribbon
• 8 mini catalogs
• Make & takes (I think there were like 7)
• Workshop in a Bag
• My Digital Studio CD

and then there was:

• Convention bag
• Catalog Binder
• swaps (okay I went with some, but I seemed to come back with more)

And yes, I managed to cram it all into a backpack and a carry-on suitcase.

So, my tip(s) today is about packing for Convention - or any other relatively short trip.

• Plan your wardrobe so you know EXACTLY what you will wear each day.
• Plan to wear pants more than once
• Pack underwear and socks for as many days as you are there, plus 2 (just in case!)
• Buy everything in travel size
• If you can't get it in travel size, leave it at home and buy it when you get there. (For example, my face wash is $6.99.  If I packed it I'd have to pay (roughly) $25 each way to check my bag.  Or I can spend $7 when I get there and buy a new one that I leave in the hotel room.)
• Wear your "biggest" clothes & shoes on your way there and your way home.  For example, bring a sweatshirt, but wear it or tie it around your waist.  Bring sneakers, but wear them and pack your flip flops.  (Yes, I know security is a pain, but it only takes 3 extra minutes to untie and retie your shoes.)  That leaves you lots of extra room in your suitcase!
• Airlines typically allow you to bring on 2 carry-ons PLUS any food you bought in the airport, so if you want to bring your own food (which I always do since airlines aren't kind to us gluten-free people), bring it in a white grocery bag and make it look like you bought it there.  It saves room in your bags for other things.
• Don't pack every book and magazine you haven't read.  Just bring one, and if you are going to convention, you might not even look at that, but it can't hurt to have one.  Any more than that is overkill!!!
• If you are going to Convention, be careful what you buy in Memento Mall!!!!  :)

That should get you off to a good start, and it should at least get you one way without having to pay those ridiculous baggage fees!!  Oh, and if you decide not to pack a book or a magazine (I can't believe it took me this long to figure this out), use My Digital Studio on the plane.  Duh!!!  We can't take scissors, but we can scrapbook digitally!!!  I realized this about 2 hours into my flight yesterday, so I played around, and here is what I created.

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New Digital Downloads Available for My Digital Studio

Lots of new downloads are available with My Digital Studio, the digital paper-crafting software, and MORE are on their way in January!  To purchase any of these great downloads, visit my online store and click on Digital Crafting.

Item	Description	Image	Price	Content
124030	Tempting Turquoise Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Tempting Turquoise Designer Series Paper Patterns
124031	Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Old Olive Designer Series Paper Patterns
124033	Pretty in Pink Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95	Four Pretty in Pink Designer Series Paper Patterns
124022	Sweet Stitches Designer Buttons		$2.95	Three button styles in Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, and Daffodil Delight. Total of 12 buttons.
124028	Pattern Pieces Stamp Brush		$1.95	One oversized fabric pattern. Coordinates with the "Oh Sew Suite" product line.
124018	Blossom Petals Punch		$0.95	Four-piece stamp brush set and one 5" x 7" greeting card designer template.
124019	Build a Blossom Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Twelve-piece stamp brush set. Coordinates with the digital Blossom Petals Punch.
124027	Eat Chocolate Stamp Brush Set		$3.95	Four-piece stamp brush set.
125161	Top 10 Photo Book Template		$14.95	This 24-page designer template (11" x 8-1/2") was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125162	2011 Pennant Desktop Calendar		$14.95	This 25-page calendar template (5-1/2" x 6-1/2" calendar with easel) was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125623	Baja Breeze Flower Bouquet Birth Announcement		$1.95	Double-sided baby boy announcement postcard designer template. Colors are Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Basic Gray.
125163	Regal Rose Flower Bouquet Birth Announcement		$1.95	Double-sided baby girl announcement postcard designer template. Colors are Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, and So Saffron. This template was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125164	Play Date Invitation Designer Template		$1.95	Birthday greeting card invitation template. Front and inside of card are pre-designed. Template includes nine embellishment pieces and was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
125165	Snowflake Flurry Holiday Trifold Card Designer Template		$1.95	This 4" x 9-1/4" trifold card designer template was used to make the My Digital Studio Professional Print Product Sampler, demonstrator supply item #124261.
124542	Chat Room Rock Star Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.
124543	Chat Room Friend Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.
124486	Chat Room Baby Stamp Brush Set		$5.95	Ten-piece stamp brush set.

Item	Description	Image	Price
124034	Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124032	Rose Red Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124037	Wild Wasabi Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124035	So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper		$1.95
124024	Letterpress Alphabet Stamp Brush		$1.95
124025	Lots of Love Stamp Brush		$1.95
124026	Valentine Defined Stamp Brush Set		$5.95
124029	Be My Valentine Stamp Brush		$1.95
124020	Seam Binding II Ribbon Pack		$3.95
124488	Extra Postage Stamp Brush Set		$3.95
124491	Motorcycle Stamp Brush		$1.95
124492	Printed Petals Stamp Brush Set		$3.95
125157	Chat Room Good Thoughts Stamp Brush Set		$5.95
124541	Chat Room Celebrate Stamp Brush Set		$5.95

 

My Digital Studio: High School Reunion Scrapbook Layout

This is the last page in my high school reunion album.  It is all done with My Digital Studio and focuses on one main photo.  We tried to get a shot with all 80 of us in it, and it kinda worked, so I think this one was the best I got.  I think the next 5 years will go by fast, and it seems like everyone will want to get together again, so please let me know if you have any good ideas.  If there is something "different" we could do, that would be great.  It would have to be something that was cool enough to have everyone travel to attend, but I don't want to do the whole big formal party thing.  Any thoughts out there?

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