Author Archives: Karen Fontinelle

My Digital Studio UT Honors Day Pages

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Today I watched a training webinar for My Digital Studio presented by Stampin' Up! for demonstrators.  The presenter on the webinar was a Stampin' Up! demonstrator who did a fantastic job showing how to use My Digital Studio to make a calendar.  Even though I had already planned to make these pages, watching the webinar today inspired me to get these done!  One of her best tips was to get in the program and see what ALL is included in the software plus all the extra downloads we can purchase.  My Digital Studio is really a goldmine of fun things to use in all kinds of projects!

Here is what came of my playing tonight!

UT Honors Day 2010 

UT Honors Day 2010
 

Even the star metal brads are digital!  I thought they went well with the Texas page!  But if I had wanted to, I could leave those off and add real brads after I had the pages printed. That is called hybrid scrapbooking!

My Digital Studio is easy enough even for us beginners to use.  So don't think you have to be an expert to use it!  If I can do it, you can learn too!  And if you are already familiar with digital scrapbooking, you can enjoy using fabulous Stampin' Up! designs and products in your projects.

Learn more about My Digital Studio!  Click on the link!  Let me know if you have any questions or want to know more about using this product.


Roses, Roses, Roses…..Fifth Avenue Floral

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We've had a beautiful red rose bush blooming back against the fence in the backyard which inspired me to make this card with Fifth Avenue Floral (#113734).  This set and technique were quite popular awhile back after someone demonstrated it at a Stampin' Up! event.  Just stamp the flower with White Craft Ink on Shimmery White card stock, emboss with White Embossing Powder and use your Aqua Painter (#103954) to moisten the flower petals.  Pick up some reinker with your Aqua Painter and let it just float and fill in the spaces!  In the past I used various colors and lots of lighter and darker areas, but on this flower I wanted it to be deep red.

Here are the real roses:

Real Red Rosebush 

Roses

And here are my stamped roses!

Fifth Avenue Floral embossing
Fifth Avenue Floral Rose on Shimmery White 

For the leaves I just used the new Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch (#117191).  First I was going to use the little branch with leaves but then realized the bird wing looked like a leaf and for today, I liked that better!  I used my Aqua Painter to pick up some Old Olive ink and draw on some leaf veins and sponged the edges a little.

You can use the stamp set Well Scripted (wood or clear) for the sentiment.

Don't tell anybody, but I wobbled a little with my stamp, if you can pick out the mistake.  But all I had to do was grab my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker and smooth out the rough spots.

I think you might even be able to pick up the shimmer of the Shimmery White card stock in the photo, especially if you click on it and enlarge.

And the best part of all is that this stamp set is part of the Stampin' Up! Two-Step Into Spring Promotion going on right now!  You can get Fifth Avenue Floral and others for 20% off!  Order today at my Online Store!

Plus, get 20% off a selection of springy Two-Step Stampin' sets:

Item Page Description Regular Price Sale Price
113824 94 Greenhouse Garden $25.95 $20.76
113734 98 Fifth Avenue Floral $24.95 $19.96
111578 101 Flower Fancy $36.95 $29.56
113258 112 Trendy Trees $17.95 $14.36

 

Medallion Wedding Card

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MedallionWedding 

When I saw this card online, made by Lynn Weiss, I thought it was beautiful.  I decided to make it for a neighbor getting married today and incorporated purple since I think she is using that in her wedding.  The card base is Elegant Eggplant (#105126) and the white paper is the beautiful  Shimmery White (#101910).  I stamped the Medallion stamp (#115223) with Versamark (#102283) on the Shimmery White card stock and embossed with White Embossing Powder (#109132).  I also did a second one so I could punch out the center circle with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch (#112004) to pop up with Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)  in the center of my card.  The bottom portion is made using the Big Shot (#113439) and the Perfect Details Texturz Plate (#115962), just a separate little piece of paper to fit there.  The sentiment is stamped with Teeny Tiny Wishes (#115370), punched out with the Word Window Punch (#105090) and mounted on a piece punched out with the Modern Label Punch (#116630).  I popped that up with Dimensionals too and sponged a little ink around the words.

Before I assembled the card, I sponged Elegant Eggplant ink around and on top of the embossed Medallion, and then took a paper towel and rubbed off some of the excess ink over the Medallion.  I even very lightly rubbed the sponge over the diagonal embossing on the bottom portion just to highlight the embossing.  I tied some Whisper White Organza Ribbon (#114319) around the card layer and glued a little half pearl from the Pretties Kit (#109114) with a dot of Tombow Multi (#110755) in the center of the Medalliion.

And there you have it!  Of course all you have to do is change the sentiment to have a beautiful birthday card or any other occasion.

 

Simply Adorned Charms… Mother’s Day Gift Idea!

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Enjoy this video from a local TV station in Utah featuring Annie Traynor of the Stampin' Up! home office demonstrating the Simply Adorned Charms.  She is using the Vintage Vogue stamp set and the Simply Adorned Chains and Charms, both found in the current Occasions Mini Catalog.  You can order your Simply Adorned jewelry by clicking on the red "Order Online button" in the upper right corner of my blog.

Lots of Bots Birthday

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Sometimes it is hard to think of what to stamp for boys, but Lots of Bots stamp set (#115293) is a great set to use.  Certainly it can be used for girls too, but it seems there are always more choices for girls in crafting.

Lots of Bots birthday card boy 

I started with Bordering Blue card stock for the base and embossed the little screws and such from Lots of Bots  with Silver Embossing Powder (109131) and my Heat Tool (#100005).  That makes a great background and it is always fun to emboss!  After stamping on Whisper White with Black Stazon ink, I layered that on Brushed Silver and Brilliant Blue and then Real Red.  I made the Real Red layer longer and used the Scallop Edge Punch (#112091) for the design at the bottom.  

For a last touch I used my Paper-Piercing Tool (#116631) and foam mat in the Mat Pack (#105826) to poke holes in the scallops and inserted Silver Brads (#104336).  Just leave the card stock on the mat after poking the hole and poke your brads into the holes…then pick up your paper and unfold the little brad legs on the back.  Very easy!

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Join the Fun! Be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator! Free Gift!

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FREE TECHNIQUE DVDS SPECIAL OFFER

Special Offer Dates: April 1-May 31, 2010 (or while supplies last)

Special Offer Details
From April 1-May 31, join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator and receive two FREE technique DVDs.

Free Technique DVD Details

  Item  Description  Retail Value 
  118082 

Workshop Wow DVD 2008-2009 (140 min.)

Includes 19 demonstrator presentations of "WOW" techniques.
 

 $24.95 
  113106 

Workshop Wow 2007-2008 DVD (117 min.)

Includes 18 demonstrator presentations of "WOW" techniques for use in preparing for workshops. 

 $17.47 
Total Value   

Over 250 minutes of stamping and paper crafting ideas! 

 $42.42 

*DVDs are in English only


I own both of these and they are great!  You will learn a lot and enjoy the presentations!  And that is only the beginning of the fun you will have being part of Stampin' Up!  I'd be happy to have you on my team!  This is a great time to join Stampin' Up! and put a little extra cash in your pocket!

For more information, just click HERE and look around!  Then contact me at KSFontinelle@gmail.com with your questions and comments.

Sweet Pea Bird Punch Card

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Since I was playing with the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack (Occasions Mini #117161) I decided to make some cards with it.  This is not just a package of designer paper, it is a big stack of coordinating paper, 2 each of 24 double-sided designs 12×12.  The bird is made with the fun new Extra-Large Two-Step Bird Punch (#117191), also in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  The "thank you" is from "Thank You Kindly" (#111700) in the Idea Book & Catalog.

Bird Punch Thank You Card
 

You can order any of these supplies to make this card at my 

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Stampin’ Up!’s New Color Renovation!

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WOW!  Stampin' Up! really knows how to knock our socks off!  They have surprised us with a "Color Renovation" which is a new updated color palette comprised of 25 current colors, 10 returning In Colors, plus 5 new Core Colors!!!!  AND there will be 5 more new In Colors in July!  They have put two years of study and research into this using focus groups of demonstrators, Stampin' Up! artists, other color professionals, and sales data. Consideration and concern for every demonstrator and customer is behind all the decisions Stampin' Up! makes so you can be assured that a lot of thought and research went into this color change.  This Color Renovation will take effect July 1st with the new Idea book & Catalog.  Stampin' Up! Demonstrators will be able to get our hands on the new colors in June with preorders, so there's a tip……if you want to get in on this early, you should become a Demonstrator right now!!  It only takes minutes, so contact me if you are interested!

Here is a chart of the new color palette!

SUColorRenovationChart 

There will be lots more information coming out about these changes so stay tuned!

We'll all have LOTS to be excited about as these color changes will lead to new products as well!

 

My Digital Studio Azalea Page

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My Digital Studio Azalea Page

Just playing around with My Digital Studio and my azalea pictures from the other day! This is the azalea bush in our front yard which has burst into bloom this week!  For the background I selected a photo of the azaleas but changed the opacity down to 40.  Then I added photo boxes and chose the photos to go in them, added a mat and a drop shadow to each.  For the mat color, I decided to use the "Color Picker" with which you can select a color from your photo to use as your mat. I did that for the first photo but then wondered how I would get the exact same color for the other mats.  I was able to do that by putting that color in my Favorites and then choose that color for the other photos! The words came from the Designer Kit "Sunny Day".  And then I added some digital Garden Green Grosgrain Ribbon and Knots.  To make this a hybrid scrapbook page I could leave off the ribbon and knots, print out the page and then attach my own real ribbon!  

You can do so much with this My Digital Studio software!Every time I use it is a new adventure to see what I will find!  SHOP NOW and see whether you would like the My Digital Studio software or just the downloads if you already have a digital program.  Just think how easy it would be to scrapbook your Easter pictures if you had My Digital Studio!

 

 

Easter Baskets Galore!

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Here are some easy little Easter baskets that you can make any size you want, just start with a square.  Then I used various "punch art" I'd seen on the internet to decorate the baskets.

EasterBaskets 

Here's what twenty of these baskets look like!

EasterBasketsgroup

To make it easy, I used sheets of patterned paper from various Stampin' Up! paper packs I had in my stash.  They came 6×6 so all I had to do was score, cut and assemble.  See THIS POST for how I made these baskets.  Click on the photos to enlarge them.  

These baskets really are fun to make and easy!  Instead of the punch art just decorate your basket with ribbon or buttons or flowers or a sentiment. Just start and you will see how addicting they are!  Let me know if you have a question!

 

It’s No April Fool’s Joke!

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It's a new month and Stampin' Up! has new specials available just for you!  There's a new stamp set, "Awash With Flowers" available in either wood-mount or clear-mount that will be in the next Idea book & Catalog in July as well as four stamp sets in the current catalog on sale for 20% off!

New Stamp Set! Awash With Flowers

From April 1-30 only, you can buy the brand-new Awash with Flowers Two-Step Stampin' set—or get it FREE when you host a $350 workshop!

Item Description Price
117062 Awash with Flowers (wood-mount) $39.95
120549 Awash with Flowers (clear-mount) $27.95

 

Plus, get 20% off a selection of springy Two-Step Stampin' sets:

Item Page Description Regular Price Sale Price
113824 94 Greenhouse Garden $25.95 $20.76
113734 98 Fifth Avenue Floral $24.95 $19.96
111578 101 Flower Fancy $36.95 $29.56
113258 112 Trendy Trees $17.95 $14.36

It's not April Fool's!  It's for real! 

My Website and Online Store!

This is It! Last Day for Sale-A-Bration!

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This is it!  

Get your order in by 11:50 PM Mountain Time tonight!  But I wouldn't wait until the last second if I were you!  You still have a little time left to celebrate stamping with free product if you get your order in!  Spend $50 and choose a free product from the Sale-a-Bration Mini!  Or sign up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and get a free stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalog…and a discount on the Starter Kit! Click on the images below for more information!

Last Day! Get Your Free Product!

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Place your order through me today or go to my 

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Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Ending Tomorrow March 31st!

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Did you get your free stamps yet??  Don't miss out!  You have today and tomorrow to place your Sale-A-Bration order.  Spend $50 (before tax and shipping) and choose a free product from the Sale-A-Bration Mini Catalog! Spend $100 and get two free products…and so on!  No limits!  This year there are more choices than ever…..choose from free stamp sets, a paper pad, a new punch, even select sets from the main Idea Book & Catalog.

Want to choose ANY stamp set (value $47.95 or less)(excluding Hostess sets) for free in the Idea Book & Catalog?  Just sign up to be a Demonstrator!  The Starter Kits are on sale, also, during Sale-A-Bration.  Look over the information and then contact me with any questions.  You'll love being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!

HousecardSAB 

Stamps:  Whimsical Words (Sale-A-Bration set)

Ink:  Stazon Jet Black (#101406)

Paper:  Kraft Card Stock (#102125), Bermuda Bay (#115317), Melon Mambo (#115320), Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad (Sale-A-Bration #118401)

Accessories:  Scallop Trim Border Punch (Sale-A-Bration #118402), Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430) to pop up extra cut-out house.

 

You can place your order yourself easily….just click on the Shop Online Button in the upper right…..order in your jammies!…..or contact me and I would be happy to place your order for you!