Home for the Holidays Ensemble…Free Digital Downloads!

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If you haven't heard, Stampin' Up! has a wonderful digital papercrafting design program called My Digital Studio. It is intuitive and easy to learn, and I think everyone who has it loves it!  There is also a website available to demonstrators and customers alike called MyDigitalStudio.net.  You can go there to see samples of projects, tutorials to help you learn, questions and answers in forums, etc.  It is a great resource and it is free and for everyone.

Today is the last day, Nov. 7th, to get your FREE digital downloads!  Just go to www.mydigitalstudio.net, take a short survey, and then get your free downloads for My Digital Studio.  If you don't own My Digital Studio, but you have some other design program, most likely you will be able to use the downloads.  You can purchase the My Digital Studio software at my Stampin' Up! online store.  You have a couple of options available.

The image at the top of this post is one I made from one of the free downloads.  It was cute enough as it was, but just to play with it I changed the background sky color to a darker one, moved the trees and snowman around and moved the holiday greeting tree over to the left.  It all only took a few minutes.

To see the downloads you can get for free, just click HERE or go to www.mydigital studio.net.

Digital Scrapbooking Day Free Downloads–Neutral Delightful Digital Tape

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Free Digital Downloads from Stampin' Up! this weekend!!  Stampin' Up! is celebrating Digital Scrapbooking Day all weekend, Nov. 4 – 7, to make sure you have time to get your free downloads.  Just go to www.mydigitalstudio.net, fill out a short survey, and get your free downloads!  If you already have My Digital Studio, GREAT!  If you want to purchase the software or some more downloads, just go to my Online Store. Just be sure to go to www.mydigitalstudio.net to learn more about everything and see how much information is available on that website to help you learn about My Digital Studio!  This website is for demonstrators and customers alike!

Here is one of the free downloads.  All I did was add a photo and add some text in the text box.  Scrapbook page done!!

Free Downloads! Free Digital Downloads from Stampin’ Up! and My Digital Studio!

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Free Digital Downloads 2011

That's right!  FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS FOR EVERYONE!

Digital Scrapbooking Day is officially celebrated the first Saturday in November. It was designed to remind people to set time aside to digitally document their personal history. To celebrate, Stampin’ Up! will be giving away free downloads to demonstrators and customers.

Brand-new, never seen before FREE downloads include:

  • So Typefelt Stamp Brush Set
  • Neutral Delightful Digital Tape
  • Home for the Holidays Ensemble
  • Delight in the Day Photobook Template 

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Click on the image at the top of this post to go to www.mydigitalstudio.net. On the webpage, you will click on the image to Learn More about Digital Scrapbooking Day. You will be asked take a short survey.  Then you will be able to obtain several free downloads from Stampin' Up! to use in My Digital Studio, our digital papercrafting software. If you would like to purchaseMy Digital Studio, go to my Online Store.  You have various options there.

If you don't own My Digital Studio, but you have other design software, these downloads are most likely compatible. Use them for digital scrapbooking, card making, albums, home decor, tags, photo albums, you name it!

Be sure to read the WHOLE page when you get to www.MyDigitalStudio.net on the page about Digital Scrapbooking Day to find out about an extra bonus!  I won't tell you today what it is.

Now don't miss out on this offer of FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS!!! Go try it out.  Remember, they are only free Nov. 4 – 7.  After that they will be available for purchase!  Free is better, right?!  GO GO GO!!!

Digital Scrapbooking Day Celebration Coming! Nov. 4 – 7th

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Saturday, Nov. 5th is Digital Scrapbooking Day, but Stampin' Up! is going above and beyond!  Stampin' Up!, with their digital papercrafting program My Digital Studio, will be celebrating from Nov. 4th through Nov. 7th!!  The event will include free downloads, blog posts with exciting project ideas all weekend long, and the announcement of the 2011 My Digital Studio Contest winners.

Did that say "free downloads"????  Yes, it did!!  Beginning tomorrow, Nov. 4th, anyone can go to www.mydigitalstudio.net, a special website dedicated to My Digital Studio for both customers and demonstrators alike, filled with forums, questions, samples, discussions, videos….everything you need to know about My Digital Studio!  You will be asked to fill out a short survey and then you will be taken to the links to your FREE DOWNLOADS! If enough people take the survey, EVERYONE will receive ANOTHER FREE DOWNLOAD!

If you already own a software program, you can purchase My Digital Studio downloads and use them on your program.  What other software programs are compatible with My Digital Studio downloads? 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.

Our digital downloads (with the exception of Designer Templates and the Express Booster Pack) are compatible with other software programs. You cannot, however take advantage of Stampin' Up!'s professional print services without purchasing My Digital Studio.

Here is a link to the My Digital Studio Facebook page if you would like more information:  https://www.facebook.com/mydigitalstudio  Be sure to "Like" the page and then you will receive the new updates on your Facebook page.

Read and see much more about My Digital Studio here.

So be sure to check  www.mydigitalstudio.net tomorrow or this weekend, complete a short survey, and get your free digital downloads.  You'll be glad you did!


I Hope You Are On My Stamping Mailing List!

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I wouldn't want you to be left out at this exciting time of year!  So many opportunities to use your creativity during the holidays and so many new things coming out of Stampin' Up!  Stay on top of all these happenings by being subscribed to my Stamping with Karen monthly newsletter (and usually a mid-month reminder one) PLUS right now my "12 Weeks of Christmas" newsletter every week.

Just glance to the left corner of my blog and sign up for my newsletter!  Do it right now so you won't forget!  You can unsubscribe at any time and I do not share your email (none of us want that to happen!).

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Warmest of Wishes Thanksgiving Wreath Card

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Warmest of Wishes Thanksgiving Wreath Card

Warmest of Wishes is a hostess stamp set in the Holiday Mini Catalog, and the wreath can be used on a Thanksgiving card or many other kinds of cards. It's a versatile stamp set. Check it out in my Stampin' Up! store. If you hold a Stampin' Up! workshop, you can purchase this stamp set with your Hostess dollars if you achieve $150 in workshop sales (OR if your own personal order reaches that total).

Stampin' Up! has made it very enticing right now to hold a workshop with your friends!  Yesterday they announced the "It's Good To Be The Hostess" promotion!!  If your workshop (or personal order) reaches $350 in total sales, you will get an EXTRA $35 in Hostess dollars to spend! That's $35 extra in Stampin' Up! products you will receive!

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Contact me at Karen@Karenstamps.com to schedule your workshop between now and December 15 or to place your own order. Another way to "have a workshop" is to show the catalog to some friends and collect their orders.  No muss, no fuss….if you would like to do it that way.  Of course it is always fun to get together to stamp. Contact me if you'd like to participate in this great promotion but would like workshop alternatives.

Happy November! Still Time to Get a Big Shot!

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Offer Extended through

November 11, 2011

Click on Big Shot image above for more information!!

 

Big Shot Display at Convention

Here's a photo of a real Big Shot and the Doctor's Bag #113474 (bag available for purchase) and a die all on display at the Stampin' Up! Convention!

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If you become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator right now by purchasing one of the Starter Kits for only $175, you will be able to attend the Stampin' Up! Convention this summer and have the time of your life!  But that is just an extra benefit compared to having your own stamping and scrapbooking business and making money doing something you love! 

You have from today until November 11 to make this important but gratifying decision to start your own business and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator….and then you also get a free Big Shot (or, if you already own one, choose $100 in Stampin' Up! product instead!)

You will have plenty of products and materials in your Starter Kit to get your business off to a flying start….but to add a Big Shot Die-cutting Machine….wow!….that is just the icing on the cake!!

Email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com with any questions or concerns you have about joining Stampin' Up!

When you are ready to join, you can do it online in minutes at my website. Just click HERE to go to the website page and then click on the "JOIN NOW" button on the left.

Let me know if you have questions!

Happy Halloween!! My Digital Studio Halloween Owl Punch Card

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My Digital Studio makes it so easy to create any kind of cards or scrapbook pages!  Here's an easy one I created in minutes in My Digital Studio by choosing a template in the program and just changing the background paper and colors. From any occasion to Halloween in minutes!  And then if you like, you can make the same card the traditional way with paper and embellishments and punches!  

Have a fun, happy and safe Halloween!!!

 


 

 

St. Louis Cardinals World Series Parade!

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What a fun time to get to go with family to see the parade downtown for the St. Louis Cardinals, the new World Series Champions!! We got to our spot by Union Station just as the parade was starting.  It was pretty hard to get good photos of the parade and players, but if you are a Cardinal fan, perhaps you will recognize some of them.  At least I got a good picture of the Rally Squirrel! The Clydesdales led the parade with manager Tony LaRussa riding on the wagon.  Don't think I got a picture of Lance Berkman but he rode by early on, a former Houston Astro. I even saved some of the red and white confetti for a souvenir!

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Walking to the parade. You can see the crowds of Cardinal red along the curb up ahead.  That's the old Union Station on the right with the red roof and of course the St. Louis Arch up ahead.  You can just about see the Old Courthouse at the base of the arch by the flag.

 

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You can barely see the Clydesdale horses pulling this wagon. Manager Tony LaRussa is the one in the red jacket with his back to the camera on the wagon.

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John Jay

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Arthur Rhodes

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What a view!

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Lance Lynn

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Kyle Loshe

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Adron Chambers

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Kyle McClellan

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And then dinner on The Hill at Guido's with delicious St. Louis toasted ravioli (that nobody understands anywhere else!), a pizza, and a glass of chianti! Fabulous day!




A Week of Halloween–Top Note Halloween Album

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It's fun to make a little album with the Top Note die , especially for Halloween.  Here I used Halloween paper from last year to make a little album for my niece and her grandma to make a little Halloween scrapbook mini album. Just cut out your page shapes from chipboard and paper and decorate to your heart's content!

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A Week of Halloween–Peekaboo Frames Halloween Boo Card

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Peekaboo Frames Halloween Card

Love the new Peekaboo Frames die for making a Halloween card!  Here is a card I copied from someone and then really had fun decorating the inside!  Oops, guess I forgot to take a photo with the peekaboo frames open, to reveal eyeballs inside!

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And here is the inside of the Halloween Peekaboo card with a greeting from Grateful Greetings and ghosts punched from hearts.  I added some Dazzling Details to the spider web on the front, made from a textured embossing folder.  My little niece loved it!

A Week of Halloween–Halloween Cookies with the Stampin’ Up! Cookie Stamp

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Don't try this when you're supposed to be getting ready for a trip….but be that as it may, I really like the new Stampin' Up! Cookie Stamps! There are recipes enclosed in the box.  I'm just rolling the dough into balls, rolling in extra sugar, dipping the stamp into sugar, and then pressing into the ball of dough!  The batter tastes good so I think the cookies will, too!  Be sure to put these on your next order!

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A Week of Halloween–Halloween Pennant Scrapbook Page

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If you need a Halloween scrapbook page, here's one I made in My Digital Studio from a birthday-type template in the program.  But if you don't have My Digital Studio, all you have to do is make it the traditional way with the Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper #122351 and a few punches and embellishments.

***This is the last week for the FREE Big Shot for signing up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!  What a great deal for starting your own business!  Contact me at Karen@Karenstamps.com if you would like more information.

***Be sure you are signed up for my mailing list (upper left corner) so you will receive my monthly newsletter and right now, my weekly 12 Weeks of Christmas newsletter. Great ideas you can use for your holiday cards and gifts.

A Week of Halloween–Halloween Fancy Favor Bag

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Halloween Fancy Favor Bag

 

The Bigz Fancy Favor Die for the Big Shot is so useful for all sorts of projects.  Here I have a made a cute little Halloween Fancy Favor Bag (or box). Just fill it with some crinkled paper and a Halloween treat and decorate the outside how you like.

Supplies I used:

Stamps:  Wicked Cool, Sooky Bingo Bits

Ink:  Stazon Black, Wisteria Wonder, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green

Paper:  Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Fancy Favor Die, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Sponge, Paper Snips, Paper Piercer

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I crumbled and sponged the First Edition DSP with several colors of ink. For the pumpkin I punched the 1 3/4" circle and the placed the punched oval over the center.  For the pumpkin vines, I cut slivers of card stock and curled around my paper piercer.  Just stamp and cut out the witch's feet!

Just have fun with it!  For stamping supplies, order here.