Stamp Set Focus!! Just Sayin'

Good Morning Happy Stampers!!

I hope this finds you well on this April Fool's Eve!!

(I am always just a smidge excited to prank my kids....please tell me I'm not the only one?!)

Today we're doing another Stamp Set Focus!! 

Just Sayin'

Now I know what you're thinking....

What on earth can I do with this set?

Oh, and did I mention it also has matching thought bubble framelits?!?!  Oh yes it does!!

Come check out what our fabulous design team created using a combination of this set and the framelits!

It is also available as a My Digital Studio download!!

Design Team Links

Be sure to stop by each blog and leave the girls some LOVE!!!  

Jennifer Gregorsky - Jenny G Paper Crafts

Pamela Wu - Stinky Tofu

Diana Eichfeld ~ Stampin' Fun with Diana

Cynthia Richards ~ Ink a Doodle Creations

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Stampin' With Darcy!

Howdy! Darcy here from Dj's Stampin' Place with a little tutorial for creating calendars in My Digital Studio.

The last calendar I made in MDS was in 2010, back when they released a yearly template. A few months ago one of my customers called me asking how to find the 2015 calendar template. I made sure my software was up to date, checked downloads, and had to tell her I had no clue. After going on a hunt, I finally found this great updated feature (that to be honest I think has been there for a year or two)!

It's a breeze to use! One great thing about it not being just a calendar template, is that you can add a June calendar to your scrapbook page if you wanted to highlight your wedding date with your photos, etc.

Here is a page from my completed 2015 calendar:

Thanks for stopping in today! You'll want to stay tuned for lots of excitement here the rest of this week. Tomorrow we've got some great New Year's cards to share with you. Thursday we've got a big surprise for you. On Friday we'll have even more 2015 calendar inspiration for you!

MDS with Donna!

Ever look at one of your projects and think to yourself, "This would be SUCH a cute cell phone wallpaper?!"

Welcome to my world :)   Donna here, from Organized Chaos to show you just how EASY it is to make your own cell phone wallpaper!!

First thing first:  You need to Google (or Bing, or whatever search engine you use!) your cell phone's screen resolution size.

I have a Nexus 5, my screen resolution is 1080 x 1920 pixels.

Okay:  so now what?

Open MDS and create a Custom project in that size (you can change the drop down menus from Inches to Pixels)

This project will be pretty small in comparison to most of your elements, so be forewarned, you will be shrinking stuff to fit your page :)  No worries, it will still look amazing on your phone.  You may even get "this will look pixelated when printed" error message.  Just click okay and ignore it.  We're not printing. 

Here is the one I made for September

**  This is very important!!  Do not forget to take into account where your home buttons are!!   I left the bottom of mine pretty blank so that my buttons would be visible and not annoying.

Here is what it looks like on my phone:

Now:  Here comes the fun and tricky part......How do I get this from My Digital Studio...onto my phone?!

Well...I guess it depends on your phone!

First thing first:  when you're happy with your project in MDS, click Share, then Export as Jpeg, then chose a folder on your desktop to put the picture in.

as for transferring,

For me, I use a program called Dropbox.  It's an app on my phone, and its a folder on my desktop.  Anything I put in either place shows up in both places.  example:  I export the image from MDS into a folder in my Dropbox folder and then it shows up in my Dropbox folder on my phone.  I then can download it into my phone's photo gallery and set it as my wallpaper.

If you do not use a program similar to dropbox, you can email it to yourself!  Then download it onto your phone from your email program.

You can also use your USB cable and literally attach your phone to your computer and transfer it that way.

**** iPhone users - I have an android, I'm SURE there is a way to just put it in your cloud from your desktop and share it that way, but I am i-illiterate so please forgive me.

Here is what I am using this month:

 original and in use

This is a GREAT way to use your Project Life images...these cute little journaling cards are PERFECT!

I hope this inspires you to jazz up your cell phone anytime you feel like it!!  The best part...you can use some DSP and a clear case for your phone and jazz up the case as well!!  (but that's a whole different post!)

Thanks for stopping in today!  If you have any questions about using MDS to make your very own personal cell phone wall paper, please leave a comment below and I'll do my best to help you out!

~Donna

Quick & Easy HYBRID Cards with Diana

Good morning, it's Diana!  I have to say, what do we need to do to help slow down time, I can't believe we're already half the way through January, I still see Christmas lights up around the neighborhood.  This is always a tough time of year, getting back to the school and work routine and I wanted to do something to help encourage my son, Aidan, during these days when he would pretty much rather be anywhere other than school.  

I've decided to start sending little random notes in his lunchbox or backpack to remind him of activities, encourage him, or just let him know we love him.  But I'm short on time.  My Digital Studio (MDS) to the rescue.  

MDS has this great download, Do Your Best Printables (Item #134922) that has 5 pages of predesigned little notes, embellishments, stamps, and punches that are perfect for the occasion.  All I did was open the download and then picked the images I wanted.  For some I also recolored them (I have a boy so most of the pictures with pink were immediately changed), you can also resize these so you can make them bigger or smaller to fit what you want to do (I could see making cute little tags for treats to encourage the kids during SOL testing.)

When I was happy with the pages I sent them off to be printed with Stampin' Up!'s awesome professional print services (but if your in a time crunch you can also print them on your home computer).  I used the heavy cardstock so some of the images I can just cut apart, right a little note and they're good to go.

Below I have four cards I made using some of the images from the download and then embellished them with a little paper, ribbon, buttons, glitter, etc. for a little added fun.  Below each picture I've listed everything I used.

Cardstock:  Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pacific Point
Accessories:  Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Basic Black Button, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Chevron Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Brushed Silver Cardstock
Accessories:  Silver Shimmer Paper, 1/2" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Hexagon Embossing Folder, Labels Thinlit Die, Big Shot

Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Silver Shimmer Paper, Envelope Punch Board (to make the matching envelope

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories:  3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Lattic Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals


I hope you enjoyed today's cards and it's given you a little inspiration on what you can do using MDS in your everyday cardmaking to let those special people in your lives that you're thinking of them and think they are Fantastic.

Thanks,

Diana

Home Decor

Stampin' Up! has so many great products to help you decorate your home in so many different ways.  From fun and festive banners, to stunning table décor and endless possibilities with the hundreds of different stamps available.  And don't forget about My Digital Studio...there's something for everyone! 

A couple of our talented Design Team members have some fun projects to share with you using both traditional stamping and MDS...check them out!



 

 

Diana Eichfeld

Kim Ryden

Stamping with Kim

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today and because we love you...click here to download Kim's Thanksgiving Wall Art for FREE!!  Frame it, hang it, LOVE IT!

My Digital Studio and A Birthday Party

Hi Everyone!  Kim here!  It's our first Individual Post on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog.  Each month everyone on our design team will have a little time to shine and let us know what they have been working on lately.  So here I go!

 

My Digital Studio (MDS) is such a fun program!  It can be used to digitally scrapbook or make cards.  There are also a few other items that you can make with the program and have Stampin' Up! print for you: Calendars, Photo Books, Framed Home Decor and more!

 

I used My Digital Studio this weekend to decorate for my son's 2nd birthday party!  And I have to tell you that I had so much fun! 

 

I used the Bday Under Construction Ensemble. See how cute this is... 

 

 

 

Here is the Hybrid (part digital, part traditional) card I made my little Noah Man.  I printed out the dump truck and 2 on my personal printer using My Digital Studio.  One of the great things about MDS is that you can size your images to be however big or small you want!  I knew which circle punches I wanted to use, so I just sized my images accordingly!

 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie

DSP: Neutrals Stack

MDS: Bday Under Construction Ensemble

Punches: 2-1/2" Circle, 1-3/4" Circle

Embellishments: Chevron Ribbon - Smokey Slate, Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon - Basic Gray, Candy Dots - Brights, Candy Dots Brad Bases

Adhesives: Snail, Dimensionals 

 

 

I also used this Ensemble to print off a lot of fun party signs...

 

"Birthday In Progress" and "Attention All Workers Report for Duty" were on the front door.

"Caution" signs on the mirror.  I also created the "2" pennant banners using MDS!

 

 

Here are close ups of the 2 signs on the fireplace...

 

 

I think this one is my favorite!

 

I printed a few random signs to stick on doors and walls..."Warning" and "Caution".

 

These little "Dig In" circles were on the cabinets above the counter where we had all of the food buffet style!

 

"Thirst Quencher" on the fridge where you could get some water!

Then I used MDS to create all of the images on the circle confetti.  There were road cones, construction vehicles and lots of 2s!

Here is a close up of the cake because you know you wanted to see it!  I'm pretty proud of it because I always mess up circle layer cakes...but you can't mess this one up because it's supposed to be messy!  YAY!

 

And here's a little peek at my Noah Man blowing out his candle for the 4th time.  Yes...he wanted to keep doing it, "Again".  I think he would have kept going all night if we let him!

My last picture is of the back of the card my 4 year old daughter made for Noah.  The front isn't all current Stampin' Up! but I wanted to show you these ribbons that she paired together as an embellishment for the back of her card!  Who would have thought to decorate the back?!

 

I love the new Burlap ribbon with the stitched satin and grosgrain ribbons.  So pretty!

 

 

If you haven't tried My Digital Studio, you can always get a free 30 day trial.  Just visit the personal website of your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator or choose one of the Design Team Members from this blog (because we are all demonstrators!).  And if you want to go ahead and get the full program, it's only $19.95 USD.

 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask and we will see you back here tomorrow for some more fun!