Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Days with freebie, daily deals, and more

 

Before I get into Digital Scrapbooking Days, I wanted to let you know to scroll down through the next five posts for more information on Stampin' Up!'s latest offerings. There are lots!

 

Congrats to Marcy in Nevada - Your name was drawn as the winner of my hostess freebies!

 

It's Digital Scrapbooking Day on Saturday, November 2, 2013. But one day just isn't enough, so we're celebrating for eight!

Dates: November 1-8, 2013

Here's what we have lined up:

1. Guest bloggers: A talented group of demonstrators, customers, and designers from around the industry will share project inspiration on the blog.
2. FREE download: Be sure to check in on Saturday, November 2 to get your freebie.
3. Videos: We'll share some more ideas with training videos to help you get started.
4. Daily deals: Every day, we'll feature a new download for 50% off!
5. Challenges: Use the daily deal download to create a project for your chance to win free downloads. (Upload your samples to the gallery with the matching tag to enter.)

Here's the list of daily deal downloads: 11/1 Amped Up Ampersands Kit 11/2 Hello There Kit + FREE Moments Ago Stamp Brush Set 11/3 All Time Fave Photobook Template 11/4 Modern Medley Overlays Kit 11/5 Be Brave Pocket Cards 11/6 Nobody's Business Photobook Template 11/7 Autumn Traditions Kit 11/8 Afternoon Daydream Kit The best part of ordering digital downloads is that there's no shipping cost! To order, please visit my Online Store at http://therubberroom.stampinup.net.



My Digital Studio 30% off sale

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year-30% off select holiday downloads and print products! What's included?A variety of festive downloads to help you get a head start this busy season. See them here.

Once you've designed your holiday projects, you'll need to print them, right? You can also get 30% off photobooks, swatchbooks, cards, tags, and individual pages. View pricing here.

The deadline to order is November 30, 2013. You may order via my Online Store at http://therubberroom.stampinup.net. Thanks!

New shaped postcards when getting digital printing

 

We've been trying to think outside the box-well, the rectangle that is. And we've found a great alternative to the plain postcard-shaped postcards! We are happy to introduce you to some new 5" x 7" and 7" x 5" professional print options: the scallop and artisan postcards.  Gorgeous, right? Just update your software, and you'll have access to these new shape options-perfect for wedding invitations, birth announcements, holiday cards, or every day greetings.

Don't forget, our postcards are double-sided, so we'll print on the back for you, too. You'll also notice new bleed areas in your menu so that you can design your card with the end result in mind. Then, when you're ready to order, just select the shape you want in the ordering options.

Cards start at $2.25 and regular bulk discounts apply. Click here for more information.
So go on, shape up those postcards.

New iPad app helps organize digital library

 

How would you like an easy way to keep track of My Digital Studio downloads? Quickly browse new downloads every week? Link to the Online Store to shop for more? And have it all right at your fingertips? Feel free to jump and shout because this is one library where you don't have to be quiet-it's the My Library for My Digital Studio app-now available for your iPad. With the app you can

• Add items you already own to your collection.
• Add items you want to your wish list.
• Sort your lists alphabetically or by release date.
• Search for any downloads.
• Browse new downloads released every week.
• Link to the Stampin' Up! Online Store to shop.

Download it now for FREE in iTunes or the App Store and you'll be the most awesome librarian around. Happy cataloging.
Here are some other things to note:

• The app will not link to your software; therefore, manually add items you already own to your collection. Think of it as a sentimental journey-you can reminisce while you categorize.
• For the best viewing experience, we recommend using the app on an iPad or iPad Mini. It's not quite ready for iPhones yet, but we will let you know when it is.
• While the app is only available for iPad devices right now, we promise that we have not forgotten about the iPhone and Android devices. We know there are a lot of you out there. It just takes a bit longer to make the app work for various platforms. We will let you know when you can download it too.

It's not too late to learn digital crafting

 

By now you're sure to have seen some wonderful creation made using My Digital Studio. It might have been a blog banner, card, scrapbook page, book, party banner or a hybrid between the computer and your crafting area. If you think you've missed the bus on MDS, think again! Check out the MDS: Overview video above. Then you may visit YouTube to find everything you want to learn to do using MDS. You can watch videos over and over again, see how it's done, then do it yourself!

 

Every Tuesday, Stampin' Up! adds to the MDS library. Just click here to see all of the downloads available. Or click on the dates below. You may order everything through my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net. I'm having an August special where you have a chance to win the hostess benefits if you place an Online Order with me using this hostess code (GGQ2GJ3A) by August 31.

 

August 20, 2013	August 13, 2013	August 6, 2013	July 30, 2013
July 23, 2013	July 16, 2013	July 9, 2013	July 2, 2013



Here's the latest MDS news and digital downloads (one free!)

Did you know this about My Digital Studio:

1. The new lower software price - it's only $19.95. (NOTES: The name of the software has changed from MDS 2 (and MDS 2+) to MDS.The upgrade will be free! If you have been holding onto the original My Digital Studio software, you will be able to upgrade to the new software for free. We will let you know when it is available. We have discontinued the item number for the MDS 2 Upgrade (item 130650), and the upgrade will be available soon for free.  
2. MyDigitalStudio.net got a makeover. We hope you like this clean, fresh look. We will continue to update the content in the coming weeks.
3. The new My Digital Studio overview video is a great way to see what you can do with MDS.
4. Oh, and don't forget to check out the latest downloads (PDF*), including another FREEBIE!

FREE April Showers Wallpaper - Digital Download	Item 133473
Regular Price: $0.00
Preferred Price: $0.00
This download was added on 3/26/2013 Download includes: * 6 embellishments (desktop wallpaper in six sizes) Features: * Digital exclusive * Enjoy this FREE desktop wallpaper all April long * Coordinates with the April Showers Kit for even more fun Colors: Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Going Gray, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Whisper White You Made It Grad Greeting Card Template - Digital Download Item 133527 Regular Price: $3.28 Preferred Price: $2.95 This download was added on 3/26/2013 Download includes: * 1 greeting card template (5" x 7") * 5-piece SVG stamp brush set * 2 embellishments Features: * Digital exclusive * Coordinates with the Embark Graduate Ensemble * Say congratulations with this fun graduation card Colors: Gold Glimmer, Gumball Green, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Silver Glimmer, Whisper White April Showers Kit - Digital Download Item 133472 Regular Price: $11.06 Preferred Price: $9.95 This download was added on 3/26/2013 Download includes: * 12-piece SVG stamp brush set * 12 Designer Series Papers * 17 embellishments Features: * Digital exclusive * April showers have never looked so good * Enjoy this kit for photobooks, journals, cards, and more * Coordinates with the April Shower Wallpaper Colors: Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Going Gray, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Whisper White Embark Graduate Ensemble - Digital Download Item 133467 Regular Price: $14.39 Preferred Price: $12.95 This download was added on 3/26/2013 Download includes: * 3-page décor template (8-1/2 x 11") * 1 greeting card template (5" x 3-1/2") * 1 double sided postcard template (7" x 5") * 1 swatchbook template (5-1/2" x 3-1/2") * 1 journal template (6-1/4" x 8-1/4") * 79-piece SVG stamp brush set * 7 embellishments * 3 punches Features: * Digital exclusive * Templates for invitations, journal, swatchbook for friends and family to sign, treat toppers, a banner, and more Colors: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Gold Glimmer, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Whisper White This And That Epic Day Kit - Digital Download Item 133465 Regular Price: $13.28 Preferred Price: $11.95 This download was added on 3/26/2013 Download includes: * 22-piece SVG stamp brush set * 12 Designer Series Papers * 101 embellishments Features: * All the This and That traditional products in digital form Colors: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Island Indigo, Pool Party MDS downloads, as well as any other promotion, products from the Spring Catalog, annual catalog and Clearance Rack may all be ordered thru my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net (U.S. orders only). Thanks!

Start scrapping in 2013 with MDS Monday challenges

I recently upgraded from My Digital Studio (MDS) to MDS 2+, so this year I want to use it more, print out more photo books I create, and participate in things like MDS Monday, a fairly new sketch challenge where you use MDS to create projects and share them with others.

  

 

There are seven more days to enter this challenge, so go for it! Visit MDS Monday to see what the designers came up with and upload your project.

Here's what I used to create my page:   

Background- Designer Series Paper\Sweet Details;
Embellishments- Designer Kits\Downtown Grunge - embellishments\Downtown Grunge - zig zag stitching black small;
Stamps- Designer Kits\Day in the Life\Day in the Life

Lucky banner to celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Though St. Patrick's Day on March 17 isn't a big card-sending holiday, I like to make up little things for my studio to look festive. I used MDS for the letters, printing them out on a piece of Whisper White card stock. They're from the Snapshot CD. I added buttons with Lucky Limeade/Whisper White Baker's Twine to a few of the letters with mini glue dots.

The letters are adhered with dimensionals to 2-1/2" punched circles of Always Artichoke, which are adhered to 3" x 4-1/2" Lucky Limeade flags. I added strips of 1/8" Daffodil Delight taffeta on each flag near the bottom, as well as bows with mini glue dots that actually hold the flags together.

I stamped and cut out a few of the clovers from the Got Treats stamp set, adding the sentiment on an elongated medium jewelry tag that hangs from a knot of Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon on the "U."

There are a couple of Jelly Bean Brads on there too. I like it! I'm adding this to the Hand Stamped Sentiments Banner Challenge. There's less than 24 hours left if you want to take part. It doesn't have to be a banner like mine - it can be on a card or scrapbook page too!

Tell me what you think. And enjoy your Sunday!

MDS for Stampin' Royalty and Stamping 411 challenges

It's been awhile since I've had the time to participate in other challenges, so when I was surfing tonight, I came across a color challenge at Stampin' Royalty



and a sketch challenge at Stamping 411.

I used My Digital Studio for my card. The clover is from All Holidays, and the sentiment is from a hostess CD called Simple Snapshots. I hope you like it!

Another gift idea: Homemade crafters' scrub with MDS tag

In my quest to make Christmas gifts for friends and family this year, I came across an easy "recipe" for a Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub here. It's for use on your hands and body, and especially good to remove ink and glue and other stuff that gets on our crafty hands. It's 100 percent natural and edible. You can't beat that! I added a ripped strip of Spice Cake fabric around the jar, a cheap spoon (10 cents) from a thrift store, and a tag I designed using My Digital Studio. The back is printed too - I'll have to add a photo of that later!

Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 Tablespoons Pumpkin Pie Spice

1 cup + 1 Tblsp oil (Sunflower, Safflower, Vegetable - your choice)

Mix and put it into either 2 pint jars or 4 half-pint jars. These keep well in sealed, sanitized glass containers for months. Just keep them out of direct sunlight.

Sharing My Digital Studio scrapbooking pages...

I want to share a few pages from a 22-page album I finished yesterday for my mother-in-law and her hubby. I had 16 pages done in just a couple of hours months ago, but needed some information to add journaling to several pages so the book will be special to them.

I used a designer template from My Digital Studio and added my photos. I deleted items here and there so I had room to add what I needed to. Only the middle page is exactly the way the template originally had it. I just added four photos. For the bottom page, I wanted just one photo with my "Made with love by Terry." It's at the end of the book. I can't wait to send this off to the printer! I hope you have a wonderful week ahead.

Sporty digital downloads for My Digital Studio...

Item 124215 Extreme Snowboard Stamp Brush $0.95

Item 124218 Extreme Surfboard Stamp Brush $0.95

Item 124217 Extreme Skateboard Stamp Brush $0.95

Item 124219 Extreme Dirt Bike Stamp Brush $0.95

Item 124216 Extreme Guitar Stamp Brush $0.95

Item 123991 Style Beautiful Stamp Brush Set $3.95

Item 123992 Lap of Luxury Designer Series Paper $4.95

Item 123990 Elements of Style Stamp Brush Set $3.95

Item 123989 Teahouse Stamp Brush $1.95

Item 123988 Charming Stamp Brush Set $3.95

Our latest digital downloads are here--and more are on the way for the month of December! If you would like to view our complete list of My Digital Studio download offerings, click here and then on Digital Crafting.

Using My Digital Studio for Stamping 411 sketch...

It's a cold, rainy day here and my kids are playing Wii games. So to spend time in the same room with them (because they like to point out to me what's happening as they play), I grabbed my laptop computer and decided to do a sketch challenge from http://stamping411.blogspot.com with My Digital Studio.


The colors are Early Espresso and Peach Parfait, with Garden Green. The stamps I used are from Razzle Dazzle and Always. I haven't done much with MDS as far as building cards go, but I have done a few scrapbooks I think turned out awesome!


The one problem I had with this card is that I was trying to use a flourish stamp from Always as a background in Early Espresso on top of the Peach Parfait layer and it was showing through the top few layers. Anybody know how to do it? I kept trying to move the flourish behind, but it wouldn't go! I know the others layers were solid, and not opaque... so I'm not quite sure what I was doing wrong. I'm open to suggestions here!


It's a good day to stay indoors. I hope you get some stamping done! In addition to this sketch challenge, there's a color challenge at http://fridaymashup.blogspot.com - so go for a 2-in-1 card and enter both! And have a great weekend.

Your holiday season is covered with new downloads for My Digital Studio

What? You still don't have My Digital Studio? What are you waiting for? This post includes the latest digital downloads covering Halloween, autumn and Christmas. If you want a unique and affordable gift for Christmas for your friends and family, My Digital Studio is it! You may order it here from me. Email me for the new, reduced pricing list.

If you would like to view a complete list of My Digital Studio download offerings, go to the customer homepage, click on Store, then Digital Crafting.

Item         Description Image            Price

122174     Nite Owl Digital Kit                           $7.95

122175     Autumn Spice Digital Kit                    $9.95

122176     Deck the Halls Photocard Digital Kit     $3.95

122177     Candy Cane Lane Photocard Digital Kit $3.95

123728     Celebrations Digital Kit                      $9.95

122166     Brad Add-On Pack                              $0.95



Sherry's swap using My Digital Studio...

My Digital Studio is a wonderful way to design a card.


You can see there are punches, terrific papers and stamp sets available.


Sherry created this swap for our last American Ink gathering. In a photo, it's hard to tell this isn't real layers of card stock.