New MDS Downloads - 3 FREEBIES

Every Tuesday new downloads for My Digital Studio are released. Today there are two that are FREE, and there was one the week of February 12th as well! I've linked them all so you can click the name and go straight to the download. There you will be able to read all the details.
You will have to login so your downloads will be saved in your profile...you can choose to load them on your computer later, whenever you are ready to use them!

March Calendar Wallpaper - FREE

No Regrets Pocket Cards - FREE

Most of the downloads available are pretty inexpensive, and if you don't have MDS yet, you can download it on a free 30 day trial anytime you are ready to create! I love making things with MDS and even though I love to touch paper and ink, MDS can make hybrid projects so much easier.

Label This Designer Template - FREE

Stampin' Up! must be trying to help us keep our resolutions this year, because several of the new downloads lately have been various labels for getting organized! The one above includes many of our retired colors as well as all the current ones.

Here's one for Laundry, your closet, and the always messy craft room!

Label This Laundry Designer Template $5.95

Label This Closet $4.95

Label This Craft Room Designer Template - $7.95

 I love this one for your Kitchen!

Label This Kitchen Designer Template $7.95

And here's a cute one for the office, the playroom, and your garage...

Label This Office Designer Template $4.95

Label This Playroom Designer Template $3.95

Label This Garage Designer Template $4.95

There are so many more downloads available. Here's another cute one from today's set:

Happy Things Pocket Cards $5.95

You can check them all out on my website and get yourself the free 30 day trial of MDS!!! Click HERE to explore my store! ;)

Valentine Recepticles

The girls are having their Valentine parties next Friday so we needed to make boxes for their Valentines this weekend. I saved a few cereal boxes over the last couple of weeks to have some size varieties and had an awesome idea for Natalie's box, but she thought it would take too long to do today and opted for a simple design...you'll have to wait for next years box on that one, I think I've sold her on the idea, she was just too pressured to whip it up in one day. ;)

Fun retired paper with glittered images, and we used the That's The Ticket Stamp Set from the Spring Catalog.

Cut the heart from an extra box and it's covered with paper and popped up on a dimensional.

This will be Sydney's last year to make a box...Middle School next year! Love the confidant pose. lol
Her box is 100% a Sydney creation. Her paper choice was not Stampin' Up! but I gave the girls access to a whole box of 12x12 paper and this was from a paper stack that has many shades of pink.

She did use SU! punches!!

When I saw how she had cut the top layer of paper I laughed and said, "you should write dripping with love on it." She thought of something better and rolled with it! :)

Cards Cards Cards

Using the new Honeycomb Embossing Folder in my BigShot was a top priority when this little guy came to my house to stay! lol I love the all the possibilities this has! I'm also in love with the Flower Trim. You get 2 yards of these lovely flowers in Vanilla and it's so easy to tint them in any of our colors!
All you do is put a drop of ink from a Reinker bottle into a Color Spritzer and add a little water...depending how much you want to dilute the color. I only added water 1/3 of the way filled with one drop of ink.

Two cards using nearly the same supplies...

This one has the Honeycomb texture on the entire card front

The Pinwheel Die is so so cute!! It's really small and took some patience to put the Brad through the holes, but only took a moment to get them all secured. It helps to use your Bone Folder to bend the paper gently before you attach them in the center. My stick is just a toothpick secured on a Glue Dot!

When I first saw the new Soda Pop Tops I was in love! I want to make everything with them! tee hee The hottest new trend is the chalkboard look. Super easy to achieve. Just heat emboss with Whisper White, on Basic Black Paper...I used the Vintage Verses Stamp Set (FREE with the SAB promo). Then with a damp towel or rag smear a little of that White Craft Ink on your paper, or you can just use a sponge to smear it with. It's a super easy technique - LOVE IT!! I used my Watercolor Pencils to draw the border. This one was meant to be quick and simple, I had to fight the urge to add another layer.

This is another example of this technique from the card we made at our quarterly Stamp'n Share last Friday night. The stamped image is from the From My Heart Stamp Set and lookie lookie, the Honeycomb Embossing Folder, a flower from the Flower Trim, AND a Tea Lace Paper Doily! Totally GORGEOUS!! :)

The Sweet Threads Simply Sent Card Kit in the Spring Catalog is adorable. It comes with threads and needles so you can cross stitch the images on the white piece, so I decided to try it. I had a little trouble with the tulip, so I thinned out the threads and only used 2 twisted strands for the stem (I think one piece of yarn is composed of 5 thin strands). I also added some DSP to give it a little more color, but the cards are very cute as is!

Shopping List:
5/8" Flower Trim (126869) $6.95
Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399) $2.95
Soda Pop Tops (129388) $3.95
Pinwheel Sizzlits Die (129411) $4.95
Honeycomb  Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (129378) $7.95
Sweet Threads Simply Sent Card Kit (126924) $12.95
Oh, Hello Stamp Set (130730 wood) $25.95 (130733 clear mount) $18.95
From My Heart Stamp Set (126555 wood) $39.95 (126557 clear mount) $28.95
Vintage Verses Stamp Set (129633 wood) (129636 clear mount) FREE when you spend $50
http://imagineANDinspire.com

Keep on creating friends!
Sally

Just Call Me the Procrastinate Princess

I came across the photo below and it made me smile. The weekend I made these tie backs for my bedroom curtains I was really supposed to be making cards for upcoming birthdays!! But in my defense they are simple strips of fabric that took me maybe an hour tops to sew. I attached velcro on the ends because I didn't want to jack with tying them every day, and I added a little fringe to keep them from looking overly simple!

I distract myself with new projects all the time. These curtains have been hanging in my bedroom for at least 5 years now and I have yet to hem the bottom of them properly...but I have tiebacks now by golly!

Umhemmed...my secret shame!

This window is one of Lego's favorite places to sit and watch the world outside, so I have to take a lint brush to these curtains fairly often...

Lego was busy playing in a box while I was taking pictures. LOVE him!!!

I also added the valance at the top a while back to cover the arched portion of the window and block the moonlight (and streetlamp) from shining in at night. These are pretty good blackout curtains for sleeping in and afternoon naps...not that I can ever get one of those! lol

I tend to get on a roll sometimes leaving other "duties" in the dust. As a matter of fact, i SHOULD be updating my events schedule for my February Newsletter right now!

Happy Friday! Have an awesome weekend and be sure to check my Facebook page later for today's Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge!!!

Jars of Wonder

So I saw something like this pinned on Pinterest and thought it would be fun.  The idea is this: Jot down accomplishments and various fun or especially happy memories. Then on NYE take them out and read them.

This one is mine, S is for Sally. =)

I made one for myself and 2 of my girls wanted to make their own too. I tried to get the teenager to participate, but her iPod was more important at the moment. Her loss, we had fun!

Sydney used the hot glue gun to put a bow on her lid.

Natalie twisted two ribbons together before tying a bow (with help) around her jar.

Sydney and Natalie with their jars

Silly girls!!

Love the Sycamore Street Paper and ribbon from the SAB promotion!

Stampin Supplies:
Stamps - Broadsheet Alphabet, Oh, Hello
Paper - *Sycamore Street DSP, Print Poetry DSP, Island Indigo, Baja Breeze
Ink - Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry
Other - Labels Collection Framelits, *Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Full Heart Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Color Spritzer Tool
*SAB = FREE Products!

Spend $50 in my online store and earn Sale-a-Bration stamps, paper, or accessories for FREE! One SAB item for every $50 spent...spend $100, get 2 SAB items...spend $150, get 3 SAB items AND Hostess Rewards!! That means you get to choose $25 of anything to add to your order for free! Awesomeness! Click HERE to see the images above and below in one .pdf file!

Bippity Boppity Boo, a coach is waiting for you...

My Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly project kit program that everyone can enjoy!

I'm Paper Pumpkin . . .

• I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage).
• I'll help you escape your life with some paper fun.
• I come in a sweet box
• All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects.
• Stuff like cards, journals, decor, and more!
• You only need adhesive (tape or glue)!

We're your paper fairy godmother (without the white hair). We're your creativity problem-solvers. We design, color, measure, cut it all for you.

A FREE GIFT IN YOUR VERY FIRST KIT 

The Welcome Kit is the very first Paper Pumpkin you will receive in your first month of membership. The Welcome Kit includes a free gift-a clear acrylic "D" block! This block will be useful with the following kits.

Supplies included makes 4 cards

IT'S EASY TO GET STARTED

• Sign up for the program by visiting www.mypaperpumpkin.com
• Click "Get It" or "Join Here" and you can sign up now!
• Complete the online form (quantity, shipping information, checkout/payment info, and select me as your demonstrator)
• If asked, please be sure to choose me (Sally Saenz) as your demonstrator during the ordering process. 

Of course, you'll want to know more. So here's the low down:

• Program starts shipping March 15th
• Each month we'll send you a unique, surprise kit with a project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (We've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!)
• Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive.
• Each kit gives you a 30-minute creativity escape.
• We will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.  
• You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on February 20th, we'll send your kit around March 15th. If you sign up on March 11th, we'll send your first kit around April 15th.)
• A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!)

NOTE SURE YOU WANT TO COMMIT?  JUST TRY IT!

Starting in early March, Stampin' Up! will offer the above Try It Kit if you'd like to try Paper Pumpkin for one month. You can order the Try Me Kit through my on-line shopping store using product #132599 (available in March). Learn more.

You'll get 2 journals, but look at all the extra butterflies you'll have for the inside too!

I made this in less than a minute. So simple and cute.
You could "step it up a notch" by adding some bling like pearls or rhinestones! ;)

QUESTIONS?  Check out these FAQ's or customers may email me at stampin_galore@sbcglobal.net.

Visit: www.mypaperpumpkin.com to sign up today

Sally

Leadership Adventures Part 3...the Last Day

The day started off with General Session.  That's where we all come together to sit and see what's happening on stage. After recognizing some special demonstrators for going "above and beyond" with their charity work, it was time for Scott to talk numbers with us.

Here I am with Scott the CFO of Stampin' Up!

There were a lot of things to be excited about!  We learned:

• Stampin' Up! continues to improve order accuracy. I know I rarely have a problem! 
• They shipped almost 900,000 orders in 2012!  WOW!!!  
• The top-seller is still the Big Shot!; and 
• I guess I shouldn't be surprised; the #1 card stock color sold in 2012 was Whisper White. 168,000 packs were shipped last year! Here are some other fun stats....
• they shipped 378,000 SNAIL refills; and 
• 260,000 packs of Dimensionals! :)

To keep the topic interesting Scott set up a texting poll.  He would ask us a question and we would text our response before they put the results on screen.  Three lucky ladies won a shopping spree for the answer to this question. "how many new demonstrators we thought there were in North America." I was WAY off with my response, but it was so fun and suspenseful!!

It was announced that there are going to be 10 more new Single Stamps.  And, they are available now thru March 31st. Check them out...love the glasses and the bunnies!

Also introduced was a new "Best Of" series.  Each month a new stamp set will be released that contains a few images of the same theme.  January is Birthdays.

Best of Birthdays features several retired images and a brand new image.  AND, starting in February Stampin' Up! is including a collector's card and a 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. When you collect six stickers, you can redeem them for a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014. Click HERE to view the available set(s) and click HERE to get a Collectors Card!

And, prize patrol came out and gave us all FREE STUFF! It was an assortment of silver things for the 25th anniversary!! Super yummy goodies!

There were more product demonstrations and we attended the last of our classes after lunch and the whole day wrapped up nicely with one last giveaway to everyone...it's a brand new birthday stamp set and it's so stinkin' cute!!! It will be in our new "Big" catalog this Summer, so I can't show it to you yet. :( But I can make things with it and share those, so watch my crafty posts closely. It's coming!

We had so much fun, and now we have the Dallas Regional to look forward to. It's right around the corner on February 16th! I love what I do!!!