Author Archives: Elisa

Use Your Ribbon Scraps – Card Project

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If you are like me, you have plenty of little scraps of ribbon from previous crafting projects. Too small to use as you typically would and too big to just throw away.  Here is a cute way to use your ribbon scraps – no matter the sizes or colors!  Just adapt the project to what you have in your stash.

Ribbon Scraps Card 
Stamp Sets: All Holidays (retired) – I recommend substituting Full of Life (111500) or Word Play (120308-W, 120651-C); Day of Gratitude (120835-W, 121148-C)
Card Stock: Basic Black (121045), Old Olive (100702)
Coloring: VersaMark Pad (102283), Clear Embossing Powder (109130)
Tools & Accessories: Ribbon Scraps (various), 1-1/2" Circle Punch (120906), Corner Rounder PUnch (119871), Heat Tool (100005), Embossing Buddy (103083), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

I hope you enjoy this project.  Contact me if you have any questions about it, or any other project or technique.  If you are interested in learning how to do heat embossing then let's schedule a Private Stamping Class for you and your friends. You might even earn some free stamps in the process!

Happy Crafting!

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Customer Appreciation Event – Save the Date!

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Hey there crafty friends! If you are local to the Richardson, Texas area (and surrounding cities) then I want you to SAVE the DATE for an upcoming Stampin' Up! Event!

A bunch of fellow demonstrators and I are getting together to hold a Customer Appreciation/Open House Event on August 6, 2011, from 9 am – Noon.

Right now this is scheduled to be held in the Sachse Library, but the location may change.  I will keep you posted!

During this event we will have:

  • sample projects on display (bring your cameras)
  • several Make & Take stations
  • a Stampin' Up! Convention presentation
  • a demo of the My Digital Studio software
  • and specials for anyone who places an order, books a workshop (bring your calendar), or joins the Stampin' Up! family!

I hope you will plan to attend this event.  I will have more information in my upcoming monthly newsletter on July 1, and I'm creating an info page to place here on my website. To make sure you are on my mailing list to receive my newsletter, fill in your information in the sign-up box on my website.

Happy Crafting!

~Elisa

Birthday Club, Coming Soon!

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Hello, crafty friends!  I'm excited to announce that I am creating a new Birthday Club beginning July 1st.

Birthday Club will be a special promotion ONLY for my mailing list subscribers, so I hope you will join me.

I will have the details in my next newsletter, which will come out July 1st.  To join my mailing list before then, simply fill in your email & name in the subscription box on the upper left corner of my website.  Then follow the confirmation steps and you are IN!

Again, this Birthday Club is open only to mailing list subscribers!  Subscribers also get my free monthly newsletter, class/event announcements first, and occasional free gifts from me.

Contact me with any questions.  Happy Crafting!

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Digital Birthday Card with My Digital Studio

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I am a "traditional" paper-crafter, so I haven't done a lot of digital scrapbooking or card-making.  I have been playing with the digital software by Stampin' Up! called My Digital Studio more and more lately, and I've really enjoyed it.

I've used the MDS software to create the blog header and buttons you find on my site, and I've made a sample scrapbook album for my recent Simply Scrapbooking Series.  However, I had never made a card and then had it printed before… until now!

This card could not have been easier.  I used a card already included in the MDS software, and just made slight changes to it.  For example, the "Happy Birthday" was a different sentiment, and I moved some elements around to accomodate the ribbon I added when I got my card in the mail.

Here are photos of the card (it's 6×6) as it arrived in my mailbox, and the card with buttons and ribbon added – also called a hybrid project.

MDSBirthday1
 MDSBirthday2 
I hope you enjoyed this project.  If you want to learn more about digital desiging or incorporating digital into your traditional crafting, then contact me for more information!  I am working out details for a My Digital Studio class, so watch my calendar!

Happy Crafting!

~Elisa