Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day with Free Digital Downloads from Stampin' Up!

Hi Everyone,
I know it has been a long time since I have posted, but I just had to let you all know about the fabulous special offer that Stampin' Up! has to celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day.
Stampin' Up! is offering 4 Free Digital Downloads from November 4-7 that can be used with My Digital Studio software as well as most other design software.  These free downloads offer a variety of elements and templates that are perfect for creating quick projects that will look like you spent hours creating them.
So how do you take advantage of this amazing offer? It's really very simple. Just visit http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/ and click on the Digital Scrapbook Day image at the top of the page. All you have to do is follow the instructions provided and complete the simple survey, then download the following Free Digital Downloads:


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

Want another FREE download? If we get 5,000 new friends to download the content we will give everyone a fifth download. So share MyDigitalStudio.net with your friends today!
These downloads are perfect for the holidays and can be used to create great holiday gifts and cards.
As an example, I want to share with you a digital scrapbook page I created using the 8x8 template from the Neutral Delightful Digital Tape free download.  This page was so simple to create but I love the way it turned out.

All I had to do was add my photo to the photo box and I typed in my journalling in the text box provided for the circle embellishment. The only addition I added was to put "Sam" below the photo using the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet Stamp Brush set download from My Digital Studio (item #118821 Price $7.95). To purchase this download, just visit my Online Store here.

If you would like to see more wonderful ideas, please visit http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/ throughout the weekend as there will be new ideas and tips added to help you get creative.  With Thanksgiving just weeks away and Christmas sneaking up on us, now is the best time to start your holiday projects and shopping for gifts.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Best wishes,

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

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May is National Scrapbooking Month

Hello Everyone,

Yes, I have returned to the world of blogging after what seems an eternity. So much has happened in the past month that has kept me away from my craft room and my Creative Mojo has taken a severe beating in the process.

Thankfully, Stampin' Up! has a wonderful promotion for the month of May to celebrate National Scrapbooking Month to help me get back on my creative feet again.

To help you with your scrapbooking projects, Stampin' Up! is offering 30% off a selection of stamp sets and My Digital Studio products for the month of May. You can view the products on my Online Store website here  or you can download a PDF list here.

For those of you who are interested in Digital Scrapbooking and Cardmaking, the Digital Download Bundles are amazing and while they are created to use with Stampin' Up!'s Digital Software program, My Digital Studio, they are also compatible with other graphic software programs.  If you would like to learn more about My Digital Studio, I encourage you to visit here: http://mydigitalstudio.net/ . This is a great forum to learn about My Digital Studio and provides great information, tips and videos to help you with your digital creations.

I hope to have some new creations to share with you this week and hopefully help to inspire you with your creative projects. If you are like me and have kids in school, you know that time is running out to create your Teacher Gifts for the end of the year. Take advantage of Stampin' Up!'s National Scrapbooking Month 30% off Promotion before it ends May 31st, 2011.

Until Next Time.

Happy Stampin',

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

Sale-a-bration Countdown: Only 5 Days Left!

Happy Saturday Everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying a lovely Spring day today. There is so much I love about Spring - warm weather after a cold winter, the return of the birds and the flowers start to bloom in the neighborhood gardens. There is something so cheerful and welcoming about the colors associated with Spring, and they inspired me today when I decided to play with My Digital Software program from Stampin' Up!
Now I don't know if you were aware or not, but this year Stampin' Up is offering a wonderful CD full of all the Sale-a-bration images as one of your Free Sale-a-bration product choices. This really is an amazing value as you will receive all of the Sale-a-bration product images on this CD that you can use over and over again to create your digital projects.
Here is what is included:
Stamp Brush Sets (English Only) for:
So Happy For You
Punch Bunch
Sweet Summer
Bliss
Plus -
Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Pack & Quick Accents Pack
Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon & Button Pack and
the Decor Elements  Notes Image

To give you an idea of what you can create with this CD, I put together this postcard today using several of the Digital images from this incredible CD to show you the infinite possibilities you will have when creating with this product.
To start with, I chose Certainly Celery cardstock as my card base and then added the gorgeous Melon Mambo floral from the Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper Pack. The scallop detail is actually part of the paper design too, isn't that great!
The ribbon & bow are from the Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon Pack and the cute little buttons I used to create the flowers are the coordinating buttons from the Ice Cream Parlor Buttons.

The stamp images inside the circle are from the Sweet Summer stamp set and the sentiment with the coordinating flower and flying butterfly are from the So Happy For You stamp set. The Basic Rhinestones that I used as accents can be purchased as a separate Digital Download from my Online Store.

Now, this is just a quick card that I put together, but I could see elements of this project used to create a cute scrapbook page, especially with Easter just around the corner.

Take note that I only used a fraction of the images available on this wonderful CD to create this Spring theme card. Just imagine how much fun you can have creating projects with all the images available.

The So Much to Sale-a-brate Digital Content CD really does give you the best value, as you can own all the digital images of all the 2011 Sale-a-bration products for Free with an order of just $50 in Stampin' Up! merchandise.

If you don't already own Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Software, then now is the perfect opportunity to do so to earn this great CD as your Free Sale-a-bration product.

With My Digital Studio, you can create scrapbook pages, greeting cards, postcards, journals, photo albums, calendars as well as multimedia projects using your computer (compatible with both Mac & PC). You have the ability to print your projects at home or you can choose to use Stampin' Up!'s professional printing services.

Stampin' Up! also has an ever growing library of digital downloads that you can add by purchasing them from my Online Store, 24/7.  You can view the Online My Digital Studio Catalog here and download it free to your computer. New digital downloads are released each week, typically each Tuesday. You can see these new downloads here.

I hope today's Creative Card share has inspired you to explore the digital crafting world and to see all the amazing possibilities available to you for all your creative projects.

Until Next Time.

Happy Stampin',

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

Supplies Used (Stampin' Up! Only unless otherwise noted):

My Digital Studio 118108      Price: $79.95

Use the same great artwork, colors, and accessory images found in our current product line to create personalized digital projects. The options are endless: create photo albums, calendars, and greeting cards using My Digital Studio. Once you've created your personalized gift or heirloom, have it printed in our high-quality print facility and delivered to your door or print it at home.

■ Available in English only

123681 So Much to Sale-A-Brate Digital Content CD Available as a Free Sale-a-bration Product with order of $50 in Stampin' Up! Merchandise (does not include Shipping & Handling and Taxes).

Download your Free Digital Copy of the 2011 Sale-a-bration Mini Catalog here to see all the fabulous Free Sale-a-bration products available to choose from.
Remember, Sale-a-bration ends March 31st, so don't delay - place your order before it's too late!

Sale-a-bration 2011 is Finally Here!

Hi Everyone,

Well, I can't believe it is finally here, it seems like we have been waiting forever for the start of Sale-a-bration 2011.  I think that you will find that Stampin' Up has outdone themselves this year with the fantastic selection of Free Sale-a-bration  products you can earn starting today and ending March 31st.

There are four fabulous stamp sets, available in your choice of wood mount or clear mount that will have you itching to get stamping. In addition, you can choose the Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents pack consisting of 9 sheets of 12 x 12 Designer Paper and 2  coordinating sheets of self adhesive Die cuts to create fun projects. There is also the Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon & Button Pack containing approx. 15 yards of 1/4" White Grosgrain printed ribbon and 48 cute flower buttons, all of which coordinate perfectly with the Ice Cream Parlor DSP and Quick accents.

Love Decor Elements? Then there is something for you too with the Notes Chalkboard Decor Element that would look great displayed in your home.

Last but by no means least, Stampin' Up is offering for the first time the So Much to Sale-A-Brate Digital Content CD with all of the Sale-a-bration products available in digital format for you to use with your My Digital Studio Software or another compatible software program. Just think of all the fabulous digital projects you can create!

Now, I am so excited about the fact that you can choose from 8 exciting new and exclusive products during Sale-a-bration 2011 but I have to tell you, there is still more.

On page 11 of the Sale-a-bration Mini Catalog there is a page full of stamp sets you can earn for Free as your Sale-A-Bration product choice, that are selected from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog.

Click here to download your Free Digital copy of the 2011 Sale-A-Bration Mini Catalog and see for yourself the amazing products you have to choose from this year.

So now you are probably wondering how you can start earning these incredible new Stampin' Up products and I am here to tell you it is so simple.

Just place an order for $50* in Stampin' Up products and you can choose 1 Sale-a-bration Product for free.  If you place an order for $100* in Stampin' Up products you can choose 2 Free Sale-A-Bration products and for each additional $50* in Stampin' Up products you order, you can choose an additional Sale-a-bration Product.

Plus, if you host a workshop/party and have sales of at least $300*, you will earn 1 free Sale-a-Bration product in addition to the wonderful Hostess Benefits.

* Does not including S&H and taxes

So don't wait any longer. Contact me today to book your own workshop/party or to place your order and take advantage of the great Sale-a-bration products Stampin' Up has to offer. You can also visit my Online Store here to place your order 24/7.

Have a wonderfully creative day.

Until Next Time.

Stampin' Hugs,

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

Merry Christmas Everyone

Wishing you all a

Wonderful Safe & Merry Christmas.

May you have a day filled with warm and happy memories with

your family and friends.

Thank you for visiting my blog and I look forward to sharing

with you in the future.

Until Next Time,

Merry Stampin' Hugs,

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

P.S. The above Digital card was created with My Digital Studio.

Counting my Blessings this Thanksgiving

Hi Everyone,
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I hope that you are having a wonderful day with family and friends. We are celebrating this Thanksgiving here in Colorado in a very quiet and relaxed way, which is a blessing in itself. Earlier this week, three of my children all came down with a nasty stomach flu and I thought that we would be eating chicken soup this Thanksgiving rather than our delicious Turkey dinner. Thankfully they are all doing much better and are back to their normal energetic selves.
Today I would like to share with you the Thanksgiving Card I created to email to my family and friends. I used Stampin' Up!'s amazing digital software, My Digital Studio, to create this holiday postcard. I am so thrilled with how it turned out.
The photo I chose is one that was taken last month on our annual visit to the pumpkin farm. We don't often get the chance to have a family photo taken, but this particularly day we were fortunate enough to have a kind and generous passerby offer to take the photo for us and I just love how it turned out.

The colors I chose for this card are Cajun Craze and Early Espresso for the cardstock and ink and the Designer Paper is from the Geometric Designer Series paper. I used the Gratitude stamp image from the Define Your Life Stamp Brush set, which is included with the My Digital Studio software.

Don't forget that you can order My Digital Studio and save 50% off the regular price now until November 30th.  Contact me to place your order or visit my Online Store to place your order 24/7.

I hope you have enjoyed my digital card share for this Thanksgiving Day and hope that you will be inspired to share your Holiday memories with family and friends.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

Merry Christmas with My Digital Studio

Hi Everyone,

Well, it's the day before Thanksgiving and I decided to have some fun designing a digital postcard with My Digital Studio. I love this program and could quite happily play around for hours creating my digital projects. The wonderful thing is, I really don't need that long to create projects and if I don't like something, I can change it with the click of my mouse. No waste, no stress involved. Doesn't that sound perfect for the holidays?

The best thing is that you can take advantage of the fantastic special price on My Digital Studio (item #118108) between now and November 30th, and save 50% off the regular price - just $39.98!
Here is the Christmas Postcard I created and to be honest, the most time consuming part about this card was choosing the right photo (you know, making sure they are all smiling etc.). The Designer Paper is from the Deck the Halls Photocard Digital Kit (item #122176) which is just one of the Digital Downloads on sale as part of Stampin' Up!'s Online Spectacular Sale.  You can download the list here.

The great thing about this Digital Christmas card is that I can choose to send it via email as an E-card or I can print it as a traditional postcard.  Better yet, I can do a combination of both and take care of all my family and friends with one card design.  

My Digital Studio is a great tool for someone who is just starting out and has limited supplies, as it provides you with Stampin' Up!'s fantastic range of colors in cardstock and ink colors, as well as Digital Stamp images, punches and embellishments to help you create cards, scrapbook pages, calendars and multi media projects. This would be a great gift for a teenager to help them explore their creativity or for a new mother/father wanting to record their memories of their precious new family member and share it quickly and easily with family and friends.

My Digital Studio is also a wonderful asset to an experienced papercrafter as it provides them with a wonderful design tool to plan and create their projects. Once they have their design the way they want it, they can create it with traditional supplies or they can print it and embellish it as a hybrid project. 

There are so many ways that you can use this program and you can customize and add to it with Stampin' Up!'s Digital Downloads that you can purchase from my Online Store through my Stampin' Up! Website. Click on the Digital Crafting Link to see the full range of My Digital Studio products available.

I hope you have enjoyed today's digital card share and hope that it will help to inspire you with your holiday projects.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday.

Until Next Time.

Stampin' Hugs,

Tricia Butts

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

My Digital Studio - Birthday Splendor Card Creations

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and 4th of July holiday. We had a very wet day yesterday so we didn't venture out to watch the fireworks this year. Mind you, our neighbors more than made up for that and we had a spectacular display going on all around our house. It was rather fun to watch them from our doorway as the rain came pouring down. Our poor little dog didn't like it at all and she spent the evening safely in her kennel, warm and dry.
Yesterday I spent the afternoon cleaning my craft area and reorganizing my supplies. With our guests arriving in a few days, I decided today to create my card share with My Digital Studio rather than mess up my nice, clean studio.
Today's card creation is a birthday card I created using one of the recent downloads available to add to My Digital Studio. It is a set of beautiful backgrounds called "Summertime Splendor" and I love the soft, watercolor feel they have.

This quick and simple card was created entirely using My Digital Studio. The sentiment is one of the stamp images available as is the punch shapes I used to create the frame and matte for the sentiment.

The other wonderful thing about My Digital Studio is that you can still access the retired colors and use them to create your digital projects. The cardstock cardbase is Lovely Lilac and the scalloped oval is Pixie Pink (I reduced the opacity to give it a softer look).

This Lily design is just one of 6 designs from the Summertime Splendor digital designer series paper and the download is just $4.95.  That is amazing value when you consider all the possibilities available to you with these designs. You can use it to create 12x12 digital scrapbook pages as well (wouldn't this make a beautiful wedding page for a bride).

If you would like more information about My Digital Studio, please contact me and I will be happy to introduce you to the wonderful world of digital creations. Remember, you can place your order by visiting my Online Store here, just click Shop Now.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Until Next Time.

Happy Stampin',

Tricia Butts

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

http://www.triciabutts.stampinup.net/

Summertime Splendor Designer Series Paper - Digital Download 121067

Price: $4.95
The Summer Splendor Designer Series paper digital download for My Digital Studio are an elegant and artistic addition to your digital library. Ideal for backgrounds or cut down for embellishments, these Designer Series papers are just what you need to capture the warmth and beauty of summer in your digital projects.

My Digital Studio - Father's Day Share

Happy Monday Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We spent yesterday relaxing at home and taking advantage of the fact that our pool is fully functional again. It was a wonderful way to spend Father's Day as a family. My kids wanted to do something special this year for their Dad, so I took a bunch of photos of them in the pool and then I went to work creating a unique Father's Day card with My Digital Studio.

The end result was perfect and the kids were so happy with how it turned out. We sent it to my husband as an email E-card and he loved it and now has it on his phone so he can see it whenever he wants.

It took me less than 30 minutes to create this card and that included downloading my photos and choosing the best one to use (not an easy task when you have an energetic 4 year old who won't sit still while trying to take the photos). Using My Digital Studio is a fantastic way to create your own unique cards and scrapbook pages and adding photos is quick and easy. I wouldn't have been able to create this traditionally in that amount of time, plus, I didn't have all the supplies I would have needed to recreate this card.

My Digital Studio provides you with so many options ranging from the choice of colors, Designer Series Paper & cardstock, stamp images, embellishments (which includes an assortment of ribbons, brads, buttons, eyelets etc.), punches (that is how I created the star image and the scalloped border around the photo), matting images and more all by clicking your mouse.

The best thing is that there is no waste. If you don't like how something looks, you can delete it and try something else. My Digital Studio is a fantastic designing tool, giving you the ability to try different options until you get the look you want before creating it traditionally. Or you can print it up to use as it is or even add traditional embellishments for a hybrid look.

Trust me, once you get started, you will find it very addicting and will love the projects you can create. To learn more about My Digital Studio Software, please contact me today and I will be happy to answer your questions.

Until Next Time.

Happy (Digital) Stampin',

Tricia Butts

May is National Scrapbooking Month

Hello Everyone,
Sorry I have been MIA for so long. April was a crazy month and this month I am chasing time with end of school activities, so I apologize for not posting to my blog for the past month. Only 2 more weeks of school and then things should calm down a bit, I hope.

May is National Scrapbooking Month and Stampin' Up! has a fantastic special to celebrate and help you with your papercrafting projects.
Just purchase a qualifying scrapbooking stamp set (see list below) or the My Digital Studio software and receive a FREE package of Designer brads--choose from four designs!

Qualifying Stamp sets


Page     Description   Wood-Mount Item   Wood-Mount Price  Clear-Mount Item  Clear-Mount Price

81     Extreme Elements    115181                     $26.95                      ---                            ---
119   Framed with Love** 114389                    $27.95                      ---                            ---
128 Certified**               113706                   $27.95                      ---                            ---
129 Circle Circus               115778                  $28.95                       ---                            ---
12* Elements of Style        118611                   $27.95                     120045                    $19.95
13* Memento                    119910                   $27.95                     120105                    $19.95
13* Elements de style        119900                   $27.95                     120099                    $19.95
14* Rough Type             118659                  $26.95                     120072                    $18.95
22* Sentimental Journey    118513                   $23.95                     120075                    $17.95
25* First Day                    118521                  $23.95                     120051                     $17.95
25* Camino a la Escuela    120152                  $23.95                     120154                     $17.95
*From Summer Mini Catalog
**Last Chance stamp set!
My Digital Studio software
Page   Description             Item        Price
32*      My Digital Studio 118108    $79.95
*From Summer Mini Catalog
Designer brads (free with purchase of qualifying stamp set or My Digital Studio)
Page  Description                  Item  Retail Price  Price with Qualifying Purchase
179   Flower Designer brads 112579     $5.95      FREE
179 Filigree Designer brads   112577    $5.95       FREE
179 Circle Designer brads     112571    $5.95       FREE
179 Star Designer brads        112572   $5.95       FREE

Don't forget, the stamp sets Certified and Framed with Love will both retire soon and will appear on the Last Chance List that will be released June 1st. They can be found in the current 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog.
Plus, there are some great new stamp sets in the new Summer Mini Catalog that will be perfect for your Summer crafting projects and the designer brads can provide the finishing touch for your cards, scrapbook pages and crafting projects. Don't have a copy of the new Summer Mini yet? Please contact me and I will be happy to send one out to you or you can download a free digital copy Here or click on the icon located in my side bar.
Hope you all have a great day.
Until Next Time.
Stamping Hugs,
Tricia Butts

My Digital Studio Now Available

I am so excited to tell you about the launch of Stampin' Up's new digital software, My Digital Studio, that went live October 1st.  This software will allow you to create digital scrapbooks, digital cards, calendars as well as create movies and DVD's to create keepsakes for you and your loved ones.
The great thing about this software is that you are able to use Stampin' Up's wonderful colors to coordinate your digital projects with the inks, cardstock and Designer Series Paper as well as Stampin' Up's exclusive stampsets, embellishments etc.  Another great feature is that you have the ability to size images to suit your layout.
You can use this software to design your cards and scrapbook pages and print them out using your printer or have them professionally printed with Stampin' Up.  Create hybrid projects by printing your design on My Digital Studio and then adding extra layers and/or  embellishments using traditional papercrafting methods for that extra WOW! factor.
I love that I can use My Digital Studio to design how I create my cards or scrapbook pages to how I want them, and then be able to create them traditionally with paper.  This way I can play with it as much as I want until I get it just the way I want it without feeling like I am wasting my cardstock, DSP or embellishments.  Plus, I can save my finished digital card so that I have it on hand if I want to create it again later.
My Digital Studio works for both Mac and PC platforms, which is great news for all of us Mac lovers out there.  Stampin' Up will also be offering additional downloads for purchase so that you can add to your digital collection. 

 Watch this great Youtube Video about My Digital Studio:



Please contact me if you any questions or you would like to learn more about My Digital Studio.  You can place your order online through my Stampin' Up online store or contact me and I will be happy to help you.
I will be sharing my new My Digital Studio Projects on my blog to give you a sample of the wonderful projects you can create with this wonderful software.


Hope you have a great day.
Stamping Smiles,
Tricia Butts