Stampin' Crazed: Bulk Buy Pricing

Friday, December 9, 2011

MDS Blog Hop!

Whew! I bet you never thought you'd hear from me again, huh? So sorry for the incredibly long absence from my blog. Besides being super busy I've caught two colds in the last couple of months and I just haven't been on top of things. :(

No matter though, I'm back now - and even though I'm late posting this - I do have a project for you today! We'll be showing Christmas ideas for the next few weeks which is perfect, because I finished our Christmas card at 2 am this morning! I had to stay up late - I'm just not getting anything done with the kids lately.

I am super excited about our card though. I copied an idea that was featured on MDS.net several weeks ago. The second I saw this trifold card I knew that I had to try it for our family card this year. It took quite a bit of time, but I've realized that it's only because I'm a crazy perfectionist. And...once I got started I had so many ideas that I knew they wouldn't all fit on one card. I had decisions to make and let me tell you...it was hard to leave some of those ideas on the cutting room floor.

So, drumroll please... Here is our Christmas card for this year:

I sent my design to Stampin' Up today for printing and I cannot wait until they get here! Is it too soon to expect them tomorrow? Probably. I'll just have to be patient. :) By the way, I'm super happy about the Bulk Buy Pricing! My address list seemed to grow exponentially over the last year! How does that happen?

I've got to run and get my kids ready - we were invited to a friend's house tonight, but I will come back and update this post with the supplies I used. Make sure to check out the other projects from our fabulous team of MDS designers!

1. Jeanna Bohanon
2. Rochelle Gould

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc

5. Amber Meadows (good to see you!)

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Friday, October 28, 2011

MDS Blog Hop - Christmas Picture Cards

Yikes - I'm a little late getting this posted. So sorry! I thought that since I was sick this week that I'd be able to sit and scrapbook to my heart's content. Not so. Every time I picked up a book or turned on my laptop I fell asleep. Maybe next time - because I'm pretty sure there will be a next time ;)

Our challenge this week was to create a picture Christmas card. We haven't had family photos done for awhile, so I had to pull pictures from the last shoot. I'm not sure what I'll actually do for our Christmas card this year, but I'll figure something out. For now, here's what I've come up with:

I used a template to start from and just replaced the elements with my holiday themed papers and embellishments. The only time consuming part was deciding what elements to use! Here's the original template (it's included with the Petite Pennant Punch download):

I had a lot of fun using a new download - the Very Merry Twenty-five Designer Tags. It's oh, so adorable! I have a few other ideas that I've been playing around with, so with any luck I'll be able to post those in the next couple of weeks.

You'll want to create your own Christmas cards with My Digital Studio this year, because Stampin' Up is offering bulk buy pricing. Here's a link to the price list. I can't wait to finish mine and have them printed. This year my Christmas cards will be on time!

I used the font Blackjack and these are the supplies I used in making my card:

Jolly Holiday designer series paper	Very Merry 25 Designer Tags	Petite Pennants Punch	Crochet Trim Ribbon
Taffeta Ribbon Color Pack	My Digital Studio software	Vintage Trinkets