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Sympathy card for a friend

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Genevieve Valdes

Recently my friend’s mother passed away and I needed to make a sympathy card.  She’s a dear friend and I was saddened to hear of the news.  I wanted my card to be elegant and to also let her know I was thinking about her and wished her comfort.   I wanted my card to be mostly neutral with a hint of color.  So Saffron was perfect.  I used a butterfly image because I think when our time here on earth is over our soul or energy, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, we transform into something else.  The butterfly image I used is retired Stipple Butterfly.

I stamped the butterfly image with Versamark and Basic Black ink then embossed it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  I then used a yellow watercolor pencil with a blender pen to color the wings.  The embossing powder adds just a bit of shimmer.  Click on the image below to see the shimmer.   I embossed the background and the envelope flap with the Vintage Wallpaper folder then sponged with So Saffron ink.    See card recipe below for more details.

Sympathy butterfly card

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Sympathy card inside

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Sympathy card

Size:  5.50″ h x 4.25″ w

Stamps:  retired Stipple Butterfly, Thanks for Caring Digital stamps

Paper:  CS:  Silver, So Saffron, Whisper White, Vellum

Ink:  So Saffron, Basic Black, Versamark, Yellow Watercolor pencil, Blender Pen

Accessories:  My Digital Studio, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Scallop Oval punch, Corner Rounder punch, Basic Pearls, non-SU edge punch, non- SU ribbon

Technique: Embossing, Watercolor, Die cutting

Filed under: My Digital Studio, Stipple Butterfly, Sympathy, Thanks for Caring | Tagged: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Happy Birthday Cake Slice Box

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Genevieve Valdes

Yesterday was my hubby’s birthday and I made him a cake slice box.  I put photos of  me and our fur babies inside the box wishing him a happy birthday.  The challenge was in trying to decorate the box in a masculine way.  I was inspired by The Paper Players Color Challenge – Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy and Early Espresso.  These colors are so rich together and masculine.  I am also submitting my cake slice to Piece ‘O Cake Paper Craft Planet 3D challenge.

I made my cake box from Early Espresso  card stock then covered with DSP printed from My Digital Studio – Cherry Cobbler polka dot and Not Quite Navy Villa DSP.   I trimmed a 1-1/4″ strip of Early Espresso with the Eyelet Border punch and adhered to the lid.  I also used the retired Take a Spin stamp set , Striped Early Espresso ribbon and Birthday Banner to decorate the top.  I couldn’t resist and added clear rhinestones to the banner and the sides of the box.  I also used an Antique brad for the back.

happy birthday cake box

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Happy Birthday Cake box - back

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I also used My Digital Studio to print the photos and then used the 2-3/8 inch circle punch.  I attached the photos with mini glue dots to 1/4″ Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon.  I adhered each end with mini glue dots.

Cake box with photos

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Photos inside cake box

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Hubby Happy Birthday Cake Slice Box

Template:  There are many cake box templates out there but I wanted one with a lid and bottom so I created my own.  I’m selling my two-piece cake box template for $2.99.  Click here to purchase it.

Size:  5.25 ″ L  x 4.00″ W x 2.00″ D

Stamps:  retired Take a Spin, Curly Cute

Paper:  Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Digital DSP:  Not Quite Navy Villa, Cherry Cobbler Polka Dot

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy Marker

Accessories: Dimensionals, Basic Clear Rhinestones, 1-1/4″ Square punch (for end of banner), Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/4″ Very Vanilla Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch

Technique: Stamping, Digital Crafting

Filed under: 3D projects, Birthday, Boxes, Cake slice box, Curly Cute, Masculine Birthday, My Digital Studio, Stamp Sets, Take a Spin, Templates, Tutorials and Instructions | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments »

Inspired by Nature

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week is inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments inspirational challenge.  The photo below has so many wonderful images.  My project for this week is dedicated to Minnie Cieslak , Anne Marie Hile and Amy Lazzell.  These wonderful SU demos took time out of their day this past Saturday to come to my workshop.  They were great support in helping my guests with their make ‘n takes and providing lots of tips and ideas.  It was a fun and inspirational afternoon.  I’m so lucky to have them as friends and also as fellow design team members.  So hop on over to HHS and be inspired and also take a look at the wonderful inspiration provided by the design team.

I created this hybrid card and round box with My Digital Studio.  I used the digital Botanical Gazette DSP and the digital Nature Walk stamp set.  I love how easy it is to create beautiful cards.   I also love that almost every Tuesday there are new downloads.  Tuesdays now have become a favorite day.

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Nature Walk card

Size: 4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamps: Digital stamp set – Nature Stamp Brush Set, Friends 24/7 Brush Set

Paper: CS: Very Vanilla, Digital Botanical Gazette

Ink: Inkjet printer

Accessories: Victoria crochet trim, basic pearls

Technique: Digital crafting

Nature Walk box

Template: The template for the round box was obtained from czPaperCrafts

Size: 2.75″ H x 3.00″ W

Paper: CS: Very Vanilla, Digital Botanical Gazette

Ink: Inkjet printer

Accessories: Victoria crochet trim, basic pearls, Eyelet border punch

Technique: Digital crafting

Filed under: 3D projects, Feminine Thank you cards, Friendship, Inspiration Challenge, My Digital Studio, Spring, Thank you cards | Tagged: , , , , | 6 Comments »

Winter blues

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we are celebrating the color blue.  Select any shade of blue or different shades of blue and create a project.  I have been so inspired by the upcoming digital downloads in the spring mini and by MDS I decided to make two projects for this challenge.  Also the spring 2011 mini goes into effect today!  Download your copy or email me and I will mail you one.  You may also visit my website to see all the new items in the occasions mini.

winter blues

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I made an 8″ x 8″ scrapbook page of our furry children.  Like everyone who scrapbooks I’m so behind.  This is one of the many pages I’m creating for them.  I used the Blueberry Crisp digital DSP for the background.  I love the Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy colors which were perfect for photos of my sleepy dreaming pets.  I had so much fun creating this page.

Blue pet scrapbook page

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The next project I created is a thank you card I’m sending to my brother and sister-in-law for a wonderful Christmas dinner complete with Yorkshire pudding.  So yummy!  I used the new  Nature Walk digital stamp set to create this card.  The background paper is Blueberry Crisp #5 DSP and I used the birdcage from the Nature Walk digital stamp set all over to create the background.  Being able to create your own DSP is another wonderful feature of MDS.  I love the Blueberry Crisp DSP digital download.  For $4.95 you get twelve different digital paper designs and they’re all gorgeous.  The branch, bird and nest are also from the Nature Walk digital stamp set which will be featured in the spring mini which goes into effect today!  I love the digital downloads because you can order them online and you can download them instantly after you process your transaction.

thank you nature card

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Pet scrap book page

Finished Size: 8″ w x 8″ h

Digital Stamp Sets: Baroque Motif, Man’s Best Friend, Cute Cats

Digital Paper: Blueberry Crisp #1

Color used for sentiments: Bashful Blue, White, Black

Accessories: Modern Label digital punch, Bashful Blue brads

Techniques: Digital crafting

 

Thank you card

Finished Size: 5.50″ w x 4.25″ h

Digital Stamp Sets: Nature Walk, Thank You Kindly

Digital Paper: Blueberry Crisp #5

Color used for sentiments: Night of Navy

Digital Accessories: Vintage brad, Very Vanilla Seam Binding ribbon, Decorative label punch, Photo corner punch

Techniques: Digital crafting

 

Filed under: Color Splash Challenges, Feminine Thank you cards, My Digital Studio, New Downloads, Scrap book Projects, Spring 2011 Occasions mini, Thank you cards | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

Another Vintage Christmas Card with My Digital Studio

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a sketch challenge.  The sketch is featured in the December Success SU demonstrator magazine.  It’s an interesting sketch and since I had recently downloaded the vintage brads and crochet ribbon for My Digital Studio software, I had to use them for this project.  I created this card on MDS using my new downloads and Deck the Halls digital DSP.  I love the vintage suite which is available until January 3rd, 2011.  I also added a Soft Suede Vintage Overlay Texture on the Holly DSP to look like sponging.  It’s very subtle but it adds some darkening on the edges.  You’ll need to enlarge the card to see it.  I also used the Tearing Edge stamp set on the Cherry Cobbler layer.  I hope you get inspired to create with My Digital Studio.

December Sketch challenge
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Digital Vintage Christmas Card – This card was created with Stampin’ Up!’s My Digital Studio

Digital Stamp Sets: A Cardinal Christmas (sentiment), Old Saint Nick, Vintage Overlay Texture, Torn Edges

Digital Paper: Card stock:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; DSP:  Deck The Halls Photocard Digital Kit

Digital Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Digital Accessories: Vintage brads, Eyelet border punch, Modern Label punch, Crochet Ribbon

Techniques: Digital Crafting

Filed under: Christmas, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, My Digital Studio, Sketch Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

My Digital Studio Vintage Christmas Card

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a color splash challenge. The colors Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Early Espresso are perfect for this time of year.

Since I’ve purchased many of the new Christmas digital stamps I was excited to create a Vintage Christmas Card with My Digital Studio. It was so easy and fun! I used the Christmas Collage stamp over Very Vanilla Textured card stock and colored it Cherry Cobbler but brought down the opacity to 20%.  I also used the Early Espresso Wallpaper DSP for the bottom of the card.  The ribbon is from the digital seam binding collection in Cherry Cobbler.  For a fuller bow I put two bows.  Under the ribbon I added two Eyelet border strips in Old Olive and Very Vanilla.  I love the digital Eyelet punch it’s perfect for the vintage look.  I also embellished with pearls from the pearls and rhinestones digital collection.  The tag is the Decorative Label digital punch in Very Vanilla and I outlined it in Cherry Cobbler.  The sentiment is from the digital stamp set Bells and Boughs.  Although the card was created entirely on MDS I think it still has the warmth and feel of a vintage Christmas Card.   Let me know what you think.  I hope you hop over to Hand Stamped Sentiments and take the Color Splash Challenge.  I’d love to see your projects.

Vintage Christmas Card created with My Digital Studio - click to enlarge

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Digital Vintage Christmas Card – This card was created with Stampin’ Up!’s My Digital Studio

Digital Stamp Sets: Christmas Collage, Bells and Boughs

Digital Paper: Card stock:  Very Vanilla Textured, Early Espresso Wallpaper

Digital Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Digital Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Pearls, Eyelet Border Punch

Techniques: Digital Crafting

Filed under: Christmas, Color Splash Challenges, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, My Digital Studio | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Fall Inspiration

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a fall inspiration challenge.  It’s a beautiful photo of  fall in the wine country.  This photo reminded me of the trip my husband and I made in October of 2004.  Of course like a lot of you I’m a bit behind on scrapbooking.  This challenge was perfect for me to start documenting this wonderful trip and use the Autumn Spice digital download in My Digital Studio.  Here’s the inspiration.

Here’s are my scrapbook pages created on My Digital Studio.

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Sonoma Scrapbook Pages

Finished size: 8″ x 8″

Digital Stamp Sets: Autumn Spice Digital Kit

Digital Background Paper: Cajun Craze

Digital colors: Daffodil Delight, Concord Crush, Old Olive, Early Espresso

Accessories: My Digital Studio

Techniques: Digital Scrapbooking

Filed under: My Digital Studio, Scrap book Projects | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Owl be your friend

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have another sketch challenge from  Stampin’ Up!’s SUCCESS magazine.  We’d love to see your interpretation of the sketch so hop on over to HSS and show us your creation.

For this project I decided to do a digital card using My Digital Studio.  I have just purchased the Two Step Owl Punch – Digital Download, Price: $0.95 and I wanted to use it for this card.  I love this punch and so fun to use.

Since this is a girl owl I decided to use the Cherry Cobbler Wallpaper DSP on the vest and Very Vanilla button latte.  So cute!  If you own MDS don’t forget to update your software with the new colors.  Click here to update your software.

The background is Textured Baja Breeze.  Love the Textured papers!  The Soft Suede distressed background, included with the purchase of MDS, is from the Distressed DSP and the frame is from the Sweet Pea DSP collection.  The Textured and Sweet Pea DSP collections are available as add-ons.  If you don’t have these consider purchasing them.  The price is right and they’ll never retire.  How cool is that!  You can purchase any of the digital downloads even if you do not own My Digital Studio software.  You can use the images with any graphics program that allows you to import images into your document.  The other great thing about purchasing digital downloads is they are available to use instantly as soon as you pay.  I love that…instant gratification.

Digital Owl card

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Digital Owl Punch

Two Step Owl Punch - Digital Download - #122153 - Price: $0.95

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Project info:

You’ve got a friend in me Owl digital card

Finished card size: 5.25″ w x 4.25″ h

Digital Stamp Sets: Holiday Blitz (apple), Cheep Talk (branch and sentiment)

Digital Paper: Textured Baja Breeze,  My Sweet Pea pattern 47, Distressed Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler Wallpaper

Ink: HP 6400 inkjet printer

Digital Accessories: Two-Step Owl punch download, Very Vanilla button Latte,

Techniques: Digital Crafting

Filed under: Friendship, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, My Digital Studio, Owl cards, Sketch Challenge | Tagged: , , , | 4 Comments »

Hand Stamped Sentiments Luau Theme Challenge #24

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a Luau Theme Challenge.  I had fun creating these projects with My Digital Studio software.  I created a card and favor box using the digital stamps Petal Pizzazz included with initial purchase of MDS.  I used this stamp set because the flowers were big and bold.  Just perfect for this theme.  I printed a layer with the images and sentiment then adhered it to Old Olive card stock and added ribbon.  So easy!  The next project I also created with My Digital Studio but this time I had some hibiscus clipart I wanted to use.  I was able to import the images into My Digital Studio but first I had convert the .jpg images to  .png files then put them into the embellishments folder in MDS so I could access them.  In MDS I created a background with both the Petal Pizzazz and hibiscus images to add behind the flower images and to also make the favor boxes.  The templates for these boxes can be purchased for $1.95.

Petal Pizzazz card and favor box

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Hibiscus card and favor box

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Mini Project Boxes - Digital Download - $1.95

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Project info:

Petal Pizzazz card and favor box

This card was created digitally with My Digital Studio.

Finished card size: 5.25″ x 5.25″

Digital Stamp Sets: Petal Pizzazz, A Little Birthday Cheer

Digital Paper: Textured Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rose Red, So Saffron

Paper: Card stock:  Whisper White, Old Olive

Ink: inkjet printer

Accessories: Whisper White Organza ribbon, Stampin’ dimensionals

Techniques: Digital papercrafting

Hibiscus card and favor box

This card was created digitally with My Digital Studio.  The hibiscus images were imported into MDS.

Click here for hibiscus image. (Hibiscus image by KeepDesigning.com  To download image right click then save image to your computer.

Finished card size: 5.25″ x 5.25″

Digital Stamp Sets: A Little Birthday Cheer, non-SU hibiscus clipart

Digital Paper: Textured Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rose Red, So Saffron

Paper: Card stock:  Whisper White, So Saffron

Ink: inkjet printer

Accessories: Stampin’ dimensionals

Techniques: Digital papercrafting

Filed under: 3D projects, Boxes, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, My Digital Studio, Theme Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Summertime Splendor cards

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Genevieve Valdes

Continuing with yesterday’s theme I also created these cards using the digital download Summertime Splendor.  These  beautiful backgrounds are perfect for any of your summer projects.  In my previous post I created beautiful party favor or gift boxes.  Today with the help of My Digital Studio and the Summertime Splendor digital backgrounds these are the cards I created.  Patty Bennett has a wonderful tutorial showing how to make card fronts in My Digital studio.  I made these four cards in about 45 minutes.  So easy!

Summertime Splendor Cards

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Here’s a photo of the cards with the boxes from yesterday’s post.

Summertime group

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Project Info:

Summertime Splendor cards

Digital Stamp Sets: Simple Friendship, Sunny Day, Thank You Kindly, Thoughts and Prayers

Digital Background Paper: Summertime Splendor

Paper: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Brilliant Blue CS

Ink: inkjet printer

Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, Bashful Blue Satin ribbon, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Certainly Celery Satin ribbon, mini glue dots

Techniques: digital crafting

Filed under: 3D projects, Big Shot, My Digital Studio, Pillow Boxes | Tagged: , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

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