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My Digital Studio - Halloween

Halloween is a favorite holiday in our house!  Now that the kids are getting older, the decorations and costumes are going from cutesy to a bit more scary!  Bernie the grave digger is our new addition for this year & already feels like he is part of the family!  He was a big hit with the trick-or-treaters!

This was such an easy & quick layout to showcase our halloween fun!  I recently added the Cast - A- Spell digital designer series paper to the My Digital Studio & used it in this layout.  Stampin' Up! is always adding new products to the digital program!  Check it out!

 

I SPY Halloween Card

Here is a fun card for Halloween using the Sweet Centers Stamp Set & Treat Cups!  Inside the treat cup are 3-D stickers and micro beads.  As you shake the card, different stickers show.

I just attended a great shoebox swap at my upline's house & we made some great Holiday gifts & ornaments!  Tune in later this week to see them!
 

Experiencing technical difficulties...

I am attempting to make some changes to my blog and typepad has changed some of their programs - so I am experiencing a bit of technical difficulties & lots of confusion.  Things may be a bit whacked out for a few days!

Thanks for your patience!

Annual Christmas Card Swap - still more swaps...

Ok, these are the last of the swap cards - enjoy!

Year of Color Challenges

Catching up on some color challenges this week...

9/22: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive & Chocolate Chip

The pumpkin was make with the oval punch, layered on top of each other to make the shape.

9/29: Really Rust, More Mustard, Summer Sun

I wanted to play a little bit with my Designer Studio & created this page for this weeks color challenge.  I'm starting to get the hang of it.

Enjoy your week & thanks for stopping by!

Annual Christmas Card Swap - more swaps...

Here are some more of the swaps that I received

 

 

Annual Christmas Card Swap...

I apologize for not getting to these sooner, buy my computer has not been very cooperative.  Every time I try to add a photo - no matter how small - my computer shuts down.  My b-i-l was over the other night, so I'm hoping that will help!   So without further ado, here are some of the swaps!

Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio

Stampin' Up! has released their very own digital scrapbooking program!  I got my copy yesterday & took a little time to play in the midst of all the other stuff going on.  Here is my first project!

       

 

I chose to use one of the pre-designed scrap kits.  You can add stamps, embellishments, background paper - ALL in Stampin' Up!'s great colors!  It also has a photo editing program - I changed one photo to b & w and left the others in color (ok, so that wasn't planned that way - I forgot to change the others to b&w too - shhh, don't tell!)

This is very basic - but I've only been playing with the program for about 1 hour.  Don't fret - the pages didn't take that long - it was really quick!  I was playing with the cards & calendar and checking out all the great options.

There are so many different things you can do with this program including making cards, photo calendars, photo books and individual scrap pages!  They even have pre-designed scrapbook kits - just add your photos!  Plus, they will offer additional designs to download as they come up with new ideas!Now if I can just get the kids to sit still for our Christmas photo, I can start on those!

I have to admit - I was a bit leary - I'm not that skilled on my computer, but this was pretty easy.  There are a lot of drop & drag and it loaded all my photos for me!  This is going to be fun!

Another whirlwind of a week - babbling...

What a busy week we've had!  I am happy to say that the kids had a great 1st week of school - despite my nightmares - and even after they got homework said they still liked it.  Once again we are lucky that the kids have such nice teachers!

When our original elementary school closed 3 yrs ago, many of the families split between two other parochial schools, one in our town & one in the next town over.  So even though this school is new to us, it was nice to see familiar faces from our old school and to be so warmly welcomed. 

We ended the week with a football game & a parade.  The boys played so well and won 9-6!  I had to use my old 35 mm camera due to the lighting & I am not so patiently  waiting to drop off the film.  It was actually a little difficult to find film.  All my son's games are at night this year & I have problems with the digital due to the low lighting & fast action.  Hopefully the photos turn out.  Today, my son & hubby along with their cub scout pack, marched in our town's parade celebrating it's 175th anniversary.  This was their first event as Webelos - so proud of all of them!

I am slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things now that the kids are back in school & hoping to get some classes set up soon!  Off to get some stuff done before the kiddies get home from school.  Thanks for stopping by & listening to me babble!