Before I post my project for today, I just want to share some really good news. My big dog Sammy had to have emergency surgery yesterday to implant a pacemaker and he came through the operation, even though it was a bit iffy for a bit. I brought him home today and he is doing great! Keep up the good work Sammy!!

Now on to stamping business. Today's card share is one of the cards that we made on Monday night at the Basic & Beautiful class and uses the Sale-a-bration set called Fresh Vintage. These classes are held on the last Monday of each month and, if you haven't tried one yet, you might want to give it a shot. We make 6 cards that are suitable for many different occasions and yet don't take forever to make.

Today's card is made with the Sale-a-bration set called Sprinkled Expressions and uses one of the brads from the Everyday Enchantment Brad and Ribbon Sale-a-bration pack. The cardstock colors I used are Tempting Turquoise, Calypso Coral, Whisper White and I added the Calypso Coral Bakers Twine. I never would have thought to put these colors together but I got my inspiration from the Everyday Enchantment Designer Paper which is available for FREE during Sale-a-bration with a $60 order.

Popped Background Technique

My clubs did this technique but we used the Elebration and Medallion stamps. I wanted to try to make a more masculine Birthday card with this technique and this is the result. It really is easy to do, just stamp your background for the card (in this case I used the Woodgrain Background stamp), and then stamp it again on a scrap piece of the same cardstock. Stamp your image (from Under the Stars) on the scrap paper where you would like it positioned ultimately on the card, which is determined by the pattern. Cut the image out, line it up with the pattern on the card and attach it with dimensionals. This picture doesn't really give you the true effect, much nicer IRL.

Isn't This Gorgeous?!

I just had to share this incredible card that I received Thursday from my Stamping Club Members and it was made by Kelly H-M. I am not sure why she comes to my club when she creates works of art like this?! The trees are from the stamp set Plant Hope. Thank you for everything Ladies and I will miss our monthly gatherings.

My Digital Studio Sympathy Card

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I recently did some playing with MDS. One of the things I wanted to do was to create a really simple Sympathy Card and here is what I came up with. It probably took me not much more than 10 minutes to create and I had several of them printed.

My Digital Studio Swatchbook Project

As some of you know, I recently had to spend 5 days in serious isolation. The one thing that kept me sane, and believe me I wasn't on the ball enough to have planned it, was that I took my LapTop into the room with me and it had My Digital Studio software loaded. It is also where I tend to upload a lot of my pics as well, so once the lights went on in my head, I had something to keep me occupied!

The format for this swatchbook is in the MDS program and I had never made one but it was easy. I then uploaded it to Stampin'Up! for printing and I just received it today. I am really happy with it.

If you haven't already signed up for your own FREE 30 day trial of MDS, do so today as you only have until the end of February. It's simple; add the free My Digital Studio Express trial (item 129600) to your online shopping cart, and then download and install it from your Download Manager. You can download it from my Online Store - once there click on "Digital Designing

Sale-a-bration Card

This card is made with some of the products that are available free during
Sale-a-bration when you place a $60 order (before S&T)! I really like this Fresh Vintage stamp set!

Stamps:
Turtle & Co., Fresh Vintage (SAB)

Cardstock:
Tempting Turquiose, Poppy Parade, Whisper White,
Everyday Enchantment DP (SAB), Brights DP

Markers:
Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Always Artichoke

Misc:
Bird Punch, Mini Silver Brads, Dimensionals