Geneva's Stamping Designs

Last day of Sale-A-Bration 2011

This is the LAST DAY of Stampin' Up!'s 2011 Sale-A-Bration!  Act now to get FREE merchandise.  Simply click on the Shop Now link to the left! 

Don't forget that having a Stampin' Up! workshop is a great way to schedule a Ladies' Night Out - or Afternoon Away!  We all need a night out or afternoon away - don't we?  Just contact me.  The 2011 Mini Occasions Catalog has some of my favorite products and is only available until the end of April.  You don't want to miss these exciting sets.

I'll be back with more projects next week.  I have lots to show you, so check back!

 

Happy Stamping!

2 days left of Sale-a-Bration

There are only 2 days left of Stampin' Up!'s 2011 Sale-A-Bration!  Act now to get FREE merchandise.  Simply click on the Shop Now link to the left! 

Don't forget that having a Stampin' Up! workshop is a great way to schedule a Ladies' Night Out - or Afternoon Away!  We all need a night out or afternoon away - don't we?  Just contact me.

I'll be back with more projects next week.  I have lots to show you, so check back!

Happy Stamping!

Sunny Days Scrapbook pages for MDS

 Another great benefit to Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio program is the scrapbook pages that are already created for you!  Here are just two from a Scrapbook called Sunny Days.  The Sunny Days Scrapbook paper is retired ,as well as some of the colors it uses, but with the MDS program, it's still available for use - AND already done, just add journaling and photos!

 This 2 page spread is designed to be side by side in your scrapbook and is perfect for photos from a bright, sunny day like this one.  Guess I need to go take some pictures! It's wonderful outside.  Paw-Paw and J are building a playhouse for the 2 and 4 year old grandchildren.  Think I'll stay out of the way!

Have a great day and

Happy Creating!

 

Cheep Talk!

This is another card designed on My Digital Studio - Stampin' Up!'s computer program. One main thing I like about designing in MDS is NO CLEAN-UP and put away!  Also, I get to "play with" stamp sets I don't own, such as this Cheep Talk set AND I get to change to size of the image.  It's not as "touchy-feely" but in some ways that makes its creation faster.  Certainly makes it less messy!

Hope you enjoy this card and have a wonderful weekend!  As always, if I can help in your creativity, contact me!

Happy Stamping!

St. Patrick's Day

I hope you remembered to wear "the green" today to celebrate the Irish in all of us!  This card was made on the My Digital Studio program.  It uses all Garden Green and Whisper White colors. 

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

MDS Certified

My Digital Studio is Stampin' Up!'s computer program for creating scrapbooks and cards and calendars and most anything else you can think of to do with a computer and digital images!  When it was first released, I took an on-line class for demonstrators to learn how to use the program.  I was given an image that I could place on this site, but after a while, it disappeared!  Since I don't know HTML code, I'm at the mercy of others to create these images and code for me.  Nothing seemed to work.  Then, last night, I was given a code to an image that not only says I'm certified, but when you click on it, you'll be taken to my Stampin' Up! store!  I checked it and it worked - last night at least!  Let me know if it doesn't work this morning when you try!

Don't forget that during Sale-a-Bration you can get FREE images to add to your My Digital Studio program.  You're going to love the versatility of this program!

Happy Stamping - by hand OR with computer!

Beveled Windowpane Necklace-Card

This birthday card is the gift also!  Just unwrap the Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon that holds the Beveled Window necklace.  The card is Concord Crush card stock, with the papers from the Lap of Luxury Designer Series Paper.   For the necklace, I cut a one inch square from a piece of this paper and glued it to the back with TomBoy Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  I used my Paper Snips to cut the slits in the paper from the slits that were in the Beveled Glass.  Then ran the ribbon through and Viola! - a necklace.

Here's the note I attached:

When the ribbon is unwrapped, here's what the necklace looks like.  Just tie the ribbon around your neck!  (The length of the necklace will depend on the length of the ribbon!

Oh, the sentiment and the ribbon stamp are from the Create a Cupcake stamp set in Stampin' Up!'s Occasions MIni Catalog! The sentiment is embossed with Silver Embossing Powder and heat set.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Happy Stamping!

PS- It's Spring Break here, so I may not post everyday this week.  I'll try, because I have so many things I want to do with all the items I just received from the Occasions Mini Catalog.....but you know how Spring Breaks are.  If I'm not able to post, know that I'll be back next week!

Metal Sheets flower and milk carton

This is the last of the metal sheet projects I made.  You may recall that I followed Monica Weaver's instructions at www.addalittledazzle.com on the first one and then made some on my own. This project is from the leftovers on my workspace from those two projects.  I attempted to place them in the Mini Milk Carton from the die for the BIg Shot.  It wasn't exactly how I imagined it, and I've had a few thoughts to change it since, but they will have to wait as I'm not at the workspace for a few days.  i can see these as table decorations for a spring event.

This foray into "other" types of artwork rather than the usual cards/paper crafting has been fun.  Tomorrow, though, I'll return to more traditional paper crafting projects.  Stampin' Up's Mini Occasions Catalog has so many fun stamps and accessories I want to show you.  AND - Just a few more weeks to get FREE merchandise from the SALE-A-BRATION catalog!  Contact me with any questions, or just click on the Stampin' Up! order button to the left.

Happy Stamping!

Metal Sheets flower

A few days ago I showed you the metal sheets bookmark I made using Monica Weaver's instructions at www.addalittledazzle.com.  Once I learn a new technique, I want to try it out on other things.  This flower uses the Island FLoral Bigz Die for the Big Shot and some colored sheets of metal.  When these colors were sanded, there is a bigger difference in color tones than when I sanded the gold ones.  I like the difference in colors better, don't you?  I also used the Elegant Lines Impression Folder on this flower.  It's one of my favorite images.

The only question now, Should this become a label pin for me or a hair clip for a granddaughter?  Let me know what your vote is!

Happy Stamping! - Happy creating!

Stamping 411's Challenge

This is my version of Stamping 411's Challenge this week.  I liked the square card with the square (almost) center.  I used Basic Gray for the card base,the Designer Series Paper is the Lap of Luxury.  The image is the large image from the Fresh Cuts stamp set, stamped with Concord Crush Classic Ink on Very Vanilla card stock and backed in Concord Crush card stock.  The ribbon is the Concord Crush 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon and the flower brad is from the Neutrals Flower Brads collection. All products are from the Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog.

I stamped the saying from the set and backed it with a scrap of the Designer Series Paper.  I originally thought I'd center it, but it covered part of the flower.  While holding it in various places on the front, it slipped and stuck to this spot!  I couldn't get it off without tearing the image, so here it sits - at least it's straight! 

What do you think:  Better to not cover the flowers, or Better to be centered and cover part of the pretty flower?  Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Happy Stamping!