We're Having a Picnic, We Want You to Come!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
We are planning ahead for our Neighborhood Picnic

I used the BUFFALO CHECK Background Stamp for the base with Real Red Ink.  Added a few picnic ants marching along the bottom.
The invite was created on my computer using the My DIGITAL STUDIO program that Stampin' sold MANY years ago, and cut it out with the LOTS OF LABELS Dies (R)

This year I made 20 invites and Dale and I walked door to door to hand them out.

This started as an outreach that our church initiated last summer. We were encouraged to reach out to neighbors, friend, family & strangers. We chose to start an annual neighborhood picnic.  It was a huge hit last summer and everyone said that we should do it every year - so we are!!

Think of ways you can use your Stampin' Up! products to encourage someone or to make fun invitations like these. Don't be a card collector - SEND THEM TO SOMEONE and brighten their day!

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Sheltering Tree Thank You

Another special order card!  You would think that with all the stamps that I have accumulated over the past eight plus years that I have been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I would have exactly what I need when someone asks for a special card. Every bicycle stamp I have was either too small or a tandem bike. What to do?  Well, pull out My Digital Studio, of course.  Sure do wish Stampin' Up! still had My Digital Studio available so I could add more stamps, paper and colors,but I am thankful for the stamps that I purchased before it was discontinued. This particular bicycle stamp is called Pedaling Past.  I did a mirror image so the bike could be facing the way I wanted it, then resized it to my needs, printed it out, cut it out and voila`, I had exactly what I needed.  I printed out the Thank You as well, then added my SHELTERING TREE, sponged the sky, and added the cute fence (non Stampin' Up!) and some yummy apples using the TREE BUILDER PUNCH

And guess what?  She liked it!! So glad when it all comes together.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Christi

Card inspired by Betsy

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Sentimental Sunday

For todays Sentimental Sunday Post I will share with you the card that Gracie found in her backpack on Friday.

 I grabbed a photo from Pinterest and used My Digital Studio to add the words

Gracie is pretty excited about counting down the days until Summer Break!  And she loves those Giraffes!!  I teamed it up with the GO WILD Designer Paper Stack (sadly retired as of May 31st). Don't wait to get your favorite Designer Papers in the NEW CATALOG. Click on THIS LINK to see the New Designer Papers and to place an order.  Please use this HOSTESS CODE for June 2016 when placing your on line order.

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Christi

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Happy Birthday, Jeff!!

Today the legal Memorial Day falls on the Observed Memorial Day which means our son, Jeff, gets his birthday off this year!!  So glad we can be together to celebrate his birthday today.  We started our day at the Veterans Memorial Park here in town for a wonderful ceremony.

 I always get choked up when the colors (flags) were presented and I saw the veterans that were present do a hand salute through the entire exercise.

Ans again at the end when we all sang GOD BLESS AMERICA together.

I'm not sure how many years Hudsonville has had this wonderful Memorial Park honoring the Veterans but when it was being built we could purchase brings either in honor of a Veteran or simply to honor someone we loved. Directly down from this center rock is where we have a brick honoring my parents which was purchased by all the grandkids.

 Sawyer is sitting right by Grandpa and Grandma Greats Honor Brick

 When we came home we realized we had our very first bloom on one of our rose bushes.

We had a yummy lunch together savoring the typical summer time foods like baked beans, potato salad and watermelon!!  This will be the last Memorial Day to celebrate here at the condo.  

We were gifted this great game that we have been seeing all over Pinterest.  Lawn Yahtzee!!  What fun we all had playing this game and such a beautiful day too!  Our friends make these and sell them at craft sales, but I am sure they would appreciate an order from you.  You can private message me HERE and I can give you the details

 Everyone of all ages enjoyed the game.  Sawyer got the biggest kick out of putting all the dice back in the bucket after they were thrown.

 Graceful Gracie was doing an arabesque (ballet move) each time she threw her dice.

 There was a lot of waiting time so she decided to do some drawing too
Tyler was the high point winner for today's game!  Congratulations, Tyler!!

Jeff's favorite dessert is a Lemon Cream Cheese Pie so, of course, mom had to make it for him.  It is one of our favorites too!!  YUMMO!!  Want the recipe?

GOLDEN LEMON CHEESE PIE

9" crust...graham or pastry - your choice - we like a pastry crust

8 oz Cream Cheese, softened

14 oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk

1/3C Lemon Juice

1 tsp. vanilla

TOPPING:

1/3 C sugar

2 1/2 tsp cornstarch

1/2 C water

1/4 C lemon Juice

1 egg yolk

Beat Cream Cheese until fluffy.  Gradually BEAT in milk until smooth.  STIR in lemon juice and vanilla.  POUR in prepared crust.  TOP with golden Lemon Topping.

TOPPING:

In sauce pan combine sugar and cornstarch.

Add water, lemon juice and yolk

MIX WELL

Cook over medium heat, stir until thick.

Remove from heat and stir in 1T butter

Pour on top of Cream Cheese layer

Chill 3 hours minimum

ENJOY!!

This is the card that we gave Jeff for his birthday.  Nope, I did not stamp this one, but instead used My Digital Studio to create the card front.  Even though I can no longer purchase stamps and accessories for MDS, I can still use the program to create cards like this.

And a gift

 This next gift was from my parents, Jeff's Grandparents.  He has always admired my mom's ceramic potato dish.  They finally decided that they did not need it any longer so wrapped it up for him along with some potatoes!! He was pretty pleased with his gift.

Join me in wishing Jeff a happy 35th birthday!
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Spring Sports! and a card of course!

Last night we got to watch Tyler play baseball.  He played a little right field

He played a little short stop

And of course he batted...

A great game for the Georgetown Little League Tigers who won 7-5 and now have a 2-2 record!!  Great job boys!

Of course, Gracie's favorite thing about the little league game is the concession stand.  Who can beat a slushie and sour candies!!

Can't have a post without a card! This is another card made using My Digital Studio.  With the Retired List in progress right now it is good to know that My Digital Studio downloads NEVER retire!!  This card is doubly special because #1 - I thought it was beautiful and #2 - my sister went to the store where I sell my cards and bought this one - FOR ME!! for my birthday this year!!  I think there is no higher compliment than that!!

So click HERE to find all the links you will need for the RETIRED PRODUCTS, CLEARANCE RACK, OCCASIONS CATALOG and the sales incentive that I have going on right now!!  You won't want to miss out!!

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Creepy Crawly MDS

We have an update on the 25 Stamps for 25% off - Gorgeous Grunge has already had it's first purchaser!!  Who will be next?  Remember the first person who orders each stamp set will have their name put in a drawing.  Help me to reach my goal of 25 stamps sold on this list by Monday, October 28th!!

Week #4 of gifts for my friend Melissa

This time I found a cute bat candy dish.  Knowing how much Melissa loves candy combined with a Halloween theme I knew she would be "batty" for this gift.

I forgot to take a picture of the candy dish filled with candy before I gave it to her and she scarfed down the chocolates before she had a chance to take this picture!!  Guess my gift was a hit!  This is the card I gave her this week.  I printed the words on My Digital Studio and made a Hybrid card inspired by Chat Wszelaki.

Melissa and I will be playing with the Halloween Banner Kit today to make a banner for her Halloween Decorating at her house.  More pictures to follow.

Don't forget about the 25 Stamps for 25% off good through Monday, October 28th

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Christi

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A Halloween MDS

Week #3 of Halloween related Birthday treats for my friend, Melissa.  This week her gift is...
Lime green candy melts with a mold so she can make her own skeletons!!
She is just going to freak out over this!!

The card that I made her was designed with the help of Nicole Watt who is my go-to demonstrator that is fabulous on the My Digital Studio program.  Check out her blog HERE

The stamp image is from the download of the SPOOKY BINGO BITS and is just enlarged by a TON!  The spider and the Trick or Treat are from the download called TOXIC FRAMEABLE.

After I printed it out I added a bunch of 3/8" Glimmer Brads from page 170 in the main catalog.  They come in Basics #121003 (Black, Gray, Champagne, Gold, Silver) and Brights #121006 (Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise) for $4.95 each set of 40 brads (8 each in 5 colors).

Why not give My Digital Studio a try?  Click HERE

Thanks for stopping by!

Christi

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Clockworks meets Stipple Blossoms

I love the look of this card but it sure has a lot of fussy cutting to it.  I saw one similar on Carolyn Kings blog but hers was a 5 1/4"x 5 1/4" size and I wanted to make sure mine fit into the A2 envelope as well as the card slot at the Used To Be New Consignment Shop.  I think this one would be perfect for a retirement card but I left the inside blank so it could be used for any occasion. 

Stamp sets: Stipple Blossoms, Clockworks

Remember on yesterdays blog post I gave you a before and after picture of my sister and I? Well now I have a before and after picture of my organized lazy susan.  Dale and I went to IKEA the night before our flight out and picked up these great containers for all my gluten free products.  I was getting tired of all the bags and the messy look.  Then I used My Digital Studio to make labels for each of them.

BEFORE:

 and AFTER:

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Trash or Treasure?

Do you love to drink these pricey Coffee Drinks?

My hubby does, but I am too cheap to buy them for him.

Once in a great while I break down and buy him some, but mostly

I have lovely friends who will donate their empty containers to 

my craft sale stash.

I have used these for a variety of things over the years so this

year when I was pulling out my supplies I was wondering what

I could do with them to be different.

I saw the Santa jar idea on 

Pinterest so wanted to give that one a try for sure, but I had several

that did not have covers...Hmmm what to do with those?

Well, owls are a HUGE theme this year so I made a fun owl band

and filled a medium size clear tube sleeve with candy corn mix

so it could hang out the top.  WINNER!! It was one of the first items that

sold at the first craft sale!

Check out the top of the Santa Jar...

I used My Digital Studio to create the medallion

It is hard to see on this photo but there is a small reindeer watermarked

behind the 25.  All I had to do was lessen the opacity on the reindeer.

I am really loving My Digital Studio!!

Want to give My Digital Studio a try?? 

Click HERE to shop at my on line site

Stampin' Up! has actually dropped the prices on their printing

so now it is super affordable for everyone!!

For simple things like this I just print it out at home,

but for Joey and Melissa's Wedding Invitations we ordered them

directly from Stampin' Up!  I love having the choice options.

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Have a Blessed Day!!

Christi

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My First MDS Card!!

I'm so excited!! 

I want to share with you my first MY DIGITAL STUDIO card that I made...

I can't believe how easy this was once I learned the ropes.

MDS 2 is the BOMB!! I love how we can color images in  like the

little pumpkin on the greeting.

I printed the pumpkin from the download JACK OF ALL TRADES

and the greeting from SEASONAL SAYINGS

Then cut them out and attached to my card front.

I stamped the spiders from GOOGLIE GHOULS then embossed

them with the Spider Web Embossing Folder

Last Week Thursday at our gals play day we all chipped in to help Rachel

with some projects she had going, but since her sweet Mister secured a babysitter

for Master Owen she could stay and play ALL DAY!! WOOT WOOT!!!!

Once she had her projects well in hand, she picked up one of my projects...

which was another MY DIGITAL STUDIO card I was making.

Take a peek...

I think it is one of my favorite cards ever!!

This sweet little girl from GREETING CARD KIDS just gives

me the 'warm fuzzies' all over.

Thanks Rachel and Marla 

for playing with me!

 

See you next week!!

Christi

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