My First Digi Scrapbook Page

Here is a quick and easy scrapbook page I made using Matahati Designs' Fiona Kit. This took only a few minutes and I truly believe it's because there are so many cute elements to this kit.
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My Little Man!

Matahati Designs Blooming Days

Good morning all! This is my newest hybrid project for Matahati Designs. As many of you already know, I am part of the Creative Team for Matahati Designs and I couldn't be more extactic to represent their products.
Matahati's digital images kits are primarily used for digital scrapbooking but I was chosen to hi-light the endless possibilities of these images and show how they can be incorporated into my card making projects.
I used my Scrapbook Factory Deluxe software to work with these images from the Blooming Days kit which was released in March. Software does not have to be used but because I wanted to created one image from many I layered them using software. So I took the wagon and added the flowers and leaves and the twine ribbon (from the Vintage Charm kit) to create one image which I printed on heavy weight paper. So simple, this took me less than 5 minutes! Then I printed this beautiful background image and poped up my wagon image on adhesive dots and adhered them together. I then layed these images on SU!'s Baja Breeze card stock which coordinated perfectly. This entire image panel was adhered to a clear acrylic transparency which is my card base and I added some of my Grandmother's vintage lace from her stash and some pearl stickers for a fitting embellishment. What you can't see is that I added some Copic Spica in the center of the flowers and you should see how it twinkles. I really love the way this turned out and it took so litle time. Having these images to print out and use together is a real time saver and creates a beautiful project.
Here is a link to the gallery where you can browse some of the amazing projects of the Creative Team. And here is a link to the store where you can find all the beautiful current releases.
Did I mention that I am going to use this card for Mother's Day?
Hope you enjoyed viewing this as much as I enjoyed making it. I love that I can incorporate my computer and my cardmaking supplies. It brings my two loves together!
Ingredients
Images from Matahati Designs Blooming Days and Vintage Charm kits
Paper: transparency from Staples, Baja Breeze from SU!
Accessories: actual vintage lace older than me from my Grammy's stash and pearl stickers from The Paper Source

Digital Stamp Oasis Challenge - Blog Candy ALERT

This is my upload for the Digital Stamp Oasis challenge. The challenge is two-fold; use the sketch provided (which I took creative liberties with big time) AND use a digital element on your project. So not only is my image a digital one, but my sentiment is as well. It was created in MS Word using WordArt. The WordArt was then mirror imaged and printed on special Graffix Rub-Ons paper which I am a huge fan of. I made a million sentiments this way and printed out a couple of pages of them so I can have them on hand.
You can read more about the DSO challenge, get the sketch and enter to win the blog candy HERE.
Please be sure to visit Digital Stamp Oasis at Etsy.com HERE
Ingredients:
Image: Digital Stamp Oasis: Mail for You
Paper: Bazzil Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Bella DSP(SU!)
Ink: inkjet printer, Copic markers
Accessories: Crimson brads(CTMH), 1/4 in circle punch(Fiskars), scallop oval punch& Wide Oval Punch(SU!), computer, MS Word, Graffix Rub-Ons paper

Digital Stamp Oasis

Here is a card I made using my newly purchased digital "stamp" from Digital Stamp Oasis. This company was started by my new friend and blogging buddy Ellie and the images are her husband's art work! Isn't that the coolest collaboration? Please be sure to check out their shop at HERE Etsy.com
Digital is really the fastest growing trend in stamping and cardmaking and it makes sense; the images are affordable and stored on your computer instead of in a drawer. Plus you can make them any size you want. Digital Stamp Oasis's images were sent to me in an e-mail, then saved to my hard drive and when I was ready to use them I just opened up the file with MS Picture Manager and printed it onto Whisper White card stock! I was SO excited when the ink didn't smear, smudge or run with my Copics. YAY!!
Speaking of digital, I am currently working on a creation using products downloaded from Matahati Designs for my first Creative Team design! So, stay tuned!
Also want to mention that I made Suzie Squirrel's dress polka-dotted by coloring it and then tapping my colorless blender over it. This was Beate's technique featured in SCS's Weekly Inkling.
Ingredients:
Images: Digital Stamp Oasis, Three Little Words set(sentiment, SU!)
Paper: Stampin Up! Certainly Celery dsp, Whisper White cs
Ink: inkjet printer ink, Copic markers
Accessories: MS lace border punch, Certainly Celery (SAB ribbon bundle)