Tag It Bundles and MDS Get Em' While You Can

TAG IT BUNDLES  - ONLY AVAILABLE FOR THREE MORE DAYS

Stampin' Up!s  two new holiday bundles are only available until November 19 that's just three more days! These bundles are excellent for packaging treats and small gifts this holiday season. 

The Holiday Tag It Decorative Box Bundle (item 135811) includes:
Stamp a Tag Kit

• Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon (10 yards)
• Decorative Window Gift Boxes (6 boxes)
• The Holiday Tag It Extra-Large Box Bundle (item 135812) includes

Stamp a Tag Kit

• Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon (10 yards)
• Extra-Large Gift Boxes (3 boxes)

Click here to find out more

MY DIGITAL STUDIO SAVE WITH 30% OFF DIGITAL - 

ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Whether you're designing Christmas cards, gifts for friends and family, decorations for your home, or your 2013 photobooks—Stampin' Up!s got what you need with 30% off of a variety of downloads. 

And, once you've designed your projects, don't forget to place your orders before November 30. You can get 30% off photobooks, swatchbooks, cards, tags, and individual pages.

Need a little inspiration check out MyDigitalStudio.net  they've been posting projects and ideas all month long.  You can post your samples to the gallery too! But, hurry, the sale ends November 30.

25% Off on Select My Digital Studio Products

What's All the Fuss About:
During the period from May 1^st to June 15^th you can take advantage of Stampin' Up!s  25 % offer on select My Digital Studio content and print products.  Wow now that's a great savings!

Digital content includes:

• ALL ensemble 
• calendar
• photobook and 
• swatchbook digital content. See it here.

Print products include: 

• ALL photobooks,
• swatchbooks
• cards
• tags 
• Individual pages, and calendars. See it here. 

 The Fine Print 

• Orders can be placed online or through me on a workshop order.  If you want to add to a workshop order remember to add the hostess code.
• Discount for downloads only available for artwork released prior to May 1, 2013. 
• Make sure you have the latest version of the MDS software to get the discounts on print products. 
• Offer deadlines:Phone: Friday, June 14, 2013; 6:50 PM (MT) OEX or online: Saturday, June 15, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT)

MY DIGITAL STUDIO IS HERE!!!!

MDS 2--My Digital Studio's newest software--is now available EARLY in downloadable format for you to enjoy! So clear your schedule so you can start playing today, I know I am. MDS2 has 75 new and exciting changes that will help you get started designing spreads, creating your own custom-sized projects, adding different colors to your stamp brushes, and so much more.

Already have the original My Digital Studio then upgrade your MDS software to our newest version—MDS 2. Click here to purchase your MDS 2 Upgrade 130650 Regular Price: $27.72 Preferred Price: $24.95* Software upgrade includes:* Full software with design tools to create cards, photobooks, calendars, and more
* Some functional content including a few punches, card stock, and photo layouts.

* Disk version will be released later this fall.Features:* Full of new design features for you to enjoy
* A downloadable version of the software that you’ll get right away
* Easy to order professional prints of your designs
* Mac and Windows compatible

Haven't taken the My Digital Studio plunge? Get the downloadable version of MDS 2 (software only) or MDS 2+ (software plus $650 in content).

Still on the fence? Get MDS 2 FREE for 30 days. You've got nothing to lose! CLICK HERE for a FREE TRIAL.
*By ordering through a demonstrator (MOI) you will always save by getting the "preferred price".

My Digital Studio

Making the Most of My Digital Studio

It's been a while since I've had an opportunity to use My Digital Studio, but this morning I was visiting the My Digital Studio (MDS) website and read a post on "Making the Most of MDS".  I decided it was time I gave it a whirl again and checked out the latest updates and products for myself and my customers.

Okay so what better way to start than by beginning a project.  As my husband's birthday is coming up in the fall and it's time I started planning some kind of celebration I thought creating a "Save the Date" card would be a good place to begin. 

So, I got to work and here's a look at my first draft which took about 15 minutes to create.  I have limited materials to work with as I haven't transferred my programs to this new computer.  I should have started that first. LOL!  

Now while this page is perfectly good  for a first draft, I'm not going to be finished with it until I've checked out all the new digital products in the new 2012-2013 annual catalogue and upgraded MDS with the FREE In Colour downloads for this new catalogue season.

There are several new My Digital Studio content discs, that are packed with exclusive artwork, stamp brush sets, Designer Series Papers, embellishments, and designer templates.  Click here to see everything you’ll get on Stampin' Ups! exclusive new content discs.  I think you'll agree there's great value there for your money!  You can also check out the DVD Collections on pages 198-199 of the catalog which include: 

• Patio Party DVD Collection (Perfect for my Birthday needs)
• Story Time DVD Collection
• Floral District DVD Collection
• Birds of a Feather DVD Collection
• Fan Fair DVD Collection
• Comfort Café DVD Collection

While you're checking out all these collections, here's some more information you may not have been aware of.  For instance did you know that you can buy content discs at Stampin’ Up! parties or online?  If you do, you'll save 10 percent versus purchasing individual downloads?  That's right! 

Oh and, it just gets better, because if you host a Stampin’ Up! party with sales of $200 CAN or place an order for $200 CAN (including My Digital Studio professional print products), you will earn the following content discs for FREE:

• Keep in Touch Digital Content CD, pg. 201
• Days to Remember Digital Content CD, pg. 204

Check out my event calendar to see which days are available this summer to host a party and you'll be on your way to earning these great freebies! You can find all the information you need to get started by visiting my Stampin' Up Web site.
FREE 30-DAY TRIAL OF MY DIGITAL STUDIO:

If this is the first time you've heard about My Digital Studio, or you haven't tried it out yet there's all kinds of information on the program on my website at http://pennyhanuszak.stampinup.net.  Just go to the Shop Now button and then click on My Digital Studio under the products list.  You can learn more about taking advantage of Stampin' Ups! FREE 30-day Trial.  If you want assistance just click on my contact me button on my website and I'll be happy to assist you. 

Well that's it for now but please come back and visit me again this month as I update this project sample.  I'd love to hear your comments and find out what you think of my samples.  Bye for now.  

MDS: Kids in the Park

Recently I've been having so much fun with My Digital Studio turning my niece's and nephew's photos into scrapbook pages, and today was no exception.  Here are two more pages made with existing templates in MDS.  Hope you like them.

A Visit to the Park

I thought I'd try my hand at designing some more My Digital Studio (MDS) scrapbook pages today.  These pictures feature my darling niece Laura on a recent visit to Lion's Park.  Isn't she sweet?  I wanted to see how easy it was to do two different layouts using the same photo, so I chose a predesigned template from the MDS library and just dragged and dropped the same photo in the templates.  I've changed up some of the embellishments and text and here is the result.  Let me know which is your favourite of the two. 

Monkey54 Any Animal+ Sketch Challenge

Okay so I love this "My Digital Studio" scrapbooking stuff.  I decided to play along with this weeks challenge over at Ala Card Monkey  which was to design a scrapbook page or card using the Monkey Sketch 54 and an animal of my choosing.  Well that was a no brainer, I quickly pulled together a scrapbook page of my little mutt Murphy.  Our pride and joy, and here is my sketch.

Hope you enjoyed this.  It was fun to do and so fast.  

ScrapSketch30 Challenge Using My Digital Studio

In case you haven't heard, May is National Scrapbooking Month, and this upcoming Saturday, May 7th is National Scrapbooking Day. Whoo Hoo!!  So in honour of this special month, I thought I would take advantage of what some of the very talented Stampin' Up Demonstrators who are experienced scrapbookers are doing with My Digital Studio. One of those great scrapbooking gals is Alesha Walls a certified instructor for "My Digital Studio". This month Alesha is issuing a challenge on her blog to get out there and scrapbook.  She'll be adding a new scrapbooking sketch every day.  I decided tojump right in and try my hand at her ScrapSketch30 Challenge and show you how easy it is to create a scrapbook page. Here is Alesha's sketch.

And here is my rendition of it. What do you think?  It took me less than half an hour to complete this sketch, and thanks to Alesha's great instructions on how to add a picture to a punched image, I was able to insert my pictures into the two punched hearts.  

Laura and mom Kim at their recent recital.  She looks so sweet in her little white Tutu!

If you would like to learn more about My Digital Studio just visit my Stampin' Up! web page and check out this flyer. There is so much that you can do with this product, and I would be happy to share my experiences in using it with you.  Also don't miss Stampin' Ups! National Scrapbooking Promotion to take advantage of all the great savings on products and on becoming a demonstrator during this promotion.

My Digital Studio........ ENJOY

Here's my latest creations with My Digital Studio. Hope you enjoy them. I know I've enjoyed using the program and I'm looking forward to completing an album from this year's vacation photos. Here are two that I'll be including.  Stampin' Up is continually adding new images for downloading to this program so the possibilities for creating cards, banners, scrapbook pages, invitations, announcements and many more creative applications are endless.  If you haven't discovered My Digital Studio yet, check it out on my Stamping Up Webpage under promotions!  If you have any questions just send me an email, and I'll be happy to respond. 

What’s Up You Might Ask?

You might be wondering “where’s Penny, and why isn’t she posting? What has she been doing this month? Well, let me tell you September has been a really fun month for me, and I’ve been doing the things I love.

To begin with I’m participating in Ustamp with Dawn Fall 2009 and what a blast it’s been. I was amazed at how much fun the summer Ustamp was, but I’m absolutely bowled over by the beautiful projects and the numbers of women participating from around the globe in this fall session. I can’t wait to get on my computer every day and check out who’s there and what the latest projects are and then get to my studio to do the “creating” part. So stay tuned as I start to post more of my projects.

I was delighted to find out I was paired with Holly Griffith from New Plymouth, New Zealand as “swap sisters”. Wow what fun I had making my projects to send to Holly. I managed to get everything done and mailed two days before deadline. Woo Hoo! I can’t show you my whole project yet because it’s a secret until we post our swaps on September 28th on Ustamp with Dawn and Friends but here’s a sneak peak…………….. Is this exciting or what!

Also this week my door bell rang twice, sending the dogs (yes dogs………… I’m babysitting dogs this month for good friends) into a frenzy. I was in a frenzy too because my latest shipment of goodies from the Holiday Mini Catalogue had arrived by UPS.

These goodies include the new My Digital Studio.  Over the coming weeks I hope to share a number of projects that I have created using the MDS so stay tuned! Here are some details you need to know about My Digital Studio.

Beginning October 1, 2009 - Go digital with Stampin' Up's "My Digital Studio"

• Perfect for beginner or intermediate digital scrapbookers or cardmakers. There are also enough creative options that advanced users will have everything they need

• Creates cards, pages, calendars, books, and albums - plus interactive digital scrapbooks that you can burn to DVD.

• Runs on PC and Mac (PowerPC and Intel) platforms

• Three ways to design: Build from scratch; generic card, calendar, and scrapbook templates and pre-designed scrapbook templates (just drop in your photos)

• Three product line elements: My Digital Studio software, printing services, and downloadable brushes and papers through the online store - Digital Downloads

• My Digital Studio comes on a DVD with a selection of brushes, not all of which are available as Digital Downloads

• Digital Downloads can be used with My Digital Studio or with another application, such as Photoshop Elements

• Digital Downloads will be available in the online store

• Printed versions of your digital creations can be ordered through My Digital Studio printing services