Another beautiful card from the 2012 Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog, this card uses the Take it to Heart Stamp set. It also uses the brand new Framelits dies Labels & Hearts collection to make a gorgeous window on the front of the card. The window frames the image.

The new 2012 Stampin' Up! Occasions mini catalog has been released, with it many exciting new stamp sets and products.

This gorgeous card was created with the Stampin' Up! Simply Soft Hostess Stamp Set (#122565 wood, 122567 clear mount). The super cool thing about this stamp set is that it's absolutely free! You can get this stamp set when you hostess a workshop, book show, a stamp club or simply place an order over $150 in my online store. This card was created using the Designer Frames Impressions Folder Set #123130 with the Big Shot die cut machine #113439. The paper is Shimmery White #101910

October marks the 4th and final quarter of my 2012 My Digital Studio software (MDS) photo calendar pages. Visit Part 1 of this series for the main MDS stamp sets and elements I used throughout the calendar. The calendar is 8-1/2″x11 landscape layout. October is a pic of my sister and I with my mom, taken in Florida. November uses images from the World Tour Stamp Brush set #119103. December is my favorite, I love this picture of the boys snorkeling. I took it from underneath them, then used teh MDS software to make the photo sepia. The star images are from the July Forth Stamp Brush Set #121072.

July marks the “3rd Quarter” of my 2012 My Digital Studio software (MDS) photo calendar pages. Visit Part 1 of this series for the main MDS stamp sets and elements I used throughout the calendar. The calendar is 8-1/2″x11 landscape layout. July is dedicated to my oldest son. The "Imagine" came from the Tres Chic Stamp Brush Set #125772. I had some fun using photos as backgrounds with August and July.

Here are my "2nd Quarter" 2012 My Digital Studio software (MDS) photo calendar pages. Visit Part 1 of this series for the main MDS stamp sets and elements I used throughout the calendar. The calendar is 8-1/2"x11 landscape layout. This first month, April, is my sister and her wedding in Key West, FL this past summer. For this page I used the Wedding Sweet Stamp Brush Set #121431. For May's page, I let simplicity take over. The photos of the boys snorkeling and playing are the focus of this month's layout. In June, the focus was on my youngest son, I wanted a "boy-ish" feel so I used the Extreme Elements Stamp Brush set #119099 to embellish his page.

Every year for Christmas I create photo calendars for the Grandparents. I was soooo excited when Stampin' Up! came out with the My Digital Studio software (MDS) as the calendar options are far superior in both freedom to create, and in print quality, to services I'd used in the past. MDS has gotten even better from last year with the new updates (be sure to update your MDS software, the updates are free). This year I created an inspirational theme throughout the calendar. I love how them came out. Here are the first 3 months, I'll post the rest this week. I've been hesitant to post these before Christmas because I didn't want anyone getting a "sneak peek" of their gift ahead of time lol. They know they are getting calendars, but the pictures in them are the surprise. So if you see my parents, and Nana ... don't tell them ... and Mom if you're peaking "step away from the blog" at least until Monday lol!!!

It's Holiday Bingo!! Another super stinkin' cute creation from the dynamic duo of Susan Adams and Janet Baker. Jolly Bingo Bits Stamp Set (120857 wood, 121187 clear mount), Bingo Card Stamp #120851. Designer paper is Letters to Santa #122349 on the front, the inside has small circle magnets that stick to the tin case. They are decorated using a circle punch and Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty paper #124004 (Holiday Mini). The stripes and dots of this designer paper are glittery and very funky!!!

The sparkle and shine of this amazing card really grabs your attention! It is such a WOW in person. Watch the video below to see how easy and fun this fabulous Christmas card is, featuring Fine Galaxy glitter...and the best part is you can use all of the colors and it looks fantastic!I am demonstrating in red, and also show the gold and silver. This sample shows the Medallion stamp as a glittery ornament "hanging" on the card, but by simply using a different word verse from the same Delightful Dozen word set, you can transform this into a Valentine's card or more. Watch closely for a quick tip on how to "fix" any boo-boos of missing glitter!

How fabulous is this quilt?!?! My friends Susan Adams and Janet Baker make the most amazing quilts! This one they made with the Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Fabric #124065 in the Holiday mini catalog and Holiday Stocking Die #124098 for the Big Shot #113439.

Aren't these just the stinkin' cutest snowman? Made with Stampin' Up punches, most of which are pretty standard and probably already in your collection and some designer paper (I'll list them below). So easy, and sooooo adorable. These two cuties were from my friend Susan Adams!

Stampin' Up!'s CEO, Shelli Gardner, was on the Today Show yesterday!!! How cool is that?! It's almost as cool as the reason she was on, Stampin' Up is donating over a Half Million $$ to the Today Show Toy Drive!!! (details below) I love this company, and everything they do. Here is a a video from the show. Shelli is showing our Sweet Pressed Cookie Stampers #125152, and they come with the recipe for the cookies that Kathie Lee snagged hehehe!

Here are 2 more samples for my series on the Christmas Lodge stamp set (123767 wood, 123769 clear mount). These both use Frostwood Lodge designer paper #124002 and Cherry cobbler quilted ribbon #124105 from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

The Christmas Lodge stamp set (123767 wood, 123769 clear mount) is surely going down as a favorite from this years Holiday Mini catalog. It's such a pretty set. Here a 2 pretty holiday cards created with it. I'm sorry for the plastic over them, doesn't photograph well.

This is such a fun idea for Christmas photo cards. My friend Georgia came up with this. She used the Scallop Square die for the Big Shot to cut out her picture and layer it on the front of her card. She used the fun Frostwood Lodge designer paper #124002 and Cherry cobbler quilted ribbon #124105 from the Holiday Mini Catalog.