The summer is coming to and end and in our house that means birthday parties. Claire turned 10 yesterday and Nicole will celebrate her 13th birthday tonight with her friends. Her actual birthday is September 1st.

I am really trying to learn the My Digital Studio program this fall. I have had it for a while but haven't really giving it a good try. I discovered some great videos on My Digital Studio.net and have watched the beginner and intermediate videos. That helped me design the invitation to Nicole's party. In it we used the stamp set extreme elements. I love the results. I had never used girly colours with this stamp set. I had always thought of it more as a boys stamp set. For the words I just opened up a text box and typed. MDS comes with text fonts but also makes use of the fonts you already have.

The colours used in the invitation are Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy, So Saffron and Rich Razzleberry. We where a little stumped with the colours but new we wanted the Kiwi Kiss (green is Nicole's favourite colour) and I like Not Quite Navy with it so we went to My Create Ink and put in the colours and it gave us some choices to work with. Remember to click retired colours box if you would like to use them. A great website.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your summer!

Yours in Stampin'

Pam

Just Getting ready for the crop on Saturday at the Salvation Army Church here in St. Thomas. This is my make'n take. People will make the cup cakes and stand out a punches and die cuts.

If you have never been to a crop before but are curious about what takes place you are welcome to stop in visit.

Christmas Tree

Don't you love this little tree. The idea came from a friend, Diana's, blog. I used the paper Jolly Holly from the Idea Book and Catalogue and the Glass Glitter from the mini catalogue. I love how the glitter shines.

A quick little card

Here is a very quick and easy card I will be doing at the OEYC Tuesday night for Mom's Night out. The card uses Marina Mist card stock and ink as well as the Whisper White craft ink. It is embellished with the Rhinestone Jewels. Punches used are the large oval and the Designer Label. Don't they look great together? The greeting is from the stamp set Bells and Boughs from the mini catalogue. Oh, almost forgot the Snow Flurries embossing folder.

I have a group of friends that I was scrapbook pages with and this is my swap for the Black and White themed page swap. For this swap you do not swap the background paper, just the elements. This page uses the retired Paper Night and Day from the mini catalogue from this time last year. The flower are from this years Idea Book and Catalogue. I have inked the center flowers with black craft in then embossed them in black embossing powder so they are glossy.

November Card Class-Stamp-a-Stack

It is time for the November Card Class. This class will be a Stamp-a-stack class where you create 10 cards (two each of five designs). These cards are a little more along lines of a simple card. They have minimal embellishments on them making them a little flatter for mailing and easy to reproduce. Beautiful cards non the less.

The class will take place on Tuesday November 23 and Wednesday November 24 from 7-9 pm. You choose the day. It will be set up in stations so you are able to work at your own pace. The class is limited to 10 people total for the two days.

The cost of the class is $20 and due Monday November 22 by 5 pm.

Please RSVP by phone or email so that I can reserve your spot.

A new dog in town.

We are luck to have met this little guy. His name is Eugene and he comes to us from All Breed Canine Rescue. If you are thinking of getting a dog please check out there website here. This page is made with MDS Stampin' Up!'s digital scrapbooking program. Check out the link at the side for more information.