Glad you could join us for some holiday crafting with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals! You’ve probably hopped over from Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan, I’m stop number 24 on the Pals Hop and I’m glad you hopped in! I’ll help you “hop along” from blog to blog where you’ll find great ideas for Stampin’ Up! projects featuring the new Holiday Catalog! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you’ll be back on track!I can’t believe it’s been a month since I posted last! I promise, I’ve been SUPER busy with all sorts of great things – moving, setting up new craft spaces, revamping my blog, planning a digital challenge for you, and updating some of my business pages…. I really, really, really hope to be back online 100% by the end of the month!In the meantime, I’ve started working on my Stampin’ Up! Convention scrapbook.
Now, you may wonder what that has to do with the Holiday Catalog… but, did you know that Stampin’ Up! debuted My Digital Studio 2 (MDS2) in conjunction with the Holiday Catalog? It’s an amazing upgrade at an amazing price. If you already have MDS, the upgrade is only $19.99. If you’ve never used it before, the whole version is $79.95 (includes over $500 worth of content), or $39.95 (with only some of the extra content). - which is waaayyy cheap for such great software! I designed this month’s hop badges with MDS2 – you’ll see that the flowers are all different colors – I couldn’t have done it without MDS2 – and for those hoppers that are using the next and back buttons, you’ll see that there’s other custom coloring on the apple and corn stamp images – so cool! Of course, don’t forget you can try MDS2 for FREE for 30 days!
So, here’s the scrapbook so far. I still have some journaling to do, but would you believe I finished this 24-page spread in ONE NIGHT! Stampin’ Up! has so many great pre-designed scrapbooks! All I had to do was plug in the photos – and like I said, next, I’ll add some journaling. Talk about an easy way to catch up on all those years of scrapbooking!
Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy, stop number 25 on the Pals Holiday Catalog Blog Hop! Thanks for “hopping” by!
- Lynn Hoyt at Cattail Designs
- Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards.com
- Debbie Pierce at Stampin Sunshine
- Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full
- Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin’ Affair!
- Cathy King at chattycathycardcreations
- Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
- Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
- Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
- Mary Fish at Stampin Pretty
- Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
- Diane Roberts at Scoreatfourandaquarter
- Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors
- Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
- Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
- Nancy Gleason at My Stampin’ Space
- Naki Rager at My Stampin’ Blog
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Kim Luithle at Kim’s Stampin Stuff
- Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikkis Creative Corner
- Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
- Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
- Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan
- Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven’s Retreat
- Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy
- Angie Blake at Angies Musings
- Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations
- Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
- Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine
- Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee
Fantastic Nicole! You rock!!!!
Nicole, what a wonderful scrapbook filled with lots of beautiful photos and memories of the event!! I wish I was there. You are amazing with MDS.
What a wonderful treat. Thanks so much for sharing such good memories. Precious times.
Oh my gosh, Nicole. This is such a fabulous ‘gift’ for all of us convention attendees. YOU are fabulous. Thanks so much for sharing this incredible album and the memories that go along with it. Blessings.
This is SUCH a great, great scrapbook! Great photography and wonderful job with the layouts! You make me yearn for my MDS2 AND Convention next year!
What a beautiful scrapbook, filled with beautiful memories. Thank you for sharing them with all of us.
Nicole, What a great scrapbook page collection! Love those pics! Thank you for sharing the products and a little peek into your world!
Oh my gosh Nicole! This is so wonderful! Definitely a grand slam!
thank you for the buttons etc…you did a great job showing us what we need to do with this new program…thanks again and thanks for hopping
Wow! Very nice! One evening, huh? I’m impressed! Thanks for the Blog Hop Badge, too! You are quite the MDS expert, Nicole!!
This is like kicking the winning field goal in the last second of the Super Bowl! (Yes I am ready for some football!) Absolutely fabulous – your pictures are wonderful and your computer/MDS skills are wowza! Loved every page!
my family is going to wonder why i’m crying at 7 a.m. simply beautiful scrapbook and reminder of how much fun we had. hugs, fearless leader
This is so beautiful. Your photographs are amazing.
The scrapbook turned out GREAT! I especially love the fearless leader layout. Beautiful. Great memories and can’t wait to make more next year!!