Turtle Punch - Using MDS

At last, I'm sharing what will be my first insert in my chipboard album, a punch animal!

Isn't he adorable?!

As I was trying to decide how to create this cute guy with current punches (we no longer have the 1/4 and 1/8 inch circle punches), I realized that with My Digital Studio I had a whole new area I could explore.

I played with the different punches available in the program, calculating the width and height for each type of circle needed.

Below is the sheet I will be printing out to insert in my album. I gave the measurements for each circle, converting from the 1.25 inch.

The modern label, 3/4, and 1 3/8 inch circles are Garden Green with a mat of Always Artichoke.

The 1 1/4 inch circle is Always Artichoke.

The 1/4 inch circles are Certanly Celery with a mat of Old Olive.

I hope you enjoyed this share!

Happy Stamping!

My Chipboard Album

I’d like to share with you today a project that I’ve started in which I hope to collect and share many different punch creations using Stampin’ Up! Punches.




To store all these ideas, I decided to create my own album using one of my favorite papers currently available, Razzleberry Lemonaide.

I was able to make this album using 99% SU! items. The only item we don’t sell are the posts. J You can get those at any craft/scrapbooking store.
This paper set uses mostly the new in-colors, and contains my two favorite from that set, Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo.





Using the On Board Basics, you can create your own album.

As you can see in the pictures below, for the cover I actually cut off about an inch and put maybe a 1/16 of an inch between the two pieces of chip board to allow for the cover to bend.

The inserts are 6x6 post album inserts (item #103687, $6.95). Each package comes with 20 sheets.


This is the outside view of the album. Once I start filling in the page, I suspect that the posts won't show so much. But then, I'm also hopeful that I'll have a lot to share and will need to buy post extenders at some point.

Here is the view of the inside of the album. I covered the inside using Rich Razzleberry.









And finally, here is a viewshowing how the cover bends after I cut off about an inch of the chipboard and then left about 1/16 of an inch between the two pieces when I covered it with the paper. I'm sure you notice the slight shine to the paper. I decided to cover it with contact paper in order to protect it.







I hope you've enjoyed my little share here. Now its time to decide what will be the first punch project to share and place inside!

Thank you so much for visiting and Happy Stamping!
Raberta Gannon
Sacramento, CA

(P.S. Perhaps its time to play with MDS again and create a signature :))

Sale-A-Bration 2010 and Occasions Mini Begins!

Today begins Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration 2010! This is a great opportunity to earn some lovely stamp sets, paper and this year, a new punch!

For more informaiton on Sale-A-Bration, you can visit here. If you would like to see the supplies used for the projects in the Sale-A-Bration cataloge, you can download them here.

One of the newest products I would like to share with you are clear stamps!

Each of the stamp sets available in both the Sale-A-Bration cataloge and the new Occasions Mini are available in the traditional wood mounted set, as well as a clear stamp set. The clear sets come in a DVD sized container for ease of storage. To learn more, please visit here.

As I shared, along with Sale-A-Bration begining today, the Occasions Mini is also available today. You can download a copy of the pdf file here.

I'm very excited for the new offerings Stampin' Up! has provided for us and cannot wait to share projects with you.

Happy Stamping!
Raberta Gannon
Sacramento, CA