my digital studio
I love my new smart phone wallpaper!
It really doesn't take me much to make me happy!!! Stampin' Up! has been so wonderful at sharing wallpapers for us demonstrators to add to our cell phones…BUT for some reason none of them worked for my phone. They were either too bright or too busy…so, I decided to make my own using MY DIGITAL STUDIO. I can't describe just how much I love this program! You can do so much with it!
Here's what I created:
Quick Instructions:
-I started with an 8.5×11 page in my digital studio and added one of the papers from the new Sweet Pea Digital Kit. (I love this kit…it's by far my favourite so far!!!)
-I added the Stampin' Up! logo and the text at the top.
-I clicked on "share project" and exported it as a high resolution jpg.
-I opened the page in a paint program to darken the design as I found it too bright on my phone.
-I connected my phone to my computer and copied the picture from my computer to my picture folder on my phone.
-I then selected the photo and added it as a wallpaper.
Jo's Simple Tips:
-with my phone, I knew approx. where I wanted the design to be so that it didn't interfere with what was already on my screen.
-It took me about 3 times making small changes to the location of the design to make the layout fit with my phone.
-I didn't have to resize the jpeg as my phone made it the right size.
Here's what my new wallpaper looks like on my phone…don't you just love it?
Sweet Pea Digital Kit
With 48 patterns of Designer Series paper, a five-piece stamp brush set, and eight felt embellishments, the Sweet Pea digital kit for My Digital Studio give you just what you need for a huge variety of digital crafting projects. (Item 119978; $13.25) This digital kit can be used in any editing software!
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Hope you had a Merry Christmas & last chance to get 20% off your order!
Just thought I'd take a quick moment to catch up now that Christmas is over! I hope you had a great time celebrating with family and friends. We enjoyed our Christmas…but, as always it went too quickly. We ate 3 turkeys (yum), were part of a play at church (scary) and got some awesome gifts. I got a sewing machine (which I'm excited to learn to use) and a new Keurig Coffee maker (I can't wait to introduce it at my Open House).
Here's one of the gifts I gave to my husband at Christmas. I used My Digital studio to make a 12×12 page and then framed it. For the letters, I used the Big Shot to cut out some textured Chocolate Chip cardstock. What do you think?!
Just a few reminders before I go:
- SHOPPING SALE: You have 3 more days to take advantage of my ENJOY MY DISCOUNT SALE. Place an order before Dec. 31st and you'll get 20% off! (Reg. sh & tax will apply on price before discount) Email me your order today!
- OPEN HOUSE: Register for my open house coming up on Jan. 6th click here for details
- STAMPING DAY: Early Bird pricing almost over for the New Year Kick Off on Jan. 30th. You don't want to miss this full day of stamping fun!
I also wanted to share with you the card that my kids made my ALL BY THEMSELVES! I couldn't believe how creative they were!
Digital Friday: Santa layouts
I've been working on my Christmas pages using My Digital Studio and have a bunch already done to share! Most of these were started with template pages that I edited slightly. Hope you like them:
I'm working on some fabulous projects for my January workshops…make sure you let me know if you want to get your friends together for a great night of stamping! We'll have a blast! PLUS, I've decided to schedule a very SPECIAL HOSTESS APPRECIATION EVENT in April just for my Jan-Feb-Mar hostesses! You don't want to miss it, so, let me know asap if you want to pick a date!
Our INKredible Canadian Stamping Divas party!
What a busy weekend I had! On Friday, my son had soccer….Saturday, I brought my kids to a Christmas shop at Kanata Baptist Church where they get to select and wrap gifts for everyone on their list (all by themselves or with a helper if needed). I even sent in my 2 year old with a helper and she came out with gifts for everyone including herself…lol! Saturday night was our yearly Team Christmas party! A bunch of our "Stamping Divas" share a potluck dinner, had a gift exchange and stamped together…we really had a wonderful time. Sunday we went to Church and then my Husband & I and our oldest went to the Salvation Army downtown Ottawa with our church to serve dinner to the less fortunate. It was quite an experience that really made me be appreciative of my BLESSINGS! It was a really busy weekend but a really good one!
First…here's my little one getting ready for the party…the hat didn't last long, so, I'm glad that I at least got a photo.
Here are some quick My Digital Studio pages I created of our party! We really had blast…the food was so good, the gifts were amazing and of course it was amazing to catch up with some amazing women that I honestly don't get to see enough! They are a great bunch!
(I know the logo on the pages doesn't look very good, but, it looks great when you print it! I had to shrink the image to fit in this screen!)
The pages were all made with our Christmas Cocoa II digital kit. I actually got this kit for free when I completed the certification program for My Digital Studio.
(If you'd like to see the newest downloads, go to my store here www.stampingjo.com/store and enter the item #) These downloads can be purchased and used with your My Digital Studio OR any similar program.
| Item # | Item Name | Price |
| 118117 | Berry Christmas stamp brush set | $7.95 |
| 118118 | Friend by Definition stamp brush set | $2.95 |
| 118119 | Just Perfect Alphabet stamp brush set | $13.25 |
| 120880 | Christmas Cocoa II digital kit | $13.25 |
| 120881 | Write Stuff II digital kit | $13.25 |
| 120882 | Icicle digital photo card kit | $5.95 |
| 120883 | Merry Moments digital photo card kit | $5.95 |
DIGITAL FRIDAY: My Christmas Card reject! :)
As I'm sure many of you are…I'm working on getting ready for Christmas! We don't have our tree yet, but, some of decorations are out. Tomorrow night is my Christmas party for my team. I really have been blessed with a great bunch of friends through my stamping business! I'm definitely never lonely! 
They're truly a fun bunch and tomorrow we're sharing a potluck dinner and are doing a Chinese gift exchange. Woohoo…Time to steal some gifts! I have mine actually finished…aren't you proud?! I'll take some photos of all the gifts tomorrow night and share it with all of you next week.
You know..I would LOVE for you to join our group! It's EASY, no commitment, A GREAT deal, you'll get a discount off everything you purchase, and you can come join us for fun events each month!!!! January has an awesome deal and all you have to do is email me and I will hook you up!!! josee@stampingjo.com Or check out my information page here!
Today my 2 year old & I even got some Christmas shopping done….it seems each year, I finish all the Christmas stuff so late that I'm trying hard to be organized. I bought a couple gifts for my kids, one for my hubby and one for me…hee, hee! I picked up my photo cards at the same time. I created them with My Digital Studio and then got them printed at a photolab! It was super easy! It's not too late to ask Santa for your own My Digital Studio!!!
Here's the picture I "didn't" use on my card. For the real one, I'll keep it a secret until I've sent them out. So,,,here's the rejected card…lol. I still love this one, but, we chose to add a photo of the whole family…yes, sometimes parents are in the picture!
HELPFUL TIPS on creating a 4×6 photo card
- Open up a 6×6 card
- Select a square punch and size it to 4×6. Either colour fill or paper fill your punch shape.
- Add a photo box and size it to the size you would like.
- Double click on it to select your photo. (I then clicked on photo effect and changed it to B&W)
- Add embellishments and text
- Export the project as a jpeg and upload it to your photo editing softward.
- Crop off the white space (the 2" at the bottom)
All done! All you have left to do is send it to your local photolab and have them printed!!! It only cost me 15 cents each! WOW!!!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. Here is Canada…we do ours early…so, now we wait for Christmas. I can hardly believe it's in a month. We still don't have snow and it seems to be raining every day so, it doesn't really feel like it's coming. Today, I'm preparing for my Stamp Clubs & my Team Christmas party. We're cutting up projects for about 50 people and I can't wait to show everyone what I have planned. We'll be making 2 great Christmas projects. I'll have to show you all when we've completed them….cause for now, I want to keep the projects a suprise!
Today, I thought I'd share a few of my calendar pages I created with MY DIGITAL STUDIO. I'm officially certified now and am excited that I've made more pages in the past couple of months than I've made in years. I finally am on top of my children's memory books! Just is case you're considering purchasing this progmas…until Nov 30th, you'll receive a free Decor Element (up to $22.95) AND free shipping from me! So, if you've been waiting…this is the time!
Print out the Holiday Extravaganza items, click here. (Valid until Nov. 30th)
p.s. I LOVE COMMENTS….let me know what you think of my calendar pages!! Click here to leave me a comment!
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