Stamp Time Somewhere

MDS Blog Hop Friday - It's NEW!!!!

 Don't you LOVE seeing new things? I know I do! What's even more, I love PLAYING with new things!!! As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, one of my favorite perks is being able to preorder things. When I saw this MDS disk available for Hostesses, I thought I'd give it a try. I must admit, at first it was a little challenging...then once I just "let go" a little and started playing.....it all came together. I love how well Stampin' Up! coordinates things!

One of the things that I really love about this kit is the trendy color combination! I love being able to use the masculine prints for my boys. We took this picture out in Boulder City by the LARGEST steam engine ever. Well, at least it seemed that way with my little boys next to it :)

Today is an exciting day - The brand new Stampin' Up! Catalog is available to order from!!! Yay!!!

I am so excited this week to see the fun projects that the other ladies have in store with new downloads and disks!

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Terri Mongeon

6. Cindy Schuster

7. Erica Shaw

8. Heather Summers

9. Holly VanDyne

So long, Farewell.....

This week is a chance for us to share with you some of the great digital content on the retiring My Digital Studio Disks. I chose to use Noteworthy, which is a Hostess disk, but you can still earn it by placing a qualifying order before the 31st.

 I chose to keep my page fairly simple, and atually, I am just showcasing 2 of the fun papers in the kit, but there is SO MUCH on this disk, it's a great collection to add to your digi supplies

Well, I've had a crazy week and barely pulled this together, so let's go look at what the other gals did this week!

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Terri Mongeon

6. Cindy Schuster

7. Erica Shaw

8. Heather Summers

9. Holly VanDyne

MDS Blog Hop - Vacation

I am so sorry that I am late posting...it's been one of those weeks. I will come back and update supplies later -for  right now, enjoy the page and check out the others!!!

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Sometimes I just fall in love with a page

 

and this is one of them. I started with the fun sketch that was chosen for us this week, I will say that it took me throwing a few different photos in the photo boxes. Onve I found the right ones, it all just came together. I like when that happens. I have a whole lot on my plate right now, so I need pages to come together quickly right now. Hoping I make it through the month. We are still hoping that my husband gets this new spot. It's not a sure thing and we have no idea when it would happen if it does, but I am praying...a lot. I need my husband off of graveyards....

Anyhow, here is my page for the week. I hope you like it as much as I do!

See???? Isn't it cool???? I love it!!! I seriously wonder how many pages I will end up using Downtown Grunge on. I LOVE it!!! This one mixes Downtown Grunge, Travel Journal, Day in the Life and Epic Overlays

Ready to go check out the rest of the projects? Hop on Over!!!

1. Jeanna Bohanon (me)

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Some sketch crazy hoppers!

These ladies are having a blast challenging me with sketches. This is one I probably wouldn't have chosen muself, so it was a nice way to stretch myself a little. What are some of your challenges when you create?

 

Here is the sketch:

and here is my take:

I like how it turned out. Pretty simple page actually.

Time to go see what the others came up with!

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Sketchy Blog Hop Friday

I am writing this Thursday night, and unfortunately not feeling too well, so please excuse my usual present wit! Ha Ha! Anyhow, I will keep this short today.

Here is the sketch we were given as a challenge:

and here is my take on it:

As you can see, I didn't follow the sketch exactly, but that's what challenges are for - INSPIRATION! I would love to see YOUR take on the sketch. So here is my challenge this week - you create a page an upload it to mydigitalstudio.net It would be fun to see everyone's take on it!

Ok, off to go soak in a hot bath.... check out everyone else this week

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon (that's me!)

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Happy Friday

Hi there! Happy Friday! This has been a busy week for me, how about you? Here in Las Vegas we have been enjoying some amazing weather! I love spring time.

This week we decided to bring you inspiration in the theme of "Mothers and Grandmothers". I love my Mom, seriosuly love my Mom. She is amazing and I look to her for so much. She knows that. I try to tell her a lot! However, this time I chose to feature someone else very special to me, my Grandma. This is my Mom's Mom...her name is Jean and she is the reason my name is Jeanna (Pronounced like "Gina" - see the spelling trick - make sense?). I love her. For the past few years I have noticed in a lot of photos that I am starting to look like her. I am so good with that. I think she is beautiful and adorable and funny....I've often asked my hubby if he thinks she is beautiful, because that is what he has to look forward to.

I don't think that this page is my typical style though. Not sure. I based the layout loosely on one I saw online, then I really played around looking for just the right papers and embellishments....

I used lots of things from here and there. The paper was from Sale A Brate - Everyday Enchantment, then I used some embellishments from Attic Boutique and the Tafetta Trimmings ribbons and the little flower is from the Vintage Flowers...all of the photos and the Downtown Grunge Paper are all placed inside punched from Check This Out. The font is called Simply Glamorous.

I hope you all like it, most importantly I hope that Mom will show her and that she likes it. That's what matters, right? I hope it makes her proud.

Check out the rest of the Hop and see how the rest of the designers chose to work with this theme....

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Stampin' Up! Retirement List 2012

Just a quick post and then I am off to bed!

WOW! The next catalog must be fantastic, because Stampin' Up! is clearing out a LOT of room!!!!! Take a look at the retirement list that just posted! If you have been on the fence about any of these fantastic stamp sets, now is the time to order them!!! You can do that anytime on my website!!!

I know that there are a few that have been on my wish list. Now I know I NEED them more than ever! LOL!

Retirement List - Catalog Page Order

Blog Hoppin' with Snoopy!

 WooHoo! A sketch challenge. I've mentioned it before that sketch challenges are fun - I love the way they pull different avenues of my creativity. This one was different, because I knew I was anxious to scrap the photos I took from my husband's birthday party last week. My hubby is such a good sport. You see, part of him is still a little boy (the best part sometimes) and there are a few things he loves still, Muppets, Disney, Mary Poppins, Baseball and Snoopy. When we were planning the boys birthdays this year, we realized that we hadn't had a Snoopy party. Then I realized that his birthday fell right before Easter. I planned his cake and we had a few of his friends over.

 I have to admit - I am pretty proud of the way his cake turned out. More importantly, he loved it! I wanted to make a page that captured the fun and bright colors but was still kind of masculine. A little challenge - but when I showed him the page - he really liked it, I hope you do as well.

Enjoy this week's other takes on the sketch :)

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Hopping on the MDS Blog Hop!

With Easter coming this weekend, I thought it might be a good idea to put together a quick page to remember just oe little my little guy was last year. Just a reminder of how fast they grow!

Can I tell you that this download is a TRUE GEM?!?!? I didn't realize exactly how awesome until I started this page. Now I just want to keep creating with it! For anyone that has ever wanted to color in their MDS stamps - well, the MDS team DID IT FOR US! First, let me show you my very simple page....

Once I figured out what I was working with, this page come together very quickly. I want to do all kinds of things with this download now!!! So here is a glimpse at it, but my favorite part is that the colored images are in the "Embellishments", then you add the "Stamp" over it and WOW!!!!The basket even comes as a stamp which means that you can stamp it on any Designer Series Paper and you can have a basket to fit any need!!!

Everything Easter Ensemble #129363 only $14.95 US

(click to purchase - you won't regret it! )

So - just take a moment to check out the rest of the Hoppers and what they've come up with for you.

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne

(P.S. I want to thank Gale Bloemers for taking me up on the challenge last week and creating 2 great pages using the same color combination that we used!)

Smoochin' Time!



 

This is some adorable stuff! I love getting sneak peeks....in fact it's one of my favorite things about being a demonstrator. If you would like to order - head on over to my on-line store and get them FIRST!

Happy Blog Hop Friday!

Happy Friday!!!! Do you love Fridays as much as I do? I LOVE seeing all the fun projects created by the MDS Blog Hop team. Sometimes I still have to pinch myself to think I am included in such a talented group of designers!

This week we were issued a color challenge. Pear Pizzaz, Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Melon Mambo and Whisper White. I cheated a little. Throwing Melon Mambo in there really got me - so I ended up using Very Vanilla instead so that I could use the great paper from the Hello Baby Ensemble. I love polka dots!!!!

 Anyhow, I came up with something that I am not totally embarassed to show you :) While I don't think it is my usual style, I think it works. ALSO - I would LOVE to see what you come up with! Here is my challenge to YOU. Create something with this color combo and post it to www.mydigitalstudio.net It would be so fun to see a bunch of samples!!!

Now hop on over to the other designers and take a peek!

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon (you're here!!)

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

Too close not to

Ok, so I am SO close to my goal this month - but I need a little help!!! AND - there is something in it for you as well.

Sale A Brate wraps up on Saturday - yes 2 days from now. Then it won't be back for a whole YEAR!

So to help me reach my goals here is what I have for you:

A GOODIE BOX FILLED WITH AT LEAST $50 WORTH OF STAMPIN' UP! GOODIES. BUTTONS, CARDSTOCK, RIBBON, STAMP SETS - MAYBE MORE!!!!

HOW DO YOU WIN IT?

Place a $50 order (pre tax and shipping) on my website =1 entry

Place a $100 order (pre tax and shipping) on my website = 3 entries

Place a $150 order (pre tax and shipping) on my website = 5 entries

Sign up to be a Demonstrator on my team = 8 entries

    of course this will be in addition to all of the great Sale A Bonuses that you will already earn!!!

(must be in the United States) This will expire at 11:55 Pacific Time - Saturday, March 31st)

 

Catalog Inspiration - MDS Blog Hop

Hi everyone!!! Happy Spring!!

I am excited about this week's blog post for a few reasons. One, because I really love finding inspiration from where I originally found it when I started creating with Stampin' Up! - the CATALOG. I love looking through the catalogs and getting great ideas. When I saw this one on page 21 of the Occassions mini catalog, I knew it would be perfect for the other reason I am so excited about my blog post - my new baby niece! I love the bright colors and fun style layout!

I would love to know what you think!

Almost every part of this page came from the Spring Fever Digital Kit. I did add, Lucky Limeade Digital Baker's Twine, Some Rhinetones and I used the Simple Letters Digital Alphabet punch (funny, when I first looked at the layout in the catalog, I thought they were Chocolate Chip or Early Espresso, but they are Basic Gray

Spring Fever digital download

Basic Pearls and Rhinestones

Simple Letters Digital Punch

Baker's Twine Add-On Pack  Digital Download

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch

InLinkz.com

I am so excited that this week we also have a guest blogger for you - the amazingly talented and super-cute Kimberly VanDiepen! I have followed he blog for YEARS now it seems and have often admired her very unique style and drooled over her attention to detail. She is bringing a fun fresh attention to MDS on her blog and I am so glad to have her hopping with us. Check everyone out and see what inspired them this week. Make sure that you leave some comment love...

 

  1. Jeanna Bohanon (here you are!)

  2. Rochelle Gould

3. Mandy Grant 

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows 

6. Terri Mongeon 

7. Aly Schilling 

8. Cindy Schuster 

9. Erica Shaw 

10. Heather Summers 

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne

  13. Kimberly Van Diepen

Feelin' a little Irish!

So, part of me wants to apologize for this page, and the other part feels like it's perfect - at least for the subject. This week we were challenged to use green...I did. Maybe just not as creatively as I could have. However - this page is PERFECT for my son. I kept trying to change it and it just didn't feel right. Besides - not EVERY page needs to be a masterpiece...sometimes we just need quick, easy and to the point...I think Ethan himself would agree, this page is perfect for him.

Sorry so short, I am a little distracted. I became an Auntie again yesterday !!!

Check out the others!

 

1. Jeanna Bohanon - thanks for stopping by!

2. Rochelle Gould 

3. Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 

5. Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Alesha Walls

12. Holly VanDyne