Thankful / NAC #65

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you're having a great week so far and are looking forward to and gearing up for an Amazing Thanksgiving. We're under a Winter Weather Watch here in the DMV. Boo!!! :(  I sure wish the weather was like it was a few weeks ago when I created today's card. I wanted to make a card to take with me when I go spend Thanksgiving afternoon with friends. I was even more excited when I realized it would post during Thanksgiving week. SCORE!!! We have a sketch this week at the Nacho's and here's this week's card-     

This is definitely not a mailable card. Well, I could mail it but it would be a lot of extra postage.It's heavy! So glad I'm just hand-delivering it. I used my all new- expressions thinlets with the Champagne Glitter paper for a beautiful little bit of bling. I used my sponge daubers to add multiple colors to my leaves. Love this look! I really wanted to use our fabulous Burlap Ribbon but it wasn't wide enough for my thinlet. Well, I just cut it down the center and added it to each side of my cardstock. I used Mini-Glue Dots to secure it to the bottom and top piece of cardstock. Yea! It was just going to be wasted hiding under the cardstock anyways. :) My leaves are stamped onto Naturals Cream cardstock and all pieces were sponged around the edges.

Here's this week's challenge sketch-

Here's a view from the side to show the layers-

You know I like pretty insides, so here's what I have for you with this week's card-

Well, that's all I have for you today. I hope you liked it and I hope it inspires you to play along with us. I can't wait to see what you come up with! As always if you have questions about today's card, be sure t leave me comment below. I love hearing from you, your comments really make my day!

Thanks so much for taking time our of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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Digital Triple Time / NAC # 64

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a great weekend and are having an equally good week so far.  It's Tuesday and that means another challenge with the Nachos and I'm so excited with how this one turned out. I mean like "Whooping Out Loud" excited. Hope you like it-

I love that I was able to capture the look of Triple Layer Stamping digitally. I wasn't sure I would be able to. It's not perfect but, I still think it looks pretty cool! 

We have a Color Challenge for you this week and here's what we're working with-

I love creating with MDS because I can make variations in the coloring jet like my real stamping. So Cool! The sentiment is a download I got for FREE during our recent Digital Scrapbooking Week. Love me some Free!!!

Here's the inside-

Not quite sure why this looks like Crumb Cake instead of Very Vanilla but I wanted you to be able to see it anyway. The sentiment here is also from Moments Ago. I love the font and the sentiments are fabulous too!

Well, that's all I have for you today. What do you think?  hope you enjoyed today's card and I hope it makes you want to play with your MDS and with the Nachos. I can't wait to see what you come up with! If you have questions about today's card, I hope you'll take a moment and leave me a message below. I'll be sure to get back to you. I love hearing from you and your comments make my day. :)

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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Belle's 1st Halloween / SMDS 5 Minute Challenge

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Hey y'all. Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having an Awesome day and an equally Awesome week! I'm so excited to show you today's project. I was checking out Simply My Digital Studio's FB Page and the challenge for this week is to use a MDS Page/Designer Template and create a page in under 5 minutes. Well, I had the best of intentions and used the page but it took me a little more than 5 minutes. I think it's so worth it! Hope you enjoy it-

How Cute is she!?! And that costume! Do you see the Candy Corns in her little Skelly-Belly? Ooooohhhhh!

I used the Toxic Treats Designer Page and tried just dropping the picture in, but the background was grey and the page just didn't pop enough. I decided to change the background color and it made all the difference.

Since it was a pre-populated page I couldn't change the color. Easy enough fix with MDS. I just added a 12x12 punch, filled it with the same paper and then re-colored that. I changed the splatter color and the color of the words in the upper right corner.

Because the Candy Corn was such a cute part of her costume I wanted to try and incorporate some into the layout. Too Easy! I just added them as little photo corners/tacks. So even though it took a little more than 5 minutes, I stuck with the basic premise.

Well, that's all I have for you today. I hope you enjoyed today's project as much as I enjoyed creating and sharing it. If you have questions about today's project or any of my others, be sure to leave me a comment below so I can get back to you.

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-
Shan Pin It

A Happy Hello / NAC #63

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a safe and restful Holiday Weekend and are ready for a nice short work week. :) Tuesday's are one of my favorite days because we get to share a new Nacho Challenge with you and because the new MDS Downloads come out. *Happy Dance* Did you get in on all the great downloads last week? I stocked up!!! I can't wait to show you the projects I'll be making with them. One of the kits was "A Happy Hello" and it's so bright and cheery. It definitely made me happy! This week's challenge is a sketch and it has a center that just screamed at me to use a Bright Cheery piece of DSP. Here's what I came up with-

Isn't this FUN!?!

If you've been around here for any length of time you know as much as I love our beautiful DSP, I rarely use it for more than accents. I almost never make a card front from it. I might need it later!!! Well, I don't have to worry about that with Digital DSP, I can use it all I want and there's always more. YEA!!! Here's the sketch we have for you this week-

Did you know that when you design cards in MDS you can design all 4 sides and print it for the same price as 1 outside card front and 1inside? Yep, how cool is that? Well, I didn't do all 4 sides but I did make a pretty inside for you and here it is-

I kept it simple, but I think it's still cute. What do you think? I hope you liked today's card and that it inspires you to play along with us. I can't wait to see what you come up with. If you have questions about today's project or any others you see here, don't forget to leave me a message below. I'll be sure to get back to you.

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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Sugar & Spice Nacho / NAC #62

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Hey ya'll. Hope you're having a great week so far! It's Tuesday and you know that means it's time for another challenge with the Nacho's. This week's challenge is a color challenge. I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with this week's color combo. Then I was looking at some pictures of Sweet Little Nacho and realized her picture would be perfect with it. That's when I decided go digital this week. Here's what I came up with-

Oooooohhhhhh, I just love this little girl!!!! One of these days I'm going to be content with a simple MDS page. Would you believe I went in and figured out a pattern and colored the dots in the sketch colors? Oh well, I think it was worth the end result. How about that cute little ampersand? It was one of our 50% kits this past week. Love it!

Here's the color combo for this week-

Well, that's all I have for you this week. I hope you liked it and I hope it inspires you to play along with the Nacho's this week. I can't wait to see what you come up with! If you have any questions about this or any of my projects, be sure to leave me a message below so I can get back to you.

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. you are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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Another Halloween Card

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Hey y'all. Happy Sunday! Hope you're having a great weekend. I know it's after Halloween but I wanted to show you a card I made for my darling. He loves Halloween and I love making cards for him so it seemed to be a good excuse for getting creative, as if I really needed one. I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you enjoy it too! There's lots of pictures because there's a lot to it-

So FUN! I used the new Labels Card Framelets for this and it makes it so much fun! I used the new Photopolymer set Bite Me throughout the card. I also added some of our awesome Washi Tape and a little of our Witches Brew DSP. The web is stamped in Black Staz-On but the little spider is embossed in Black so he stands out a little bit more.

I extended the paper so there was an extra flap and the I put the DSP on the back of the flap so when it's closed you see the image above. When you first open the card though here's what it looks like-

Wait...It gets Better-

This is how it looks when it's open all the way. I love how easy it was for me to get my spiders at the bottom of the webbing with out photopolymer stamps. No Stamp-A-Ma-Jig needed even for someone as OCD as me! Wanna know what I love most about this card? The word "BOO"

I got out my Alphabet dies that I haven't used in a while and cut out the letters I needed from Summer Starfruit c/s.  I used the web image and stamped it on my letters in VersaMark and then heat embossed it with Black Embossing powder. They are so cool when you see them with all the texture and the color contrast. 

Well, that's all I have for you today. Even though it's after Halloween, I hope you enjoyed my card and I hope it inspires you to make something a little different from your regular cards. Have fun with some Washi Tape or Die-Cuts or embossing. If you have questions about this or any of my other projects, be sure to leave me comment below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible!

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. You are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the Rain.

Be Safe,

Shan

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Digital Scrapbooking Day / Week Amazing Savings / FREE Download

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Hey y'all. Just wanted to remind you about our Amazing sale going on for Digital Scrapbooking week. We have Awesome deals all week. This includes 30% Select Digital Downloads that will make getting ready for and documenting the upcoming Holiday Season super simple. Wait there's more...

How about 50% off 1 item each day?  Want even more!?! There's a FREE Download today only & you're going to want to have it! You can get all these from my online store ShansDesignStudio.stampinup.net. And as if all of this wasn't enough incentive- There's no Shipping and Handling. Just shop, download and start having fun! Let me tell you, I have already purchased all of the items on sale that I didn't already own. Why not, with my discount that made them 50% off and  the daily deals... 70% off. If you want the added discount or Hostess Benefits with your purchase of $150 or more let me know. I'd be glad to help you out. Don't forget to use the Hostess Code for an extra chance at winning some extras.  

Have a Great weekend and don't forget to set your clocks back tonight and to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

Till Next Time-

Be Safe,

Shan

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Halloween Hello / NAC # 61

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you're having a good week so far. It's Tuesday and I love Tuesday's because it means there's a new challenge with the Nacho's. This week it's a sketch challenge and I'm so excited to show you what I came up with. Here's this week's card (actually I have 2 cards for you today)-

I needed Halloween cards for my baby brothers, yep I said baby brothers. I'm not sure how much they really celebrate Halloween, but I'm pretty sure they enjoy candy and who doesn't enjoy a cute card?

Here's this week's sketch-

My circles were a lot smaller in my mind when I imagined this card. LOL- It is all about the inspiration though and the sketch did inspire my cards. I used our New Witches Brew DSP and the Happy Halloween Stamp Set. Here's a closer look at them individually-

I sure hope they like their cards. I know I had a lot of fun making them! Of course you know I made the insides pretty too, but I forgot to take pics before I wrote on them so no inside pics today.

Here's a sweet pic of my baby brothers and their Great Niece Nacho- Hahahahahaha it seems so funny to say that! You'll see what I mean-

That's Nacho with her Great Grandaddy Angel and her Great Uncles Ethan (l) and Eion (r)

That's all I have for you today. I hope you liked today cards and that it not only inspires you to play along with us this week, but to feel free to really play with the sketch. If you have questions about today's cards, feel free to leave me a message and I'll be sure to get back to you.

Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day to stop by my little corner of the world. you are very appreciated! Till Next Time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms than the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe-

Shan

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