Summer Scrapbook Pages

Here is a double layout I created for a scrapbook class.  The squares are punched out of the Summer Smooches DSP with the Postage Stamp punch .  The flowers are quick and easy to make with layering circle punches and roughing up the edges. Then add an embellishment! To get a closer look, click on the photos.

 

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Keep Creating,

Barbara Pisciotto

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and Paper Craft Instructor 

Daydream Summer

Well summer is officially over and I have lots of pictures that I would like to scrapbook.  I created this scrapbook page for a class. It uses the Daydream Medallions stamp set. I received the stamp set at the Stampin' Up! Convention.  I love the set and it's great for cards and scrapbooks.

A fun simple scrapbook page with summery colors!

Thanks for stopping by. Leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you!

To place an order, please contact me or order on my online webstore.

Keep Creating,

Barbara Pisciotto

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and Paper Craft Instructor

Wedding Shower Projects

I was so excited when my friend Mary allowed me to stick my two cents in on her son, Mike and his bride to be, Nicole's wedding shower! BTW, just click on the photos for a larger view.

The colors are elegant eggplant and silver. I knew right away the purse die would be awesome for the favors. I filled them with hershey kisses.

 

For the centerpieces I combined a few ideas that I saw on Pinterest as well as at Stampin' Ups! convention. I love the way they turned out. They are filled with water and I added a silver floating candle.  Thank God for Facebook, I was able to get all the pics I needed without asking my friend or the couple!  I felt like a stalker, haha!

 

When I was at Stampin' Ups! convention, Sarah Douglass, presenting awesome jar gift ideas.  You can see them here. I die cut heart shapes using the heart framelits and decorated the jar.  We passed the heart cut out around for people to write a note to the couple. 

 

Finally I created a banner too! I love love love banners! 

and here's a close up.

 

Thanks for stopping by. I have a great time creating these projects for the shower. I'm so glad they loved them too!

Leave me a comment! I'd love to hear your feedback!

Keep Creating!

Barbara Pisciotto

Ink It Up!, etc.

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Paper Flowers

Thanks for stopping by today!  I have another project to share with you from the Stampin' Up! convention. My girlfriends and I signed up for Carrie Cudney's "I Am A Pattern Mixing Pro" class.  Here is the project we made. So much fun!  Click on the photo to see it larger.

It starts out as a blank canvas, I think its 8x10, we added the First Edition DSP and some acrylic paint. Then comes the flowers.

They are very easy to make. Punch out 4 DSP scallop circles. Fold them in quarters then adhere to a punched out circle for your base.  Adhere to your canvas.  I was suppose to stamp the two flowers using the First Edition DSP but I didn't.  I liked it as is.

The tulip looking flowers were also punched out with the Scallop circle and folded in a tube like shape, glue and then attach to your canvas. We used the Multipurpose Liquid glue.

Add your buttons to embellish. So cute! 

Keep Creating!
Barbara Pisciotto
Ink It Up!, etc
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

My Digital Studio Collage

Recently I was at Stampin' Up! demonstrator meeting and I presented projects using My Digital Studio.  Here is one of the projects I presented.

This year my husband and I will be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. I love how quickly this came together. I added some brads from the SAB mini, pearls and rhinestones to add some dimension. Another way to add dimension is by using the shadow tool.

I hope you like the project!

Barbara Pisciotto
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Spring Fever Mini Scrapbook

Last year I attended a stamping event put together by one of my upline, Susan Gardner and another demo, Connie Tumm. One of the projects we made was an adorable mini scrapbook using the Country Club Simply Scrappin' kit.  I recreated the mini book using the Spring Fever Simply Scrappin' kit available in the Occasion Mini through April.  Here are photos of the book. All I need to do is add the photos and then embellish with the self-adhesive die cuts that come with the kit. I love the colors, Designer Series Paper and die cuts in this kit!

I'm offering a class on Friday, May 18 at 7 pm.  As well as a kit to go.  Click here for more information.

See the photos below.  The pages fold up into this adorable book.  Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara Pisciotto
Ink It Up, etc!
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Quick and Easy My Digital Studio Page

We went on our first Family Cruise in January.  David and I love crusin' so we thought it was time to take the kiddos with us.  We had a blast and plan to do another one!

Here is a quick page I did in My Digital Studio.  The downloads used on this page are from the 30 day trial offer that you can download for FREE here.  You can check out this post with more information on the 30 Day My  Digital Express Trial Offer

I used one of the photo templates as a starting point, made a change with the photo placement and started putting the page together. 

Contact me if you would like to learn more about My Digital Studio and to make this page!

Keep Creating!
Barbara Pisciotto
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
Ink It Up!, etc

12 Months of Dates

I saw an idea on Pinterest which led me to this blog for a Valentines Day gift for my hubby.  So here is what I came up with to house ideas for our 12 Months of Dates.

I sealed an envelope and cut about a 1/4" off the side and then punched1/2 a circle. They are stamped with the Elizabeth A La Carte stamp. I hand wrote the months on each. I used Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write Markers and Designer Series Paper. The pull out is where I wrote what we will do for each date. There are some sites for dating ideas too! My husband liked the idea and I'm excited that we already have our February date on the calendar.

 

Here is the Valentines Day card I made. I did case this card but can't remember where I got it from. I need to be better at that!

 I hope you enjoy some love today!

Barbara Pisciotto
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
Ink It Up, Etc!

Valentine Sweet Treat

Here is a quick and inexpensive gift for your child's classmates, your students, kids, co-workers, clients and anyone else that you want to give a little love to.

These skinny bags debuted in the Holiday Mini and are still available through Stampin' Up! There are so many items you can put in here, tootsie rolls, pencils, M&Ms, Skittles, and more!

I'm offering a mom and kids class on Saturday, February 4 at 6 pm.  If you would like to make these, would like to order a kit to make on your own or order them made up ready to hand out, then shoot me an email for more details.

Keep Stampin'

Barbara Pisciotto
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Grunge Goes White

Stampin' Up! has a great download available called Downtown Grunge Photobook Template.

I love this download and see myself using it for many future pages.  I started to work on scrapbooking our Disney photos from 2009. I wanted to keep the layouts simple, clean and cohesive through out. So, when I saw the Downtown Grunge Templates, I knew this was it!  One of the things about Disney that I like is how colorful it is.  So I decided to remove the paper bag background paper and leave it white. I used the elements in the kit for may pages along with some other embellishments.  I'm going to add the journal notes by hand. To see more Disney layouts go here.

Thanks for stopping by!
Barbara Pisciotto

MDS Page & Last Chance...

to get retiring stamps, accessories and Definitely Decorative products before they are gone!

Now through June 30 you can purchase stamp sets that will be retiring from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog.  While supplies last you can purchase accessories and Definitely Decorative products.

Check out all the Last Chance items here on my website and place your order.  Any questions feel free to contact me.

Clear Mount Stamps
Wood Mount Stamps
Accessories
Definitely Decorative
Discounted Products

Here is a scrapbook page I made using My Digital Studio.  We had an amusement park called "Kiddie Land" near my home.  It was there for so many years, in fact, I went there as a kid!  Unfortunately, they have torn it down and replaced it with Costco. Although it's nice to have a Costco, but I'd rather have Kiddie Land.  Many wonderful memories there both as a kid and with my kids!

Enjoy your day & thanks for stopping by!

Barbara Pisciotto

Black Hawks Note Book

My friend, Annie, loves the Black Hawks.  So when her birthday was coming up, I wanted to make a special gift for her.  Patrick Sharp is her favorite player.  So I wanted to tie him in some how with this gift.  She is always making notebooks for people, so I thought I'd make her one!  Here is my notebook transformed into a Patrick Sharp jersey.  I printed a Black Hawks logo and cut it out.  Thanks to my upline Dawn for lending me her dies for the name and number.

Front of notebook

Back of notebook

Thanks for stopping by!
Barbara Pisciotto

A Little Something

Here are a few year end gifts I made for my daughter's teachers.  They are clear boxes decorated with DSP and hand stamped with "A Little Something For You"  this stamp is from a previous SAB set.  I filled the boxes with chocolate.  I then made gift card holders using the scallop envelope die through the Big Shot.  I gave them each a box of chocolate with a Panera gift card.

Thanks for stopping by!
Barbara Pisciotto

Summer Mini Catalog

Hi Stampers,

Today is the revealing of the Summer Mini Catalog. You can check out by clicking on the cover image on my side bar.  Check out the great new products we have!

Stampin' Up! is donating $2 from the purchase of the stamp set or digital kit to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation [BCRF]. For more information BCRF, go to www.bcrfcure.org.

Here are the images of the stamp set and the digital kit and a scrapbook page made using the stamp set.

Have a great day!
Barbara Pisciotto

Guest Blogger

Stampin' Up! has a website dedicated to My Digital Studio and I was asked to be a guest blogger!  You can check out my post here.

Check out the My Digital Studio website.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to order MDS for yourself!

Have a great day!

Barbara Pisciotto

Simply Serafina

Today I have another MDS [My Digital Studio] scrapbook page. My daughter Sera is graduating 8th grade and I'm hoping to get her scrapbook some what updated for her party.  Sera likes messing around with the camera and I had asked her for some photos.  This is one of them, I think she said her cousin Jen took the photo.  I love it!

Here is a quick visual of how I created the folded corner.

Would you like to learn more about MDS? If so please contact me and I'd be glad to meet with you to show you all the great projects you can create.  Do you know that Stampin' Up! has a website completly dedicated to MDS?  Check it out at www.mydigitalstudio.net

Have a great day!

Barbara Pisciotto

Sponging In MDS

Today I have a scrapbook layout that I created in My Digital Studio {MDS}.  Have I told you that I {Heart} My Digital Studio!  It is such a great program and I'm learning so much.  The other day I learned a technique from Leah Fedynak on the MDS website, www.mydigitalstudio.net.  Click here for the tutorial. If you have not checked out Stampin' Ups! MDS website go there now!  Anyone can sign up to join the community, it's FREE and has a ton of inspiration, ideas, tips, tricks and much more!

I love these pictures of my girls.  They look so sweet and cute. Now they are growing into beautiful young ladies. [well sometimes not acting like young ladies, lol]

If you would like to learn more about My Digital Studio check out the website and contact me to order your software today! You can earn a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set or more with every $50 you spend through March 31. I'd be glad to meet with you to teach you more about MDS!

Have a great day!
Barbara Pisciotto

Rock On!

I belong to a Bunco group of 12 ladies. Each month we get together and have a ton of fun playing Bunco. We each have a month to host. February was my month and I had my theme already picked out back in November!  Actually my daughter, Sera, came up with it.  Both my daughters and I love American Idol and started watching it in season 8, so were a little behind, LOL!

So you guess it, American Idol was our theme.  I covered 5 x 7 note pads to give to each guest, personalized with their name. Bunco was a blast as always.  When someone got a Bunco they were to stand a sing a few lines of a song.  I think the ladies all enjoyed themselves.

Have a great day!

Project 52, week 3

I just finished up my week 3 MDS page. For more information on Project 52 go here.

Sera is now 14 years old and will be graduating 8th grade. I can't believe how big my baby is getting! Even though this picture is from Christmas Eve and not actually week 3 in Jan, I still wanted to scrap it.  I really would love to get her scrapbook up to date before her graduation, however, I'll need a miracle, I'm only up to 3 years old!

Enjoy your day!

Barbara

MDS Project 52, Week 1

I'm taking the challenge of completing one scrapbook layout a week. Check out Project 52 and join the fun!  Here is my page for Week 1:

I used Alesha Walls Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #5 layout. You can see her other layouts here. I'm using My Digital Studio to create my pages. This layout uses Stampin' Ups! 2011 Notable Desktop Calendar digital downloads.  

Check out my Cover layout here.

Contact me to learn more about My Digital Studio!

Keep Creating!

Barbara Pisciotto