Giddy Up!

My twin nieces, Elena and Estelle, recently celebrated their 3rd birthday! I started a scrapbook for their mom to add a photo each year. The girls love horses so here is what I came up with for the page.  The horse is put together with punches. I saw it on pinterest.

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!

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Keep Creating,

Barbara Pisciotto

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and Paper Craft Instructor

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

Thing One & Two and Sesame Street Scrapbook Layouts

Today I have not one but two traditional scrapbook pages to show you.  These are very special pages for me because I made them for my sweet twin great nieces Elena and Estelle, AKA E&E!

They just turned two and their party theme was Sesame Street.  So I thought it would be fun to do a scrapbook layout for them.  That meant that I would need to do a 1st birthday layout too!  I made the Sesame Street characters with different Stampin' Up! punches.  I got the ideas from several other demonstrators on Stampin' Connection.  My niece, Candi, just needs to add the photos!

Here are my sweet twin nieces!

Estelle is Elmo and Elena is Cookie Monster. My niece bought these dresses on Etsy.

I made them each an Elmo card too!

For this layout I was inspired by the invite my niece sent out.  The punch art was inspired by Ellen Kemper

It was a lot of fun to make these but working with the little pieces gave me a pain in my neck and shoulders. If I didn't procrastinate, I could have spread out working on these pages.  Here's a tip when working with little pieces, put a little dab of glue on the back of the piece you want to attach and pick up with a tooth pic to put in place.  

I wonder what next year theme will be!

Keep creating!

Barbara Pisciotto

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Ink It Up!, etc

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for checking out my blog.  May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving!

This is a hybrid scrapbook page I made awhile back.  I love combining both digital and traditional scrapbooking!  Right now during the Online Extravaganza thru November 30, Stampin Up! is offering your choice of one of the three FREE MDS Bundles when you purchase My Digital Express, $39.95.  Click here to find out more about My Digital Express and the bundles to choose from.  This link will bring you to my online store, please check to make sure my name is in the top right hand corner of the page.

Check out My Digital Studio.net for a ton of ideas you can do with My Digital Studio and to find out more about the software.  Any questions, please contact me!

Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Barbara Pisciotto

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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.

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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

Family Scrapbook Pages

I've been trying to get my scrapbook up to date before my daughter, Sera's, 8th grade graduation. It's not going as fast as I'd like but even though I won't be caught up, I'm a few pages closer than before!

If you want more information about My Digital Studio, then feel free to contact me or you can check out the My Digital Studio page above for more information.  Here is a two page spread I made with My Digital Studio.  Click on the images to view them larger.

























Have a great day!
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

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

Hybrid Scrapbook Class

I'm holding a Year in Review hybrid scrapbook class on Saturday, March 26 at 1 pm.  Here is the February page we will be making.  For more information on the class click here.

The first photo shows what the page looks like created in My Digital Studio before adding the embellishments.

 

This second photo shows the page completed with embellishments and photo.  I was inspired by a page layout I saw on Pagemaps, Oct 2010.

Have a great day!

Barbara Pisciotto

Circle Circus Scrapbook Page

This is the last of the layouts we did at a recent scrapbook class. It's a double 12x12 pages. We used the Circle Circus stamp set.  It is such a fun stamp set. I was inspired by another demo on Stampin' Connection which is an online community through Stampin' Up! for their demos. Her layout was different but what I liked was the various stamped images punched out and creating a boarder on the right page. Thanks to my friend Dawn for letting us use her Timeless Type Junior Alphabet. These sizzlit dies are perfect for scrapbooking. It's been added to my "wish list." Do you have a "wish list?" Then contact me and we can schedule a stampin' workshop so you can earn free product!


To place an online order with me, please click on the shopping cart image in the right sidebar or contact me directly at inkitupetc@sbcglobal.net Thanks! Keep Stampin' Barbara Pisciotto

Vintage Vogue

This is another scrapbook layout we did at my recent scrapbook class. This idea came from the SU Milwaukee Regionals. We did the 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 Bashful Blue layout. I turned it into a 12 x 12 layout by adhering it to Sandstone. The Razzleberry band you see on the bottom part of the layout is our Specialty Designer Paper Presto Patterns.  This paper is gorgeous! To get the Razzleberry color onto the paper I took our sponge and rubbed it into Razzleberry ink and then in a circular motion rubbed it onto the Presto Pattern paper.  I also used our new Log Cabin smooch spritz on the background.

To place an online order with me, please click on the shopping cart image in the right sidebar or contact me directly at inkitupetc@sbcglobal.net Thanks! Keep Stampin' Barbara Pisciotto

Delight Scrapbook Page

This is one of the layouts we did at my recent scrapbook class. The layout was featured on Stampin' Up!'s website. I used different stamps and colors. 

Stamps: Extreme Elements, Define Your Life, Rough Type. Card stock: Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Taken with Teal, Whisper White, So Saffron. Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Taken With Teal. Acc: Chocolate Chip satin ribbon, Designer Circle Brad, Spiral punch.

To place an online order with me, please click on the shopping cart image in the right sidebar or contact me directly at inkitupetc@sbcglobal.net Thanks! Keep Stampin' Barbara Pisciotto

1st Day of School Page

So I've been seeing some MDS pages and cards online and thought I really need to do a scrapbook page.  Here is a page I created with my daughter, Sera's, first day of school photo.  Funny that I choose this subject as she will be done with school in 2 weeks!  I'll have to do a last day of school layout.


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More 6x6 Table Top Scrapbook Pages

Here are the other 5 pages we created at recent class. See the post from June 28 to see the other 5 pages. I really love how these turned out. Again there are way too many details to list. I you have any questions about the pages or products used, just send me an email.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that some of these layouts were inspired by others. But unfortunately I can't find my references.

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Thanks!

Keep Stampin'

Barbara Pisciotto

6x6 Table Top Scrapbook Pages

A few weeks ago I had a 6x6 Table Top Scrapbook class. Here are 5 of the 10 pages we made. I still have to add some photos to these.

I used our current but retiring June 30 In Colors. I will miss these colors. The new ones coming are just as awesome!

Sorry for some bad photos with glare. Way too many details to list. So if you have a question about any of the pages or products used, just send me an email.

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Keep Stampin'

Barbara Pisciotto

Stampin' Up! May Specials

May is National Scrapbooking Month! To celebrate SU has 3 great offers. Click on my shopping cart to place your order!

Buy 3 get 1 FREE

• Buy 3 packes of designer series paper or 12x12 textured card stock and choose a FREE designer series pack or 12x12 textured card stock pack.

Buy the new Jumble Alphabet stamp set--a sneak peek from the upcoming 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog--at 20% off!
115199 Jumble Alphabet (set of 52; double-mounted) $43.95 regular price, $35.16 sale price

Become a Demonstrator for only $75 with the limited time Scrapbooking Starter kit

113510 Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamp set* $42.95

113059 Simply Scrappin' Petal Party $19.95

108697 Earth Elements Assorted textured card stock (12" x 12") $11.95

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*Substitutable for any stamp set up to $43.95 value.

Please note: Each of the products listed above may be substituted for like items. Please see the Scrapbooking Starter Kit Order Form for details.The Scrapbooking Starter Kit also contains all the business supplies contained in the standard Starter Kit:

• Getting Started DVD
• Getting Started Guide
• Guest Invitation Postcard (100)
• Idea Book & Catalog (8)
• Occasions Mini Catalog (8)
• To My Hostess Envelope (10)
• Recruit Folders (5)
• Recruit Brochures (20)
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Click here to find more information about Stampin' Up! and to signup online through my website. You will need this password: inkitupetc

Please contact me with any questions!
Keep Stampin'

Barbara Pisciotto

Flight of the Butterfly Layout

A customer/friend came by last night and we made this scrapbook page. Anna lives in Mexico but comes to the US to visit her children & grandchildren about twice a year. Usually when she is in we try to hook up for me to show her some stampin' stuff. Anna likes to scrapbook so I decided to design a page for her. I had an idea in my head and then it went in a totally different direction. I like the way it turned out.






Supplies: Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly, CS: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, WW, DSP: Summer Picnic, Die Cuts: Blooms, Ink: Real Red Craft, Old Olive & Pumpkin Pie Classic, Acc: 1-3/8" circle punch, Scallp Edge punch, Ticket Corner 1/8" Circle Punch, Small Tag Punch, Build A Brad, Real Red 5/8" Grossgrain Ribbon, Certainly Celery 1/4" Grossgrain Ribbon, Line Thread.