tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57974526151535330402024-03-21T01:36:19.254-04:00My Digital Studio EnthusiastIf you've landed at my blog you're either a seasoned "paper-crafter" or you're completely new to the world of Stampin' Up! Either way, I'm delighted you stopped by!
I'd love to be a helping hand to get you started, get your "mojo" back, introduce you to the new world of My Digital Studio for digital projects or help you build a Stampin' Up! business of your very own.
Feel free to email me...I look forward to hearing from you.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-53172036135234657052012-03-13T09:22:00.000-04:002012-03-13T09:38:23.991-04:00Playing Catch Up: Temptation Tuesdays, Card Sketch #2 & Free MDS TrialOh dear, I am a bad blogger but I'll try to redeem myself a little bit today. I've got weeks worth of digital downloads to post plus my attempt at the 2nd Card Sketch Challenge and...I completely forgot to tell everyone about Stampin' Up's Free 30 day trial of My Digital Studio.<br />
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So let's get started...here are the new releases from Tuesday, February 14th/2012.</div>
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I thought last week's downloads were terrific (Doily stamp, Attic Boutique Kit, <insert grin here>) but I really like the digital kits and template available this week. Here are the downloads from Tuesday, February 21st/2012.</div>
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I'm really excited about the downloads from Tuesday, February 28th/2012! Two of my FAVOURITE items are included in this release...the Mixed Bunch Kit and the You're My Type stamp brush set. I've seen sooooo many great paper cards made with the Mixed Bunch stamp set and Blossom punch but now we can play with it in MDS, too!! Plus, that little You're My Type set just seems like it's appropriate for almost anyone. LOVE IT!</div>
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I don't know what the weather's been like where you live but here in Southwestern Ontario, our winter has been blissfully unseasonably warm with very little snow. (Disclaimer: Unseasonably warm still means temperatures at the freezing point but compared to -20 degrees celsius it's definitely been unseasonably warm!). Anyhow, as a result...spring-like weather is at least 4-6 weeks ahead of schedule this year! YAY!! The Walk In The Park II kit in the Tuesday, March 6th/2012 new releases just seems to capture the springtime joy we're feeling here, perfectly. </div>
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Of the hundreds and hundreds of My Digital Studio downloads, if you ask many regular MDS users they'll include the Downtown Grunge Digital kit as one of their top ten favourite downloads. In today's My Digital Studio new releases (for Tuesday, March 13th/2012), there's a collection of Candid Frames that look like they'll coordinate nicely with the look and feel of the Downtown Grunge kit. Check it out!</div>
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Whew! That's a lot of downloads to catch up on...how exciting! So...I've currently fallen behind in the Card Sketch and Scrapbook Sketch Challenges that my upline have been running for the fabulous group of Stampin' Up! ladies that I'm so delighted to be a part of but before I got tied up in other important priorities (I'll get into the details another day), here's my 2nd Card Sketch submission.</div>
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I went with a simple card using Mocha Morning DSP. Although I could have added a button or some twine, I thought if I leave it pretty clean, it would be very unisex.</div>
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If you're still with me...thank you so much! Pat yourself on the back...you deserve it! Last but not least, if you haven't tried My Digital Studio then you're going to looooooove this! Stampin' Up! now has a 30-day FREE Trial Version of My Digital Studio Express available for people to test-drive. The Express version doesn't have as much content to play with (stamp sets, dsp, embellishments, etc) BUT the program still has all of the same functionality as the full version. What this means is that you can try your hand and making digital scrapbook pages, cards, flyers, invitations, title pages for school homework projects, etc...ALL FOR FREE!!! If at the end of 30 days, you haven't fallen in love then you're not out a single cent. If (as I expect you will) you have fallen in love, then you can pop over to <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=118108" target="_blank">my online store</a> to order your copy of the full version of the software (with over $600 worth of digital content included!). When it arrives and you install it, all of the projects you made with the trial version will still be on your computer so you can continue to work on them. I know...it's amazing!</div>
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So...that's an awful lot of catching up we did. I apologize for the lack of posts recently but I'm working on a very large project for a special Stampin' Up! demonstrator contest so I can't post my work. You can be confident that when I'm not blogging, I'm up to my eyeballs in my craft room...and I hope you are, too!</div>
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<br /></div>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-27942689716527290682012-02-11T12:06:00.003-05:002012-02-11T12:06:11.868-05:00Scrapbook Sketch Challenge #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Above is a design layout that Heather Summers has presented for the first scrapbooking sketch challenge of 2012. Sketch challenges are a new thing for me but after about an hour of tinkering, I completed not one but 2 versions of this sketch. Plus, this also adds 2 more pages to my British Columbia album from our trip last summer.</div>
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Here are my results!</div>
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If you end up giving this scrapbook sketch a try, too...email your results to me and I'll post them in an upcoming blog post!</div>
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P.S. If you're interested in checking out any of the digital downloads I used on this card, pop on over to my <a href="http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryid=502">website</a> to browse from the comfort of home.</div>
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The group of Stampin' Up! ladies that I belong to has started doing a sketch challenge each week. On "even" weeks we try a Card Sketch and on "odd" weeks we try a Scrapbooking Sketch. I've never participated in sketch challenges before but this might be just the type of pressure-free encouragement that I need to keep challenging myself creatively. Though participation is encouraged, it's not mandatory.</div>
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Although, the challenges are meant for paper-crafting I've decided to create my projects with My Digital Studio so that they'll maybe inspire you, too!</div>
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There are a lot of downloads that I love...Downtown Grunge, the Sale-A-Bration Digital Content CD, Overlay Stamp Brush sets, etc but this week's downloads are the most sophisticated that I think Stampin' Up! has EVER released! G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! I have to admit...I've been in a MDS slump lately but this new group of downloads has me fired right back up!</div>
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Next...hold on to your seats! There are oodles and oodles of exciting things going on at Stampin' Up! from now until the end of March. Below you'll find the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. You get to choose one for FREE for every $60 you spend. What's even better is that there are both traditional paper-crafting AND digital items available for FREE! So there is definitely something for everyone.</div>
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I'm not a new paper crafter but I am a new demonstrator. I haven't hosted any workshops before but I've certainly attended many of them so I'd be happy to introduce your friends and family to paper crafting or digital scrapbooking in your home or mine. You'll have a fun, informal evening, you get to take home the projects you make and I even bring the snacks!</div>
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Can't you just picture birthday party or tea party invitations, etc made with the Sweet Shop Digital Kit? Too cute! Click the picture for a larger image or pop on over to my <a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/loricampbell/">web store</a> to browse further.</div>
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Last night I had the immense pleasure of being contacted by two My Digital Studio users. One is an avid user who was trying to figure out how to reproduce the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper digital quilt that I made on a digital card and the other has owned her My Digital Studio software for 2 YEARS(!) and is just getting started using it now. Boy, is she ever in for a treat! Let's get a collective round of applause for MDS users at all stages of learning. Whether you tinker with My Digital Studio occasionally or use it every day, we're all benefitting from great value, terrific technical options, a "family" of creative users who inspire us with their ideas and of course, a veritable craft room of digital scrapbooking supplies all tucked safely away in our computers. Hooray for MDS!</div>
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So...with this in mind, I thought it would be fun to post a 2-page spread from the scrapbook I'm working on from our British Columbia trip last summer. Though this page looks detailed at first glance, it's super simple! Just make lots and lots of "square" punches and resize them into small squares, larger squares and/or rectangles. In the blink of an eye, you have what looks like a mosaic of photos all laid out in a tidy fashion. If you have any questions about how I built this page, please don't hesitate to email me.</div>
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I'm starting 2012 a with a little more enthusiasm and a brighter spirit. I have an insatiable desire to cross things off of my to-do list in 2012. Now don't get me wrong...my to-do list doesn't exactly contain earth-shattering tasks but things like replacing baseboards chewed by my wiener dogs, hanging art work that I bought years ago but that's collecting dust in the basement storage room and finishing my My Digital Studio scrapbook from our trip to Vancouver last summer. These are all tasks that will put my house back together or make me very, very happy.</div>
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One of my crafting to-do's is to build my inventory of cards so that I don't miss sending a card to anyone in my family who's celebrating a birthday, anniversary, etc... So, first I need to apologize because I haven't been MDS'ing much lately (though I'm keeping up with treating myself to new downloads each Tuesday) but I will have some crafty card samples to post here in the weeks to come.</div>
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I hope the holiday season finds you happy and healthy. Here at home, my daughter and I had a lovely Christmas hosting both sides of the family on Christmas Day. Dinner went off without a hitch and we have enough leftovers to feed a small army. I think I'll have to make up lunch-size portions and freeze them so I can pull them out one meal at a time over the next couple of weeks.<br />
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Even though Christmas has come and gone in a flash, Stampin' Up! has still released new My Digital Studio digital downloads today. Woo hoo! Love is in the air (so-to-speak) with some great new Valentine's Day themed downloads. I love them!!<br />
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My daughter is vice-president of her high school's student council and their school will be celebrating it's 100th birthday in 2012. The festivities will take place throughout January to June 2012 and one of the first events of the year is a school dance.<br />
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Normally, school dance tickets are hand-drawn onto paper and then photocopied but this 100th birthday dance deserves something a little more presentable and a lot more fun. So...I took a picture of the school council's 100th birthday t-shirts and modelled a page of tickets after them. The best part is that the tickets only took me about 30 minutes to create. Hooray for MDS!!<br />
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One of my favourite ways to use up old DSP is to cut it into squares or strips, adhere them to a piece of white card stock and run them through the Big Shot with my Top Note die. A little ribbon and a button or two and voila, several quick, simple cards for my boxed sets.</div>
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The Stampin' Up! demonstrator website is an endless source of inspiration. I recently spotted a video showing how to make this cute little box that holds 3-4 cards. Normally, boxes require 12 x 12" paper which I don't typically have on hand because I'm more of a card-maker than a scrapbooker (except for digital, OF COURSE!) but this box uses letter size card stock. So...I looooove this little box set.</div>
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Take an 8 1/2 x 11" piece of card stock (letter size). Cut it down to 6 x 11". On the 11" side, score it at 3 1/8", 3 1/2", 8" and 8 3/8". Then decorate the end of the right hand side like I've done in the picture. Check out the sneak peak in the picture. I've trimmed the end with new a new Edgelit die that you can look forward to in the Occasions Mini catalogue that starts January 4th/2012. Until this new die is available to customers, you could use your favourite edge punch.</div>
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Note: The DSP I've used is retired...but wait until you see the new DSP coming in the Occasions Mini and during Sale-A-Bration. You'll want to make oodles and oodles of card sets when you see the gorgeous DSP!</div>
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LoriLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-58846189515241578592011-12-13T20:41:00.001-05:002011-12-13T20:41:19.408-05:00Temptation Tuesday: I Mustache You A Question!Hi there! Can you believe that there are only 12 sleeps left until Christmas?! Time flies. We're having one of those years when there isn't anything significant on our "wish lists" so we're focusing on having both sides of the family over and eating until we can barely move. There was a time when Christmas wasn't Christmas unless all of the little traditions and routines were followed to the letter. As time has gone by though...many of those intricacies just aren't important any more. Compared to other places in the world, we have so much to be thankful for so I'm just delighted to have a couple of days off work, a treat or two and hopefully, enough gravy to drown my turkey!<br />
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Today's new Stampin' Up! Digital Downloads are awesome. I particularly love the Many Mustaches set. The little pun that they've thrown into it is adorable. You can click the image for a larger picture or click <a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/loricampbell/">here</a> to visit my online store if any of these new downloads catch your eye. <br />
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LoriLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-80925616828536499052011-11-28T00:00:00.000-05:002011-11-28T00:00:07.128-05:00Close To My Heart...I am head over heels in love with everything related to Spice Cake DSP from the Holiday Mini catalogue (available until January 3rd). This includes the Spice Cake paper, fabric, buttons, the Gently Falling stamp set, etc, etc... I'll be so sad to see it go when the Holiday Mini catalogue sales period ends.<div>
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Anyone who knows me closely, knows that throughout my adult life I've experienced an exceptional amount of tragedy and loss. I have always chosen to make "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger" my mantra. In times of crisis, you'll catch me muttering this under my breath as a little pep talk to myself.</div>
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So...long story short, the sentiment on this lovely card (cased from Jodi-Danielle Kutz & Ann Schach) is near and dear to my heart. (Click the photo to see a larger image)</div>
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<br /></div>Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-46061185494881668132011-11-25T00:00:00.000-05:002011-11-25T00:00:07.215-05:00Flashback: Punch Art Galore!Hi there! I hope everyone's had a great week. I have throughly enjoyed having my new computer. The ability to be able to multi-task in any room of the house has improved my productivity so much and that makes me one very happy girl.<br />
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Here's a card from over a year and a half ago. When my co-workers first included me in their monthly card-making nights, they would have a monthly challenge and the winner would win a gift certificate for SU products. One of the monthly challenges was a colour combo challenge...purple & green. First, I confirmed with the group that we all agreed that Rich Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence (now retired) fell in the purple category in our opinion. I was off to the races!<br />
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I didn't have many supplies in these colours to choose from so a punch art card was the perfect choice to use up my scraps. I made 11 of these cards and they took FOREVER to complete but I was so delighted with the end result. Check out those buttons: they're made of paper and coated with Crystal Effects to make them glossy. <br />
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The punches used here were the Scalloped Square, 1 1/4" Square, Boho Blossoms and Itty Bitty Punch pack. <br />
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Have a great time on "Black Friday" and happy MDS'ing!<br />
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Here's the second in my series of flashback posts. Today, I'm featuring another card I made en masse and I've kept them without sentiments so that I can add something appropriate when the situation presents itself. So far, I've used this card for anniversaries, masculine birthdays and a wedding card!<br />
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Here's the "recipe":<br />
4 1/4 x 5 1/2" Very Vanilla card stock base<br />
4" square, Basic Black cardstock contrast layer<br />
3 3/4" square Very Vanilla dry embossed layer<br />
Basic Black cut out with Stampin' Up!'s lattice die<br />
Very Vanilla circle heat embossed with black embossing powder using the medallion stamp in the Artistic Etchings Stamp Set<br />
Basic Black punched with Decorative Label punch<br />
Very Vanilla circle with stamped sentiment of your choice<br />
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I'll do my best to recreate some of these Flashback cards in MDS so you can see how easy it is to do.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow US demonstrators and readers,<br />
LoriLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-73249018905629151722011-11-23T00:00:00.000-05:002011-11-23T00:00:02.323-05:00Flashback: Springtime Vintage Quilt CardIn the process of transitioning from my old computer to my new one, I also managed to do some reorganizing in my craft room, too! While doing so, I found some of the cards I made earlier this year before I started blogging. <br />
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Here's the "recipe" to recreate it:<br />
4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card base with fold on the left or the top<br />
3 7/8 x 4 3/4" contrast colour cardstock<br />
3 5/8 x 4 1/2" neutral cardstock (quilt backing)<br />
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Adhere DSP to quilt backing leaving 1/8" gap around the outside edge and between the rows of squares. Run through your Big Shot using the Stampin' Up! Lattice embossing folder. Tie ribbon of your choice around this layer. Adhere your "quilt" to the contrast card stock and then the contrast to your card base. Stamp and punch the sentiment of your choice and pop it with Dimensionals in the bottom corner of your card. Voila! A quick quilt card for any occasion.<br />
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Oh, and if you're not a "paper pusher" like I am, this card is a cinch to re-create in MDS (without the embossing).<br />
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Until next time...keep on MDS'ing,<br />
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LoriLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-55385026681348692852011-11-22T19:07:00.001-05:002011-11-22T23:55:44.167-05:00Temptation Tuesday: Christmas StyleHey there! Stampin' Up! pulled a fast one on me this week...though this turned out to be a good thing! With all of the excitement going on with the Online Extravaganza sale, Stampin' Up! released this Tuesday's Digital Downloads a day early. I only wish I'd been paying better attention yesterday. <br />
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Here's a screen shot of all of the Christmas goodies. Click <a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/loricampbell/">HERE</a> to pop on over to my website if temptation gets the better of you.<br />
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You'll be proud of me. I've managed to finally get pictures of some of the previous cards I've made and I'll post them over the course of the next week as a trip down memory lane.<br />
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LoriLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-70389096809251966842011-11-21T05:56:00.001-05:002011-11-22T19:17:27.577-05:00Online Extravaganza!!!Oh, my goodness! Stampin' Up! has absolutely outdone themselves with their pre-Black Friday Online Extravaganza sale! Select My Digital Studio digital downloads, stamps, fabric, cookie press stamps, dies and Sizzlits for the Big Shot and much more is all on sale! Check it out!<br />
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As promised, I have a craft-related post tonight! I made this Stitched Stockings card for the demonstrator quarterly meeting a month ago. It's a case from demonstrators Jennifer Picard and Kirsten Gill. I think it's just adorable! <br />
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Isn't that Stocking Builder Punch and Silver Glimmer Paper adorable? My next goal is to see if I can make something similar in My Digital Studio. I can't believe Christmas is just over a month away. I'm actually excited this year!<br />
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Set your alarm clocks to wake you up a little earlier than normal tomorrow. Stampin' Up! tipped us off to a huge Online Extravaganza sale starting tomorrow morning! It must be a big deal because they haven't even told the demonstrators about all of the things that will be on sale. So, I'll get up extra early, too and get all of the details posted for you here before I head off to work.<br />
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Until then...Happy MDS'ing!<br />
LoriLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741041567078592886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797452615153533040.post-65363630221468797772011-11-17T21:52:00.001-05:002011-11-17T21:55:14.565-05:00There is light at the end of the tunnel...It's a frustrating thing when the modern conveniences we've become so reliant on, no longer live up to our expectations. My computer's been a pain in the behind for some time now and it's seriously hampering my ability to blog, use My Digital Studio, upload pictures, etc.<br />
The good news is that my new computer will (hopefully!) be delivered tomorrow! Finally, I'll have a machine that can keep up with me again! I'm kind of demanding when it comes to my computer (multiple browsers and programs all running simultaneously and I flit back and forth between all of the things I have on the go)!!<br />
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I'll be back by the end of the weekend with a crafting post if it's the last thing I do!!<br />
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Happy MDS'ing,<br />
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