Stamping with Melony

Scrapbook a YEAR in no time at all!

A Year In Review Photobook Template - Digital Download	125743
Price: $24.95
Ever wish you could catch up on your scrapbooking? Let the A Year in Review Photobook Template help! Already designed for the seasons, this exclusive-to-digital template will give your entire year a cohesive look. Simply insert your photos into the 12" x 12" 28-page designer template, personalize with journaling and voilà . . . you've completed an entire year! Use the wide range of elements included in the kit for other designs. It includes 12 Designer Series paper patterns, 24 embellishments, one punch, and a 32-piece stamp brush set with coordinating colors Bashful Blue, Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Elegant Eggplant, Marina Mist, More Mustard, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, and Tangerine Tango.

Email me at melonybishop75@gmail.com for more details. 

May is National Scrapbooking Month!

 May is National Scrapbook Month

Stampin Up is offering a HUGE sale on many items that are perfect for scrapbooking.  The sale goes until the end of May.

  30% Off Stamp Sets

Page  Set                            Wood mount                              Clear Mount   

54   Party Hearty              111532       $18.87
87    Grunge Rock            117080      $14.67                  120555         $11.17
94    Animal Stories         116716      $11.17
106  Printed Petals           116679     $13.97                  120444          $10.47
108   Simple Friendship   113397   $18.17
147   Word Play                120308     $29.37                  120651          $20.27
162 Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Lower 120272  $22.37      120648          $16.77

30% Off Hard Cover Photobooks

Item       Description                Retail Price               Sale Price
118403       5" x 5"                                    $29.95                              $20.97
118404       8" x 8"                                     $39.95                             $27.97
118405      11-1/2" x 8-1/2                        $49.95                             $34.97
118406      8-1/2" x 11-1/2"                       $49.95                             $34.97
118407       12" x 12"                                 $69.95                             $48.97

30% Off Soft Cover Photobooks

Item     Description              Retail Price           Sale Price

118447          5" x 5"                                   $19.95                           $13.97
118448          8" x 8"                                   $24.95                           $17.97
118449      11" x 8-1/2"                              $29.95                           $20.97
118450       8-1/2" x 11"                             $29.95                          $20.97

30% Off Individual Pages

(5 page minimum)

Item       Description           Retail Price            Sale Price
120167         11" x 8-1/2"                            $1.95                               $1.37
119885         8-1/2" x 11"                            $1.95                               $1.37
119886           12" x 12"                               $2.50                               $1.75

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Digital Scrapbook Templates - QUICK, EASY, & SO CUTE!

Did you know you can download photo book templates for your My Digital Studio?  All you have to do is add pictures! 

This one is Top 10 Photobook Template code 125161 for $14.95

This is called Sweet Details Photobook Template 125742 for $17.95

With these you can make a scrapbook in no time at all!  Let me know if you would like me to show you My Digital Studio.

For digitial scrapbook ideas visit www.mydigitalstudio.net

FREE My Digital Studio Designs - Sale-a-Bration!!!

This year, for the first time, you can get for FREE My Digital Studio product during Sale-a-bration! Contact me for details. Check out this great video from Stampin' Up!

Join Stampin' Up!'s Sara Douglass as she demonstrates a quick and impactful scrapbook page with Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio. See how easy it is to add traditional embellishments to a digitally-made page and how you can earn many of the products she demonstrates for FREE during our Sale-A-Bration event!

Gifts of Greeting!

In preparation for my next card ministry night with my neighbor Marie, I pulled out a bunch of samples of gifts I have either received or made as samples over the years to inspire us.  I just loved looking through these great gift ideas, so I thought I'd share them with you.  :)

 
This is an adorable card bag my BFF Kristen Bryant (www.stampingwithkristen.com) gave me for my birthday a couple of years ago!  So stinkin' adorable!

 
Another special gift I received a while back from my friend Jill Blanchett.  Such a cool card box!  The sides are made out of a transparency so you can see the cards inside.  :)

 
The "Husband Toolbox" that Kristen and I made for gifts and to sell at craft fairs a while back.  Such a fun design and a great gift for the men in our lives so they can't forget any of the important landmarks of greeting throughout the year!  LOL! 

 
Here's a box of 3x6 greetings that we made at a spring stamping event a couple of years ago hosted by Jackie Bolhuis in Michigan.  I duplicated this design many different times with many different simple scrappin' kits  over the years.  A great gift and super fun project!

 
An all-time favorite is this card tote!  Filled with simple card designs using a single pack of DSP - you can give this project all types of looks and flavor depending on the DSP you choose. 

 
Easy design and can be made for full size greetings like this or mini cards.  We'll be doing some variety of this for the card ministry this month.  Simple card designs for the ladies to take home and use personally with a bah similar to this tote, but with a top closure somewhat like the husband toolbox.  It's always fun to seek out inspiration and pull from old favorites! 

 

My Desktop Scrapbook Calendar

For the past 7 years, I have made a desktop scrapbook calendar for my family!  I LOVE this project!  It is one of my most coveted keepsakes.  :)  Each year I make about 9 of them.  I give one to my husband for his desk at work, to my parents, to my in-laws, to each set of grandparents, to my sisters, and of course one for myself!  It's so much fun to think about all throughought the year.  For each month, I always try to make sure that I have at least one perfect picture of the kids for each of the month's of the year.  A VERY do-able task!  The Stampin' Up! Desktop Calendar pages are perforated so at the end of the year, you can tear them off of the calendar and slip them into a 6x6 album.  :)  What a great and manageable way to keep current on a scrapbook every year.  I love it! 

 
Last week I switched to the March page with the turn of the calendar and have been enjoying the nostalgia of looking back at my kids a year ago in Florham Park at the firestation after a great pancake breakfast.  We moved less than 2 months later to our new home in Long Valley.  I love how scrapbooking captures memories and can immediately bring them right back to mind just with a turn of a page.   Hope you will enjoy looking through the pages of some memories here from 2010 via my desktop scrapbook calendar. 

Here is the last picture of our family takem at our house in Michigan.  SOLD!  :(  Bittersweet. 

 
First picture taken in our new house with the fabulous cookie bouquet my sister sent us!  :)

 
My fabulous friend Stacy came out in June for a StacyMaePhotography Family Photo Shoot in our new front yard!  :)  Click HERE to see more shots from the session.   

 
In July we visited our Kentucky cousins and took our annual picture on the "fence" in my sister's backyard.  I love seeing how the cousins all grow each year through our summer family pictures! 

 
I love this picture of the girl's in their new sparkly headbands that they got from Grandma Gayle for their birthdays!  We did a joint birthday celebration in August when Grandma Gayle and Grandpa Jack came to visit us in our new house. 

 
First day of school!  Last year for the kid's birthdays, my friend Christina Kroes made us these great "age" shirts using a cool bleaching technique.  I wanted them again this year for the kid's new ages, so while we were visiting in Michigan, my friend Kelli Luke helped me quick turn out 3 new shirts.  What fun shirts to wear for the first day of school and for this great September photo!  How do they grow up so quickly?!? 

 
Pumpkin picking at Ort Farms in Long Valley.  What fun!  Our friends the Bills and the Haemmerles from Florham Park joined us this day for the hayride, the fall fun, and the pumpkins!

 
Fall picture at the waterfalls in our neighborhood.  Absolutely beautiful fall day worthy of a great hike with our great neighbors, the Cuellos!  I used this picture for our Thanksgiving / Moving Cards that I sent out in lieu of Christmas cards.  Early Christmas Card / Late Moving Card!  LOL!  What a great combo!  I did actually LOVE having my cards out early this year to not add "one more thing" to the Christmas season though!  I might go with a Thanksgiving greeting again this year. ???

 
My little Santas!  Fun! Fun!

 
Happy New Year 2010!  Fun at the Dawsons for New Years - Proper Irish New Year's Celebration!  Our friend and former babysitter, Kristen Kuppler from Michigan came out to join us too.  :)

 
Last February, Tyler's Cub Scout troop in Florham Park did a special Valentine's dinner for the moms.  :)  It was so sweet and special.  This year, in our new house, Kevin and Tyler re-created the event with Tyler's new troop here in Long Valley.  Very special memories! 

 
I love walking down memory lane.  Here's a February page from 2005.  They grow so fast! 

 
So wonderful that these calendars help me stay on track with scrapbooking the years.  A blessing in so many ways.  :) 

There are so many techniques and products used throughout as well.  If you have any questions about any of the products used, please let me know and I'll walk you through. 

Hope you enjoyed walking down memory lane 2010 with me this morning as much as I did.  What a great way to start this weekend.  Have a great day! :) 

Tricky Tray Time!

Here in New Jersey, I have experienced "Tricky Tray" events for the first time!  What a blast!  It's really just a big raffle night...... but with a lot more Jersey bling!  :)   Fun food and drinks and 50/50 Raffles and lots of excitement!  A great fundraiser!!!  Here's the Stampin' Up! Basket I'm contributing!

 
Scrapbook Calendar, Hand-Stamped Greeting Cards, Wooden and Clear Mount Stamps, Ink, Ribbon, a Punch, 3 Idea Books, a Decor Element, and a FREE Class for the lucky winner and 5 friends!!!  :)  Fun!  Can't wait to see who wins!  Hope I win something too!  :) 

 
This is the "Family Fun & Games" Basket we put together from Haley's class contributions.  Turned out cute if I do say so myself!  ;)  Can't wait to see all the other baskets and start dropping my tickets in to win! 

Explore Your Creativity with Stampin' Up!

Click Here to Explore Your Creativity!

Stampin' Up! cofounder and CEO Shelli Gardner shares her passion for creativity and discusses the exclusive coordinated products that Stampin' Up! offers to help you explore your own creativity.

Have you seen My Digital Studio?!?

 

Do you like to digital Scrapbook?  If you do, you should check our My Digital Studio.  If you have not tried it, you should!  It is  a great way to scrapbook without having to have all the supplies to create traditional scrapbooks.  You can also make pages while you are riding in the car, sitting at sports or dance practice waiting for your kids, waiting in the carpool like - really anywhere!  If you buy it now during Sale-A-Bration, you will get a free item too!

My Digital Studio	118108
Preferred Price: $79.95
Use the same great artwork, colors, and accessory images found in our current product line to create personalized digital projects. The options are endless: create photo albums, calendars, and greeting cards using My Digital Studio. Once you've created your personalized gift or heirloom, have it printed in our high-quality print facility and delivered to your door or print it at home. Check out: mydigitalstudio.net It has creative ideas and videos that will inspire you.