Lisa Trombitas, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

So, I've finally taken the digital plunge with Stampin' Up!'s new digital papercrafting software, My Digital Studio. I have to tell you, that as a lover of PAPERcrafting, I didn't know how I'd like the digital aspect to it. I'm glad to say that I'm really happy with it...

Halloween offers lots of opportunities for photographs, which, in turn, offers lots of opportunities for scrapbooking! Make sure you get the best Halloween shotsby following some of these simple tips from PhotoJojo.com. Remember, there's no do-over for this fun night...

Here are the treats that I made for my son's 3 year-old nursery school class. Since the kids are so young, I used pretzels instead of candy. I put two bags of the Halloween pretzels inside a large cellophane bag and created a 'bag topper' of sorts to hold it together...

As promised, here are some of the other Halloween Treats that I worked onover the weekend. I picked up cute little tin pails that are about 3-4" tall. Filled some Medium Cellophane Bags (#102757)with candy, usedstamps and punches, and embellished with Stampin' Up! ribbon...

Haven't posted for a while, but I've been a busy bee! Lots of Halloween treats to share with you. I stamped up a storm at my friend Stasia's house this past Sunday with a couple of other Stampin' Up! demonstrator friends of mine...

I'm still on my kick of sharing a variety of cards created with Stampin' Up!'s Pumpkin Patch stamp set. I started off with a Halloween card, but am having fun creating cards for year-round use with this must-have set! You can catch my Halloween and a birthday card here and a New Year's card here...

If you're a hardware enthusiast, this weeks' Stampin' Up! Deals of the Week is for you! It features some fun & favorite embellishments that work great for cards, scrapbook pages or other papercrafting projects...

As I shared in yesterday's post, there's much more than Halloween to Stampin' Up!'s new Pumpkin Patch stamp set. Be sure to check out the Halloween and Birthday cards that I shared yesterday. I only had time to finish and photograph one card today...

Now that I'm done with my Halloween trees, I had to make some gift cards to go along with them. I pulled out my Pumpkin Patch stamp set (it's a new set from the Holiday Mini Catalog). I stamped up some quick & cute cards, which I'll share below. But shame on me...

One of the reasons I haven't posted too many new projects lately is because I've been working feverishly on some Halloween gift items. I decided to create a Halloween tree with handmade ornaments...

Here are this week's Deals of the Week from Stampin' Up!- especially for you Big Shot fans! These special offers are good until next Monday, October 19 at 9:50 AM Mountain Time (that's 9:50 AM for my local customers on the East Coast)...

Let's face it: we all make mistakes. Only with our paper crafting, mind you, but we do it! The best thing is that it's usually easy to fix, and there's no need to toss things out. There are two golden rules to follow: Turn it over. Yup - card stock has two sides. Turn it over & stamp again...

Oops - almost forgot to share this card! Made it a few weeks ago when we attended a birthday party for one of my husband's friends...

Been having a tough time getting enough time to sit at the computer & blog. I have been creating, though, so hang in there with me! My schedule can't stay like this (can it?). Two quick notes before I start: My October newsletter went out today, with not one, but TWO tutorials in it...