Tutorials

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Holiday Wishes

Good Morning everyone! I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I would also like to thank all of who have visited my blog this past year and I  am looking forward to sharing  more projects with you in 2015.  Val

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

And The Winner Is!!

Congratulations To Jonelle  from http://jonellespapertreasures.blogspt.com the winner of my first challenge! I just talked to Jonelle  she was excited to be the winner and said it was a lot of fun and she enjoyed the challenge Thank you Jonelle and I hope you will participate in my next challenge in January. I hope you enjoy your prize. Val 

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Birthday Card For Our Grand Daughter

Hi all! Today I would like to share this card I made for our 3 year old Grand Daughter. The digital stamp I drew just for her and is named Fancy Princess. The stamp is available in our store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com I colored her using my Prisma pencils everything else is from Stampin'Up. We haven't given her present to her yet we will be seeing them this weekend so I hope she likes it. Thanks for stopping by Val

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Country Snowman

Hi everyone I have another card to share with you today. The image is a digital stamp called Country Snowman from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com I colored the image with prisma pencils cut him out with Stampin'Up ovals dies, then layered it on another oval I cut out of crumb cake card stock , the pattern paper is from Recollections all other materials are Stampin'Up Thanks for stopping by Val

New Stamps At Val's Digital Designs





Get these cute stamps today at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com

Monday, November 24, 2014

Mitten Ornament

Hi all! For my project today I made a mitten ornament. I used the free mitten template from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com            the digital stamp Gingerbread Boy is also from their store. I colored the stamps using my prisma pencils, All the paper, punches, ribbon and embossing folder are all Stampin'Up. I also have glitter on his head ,hands and feet where the icing is but it really doesn't show in the picture.  Don't forget you could have a chance to win free digital stamps of your choice from Val's Digital Designs by entering my challenge here on this blog. Hope you will join us! Thanks and have a great day. Val  

Mixed Media Canvas

Good morning. My project I would like to share is a mixed media canvas that I made for our home. The canvas is 9x12" I used a combination of various papers ,paints, stamps, stencils and inks. I also did some doodling with a fine black marker. This was a lot of fun to make and I absolutely love how it turned out. I will be posting more mixed media projects that I'm working on soon . Thanks for stopping by Val  

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Mitten and stocking download fixed

I am so sorry the link for the stocking and mitten templates we are using in my challenge has now been fixed. If you had tried and were unable to access them just go back to www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  and reorder them and you will receive them. Thank You Val 

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Christmas Stocking

For todays project I used the free stocking template from Val's Digital Designs. The digital stamp is Santa Hearts all so  from Val's Digital Designs. For the stocking I printed it at actual size so I could make it into a gift card holder, I then cut all the template pieces out laid them on my card stock and traced around them with a pencil, then I cut them out and glued all the pieces together. The image I colored with prisma pencils and all the card stock I used is from Stampin'Up. I still have to punch a hole in one side of the cuff and put ribbon through to hang it on the tree. Hope You enjoyed todays  project   don't forget www.valsdigitaldesigns.com have a sale on 50% off all their Christmas digital stamps. Thanks for stopping by. Val 

Friday, November 14, 2014

First Guest Designer

Good morning everyone. This morning I am excited to introduce my first Design Team Guest Is Tracy From Tracys Treasures. Tracy choose to make her card using a digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com
For more information on how she made her card go to Tracy's bloghttp://tracystreasures-tracy.blogspot.ca and look for Fall Girl in October 2014.   Thank You Tracy for being my guest and for making such a beautiful card to share with us. Val 

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Hugs Snowman Christmas Card

Good morning! With Christmas getting closer and having some snow on the ground I will be sharing some Christmas projects I have made. For today I would like to share this card I made using Hugs Snowman digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com . I colored him using my prisma pencils, the card base is 6x6 and I used Crumb Cake card stock,  I then layered the card with Garden green  card stock and DSP, the sentiment and bling are all Stampin'Up.  Snowflakes were punched with a Martha Stewart punch. Hope you enjoyed my card and don't forget I'm having a challenge here on my blog starting November 15th. Have a great day Val 

Monday, November 10, 2014

Challenge Announcement

I am so excited to announce that Val's Creative Studio will be hosting challenges for www.valsdigitaldesigns.com. Today I would like to share with you what that challenge will be. Since Val's Digital Designs has 50% off  all of their Christmas stamps and 2 free templates in the store I have decided we will be making a Christmas project using the stamps and the templates. For my project I used the mitten template and Stars Snowman digital stamp. I made my project into a gift card or money holder. You can do whatever you like as long as the template and a Val's Digital Stamp are used. Some ideas I had are gift tags. Christmas tree ornaments, cards, banners etc.  The thing I love most about digital stamps is you can resize them for whatever project you are working on. For my Gift card holder I printed it at actual size  and that gave me 3 inches across the top off the mitten ( not the cuff) so a gift card will fit in it vertically .  The Challenge will start on November 15th so click on the Challenges  For Val's Digital Designs on the banner here on my blog  for more information and to link to the challenge. I hope you will play along and join us  for a chance to win some free digital stamps of your choice.

  Here are the front and back of my project . Hope all have a great day ! Val

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Christmas Blessings Angel Tag

Good Morning! Today I would like to share this tag I made using this digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com called Christmas Blessings Angel. For the tag I cut a rectangle from chip board and cut the corners at an angle to make the shape of a tag. I then took some patterned paper and cut two pieces one for the front and one for the back of the tag and glued the on the chipboard. I sized my stamp in the computer to fit the tag and then printed it out on white card stock. I coloured her using my prisma pencils cut her out  and glued her to the front of the tag. I then stamped the words onto white card stock using a stamp from Stampin'Up cut around the words glued them on to card stock then cut around that and glued them to the tag. I also punched a hole in the top of my tag and put some gold ribbon I had in my stash. I hope you all have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by. Val 

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Softy Snowman Easel Card

Good morning. For todays card I would like to share with you I made using a sweet little snowman  stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  named Softy Snowman. I colored him using my prisma pencils, paper for card base is from Stampin'Up, patterned paper is Recollections, snowflake brads are from my stash. Thanks for stopping by and  I hope you have a great day. Val

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Punky Boo Christmas Angel

Good morning everyone. Today I would like to share this card I made using my digital stamp Punky Boo angel with braids available at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com The first thing I did was cut her out with a spellbinders die and then I colored her with my prisma pencils. All of the papers and ribbon are from Stampin'Up, the rhinestones are from the dollar store and for the snowflakes I used a Martha Stewart punch. I have been busy in my studio creating a lot of Christmas items and will be posting them soon. Beginning November first we will also be having a sale on all our Christmas stamps and I will also post that information in a few days and I will also be having a challenge here on my blog so keep checking back for the details. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. Val 

Friday, October 10, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving

Since it's Thanksgiving here in Canada this weekend I would like to share this card with you and wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. The image I used is Scarecrow Sam a digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com I colored the image with my prisma pencils then cut it out. All the card stock and the greeting are from Stampin'Up . To make the fence I ran a piece of early espresso card stock through the big shot in a wood grain folder, I then cut the paper into strips and used a tag punch on the top corners of each strip to make the pickets. I then glued it into place ,put  dimensionals on the back of Scarecrow  Sam and adhered him to the card. Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Val 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Twiggs Snowman Tag

Good morning! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I would like to share this tag I made using my digital stamp Twiggs Snowman. I just love this image I think he's so cute.  The first thing I did was color him using my prisma pencils and then I cut him out. I then made a tag using Some Kraft card stock I had then layered a piece of designer paper from Stampin'Up. I then stamped the greeting on white card stock and cut the words apart and glued them on Kraft card stock and cut  around them.The ribbon  and greeting are Stampin'up and the brads are from the dollar store, I also put glitter on the brads but it doesn't show up in the picture. I hope you enjoyed this post and would love you to leave me any comments. The digital stamp can be purchased at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  Happy stamping Val 

Saturday, August 9, 2014

New Digital Stamps

Good morning all. So on my last post I said I was going to put together some new cards hasn't happened. I always have good intentions on getting things done, I do have however 17 new stamps in our store just in time to start preparing Christmas projects. I know everyone else does Christmas in July I'm doing Christmas in August Just to be different. Below are a couple of the new releases please stop by  www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  to see the rest. Happy Stamping Val


 

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Sara Bear Summer

Good day all. So I'm down to my last completed card I have some images colored ,but haven't made them into cards yet. Tomorrows to do is put together cards and take pictures .I've been busy getting ready for my husbands birthday party on the Second of August. we have 35 guests coming and  19 of them are staying at the farm for the weekend, needless to say  I have been trying to figure sleeping arrangements.Hope the weather cooperates as we have planed lots of outside activities ,but no matter what I know we'll have a wonderful time just getting together.For my card today I used our digital stamp Sara Bear Summer, all other products used are from Stampin'Up. I would like to know what you think so please leave me a comment. Creatively Yours Val.
To buy your own digital stamp of Sara Bear summer go to www.valsdigitaldesigns.com     

New Digital Stamps

I'm so excited about our new digital stamps. There are 6 new digital stamps  in this release  we have Willa Witch and Shadow,Scarecrow Sam,Punky Boo little witch,Scarecrow Punkinhead,Halloween Punky Boo and Witchie Pumpkin Stack.I had a lot of fun creating these new images for you and I hope that you have as much fun creating your projects with them.Below are a couple of the stamps to see the rest please go to our store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Thank you for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Missy New Release

Good morning! I would like to share my card I made using this adorable digital stamp. I Colored her with my prisma pencils in red, white and blue for Independence Day . All materials are from Stampin'Up. You can purchase the digital stamp at my store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Things have been busy around here we laid 1,500 square feet of sod the other day and holy cow those rolls are heavy, looks good though we laid it at the back of the house around the 70 some patio blocks we laid . Things are finally starting to come together. I will share some pictures of the back yard when I finish setting  everything else up. Thanks for stopping by! Creatively yours Val.

Monday, July 14, 2014

New stamps in our store

We have some new Digital Stamps in the store . Missy is just one of our new releases. So stop by  and check out our what's new category at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com to see the other new releases.
Thanks for stopping by. Creatively yours Val 

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Jessie Bear

Good morning everyone! Today I thought I'd share some of the things I've been doing over the last little while. We were at Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park camping with family and had a fantastic time, the weather was actually pretty nice only had part of one day that rained. Our daughter and son in-law gave us coupons for 18 holes of golf with a cart for mothers day and fathers day for the four of us. What a lot of fun, we had our 2 and a 1/2 year old grand daughter with us she was such a little trooper and was good as gold 'she did have a 45 minute nap in the golf cart, she is such a little doll and loves all sports. We're back home now and trying to catch up on yard work. I've also been trying to spend as much time as I can in my studio drawing and coloring and working on things for my store we are creating a new look for the store so I have been coloring images on my computer for the banners and such it will all be ready in about 6 weeks from now. I'm also trying to set up a schedule for posting on my blog, store, face book etc. so you will have an idea when to check things out. So that's what I've been doing! Now for todays card hope you like it.
 The image is our digital stamp Jessie Bear. I colored him using my prisma pencils, all of the paper and the die I used are from Stampin'Up. The digital stamp is available at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Hope you have a great weekend! Creatively yours Val        

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

New Digital Stamp Releases

       Hi everyone I just wanted to let you know I have some new digital stamps in our store. When you go to our store under categories you will find Whats New just click on it and you will find our new releases . Get our new digital stamps today at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  Val.

Quinn Bunny birthday card

Hello everyone! To make this cute birthday card I used our digital stamp Quinn Bunny.The image I colored using my prisma pencils.Paper,punches,stamp and brads are all from Stampin'Up.To order Quinn and any of our  other digital stamps go to www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Thanks for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Lizbeth

Good morning everyone! Todays card I decided to do in soft colors and I really like the way it turned out. the image is one of my digital stamps named Lizbeth. I colored her using my prisma pencils in soft  pastels. The cardstock is from Stampin'Up , she is cut out with a spellbinders die, and the flowers I made using punches I got at Wall-Mart.  If you would like your own digital stamp of Lizbeth with watering can to color you can purchase her at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Thanks for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Hattie

Good morning everyone. For todays card I used a digital stamp called Hattie from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  For the base of the card I used crumb cake card stock from Stampin'Up, the patterned paper is from K & Company, the roses I made, the swirls were cut using a Sizzlits  die and the ribbon is from my stash. I colored her with my prisma pencils. I hope you enjoy seeing my cards and I would love to hear any comments you may have. Thanks for stopping by!
Creatively Yours Val

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Sara Bear

Happy Mother's Day everyone! For my card today I used our digital stamp Sara Bear. I colored her with my prisma pencils. All the cardstock ,punches and embellishment's are from Stampin'Up. The die is from spellbinders. I tried a new setting on my camera and I'm not sure I like the fact that it doesn't show the shading on my bear, guess I won't do that again. If your interested in purchasing the digital stamp you can go to my store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com .Thanks have a great day. Creatively Yours Val. 

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Look at me 2 posts in one day Wow!

This little girl is Kelly she is a digital stamp from my store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Again I colored her using my prisma pencils, cardstock is Stampin'Up. For the leaves I used a spellbinders die and for the die cut behind Kelly I used Stampn'Ups labels collection. The flowers I made. I still haven't purchased any Copic markers so today I'm going to go online and see if I can find some close to where I live. I would like to know what you think so please leave me a comment. Creatively yours Val. 

Punky Boo little angel

For my card today I used Punky Boo little angel stamp from my store. I colored her with my prisma pencils, the paper, punches and dies are all Stampin'Up. The flowers I made. Thank you for stopping by I would love you to leave a comment on what you think of my cards and stamps. Hope you have a great weekend! Creatively Yours Val.





 

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Tulip Dress

Todays card I used a new digital stamp from my store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Tulip Dress.I think this makes a great card for Mother's Day. The papers are from Close to my heart and Stampin'Up, the dies and punches are Stampin'Up The rose I made, brads are from Stampin'Up. I have also created a new category in my store for fashion stamps and have uploaded 8 new images ,I also uploaded a new bear image I hope will go over and check them out. Thanks for stopping by      and a Happy Easter to all. Creatively Yours Val.  

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Punky Boo with bloomers

                                                                                              The card I'm sharing with you today                              has one of the Punky Boo images that I drew for our oldest grand daughter when she was little. The image  is Punky Boo with Bloomers she is a digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com . I colored her with my Prisma pencils ,Papers are K&Company and  Stampin'Up, die is spellbinders, flowers I made and the ribbon is from my stash. Thanks for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val.                                   

Friday, April 11, 2014

Mr. Owl

This little owl I drew for my Mom, she collects lots of different things to do with owls. Mr. Owl is a digital stamp from my store www.valsdigitaldesigns.com there is also a Mrs. Owl. Again I colored Mr. Owl with my prisma pencils, all the paper, brads and sentiment are from Stampin'Up.
Thanks for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val

Freebie Ellie Bunny close up

Here is a closer look at the front of the box.

Freebie Ellie Bunny box

Good morning. Today's project  is a box I made using card stock. The image is a freebie from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com . I think she's a perfect image for Easter so I made the little box to put some Easter goodies in. I colored Ellie with my prisma pencils, all the paper is Stampin'up, the punches I used for the flowers I think I got at Walmart I've had them for years so not sure, the ribbon and brads are from my stash. Thanks for stopping by!
Creatively Yours Val.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Bunny Couple

Good morning! Today I would like to share my card using our Bunny Couple digital stamp. I colored the bunnies using my prisma pencils. I really like the colors I used and think it makes a perfect card for Easter. Papers are from K & Company and Stampin'Up. The scroll is a Sizzlits die, the yellow flowers are from my stash and the peach flower I made. The digital stamps is from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val  

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Pocket with Rose

Good morning! Hope everyone had a great weekend. For today's card I would like to share with you a little information on how I made the card and how I used the pocket with rose digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com The first thing I did was print the pocket onto a piece of patterned paper ,I then cut it out folded back the edges of the pocket tabs then inked with black ink on the folds. I the cut the base of my card at 53/4 x 11 1/2 then scored at 53/4 and folded it in half ,next layer is 51/2x51/2 and the next layer of patterned paper is 5 1/4x5 1/4. I then put sticky strip on the folded back tabs of the pocket and glued the pocket in to place. Next I printed the pocket on to white paper colored the rose with my pencils cut it out and placed it over the outline of the rose on pocket on the card. I then created my tag and stamped a greeting from Stampin'Up. The paper, brads and ribbon are also from there. I have a lot more ideas for using my pocket digital stamps and will share them with you soon. Thanks for stopping by. Creatively Yours Val

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Some news.......just in case you have not guessed

I have opened my new store Val's Digital Designs. I hope you will hop on over and check it out at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com I will be adding new stamps on a regular basis and will also have some freebies in the store. This is a brand new store and a work in progress so I hope that you will keep coming back and seeing what we are up to. Here on my blog I will be sharing some of the items that I have made using my digital stamps. I will also be looking for Design card team members. So if you like what you see keep checking back for further information.

Creatively yours,

Val 

Little bunny Tess

With spring on it's way I wanted to share my card with you of little bunny Tess in  watering can. I colored her with prisma color pencils . All the paper and embellishments are from Stampin'Up. I love coloring with my pencils but have been wanting to try Copic markers so this week we are off to the city to see what I can find. Whoops I almost forgot the digital stamp is from  www.valsdigitaldesigns.com  . Thanks for stopping by. Val

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Sara Bear

Good morning all I hope your having a great weekend! For my card today I'm using another digital stamp from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Sara bear. I colored her with my prisma  pencils, the roses I made myself using a 5 petal flower punch. The word stamp and papers and other punches were from Stampin'Up. Thanks for stopping by! Val 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Spring Bunnies

I made another card  using the Spring Bunnies digital stamp. I used patterned paper from K & Company, the base of the card I usedcard stock from Stampin'Up. I colored the bunnies with prisma pencils, The flowers I handmade using a 4 petal flower punch and card stock. The digital stamps can be purchased at www.valsdigitaldesigns.com Have a good one!
Val

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Spring Bunnies

Today I would like to share this card I made with these cute bunnies. With Easter almost here wouldn't this be a cute card to give to someone special. The digital stamp  I used is called Spring Bunnies from www.valsdigitaldesigns.com. I colored the image using Prisma pencils and the paper was from my stash. Have a great day! Val

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Christmas presents

I wanted to share with you today some gifts I made for 3 of our grand children. Just before Christmas I saw on You Tube some collages and I thought this looks like fun and something special I could make for the kids. So I took some 9x12 canvases covered them with pieces  of pattern paper and some stamping with some stamps I had. I then drew images of the kids loaded them into the computer and resized them to fit. I also used dies and punches to make the flowers and such.


Oh and by the way the kids loved them! Well that's all I have for today be back soon! Val