Good morning all!

Hope your day is much warmer than mine is here! It is cooooolllddd outside today. What happened to our lovely springtime weather that we were having in March???

Here is a blog design that will help you think of nice weather…. it is the cute farmhouse design of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Amanda Schulz!

Visit Amanda here!

Amanda’s blog banner:

Amanda’s full layout with background and footer:

Amanda’s sidebar graphics:

Amanda’s post siggy and watermark:

Amanda’s matching business card, labels, and rewards card:

Here are some bits and pieces to share with you today!

These are graphics I’ve made here and there throughout the last few months or longer…

My Digital Studio sidebar blinkie for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Tammy Shaia:

And Tammy’s square Facebook avatar:

Here is an ad I made (quite awhile ago) for www.onecrazystamper.com. This ad appeared at Splitcoaststampers:

Here is a business card I designed last year for Sharlene Meyer, Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator:

And Sharlene’s Twitter page:

Here are labels that match Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Rachel Brumley’s blog:

And Rachel’s Facebook avatar:

Donna Bagwell recently got a blog makeover. I designed her blog 2 years ago and it was looking out-of-date… we completely changed up her design in a brand new style and with updated colors… so pretty!

The theme for her blog is a stamping picnic… in the woods! We have a picnic basket under a tree with stamping supplies, swing, bluebird, butterflies and flowers!

Donna is uses the services of Heather at www.blogsbyheather.com

Visit Donna here to join the picnic!

Donna’s blog banner:

Donna’s full layout and footer:

Donna’s sidebar graphics:

Donna’s siggy and watermark:

Donna’s Business Card:

Well, I took a short break from posting here because I’ve been super busy!

I’d like to pause today and feature another finished design. This one is a color change! Karen Herrmann, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, asked me to change her existing blog design to the new In Colors!

Gone is the Concord Crush and Pear Pizzazz. Her blog is now Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pool Party and Lucky Limeade!

Visit Karen here!

Karen’s new blog banner:

Karen’s full layout with background and footer:

Karen’s sidebar graphics:

Karen’s post graphics:

Karen’s siggy:

Karen’s matching business card:

Karen’s matching Facebook badge:

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and Founder's Circle member Lucia Gammon recently moved from Blogger to WordPress with Amy Celona's services at www.websbyamy.com. She asked for a blog design inspired by the new Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper in the new 2011-2012 catalog.

While this design isn't just like the designer paper, it does come relatively close in its style and colors. The colors aren't "exact" either, since we used Marina Mist Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler, River Rock, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Certainly Celery and Pear Pizzazz. That combination varies a bit from the paper. But we like the overall effect. I tried Bravo Burgundy instead of the Cherry Cobbler to start and it looked too dark for the web, which is why we opted to go lighter. This was also the reason for opting for Pear Pizzazz and Celery in place of the Old Olive and Always Artichoke. The entire design including the flowers at the bottom were all hand-shaded by me! Truly a labor of love!

Lucia also opted for pop-up navigation in her banner. This feature seems to be a big trend right now! Lucia's banner navigation was programmed by Heather Wright-Porto at www.blogsbyheather.com. Heather is very easy to work with and she is very accomodating. She gets the job done.

Please visit Lucia's brand new blog here!

Lucia's banner:

Lucia's full layout with background and footer:

Lucia's sidebar graphics:

Lucia's siggy and watermark:

Lucia's matching business card:

Here are some business graphics I made for Cindy Bryden at Blue Sky Stamping. They were designed to match her blog! I made these last October, but I'm just now featuring them… 

Here's Cindy's Facebook badge:

And Cindy's business card:

And matching address labels: