Simple My Digital Studio Card

Posted on May 17, 2012

Sudsol CASE Challenge 138This simple card was created with My Digital Studio. All it took was, one stamp, one embellishment, one punch and one Designer Series Paper. Now I have a cute Thank You card whenever I need it.

The stamp was Day of Gratitude. The embellishment was Baker’s Twine. The punch was the Scallop Border Punch (which is included with the program). And the DSP was Sweet Details. This DSP is included in My Digital Studio Express. It can be purchased as a separate download for those who have the full version.

One of the many things I love about creating with My Digital Studio is that I don’t have to drag any of my supplies out to create something. I can even do it while I’m watching TV with my family or even while I’m traveling. I can make my projects as simple or as complicated as I want and I never have to worry about the mess I’m creating.

Download My Digital Studio Express 30-Day Trial from my Online Store and you will qualify for my FREE Beginning MDS Mastery online classes. When you download the Trial from my Online Store, I will receive a notice from Stampin’ Up!. Then I will send you an email to register for my Beginning MDS Mastery online classes. Once registered, you will receive 18 lessons spaced out over the next month to help you learn how to use the program and get comfortable with it. So why wait? Download My Digital Studio Express Trial NOW!

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Only 2 Weeks Left – Stampin’ Up! Retired List

Posted on May 16, 2012

Retired List

There are only two weeks left to get retiring products from the Stampin’ Up! Retired List before they’re gone! Be sure to check out the hundreds of products are only available for two more weeks–and accessories and Definitely Decorative products are only available while supplies last! You can find them in my Online Store.

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Monday Color Challenge #28

Posted on May 14, 2012

Monday Color Challenge 28It’s time for another Monday Color Challenge. This week’s colors are Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green and Daffodil Delight.

Monday Color Challenge 28 SampleI got the colors for this week’s Color Challenge a little differently than I usually do. This time, I got the idea for the colors from the photos that I wanted to scrapbook. Then I used the sketch from last week’s Sudsol Scrapbook Challenge for the layout. This page was perfect for the palm trees from Tropical Party, too, since the photos have some paper palm trees in them. Believe it or not, the bird came from the My Sweet Pea Digital Kit. It just made the perfect final touch for this page. I love the way these colors worked together so well for this page.

Now I challenge you to create a project using these colors. Once you have it created, whether it’s digital, paper or fabric, post it somewhere on the web and share the link below. I’d love to see your creation and leave you a comment. I can’t wait to see what you create.

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Simple Anniversary Card Made Digitally

Posted on May 12, 2012

Simple Anniversary CardThis simple anniversary card was so quick and easy to put together, especially with My Digital Studio.

The “Happy Anniversary” stamp is from Calendar Basics while the butterfly stamp, the flowers and the DSP are all from the 2011 Convention Digital Kit. Then the final touch is a little bit of Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon. I used circle punches over the corners to give it the look of the Ticket Corner Punch. This designer paper is fairly easy to get lined up in punches.

Sometimes, simple cards are the best kind to use for the occasion and this sketch would work for any occasion.

So use this card as a sketch to create a simple card, whether it’s for an anniversary, a birthday or even Mother’s Day. To make it even simpler, just leave the tag and background with square corners.

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Digital Faux Newsprint Reveal Technique

Posted on May 10, 2012

Digital Faux Newsprint Reveal CardLast week, one of the challenge on Sudsol was to use the Newsprint Reveal technique and then share your creation. I just had to see if I could recreate the technique in MDS. After sharing my card, I had several people ask me how I did it. So I’ve created a video tutorial to show you how it was done.

If you don’t own My Digital Studio yet, download the FREE 30-day Trial of MDS Express HERE. Then you can try out the Faux Newsprint Reveal technique and the other digital techniques that I’ve shared here and you will also qualify for my FREE 30-day class, Beginning MDS Mastery.

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MDS 2 Is Coming!!!!

Posted on May 8, 2012

MDS 2 Coming Soon

Introducing MDS 2, with more than 75 new features—coming late 2012!

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With this new My Digital Studio software you’ll be able to:

  • Design in spreads
  • Create with custom canvas sizes
  • Add more than one color to a single stamp image
  • Resize vector stamp images while keeping them crisp
  • See color combination suggestions
  • And much more

Already have My Digital Studio and want MDS 2? Don’t worry; you’ll be able to purchase an upgrade to enjoy all the new design features.

Contact me for more details.

 

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Monday Color Challenge #27

Posted on May 7, 2012

Monday Color Challenge 27It’s time for another Monday Color Challenge. This week’s colors are Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz and Daffodil Delight.

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Again, I decided to do a double-page layout for the color challenge. The DSP and embellishments for these pages are all from the Spring Fever Digital Kit. This kit works pretty well for pages photos of places we’ve seen. Creating pages for places we’ve been is just as important as creating pages of my children as they’ve grown up. It helps them to remember some of the things we did and places we went as they were growing up.

So join in this week’s Monday Color Challenge. Create a project, whether is a card, a page or other item. Post it on the web and then share the link below. I’d love to see your creation and leave a comment for you. If you don’t have these exact colors, feel free to use close colors.

 

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Sweet Shop Digital Birthday Card

Posted on May 3, 2012

Sweet Shop card - BirthdayFor this quick birthday card, I used a very simple sketch and the Sweet Shop Digital Kit, which is so perfect for this type of card. Then I just added some Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon and the greeting from Hoppy Memories to complete the card.

Sweet Shop Digital Kit includes:
* 9-piece stamp brush set
* 12 Designer Series Paper patterns
* 46 embellishments
* 4 brads
* One-page 8-1/2″ x 11″ designer template

Features:
* Includes Mouthwatering Stamp Brush Set; designed for you to use multiple colors with each image.
* Great for birthdays, parties, treats, or anything sweet.

Coordinating colors:
Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder

So as you can see, there is a pretty good variety in the Sweet Shop Digital Kit. Click HERE to see a thumbnail of everything included with this kit or to purchase it from my online store.

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Bunch of Background Card

Posted on May 2, 2012

Bunch of Backgrounds CardI love the new Bunch of Background stamps for My Digital Studio. I used three of the stamps to create this card for this week’s Sudsol Case Challenge 136.

I’ve really loved what I’ve seen other people do with layering several background stamps together in one project. So I decided to try it for this card. I really love the look that I was able to achieve for this card. I even resized them to fit the card background exactly. The original card that I was CASEing had a woodgrain background. So I originally started to create my card with the woodgrain background in Crumb Cake. But as I started working on the tag, I didn’t have the stamp set that was on the original, so I chose to use the flowers and butterfly from the Afternoon Tea II Digital Kit. Once I chose the items for the tag, I knew I needed to change the background. The pink background consists of Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Blushing Bride and Whisper White.

You can purchase Bunch of Background stamp brush set by clicking on the link. Bunch of Background consists of 10 different background stamps, which you can see when you click on the link. These background stamps are perfect for cards, scrapbook pages and more.

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Monday Color Challenge 26

Posted on April 30, 2012

Color Challenge 26It’s time for another Monday Color Challenge. The colors for this week are Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz and Perfect Plum. Don’t these colors make you think of Spring? They could even be used for a masculine project.

Monday Color Challenge 26 SampleFor this layout, I picked the colors, then the layout and finally the photos. I seem to get my pages done more quickly when I have the page layout worked out and I figure out what photos will work with it. If I try to do it the other way around, it seems to take me a lot longer to get the page/pages done. I realize not everyone works that way.

For this page, I used one of the background stamps from Bunch of Backgrounds. I did resize it to 12×12 and even though it is a kind of text background, I didn’t really notice any distortion in the design when I resized it. I also narrowed the Pale Plum Grosgrain ribbon down to trim the Pear Pizzazz DSP, so that it didn’t totally overwhelm it. Then to get the knots of Baker’s Twine, I inserted the bow into a small oval punch and enlarged it so that you could only see the three strands of crossing twine. The journaling lines are from the Thoughtful Overlays stamp brush set. There were more lines to the stamp than I wanted so I covered them up with a punch filled with the color of the area.

To get the color for the journaling area, I used the Picker Tool and chose the color from the dots on the Pear Pizzazz DSP. That way I could make sure it matched that color.Then I accented it with some Peach Parfait Brads.

Please join this week’s Color Challenge and then leave a link to your project below so that I can leave you a comment. I can’t wait to see what you create.


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