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For this simple card, I used the new Bunch of Backgrounds for MDS to give the card layers a more textured look.
I love this new download. It contains 10 background stamps, everyone of which used to be actual rubber background stamps. All are retired or retiring as rubber stamps but are now digital stamps that can be resized to fit your project.
I used the Wonderfully Worn stamp on the base of this card and then, again, on the white layer. Because of the oblong shape of the stamp, it didn’t distort it a lot to change it to the correct size for that layer. I really enjoy using background stamps to change the look of the paper. It’s versatile and can be changed to any color you want to use with any color of paper. So the combinations are just about endless.
Check out Bunch of Backgrounds for MDS along with the rest of this week’s newest downloads that were released on Tuesday. You can see them HERE.
Get them before they are gone! The Retired Accessories and Definitely Decorative (including Décor Elements) lists are now available and won’t stay around for long–these items are only available while supplies last!
When you look at the retired accessories list, you’ll note that all of our Stampin’ Pads are listed. This is for two reasons: (1) Craft Stampin’ Pads will now only be available in black and white; and (2) we are introducing a new Firm Foam pad in our Classic Stampin’ Pads with the 2012-2013 annual catalog.
In addition, please note the following about the new catalog:
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Available April 15 – May 31, 2012 |
Available April 25 – May 31, 2012, or while supplies last |
Available April 25 – May 31, 2012, or while supplies last |
So hurry on over to my Online Store to order your Retiring Items before they are gone.
This week, I wanted to CASE Sudsol member Gwen Bloomfield. She created a gorgeous card with the Vintage Vogue stamp set. I absolutely love Vintage Vogue and am sad to see it retiring with the new catalog. But I love the fact that the digital version of it is NOT retiring. So I can still use it on my samples that I share with you.
Anyway, I just had to see if I could recreate Gwen’s card in My Digital Studio. Because there’s no punch to match this stamp and it has all these gaps in it, I had to be a little creative to make it look like it had been punched out or cut out and then give it some dimension. Here’s how to do that with this stamp set:
So once you’ve done the harder part for one flower or leaf, then it’s just a matter of copying and pasting to make more of them and so simple to change their color, too.
Sudsol is always such an inspiration to me. It is a place where demonstrators share with demonstrators. If you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like some inspiration or help with your business, click on the link below to receive a 2-week free trial.
For this week’s Monday Color Challenge, we’re using Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze and Pear Pizzazz.
Again, I chose to do a double-page layout. For this layout, the paper, buttons, title and ribbon are all from the Twitterpated Kit. The stamps are Just Believe and For All You Do.
This layout seemed perfect for some photos from our site seeing while we lived in Germany. And the “Enjoy” stamp made a great title for it. To give the depth to the title, I made about four copies in Island Indigo and offset each none up and left 1 pixel to the prior one. Then the fifth one was changed to Baja Breeze and also offset one pixel up and left.
I invite you to join me with this Color Challenge. Use these colors to create a scrapbook page, a card or other craft project. Then post the link to your project below so that I can see your creation and leave you a comment. I can’t wait to see what you create with these colors.
As promised yesterday, here’s the Digital Herringbone Tutorial for My Digital Studio.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will give the Herringbone Technique a try. If you don’t have My Digital Studio, download My Digital Studio Express Trial now by clicking HERE. Once I get the message that you’ve downloaded My Digital Studio Express Trial, you will receive a link to register for my FREE online classes for My Digital Studio. I hope to see you there.
This week, our Sudsol Technique Challenge was to use the Herringbone Technique. I had never used this technique before, but have always liked the projects that I’ve seen with it.
As always, I just had to see if I could re-create it in My Digital Studio. The paper, stamp and brads all come from the Summer Smooches Kit while the punch behind the Wide Oval Punch is from the Hugs & Kisses Punch set. It’s kind of bright, but there’s nothing wrong with that.
Be sure to check back tomorrow to see my video tutorial on how to do this technique in My Digital Studio. Try the Sudsol Technique Challenge with any paper you desire. You can create digitally or with paper. Either way looks pretty spectacular.
The wait is over. The Stampin’ Up! Retired List is here. These stamps will officially be retired on May 31, 2012.
Hundreds of stamps and accessories from the 2011-2012 catalogs are retiring, and this is your chance to get them before they’re gone. Many products are only available while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in early!
When you view the retiring stamps list, you may notice it’s longer than in years past. During this transition to the new annual catalog, there are a higher number of stamps being refreshed and replaced than usual. While many stamps are going away, most are being replaced so that the breadth of our stamp lines is every bit as broad as ever!
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Available April 15 – May 31, |
Coming Soon! Available |
Coming Soon! Available
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So hurry on over to my Online Store to order your Retiring Stamps before they are gone.
It’s time for another Monday Color Challenge. The colors for this week’s challenge are Poppy Parade, So Saffron and Baja Breeze.
For my page, I didn’t have a lot of problem coming up with different Designer Series Papers to put together for the layout. The problem came with trying to figure out what to do for the embellishments. I finally came up with this flower and the tag for the journalling. The DSP came from different downloads: Sweet Details, Sunny Garden and Noteworthy Digital Content Hostess CD. The tag came from the Summer Home Digital Kit, which come with the full installation, the Express Booster Pack or can be purchased separately. The punches I used were the Half Circle Punch, Blossom Petals Punch, Flag Punch, Tasteful Trims Shape 3, Check This Out Photo Boxes and the Blossom Punch from the Mixed Bunch Kit. For the flower, I used the Digital Sponging Technique that I shared HERE.
A Color Challenge helps get me using color combinations that I probably wouldn’t have thought of putting together plus they help inspire me to use different DSP patterns together, too.
I invite you to join me with this Color Challenge. Use these colors to create a scrapbook page, a card or other craft project. Then post the link to your project below so that I can see your creation and leave you a comment. I can’t wait to see what you create with these colors.
I really liked this week’s Sudsol CASE Challenge. I tried to re-duplicate the sample as close as I could with My Digital Studio. Sudsol is a great place for SU Demonstrators to get lots of inspiration and ideas to CASE.
The Mini Library Clips are not available for My Digital Studio so I used the paper clips from Hodgepodge Hardware (included in software). The greeting was done by using Times New Roman font in a text box while the little circle tag was made using the Arial font. The other letters are the Timeless Type Junior Lower Alphabet punches. This was another fun card to CASE and definitely a little bit of a challenge. But I like challenges to see what I can create with My Digital Studio.
Do you like to CASE cards or pages? If so, do you like to CASE simple projects or more complicated projects? You are more than welcome to CASE any of the projects you see on my blog. If you do CASE one of my projects, be sure to leave a link so that I can leave a comment for you.
