Jul 13, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
I wanted to share some more pages from the My Digital Studio book that my sister-in-law is creating.
We have both been scanning in old pictures that are then pulled in to the My Digital Studio program for this book.
This picture is my husband Greg’s grandparents from his mom’s side of the family. The book basically covers this branch of the family – Idus and Lessie Goocher’s children, their children and the families that they currently have.
It is fun to look back at all the old pictures – I still have more to scan. And we are still waiting on some current pictures and updates for a few of the cousins.
These pages are perfect with these old black & white photos. The scallop trim corner and border punches work great for framing a photo. Both of these are extra’s that you can purchase as Digital Downloads for the My Digital Studio program. Each or these is 95 cents.
Stephanie also used one of the Vintage Overlays on these two pages. That is another extra download that you can purchase. The Vintage Overlay Digital kit includes 13 different designs and costs $5.95.
To order these you can visit my online store on my website – CLICK HERE.
I am working on swaps for convention so this week I’ll be posting MDS pages and swap cards from our group meeting this past weekend. My convention swaps will post while I am at convention. Only 1 more week until I leave for convention – I’m so excited! It is such a fun time with Demonstrators from all over the country. Oh – and my new catalog order finally came on Monday – yeah!! I have new stuff to use for my swaps. I’ll let you know how much I get done throughout the week – and if I get way behind I may be asking for help this weekend to get everything put together!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jul 6, 2010 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Every year on the weekend closest to the 4th of July we head to the southern part of Georgia for a family reunion for Greg’s family. We go to his uncle’s house to the pasture and pond that are behind it and we spend the day with family. I remember the first time I went (a really long time ago) before we were married and everyone was teasing us that “it must be serious” because you don’t bring a girl friend (or boy friend) to the family reunion unless it is “serious”. Well it was and we are still going. I know we missed one year – when I was pregnant with Ryan and due on July 5th (he didn’t actually come until the 14th). Anyway we went this past weekend to the family reunion and while I’m not going to share pictures about this year’s family reunion today I am going to share some My Digital Studio scrapbook pages that have pictures from past family reunions.
These pages were created by my sister-in-law, Stephanie. She is working on a book – the “Cousins” book. Featuring all the cousins of our generation and her mom’s and some pictures going back of their grandparents and great grandparents. When we were together in North Carolina in June we worked on editing the pages in the book and filling in with pictures and journaling. So I wanted to share some of those pages on my blog.
We have basically the same menu each year – featuring fried catfish with hushpuppies, french fries, cole slaw and pickles. There are lots of yummy desserts and farm fresh corn and watermelon.
The kids like to go for boat rides on the pond and go fishing. The cows come by for a visit and get to eat the corn husks and watermelon rinds. Occasionally they take a lick of our cars! One year one of the cows gave birth and I have some pictures of the new baby (but they aren’t included here).
There is always a game of kickball and a trip to the local dollar store. Lots of fun for everyone as we visit with family we might only see this one time each year.
Everyone is growing older – the duties are shifting from one generation to another. Many of our children are driving or learning to drive and there aren’t any babies or toddlers right now.
As for a little bit of information about the My Digital Studio pages – you might notice all the pictures are round. Did you wonder how you would do that? In My Digital Studio add a Photo Box and then click on Photo Shape – if your box is square it creates a circle and if it is rectangular you get an oval. Then drag and drop your photo into the photo shape. Use the Crop button to adjust the photo within the shape.
I hope you had a great 4th of July! Thanks for stopping by today.
Jun 29, 2010 | My Digital Studio, Wildlife |
I decided I needed a new signature and thought I would try using My Digital Studio to create one. This is what I came up with:
So today I was working on a news update to send to my customers through email and decided I should use the same idea to create a header for my newsletters. So I did using the same design and here is the result:
In My Digital Studio I opened a new project and created these as cards. The signature is the first page of the card and the newsletter header is actually the second page. The font I used is one that I downloaded for free called CK-Becky. I created a text box for the text – the signature has all the text in one box and the header has each line in it’s own box so I could move it around more. All the text is centered within the box and the color is Chocolate Chip.
Then I added some stamps – the stamp set is For All You Do. I add the stem in Old Olive and then the flower in So Saffron. I resized them all to be more in line with my text. The center of the flowers are the Sending Love Epoxy brads which is an additional download for My Digital Studio. These are also sized down to fit in the center of the flower. I added the butterfly in Old Olive and it is turned on an angle.
After I had the designs the way I wanted I exported each page to a jpg file. Then I pulled them into my photo editing software so that I could crop them down to be useable on my blog and in my newsletter. I didn’t need them to be card sized so I eliminated all the extra white around each one and made a smaller jpg file. Then I just use that to insert where I need it. I hope all that makes sense.
Oh and guess what – I have birds again! There is a bluebird building a new nest in one of the houses today. I spent some time working in the yard this morning and noticed her. I checked this afternoon and it looks like the nest is finished. I only saw the female so my guess is the male is busy teaching the babies from the last brood how to get their food while she builds her new nest. I’ll let you know if any eggs appear. And also today I saw a rabbit in the backyard twice – its a good thing this rabbit (I think it was the same one) is faster than my dogs. I didn’t see the rabbit until it started running it is fast and a little smarter than the dogs. I’m not sure where it went though so I’ll have to look for it tomorrow. I also saw a deer this afternoon in the neighbors yard across the street. Jeanette was here getting her new catalog and I looked out and saw the deer going across the yard. I also found the fire ants in my flower bed – I did see them before they saw me so i didn’t get any bites but there were tons of them right where I was digging holes and planting flowers. That’s all my animal excitement for today. I’ll try to get some new pictures of the bird and the nest – it is in house #2 which is where the chickadees were earlier this spring.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jun 20, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, My Digital Studio, Tags, Thank You Kindly |
One of the specialty Designer Series paper packs that Stampin’ Up! had in this catalog was the Write Stuff Specialty pack – it was one that I really liked the paper that was included but wasn’t always sure what I wanted to do with all the die-cut elements that were included. Well I finally figured out what to do with them. Look here…..
I made them into tags!
I cut a few of the bigger ones in half. I used the Thank You Kindly stamp set and stamped them. Then added some of the die cut butterflies and one of the larger ones has the two-step bird on it. These were actually left over die-cut pieces from another project.
I use these on my orders – tie them to the bag as a little thank you! I know everyone loves the tags that I add and they just make a really nice touch to each order. The Write Stuff Specialty Designer Series pa
per is on the retired list right now so if you want to order a pack go to my online store and order today. Or you have another option – download the digital set for My Digital Studio. Then you can print out what ever you need when you need and add the “Thank You” using My Digital Studio before you print. You’ll need to cut or punch out the shapes once you print it on your card stock. Here is an example of some I made real quick just now in MDS – it took just a couple of minutes – after they are printed then add the butterflies and punch the holes.
To order this digital kit – the item number is #120881 for $9.95. It includes all the papers and the die cut images from the real kit.
Have a great weekend!
May 7, 2010 | Blog Tour, My Digital Studio, Occasion Mini 2010, Tutorial |
Royal Blog Tour Project 2 – Herb Seed Journal
My second project from the Royal Blog tour is an Herb Seed Journal. This is based on the design of a matchbook. I originally created a small version of this project (I’ll be sharing that in the future) for something else and decided to adapt the idea to this. I’ve already shared instructions for my other two projects – #1 Card set and #3 Flower Pot – so if you missed those they were posted earlier this week.
The base is a piece of Kraft card stock – it measures 12″ x 5″ and is scored at 5″, 5-1/2″, 11″, and 11-1/4″. The small flap becomes the bottom where the bags are attached. I stamped the images from the Herb Expressions set along this flap in Chocolate Chip ink and I sponged all the edges.
To decorate the front I used a piece of Certainly Celery (4-3/4″ x 4-1/2″) – sponge the edges with Certainly Celery, then a piece of Chocolate Chip (4-1/2″ x 4-1/4″) – emboss using the Big Shot and the Finial Press Embossing Folder and sponge the edges in Chocolate Chip.
Then I added a piece of the 1-1/4″ Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon with a piece of Certainly Celery underneath that was scalloped on one edge. On top is a piece of Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon tied in a knot. The herb image was stamped on a piece of Very Vanilla and colored with Stampin’ Write Markers. Punch out with the wide oval and sponge the edges. Can you tell I like to sponge the edges? Attach this to two punch outs of the Designer Label punch from Kraft card stock (sponge edges). And then add another wide oval punched from Lavender Lace. Attach with Stampin’ Dimensionals next to the knot. I’ve actually decided this front would be a pretty card so I may go back and use this same design just as a card.
The inside consists of po
ckets made from the Glassine Bags in the Occasions Mini Catalog. These were each cut to be 5-3/8″ long. I used the 1-3/4″ circle punch to punch a half circle notch out of each opening. When you do this put a piece of scratch paper or card stock behind to help the punch cut through. Because of the texture of the bag sometimes it bends instead of cutting so you need something else under it. On the outside of each envelope I stamped the herb image and colored it in with Stampin’ Write Markers. For this project I used Certainly Celery and Lavender Lace. Stack the 4 bags together and attach to the bottom flap of the cover with two Chocolate Chip jumbo brads – I used the 5/16″ size.
Inside each pocket I have a card that includes places to keep track of your seeds and a packet of seeds. I created the journal card using My Digital Studio. I cut the Kraft card stock to 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ and printed them on my printer. Then I actually cut them again down to 4-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ to fit in the envelopes. I sponged the edges just a bit too.
CLICK HERE if you would like the pdf file of the seed journal card – you may have to play with your printer to get it to print the way you want it – I set my paper size to be 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ and test it on regular printer paper before printing on card stock.
You can keep the seed packet and the journal card in the pocket so that the following year you’ll know what you bought, what you did, what worked and what you need to change so you will have lots of herbs.
Well that is the last of my Royal Blog Tour projects. I hope that I gave you enough information and instructions that you can recreate them if you like. I enjoyed making them and being part of the tour.
Thanks for visiting!
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Apr 2, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, My Digital Studio, Occasion Mini 2010, Upsy Daisy |
So sorry about not posting yesterday – just trying to get a lot done. So today I’ll share two cards. These are birthday cards that I received earlier this month.
This first card is from my sister-in-law, Stephanie. This is a hybrid card – she created the focal element using My Digital Studio and printed it on Whisper White card stock and then added it as a layer on the front of her card. Here is a list of Stampin’ Up! supplies that she used:
- Old Olive card stock
- Regal Rose card stock
- Basic Grey card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Sweet Always Designer Series paper (retired)
- Upsy Daisy stamp set (in My Digital Studio)
- Canvas stamp set (retired) – it is on the Old Olive background
- Garden Whimsy (in My Digital Studio)
- Fundamental Phrases (in My Digital Studio)
- Small Oval Punch
- Large Oval Punch
- 1/16″ punch
- Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon
What do you think of that? A quick way to create a card using My Digital Studio and it still looks like it is completely hand stamped card. The great thing about My Digital Studio is you can adjust the size and make images smaller. And you can flip and turn the images – if you have the Garden Whimsy stamp set the butterfly stamp is actually facing the other way – so on this card it was flipped in My Digital Studio so it would face the flowers. This would be a quick for making cards – create the focal image and print it out multiple times, cut and add to the front of your card.
And here is another card from the Utah Divas International Group – I don’t know specifically who made it because there wasn’t a name on the back of it.
The card uses just two colors – Melon Mambo and Whisper White. Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that were used:
- Melon Mambo card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Wedding Sweet stamp set
- Well Scripted stamp set
- Melon Mambo ink
- Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon
- Scallop Trim Border Punch
- Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder
- Big Shot Die Cut machine
It is so much fun to see these hand stamped cards coming in the mail!
I’m off to finish up for my Stamp Club Meeting tonight, this afternoon we will be at an awards ceremony at KSU for Kyle. And Saturday I’ll be finishing up everything for Easter – my shopping is done and the house is clean (need to keep it that way though). Sunday I’ll have 36 people here for Easter lunch. Busy, busy for the next few days and then it will be spring break.
Thanks for stopping by.
We have both been scanning in old pictures that are then pulled in to the My Digital Studio program for this book.
These pages are perfect with these old black & white photos. The scallop trim corner and border punches work great for framing a photo. Both of these are extra’s that you can purchase as Digital Downloads for the My Digital Studio program. Each or these is 95 cents.
