Mar 12, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
Last night we had one of our MDS Digi Crop nites near my house. We meet at a local restaurant that has wifi (not that we necessarily need it but we do use it while we are there). That’s one of the nice things about the My Digital Studio software it is loaded on your computer and you don’t need to be connect to the internet to use it and create with it. You need the internet connection to download digital content that you want to add to your software, or to send your completed project to the printer. Or if you want to share your creation on a social network. Most of us shared our creations last night after we finished them. Here is mine
The challenge we had last night that Cindy came up with was this –
- start with a sketch or template (I started with a Rounded Corner photo template – it had 2 photos, I deleted one and made the other one taller)
- add punches (my background is actually a square punch, and the letters for ETOWAH are punches)
- add a photo with rounded corners (it was already in the template)
- use only 3 colors (plus white or vanilla) (I color matched the dark blue and yellow to Ryan’s uniform, also had white and the the overlays are watermark as the color choice).
Everyone finished – even me – yes that laugh at me because I don’t necessarily get mine done while we are there. But I did last night and I was even late getting there.
On this page I tried out a Double Mat trick on my photo – a long time ago it was asked could you create a double mat on a photo – well the MAT option only allows one. But what came to me in a dream (no really it did) was this – create the photo with the mat that you want. Make a copy and paste in place and the second one create the second mat. Adjusting the size so that one mat is larger than the other. The larger one needs to be the one in the back. It was quick and easy to do this since you don’t have to check the sizes or anything just adjust the number on the MAT. There are other ways to accomplish the look of a double mat but this was what I did.
Have a great day!
Mar 11, 2014 | Big Shot, My Digital Studio, Paper Pumpkin, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
We have had a few beautiful spring days! I have been taking pictures of the birds and flowers and today took a quick trip to Gibbs Gardens to see the daffodils. I have to download all the pictures off my big camera so that I can start posting them.
Here is the Stampin’ Up! Tuesday news….
You can go straight to my online store – SHOP HERE.
- Two Brand new Photopolymer Stamp sets – Sweetie Pie stamp set and Sweetie Pie Frames stamp set – something brand new designed by one of the Stampin’ Up! Employees – Cindy who works in the Communications department. See these are other new arrivals – HERE.
- New Weekly Deals 3/11 – 3/17 – This weeks deals…. BIG SHOT deals!!
- New My Digital Studio Downloads – New stuff this week….
- This will be ending soon! Paper Pumpkin New Member special has been extended through March 31, 2014. If you haven’t previously joined Paper Pumpkin there is a special for new memberships – join now and you will get a free pack of 2012-2014 In-color Markers with your welcome kit! I need one more membership to earn a free sneak peek stamp set from the next annual catalog. Are you my next member?
JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE – to go to the sign up. And you can see ideas with past kits by visiting my Paper Pumpkin Idea Pinterest Board. - Sale-A-Bration is ending soon – don’t miss it!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
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Mar 4, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Paper Pumpkin, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
Stampin’ Up! Tuesday news….
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- New Weekly Deals 3/4–3/10 – This weeks deals….
- New My Digital Studio Downloads – New stuff this week….
- This will be ending soon! Paper Pumpkin New Member special has been extended through March 31, 2014. If you haven’t previously joined Paper Pumpkin there is a special for new memberships – join now and you will get a free pack of 2012-2014 In-color Markers with your welcome kit!
JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE – to go to the sign up. And you can see ideas with past kits by visiting my Paper Pumpkin Idea Pinterest Board.
- Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Order online at my store any time – START HERE.
Feb 25, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
Stampin’ Up! Tuesday news….
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- A few popular products from the Occasions Catalog are on backorder. Stampin’ Up! says the sales have been outstanding and their inventory was depleted – so they are getting more and will have them out soon.
#133324 Scallop Tag Topper Punch – March 24
#133325 Fringe Scissors – March 25
#133322 Petite Petals Punch – March 31 - New Weekly Deals 2/25–3/3 – This weeks deals….
- New My Digital Studio Downloads – Lots of fun stuff this week including a new Digital Class.
- Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Order online at my store any time – START HERE.
Feb 18, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Paper Pumpkin, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
Finally we have a Tuesday with SUNSHINE! And mild temperatures – hooray! I’m so tired of the cold and ready for spring to be here. The Bluebirds are active in the house again today – maybe they are finishing the nest they started before the snow came. Over the weekend I filled all the feeders and moved a couple of bird houses – they were the ones that no one used last year so I thought I would try a new spot.
Kyle has been gone for a week now. He spent that time setting up his apartment. It’s been a bit of an experience – let’s just say he is learning a lot and getting in quite a bit of walking each day (his car is still here at home waiting to be picked up by the transport service). And today is his first day at work. He got up early to catch the first shuttle in to the office. He is supposed to call tonight to let me know how today went.
Now on to Stampin’ Up! related news….
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- JUST IN for Paper Pumpkin Current Subscribers! You can now purchase select past kits and refills! Refills do not include the stamps and ink. To order you will need to email me and I can get these added to a regular order or you can contact Stampin’ UP! directly by phone – 1-800-STAMPUP. I also have most of the past monthly kits available too – 1 or 2 of each – if you are looking for one please contact me.
JOIN TODAY – just CLICK HERE – to go to the sign up. And you can see ideas with past kits by visiting my Paper Pumpkin Idea Pinterest Board. - I almost forgot! More items have been added to the Clearance Rack too – lots of Designer Paper and Ribbon, Big Shot Dies, Framelits and Embossing Folders and more.
- New Weekly Deals 2/18– 2/24 – This weeks deals….
- New My Digital Studio Downloads – the ON FILM kit looks like a great one to have!
- Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Order online at my store any time – START HERE.
Feb 12, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Virtual Crop |
The weather has been crazy here and we keep having to cancel our regular MDS Digi Crop nites that we have at the local Panera. Today I thought – why do we do this as a virtual crop – everyone will be on their computers anyway – I’ll just create a Facebook group and we’ll have our own Virtual Crop. I sent Cindy a message and she thought it was a great idea! I got everything set up and we invited all our MDS girls and we had a blast creating with MDS all from the comfort of our home!
We had 2 challenges – Cindy came up with one and created her sample and I came up with the other and created my sample. Here is mine – a very basic page
The challenge was to use one of the photo only templates that are in the Designer Template section. And find a winter font, download, install and use it on your page. I found a site with 10 free winter fonts that I pinned on my scrapbook board and shared with everyone.
Here is a look at where you find the photo only layouts in My Digital Studio –
Mine was from the 12×1 Photo Only – round corners template. And I used two winter fonts – one was called Snow Dream and the other Angelic Serif.
To build the page this is what I did:
- started with the photo template
- I added a background paper.
- Filled in my photos – I did add a drop shadow and mat.
- Added the title.
- And then added a flag punch and a text box for the date.
We had so much fun that we are going to do it again. Now to figure out when.
This page has pictures from our Snowjam week in January. Well guess what we are in the midst of another winter weather situation. We had one storm come through this morning with snow and freezing rain. Now another one is starting (this is the BIG one) bringing freezing rain, snow, sleet, ice. They are expecting lots of ice which can cause the power to go out as trees and lines fall with the weight of the ice. We shall see what happens – they are telling us to prepare to be home for several days.
Come back and visit me again. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about the virtual mds crop. Would you be interested in participating? Since it is virtual it wouldn’t matter where you lived.
