I’m excited to be a Guest blogger on the MDS Blog Hop for the month of April!! Thank you to the design team for letting me join you all this month.  I have a spring themed page to share today that features a picture of my parents and I from a recent trip to Gibbs Gardens.  It happened to be the Daffodil Festival and there were millions of blooming daffodils while we were there.  I had so many pictures I could have used on this page but really wanted to use the one with my parents.  I’ll just have to make a companion page to feature all the beautiful flowers.

This layout was actually from a traditional scrapbook page that I had used in my regular scrapbook class recently.  I loved the combination of the Daffodil Delight and the Chocolate Chip in real life and thought I could translate it to My Digital Studio.  I made a few changes and one of the things that is so super easy in MDS that I don’t find easy in real life is adding the STITCHING!  Just a few clicks and it looks like I have real sewing on my page and I didn’t even get out a sewing machine.

Here are the Digital Supplies that I used on this page:

Background
Card Stock\Very Vanilla

Embellishments
Brads\Chocolate Chip – brad
Mis-Stitched – embellishments\Mis-Stitched – espresso 6b
Mis-Stitched – embellishments\Mis-Stitched – espresso 4
Mis-Stitched – embellishments\Mis-Stitched – espresso 6c
_Designer Kits\Lemonade Stand – embellishments\Lemonade Stand – flower 2
Natural Designer Buttons\Naturals Designer Buttons – small dark 1
_Designer Kits\Lemonade Stand – embellishments\Lemonade Stand – flower 2
Baker’s Twine\Baker’s Twine – Daffodil Delight bow

Stamps
Textured\Basic Black Texture, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Lemonade Stand\Lemonade Stand – honeycomb, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 3, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 4, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 5, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
_Designer Kits\Mixed Bunch\Mixed Bunch – flower 1, Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71

Punches
Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\2010 New Color Patterns\Daffodil Delight Polka Dots
Borders\Scallop Edge Punch, Fill Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71
Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92
Extras\Petite Pennant Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\First Edition – designer series paper\First Edition – 5
Itty Bitty Shapes Flower Punch, Fill Color = DAFFODIL DELIGHT 255,211,92
Flowers\Blossom Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\Textured Card Stock\Textured Card Stock – Chocolate Chip
Flowers\Blossom Punch, Fill Color = CHOCOLATE CHIP 104,73,71

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the MDS Blog Hop – I know the regular design team will have some AMAZING Creations to share with you – they always do!

1. Amber Meadows 2. Jeanna Bohanon 3. Julie Leblanc 4. Rochelle Gould 5. Aly Schilling 6. Mandy Grant 7. Kimberly Van Diepen 8. Holly VanDyne 9. Erica Shaw 10. Cindy Schuster 11. Monika Davis – guest blogger!