MDS Blog Hop Friday - Must have downloads

 

I made this awhile ago so don't blast me for it. :) I am not sure if I shared this, but I wanted to show it because after waiting and waiting FOREVER, I finally got that download Downtown Grunge Kit. I do not know WHY I waited so long! I LOVE IT! This layout comes with the kit and I thought the grunge look fit my rocker girl. To the point, get this kit if you do not have it! IT ROCKS!

 

I have way to many favorites but here are the ones that come to my head first:

Stamp Images - Epic Overlays, Fancy Fan, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Decorative Overlays

Punches - Decorative Label Punch, Butterflies, Labels Collection

Embellishments - Digi Tape, Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones and Pearls, Mis-stitched

Designer Series Paper - Howlstooth and Scaringbone,  First Edition, Parker's Patterns

Kits - Twitterpated, On the Go, Downtown Grunge, 12 Days of Christmas, Walk in the Park II and Back to School and many more.....

 

Thanks for stopping by! Sorry for the delay. Hope it was worth it!

Cindy

 

p.s. I am featured in MyDigitalStudio.net's Tech Tip post today! Check it out! :)

http://mydigitalstudio.net/profiles/blogs/tech-tip-project-size-conversion

Check out what my talented MDS Blog Hop friends created this week!  THEY ROCK!!!

 If someone is missing as you hop, just come back here and move to the next person.

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2.Rochelle Gould

3.  Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 
5.Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne
12. Kimberly Van Diepen


 

MDS Blog Hop Friday - Postcard

 

 

What I love most about MDS is that it helps me in my everyday duties too!

I needed a postcard for some invites at church. MDS and this week's blog hop challenge to the rescue! I was able to use the super cute postcard template from the Fifty Nifty download to complete my mission. I combined the two side to make it my own. The Texas state was already filled with DSP and I just moved the heart where San Antonio is. Changed the title a bit and add my own text.

I printed these at home as 3.5x5postcards so that I can place them in their mailboxes today.

Love when MDS makes my life - easy peasy!

 

This swweeeet template was also one of my Convention hybrid swaps as a postcard too. The heart punch is popped up with a dimensional, Pool Party Ribbon and all layered on cardstock.

 

Few things happening: 

#1 Check out MDS.net for the newest MDS2 update! Fixed are involved so be sure to update here: http://mydigitalstudio.net/page/updates-2

#2 Have you sent your printing order thru MDS out yet? Don't lose sleep over it! It has been extended thru September 14th!

#3 Check out my Facebook page! Cindy's My Digital Studio Club I will be sharing more tips,videos, and projects there! Come LIKE and join the fun learning all about MDS2! Today is how Andrea made those cute place cards with the NEW Freeform feature!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy 

 

Check out what my talented MDS Blog Hop friends created this week! If someone is missing as you hop, just come back here and move to the next person.

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2.Rochelle Gould

3.  Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 
5.Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne
12. Kimberly Van Diepen

MDS Blog Hop - Summer Fun!

Our summer was a busy one, that is for sure! But the one day that stands out was our day trip to the zoo with my nephews for their birthdays. It was super hot but we got annual passes so we will be back there with them in cooler temperatures.

I got a chance to use the Back to School Kit for this summer of fun page. I love the whole kit! I added the Nursery Alphabet Images of the animals that we saw at the zoo. The title and arrows are from the Epic Overlays download. The font in the text is called Tangerine. I really loved the look of the handwritten chalk look that I got with them. The photo layout is also one of the new photo layouts on MDS2.  Another bonus on the upgrade to MDS2.

Off to prep for my MDS Club class tomorrow! Can not wait to see all the ladies! More info on our Introduction to MDS2 class and MDS Digi Crop Nites will be coming soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

Check out what my talented MDS Blog Hop friends created this week! If someone is missing as you hop, just come back here and move to the next person.

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2.Rochelle Gould

3.  Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 
5.Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne
12. Kimberly Van Diepen

MDS Blog Hop Friday - Holiday Mini

This year's Stampin Up! Holiday Mini Catalog is really not that mini at all! The book is larger for your viewing pleasure and jam pack full of awesome products! You can see here the FLASH BOOK

My Christmas tags made in MDS2 come from page 38 in the catalog. I love the stamped tag however that stamp set is not out in MDS - well YET!  So I created my own in MDS2 using punches, text box, cropped stamp images and brads. I want to get these printed thru SU right away because they are 31% OFF!!!! They are like only 52cents each! They will be perfect for my holiday presents!

I made a video showing you the new process of printing thru Stampin Up printing services. They have made it so much easier to print multiple projects at one time. Be sure to check it out!

See here 31% OFFER to read all about it. I am taking full advantage of the 31% off! I am doing photobooks, swatchbooks, individual pages, cards and tags for myself AND Christmas gifts for my friends and family.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

We have a new MDS Designer joining our team! Welcome Kimberly at #12!
Check out what my talented MDS Blog Hop friends created this week! If someone is missing as you hop, just come back here and move to the next person.
1. Jeanna Bohanon

2.Rochelle Gould

3.  Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 
5.Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne
12. Kimberly Van Diepen

MDS Blog Hop - Our 1st Anniversary!

I can not believe it has been one year since we kicked this MDS Blog Hop off! What an amazing year it has been! So to celebrate our HUGE achievement, today's challenge was to create a Anniversary Card! So mine did not quite get to Anniversary but stayed a Thank you Card instead.

This card shows just a few of the new fabulous features in the MDS2 program. They are Cropping Stamp Images, Coloring Tool on Stamps, and Watermark. Yep, I used the coloring tool to color those leaves. It works better when you zoom in while in the coloring tool screen so you can see the detail. The YOU is from Your my Sunshine stamp image and in the new Watermark color in Color Fill. (tip- hit RESET in the Color Palette for it to show up) The "thank" is from Teeny Tiny Wishes Thank You stamp image. The "very" is from Send me Soaring hope everything stamp image. I just cropped it to VERY only. WOW, huh? Possibilities are endless with cropping! The "much" is a text font called Shadowed Serif. I made my own background with heart to heart stamp image from Wedding Words. There are groups and groups of them on a lower opacity background of same color. The flower stamp images are also from Wedding Words. 

The back of the card features how I made my own watermark. I was able to create it and then group it. (group and ungroup are now located on right click too!) Now right click and save group with naming it. Now when you are in ANY other size project, you can right click and see Import Saved Group. I even saved the MDS logo to place on all my cards.

Since it is our anniversary we are offering YOU a challenge! We would love to see you create a "celebration-ish" card on MDS or MDS2 and post it to www.mydigitalstudio.net and tag it "MDS Blog Hop Challenge Card". Then we will go check them all out!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for stopping by our blog hop over the past year! Love to hear what you think so take a minute and be sure to leave a comment. Even what you would like to see moving into our second year.

Cindy

Check out what my talented MDS Blog Hop friends created this week! If someone is missing as you hop, just come back here and move to the next person.

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2.Rochelle Gould

3.  Mandy Grant

4. Julie Leblanc 
5.Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne

A VERY BIG DAY! MDS 2!

Today has finally arrived! and it is a VERY BIG day indeed! Today is the day you can upgrade to MDS2! If you think that I was crazy and obsessed with My Digital Studio Original than you know I am TOTALLY NUTSO INSANE for My Digital Studio 2!!! (Love the ad above cause it is so true for me) I have had the pure pleasure of getting the beta version from Stampin Up! Convention and have had time to play and play with it. Get IT! GET IT NOW! NO REGRETS! The 75 new features are going to help you from the beginners to the advance users.  Ever wanted to change the color of stitching? Ever wanted to make your own text follow a curve? Ever wanted to make a mosaic photo page? Ever wanted to color those stamp images? Ever wanted to crop a stamp, punch or embellishment and use just part of it? I could go on and on!  No really, you will be seeing more of these features used here on my blog for sure!

Ok, so you ask what is all this MDS today? Where do I start? Or what version should I purchase? It is a little confusing so see below.

MDS 2 Options:

For anyone who wants to try MDS 2 for FREE before buying
# 130910 MDS 2 Free Trial (Download)   FREEEEEEEE!
30-day FREE trial with over $200 US/$250 CAN in content to use for the 30 days.

For people who own the original version of My Digital Studio and only want the new software—not the $500 US/$650 CAN in content that MDS 2+ includes.
# 130650 MDS 2 Upgrade (Download)  $ 19.95 US price
Updated software with new design features. Some functional content including a few punches, card stock, and photo layouts.

For people who never bought the original version of My Digital Studio and only want the new software—NOT the $500 US/$650 CAN in content that MDS 2+ includes.
# 130644 MDS 2 (Download)  $ 39.95 US price
Updated software with new design features. Some functional content including a few punches, card stock, and photo layouts.

For anyone who wants the new software as well as $500 US/$650 CAN in content; for anyone whether they own the original software or not.
# 130646 MDS 2+ (Download)  $79.95 US price
Updated software with new design features. $500 US/$650 CAN in content. Most content has already been released. Great for the new users to have TONS of content to use right away. BARGAIN DEAL!

More info:
All disc version of these same version will be out in late 2012 and you can purchase them at that time. Today's are only DOWNLOADABLE and you will be able to find your download over and over again if you change computers. It will be in your Digital Download Manager thru Stampin Up! website.
Also some additional free upgrades will come out soon as they are still working on the last 10 features so be aware of that additional information.

If you have any questions, need some guidance on what to purchase, or some direction on where to start with MDS2, let me know.

Thanks for stopping by and happy DIGITAL DAY!
Cindy