MDS Blog Hop Friday - Sketch

 

Rochelle pick a wonderful sketch for this week's challenge. I love a sketch to get the creative juices flowing! I started with the sketch for a Christmas page and it just was not working. Too busy. So I remembered these pictures on my camera, download them and the page just created itself. I got to use some new downloads in a new way. See the supply list below.

Recently we got a new dog. Her name is Annabelle and she is a short haired Border Collie/Whippet. She was very neglected, in a crate for 20 hours of a day and fed once a week. I always said since our beloved Molly died in May 2011 that God will lead the right dog to our home. Well, she is the one. She looks just like our first dog Bailey. She is full of energy which is perfect for Allison and Howard. She loves to be cuddled with which is perfect for Megan and I. She is 18 months old and still in puppy stage with the chewing but she listens to our commands. Her weight is up, hair is growing back and she is not shy nor scared anymore. And most of all - she is LOVED!

 

Supply List
Background
     Color = SUMMER STARFRUIT
Embellishments
    Give Thanks - embellishments\Give Thanks - leaves 1 (re-colored)
    Delightful Digital Tape\Washi Delightful Digital Tape - diagonal stripe long
    Delightful Digital Tape\Washi Delightful Digital Tape - chevron long (re-colored)
    Delightful Digital Tape\Washi Delightful Digital Tape - diagonal stripe long
    Delightful Digital Tape\Washi Delightful Digital Tape - chevron long (re-colored)
    Season by Season - embellishments\Season by Season - leaf 4 (re-colored)
Stamps
    Year End Review\Year End Review - 1 new addition, Color = VERY VANILLA
    Year End Review\Year End Review - 2 dog, Color = BASIC GRAY
Punches
    1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = CRUMB CAKE matted in Basic Gray at 6
Photo background
    Designer Series Paper - Comfort Cafe - pattern 21

    Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

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 

Family Beach Vacation

 

Another challenge try on MyDigitalStudio.net this week!  I took the Scrap Map 3 layout from the challenge and tweaked it a bit for my page. I love how it turned out! I love the chevron dsp recolored and that block of dsp that I found with the So Saffron doily in it from Tea Time II.

 

Here is the supplies to my page:

Supply ListBackground

     Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Back to School - designer series paper\Back to School - 6

Embellishments
    Delightful Digital Tape\Washi Delightful Digital Tape - diagonal stripe long
    Delightful Digital Tape\Washi Delightful Digital Tape - diagonal stripe short
    Delightful Digital Tape\Neutral Delightful Digital Tape 4 - crumb cake
    Mis-Stitched - embellishments\Mis-Stitched - crumb 4
    Mis-Stitched - embellishments\Mis-Stitched - crumb 3
    Mis-Stitched - embellishments\Mis-Stitched - crumb 6b

Stamps
    Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 3, Color = 252,219,137
    Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4, Color = 252,219,137
    Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 4, Color = 252,219,137
    Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 3, Color = 252,219,137
    Boardwalk\Boardwalk - beach, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits\Walk in the Park II\Walk in the Park II - family, Color = 178,229,234
    Calendar Basics Kit\Calendar Kit - vacation, Color = 253,226,161

Punches
    1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Tea Time II - designer series paper\Tea Time II - 2
    1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255

Photos
    Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Convention 2012 - designer series paper\Convention 2012 - 8 - recolored
    C:\Users\Ci\Pictures\2012-09-19 001\IMG_6587 (3)

 

Come to this site here:  http://mydigitalstudio.net/photo/beach-family and like my page!

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

  

MDS Blog Hop Friday - Stamp Brushes

When Jeanna put out this challenge to use many stamp brush images. Do you know how scary that thought is? I mean we have punches, TONS of embellishments and designer series papers! So to create a page with ONLY stamp brush images was quite a challenge!

Once I select the photo for the page, I knew I wanted a fall theme. I went right to the stamp brush images called French Foliage. I used each and every stamp brush image from that download on my page. The background stamp brush image is from the Decorative Overlays - Woodgrain. The Title is a brush image cropped and copied twice to change the layout for the title. It is from the stamp brush image called Friendly Words. And well...that it is. No punches, no embellishments and yet a simple and easy page.

So give it a try, select one stamp brush set and create your own page.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

You do not know how grateful all of us MDS Blog Hop designers are that you hop around and see our MDS creations. We are very passionate about this program and we hope we inspire you each and every week!

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 - Childhood

This was a fun challenge to do! Thanks Holly! I actually had been working on this page already and so this gave me the inspiration I needed to complete it. The photo boxes filled with the same photo is one of the cool new features in MDS2. You add your photo boxes as you like, group them together and then drag your photo into the group. I added some photos of my favorite childhood places in Ohio. If you are from Ohio then you KNOW Cedar Point well. I am proud to say that I have road the Gemini roller coaster 36 times in a row in one day! I love that ride!

I think my favorite part is the Text on a Path above the image of the state. I made the freeform line follow the shape of the state and then added the text. And of course in true fashion and honor, the colors are Buckeye crimson and gray. Go Bucks!

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 - Here come the Holidays!

Can you believe that Christmas is 7 weeks away? Yep, nuts huh?! So the theme this week is right on track with all that I am doing to get ready for the big day. So much to do! My MDS list is LONG!

But I do have one BIG thing done and checked off my list. Our Family Christmas Card 2012!

I saw this style card on Pinterest and knew I wanted to give it a shot in MDS. I love the look of it and thought our family picture at the beach would be perfect for it. That red frame around the photo is a fun new feature in MDS2. I added an embellishment from the 12 Days of Christmas called Gradient 3. Then go to Crop in the Design Center(right side) and in the center of the Crop Editor you will see "Crop Shape". Here you can select a punch to crop the embellishment into a shape. I select the Convention 2012 curvy square frame punch and then stretched the shape a little. I recolored the stamp image sentiment from Punny Holidays. Key word here "ZOOM +" to get the details in coloring.

I added the individual photos of us on the back after my friend suggested it. Thanks Lisa! She said it needed a photo on the back and I compromised a bit which worked perfectly. I will get these off to the printer next week so that I have time to get them back and mailed out on Dec 1st! I plan to do some of these in 5x7 size and some in 5 x 3.5 size postcards. I took this same project and converted it to a smaller postcard too. You can do that in MDS2! LOVE that feature!

 

Speaking of features! Be sure to Check your Update on MDS2! They just did the newest update and all 75 features are completely on there!  I just love that retooled Recoloring feature! MUCH easier!

 

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 - Going in Circles!

Right now, My Digital Studio is having a AWESOME Digital Scrapbooking Week full of free downloads HERE and this special of 50% off digital kits which you can see all of them HERE. Even if you do not have the MDS or MDS2 program, why not go get the FREE downloads? You can use them in other design programs or Photoshop! Now I would highly recommend you get MDS cause you are missing out on all the designing fun!

Here is one of the 50% off digital kits called One Great Year. Love the purples and greens, right? But I wanted to show you how versatile MDS2 program is! With the new feature called Recoloring, that designer series paper and embellishments above can be changed for a totally new look. This makes those 50% digital kits a STEAL! They are like $4.00-5.00 a piece and such a deal.

So here is my Circle Challenge page. Kimberly picked it and I was inspired by her scrapbook pages about herself, so I wanted to do one about ME! I used many of the embellishments from the kit and recolored them to fit my color combo of Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals, Basic Gray, and Summer Starfruit. (thanks to the suggested color combos in the MDS palette). I even imported the taffeta ribbon from another previous project so I did not have to think too much finding that ribbon and recoloring it again. Do you know how to do that?

 

I hope you like my page and it inspires you to get your FREE downloads

and even purchase a 50% off digital kit or two or ALL of them!

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