Made for Mom - MDS Blog Hop

WELCOME TO THE MDS BLOG HOP!

A bunch of us have joined together to share our passion for digital designing with Stampin' UP's My Digital Studio.  These ladies are SERIOUSLY talented in MDS and I am thrilled to be on this Blog Hop with them! You will find us blog hopping on the 2nd and 4th THURSDAYS of each month! We will have a "theme" selected on the first hop and then a "What we are doing in MDS" on the second hop. This week we are celebrating Moms or "Mom" is the word. Create a project about moms, or something giftable for a mom or something moms would and could use.

Here is a rather simple scrapbook page I created just to say how much I love being a mom. My girls are getting older and our relationship is changing....still their mom but also more of a best friend as they face new challenges and issues in the teen years. Open communication and being honest with them has always been my stand but more now than ever. I am so proud of them and the beautiful young ladies they are inside and out! (TIP - I used the freeform brush layer with white coloring to remove the gold hearts around my title)

Here is my gift package for my mom. I needed a quick solution for a gift bag. Sponge dauber with White Craft ink pad, some yummy Stampin' Up ribbons and e-cutter/MDS to the rescue! Loving Crushed Curry with Coastal Cabana together! Want to see the card I made to match? Come back tomorrow and get a peak at Stampin' Up Blendable Markers!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you for some last minute Mom ideas!

 Cindy 

Click on the button to move on to see what Cori made!

Love This Scrapbook Page

Today I wanted to share a page that I made using some of my favorite things that I love from the 2014 Occasions Catalog and a favorite picture of me with my baby girl Alli. Remember back in January when I posted this clever little gem? 

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE POST

I wanted to try and make a scrapbook page with the same rubber circle template. I used Smoky Slate Stampin Up Write Marker on a 12x12 Smoky Slate Cardstock. I just added the circles til I filled the page. Then I just took some of my favorite products to add the finishing layers. The color combo is Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush, Basic Gray and Smoky Slate.

My favorite things on this page:
Perfect Pennants Stamp Set
Essentials Wooden Elements
Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon
Ampersand Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Angled Tag Topper Punch
Coordinations Cardstock Smoky Slate
Paper Doilies
My Digital Studio download Moments Ago - A MUST HAVE!
and using my e-cutter to create the title love this

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

MDS Blog Hop - E-Cutter & MDS Hello Card

WELCOME TO THE MDS BLOG HOP!

A bunch of us have joined together to share our passion for digital designing with Stampin' UP's My Digital Studio.  These ladies are SERIOUSLY talented in MDS and I am thrilled to be on this Blog Hop with them! You will find us blog hopping on the 2nd and 4th THURSDAYS of each month! We will have a "theme" selected on the first hop and then a "What we are doing in MDS" on the second hop. 

This time we are sharing the versatile side of this digital program! Go hybrid or Go e-cutter! I choose to go with my e-cutter and do a project that had been in my thoughts thanks to an inspirational pin by Stampin Up on their main website page. I shared last week HERE on videos that I watched to learn how to use the e-cutter that I have.  I plan on teaching some e-cutter basics at my My Digital Studio Advance Class this Saturday locally. 

I first cut the black bubble hello. I added the Happy Things Pocket Cards - talk bubble and the hello from The Best Year - hello, hello from MDS to my Library on the e-cutter.  Once there I just layed them together once I sized them for my card.

Then I had that positive piece left so I HAD to make another matching card! I just cut the talk bubble in Whisper White alone. The rest of the cards are Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack; small heart, owl and bitty punches for the hearts; Bitty Banner Framelits Dies bent on one end; and Six-Sided Sampler Stamp Set for the sentiment.

Click on the button to move on to see what Cori made!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

 Cindy 

E-Cutter LOVE card

Here is my first card using My Digital Studio and an E-cutter machine!

I went on a scrap weekend away a while back and brought my laptop and e-cutter with me to learn how to use it. WOW! It is so fun! I wanted to make my first card simple. I even cut the crumb cake rectangle layer out on the cutter itself along with the negative love. All I had to do was add it to my card base.

I wanted to share some videos that I watched before using the e-cutter for my first time. Some of them are from fellow Artisan Design Team members who are ROCKSTARS at it!

Connie Collins:

MDS FILES BASICS

CUT MDS START TO FINISH

ONE STEP FURTHER TO CUT AND PRINT MDS

CUT BACKGROUND CHEVRON IN MDS

Erica Cerwin:

IMPORTING MDS TO CAMEO

USING SVG FILE FROM MDS IN CUTTER

Heather Summers:

UPLOAD SVG FROM MDS

One week from today, the MDS Blog Hop will be sharing our e-cutter or hybrid challenge! I hope that you will come back and join us then!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

Artisan Wednesday Wow - Oh Snap Hexagon Scrapbook Page

 Welcome back to Artisan Wednesday WOW! We are continuing with this February box that was full of the Kaleidoscope Product Suite this week!!!!! We hope you move on with our Artisan Design Team Blog Hop to inspire your creative juices!

You just came from Cathy Caines (she is a scrapbooking wonder woman) and next is Connie Collins, but before you go come check out my fresh and trendy hexagon scrapbook page!

My favorite things on this scrapbook page:
* The Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper with the Hexagon Punch
* The On Film Framelits Dies makes easy photo mats and fun cameras in the Silver Foil Sheets
*The arrows also are cut with the same framelits dies but stamped with Peachy Keen Stamp Set
* The Basic Black 3/4" Chevron Ribbon and Basic Metal Buttons with Whisper White Baker's Twine for some texture
* The "Oh Snap" title which I used my e-cutter and MDS download Epic Overlays stamp brush image (I am hooked on the e-cutter for scrapbook page titles)

This was really fun to put together and document this new event in my Megan's life! I love doing some traditional scrapbooking to capture these special moments even if they are 16 and no longer my baby. I know many of you use MDS for scrapbooking now, so you also could take this same page and create it there. 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

Move on to Connie by clicking on the next button! 
I bet she has something INCREDIBLE to show us!

Artisan Wednesday Wow - Peachy Keen Georgia!

 Welcome back to Artisan Wednesday WOW! Our hop this month will be full of inspiration from the new 2014 Occasions Catalog! Be sure to come back each week!

Today, you just came from Cathy Caines and next is Connie Collins, but before you come check out my Peachy Keen card and brag book! Cathy mentioned something about an e-cutter last week, so I am bringing it to ya this week!

I got an e-cutter FINALLY! Then on a stampin/scrapin weekend away with friends, I was able to get it out of the box and start playin with it! It is SOOOO FUN! My brain just started running with ideas! I followed a few fellow Artisan's e-cutter videos and BOOM I had it! I added the MDS Nifty Fifty state punch of Georgia to my library first. Then I was able to enlarge the punch to around 4". I cut it out of Whisper White cardstock.  You could do this with any state, but Georgia fit the "peachy" part well. 

Here is something I found out, the Chervon Bordor Punch is the same as the Essential Wooden Elements chevron pieces. I just had to trim with my paper snips a bit to get the exact length. I wish you could get more of those wooden chevron pieces in bulk! LOVE THEM!

BONUS PROJECT:

As soon as I saw this stamp set Peachy Keen, I pictured this little brag book for a little summer adventure coming up. I used my sweet friend Corinne's tutorial to make the clear envelope brag book. You can see her tutorial HERE. Super easy to make and such a great idea for a quick mini scrapbook! I have used it SEVERAL times!

I also stamped a bunch of extras from the Peachy Keen stamp set and cut them out. Now when we get back from our trip later this year, I can add some elements and journaling to the printed photos. Did you see that I cut the Essential Wooden Element? I cut the banner piece in half! Use the craft scissors or heavy duty scissors to cut. I put some Chocolate Chip Marker on the end to make it look like it was never cut.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you!
I promise the e-cutter is worth it and not as scary as it seems!

Cindy

Move on to Connie by clicking on the next button!

Thanks for all the comments lately! They have brighten my day! :)