MDS Blog Hoppin - What ya doin in MDS?

Yesterday was the start of Stampin UP's Sale-a-bration! You are gonna want to earn as many of these products as you can! Especially the complete One Big Sale-a-bration Digital Disc with all the images and punches and DSP of the FREE real stuff!  How can you earn it and more free products, you might ask? Well, the first way is to host a workshop! Invite your friends for some stamping fun and light snacks! We could do a MDS workshop too! The second way is for every $50 in Stampin' Up! product you purchase, you can choose one free item from the Sale-a-bration brochure! The third way is to sign up to do what I do--be a demonstrator! Everyone who signs up to be a demonstrator during Sale-a-bration will get 25% more in their starter kit!

One of those is surely to make you HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

I wanted to share a page that I created with the One Big Sale-a-bration Digital Disc. I have enjoyed the clean and simple designing lately and this was so easy to put together.

 I used the Madison Avenue stamp brush set and the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp brush set. You will see the ribbon which comes in three style and three colors as well as the button in three colors and even with the white baker's twine already added. Can you guess what the background overlay is?  It is the Toxic Framable background in Sahara Sand!

 Be sure to check out the FREE product shown on the brochere HERE!

Thanks for stopping by this week! We would greatly love to hear comments if you have the time!

Our blog hop will be back on Feb 13th with some LOVE inspiration just in time for the holiday!

 Remember to find us on Pinterest too! HERE

 Enjoy the hop!

Cindy

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. Julie Davidse - January Guest Blogger!

or start hopping around below!

Our new way to preview the goodies we all made!

Mandy Grant Amber Meadows Rochelle Gould Jeanna Bohanon Erica Shaw Cindy Schuster Holly VanDyne Aly Schilling Julie Leblanc Kimberly Van Diepen Guest Blogger - Julie Davidse

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My Creative Journal

 

Everyone loves a challenge, right?  The most recent MDS.net challenge was to design a Creative Journal for yourself to use in the new year. I absolutely love making journals! I made a few for this past season as gifts (see them HERE and HERE) and the quality thru Stampin Up Printing is incredible!  I saw this quote and it was perfect for how it lines up with my goals for 2013.  I was able to find the several stamp images with the Global Search in MDS2. GLOBAL SEARCH VIDEO I did use the add a text to a freeform line technique which you can see here TEXT ON A PATH VIDEO .  The back is simply the stamp overlay and with the Stampin UP and MDS logos.

And now that the journals are just $19.99, I will be sending this off to print for myself. I have a birthday coming up so I am treating myself to kicking off 2013 and all my bright dreams!

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope this inspires you!

Cindy

MDS Blog Hop is BACK! So...Let it SNOW!

We are back for 2013 with a NEW attitude! and I am so excited!!!!!!!!!

NEW means changes too! We will post TWICE a month on the 2nd Wednesday with a themed post and the 4th Wednesday of the month with a creative post.  We are ALL committed to bringing you creative and helpful MDS projects each time!  We also will have a GUEST BLOGGER with us each month! Look for this talented lady on #12 spot of our NEW hopping line up.  Be sure to hop all the way thru to see everyone's posts! If you miss hopping that day, no worries will we have the permanent links there for you to come back.
BONUS news! Check out our our Pinterest board! Pinterest MDS Blog Hop Board You can check it out anytime!
Wait one more thing, we want you to PLAY ALONG WITH US! We would love to see what projects YOU come up with! On the 2nd Wednesday of the month, go ahead and take on the same holiday challenge that we have and upload your creations to mydigitalstudio.net and mention the MDS Blog Hop!

 I used the download Winter Wonders Kit to create both my page and notecard. This little gem of a download came out on way back in October and I think it got overlooked. It was perfect for our theme Snow/Winter today.  But looking at the DSP on the download, I see Fourth of July or a Boy's Birthday. Fun! Thought these photos were fitting for our theme as we have had no snow here in GA. This was at Christmas with my niece. She is such a cutie pie and loves the camera!

For the notecard, I took a simple template and altered it with the Winter Wonders Kit's DSP and embellishments. I also cropped one of the stamp image to just show the circled "S N O W".  I will printed these out and send asap to family and friends.

Thanks for stopping by and hope this inspires you today!

Cindy

 Check out what my talented MDS Blog Hop friends created this time! And WELCOME Julie!



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. Julie Davidse - January Guest Blogger!

Thinking Spring!

Today is an exciting day! Back to reality and 2013 with a fresh start and new attitude!

Expect to see some changes soon! Big plans on the horizon!

 

The new Spring Mini catalog is out from Stampin UP and it is full of My Digital Studio downloads and CD's!  I was able to get my hand on the new hostess MDS CD called Lemonade Stand. I am head over heels in love with it!  It comes with 12 template pages that are so cute!  Perfect for my Disney 2012 trip album. I wanted to share one of them today. I added the stamp image from the CD for the title which I colored and the journal part below the photo.  I added the Natural Composition Overlays\Natural Composition Overlays - pattern 11 in Bermuda Bay at 40% opacity for some interest. 

 

Allison had a really great time at the Magic Kingdom on our day there. She rode many of the rides with her Daddy over and over again.

 

If you have stopped by today, thank you so much for coming.

I hope you will continue to be inspired to try MDS yourself!

 

Cindy

Merry Christmas Day! Part 2

Off today to see my nieces on Christmas Day!
I simply adored these rather large snowman tags for their gifts. I hope that afterwards they will hang these in their rooms and think of their Aunt Cindy and her love of snowmen!

 

My friend Monika made these SUPER cute tags on her blog. Go HERE to get the tutorial to make them. I wanted SUPER large tags for my nieces' gifts so I adapted the snowman tag from Monika to My Digital Studio. OPened a 8.5x11 project, then I added a punch circle with a small mat in black and changed to 5.25" diameter. Added a stamp image snowman face and a square punches filled with dsp and sized for the scarf. I put two on the page and printed at home on Whisper White cardstock. Then I cut them out following the mat circle. I added the Full Heart punch for the boots and gloves. The 1 1/4 square punch and word window punch for the hat. Then added the snowflake and hat trim.

 

 

Extra special thanks to Monika for the inspiration! I will definitely make more of these!

 

I hope that you are enjoying this wonderful day!

Merry Christmas!

Cindy

Merry Christmas Eve! Part 1

I wanted to share the tags that I created for my nieces and nephews. We see my nephews on Christmas Eve and my nieces on Christmas Day and I love adding a special touch to their gifts.

 

For my nephews that are at the curious and adventurious age, I wanted a fun creative way to label their gifts.  So their tags are part puzzle, part their initals, part decorations. I used the Savor the Season CD (retired MDS) for the banner template. I added another square by copying and pasting from another completed page then added the Christmas car wth the tree from 12 days of Christmas download and MERRY (which is the combo gift to them). I printed these at home and they measure 4x5. I added a piece of 4.25x5.25 matching cardstock to them for support. Each of my three nephews got 3 of the letters on their gifts. I pre-punch small holes and taped to the gifts. Then they can put the banner puzzle together with some Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine once they solve the word. I figured they can display the banner in their playroom during the holidays.

 

 

 

I hope that you enjoy your holiday! Whether creating some last minute tags, spending time with family and friends, eating lots of food, or rejoicing in His birth!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

 

Orchard Harvest Template Updo!

I just love MDS 2 and all the new features!
The doors are wide open in digital scrapbook designing with it!
Here is one reason why!

I took this adorable Orchard Harvest 11 x 8.5 designer template page and turned it into a 12x12 page.

Follow these steps:

Open a new project and go to Designer Templates.

Find the project in 11x8.5 and go thru the process to open the page.

Go to Edit on your top menu bar.

Select Change Project Size/Type.

Select the project type that you want (I did 12x12 photobook)

Click on replace.

Now the process will start converting your project.
 

Once finished some of your items will need to be adjusted. I had to copy and paste another row on the background jars to the bottom. I also had to adjust the placement of the images lower on the page. I added my title in the two text spaces with some stamp brush images. Just love the title! The photo was recolored to Crumb Cake.  Perfect page for my creative block! Thanks MDS for the template!

 

Your turn! Give it a try and then add your sample to MDS.net. Tell them Cindy sent you!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy