Stamp, Stitch & Swizzle Stix

Whew!

School finally started last week and while I thought my days would free up just a
smidge, they got CRAZY busy with first-week-of-school stuff. This week is
starting a little better but, now I’m playing “catch up”. Does this feeling of
always chasing your tail ever end?

My last blog was about Digital Designing. If you haven’t tried it yet you’re not
alone. Most people haven’t the slightest idea of where to start and they aren’t
sure they’ll even like it. If you have some free time on tonight, I’ll be
hosting an introductory class on digital designing with My Digital Studio.
Perhaps you’d like to join us?

As I last stated, I wanted to show you a project created with MDS. This is a card
copied right out of the Summer Mini Catalog. In the catalog, the card is
created using The Open Sea Stamp Set pg. 5 but, I created it using the MDS download.

 
It was very simple and fast. I simply “opened” a new Scrapbook project on MDS in an 8 ½” x 11 page size. Then, on that blank page I inserted each of the images, coloring them in my choice and sizing them to my specifications. I grouped them all
together, copied and pasted them several times to the same page and printed the
page using my home printer. Then, I cut out the images and used them to
duplicate the card on page 5. Easy Peesy!

These are other projects I copied in the same manner.
I guess what I’m saying is, whatever you can stamp, MDS can too! Enjoy.

 

 

 

Computer Software? No Way!

Have you ever uttered these words when someone suggested using a new software program? Maybe when they told you about scrapbooking with a computer graphics program, you thought "I love the texture and dimension that REAL pages use". Maybe, just maybe you've heard that digital designing is hard to do and using Adobe Photoshop is hard to learn and tricky to use. But, have you heard about Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio design program? This program is so easy to use and so User Friendly that you don't have to be a computer geek to design beautiful projects. Every now and then, I'm going to show you how you can use My Digital Studio in a way that is "out of the box" and still allows you to add texture, dimension and layers to your scrapbook pages, cards and art work.

Another nifty aspect of My Digital Studio is that new download(is that a real word?) material is released every Tuesday. Prices range from $1 to $20 on an average and guess what? The downloads never expire! Yep, that's right! Once you've purchased them, you can use them forever and ever. And, and, and, there are designs on MDS that are NOT available anywhere else. Not in the catalog, not in stamp sets, not in paper. Just on MDS. Ones like this..

 
This is the 2012 Fresh Flowers Calendar Kit 

Only $14.94

Or this one that features sporting. We've been wanting a good sporty stamp set for a long time and this fits the bill!

 
This is the Athletic Department Stamp Brush Set

Only $7.95 

Where to start learning more? Are you just a little curious? Then plan to come to my Beginner Digital Class on August 30 at 6:30. 

Next posting, I'll show you how to make a card or scrapbook page using MDS, printing at home and adding your own personal magic touch.