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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

MMS 168 Ladybug Scrapbook Page Layout


Here is my first page using the new digital scrap book program, My Memories Suite.  I used one of the free downloads called Watermelon and Lady Bugs by designer Ronda’s Scrap Bits to do this page.  I found their program ran identical to My Digital Studio by SU! so I didn’t have to learn much, which for me, was a good thing!  With MDS, you can get a list of everything you used on any page; I didn’t find that option on MMS – maybe it’s not offered or I just haven’t found it.  Because I tend to bounce around from kit to kit, I will be disappointed if there is no option for this.  Anyways, I was pleased with how this page turned out!

Friday, April 24, 2015

Milestone Birthday – 4 years old – B04c

Found this Ice Cream template at All Kids Network.  Looked through my stash and found some cardstock that I had used to create some fancy background paper using metallic markers so I used some of this for my ice cream.  I sponged both the ice cream and cone with Chocolate Chip ink.  Here is a poem I found on the net that I figured suited this card.

Ice Cream and Jello

Whistles and Balloons

Shouting and Singing

Rhymes and Tunes

Gifts and Surprises

Fun things to do

It’s time now to wish

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Cardstock: Real Red, White, Baja Breeze, Creamy Caramel.

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Real Red,

Stamp: #4 is from a set bought at Walmart,

Accessories: sponge, Swiss Dots EF, Square Lattice EF, Honeycomb EF, clear EP, mount.

Punches: 1” circle, 1.25” circle,

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

American Girl Doll Popover Dress and Hair Piece Tutorial AG023


Oliver and S has this cute Popover doll dress on her sight for free.  As usual, I did a few changes.  I cut ½” off the top front and shortened the hem by ¾”.  Since I didn’t want a yoke in the back, I added ¼” to the back top.  I didn’t want to use ties at the shoulder so I added ½” on to the center back to allow for Velcro.

Newberry is SEARS brand of the 18” doll.  Zoe is one of their Holiday Edition Dolls for 2014 and has come to live with us.  The AG doll clothes fit her just fine.

Sew the side seams.   Serge across the top of the backs, down the center back seams and across the hem.  Press the hem at 3/8”.  Press the top of the backs at ½”.

I wanted a bit bigger front yoke so I cut it 3” wide by 5” long and folded it in half.

Sew yoke to front.  Yes, it is a bit long but we will fix that.  Press towards yoke and topstitch.

Find center of yoke by matching armholes and pin.  Mark the center of the yoke with a pin.  Chalk mark 1-3/4” away from each side of the pin.

Trim matching armhole curves.

Sew across the top of the backs.

Cut a bias strip 17” long by 1-1/2” wide.  Fold strap in half lengthwise with wrong sides together.  Gently press the fold to create a center crease.  Open the folded strip and lay it flat, wrong side up.  Fold one of the straps long raw edges in toward the center fold and press a crease into this folded edge.  Repeat for the other long raw edge.   Cut in half – one for each armhole.

Starting at the front and with the right sides of the garment facing you, lay the wrong side of the bias underneath so the fabric reaches the center fold line of the bias.  Sew the bias to the fabric edge using a basting zigzag.

When you have finished, reset your machine to a normal to shorter zigzag.  Turn the free edge of the bias to the front, encasing the garment.  Stitch again, on the right side, towards the bottom edge of the bias.

Continue to zigzag or straight stitch the remaining bias closed.

Sew center back seam about 4-1/2” from the bottom.  Hem bottom.  Add Velcro.

Put dress on the doll to fit the straps.  Trim and satin stitch the ends.  Add buttons.  I found it easier to sew the buttons on by machine as it was fairly thick for a needle and thread.

Hair Piece

Checked through my stash and found these silk flowers.  I glued two together and machine attached a button – not that these were thick, just because it was quicker!  Then I used Fabri-Tac to glue a barrette to the back.

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Transferring MDS components into My Memories Suite

I am super sad to hear that Stampin' Up! has decided to discontinue My Digital Studio by the beginning of June.  Apparently the sales were not there and they have decided to stick with their paper products instead!

Because they decided to stop supporting My Digital Studio, does not mean that you can no longer use it, it just means that if you have a problem with it, you will not be able to get assistance.

I am really disappointed that MDS is going away but Story Rock, the "Creator" of MDS has a compatible program called My Memories Suite that we can move all our MDS items into. Since there will be no updating or supporting MDS in the future the only way we can continue to use MDS is to move over to their program.

My Memories Suite is providing a discount on their version 6 or version 5 for free for MDS users. When ordering, you simply put in the promo code "upgradeMDS". 

They provide very easy instructions for transferring MDS components into MMS using Windows or Mac.


I have done some playing around in MMS and have found it very similar to MDS.  I do find their kits to be very artsy for me.  I say that, and then watch out - I will be changing my ‘look’ to artsy!!

Friday, April 10, 2015

Milestone Birthday – 4 years old – B04b

How cute is this Cookie Monster punch art!  Lots of inspiration on Pinterest.

Inside poem reads:

This woopidoo Birthday wish

Is sent to you today,

That you have the bestest birthday

In every, bevery, wevery way

Happy 4th birthday

Oscar: Head - Old Olive using scallop circle punch, Mouth - black using small oval punch, Tongue - Real Red using 1/2" circle punch, Eyebrows – Soft Suede using Slot punch, Eyes – ½” circle punch for the whites and ¼” for the blacks.  Mounted onto 1-3/4” Real Red square.

Cookie Monster: Head – Brilliant Blue using scallop circle punch, Mouth - black using 1” circle punch, Cookie – Soft Suede using ¾” circle punch and dotted with Early Espresso marker, Eyes – ½” circle punch for the whites and ¼” for the blacks.  Mounted onto 13/4” Summer Sun square.

Big Bird: Head - Summer Sun, Beak - Summer Sun cardstock and small oval, Tongue - Pretty in Pink cardstock and small oval.

Stamp: Look Who's Turning for 4, 3/4" circle punch and black marker.

Happy Everything stamp and small oval.

Mounts.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

American Girl Doll Drawstring Dress Tutorial AG029


Drawstring Dress

I found this neat pattern on threesisterz.blogspot for a simple Drawstring dress for the 18” dolls.  I did make a few changes of course.   I drew out the pattern except I only cut my length 7.5” long as I want to add a band to the bottom of my dress x 22” wide.   For the armholes, I measured 1-1/4” straight across the top of the neckline and 2” straight down toward the bottom hem line – make sure you have followed the layout on the threesisterz blog.


Then, my fabric wasn’t wide enough to cut one long piece so I split my pattern under the arms, added a ¼” seam allowance to each side then sewed one side together.  I put the center back on a fold.3742
Chalk mark ½” along front and back necklines for casing.  Cut the bottom band from coordinating fabric at 4” x 23” long.  Press in half with wrong sides together and sew along bottom of dress.  Press towards dress.


Sew the other side seam.  Press to back and topstitch band.

Cut two bias strips 7” long by 1” wide.  Fold strap in half lengthwise with wrong sides together.  Gently press the fold to create a center crease.  Open the folded strip and lay it flat, wrong side up.  Fold one of the straps long raw edges in toward the center fold and press a crease into this folded edge.  Repeat for the other long raw edge.


With the right sides of the garment facing you, lay the wrong side of the bias underneath so the fabric reaches the center fold line of the bias.  Sew the bias to the fabric edge using a basting zigzag.3746
When you have finished, reset your machine to a normal to shorter zigzag.  Turn the free edge of the bias to the front, encasing the garment.  Stitch again, on the right side, towards the bottom edge of the bias.

Cut off excess trim.  Repeat on the other armhole.
Serge across the necklines to clean finish.  Press on the chalk lines and topstitch.
Cut two, 20” of ribbon or trim and thread one ribbon through each neckline.
Burn ends of ribbon to prevent fraying.
Find the center front and center back on the dress.  Lightly tack the ribbon/trim at the center back and center front to prevent ribbon/trim from pulling out.

Ribbon Belt

Cut 1” wide ribbon 32”.  Fold in half with wrong sides together and sew all four sides.



Insert about 1-1/2” of the unfinished edge of the ribbon into a slider.


From the right side, sew close to the slider using a zipper foot.


Trim close to the stitching line.


Burn ends of ribbon to prevent raveling.


Pin belt to center back.  Sew a belt loop from heavy thread to help keep the belt in place.

As you can see, the dress can be worn with or without the belt.


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Friday, April 3, 2015

MDS 167 AG Doll Scrapbook Page – End of the AG Doll Shopping

This is the final page (11 of 11) that I scrapped for Olivia’s American Girl shopping adventure.  She had so much fun but it was most overwhelming!  Page 1 is HERE.
Background - Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Twitterpated - designer series paper\Twitterpated – 8.
Embellishments - Grosgrain Ribbon - Riding Hood Red, Grosgrain Ribbon – bow - Riding Hood Red.
Stamps - Seriously Awesome - rectangle frame.
Punches -  Rounded Corner Punch, Extras\Flag Punch, Curly Label Punch Color = BLUSHING BRIDE.