MDS 002 Scrap Page



This ia an 8.5x11, portrait page

Here is another simple scrap page that you can put together in minutes. The paper I used for this page is Elegant Soiree that I purchased from SU! but you can choose any Designer Kit that you have.

It seems to me that there is about 3 ways to do everything in MDS. This is the way I do it so this is how I will show you. I am using Windows 7. You Mac or other Windows people may have some adjustments to make. All this info plus more can be found by clicking HELP (across the top of the program) > My Digital Studio Help.

Open our Practice Album that we created last time (or type 'MDS Scrap Page 1' in the Search Box, top left corner). Choose Insert (from the toolbar across the top) > Add Page from the menu > Blank Page > OK.

Click on Background Papers (on the right) > Designer Series Paper > Designer Kits > Elegant Soiree > Pattern 4 > OK.

Turn on your Bleed area. View > Guides > Photo Page Bleed Area. Anything you put past the gray areas could get cut off during printing. I keep my photos inside this area but I don’t worry too much about the embellishments. Also, change your margins. File > Print set up > change all margins to 0. It will adjust automatically to the minimum size. If the whole page does not show up on your screen, click on the – (minus) button in the lower, right corner (Zoom area) and reduce to 75%. Ok, now back to work!

Here is the page before I added my Photo boxes. I will likely use one of the boxes for my Text. You can add as many Photo boxes as you want. I’m all about lots of pictures on a page.
Under the Design Center (on the right) click on Background Papers > Designer Series Paper > Designer Kits > Elegant Soiree > Pattern 5 > click on Add as Page Layer. Double click the box that opened. Drag across the whole page, about 2” wide > OK. Move it to about 1” from the bottom of your page.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Staple and Stitching > Open.
Drag the Chocolate Chip zigzag to the bottom of your stripe piece.
Under the Design Center (on the right) click on Background Papers > Designer Series Paper > Designer Kits > Elegant Soiree > Pattern 6 > click on Add as Page Layer. Double click the box that opened. Drag across the whole page, about 4” wide > OK. Move it to fit above the stripes.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Grosgrain Ribbon > Open > Drag the Baja Breeze ribbon on to your page two times. Arrange at the top and bottom of pattern 6.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Staple and Stitching > Open.
Drag the Chocolate Chip zigzag on to the top ribbon.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Stamp icon > Browse > Baroque Motif > Open > Drag the Flourish stamp on to the bottom, right side of your page. Enlarge it a bit by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Change Color (on right side) > Chocolate Chip > OK.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Button Latte > Open > Drag three buttons on to your page and place to your liking under the Flourish stamp.

When I finish a page I am pleased with, I like to duplicate it. Insert > Insert Duplicate Page Mirrored. Sometimes I use it as a double page spread and sometimes I just bump it forward for another layout.

Leave me Feedback if you enjoyed this. If you create this page, send me the link and I’d be happy to post it here.

Don't miss the BIGGEST PROMOTION of the YEAR - Sale a Bration!  For every $60 you spend, you get one gift from the Sale a Bration catalogue!  You can combine download orders with anything else from the catalogue. 

Just click on the On Line Ordering button in my left sidebar and your order will be mailed directly to you!   Downloads will go to your computer automatically.  Offer expires 3/31/2011.
 



This ia an 8.5x11, portrait page

Here is another simple scrap page that you can put together in minutes. The paper I used for this page is Elegant Soiree that I purchased from SU! but you can choose any Designer Kit that you have.

It seems to me that there is about 3 ways to do everything in MDS. This is the way I do it so this is how I will show you. I am using Windows 7. You Mac or other Windows people may have some adjustments to make. All this info plus more can be found by clicking HELP (across the top of the program) > My Digital Studio Help.

Open our Practice Album that we created last time (or type 'MDS Scrap Page 1' in the Search Box, top left corner). Choose Insert (from the toolbar across the top) > Add Page from the menu > Blank Page > OK.

Click on Background Papers (on the right) > Designer Series Paper > Designer Kits > Elegant Soiree > Pattern 4 > OK.

Turn on your Bleed area. View > Guides > Photo Page Bleed Area. Anything you put past the gray areas could get cut off during printing. I keep my photos inside this area but I don’t worry too much about the embellishments. Also, change your margins. File > Print set up > change all margins to 0. It will adjust automatically to the minimum size. If the whole page does not show up on your screen, click on the – (minus) button in the lower, right corner (Zoom area) and reduce to 75%. Ok, now back to work!

Here is the page before I added my Photo boxes. I will likely use one of the boxes for my Text. You can add as many Photo boxes as you want. I’m all about lots of pictures on a page.
Under the Design Center (on the right) click on Background Papers > Designer Series Paper > Designer Kits > Elegant Soiree > Pattern 5 > click on Add as Page Layer. Double click the box that opened. Drag across the whole page, about 2” wide > OK. Move it to about 1” from the bottom of your page.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Staple and Stitching > Open.
Drag the Chocolate Chip zigzag to the bottom of your stripe piece.
Under the Design Center (on the right) click on Background Papers > Designer Series Paper > Designer Kits > Elegant Soiree > Pattern 6 > click on Add as Page Layer. Double click the box that opened. Drag across the whole page, about 4” wide > OK. Move it to fit above the stripes.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Grosgrain Ribbon > Open > Drag the Baja Breeze ribbon on to your page two times. Arrange at the top and bottom of pattern 6.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Staple and Stitching > Open.
Drag the Chocolate Chip zigzag on to the top ribbon.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Stamp icon > Browse > Baroque Motif > Open > Drag the Flourish stamp on to the bottom, right side of your page. Enlarge it a bit by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Change Color (on right side) > Chocolate Chip > OK.
Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Button Latte > Open > Drag three buttons on to your page and place to your liking under the Flourish stamp.

When I finish a page I am pleased with, I like to duplicate it. Insert > Insert Duplicate Page Mirrored. Sometimes I use it as a double page spread and sometimes I just bump it forward for another layout.

Leave me Feedback if you enjoyed this. If you create this page, send me the link and I’d be happy to post it here.

Don't miss the BIGGEST PROMOTION of the YEAR - Sale a Bration!  For every $60 you spend, you get one gift from the Sale a Bration catalogue!  You can combine download orders with anything else from the catalogue. 

Just click on the On Line Ordering button in my left sidebar and your order will be mailed directly to you!   Downloads will go to your computer automatically.  Offer expires 3/31/2011.
 

MDS (My Digital Studio) PDF Catalog

An exceptional new resource for us - a My Digital Studio PDF Catalog!  It includes all of the MDS software artwork (contained on the DVD) and downloads from the October 2009 launch through January 2011!  The catalog gives a snapshot of the entire product line with artwork thumbnails followed by product details. Because MDS is regularly coming out with new artwork, the catalog will be updated every month and available to you on MyDigitalStudio.net (you will want to sign up to this site) under Resources .

Use the catalog as a resource to manage the downloads you have ordered and which ones you still want to purchase. The catalog includes a box next to each download so you can manage your current inventory of downloads. Print it out and place in a binder. If you have not ordered your copy of My Digital Studio yet, just click on the On Line Ordering button in my left sidebar and it will be mailed directly to you! You may add other SU! items to your order if you wish and they will all be mailed directly to you!

 

Don't miss the BIGGEST PROMOTION of the YEAR - Sale a Bration!  For every $60 you order, you get one gift from the Sale a Bration catalogue.  Offer expires 3/31/2011.

 

An exceptional new resource for us - a My Digital Studio PDF Catalog!  It includes all of the MDS software artwork (contained on the DVD) and downloads from the October 2009 launch through January 2011!  The catalog gives a snapshot of the entire product line with artwork thumbnails followed by product details. Because MDS is regularly coming out with new artwork, the catalog will be updated every month and available to you on MyDigitalStudio.net (you will want to sign up to this site) under Resources .

Use the catalog as a resource to manage the downloads you have ordered and which ones you still want to purchase. The catalog includes a box next to each download so you can manage your current inventory of downloads. Print it out and place in a binder. If you have not ordered your copy of My Digital Studio yet, just click on the On Line Ordering button in my left sidebar and it will be mailed directly to you! You may add other SU! items to your order if you wish and they will all be mailed directly to you!

 

Don't miss the BIGGEST PROMOTION of the YEAR - Sale a Bration!  For every $60 you order, you get one gift from the Sale a Bration catalogue.  Offer expires 3/31/2011.

 

MDS 001 Scrap Page

Welcome to my 1st digital scrapbook page.  I think I could really get hooked scrapbooking this way!  I would like to show you some very simple scrap pages that you can put together in minutes. Well, maybe not if this is your first time using MDS but it really won’t take you long … promise! For this page, everything I used comes with MDS (My Digital Studio).

It seems to me that there is about 3 ways to do everything in MDS. This is the way I do it so this is how I will show you. I am using Windows 7. You Mac or other Windows people may have some adjustments to make. All this info plus more can be found by clicking HELP (across the top of the program) > My Digital Studio Help.

If you are starting a new project, your first step will be to choose what type of project you wish to work on. The welcome screen will ask you to select a project type from the available options. To make your selection, click the corresponding project. Because I choose to do 8-1/2x11 pages, I will click on Photo Album and choose the 8-1/2” X 11” (portrait) size. If you prefer to do a 12x12 album, click on it instead.

You have the option of choosing between creating a project from Designer templates, using a Photo Only template, or Create Your Own templates. We will choose the Create Your Own option – this one gives us complete control over all design decisions, one element at a time.

Name your project by typing a name in the Project Name box. When My Digital Studio creates your project, this will be the name of the project folder. We will call it Practice Album. Click OK. Choose Insert (across the top) > Add Page from the menu > Blank Page > OK.

Click on Background Papers (on the right) > Designer Series Paper > Blooms > Bermuda Bay > OK.

You now have a page with Bermuda Bay Blooms on it. Turn on your Bleed area. View > Guides > Photo Page Bleed Area. Anything you put past the gray areas could get cut off during printing. I keep my photos inside this area but I don’t worry too much about any embellishments. Also, change your margins. File > Print set up > change all margins to 0. It will adjust automatically to the minimum size. If the whole page does not show up on your screen, click on the – (minus) button in the lower, right corner (Zoom area) and reduce to 75%. Ok, now back to work!

This is what the page looks like befor I put the photo boxes in place:Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Punch icon > Drag the 1.25” circle punch on to your page. Enlarge it by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) around the edges with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Paper Fill (bottom, left side) > Brocade > So Saffron > OK > Mat (on the right side) > move the Size to 6 > Change > Click on Whisper White > OK > OK.

Drag the Curly Label Punch on to your page. Enlarge it by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Paper Fill (bottom, left side) > Script > Regal Rose > OK > click on Arrange (at the top) > Order > Send to Back > Mat (on the right side) > move the Size to 6 > Change > Click on Whisper White > OK > OK.

Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Stamp icon > Browse > All Scallops > Open > Drag the scallop #4 on to your page. While it is highlighted, click on Change Color (on left side) > Regal Rose > OK. Right click on it > Copy. Click on a blank spot on your page and right click Paste. Match the two up to fit across your page.

Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Grosgrain Ribbon > Open > Drag the So Saffron ribbon on to the top of your scallop > Browse > Grosgrain Ribbon Knot > Open > Drag the So Saffron knot on to the top of your ribbon. While it is highlighted, click on Flip (right hand side).

Once I put my Photo boxes on my page, I noticed I had a blank area so I added a butterfly.

Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Stamp icon > Simple Friendship > Open. Drag the Butterfly on to your page. Resize it by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Change Color (on left side) > So Saffron > OK. To put the butterfly on an angle, drag the slider under Rotate (on right side) to -20.

To add text to a page, click on the Add Text icon (across the top). Type your text in the text box. To change your font and/or font color after typing the text, highlight the portion of the text to change and make the desired changes using the Text section of the Design Center (right side). Click and drag to move the text box to where you want it. Click one of the gray handles (small boxes) around the edges of the text box to resize the text box.

When I finish a page I am pleased with, I like to duplicate it. Insert, Insert Duplicate Page Mirrored. Sometimes I use it as a double page spread and sometimes I just bump it forward for another layout.  Leave me Feedback if you enjoyed this. If you create this page, send me the link and I’d be happy to post it here.

My Digital Studio Catalogue - Can be seen by clicking on MDS Catalogue in top right hand side in my sidebar. The first 25 pages are what come with MDS. The remaining pages are available downloads for purchasing and can be done by clicking on the On Line Ordering button in my left sidebar.

 

Welcome to my 1st digital scrapbook page.  I think I could really get hooked scrapbooking this way!  I would like to show you some very simple scrap pages that you can put together in minutes. Well, maybe not if this is your first time using MDS but it really won’t take you long … promise! For this page, everything I used comes with MDS (My Digital Studio).

It seems to me that there is about 3 ways to do everything in MDS. This is the way I do it so this is how I will show you. I am using Windows 7. You Mac or other Windows people may have some adjustments to make. All this info plus more can be found by clicking HELP (across the top of the program) > My Digital Studio Help.

If you are starting a new project, your first step will be to choose what type of project you wish to work on. The welcome screen will ask you to select a project type from the available options. To make your selection, click the corresponding project. Because I choose to do 8-1/2x11 pages, I will click on Photo Album and choose the 8-1/2” X 11” (portrait) size. If you prefer to do a 12x12 album, click on it instead.

You have the option of choosing between creating a project from Designer templates, using a Photo Only template, or Create Your Own templates. We will choose the Create Your Own option – this one gives us complete control over all design decisions, one element at a time.

Name your project by typing a name in the Project Name box. When My Digital Studio creates your project, this will be the name of the project folder. We will call it Practice Album. Click OK. Choose Insert (across the top) > Add Page from the menu > Blank Page > OK.

Click on Background Papers (on the right) > Designer Series Paper > Blooms > Bermuda Bay > OK.

You now have a page with Bermuda Bay Blooms on it. Turn on your Bleed area. View > Guides > Photo Page Bleed Area. Anything you put past the gray areas could get cut off during printing. I keep my photos inside this area but I don’t worry too much about any embellishments. Also, change your margins. File > Print set up > change all margins to 0. It will adjust automatically to the minimum size. If the whole page does not show up on your screen, click on the – (minus) button in the lower, right corner (Zoom area) and reduce to 75%. Ok, now back to work!

This is what the page looks like befor I put the photo boxes in place:Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Punch icon > Drag the 1.25” circle punch on to your page. Enlarge it by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) around the edges with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Paper Fill (bottom, left side) > Brocade > So Saffron > OK > Mat (on the right side) > move the Size to 6 > Change > Click on Whisper White > OK > OK.

Drag the Curly Label Punch on to your page. Enlarge it by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Paper Fill (bottom, left side) > Script > Regal Rose > OK > click on Arrange (at the top) > Order > Send to Back > Mat (on the right side) > move the Size to 6 > Change > Click on Whisper White > OK > OK.

Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Stamp icon > Browse > All Scallops > Open > Drag the scallop #4 on to your page. While it is highlighted, click on Change Color (on left side) > Regal Rose > OK. Right click on it > Copy. Click on a blank spot on your page and right click Paste. Match the two up to fit across your page.

Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Embellishment icon > Browse > Grosgrain Ribbon > Open > Drag the So Saffron ribbon on to the top of your scallop > Browse > Grosgrain Ribbon Knot > Open > Drag the So Saffron knot on to the top of your ribbon. While it is highlighted, click on Flip (right hand side).

Once I put my Photo boxes on my page, I noticed I had a blank area so I added a butterfly.

Under the Resource Pallet (on the left), click on the Stamp icon > Simple Friendship > Open. Drag the Butterfly on to your page. Resize it by grabbing one of the gray handles (small boxes) with your mouse. While it is highlighted, click on Change Color (on left side) > So Saffron > OK. To put the butterfly on an angle, drag the slider under Rotate (on right side) to -20.

To add text to a page, click on the Add Text icon (across the top). Type your text in the text box. To change your font and/or font color after typing the text, highlight the portion of the text to change and make the desired changes using the Text section of the Design Center (right side). Click and drag to move the text box to where you want it. Click one of the gray handles (small boxes) around the edges of the text box to resize the text box.

When I finish a page I am pleased with, I like to duplicate it. Insert, Insert Duplicate Page Mirrored. Sometimes I use it as a double page spread and sometimes I just bump it forward for another layout.  Leave me Feedback if you enjoyed this. If you create this page, send me the link and I’d be happy to post it here.

My Digital Studio Catalogue - Can be seen by clicking on MDS Catalogue in top right hand side in my sidebar. The first 25 pages are what come with MDS. The remaining pages are available downloads for purchasing and can be done by clicking on the On Line Ordering button in my left sidebar.

 

SU217 Joy

 

I had read that Sylvia’s Christmas Card Challenge theme for March was Monochromatic.  It was a couple days before I could get working on my cards due to life interruptions.  Finally got going and I sure must have been in my own little world as this is what I came up with (above).  After I finished four of them, I thought what the heck are you doing??!!  This isn’t very Monochromatic!  Anyways, just changed it a bit and still ended up stamping ‘Joy’ with burgundy!

 

Stamp Sets: Welcome Christmas, Small Script.

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, DSP from Costco.

 

Ink: Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy.

 

Accessories: sponge, coluzzle, Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon.

Total Christmas Cards for 2011:

January = 1, February = 6, March = 5.

 

A total of 12 cards thus far!  Thanks Sylvia for keeping me going!

 

 

I had read that Sylvia’s Christmas Card Challenge theme for March was Monochromatic.  It was a couple days before I could get working on my cards due to life interruptions.  Finally got going and I sure must have been in my own little world as this is what I came up with (above).  After I finished four of them, I thought what the heck are you doing??!!  This isn’t very Monochromatic!  Anyways, just changed it a bit and still ended up stamping ‘Joy’ with burgundy!

 

Stamp Sets: Welcome Christmas, Small Script.

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, DSP from Costco.

 

Ink: Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy.

 

Accessories: sponge, coluzzle, Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon.

Total Christmas Cards for 2011:

January = 1, February = 6, March = 5.

 

A total of 12 cards thus far!  Thanks Sylvia for keeping me going!

 

SU216 A Christmas Piano

This is the February Christmas Card I did for Sylvia’s 2011 Christmas Card Challenge.

 

Stamp Set: Tags til Christmas.

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Red Riding Hood, Black, White.

 

Ink: Black.

 

Accessories: sponge, 3/4 x 15/16 inch oval punch, Tag Corner punch.

 

I used the computer to type the "A Christmas Note" - comic sans, size 11, bold.

Inspired from Card Creations - there is no date on the magazine but I marked that I bought it in Jan 2006.

 

Total Christmas Cards for 2011:

January = 1, February = 6.

 

A total of 7 cards thus far! 

Thanks Sylvia for keeping me going!

 

This is the February Christmas Card I did for Sylvia’s 2011 Christmas Card Challenge.

 

Stamp Set: Tags til Christmas.

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Red Riding Hood, Black, White.

 

Ink: Black.

 

Accessories: sponge, 3/4 x 15/16 inch oval punch, Tag Corner punch.

 

I used the computer to type the "A Christmas Note" - comic sans, size 11, bold.

Inspired from Card Creations - there is no date on the magazine but I marked that I bought it in Jan 2006.

 

Total Christmas Cards for 2011:

January = 1, February = 6.

 

A total of 7 cards thus far! 

Thanks Sylvia for keeping me going!

 

SU213 Christmas Collage

 

I'm hoping to play in Sylvia's Christmas Card Challenge this year. 

 

You can see the details HERE.

 

Here is my entry for January 2011, Vintage Christmas.

Stamp: Christmas Collage.

 

Cardstock: Real Red, Kraft, Old Olive, scraps of light weight text paper to make flower centers..

 

Ink: Chocolate Chip pigment and dye, White ColorBox.

 

Accessories: Clear EP, ribbon, stylus, 5 Petal Flower punch, Daffodil Delight marker, Real Red marker, 1/4 inch hole punch, sponge.

 

You can see how I made the poinsettia by clicking HERE.

One Christmas card made!

 

I'm hoping to play in Sylvia's Christmas Card Challenge this year. 

 

You can see the details HERE.

 

Here is my entry for January 2011, Vintage Christmas.

Stamp: Christmas Collage.

 

Cardstock: Real Red, Kraft, Old Olive, scraps of light weight text paper to make flower centers..

 

Ink: Chocolate Chip pigment and dye, White ColorBox.

 

Accessories: Clear EP, ribbon, stylus, 5 Petal Flower punch, Daffodil Delight marker, Real Red marker, 1/4 inch hole punch, sponge.

 

You can see how I made the poinsettia by clicking HERE.

One Christmas card made!

SU211a French Foliage Poinsettia

This is the instructions on how I made the Poinsettia from my previous post.

 

Using the leaf from the French Foliage set, stamp eight petals on regal rose cardstock using cherry cobbler ink and three leaves on old olive cardstock using garden green ink.  Punch out a 3/4" circle and pounce cherry cobbler on it with your sponge.  Cut out and sponge the edges.  Cut the stem off four petals.  Leave the rest longer.  Curl the leaves and petals.

 

 

Glue four petals on the circle to create an X.  It won't matter if a bit of the circle shows as it is pounced the same color as the petals so it will blend in quite well.

 

Glue the other four petals under the first four to create another X.

 

 

 

Add the leaves.  Punch six 1/4" circles as proceed as I did HERE.

This is the instructions on how I made the Poinsettia from my previous post.

 

Using the leaf from the French Foliage set, stamp eight petals on regal rose cardstock using cherry cobbler ink and three leaves on old olive cardstock using garden green ink.  Punch out a 3/4" circle and pounce cherry cobbler on it with your sponge.  Cut out and sponge the edges.  Cut the stem off four petals.  Leave the rest longer.  Curl the leaves and petals.

 

 

Glue four petals on the circle to create an X.  It won't matter if a bit of the circle shows as it is pounced the same color as the petals so it will blend in quite well.

 

Glue the other four petals under the first four to create another X.

 

 

 

Add the leaves.  Punch six 1/4" circles as proceed as I did HERE.