Happy Valentine's Day!
My Valentine Card was made in My Digital Studio (MDS). I love our All in the Family stamp set, and it's so easy to use the digital version - no sloppy stamping, no stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, and I can re-size the little people to fit wherever I need them! I also love that I can use our fantastic new Sweet Pea Paper without using up my real paper, especially since I kept changing my mind on the paper strips. ;)
Have a Sweet Stampin' Day!
Stampin' Up! has released more digital kits for My Digital Studio! This birthday card is 100% digital, and features Designer Series Paper from our brand new Sweet Pea 12x12 pack in the Occasions Mini. I love all the paper in this pack - it's twice as big as our regular DSP packs! And, it's already available in digital format!
This is the inside-left, of the card. For some reason I remember to digitally stamp inside my cards more than I remember to stamp in the real ones. ;)
There is a light gray frame around these two inside images. I added that in Adobe, just for posting, because the all-white "paper" doesn't show up with my white background. It is not on the card itself and I will be sure to send the correct version to the printer. ;)
And, here is the inside-right. I also don't usually remember to add decorative paper to the inside of real cards, but it is SO easy with MDS!
I plan to have these printed through our print services, so the colors print true to SU colors. They are only $2.95 each, and come scored and with envelopes.
Happy Stampin'!
This is another card I had printed through Stampin' Up's printing service.
The photo didn't quite capture the colors, but they are true to SU colors: Bashful Blue & Rose Red.
I posted this card way back in September. You can see the post HERE. Well, I finally sent it to our printer, and I am thrilled with the result!
Before sending the digital card through MDS to our printing service, I decided to add a little pizazz to the inside of the card.
Here's what I decided to do. I added a few digi-stamped images, a digi-stamped Christmas sentiment, and typed "Merry Christmas" with the text tool and a font from my computer. I love that each page can be as simple or elaborate as you'd like, with just a few clicks.
This is a photo of the back of my card. All cards printed through our printing service will look like this (without the copyright in the upper corner - I just added that for posting purposes).
The back page is the only one that you cannot decorate or alter.
This is such a fun card! We don't carry any Disney products, so I made "Minnie" in My Digital Studio with a few simple punch images.
This is so easy to do in MDS. I just added a circle punch, colored it black, copied it twice and sized the copies to make the ears. I arranged the circles and added a Mambo Melon grosgrain bow.
The other elements (all digital) are Whisper White and Mambo Melon card stock, Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon and bow, Night of Navy brads, Heard from the Heart stamp in Night of Navy, text typed in Night of Navy, white stitching and Scallop Edge Punch.
I also added the red, green and vanilla Designer paper from our Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit, and colorized it "blue" to get the blue and white stripped paper.
Order your copy of My Digital Studio HERE and see what you can create!
Happy Stampin'!
I'm ready to print! I finished my first MDS album, and can't wait to see what it looks like when I get it back from our printing partner. Click the image below to view the pages in a slide show. Let me know what you think!
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My Digital Studio is finally available for purchase! This is Stampin' Up!'s own digital crafting software with all our exclusive colors and images, plus some retired products! You can do so many things with this program, from digital scrapbooking to designing layouts to hybrid projects and much more!
You can order the digital kits without the MDS program, but you will need the program to order printed pages and albums from our Printing Partner.
For more information, contact me today at jen@stampingaroundtheclock.com or 910.224.1518.
Please be advised that the kits currently available are included in the MDS program, so if you plan to order the software at a later date, you won't want to download them twice. SU! will be releasing more kits soon.
Click HERE to order My Digital Studio or digital download kits now!
I'm having so much fun with My Digital Studio!
This photo is from the day we brought Mary Shannon home from the hospital.
I altered a few of the items on this page - rotated the background paper, changed the colors of the duckie paper, and changed the color of the heart embellishment.
I'll start holding classes soon on how to do all this and more in Stampin' Up's brand new digital paper-crafting software! Stay tuned for more details...
Happy Stampin'!
Here is one of the first cards I made with My Digital Studio (MDS). Once you design a card (or any project) in MDS, you can use that design as a guide or scrap map to create a traditional card, or you can print multiple copies of your creation.
Tomorrow, I will show you a sample of creating a card front with MDS and turning it into a hybrid card.
Happy Stampin'!
Are you ready for this?????
I love our new digital software program, My Digital Studio (MDS)!
You may have guessed that already, if you read my review of MDS the other day (HERE).
So, without further delay, let the MDS sharing begin!
We are usually behind the camera, so I had Tom take this photo of us on Saturday (at a skating party for one of the kids). I scrapbooked the photo that evening.
You may notice that the flower paper is from a retired Simply Scrappin' Kit called Summer Home. And, the retired In Colors are there too (Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red on this page).
I "stamped" the flower from Baroque Motifs on the background "paper" (Brocade Blue "card stock"), then added the "paper" strips and "ribbon."
The scallop circle was "punched" and filled with another pattern paper from Summer Home.
I "stamped" the always circle from our Always stamp set, and layered it on there too.
The photo and scallop circle are "matted," which is a function of the program. No need to add an actual "paper" layer.
I added "drop shadows" to most of the elements on this page.
I typed and formatted our names and the date with the text tool.
The "kindred spirits" circle is a "stamp" from a retired rub-on set, and the white flower is a stamp from Enjoy Every Moment.
These are all digital images found in MDS, applied in layers on the canvas, and saved as one image in .jpeg format for sharing.
I made the page as a 12x12. Once it is available (later this month), I will be able to send this page with others to our printing service. Or, I can open it in another photo program, add it to a smaller canvas for resizing, and print it on my home printer.
Let me know what you think and if you have any questions! I'll be back tomorrow with more fun digi-shares!
Happy Stampin'!
My Digital Studio(MDS) is Stampin' Up's brand new paper crafting software, which will be available on October 1.
This is a fun and easy program to use. It offers many options for traditional paper crafters, as well as hybrid and digital paper crafters. You can do everything from designing projects that you will later make with traditional supplies to fully digital scrapbooking pages and albums. And, the best part is that you get to use Stampin' Up's beautiful, high-quality products (from stamp images to papers to tools) in digital format. You can create and print your projects, email them, and even make movies! You can also download just the image kits to use in other photo programs.
Stampin' Up will continue to release new digital kits for download, including some retired products (ie. stamp images, In Color products, Simply Scrappin' Kits). You will be able to purchase these downloads directly from my Stampin' Up Store! How easy is that?! No shipping charges or waiting for a package to arrive!
Stampin' Up! has also contracted with a printer, who has calibrated their printers to our exclusive colors. The printing costs are reasonable, and if you purchase MDS, you will be able to send your creations to this professional printer directly from the program!
I know that digital paper crafting is very new to most of you. So, I will be posting samples and holding classes to help you become familiar with the program and all the wonderful creations you can make with it. I am really having fun playing with all this program has to offer, and can't wait to show you some digi-scrap pages and hybrid projects both online and in our workshops!
What is a hybrid project or hybrid scrap page? Well, you simply use the digital images to create part of your project, like an embellishment, title, or even just pre-matting your photos. Then, print and cut or punch out those items to apply to a traditional/physical scrapbook page, card, etc. The images are designed to fit exactly with our physical products, so you can print a sentiment and punch it with a coordinating punch - no cutting! You can also create a small scrapbook page, print it and use it as an embellishment on a larger page.
I hope you are as excited about My Digital Studio as I am! Even if you are not sure that the digital format is right for you, give it a try! I think you will be pleasantly surprised by how fun digi- and hybrid paper crafting can be!
Stay tuned for tons of MDS samples and my new class schedule.
Contact me today to schedule your Fall Workshops, and be sure to ask about how we can incorporate MDS into your workshops!
Happy Stampin'!
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