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April 22, 2013

Enjoy Life Template Variation

Baltimore Swap, Matted with PearlsHere’s my swap from the Stampin’ Up Regional in Baltimore, Maryland, April 13. The design was all done with My Digital Studio, using the Spring to Life Kit. To make it a hybrid project, I added a mat in Lucky Limeade and added Pearls, in graduated sizes, to the butterflies.

Baltimore SwapMy design was inspired by a birthday card by Heather Summers from the Simply My Digital Studio Challenge group on Facebook. I switched out the kit and used different embellishments.

My one cheat is the butterflies. No amount of recoloring the butterfly embellishment from the Spring to Life Kit was giving me a butterfly that looked appropriately Lucky Limeade. If I were patient, I could have colored in the butterfly using the Freeform Tool. As it happens, I’m not that patient. I took the butterfly to Photoshop, used the magic wand, and refilled the butterfly in Lucky Limeade. Its mat outline is Always Artichoke.

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March 30, 2013

Be of Good Cheer Card

Be of Good Cheer CardThis card was so simple I can’t believe it. It was inspired by the most recent challenge in the Simply My Digital Studio Challenges group on Facebook.

It’s an 8″ by 8″ scrapbook page (Be of Good Cheer Kit) converted to a 4.25″ by 5.5″ card. I removed the photo box and stitching (it wasn’t wide enough and pixelated when I stretched it), widened the red ribbon slightly, added a new straight stitching embellishment, and exported it as a JPEG. Then I added that JPEG to a photo box on a new page so that I could add a mat, and, ta-duh, a card. I’m sure this is cheating.

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October 1, 2012

Merry and Bright Christmas Card

Merry & Bright Christmas CardWhile I love my Winter Photo Booth swaps, I realized that people might want a simpler option. For my second swap for the Chattanooga Regional, I decided to create an MDS card that was easy to make and that could easily be made as a non-digital card. I CASEd this design from Julie Leblanc of Kewlstamps. I used the Coloring Tool in MDS2 to make each letter in the sentiment a different color.

To make the card a hybrid, I printed out the Whisper White layer only, rounded the corners with a Circle Punch, and then mounted the layer on either Gumball Green (as shown), Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, or Primrose Petals. I also accented the images with Dazzling Details to add a bit of shine.

Here is the supply list for the card:

  • Cardstock Back: Gumball Green (as shown), Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, or Primrose Petals
  • Background: Whisper White, with rounded corners
  • Stamps:
  • Punches
    • Scallop Square Punch (included in the original MDS install)
    • Postage Stamp Punch
    • Square Punch (included in the original MDS install)

 

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October 1, 2012

Faux Moonlighting Halloween Card

I love this stunning Moonlighting technique that Kathy Howes CASEd from Dawn Olchefske.

In their cards, the moon is masked off and the ink glow is sponged on. There’s no simple way to sponge in MDS, so I had a challenge. Here’s what I came up with:

FauxMoonlighting

I used drop shadows and opacity to create the moonlighting effect. I tried using the same color palette as Howe and Olchefske (Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Cajun Craze). Unfortunately, it looked more like a glowing hot sun than the moon. When I switched to a monochromatic palette, and the colors blended much better.

Here is the supply list for the card:

Background
     Color = Basic Black
Stamps
    Toxic Treats\Toxic Treats – gate (stamped 3 times), Color = 0,0,0
    Sentiment: Party Time II\Party Time II – Halloween, Color = 0,0,0
Punches
    Basics\1.25 Circle Punch, in various sizes, with the paper removed so that only the drop shadow shows

Moon Layers, from top to bottom:

  • 487px circle, Drop Shadow full and 100% in Very Vanilla. Object set to 81% opacity so that other layers shine through
  • Stamp: Splatters\Ink Splatters\Ink Splatter 6, Color = Whisper White
  • 271px circle, Drop Shadow full and 75% in Whisper White. Object set to 90% opacity.
  • 348px circle, Drop Shadow full and 75% in Very Vanilla. Object set to 90% opacity.
  • 415px circle, Drop Shadow full and 100% in Sahara Sand. Object set to 100% opacity.

 

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July 31, 2012

DIY Christmas Chevrons

Christmas ChevronsI decided to find a way to create chevrons without the punch or stamp. To get the effect, I used the Large Photo Corner Punch to get the effect—super easy and super flexible. Just flip the punches, match them up, and group them to make a line of zigzags!

Here is the supply list for the card:

  • Background: Whisper White
  • Chevrons: Large Photo Corner Punch with color picked from the light polka dots behind the deer
  • Dasher Focal Image: Christmas Jingle – Circle 1
  • Square Punch, reshaped to a rectangle, in Old Olive with a 2 pt. Chocolate Chip Mat  
  • Sentiment: Jolly Jingles – Merry Christmas to All
  • Embellishments:
    • Basic Pearls and Rhinestones – Rhinestone Small on the snowflakes
    • Brad – Real Red for Rudolph’s nose

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July 27, 2012

Hello Kitty Friend!

Hello Kitty FriendJeanna Bohanon’s Hello Kitty card for the MDS Blog Hop reminded me that I never posted the card I designed for my sister to use as a swap at the Columbus Regional back in February. I actually think that Jeanna’s card is cuter. I love the ears on Jeanna’s card, but this version works well for something basic and is perfect for a gift bag—just take a look at this gift bag by Connie Stewart, which is where I CASEd the idea from.

Here are the details on the card:

  • Background: Pretty in Pink Small Polka Dot
  • Cat Face: Square Punch, Fill Color = Whisper White     
  • Nose: Wide Oval Punch, Fill Color = Crushed Curry    
  • Eyes: Circle Punch, Fill Color = Basic Black   
  • Whiskers: Square Punch, Fill Color = Basic Black     
  • Bow:
    • Butterfly Punch, Fill Color = Melon Mambo     
    • Circle Punch, Fill Color = Melon Mambo     
  • Sentiment:
    • Decorative Label Punch, Fill Color = Whisper White with Melon Mambo Mat    
    • Square Punch for ribbon, filled with Melon Mambo Small Polka Dot
    • Stamp: Sunny Day\Sunny Day – hello friend, in Melon Mambo

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May 17, 2012

Spring Watercolor Tree

Last fall, I created a Thanksgiving card using a watercolor technique that  Julie Ann Davidse shared on the My Digital Studio (MDS) site. She credited the technique to Patty Bennett’s watercolor card, also on the MDS site, and I ultimately found the instructions on Cindy Schuster’s Watercoloring Technique video and her MDS Watercolor Technique Tutorial blog post.

Thanksgiving Watercolor Card

Tonight, I finally got around to creating a spring version of the card, using the same technique with different colors:

Spring Watercolor Tree

Here are the details on the card:

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April 9, 2012

Pansy Card

I struggled a bit with this week’s Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge (SQSC33). Nothing I tried worked, so I looked through my Likes on the My Digital Studio site, and suddenly I had it figured out. Here’s this week’s original sketch:

SQSC 33 Design

And here’s my version of the card:

PansyCard

The pansy design was taken from Marian Kay’s Pansy Butterfly. Hard to believe those pretty pansies were made from the butterfly punch! The color effect is made using Drop Shadows, similar to what is demonstrated in the Adding color using drop shadows video by Cindy Schuster. Here is the details:

  • Background Layer: Big Top Birthday—Paper 4
  • Pansies: Overlapping and rotated Butterfly Punches, in this order and color:
    • Large, back butterfly in Wisteria Wonder
    • Medium, middle butterfly made with drop shadow set at 100% Opacity and Full Blur in Concord Crush
    • Small, top butterfly made with drop shadow set at 100% Opacity and Full Blur in Summer Sun
    • Daffodil Delight Brad in the top center
  • Embellishments:
    • Grosgrain Ribbon—bow in Wisteria Wonder
    • Grosgrain Ribbon in Wisteria Wonder

 

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January 8, 2012

You’re OWLways There For Me

My card for this week’s Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge (SQSC20) is a punny thank you card. Here’s the original sketch:

SQSC20 Design

Here’s my version of the card:

OWLways There For Me Thank You Card

Here are the details on what went into the card:

  • Background Layer: Soft Suede
  • Middle Layer: Delight in the Day—10 (from the top portion of the sheet)
  • Owl Punch: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, and Calypso Coral
  • Sentiment: Very Vanilla with Soft Suede mat, So Happy For You—Thanks, “You’re OWLways there for me!” typed in Arial, 13pt. Stamp and text in Soft Suede
  • Embellishment: Grosgrain Ribbon and Bow in Very Vanilla

 

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January 1, 2012

Happy New Year Card

My card for this week’s Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge (SQSC19) is a very simple card to celebrate the New Year. Here’s the original sketch:

SQSC19 Design

Here’s my version of the card:

Happy New Year

Here are the details on what went into the card:

  • Background Layer: Island Indigo
  • Middle Layer: Calypso Coral
  • Top Layer: Homemade paper* (of Whisper White with Arial, 12 pt., in Island Indigo)
  • Circles: Circle and Scalloped Circle Punches, layered in Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, and Whisper White, with drop shadows on bottom punch only
  • Numbers: Timeless Type Junior Numbers Punches in Island Indigo
  • Embellishment: Grosgrain Ribbon and Bow in Calypo Coral, with drop shadows

*You can download and use the happy new year! paper using the same basic instructions that I posted for the homemade glitter paper. Please do not sell it, but share freely as you like.

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