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.
I decided to try creating the appearance of Triple Stamping with MDS, and here’s the result. I used grouped photos and a two-color DSP to create the look.
Supply List
Marina Mist Grosgrain Ribbon
Christmas Cheer – snowflake 6
Marina Mist Grosgrain Ribbon – knot
Winter Wonders – hello snow stamp
Get It Done – punch 3
Christmas Cocoa II – designer series paper, pattern 3
Here is the little sign that I made to go with Mom’s Christmas doorbell, which plays Christmas carols when you press the big red button.
It’s essentially the same as last year’s sign, but with MDS2 I was able to color in Santa’s boots, make his eyes blue, make his gloves Gumball Green, and color in his belt Basic Black. The Santa is 24 from 25 & Counting stamp brush set. I colored the number 24 with Whisper White so that it wasn’t visible, though the Presents (an embellishment from Candy Cane Lane) hide it fairly well without that.
The card is ever so slightly hybrid. I colored in Santa’s face and ears with a Pink Pirouette marker. That was so much easier than piecing punches behind his face and ears.
I slipped the card into a clear envelope to protect it from the weather, and put it up on the door frame with some Command Strips. Now we’re ready for those holiday deliveries and visitors!
I’m participating in the MDS 30 Days of Christmas Class being taught this month by Heather Summers and Martha Inchley. My Thanksgiving card is for their Bonus Sketch 1 Challenge. Yes, I know, I should probably do a Christmas card since it’s a Christmas class, but falling leaves and Thanksgiving were on my mind.
The stamp that I used for the sentiment is actually much larger than what appears on the card:
I added this stamp six times and then cropped it to get just the portion I needed:
The word “Very”
The word “Thankful”
The word “For”
The letter “Y”
The letter “O”
The letter “U”
Here is the supply list for the card:
Background: Very Vanilla
Stamps:
Very Very Thankful
- very thankful (cropped and stamped multiple times for the sentiment)
While 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
My Winter Photo Booth swaps for the Chattanooga 2012 Regional are based on the same idea as my Halloween Convention swaps. To upgrade the design to a hybrid card, I printed the image out and mounted it on a piece of cardstock (either Pool Party or Island Indigo). I sprayed the cards (before they were mounted) with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. Finally, I added Basic Rhinestones to the center of the two snowflakes on the bottom right.
Here is the supply list for the card:
Cardstock Back (not shown): Pool Party or Island Indigo
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:
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.
The rectangle punches and pieced punches behind the Medallion are filled with Textured Card Stock in Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Old Olive, and Baja Breeze.
When I work on a card challenge, I like to look at the design and think about what the shapes naturally lend themselves to doing. In the case of the Paper Craft Crew Challenge 2 (PCCC #2), I wanted to find something that fit that curve at the bottom of the card. I thought about the far end of a grand piano and perhaps a wave on the ocean. Nothing really seemed right though. When I went through my MDS stamps however, I found the solution in a perfectly curved Booo! stamp.
Here’s this week’s original sketch:
And here’s my version of the card:
Here are the resources that I used to make the card:
Background: Basic Black
Square and Oval Punches to create the Elegant Eggplant layer
Square Punches of Wicked Fun DSP – 5 (the Halloween words)
Stamps:
Scaredy Cat – Boo, in Pumpkin Pie
Scaredy Cat – Spider 1, in Basic Black, embellished with two Pumpkin Pie brads
Square Punches of Vintage Overlays DSP – Texture 6 on top of the paper layers to create a web look
This 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.
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