Monthly Archives: October 2009

My first MDS card

October 31, 2009

 MDS Christmas Card

Wow, I feel like a little kid who wants to get home quick to show Mom what I made in school.  Since those days are long, long past—I’ll  rush to my blog instead to share with y’all my first cards created (oh so easily!) using SU!’s My Digital Studio (MDS) software program.  What a giggle!  I was having so much fun with MDS that I stayed up a little later than was good for me.  OK, back to my MDS cards!

I could have built my own card layer by layer however, instead I selected a professional designer card.   Since I need Christmas cards for mailing I selected a Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin’ (see SU!’s IB&C pg 165) theme designer card.  A designer card is ‘good to go’ except I just felt compelled to tweak mine a bit.  My customizations included: adding a Real Red scallop punch (behind the sentiment circle) including a Chocolate Chip paper mat, three Real Red brads; and selecting Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon.

Christmas Card w/ Brads

Here’s the same card again except it has a different DSP design and uses Real Red grosgrain ribbon instead of Chocolate Chip.  Oh yes!  Can you find the brads I added to the DSP snow bursts??  MDS is very very conducive to playing around with adding and removing embellishments, punches, stamps, and DSP.  Now you have a better idea as to why I was up late—I was busy playing!  

Want to see what the inside of the card looks like?  Here it is!!  I liked the fact I could do a ‘mirror image’ of the holly berries. 

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Christmas Cards for our Troops Overseas

I have completed 11 Christmas cards and have 89 to go to reach my goal of 100 Christmas cards.  This weekend is a little busy so that’s going to slow down my card making pace a bit.  I will admit to struggling a little bit with keeping the cards clean and simple.  There’s this little voice in my head that keeps crying out for more layers and more embellishments.   

Stamp on and with Aloha! Aloha Jan

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Cards for our Troops

October 30, 2009

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Last night I watched two of SU!’s My Digital Studio (MDS) webinars required to obtain MDS certification from SU!  I have two more to go and then some homework assignments.  Wow—homework!  It has been awhile since I have had homework to complete.  Housework—YES.  There’s always housework that needs to be done.
Anyhow, I will be running [...]

Poinsettias

October 29, 2009

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Yesterday I had fun creating this card’s background (SU!’s Real Red, Black, So Saffron marker to color flower’s center) with my Verve poinsettia stamp set.  The remainder of the card is all SU!.  Handsome Hunter was used for the card base.  Real Red, Brushed Gold, Whisper White were used for the card mats.  The sentiment [...]

Soft Holly

October 28, 2009

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I thought it would be fun to do yesterday’s card layout again and use SU!’s Dasher stamp for the focal point.  Again, another quick-n-easy card.
The card’s background was wheeled using SU!’s Stampin’ Around Soft Holly wheel (112968 – $6.50) loaded with a Certainly Celery stampin’ around ink cartridge.  I love to wheel—it’s easy and fun [...]

Daises

October 27, 2009

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What a hoot and this was not planned—the sentiment is from SU!’s Upsy Daisy stamp set (111710) and the daisy flower was created using my Daisies #2 BigZ die (114520).  My brain is definitely thinking "daisies" today!
Today’s card is a quick-n-easy card.   Since it is a hot day here I chose bright colors for my [...]