SunnySide of Crafting

This morning I viewed a scrap layout that inspired this My Digital Studio (MDS) 8×8 scrapbook page.  This scrapbook page is of my dad helping my brother Geoffrey jump start his John Deere on a cool day in mid-March 2010. 

I am slowly working at compiling an 8×8 scrapbook of my dad and other family members using MDS.  When the scrapbook is complete it will be sent out for professional printing which is accomplished by a few keystrokes in the MDS software package.  I love that MDS allows me to easily pull together cherished photos into an album (or calendar, card, let your creativity juices flow here!) to preserve memories for you and others.

There are several things that I still want to 'tweak' on this scrapbook page.  The page captures the essence of what I wanted to portray though.  I just want to play around a bit with the embellishments and some alignments.  Again, MDS allows this 'tweaking' to happen without waste of paper, embellishments, and other accessories.   OK, I also think there are some other 'cool' MDS downloads that I want to purchase that would look great on this scrapbook page. 

Yesterday I discovered a new web site called Soul Scrappers (http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/).  If you have a few moments do check it out.  For me, I decided to give the scrapbook challenge SC3 a whirl.  Soul Scrappers provides the layout and the rest is up to you!  Now I like that!

Here is the challenge scrapbook page I made with SU!'s My Digital Studio (MDS).  Idid take a little bit of 'creative license' with the sketch.   The colors used on the scrapbook page were:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, and So Saffron. 

I kept the page pretty simple—with digital software you can add bling and zing until your fingers grow weary.  For now—I am going to let the page set a day or so and see what enhancements or changes I want to make if any.  That's what so cool about digital software—it is so easy to keep trying different things without any waste of precious stamping and scrapbooking supplies.

This scrapbook page is the first of many for my 'work in progress' 8×8 scrapbook.  My game plan is to add page(s) when I find a great layout (or think of one on my own) that seem perfect to capture a memory.   Stay tuned for future episodes of my scrapbook over time!

This card's color scheme:  Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Kraft, and Real Red.

Verve stamps had for a brief spell a Valentine digital download for free.  I downloaded the images and decided to have some fun with them by making a card using My Digital Studio.   This is the first time I had tried using a digital image other than what I had purchased from Stampin' Up!. 

So behold, the Valentine card I made using My Digital Studio (SU!) and two of the Verve digital stamps.  The card base is Chocolate Chip and matted with Pretty in Pink scallops and Kraft colors.  The sentiment is in Chocolate Chip with the heart itself being Real Red.  I added one gold brad and needed to call it quits to take care of a household situation.  Anyway, I had a blast playing around with my digital card!