Confession – I have been one of those hold outs in subscribing to My Paper Pumpkin. I have been scrapbooking, crafting and card making for some time and I thought the kits were too basic. Well I was not the only one and Stampin' Up! LISTENED. The last few months the kits have been knocking my socks off. Each month I have been so close to subscribing. Then Shelli Gardner, Stampin' Up's co-founder threw out a 50% off your first month subscription offer. Wait the offer is only good through May 23rd! WOW
So I jumped on and subscribed! I would love to have you jump in and join too. There is no long term commitment. If you don't like it you can cancel your subscription. Want to see an example of last month's kit? I am sorry I missed this kit I don't want to miss any more!
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Over the weekend I was able to get two scrapbook pages completed. My scrapbooks are a combination of Project Life pages and traditional 12 x 12 pages that include photos, embellishments and journaling. I wanted to show you another Project Life page where I used Stampin' Up DSP and My Digital Studio (MDS).
The pages are not elaborate. The key to Project Life is to get the the moments captured and to tell your story. I will show you one of the pages that captures Father's Day 2012 (I know I am behind).
The Project Life Pocket Page I used is Design F which includes one 4" x 6" pocket and ten 3" x 4" pockets. This page design used to throw me off because I did not know how to get more 4" x 6" photos in the layout. Simple – you chose photos where you can slice it down the middle. Your eye naturally looks at it as a whole photo. You can see I did that twice.
Let's take closer look…
I am an MDS novice yet the program is fairly easy to work with and there are many great Stampin' Up! tutorials and You Tube vidoes available to get you started. The Happy Father's Day card in the center was completely designed and printed from MDS. I set the size of my project (3 x 4), purchased a Father's Day stamp set, and then added the stamps to my project, selected the colors I wanted and then added text. It is fairly simple and fun to play around in.
You can see I even added text to my photos and print those as well. The text added to the photo below is a brush added to Photoshop by Ali Edwards. I love her style. The "Recording Moments" in the photo at the top of the page is another Ali Edwards brush.
I do hope I am inspiring you to document the moments of YOUR life. Our lives are not about the things we accumulate rather the accumulation of our experiences. As the years go by I am more and more appreciative of the time I have invested in documenting our lives.
Remember you can try MDS for FREE for 30 days and if you like it is is only $19.99! It is an amazing tool whether you want to capture memories, make cards or create invitations! If you have any questions I am just an email away.
Tomorrow is another Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge, see you then!
Two weeks ago today Pierce, our youngest son, turned 18. Wow, where did that time go.
His birthday is Cinco de Mayo and he is one of the most interesting men I know even if he can't drink Dos Equis yet. We celebrated his birthday with a great dinner at home, cake and of course presents. Conor, our older son, had just come home from University of Florida and was here for the celebration as well. It was great to have us all around the table again.
Here is another look at the card:
You can see in this photo that I used Early Espresso Emboss Powder to give the sentiment (retired stamp set Curly Cute) texture and make it stand out on the card. The stamp set is Spiral Spins from the Occasions Catty. The card stock used is Wild Wasabi.
Most of my friends and family know that I enjoy scrapbooking and card creating. Yet I had not shared my blog with everyone. Yesterday I took a big step and shared StampinMojo with all my Facebook friends. That might not seem like a big thing yet it was something I pondered for quite sometime. Today I am grateful to all my friends and family who embraced my confession of my love for papercrafting. I created this card to say Thank you for your support.
With the new Catalog only a couple weeks away I want to continue to show you some of the items retiring. This card uses the Watercolor Note Cards from the Occasions Catalog as its base. Then using the Lacy and Lovely stamp set (retiring) I used several of my favorite colors, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Gumball Green (retiring) and Smoky Slate to stamp. Two of the images were then punched out and popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals.
Quick, easy and colorful. Perfect when you need to get a thank you card out fast.
Remember you can shop 24/7 and order any of your favorite retiring items before it is too late! Thanks for stopping by.
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