As I was creating this card, I felt the background lacked depth so I added the Hip and Handsome Overlays -8 on the background. The Swallowtail Butterfly looks like a doily when it is colored with Whisper White and makes a great focal point for the card. I added the Happy Birthday greeting fromt the That's a Wrap Designer Kit.

Supplies:
Background
     Card Stock/Blushing Bride
Embellishments
    (131329) Timeless Taffeta Trimmings – long bow whisper white (re-colored)
Stamps
    (125753) Hip and Handsome Overlays – 8, Color = CAMEO CORAL
    Swallowtail, Color = WHISPER WHITE
   (132190) That's a Wrap Designer Kit– happy birthday cursive, Color = black

Order the supplies needed for this card by clicking on the links or visiting my online store. You will need these downloads to follow along with the video I am sharing tomorrow on how I made this Swallowtail Butterfly card.

I love this template from the new digital download Top Notch Woodcuts (133896)! I had hoped that the small triangles were a stamp brush set but they are Freehand Frames – triangles. Each one was copied and pasted by the Stampin' Up! designer! Wow, what a lot of work they did. I had planned on using the pieces to make an original scrapbook page for this photo of one of our great-grandkids after showing the template as it downloaded. However, I like this one so much that all I did was to resize it from 12" x 12" to an 8" x 8" page and to change out the woodcut over the photo from 'awesome' to 'True Story'. Click here to see the other new downloads for today.

One thing I absolutely love about MDS is that you can change your mind repeatedly and not be wasting card stock. This template comes as a 12 x 12 page. I don't have a printer that can print out that size so I first changed it to 8 1/2" x 11". I didn't like that so I changed it back to a 12 x 12. Then I changed it to 8" x 8" which worked out well. All this changing took maybe 5 minutes, just a fraction of the time it would have taken in traditional scrapbooking!

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Until your next visit…blessings,

Sue Erickson
sue@soggystamper.com

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Background – Wisteria Wonder; Stamp Brush Sets – Swallowtail Butterfly (133011), Natural Composition Overlays – 12 (130855), Thoughts and Prayers – Thinking of You (comes with MDS1); Embellishments – Timeless Taffeta Trimmings (131329)

This card is a good one to make for those just starting out with MDS2 as there are very few steps in making it. I started with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" portrait card and added Wisteria Wonder card stock. Then I applied this lovely lacy Natural Composition Overlays pattern 12 and colored it Very Vanilla. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Next I added the Swallowtail Butterfly which was a new download last week  and resized it to fit on the card. I changed the color to Whisper White and rotated it. I added the greeting from Thoughts and Prayers leaving it black.

As a final touch I added the large bow and the ruffled bow from Timeless Taffeta Trimmings. I left the ruffled bow its original size and just moved it over to a section of the ribbon that was straight. That set of embellishments does not come in Wisteria Wonder so I started with Crumb Cake and recolored them with Wisteria Wonder.I have a couple of friends who are starting cancer treatment this month. This is a perfect card to make into a hybrid card to send to them.

Click here to see the rest of last week's downloads and here to see this week's downloads and order the ones you love.

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Until your next visit…blessings,
Sue
sue@soggystamper.com

Sorry I was missing in action for so long. I was responsible for a craft project at a Christian Women's Retreat last Saturday and had to prepare project kits for 16 ladies. We made a darling suitcase memory box. The project was a little more detailed than was possible to finish in the allotted 45 min. Fortunately, I had typed up directions so they can finish their boxes at home. A great time of fellowship, spiritual inspiration, and fun was had by all. The theme was Journeys and the decor was filled with all kinds of maps and suitcases. There were food demonstrations from a variety of countries and crafts from many countries as well.

Now on to some digital creating. When the wind blows here, it really blows! It blows so hard that the dogs' ears get blown inside out when we take our walks. I finally got a great picture which begged to be scrapped.

I love the Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper (130670) and the clouds pattern suggested a windy day to me. I filled the Thought Window Punch from Celebrate Any Day Greeting Card Templates (127757) with Very Vanilla color and reduced the opacity to 80%. The title was created with the Love Birds Alpahbet and Numbers stamp brush set from the Love Birds Digital Kit (124443). I used the Handwriting – Dakota font for the journaling.

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Thanks for stopping by to visit. Come back tomorrow to see what new downloads catch my eye.

Until your next visit…blessings,
Sue

sue@soggystamper.com

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Background – Card Stock/Cherry Cobbler; Embellishments – A Little of This Tag Templates (127585)– hearts tag template, Hearts & Kisses Photocard Template (129012)- heart 1, Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon (118852) – knot;
Stamps – Natural Composition Overlays (130855) – 11, Officially Awesome Valentines Designer Template (133009) – hearts, Valentine Love Ensemble  (133327)- happy valentines day, Wedding Words stamp brush set  (129342) – vertical hearts; Punches – Hearts Punches (come with MDS2) – Medium, Tall, and Small sizes, Hearts Collection (129337) – 2

Happy Valentine's Day to you all. Yes, I am a little late with this post but I still wanted to send wishes to you. I pulled out all the stops…err hearts in my arsenal of stamps, punches, and embellishments. After getting the card created, I felt he background was a little blah so I added the Natural Composition Overlays – 11 stamp brush in Basic Black.

I expected my dh to have forgotten Valentine's Day because he has been so focused on getting the school budget built for next year and revising this year's budget. But he did good!!! He came home with a very sentimental Valentine's Day card that totally describes our love and life together AND a dozen red roses! It has been years since he has brought flowers home for me.

So I hope all of you, married or not, have had a day filled with love of many kinds.

Hugs and blessings,
Sue Erickson
sue@soggystamper.com

If you have a toddler and a dog in the house, you are quite familiar with the scene in this photo. Heck, we don't have any kids at home but our two very spoiled dachsies sit right at our feet during a meal hoping we will drop a tidbit or share our people food with them. They think almost all people food is a delicacy. :o)

I love the contrast between the shadow in the foreground and the light on our darling great-granddaughter and her dog Bandit. I also love the chalkboard designer series papers and stamps in the Convention 2012 Photobook Template download  (130971) so I used them to highlight this wonderful photo. If you haven't already purchased this download, I urge you to do so by clicking on the link. I think you will love it too. BTW, I used the Chalkduster font for the text.

Thanks for coming to visit today. Come again tomorrow to see what new digital download I choose to highlight.

Until your next visit…blessings,
Sue
sue@soggystamper.com