Whoosh…what a chore it was to finish this Project Life style scrapbook page! I kept getting java error messages but with perseverance I was able to work in spite of the error messages. I finally checked for page errors and found that I had a corrupt file for one of the embellishments. I had deleted the embellishment but the layer it was in didn’t delete. I finally started all over again with a new project and stayed away from that embellishment. I had no trouble the second time.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my page:

Here are the downloads I used:

Old School September Kit – Digital Download

$9.95

Happy Things Pocket Cards – Digital Download

$5.95

All Time Fave Photobook Template – Digital Download

$19.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Click on the images to see what the downloads include and to order them. Now it is your turn to create a page following the sketch in general. Have fun and then upload it here.

I love to play along with MDS Monday and follow their challenges. This week’s challenge is to use a map on our project. Here is the sketch

and here is my version

I love that the sketch has so many photos on it. This allowed me to put a whole year worth of photos from our granddaughter’s freshman year at college. I did a screen capture of a map of the area where her college is located near Boston and saved it as a jpeg. Then I added a square punch and resized it to 12″ x 12″ and photo filled the punch. I decreased the opacity to about 70% so that the colors of the map wouldn’t conflict with the photos. The smaller photos are 2″ x 2″ square punches also filled with photos. Instead of tags on the corners of the larger photos, I added antique brads (122164) to ‘hold the photos in place’. Minimal supplies are needed to create a page like this. The square punch and arrow come with the MDS software.

Now it’s your turn. Visit the MDS Monday website for the details of the challenge and get to creating. Then upload your project to their site. If you do, please leave me a message so I will be sure to check it out.

Welcome to MDS Monday! We have a new sketch to play with. Here is what I did with it.

Our 50th anniversary is August 28 but we wanted all the family to gather for a group picture and this past weekend was the only time we could gather them all together. It was a wonderful day with everyone there except for a grandson and his wife who in the military and didn’t have time off.

Supplies:MDS software digital download (130646), MDS software disc (130647), or 30-day Free Trial of MDS (130910)
Background – Downtown Grunge Photobook Template (126056)- designer series paper – 4
Embellishments
Fan Fair Photobook Template (127202) – embellishments/Fan Fair – stitching black 1
Punches
Flag Punch (125785) Fill Color = 153,220,229 and Summer Smoockes Kit (129601) designer series paper – 3

To order these supplies, visit my online store or click on the links. Thanks!

On this MDS Monday, we are enjoying a pleasant evening in our fifth-wheel trailer in a campground in Williams Lake, BC, on our way home from a month in Craig, AK. What a great time we had and I wanted to scrap some of the pictures we took to preserve those memories. I did take along a selection of stamps and stamping supplies but would not have pulled them out to create this scrapbook page. MDS to the rescue!!! What a wonderful way to spend the evening playing with my digital pictures and stamping supplies!

Have you given MDS and digital scrapbooking Stampin’ Up! style a try yet? If not, I urge you to do so. You can even try it for 30 days for FREE and I am here to help you get started. Just click on the links below to order MDS and the Summer Splash stamp brush set. Let me know when you are ready to install your purchase and I can walk you through it if you have any problems.

Summer Splash Stamp Brush Set – Digital Download

$5.95

Fifty Nifty Kit – Digital Download

$9.95

Mds Free Trial – Digital Download

$0.00

Mds Download – Digital Download

$19.95

Mds Disc Software

$19.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday! Today I have a scrapbook page I created for you using one of the new downloads for today, Perfect Pennants. This digital download contains the perfect sentiment to describe how I feel about my mini-dachshund, one of our two fur babies. Here are pictures of the new downloads. Click on the image to go to my online store to order them.

Since it is Tuesday, the Weekly Deals have changed. You can see them below. Click on the image to check them out in my store.

Have you wanted to create your own address stamp, monogram stamp, or other unique stamp? Now you can! Stampin’ Up! has just released a new polyphotomer personalized stamp that gives you even more creative freedom than is available with our other personalized stamps. For more information click on the image below.

Supplies for scrapbook page:

MDS software digital download (130646), MDS software disc (130647), or 30-day Free Trial of MDS (130910), Perfect Pennants Stamp Brush Set (137042)

One of the new downloads today is the 2013-2015 In Color Ruffle Trim. I enjoy using it with traditional stamping and am delighted that it is now available in digital form. Furthermore, I was surprised that the download includes a circle frame and a flower created with the ruffle trim, very cool. I had the perfect picture of my college freshman granddaughter to put in the frame and this scrapbook page was the outcome.

For some reason the MDS program only offered an oval shape when I changed the shape of the photo so I went with that. Had to change the shape of the circle frame but it works. Our granddaughter’s house at college had a function where they all dressed like flappers. I think she nailed the look. Of course, I had to add a vintage overlay! I used the Decorative Overlays – flourishes and changed the color to Early Espresso to keep with the vintage look. The background is Very Vanilla. I am so delighted with how this page turned out! Check out the new downloads for today and order your favorites here.

Supplies:
MDS software digital download (130646), MDS software disc (130647), or 30-day Free Trial of MDS (130910)
2013-2015 In Color Ruffle Trim (135253)
Decorative Overlays stamp brush set (129880) – flourishes

I love doing challenges, especially with MDS! Today’s challenge is this sketch
and here is my take on it.

I wanted to try the sketch using a punch shape other than rectangles. First I tried using flowers but that wasn’t fitting together well so I changed to hearts. I used the Full Heart and the Small Heart punches. I filled them with various patterns of the Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper. After making a row of hearts, I grouped them and copy and pasted them once. The second time I pasted them, I inverted them so they would fit with the row of little hearts better. Let me tell you…having already added the dsp to the punches, each further action I made on the page took a loooonnnng time to complete. I don’t know which is better, to get all the punches positioned as desired first and then add the dsp to each punch or to add the dsp first like I did.

Seeing this photo of our granddaughter the day she moved into her house on the Smith College campus brings such a joy to my heart. Her confident pose shows how excited she is to be going to college. I pray her confidence and hopes of a bright future remain throughout her adult life.

Supplies:
MDS software digital download (130646), MDS software disc (130647), or 30-day Free Trial of MDS (130910)
Paper – Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper (13473)
Punches – Full Heart and Small Heart Punches (come with MDS)