My Digital Studio Monday ~ Celebrate Spring & Easter Blessings

Welcome Friends to My Digital Studio Monday (MDS) Challenge! Today's challenge was to feature an Easter Card, Spring Card or a Card featuring a Butterfly!

Thank You ladies for participating in MDS Monday's! You are all so talented and your creations are fabulous. There is so much to learn and so much inspiration on this one post. Wow!!!

Please, check out the awesome Cards / Scrapbook Page designs below... and remember you can click on the designers name to learn more about the made their project!

















MDS Design By ~ Ruthie Burkey

MDS Design By ~ Leslie Banks

MDS Design By ~ Kimberlee Zenger

MDS Design By ~ Brandy Cox

MDS Design By ~ Sue Erickson

MDS Design By ~ Tonya Bowers

MDS Design By ~ Patty Chenail

MDS Design By ~ Gwen Webb

MDS Design By ~ Kristin Kortonick

























MDS Design By ~ Amber Meadows

MDS Design by Maxine Conrad

Wow!!! What did you think? Did we inspire you to start creating digitally?

If you have the My Digital Studio Software get ready to learn to use it and join in the fun. We'd love for you to post comments and suggestions too. We hope that you'll post your MDS creations with us here at UDI.

Let's continue to inspire one another to embrace the art of creating digitally and enjoy crafting from a different perspective. You can also visit http://www.mydigitalstudio.net/ for more inspiration or for technical support.

Next week, May 2nd project features CupCakes!!!
If you don't have MDS and are interested in learning more about this Software please contact your Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

Have a great week friends!

Brandy

Finally Friday & A Window with a View!!

Hello all!!!  Sorry for being a little late today, but I am sooo excited about leaving for convention on Monday, that my days are all running together this week!  The card I have for you today I created for an Inspiration challenge on LateNight Stampers.  And I my card won!!

I'll start with the Bashful Blue background layer. I attempted to try a technique which uses mesh bagging to create the texture. I had a piece from utensils I bought and just found it today while cleaning!! Anyway, I say attempted because it didn't turn out like I thought it would. I used my brayer, a sponge, the ink pad and then a sponge dauber and just kind of rubbed it over the mesh. The effect on here is fine, but I would have liked it slightly more detailed. I did use Bashful Blue ink.

The main image panel was created using Pacific Point, Bashful Blue and Whisper White. My thought/idea was to give the look of looking out of a window, but necessarily from an inside view. Make sense? Not sure I quite achieved that look, but I do love how this card turned out.

The grass was stamped on Whisper White in Wild Wasabi a couple of times, to create depth. I then sponged Bashful Blue over, with a scalloped oval, to create sky and clouds. The sun was actually a "boo-boo", but it turned out ok. The window frame was created by punching four 1 1/4" squares and running it through the Lattice Square eb folder.

The cone flowers were colored with markers and stamped onto Whisper White. I used Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip. LOVE that we now have markers to go with former/new In Colors!!! I then cut them out and popped them up with dimensionals. To create even more depth I purposely curved the stems out some and curled up some of the petals. I then wove them through the linen thread, which is wound around the bottom.

My sentiment is stamped with the new Perfect Punches set, using the Round Tab image and the saying is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. Both of these are done with Pacific Point ink.

The butterflies are cut from the Beautiful Wings embosslit in Pacific Point and Wild Wasabi. The entire main image panel is popped up with more dimensionals. To finish this off I used my distressor tool on the Pacific Point and Whisper White panel. Reminds me of looking at a scene on the beach.

The inside was done with the leftover butterflies, stamped some more grass and layered Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi dsp and Whisper White together.

Happy Stamping!!!  And to all my UDI friends who will be at convention - I can't wait to see you!!!

 

~~~Ann~~~

Finally Friday and Time to Fly!!!

Hello all!!! Here we are at another Friday, which means the weekend is upon us!

The card we have today is from Gretchen Barron and showcases the new butterfly embosslit - Beautiful Wings. This is in the Occasions mini and is a must have!!

Here is what Gretchen has to say about her card:

There's nothing better in the cold of winter than a nice shot of bold, bright colors and beautiful, whimsical butterflies! I used Real Read, Only Orange and Whisper White as my primary colors.

Other colors used for the butterflies include YoYo Yellow, Lovely Lilac, Green Galore and Brilliant Blue. The butterflies are cut and embossed with the new Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslet and the Big Shot (available January 5th in the Occasions Mini Catalog).

The ribbon is 5/8" Real Red Satin and the sentiment is from Heard from the Heart. The bottom of the Whisper White layer is punched with the new Scallop Trim Border Punch.

You can find all the details and more photos on my blog at http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/01/a-new-year-and-a-new-sketch-from-stamping-411.html

Thanks for looking -- blessings, Gretchen

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~