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Now, I have another Digital Page from my Mediterranean Cruise to share with you. But first, I have to explain a little bit about my home décor. I have never been one to display portraits. I’m just not a big fan of all those “staged poses” and the “fake backdrops”. (This could be a leftover dislike of the portraits from my childhood.) Therefore, I mostly have framed Thomas Kincaid pictures and other scenery-type art. But I’m getting tired of the same thing I’ve had for 7 or 8 years. And I keep hearing how your home’s décor should say something about you and what’s important in your life.
Well, I love traveling and all the places I’ve been. And I’ve really come to love MDS because it makes scrapbooking so much easier. What could be better than framing and displaying some scrapbook pages?! So, I purchased several large (11x14 and 12x18) frames to re-do a long hallway in my home. And I plan to fill these with scrapbook pages from all my travels. Stay tuned to see how my project progresses.
In the meantime, I threw together a few pages to display in standard 8x10 frames and place around my home. Here’s a page from Dubrovnik, Croatia. I don’t know how much you can tell from this picture, but this is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been. And I wanted to use so many pictures on my page; I thought the Downtown Grunge frames would work perfectly. Then the rest of the page is very simple to keep the focus on the pictures.
Thanks for stopping by, and please let me know if you have any questions.
MDS Page Recipe: Stamps- Medallion, Vintage Overlays; Paper- Sahara Sand, Basic Gray Textured CS, Cajun Craze; Ink- Basic Black, Garden Green; Accessories- Square Punch, Tasteful Trim 3, Downtown Grunge Photo Frame; Fonts- CK Jacque; CK Journaling
Good morning, and welcome to UDI’s MDS Monday Challenge #28 – Using Ribbon. I decided to make a card for this week’s challenge. And I’ve got to tell you, this is NOT the card I started out to make. I had a couple ideas in mind for using the Ribbon in various ways. But as I created my card, it went in a completely different direction. Does that ever happen to you? You have something in mind. Then as you begin stamping (digitally or traditionally), your creation takes on a life of it’s own. It happens to me all the time! Sometimes I like it and sometimes I don’t. In this case, I love this card. And although the ribbon’s use isn’t unique, it is a striking feature on the card and is the finishing touch to balance the card design.
I started with a Crumb Cake background and added a Very Vanilla layer. Then to tone down the Very Vanilla, I added a Soft Suede Vintage Overlay and resized it to fit my Vanilla piece. I added a Pretty In Pink piece and layered it with the Eyelet Border Punch. I stamped that with the Words, from Strength and Hope, in Soft Suede and adjusted the Opacity to make it look “stamped-off”.
Next, I stamped the Vintage Vogue leaf swirls in Old Olive a couple times. I stamped the Vintage Vogue flowers in Pretty In pink, added Real Red circles for the centers, and finished the flowers with Basic Pearls. I then had the perfect place to stamp the Hope “H” in Soft Suede. I finished my card with the Red Satin Ribbon and Ribbon Knot to balance the other strong elements (the H and the flowers).
Now it’s time to check out the other inspiring creations from the Design Team members at Utah Diva’s International.
MDS Page Recipe: Stamps- Strength and Hope, Vintage Vogue, Vintage Overlays; Paper- Kraft (Crumb Cake) Textured CS, Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink, Real Red Textured CS; Ink- Soft Suede, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive; Accessories- Square Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Circle Punch, Basic Jewels – Pearls; Satin Ribbon
Good morning, and welcome to UDI’s MDS Monday Challenge #19 – Honoring Fathers! My scrapbook page features my dad. This is the first Heritage page I’ve done. Wow, they’re not easy. It’s hard to get the right look and feel for these old pictures. This is another reason I think MDS is so great. I can create pages. Then as my style improves, I can go back and tweak my pages before I send them to be printed.
I’ve seen this picture throughout my life. My mom always has it in her billfold, except when I talk her into letting me borrow it so I can have it scanned. As my parents are getting older, I want to get more of their memories down in writing. My dad loves to talk about his life. Ok, my dad loves to talk, PERIOD :-) But if you get him telling stories, he gets on a roll. My mom and I have learned some very interesting tidbits lately. My dad is absolutely the family clown and prankster. But we keep learning that he pulled more pranks and got into more trouble than we ever knew.
I want to say “Thank You” to my friend, Alice, for scanning some pictures for me. They came out better than I expected. I’ll have to scrap my parents wedding pictures and tell about their very interesting courtship.
Now it’s time to check out the other inspiring creations from the Design Team members at Utah Diva’s International.
MDS Page Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Overlays, Sentimental Journey; Paper- Basic Gray Textured CS, Kraft (Crumb Cake) Textured CS, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Soft Suede; Accessories- Square Punch, Antique Brads; Fonts- CK Ali’s Hand, Veteran Typewriter
Good morning! Today, I’m showing you a couple more pages from my Rocky Mountain National Park trip. First, I have to tell you this place is beautiful. We stayed in Loveland and drove to the park each day. It’s such breath-taking scenery that we enjoyed the drive. And the temperatures in August were heavenly compared to Texas in August :-)
For these pages, I used the Vintage Overlays stamp brush set. I combined several Overlays, flipping some, until I had the look I wanted. You just have to play around with MDS and try different looks. Don’t forget, if you don’t like it, you can always “UNDO” it.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by!
Left Page Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Overlays, French Foliage; Paper- Kraft (Crumb Cake) Textured CS, Night Of Navy Textured CS, Gray Striped DSP, Whisper White Textured CS, Bashful Blue Textured CS; Ink- Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Square Punch, Modern Label Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Brads; Fonts- CK Journaling, CK Ali’s Hand
Right Page Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Overlays, French Foliage; Paper- Kraft (Crumb Cake) Textured CS, Night Of Navy Textured CS, Gray Striped DSP, Bashful Blue Textured CS; Ink- Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Square Punch, Curly Label Punch; Fonts- CK Journaling
Good morning, and welcome to UDI’s MDS Monday Challenge #10. This week’s challenge is to create a Faith based project. My page is for my nephew’s baptism. I’ve been working on an ABC album since before Aaron was born. He’ll be 3 in May! This album started as Traditional scrapbooking. Then I got more involved with MDS and discovered I love Digital scrapping. So I’ve decided to create the remaining pages with MDS and print the individual 12 x 12 pages to add to the album. I told my SIL I’ll have the project finished by the end of May. I’m sure I’ll be showing you more pages as I get them completed. Just so you know, I haven’t been doing the pages in order. I do have about half the album finished :-)
This page is pretty basic. I’m using Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, and Whisper White for the album pages. MDS contains all the retired colors, so I can still use as much Brocade Blue as I want. I used the Vintage Overlay stamp to create my background pattern. I stamped it in Brocade Blue on Brocade Blue paper. Then I added a drop shadow at 100% opacity in Brocade Blue. It gives a unique texture to the paper.
Now, it’s time to check out the other creations from the Design Team members at Utah Diva’s International.
Page Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Overlays; Paper- Brocade Blue Textured CS, Night of Navy Textured CS, Bashful Blue Textured CS, Bashful Blue Large Polka Dot DSP, Whisper White Textured CS; Ink- Night of Navy, Basic Black; Accessories- Square Punch, Curly Label Punch, Brads; Fonts- CK Journaling, ParkAvenue BT Regular, Century Schoolbook
