Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Wicked Cool Stamp Brush Set from Wicked Fun Digital Kit (127609); Cast a Spell Designer Series Paper (118114)

I've been busily creating cards and scrapbook pages for you in My Digital Craft Corner today. I ceated this card using the Wicked Cool stamp brush set for you who love, love, love Halloween. I got the white shadow effect on the greeting by adding the stamp twice to my project. One I left black and changed the color of the other to Whisper White. I then offset the two. This card sort of evolved from my original idea. I was going to put the witch's hat on the feet like a little kid was wearing a too big hat. I have still used the feet and the hat but in a much different way. The middle stripe on the card is a punch filled with one of the Cast a Spell Designer Series Papers. If you need any of the supplies I used to create this card, just click on the links or visit my online store.

Until next time…blessings,
Sue Erickson
sue@soggystamper.com

Did you know that you can electronically send your MDS2 projects in to a professionals printer whose inks are adjusted to the very same RGB formulas as Stampin' Up!'s inks?

The process is fairly easy. Once you have all the elements exactly as you want them, you go to the Project pulldown menu and then click on 'order'. It will give you the options available to you. If you have created a card, then only the card option comes up. If it is a scrapbook page, you can choose between photobook and single page. With the single page option, you can order in increments of 1 but must have a minimum of 5 pages. Standard single pages are printed on glossy paper that is slightly lighter weight than Whisper White card stock so it can slip into page protectors easily. You can also choose heavy paper for single pages. This paper is a little heavier than Stampin' Up! card stock.

By sending your projects off to Stampin' Up!'s professional printer, you are guaranteed that the colors are true colors. This is a benefit because you can then add ribbons, additional punched elements, and embellishments to your printed project and they will matche what is on the page. Do you like 12 x 12" scrapbook pages but don't have a printer that can print that size paper? Then using the professional printer is your answer. Do you find that your printer can only handle Whisper White paper and sometimes not even that? Then using the professional printer is your answer. Have you taken your projects on a flash drive to one of the quick print places and the color was too greenish or too blue? Then using the professional printer is your answer. So you have created a card for someone and your printer is just not doing the job. For less than the cost of a cheap card in a Hallmark Store, you can get that card printed at Stampin' Up!'s professional printer.

I think you get the picture. For professional results, send in your projects to Stampin' Up!'s professional printer. It takes 2-3 days for the project to be printed and then Stampin' Up!'s normal shipping times. No you can't get instant printing like you can at home but the results are well worth the wait. So give it a try.

Until next time…blessings,
Sue

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Designer Rosettes (131525); Antique Brads (122164); Perfectly Penned Stamp Brush Set (130167); Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper (124222)

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday here in My Digital Craft Corner. Stampin' Up! did well with the new downloads they have offered us today. Click here to see them and order the ones you know you will want. They are shown on the right-hand side of the page.

I haven't really been fond of rosettes as I have had a terrible time learning how to make them. Hot glue and I don't get along that well. However, I decided to order the Designer Rosettes digital download. While the color choices are limited, I suspected that the white one would be great for recoloring. I was right! I recolored it with Baja Breeze and was really excited with the resulting color. Then I added the Very Vanilla scalloped edge rosette. It almost looks like it is illuminated. Man…I love, love the combination of the two rosettes! I finished them off with a gold antique brad. The background is Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper pattern 4. The flourishy Perfectly Penned stamp set is the perfect one to use for the greeting.

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Vintage Overlay Stamp Brush Set (121061), Fabulous Phrases stamp brush set (124586)

Over on www.mydigitalstudio.net, Cindy Shuster posted a scrapbook page where she took the 10+ challenge theme and grouped the 10 frames to add one photo over all the frames. What a cool technique! For this page, I started with a photo only template. I wanted my granddaughter's face to be in one photo frame so I moved the pre-designed frames around, resized one and added two more so I had a center frame. Then I selected all the frames and grouped them. Finally I dragged her photo onto the group. I added a black background to simulate looking through a wrought iron window. I then added the Vintage Overlay – 1 with the color changed to Very Vanilla to simulate frost on the window. I used the color picker to get the color of the title. That is all the embelishment I added as I don't want to take away from the beautiful girl's picture. This was on her 17th birthday. I challenge you to use this feature of MDS2 to add a photo to your page, then share your page with me by email. I'll post it here with you as a guest artist.

Here are the directions again:

1. Place as many photo frames on your page as desired. Position and size them to their final position, then select all of them and group them.
2. Find your photo and drag it onto the grouped photo frames. Like magic, the photo will fill the frames.

Yes, it is that easy! Unfortunately you can't resize the photo so if you find you need to resize anything, you will need to ungroup the photo frames.

Until tomorrow…blessings,
Sue
sue@soggystamper.com

Welcome to My Digital Craft Corner tonight. I want to share with you a part of the MDS2 program I rarely use. That is the Photo Only Templates. For a beginner scrapbooker, this is a great option. All you have to do is drag in your photos into the photo boxes and add your text. In the sample I created, I added a designer series paper background. This is the template:

Here is the scrapbook page after I added my photos and journaling:

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Travel Journal Designer Kit (121071) Designer series paper pattern 9

When you have a number of photos to fit on one page, this is a great way to go.This is just one template out a whole series of templates that can be combined into a quick photobook.

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Until next time…blessings,
Sue
sue@soggystamper.com