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

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Background Card Stock/Midnight Muse; Embellishments Timeless Taffeta Trimmings – ruffle bow whisper white (131329); Stamps Vintage Overlays – texture 1(121061), Artistic Etching – large flourish (124013),Thoughts & Prayers – thinking of you (comes with the software); Punches Convention 2012 – curvy frame from Convention 2012 Photobook Template (130971); Downtown Grunge Designer Kit, designer series paper – 4 (126056)

I love the wrinkled designer series paper from the Downtown Grunge Designer Kit but have wished it came in other colors besides Crumb Cake. Now thanks to MDS2, I can recolor that dsp to my heart's content. Today I gave it a Pacific Point color. Since recoloring has to deal with the original color of the dsp, the outcome will not be exactly the same as a card stock color, but I am very happy with the color I got. I also used the new Timeless Taffeta Trimmings download as an embellishment. Since the file was created for a 12 x 12 scrapbook page, I used a new feature of MDS2 to crop off the ends of the ribbon, a great new feature! The effect of the Vintage Overlay stamp is very subtle as I reduced the opacity to about 15%. I just wanted a hint of "dirt" around the upper left-hand corner rather than heavy stippling.

I hope you like this card and that it inspires you to play with the cropping and recoloring tools of the new MDS2 software. If you haven't made the plunge yet in ordering MDS2, how about dappling your toes in it by ordering the 30-day Free Trial? Just click here to order it and get started. I am always here to help you and there is a wealth of information on www.mydigitalstudio.net.

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

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Wicked Fun Designer Kit (127609), Spook Central Ensemble (127589)
Welcome to Terrific Tuesday here in My Digital Craft Corner. The new downloads can be seen here on the right hand side of the screen. I love using the taffeta ribbon on my traditional cards because it ties into such beautiful bows. I am happy that Timeless Taffeta Trimmings is one of the new downloads. For less than the cost of a roll of taffeta ribbon, you get the digital version of 11 colors of ribbon plus three different ties of each, 50 embellishments in all. And…you don't have to fuss with the bow. It is done perfectly for you each time you use the embellishment. :o)

I did order that download today, but I was in a Halloween card mood so I downloaded a couple of older Halloween downloads, Wicked Fun Designer Kit for the bats and the greeting, and Spooks Central Designer Ensemble for the tree. The grass is the grass punch. To get a really dark green, I copied the punch and filled one with Always Artichoke color and the other with Basic Black with an opacity of 65%. Then I layered them. The moon and the background are a series of punches where I used just the drop shadows. To get the greeting, I cropped the 'have a' and 'halloween' from the 'have a wicked halloween' stamp and then added 'spooky' in between the two lines. I love the new feature in MDS2 that allows us to crop stamps and embellishments now.

Here are the indexes of the two kits I used:

Spook Central                          Wicked Fun

To order either of these digital kits, just click on their name in the supplies list or visit my demonstrator online store here. Thanks for coming to visit. I'll see you tomorrow?

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

Supplies: MDS2+ (130646), MDS2 (130644), MDS2 upgrade (130650), or 30-day FREE trial of MDS2 (130910); Decorative Overlays stamp brush set – starburst (129880), Knots and Ties (131211), Thoughts and Prayers stamp brush set (comes with software program)

Welcome! Yesterday I posted a scrapbook page using the Decorative Overlays as a background for my photos. I was intrigued by the starburst overlay as it reminds me of sun breaking through a layer of clouds. I tried to get that brilliant, dazzling color for the stamp brush but just couldn't achieve the look I wanted. So I chose to use Pixie Pink which I often see in sunrises or sunsets. This overlay has such an appeal to me that I didn't want to clutter it up so I added just a sentiment and a bow. I recolored the bow with Pixie Pink trying all the colors that the Knots and Ties come with as the starting point. Surprisingly, the Pacific Point bow was the one that actually gave me the Pixie Pink color. The rest of them were too light and only the shadowed areas turned decidedly pink. Lesson learned…when using the recoloring function of MDS2, keep trying options until you get as near the result you want as possible! Oh, yes, I tried several different card stock colors for the background and found that Basic Grey gave the best effect.

Have you tried MDS2 yet? If not, what are you waiting for???? Order the 30-day Free Trial of MDS2 and start playing. I am here to help you and I know once you get started, you will be hooked and will want to order the full program. The benefits of digital crafting are

• No mess to get out or clean up
• Photos are already on your computer so you don't have to print them out first
• If you change your mind about a project, you just delete what you have added and add something else….no wasted paper or ink
• You have accessibility to stamp supplies that are almost limitless without it taking up more space than the footprint of your computer
• You have printing options. Either print your projects out yourself at home or send them to Stampin' Up!'s professional printer. The professional printer calibrates their inks to be exactly the same RGB values as Stampin' Up!'s ink pads.
• You can easily be creating beautiful scrapbook pages and cards while traveling and not have to carry along supplies.

Click on the links under the picture or visit my demonstrator online store by clicking here and place your order You will be happy you did.

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