St. Patty’s Day Scavenger Hunt Projects!

As promised, I have more St. Patty's Day projects to share that I made in My Digital Studio! I had hoped to post them sooner, but it ended up being quite the busy weekend entertaining and enjoying family time : )

First off, I have to brag about my family a little bit and share some of our photos from the weekend. Here is my hubby, brother and dad at the parade:

And my little leprechaun:

We had fun : ) — Now for the projects! So when we got back from the parade I did a Pot 'O Gold Scavenger Hunt for the kids. I made up all of the clues in My Digital Studio and hid them in various places:

Here's what one of them looked like on my screen when I was creating — the rainbow was made with the ROUND TAB PUNCH, believe it or not! It has the best arch to it. I stacked one on top of the other to create the rainbow, and then ended with a white punch to cover the last color. The grass is also a punch that comes with Everyday Designer Cards (the one with the cute little clotheslines):

One of the things in their pots was gold candy, and I made a little tag for it in My Digital Studio and strung it on with some Garden Green 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon:

The ensemble:

Here are the happy boys at the end of the Scavenger Hunt, when they found their pots hidden in the shed!

Next I'll share all of the MDS work for the Beer Tasting : )

Enjoy!

Think GREEN St. Patty’s Day Projects!

Top 'o the mornin' to ye laddies!

I'm so excited about today's MDS Blog Hop, because the theme was "Think GREEN!" and I've been in high gear getting ready for St. Patrick's Day! Now, I can't honestly say we've done much to celebrate this holiday in the past…. but Landon decided it was his favorite holiday and his excitement has gotten me into it!

I have a TON of projects to share…. and won't even be able to get them all into this post…. I still need the day to finish getting ready for Saturday Morning, and as I finish things I will post MORE project ideas! But I still have a bunch now : )

Let's start off with the invitation! Landon decided that he was going to have a party with his cousins – so I made up the invitations in MDS. Here's what they looked like "raw":

I printed them off on Whisper White Cardstock, and then for the actual invite, I mounted it to Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and added a string of ribbon:

The banner on the invitation I actually made from scratch! I used lots of punches… I will have to put up a tutorial on how to make it later : ).

NEXT!

Let the decorating begin!!! Here is a look at where the decorating is at so far (more to do, but mainly all food related!)

I made the banner in MDS — you wouldn't BELIEVE how EASY it is to whip up banners….. all you need is the "Hello, Baby!" Digital Kit!! The entire kit is imported with punches, so all you have to do is change up the designer paper and text! For this banner, I used a lot of the Designer Paper in the "Convention 2011 Digital Kit" because the greens in it matched most what I wanted to use (they used Convention exclusive greens!) then I used the Color Picker function to save those colors as my "favorites" so I could use them everywhere else. Here are some close up shots of the banner.

I printed it on Whisper White Cardstock, cut it out, and covered it with "Gold Glow Smooch Spritz" and then added an assortment of buttons and ribbons.

The other decoration I did in MDS was the Subway Art framed piece. Here's a close up:

This Subway Art piece is one of the ones included in the "Year of Subway Art" kit — CLICK HERE for more details.

I also made one of the ornaments on the tree that's pictured — CLICK HERE for more information on that (it wasn't made in MDS).

Then the last project I can share with you right now (more to come, I promise!) is actually a kids project! Since this particular party is mostly about entertaining the kids (though beer will still be enjoyed by the adults : ) ) I wanted to make something up for them! So, I made a worksheet in MDS – I used a stamp brush image for the "Luck 'o the Irish" sentiment and created the pot with punches (Word Window and Oval Punches). This worksheet got printed off on Whisper White Cardstock — then the kids can go through and add a tissue paper rainbow and gold!

I made all of the gold pieces with self adhesive gold foam and ran it through the Big Shot with the Circle Die:

Here's what the finished project looks like when they have it all assembled:

And….. here's your St. Patrick's Day Gift and Freebie!!!! The printable for you to save and print off for your kiddos : )

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE Kids Project Printable!

Here's a thumbnail of what it looks like:

I hope you enjoyed these projects – and be sure to check back later for more (Kids Scavenger Hunt Cards, Candy Labels, Beer Tasting Ensemble and MORE all done in MDS!)

For now, be sure to check out the rest of the blog hop as we're going GREEN!!!!!

A Year of Subway Art!!!

I'm so excited!!!! As I had shared with my Facebook Fans a couple of weeks ago, I've been working on a Subway Art project…. the final prints just came back from the printer and I'm SO EXCITED!!!! They came out so awesome, and I'm already displaying March's in our home!

What is Subway Art? It's font/text frameable pieces. You pick a theme or holiday, and create art out of the words that describe that holiday!

For this particular project, I made 1 insert for each month of the year, as well as a Birthday insert — there are a total of 13 inserts. I printed them through Stampin' Up!'s professional printer for the best possible quality, and they are now all ready to go! All  I have to do at the start of the month is open up the back of the frame and plop in the insert for that month.

I love these inserts SO MUCH that I have decided to sell the complete set of 13 to all of you! That means the hours and hours of designing is DONE for you. AND — they will come printed and ready to go! All you have to do is change your frame each month.

Here's a look:

Here's a complete listing of all of the inserts that you will receive:

• New Years
• Valentines
• St. Patrick's Day
• Easter
• Mother
• Father
• Americana
• Summer
• Learning
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• Birthday

A couple were kept pretty generic so they could be used multiple times — for example, "Americana" can be used for Memorial Day, Fourth of July or any time. "Learning" was meant to represent back to school, but uses general words for anyone – even if you don't have kids.

The frame is NOT included — you can pick your own frame to fit your style! The inserts are all 8 1/2" x 11" — you can put them in an 8 1/2" x 11" frame. Or, the inserts have been formatted with a wide enough border that you can trim them down to put into a 8" x 10" frame — a very standard and easy to find size.

Here's a close up of my August/Summer insert in the frame I selected — this frame is an 8" x 10" frame:

You have TWO options for printing:

• Standard – these pages are glossy and slightly lighter than Stampin' Up! Whisper White Card Stock. Cost: $25.35 ($1.95 per insert)
• Heavy - these pages offer durable paper with a matte finish. Pages are slightly heavier than Stampin' Up! Card Stock.  Cost: $32.50 ($2.50 per insert)

The inserts shown here are printed on Heavy paper — the quality of the printing will not be different, it is just the paper preference. With the heavy weight, you don't have to worry about the paper getting wrinkled when stored during the time they are not in the frame.

Use the link below to order your Subway Art today! Please allow approx. 3 weeks to receive your order (it takes approx. 2 weeks for me to get them back from the professional printer, and I will order them in batches, then need to re-ship to you).

All inserts are wrapped and shipped with care — they are sandwiched between chipboard pieces and shrink wrapped to avoid both bending and water damage.

Subway Art Inserts

Standard Paper $25.35 USD Heavy Paper $32.50 USD

My Soccer Star…. Scrapbooked!

Happy Friday, Ladies!!!!

Today's challenge was a sketch challenge…. it's Thursday night as I'm writing this and I just got a chance to look at the sketch, and it worked out perfectly with some photos that I just took!

My little guy had his first soccer practice just 2 days ago, and it was quite a "moment" for me…. seeing him with all the other kids, kicking the ball around and listening to his coach made me realize that he just isn't a baby anymore. I guess I KNEW that…. but…. this confirmed it in a big way, and it was hard for me to not cry through the whole practice!

I'm going to have SO much fun watching these little guys play…. Landon isn't quite 3 yet (his birthday is April 22nd) — so this is definitley a "beginners" class! It's hysterical watching them run around…

So on to the page….! Here's what I came up with:

To make the really big over sized arrow, I used the pennant punch and made it long and thin, and then added an arrow punch to the bottom of it.

This was a really fun layout! Thanks, Heather, for picking it!!!

Check out what the other girls have come up with:

MDS Blog Hop: Think Blue or Pink!

Happy Friday!!!! Today's challenge was to "Think Baby!" and use Blue or Pink. Thinking baby wasn't too hard for me since I'm STILL working on my 2009 album from the year Landon was born….. with all of the hiccups I've had with computers, I've gotten so crazy far behind in designing!

This page was actually my FIRST MDS PAGE!!!! But I didn't like it, so never shared it….. but….. now that I've gained more experience, I was able to go in this week and edit it and make changes to make me OK with it. It's funny how your pages can transform with a little bit of work!

Here it is:

It's very simple still…. but…. I didn't want to loose the photos and really wanted the page to just support the moment.

Hope you can take a minute to check out the rest of the Hop!

MDS Blog Hop… Sale-A-Bration CDs!

It's time for another Friday of My Digital Studio Blog Hopping!! Today's theme is "Sale-A-Bration CDs"!!!! There are TWO Digital Content CDs that you can take for FREE with ordering $50 worth of product (spend $100 and you don't have to choose, you get can get BOTH!) This is a GREAT time for you to stock up on your favorite downloads, and get more downloads for free at the same time!

One of the Sale-A-Bration CDs is all of the Sale-A-Bration Exclusive Content in Digital Form (the 4 stamp sets, designer paper, ribbon and brads). The other CD is an exclusive "celebration" CD with designer paper, templates and embellishments.

The project that I'm going to share with you today is a card that I made using BOTH of these CDs so you can see how they cross over nicely!

The DSP and the flower embellishments are from the Celebrate CD, and then the "You did it!" and flower images below that are part of the Sale-A-Bration Content CD! I also used the Cheap Talk Stamp Set (comes pre-loaded on MDS), Glimmer Brads and Lucky Limeade Ruffle Ribbon (additional downloads available for purchase).

To color the wing of the bird a different color, I created and re-sized a punch that would cover it, then moved it behind the bird so it "fit".

This card is a sneak peek some of my girls might not want to see….. I just ordered a bunch of them for March Team Recognition!! I plan to jazz them up with a little somethin' somethin' when they come in… probably glitter!

Now head on over and check out the rest of the blog hop!

MDS Blog Hop…. It’s GOOD to be BACK!

Oh my goodness…. it is so GOOD to be BACK!!!!!! I have REALLY missed being a part of the MDS Blog Hop the past month…. I have had computer issue after computer issue, lost entire hard drives…. and been WITHOUT a computer for some period of the time…. when I've had a back up computer, I haven't been able to put MDS on it…. so my Digital Designing has been put on mega hold. But…. I'm happy to have my MDS Laptop BACK!!! I'm still going through the very long process of getting all my files back to it…. but it's coming.

And I have an idea to share with you today! Yay!! The theme this week was to use a Designer Template. This project is an 8×8 Designer Template for the Sweet Pea Digital Kit. Several circles are for photos, but I filled them with DSP and made it a photo-free page to simply act as a JPEG to have printed on misc. products for downline gifts! I had a bunch of Mouse Pads and Tote Bags printed up, and the formatted fit perfectly. I gave them all away already so don't have a photo of the finished product to share…. but I will be ordering more soon and will share them when I can snap some photos at that time! For now, here's a look at the Digital Design: