MDS Monday: Heidi

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Monday, October 13, 2014

MDSM86... Let's try a Technique!

Hi Everyone! It's Heidi. I thought today we'd try a background technique that could be applied to a card or scrapbook page, the herringbone technique. You can find a step-by-step video by Juanita Golson on mydigitalstudio.net.

A couple of hints -

I followed Juanita's method for one quadrant of the herringbone pattern. I then grouped them together (without the first three main divider pieces) and copied and pasted for the other three quadrants.
I created the herringbone pattern on a separate page, exported as a JPEG, and then inserted into another page so that I could mat the layer neatly onto a background page base.

Here's a look at the herringbone pattern created on a separate page -

Have fun trying a new technique, and I can't wait to see what you make!

Challenge Guidelines:

Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the Challenge Graphic above within your post.
Link directly to your Post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
You can create a Card, Scrap Page or 3-D Object with the Sketch.
The Challenge will end on Saturday October 11th @ 12pm EST.
Have fun!

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Heidi Baks

RunningwScissorsStamper

Jeanna Bohanon

Stamp Time Somewhere

Tanya Harvey
Tanya's Stamps & Things

Tami Hewlett
Swimming In Stamps

Yapha Mason
Stamps & Scraps

Cindy Schuster

Nutmeg Creations

Beth Rush

Beth's Digital Cuts

Anita Krul
My Paper Chronicles

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, September 1, 2014

MDSM80 Project Life goes Digital!

Welcome back to MDS Monday.. we are saying Hello to two new Design Team members this week! Please give a warm welcome to Jeanna Bohanon & Anita Krul , be sure to stop by their blogs and check out their amazing work. We are looking forward to having them on our team... now let's see what Heidi has for us this week!

Hi Everyone! It's Heidi. Several weeks back, Beth introduced us to Project Life digital page layouts. I had so much fun with my page, not to mention that I got it completed really quickly, I thought it would be fun to revisit PL again. I just grabbed a fun layout from the photo pocket pages in the catalog.

If your larger photos/elements are horizontal, feel free to rotate the layout 90 degrees. One hint that helped me last time was to find a digital kit that worked well with the photos and stick with it. That way the colors and styles worked together seamlessly.

In terms of kits, don't forget about the Pocket Card downloads, in addition to Project Life-specific downloads. Or create your own pocket elements. Have fun, and I can't wait to see what you create!

Challenge Guidelines:

Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the Challenge Graphic above within your post.
Link directly to your Post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
You can create a Card, Scrap Page or 3-D Object with the Sketch.
The Challenge will end on Saturday Sept.6th @ 12pm EST.
Have fun!

We're are also welcoming a new guest Designer each month through February... This month's Guest Designer is Suzanne Johnson! Check out everyone's projects below for some great inspiration.. We can't wait to see what you create with this great sketch!

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Heidi Baks

RunningwScissorsStamper

Tami Hewlett

Swimming In Stamps

Beth Rush
Beth's Digital Cuts

Anita Krul

My Paper Chronicles

Jeanna Bohanon
Stamp Time Somewhere

Yapha Mason

Stamps & Scraps

Tara Bourgoin

Can't Stamp the Rain

Our September Guest Designer:

Suzanne Johnson

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, July 7, 2014

MDSM73.. It's all about Family!

Hi Everyone, it's Heidi. Today's sketch is based on a traditional scrapbook page I have created in the past. I really love seeing heritage/heirloom pages, and this one is based on a family tree. So your challenge is to create some sort of family tree page.

If you would like to create a card rather than a scrapbook page, I would suggest omitting the photo, and creating a card with a tree image.

There are a few family tree downloads you can incorporate into your page, e.g., Bold Branches, Family History Photobook, Next in Line, and Sweetly Nested Framable.

You may have noticed the rounded title at the top. Refer to the Video/How To section of this blog to find the Text on a Path video.

Challenge Guidelines:

Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the Challenge Graphic above within your post.
Link directly to your Post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
You can create a Card, Scrap Page or 3-D Object with the Sketch.
The Challenge will end on Saturday @ 12pm EST.
Have fun!

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Heidi Baks

RunningwScissorsStamper

Beth Rush
Beth's Digital Cuts

Joan Jeffery

Tami Hewlett

Holly Endress

Tara Bourgoin

Monday, May 12, 2014

MDSM66 Let's get in Shape!

It's Heidi, and I'm hosting this week's card challenge. We're really interested in getting you more comfortable with My Digital Studio, so I'm going to issue a bit harder-than-usual challenge. Hang with me; it'll be worth it! My current hybrid card obsession is shaped cards. There are lots of MDS shapes that can be used as a card base - a canning jar, an owl, a lava lamp, an oval, a hexagon, a pumpkin, a cupcake. You get the idea. If you need to brainstorm, start with punch shapes. You can use stamp images as well. Even custom punches would work.

Think you need an e-cutter to make a shaped card? Nope! Although feel free to use one.

Design and size your card base in My Digital Studio and print out on card stock. With this method, make sure to create a mirror image of the card front for the back of the card base, and pay attention where your score line will land. Then hand-cut your card base.
Keep in mind to preserve as much of the score line on your card base so your card is robust and doesn't fall apart.
My favorite method, to avoid printing on card stock, is to design and size in MDS and print on copy paper. Print only one of the shaped images, then after scoring the card base, temporarily adhere the copy paper to the card stock and trim the card stock and copy paper simultaneously. Move the copy paper around before cutting to maximize the retained score line.
Repeat the process to embellish the card. Design and print in MDS, followed by hand-cutting, or print or use the copy paper method for adding traditional Designer Series Paper.

Here's a video of how to create a shaped card from My Digital Studio, as it was happening. :)

And in case you are interested, here's an example of how to make a shaped card using Silhouette Studio.

Be sure to read the guidelines above under "About MDS Monday".

Check out what the Design Team created below... We hope you will join in the Fun. The challenge is open until Friday May 23rd @ 11:55PM EST.

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Heidi Baks

RunningwScissorsStamper

Cindy Schuster

Nutmeg Creations

Tami Hewlett

Swimming In Stamps

Beth Rush

Beth's Digital Cuts

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, March 24, 2014

MDSM59.. Heidi's Layering Trim!

Hi Everyone! It's Heidi, and I'm bringing you this week's page sketch challenge. I've had a page, created with traditional scrapbooking, on my digital to-do list so I can include it in the next round of photo-book printing. Why not share it for everyone to play with?

I'd like to see some layered trim on your pages. You could use a scallop border punch, or in my case, a string of larger circles. What else can you think of?

Be sure to read the Guidelines above under "About MDS Monday".

The challenge will be open until Friday April 4th@11:55pm EST. Check out what the Design Team created below for some inpiration. I can't wait to see what you create!

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Heidi Baks

RunningwScissorsStamper

Tami Hewlett

Swimming In Stamps

Cindy Schuster

Nutmeg Creations

Beth Rush
Beth's Digital Cuts

Joan Jeffery

J J Creations

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, February 3, 2014

MDSM52 Heidi's playing us a song!

Hi Everyone, Heidi here to host this week's challenge. I have a card sketch for you today. And for an extra challenge, if you choose to accept, is to add music to your card, e.g., musical notes, lyrics, musical instruments, even birds, since they sing. Perhaps you can think of your favorite song or lyric line and incorporate that into your card.

Be sure to read the Guidelines under "About MDS Monday".

I found some musical note downloads in My Digital Studio to get you started -

Natural Composition stamp brush set
Modern Medley stamp brush set
Newsprint designer series paper
Music Notes stamp brush set

Feel free to add more MDS music suggestions in the comments to help everyone out. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

The challenge is open for 2 Weeks, the Linky will close on Friday Feb. 14th @ 11:55pm EST.

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Heidi Baks
RunningwScissorsStamper

Beth Rush
Beth's Digital Cuts

Tami Hewlett
Swimming In Stamps

Tara Bourgoin
Can't Stamp the Rain

Cindy Schuster
NutmegCreations

Joan Jeffery
J J Creations

Holly Endress

Hollybeary Creations

Monday, December 16, 2013

MDSM45... Packing on the pictures!

Hi Everyone! It's Heidi. It's my turn to give you a scrapbook page layout. I've always got tons of photos to scrap, especially when I'm trying to get the photobook finished up. So today, I'm giving you a sketch that squeezes many photos onto a page.

In order to maximize the number of photos, rotate them a few degrees right and left, and overlap the corners. My layout below is just a starting point for the number of photos. Add as little or as many as you want (or can!). Let the photos do the talking. This is also a great technique if you are scrapping a page per week or a page per month.