What I've been working on February

I love that our mid month MDS Blog Hop is all about what we've been working on.... First I hope the BIG one was obvious when you landed on my blog. Yes, another blog change :) I love it and would love to know what you think, too.

My second project is a layout I've been working on for MONTHS and finally decided to finish it up. None of you have unfinished MDS projects do you? LOL

To get the sticker look on the letters I just used a really WIDE border around the DSP.

Enjoy the hop and after you've been inspired go finish one of your MDS projects! 

1. Amber Meadows 2. Jeanna Bohanon 3. Julie Leblanc 4. Rochelle Gould 5. Aly Schilling 6. Mandy Grant 7. Kimberly Van Diepen 8. Holly VanDyne 9. Erica Shaw 10. Cindy Schuster 11. Cori Kozak - guest blogger!

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Winter Fun MDS Blog Hop

I'm so thrilled we have a new year and a NEW MDS BLOG HOP!
As with everything new there will be a few changes. The first one you'll notice is the new dates, we'll post the 2nd and 4th WEDNESDAY of every month, with a guest blogger each month!
Plus, we've added a Pinterest Board - fun, fun, fun!
We'd love for you all to join in the fun twice a month and create a project that follows our theme and post it on mds.net

Today's theme: Winter/Snow 
We'll it's been a pretty warm winter here, I've not even had to bring out the "big" coats, but we did spend a weekend in Gatlinburg, TN for our annual CRAZY winter trip!

Thanks so much for going us today! 
I'll work on doing a pdf link with supplies for the future but for now here's what I used: 

Embellishments
    _Designer Kits/Downtown Grunge - embellishments/Downtown Grunge - frame5
    _Designer Kits/Downtown Grunge - embellishments/Downtown Grunge - frame5
    _Designer Kits/Downtown Grunge - embellishments/Downtown Grunge - frame5
    _Designer Kits/Downtown Grunge - embellishments/Downtown Grunge - frame5
    Staple & Stitching/Chocolate - Simple Stitches scallop 3
    _Designer Kits/Downtown Grunge - embellishments/Downtown Grunge - frame3
    _Designer Kits/Downtown Grunge - embellishments/Downtown Grunge - frame5

Stamps
    Bright Hopes/Bright Hopes - snowflake, Color = POOL PARTY 169,221,199
    _Designer Kits/Fan Fair/Fan Fair - postage stamp, Color = RICH RAZZLEBERRY 149,69,103
    _Designer Kits/Fan Fair/Fan Fair - lace doily, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Fan Fair/Fan Fair - lace doily, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Chevron/Chevron - 8 grunge, Color = ISLAND INDIGO 0,126,135
    _Designer Kits/Fan Fair/Fan Fair - lace doily, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Splatters/Ink Splatters/Ink Splatter 4, Color = ISLAND INDIGO 0,126,135
    Splatters/Ink Splatters/Ink Splatter 4, Color = ISLAND INDIGO 0,126,135
    Decorative Overlays/Decorative Overlays - grid, Color = 228,206,127
    _Designer Kits/Fan Fair/Fan Fair - postage stamp, Color = ISLAND INDIGO 0,126,135
    Bright Hopes/Bright Hopes - snowflake, Color = POOL PARTY 169,221,199
    Bright Hopes/Bright Hopes - snowflake, Color = POOL PARTY 169,221,199

Punches
    Basics/1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: /Sycamore Street - designer series paper/Sycamore Street - 12
    Basics/1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Downtown Grunge - designer series paper/Downtown Grunge - 4
    Basics/1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Sycamore Street - designer series paper/Sycamore Street - 12
    Basics/1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Downtown Grunge - designer series paper/Downtown Grunge - 4
    Basics/1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Sycamore Street - designer series paper/Sycamore Street - 6

 

1. Amber Meadows

2. Jeanna Bohanon
3. Julie Leblanc

4. Rochelle Gould

5. Aly Schilling

6. Mandy Grant - (Welcome)

7. Kimberly Van Diepen

8. Holly VanDyne

9. Erica Shaw

10. Cindy Schuster

11. Julie Davidse - January Guest Blogger!

Summer Fun MDS Style

Hello Designers,

I'm have some computer issues this week. I think I need to take it to my local mac store and have them clean it up! So I've pull out a few of my favorite summer layouts for todays MDS Blog Hop.

Because this paper took me a while to create I thought I'd post it as a FREEBIE. Go ahead just click on the picture and "save as" so you can use it on your next project. If you do I'd love to see what you've made so post it on www.mydigitalstudio.net and please label it "Summer Fun FREEBIE" so I can find it :) I'll find a better way to give you a freebie with out it taking over the WHOLE page but until then pardon the mess.....*wink* 

Happy Hopping - thanks for stopping by!

1. Jeanna Bohanon

2.Rochelle Gould

3.  Mandy Grant (that's me)

4. Julie Leblanc 
5.Amber Meadows

6. Terri Mongeon

7. Aly Schilling

8. Cindy Schuster

9. Erica Shaw

10. Heather Summers

11. Holly VanDyne
12. Kimberly Van Diepen

Stretching our Creativity

Sometimes we need to be stretched a little....
So often I find myself looking for ideas and never having time to make anything. As a demonstrator we get this AMAZING stampin' success magazine monthly and so I challenged my team, at our meeting last Sat, to pick a card layout out of one of our publications and then CASE it (Copy And Share Everything). One catch they couldn't case it exactly they had to use only the NEW supplies I had on the counter.
UGH right?

They rose to the challenge and kicked it's tail!!!
Check out my AMAZING, talented team members designs. I've taken a picture of the card on top of the magazine card they were casing.

Cindy Anderson 

Joan Kennedy 

Kay Roberts

Linda Harris

Vickie Leaman - used a sneak peek set from the Holiday Mini
that we got a convention called Love Always.

Supplies Used - I've done the searching so you don't have to ;) 

To make a purchase just click on the link below "add to bag" then come back here to grab the next one. It's shopping made simple!

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High Five for the Fan Fair Collection

Yummy is an understatement because the Fan Fair collection is to die for. I made a very simple Hybrid card for my convention swaps. Going hybrid allowed me to use the same piece of paper for 30 cards without having to by 3 packs of DSP - which is so me because I'm crazy thrifty. It's also a super time saver to make it once, print, cut and glue - BAM - it's done! Well, almost.... I usually have to add a few more embellishments before I'm happy. 

 Here's the how it looked before I put it together....

I was doing the Happy Hybrid dance when it was finished because I made 30 cards in 2 hours!!!

Thanks for stopping by - Mandy 

Supplies Used - I've done the searching so you don't have to ;) 

To make a purchase just click on the link below "add to bag" then come back here to grab the next one. It's shopping made simple!

MDS software	Fan Fair	Chat Room Celebrate	8-1/2 x11 Neutrals Card Stock	8-1/2x11 Regals Card Stock	Lucky Limeade 3/8 Ruffled Ribbon
Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons	Linen Thread

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