FM76 Sketchy Starburst

Time for another Friday Mashup.  It's Rita's turn to challenge us.  Rita has been back for a week, but with her hosting the challenge, it's official.  Welcome back, Rita!!

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project with the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a project with "Starburst Technique".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the "Sketch and Starburst Technique".

More My Digital Studio for me.  I know... you're getting sick of it.  I'm almost done; I promise!

I was actually able to mash it up here.  I elongated the pennant punch to create the starburst effect and filled the punches with contrasting paper.  The trim of circles actually comes from the template in the Sweet Shop download - isn't it cute?  I really love the effect of the starburst technique, but I can't get away from trying to make a horizon scene out of it.

MDS Elements: Stamps: Rough Type Alphabet; Papers: Simple Snapshots DSP, Sweet Shop DSP; Color Palette: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White; Accessories: Pennant punch, Sunny Day clouds, Downtown Grunge frames, Sweet Shop hearts, Sweet Shop jelly bean brad, Whisper White straight stitch; Font: Clipper Script.

There's something fun in the MDS world - Stampin' Up has started a weekly challenge on mydigitalstudio.net.  What fun!  As soon as I saw it, I had to play along!

This is a page depicting my daughter's first day of kindergarten and uses this week's sketch.  I had another color scheme in mind, but ended up pulling colors from the photos.  I think it is hilarious that she put Piglet down for a nap, eye covers and all!

MDS Elements: Stamps: French Foliage, Splatters; Papers: Twitterpated DSP, Whisper White textured; Color Palette: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White; Accessories: Blushing Bride pleated ribbon (Twitterpated), Hexagon punch, Whisper White straight stitch; Font: CK KOTM1, Poor Richard.

My Project 52 totals: Week 37, pages 67.

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Toxic Halloween Greeting

DH had some hand surgery earlier this week, and time has been tight.  I've had to pick up the slack, including feeding the family (yikes... now that's scary!).  I was aiming for a double-duty card for stamp club and the Ilion shoebox project or downline meeting project, but it just doesn't seem to be turning out that way.  Oh well, I'll be back in the stamping mines again...

I bought the Toxic Treats set specifically for the gate image, so I had to use it.

This card was based on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #166.

We used the Tangerine Tango marker to ink the inside and "thumping" to lightly ink the outside of the background image.  I tried using Basic Black Craft ink with the ladies this time, for a night dark, solid image... mixed results.  It is messy if it doesn't dry long enough.  Spritzing the background gives the image a nice effect.

Paper, ribbon, stamps... what fun, coordinating products!

Stamps: Toxic Treats; Paper: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Naturals White, Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP; Ink: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black craft, Tangerine Tango marker, Basic Black marker; Accessories: Black Striped Satin Ribbon, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge, Petal Cone die, Big Shot, Stapler, Dimensionals.

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PCS September Issue: Autumn Amidst

Time for this month's Paper Crafters Sampler, entitled Autumn Amidst.  This issue focuses on all the wonderful colors and crafts of Fall.  Doesn't this time of year give you a warm, cozy feeling?

Here's a sneak peek of my project.  It uses some textures, ribbons, stitching, spritzing, and of course wonderful coordinating products from the Holiday seasonal catalog... super fun to make!

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Twisted Computers

A group of us attended a shoebox swap this weekend in Ilion, NY.  Great time catching up with stampy friends!  One swap I participated in is the "twisted" swap.

I used Jen's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  Love the flag effect!

I have to apologize for my coloring, or lack of staying in the lines.  I was making these while camping... low light... forgot my glasses... basically coloring blind... you can imagine.

Stamps: Technology Bytes, Crafty Taglines (There She Goes); Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, Le Jardin DSP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics 0/C1/C3, Y15/Y17/YR23; Accessories: Coluzzle, Square Lattice EF, Big Shot.

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FM75 Sew, It's Time for Back-To-School?

This week we have a back-to-school themed challenge on the Friday Mashup.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a "Back to School" themed project.
2. Or Make a project with "Sewing".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Back to School project with Sewing".

Sewing?  Well, you don't have to tell me twice!

I love this trend I've been seeing of adding dimension to a focal point by folding and adhering layers.  Sewing the center is just the neatest way to accomplish this, and I think I'll try to do it more.

This card was inspired by a cute apple project by Danielle Flanders, and I used Clean&Simple layout #175.

Stamps: Loving Thoughts; Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Orchard Harvest DSP, Naturals Composition Specialty DSP, Just Eat Cake DSP, Newsprint DSP; Ink: Raspberry Ripple; Accessories: Pearl jewel, Spiral punch, Argyle EF, Cannery Set framelits, Petal Cone die, Big Shot, Sewing machine, Thread.

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SUOC53 Bushel of Apples

Today's challenge on Stampin' Up Only Challenges is to create a box or bag.  I love 3-D items, so for me it becomes which to choose...

I stumbled across an adorable bushel basket about a year ago, and I've been wanting to make it.  The template comes from Clear & Simple Stamps.  But what to put inside the bushel?  How about some apples?

Little Missy helped sponge the Summer Starfruit golden delicious apple.  She insisted it needed some green.  Here's a look at the tag.

I made the handle out of a wire clothes hanger.

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved; Paper: Summer Starfruit, Cherry Cobbler, Raspberry Ripple, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest DSP; Ink: Wild Wasabi, Raspberry Ripple, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede marker; Accessories: Neutrals button, Early Espresso baker's twine, Silver brads, Full heart punch, Sponges, Cannery Set framelits, Big Shot, Wire clothes hanger.

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Scrappy Monday: More Freeform

Here is another example of using the Freeform tool in MDS2.  Check out the cute pennant banner embellishment.

Found under the Design Center, the Freeform tool allows you to insert a shape or a line.  Here, I inserted a line (Wave 1), added some pennants, and then changed my line to "stitch 1" style.  Originally I had created this page with a straight line of pennants, and it was really annoying me.  So glad I watched the Freeform tutorial videos!

MDS Elements: Stamps: Pinwheels on Parade; Papers: Big Top Birthday, Bashful Blue Textured; Color Palette: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White; Accessories: Check This Out photo boxes, Petite Pennant punch, Black brad; Font: Playbill.

You might recognize this page.  I copied one of my own scrapbook pages from a past blog hop.  I really hate to print out photos.  My Type A personality hates that they come out too dark, colors not right, printer screws up, etc.  Don't even ask about running to the drug store to have them do it.  Therefore I **LOVE** MDS soooo much!  I make the pages and Stampin' Up is in charge of printing.  Love it!

I needed some more inspiration, so I again turned to the digital scrapbooking challenges on Splitcoaststampers, choosing DGC035 Grandma's Birthday Challenge.  Grandma picked a color combo of pine green, true blue, and light pink. Ok, I'm game.

I grabbed a sketch challenge from Two Peas in a Bucket and rotated it.

MDS Elements: Stamps: Days to Remember Overlay, French Foliage, Ink Splatter; Papers: Pear Pizzazz Striped DSP, Blushing Bride DSP, Whisper White Textured; Color Palette: Blushing Bride, Pacific Point, Always Artichoke, Whisper White; Accessories: Twitterpated button, Button Bouquet, Pearl jewel, Sending Love epoxy brad, Everyday Enchantment brad, Whisper White baker's twine, Whisper White stitching; Font: Birth of a Hero.

Here is a two-page layout using the Sunny Days template pages, which I altered.  Another example of the Freeform tool, I used the Freeform paint brush to color in the turtle shell (lower left).

Cool hint: When I looked at my two-page spread using the "photobook page spread" mode, I noticed my cloud on the left of the center crease didn't continue to the right page (top center).  I selected the cloud, right clicked, and chose "span pages".  I didn't find that in the training videos, so I was happy to stumble across it.  I think it works only in the two-page view mode.

MDS Elements: Stamps: Summer Splash; Template: Sunny Days; Color Palette: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo; Embellishments: New Heights birds, Party Animal pennants.

My Project 52 totals: Week 36, pages 52.

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