Today begins the Stampin' Addicts MDS Blog Carnival. Several SA'ers have created projects using the newly released My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! As you visit all the blogs attending this party (listed below) we hope you will get some great ideas as to how to use this awesome program. The carnival will last through November 1! A button on the sidebar of the partying blogs will take you to the post where the party is happening, so when ever you are blurfing and see that button, you can click on it to see the projects as well as links to the participating blogs.
The project I am sharing is an 8x8 Hardback Photo Cover album. I made a book documenting my and my husband's motorcycling hobby/life! Obviously, due to the subject matter, the content tends to be on the masculine side...therefore, not too many frilly embellishments were used, but I did sneak them in there once in a while!
Here is one of the layouts inside the book, then a picture of the actual album opened up to that layout...
Well, as you can see, true to form for me...this is a rather simple and clean layout. I think it works okay tho for the topic. This is what the album looks like laid open to these pages. Edited to add: the pics of the completed album don't do it justice (my fault - I suck at taking pictures!) the colors are true to SU!'s color pallette!! Totally awesome in my opinion!
I do plan on adding some additional projects to my blog highlighting some of the other components of the software over the next month. So do keep checking back! You will hopefully see some progress in my use of the software as well! It is so very easy to use straight out of the box. I can only imagine what I will come up with over time as I get a better feel for what it can do. Oh, and when Stampin' Up! starts releasing additional content...woo hoo!!!
As promised, here are the links to the blogs where the party in ON!
DMDezigns/Dawnmarie: My Digital Studio - The Birdseye Overview
HowManyCats?!/Comeka: Digitize Your Sketch Library with MDS
Yapha: Turning Templates into Treasures
Willysgirl/Sarah: MDS Xmas and Extras
Hollylogic/Holly: MDS as a Design Tool (or How Not to Slice Up All Your Brushed Gold)
Lyssa: Playing with Stamps You Don't Own
Lilysinkpad/Sara: Simply Scrappin' Kits Go Digi
JulieA/Julie: Wanna Little Music with Your Slideshow?
lovetostampandscrap/Cheryl: Creating a Calendar to Beat All Calendars
Melina Stamps!/Melina: Man-Scrapping with MDS
BroncoMom/Joyce: Build Your Own DSP
Britiney: Clever Album Covers - A Piece of (Cup)Cake
S1itcher46/Kim: Hybridizing and Cataloging Collections
Kelli: Side-by-Side Test: Is it Actual or Is It MDS?
Scrapbookmama/Ellie: Keeping the Spotlight on Your (Adorable!) Subjects
Thanks for looking! Continue to enjoy the party by visiting the above blogs!
Melina
Cool! Isn't it great to be able to do some quick scrapping and into the pages really quick? Love it!
Posted by: Julie | October 03, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Love your album! It's perfect for the motorcycles! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: amysings | October 03, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Great to see the digital pages and then the actual book! Thanks for posting!
Posted by: Lyssa Zwolanek | October 03, 2009 at 03:19 PM
I Love the use of the jumbo brads as an embellishment. What a cool book!
Posted by: Sara Mattson-Blume | October 04, 2009 at 05:49 PM
Those grommets are the perfect digi-embellie for your scrapbook, Melina! So nice to see a 'manly' scrapbook project--scrap widowers across the country will be rejoicing. . . .
Posted by: Holly | October 06, 2009 at 04:45 AM