Showing posts with label Postcards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Postcards. Show all posts

Thursday, September 11, 2014

MDS Blog Hop - Time to Print!

Hello! I've been away from the hop for the summer. Things just got too crazy for me to keep up so I took a little break. I'm glad to be back and hope I can inspire you with some fun projects today!



We spent three weeks visiting family this summer and my kids were over the moon to spend all that time with their cousins. Who wouldn't love a party that lasts for three weeks?  The kids are definitely missing each other and can't wait to be together again but with the time zone difference and school schedules it's difficult to keep in touch. I'm always trying to get my boys to write cards and send them to family but they're resistant to the idea. They like getting the mail, but sitting down and writing seems a little too close to school I think.

I decided that if they had some fun cards to write on they might feel a little more motivated. I chose to do a post card because it's a smaller space and they won't feel like they have to write a novel. See how tricky I am? ;)

I started with a template from the Fifty Nifty download and played around with all my downloads until I found combinations I liked. Definitely the long way to do things, but it works for me. So far I have two designs and I've got a third one brewing in my mind... My boys will definitely want some options. I mean, who wants to send the exact same card over and over again? :)

Design 1:

Front
Back

Design 2:
Front
Back

I'm pretty excited to get these printed! Crossing my fingers that my boys will actually use them!


Cindy is up next - can't wait to see what she's sharing with us today! 

Click here for Cindy's blog



Friday, August 24, 2012

MDS Blog Hop - Postcards!

I really had a lot of fun with this challenge.  In fact, I had so many ideas that it was hard to narrow it down!  In the end I decided to create a Halloween invite.  A friend and I were talking recently about how much we love Halloween and are looking forward to it.  Then an idea was born: let's have a party!  If you know me well, you know that I am a terrible procrastinator and I'm always late for something. I do try to be more responsible than that, really I do.  Maybe there is some truth to the saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks".  Being aware of this flaw in myself, I decided I'd better hurry and design a party invitation so that we could take advantage of the 31% off sale for printing.  Which reminds me - I have some fantastic news for you! Drum roll please...

The 31% off sale will be extended an extra 14 DAYS!!!  Tell me you aren't squealing with excitement right now.  I know I was when I got the news - right in the middle of Ikea.  It's true. I have no shame.

So without further ado, here is my postcard invitation (front and back).  We'll see if my friend approves and then send it off to be printed and - for the first time in a very long time - I will be ahead of the game!



My favorite part of this invitation is the little blue monster in the middle.  I found a great invitation on Tiny Prints and thought to myself - with all the cool new features in MDS 2 I'll bet I can make that monster!  I'm not making this up - that's really what I thought.  


I used the owl punch for the body, bird wings for the horns, half circles for the shoes, triangle for the teeth and then using the line tool I drew a mouth.  Using the freeform tool I drew some arms and voila! A monster was born.  IT'S ALIVE!!  hee hee - sorry, I couldn't resist.  I'd like to make the other two monsters at some point, just to see if I can do it, but I was in a hurry to finish so I'll have to try it later.  

The rest of the images came from the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set, which I absolutely love!  I recolored the eyeballs and teeth and added different colored circle punches behind the green monster for spots.  

Oh, and one more thing: Stampin' Up release an update yesterday and fixed several problems! I'm happy to report that the program is running MUCH faster and smoothly now. I don't have to wait 30 seconds for a color change anymore!  So if you've been waiting for the bugs to be worked out before you purchase MDS 2 or try the Free Trial, don't wait any longer.  It's awesome!  

I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the hop - I know I look forward to it each week.