Showing posts with label Leadership samples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leadership samples. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

MDS Blog Hop - Designer Templates

Happy Friday everyone! Today it was my turn to pick the challenge and I decided that it would be fun to have everyone create a project using one of the Designer Templates in My Digital Studio.  Personally, when I'm at a loss for an idea or whenever I just need to get a project done quickly I love to pull up the templates and see what inspires me.  Usually it's just what I need to kickstart my creativity.  It's so easy to switch out existing elements on a page and replace them with others.  I can change up papers, colors, stamps, ribbons - anything I want!

When Stampin' Up! asked me to create some projects for Leadership, an 8x8 album was one of those.  I was excited to do it, but I knew that it would be a stretch to get it done in time.  It was the holiday season, my husband was out of town for a week during December - which meant I didn't get any design time in - and I had church responsibilities that needed my attention.  So...I pulled open one of my favorite templates - the Today and Everyday template - and set to work.  I was in such a crunch to get it done that I sat on the couch for two days and did nothing except design.  I have The Gabe Dixon Band to thank for getting me through it.  I've always found music helps to inspire me to think creatively, so I stuck the album on repeat and got to work!  Could it have been done faster?  Yes.  But I'm that picky.  It's a curse I tell you!  In my defense though, it does take time to track down all the pictures for a project.  :)

I created a video in MDS of the album and set it to music.  I tried to have the pages flip like they would in a book so that you can see the full layouts together, but I can't seem to figure it out.  Has anyone had success with that before that could give me a few pointers?   Either way, you'll get the idea :)




Supplies Used:

I hope you've been inspired on today's hop to create with Digital Templates - there are tons included in your My Digital Studio Software so you can get started right away!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

4. Amber Meadows (thanks for stopping by!)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Dinner Invitation - leadership samples

I was also asked to create a dinner invitation using the Now You're Cooking stamp set and Domestic Goddess papers.  I found an idea on Tiny Prints that I liked and then I tried to recreate it using MDS.  It came together pretty easily and I'm pleased with the end result.  Hope you like it too!



Front and Back



Inside



I had a few problems with Inlinkz - it wasn't uploading my images, so I'll have to come back later and add in the supplies I used.  :)



Until tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Leadership Samples - Christmas card

I'd planned to post a few things earlier this week, but I came down with a cold and I just haven't been thinking straight.  Lucky me, my sweet husband took the day off so I could rest and then I remembered - I need to post my Leadership samples!

Here is a double-sided Christmas card I made with the Letters to Santa paper and embellishments.  It was a lot of fun to put together and really quick!




Come back tomorrow for more of the projects I created for Leadership!



Friday, January 20, 2012

MDS Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

Well...I haven't had time to do the sketch challenge from Mandy.  So sad.  I've been super busy preparing for a craft day at church tomorrow and I just haven't had time to open MDS.  I still plan to do the sketch though - it's adorable!  


I noticed that Erica posted the samples she created for Leadership and I thought that was a great idea!  I was also asked to create a few things for Leadership, so I'll start posting those designs over the next several days.  Stay tuned!


This is the first project I created, a cute little tag.  I had a lot of fun with this one - I did a front and a backside.  I'll come back and post links to the products, but I'm short on time this morning.  For now, I'll tell you that I used the Berry Blossoms DSP and the Best of Everything stamp set. 





Have fun on the rest of the hop!