Monday, December 31, 2012

MDSM 4 Happy New Year!!

Welcome back to another fun Challenge here at MDS Monday! It's Holly here and I'm your hostess this week. I hope everyone had a very Happy Christmas, are you ready for New Year's eve?

This week's sketch is an easy one... you can really go in lots of different directions with it. Each of the Design Team members changed it up in their own unique way.

We're also giving away another MDS Download with this week's challenge. Up for grabs is any MDS Download up to a $9.99 value. All you have to do is join us for this challenge for your chance to win.



Check out the Design Team's projects below and then we want to see what you can do with MDS!




Would you like a chance to win MDS2+ and all of the Digital downloads Stampin' Up! releases in 2013 (a $1600 USD value)? Well head over to the My Digital Studio Facebook page and enter for your chance to win!


Sunday, December 30, 2012

MDSM #3 Top Picks

Hello,

Thank you to all those who played along with us for our 3rd challenge! Here are the top picks:

The MDS Monday Master is...


Tara's Pick / Julie @ Stampin' Jul

I love Julie's tribute to her daughter's 17th birthday. The off-set grouped photo boxes are a beautiful way to use this technique. The different strips of paper and ribbon really set off the sweet nature of this page. Congratulations Julie on being an MDS Monday Master this week!



And the honourable mentions are...


Heidi's Pick / Julie @ See Julie Stamp
I love the autumn feel and her paper choices complement the photos.



I love all the different elements around the picture - lace, paper and envelope. Plus, I like hoe she staggered the picture frames for the technique and added a bit of tape to "hold them in place".


Holly's Pick / Diane @ MyDiane Designs

What a great page to showcase her cruise. She really showcased what you can do with this technique by using the cruise ship photo. All the extra elements to the page really brings it together. 


See you tomorrow for a brand new sketch from Holly!

Monday, December 17, 2012

MDS3 it's a Technique Challenge.

Hello, everyone! Tara here as hostess for our third challenge. We're so excited to see everyone playing with us and look forward to seeing what you create for this challenge! This week, the design team decided to do something a little different.

We chose one technique that we thought suited the sketch well and all incorporated this technique into our project! We photo filled grouped boxes! If you want to give it a try too, just follow the link to watch a great video on how it's done.

Don't forget, we've compiled a list of videos for reference on the "MDS Videos/How To's" page right here on this blog.


Here's the sketch for the next two weeks!


Would you like a chance to win MDS2+ and all of the Digital downloads Stampin' Up! releases in 2013 (a $1600 USD value)? Well head over to the My Digital Studio Facebook page and enter for your chance to win!


Sunday, December 16, 2012

MDSM #2 Top Picks!

Thank you all for playing along with us for our second challenge at MDS Monday!

MDS Master top is...



It was hard to select a Master.  There were lots of fabulous entries. However, in the end I pick Diane at MyDiane Designs.  I loved a number of her page elements:  the colour/papers she chose, the scallop punch tucked along the edge, using the Dahlia embellishments and especially how she created the "label" for her journaling.  On top of that,  she turned the sketch into a double spread to meet her needs. 


And the honourable mentions are...



I really like how she placed her elements and the colors she used really make the images pop.



I love the kit she chose to use, and the journals on top of the digital tape is brilliant! 



I love the idea behind this page so much - What a great way to remember our creations after we have given them away!


Thanks to everyone for playing. We look forward to playing with you again on Monday!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

There's still time to play!




There's still time to show us what you can do with MDS!
To play along with the current MDS Monday challenge click here.

Challenge closes on Friday, Dec 14 at 6:00pm EST!

Monday, December 3, 2012

MDS Monday Challenge #2


Hi Everyone - It's Joan here, hosting our second challenge at MDS Monday. Right off the bat, I would like to thank everyone who participated in Challenge #1. All of us on the design team were thrilled to have so many of you join in the fun! I personally enjoyed looking through all of the entries and I'm pretty sure the other members of the team did too.

So - on to Challenge Sketch #2 and a bit of inspiration from the Design Team. Remember, you have until December 14 to post your creation for us to see. As Holly mentioned yesterday, you don't have to have a blog for us to see your creation - you can upload your project to any on-line gallery, including MyDigitalStudio.nethttp://mydigitalstudio.net/ and Facebook. Have fun this week!

Check out the Design Team's projects below and then we want to see what you can do with MDS!






Would you like a chance to win MDS2+ and all of the Digital downloads Stampin' Up! releases in 2013 (a $1600 USD value)? Well head over to the My Digital Studio Facebook page and enter for your chance to win!


Sunday, December 2, 2012

MDSM1 Picks & Digital Download Winner.

Welcome back to MDS Monday... What a great turnout for our first Challenge! Heidi has picked her MDS Master and the rest of the team have chosen their picks as well. Before we get to that though we'd like to answer a question that came up with the challenge.

Do you need to have a Blog to play along? No, you can upload you projects to any online photo gallery and then just provided a link to your project so we can stop by and see it. My Digital Studio.net  has an online gallery and we created an album on our Facebook Page for you as well. 

Now lets see who Heidi has chosen as the MDS Master and who won the MDS Digital Download!! 

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in this week. It was really hard to pick! So many great entries! My MDS Master Top Pick is Beth Rush @ Beth's Digital Cuts


I just love the layers she used and the opaque tractor image for journaling!

Our Honorable Mentions this week are: 



The sweet, soft colours of this page suite the picture perfectly. A wonderful way to remember such a milestone.

Joan's Choice / Cynthia 

I loved all her background embellishments that pulled the theme of the photo together.


I love the mix of different elements and colors she used. The Blue sentiment really pops off the page. 

The random winner of the MDS Digital Download (up to a $9.95 value) is...
#10, Sheri Posluszny. Thanks to everyone for playing! Can't wait for next week!! 

Sunday, November 25, 2012

There's still time to play!



There's still time to show us what you can do with MDS!
To play along with the current MDS Monday challenge click here.

Challenge closes on Friday, Nov 30th at 6:00pm EST

Monday, November 19, 2012

Let's get this party Started!!!

Hello and welcome to our first Challenge here at mds Monday! Every other week we will have a Sketch; and if you are a fan of Digital Paper crafting this challenge blog is for you. Along with the Sketches we will also throw in a little prize from time to time!

This challenge we are offering up a MDS download of your choice*! (*value $9.95) Everyone who enters the challenge will have a chance to win. You can enter as many times as you like! Your project however must be a new project created for this challenge using the Sketch.

Our Sketch was created by Heidi! 

Check out the Design Team's projects below and then we want to see what you can do with MDS!






Guest Designer



Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Welcome to mds Monday!


Welcome to MDS Monday! 
We want to know what you can do with My Digital Studio™.

MDS Monday was created to have a fun and unique challenge blog for digital designing. The Design Team will strictly be using My Digital Studio™ (MDS) from Stampin' Up! but you are more than welcome to use any digital design software you have to make scrapbook pages, cards, home decor, you name it - as long as you follow the sketch provided in the challenge!

We will post a new challenge every other Monday (Bi- Weekly) and the challenge will be open until the following Friday. You'll have 12 days to enter the challenge each week. Top Picks will be announced on Sunday after the challenge closes. 

We have provided a Tips & Technique area with links and videos on MDS how to's. For more information on My Digital Studio ™ be sure to visit mydigitalstudio.net. You can also ask your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for more information as well. 

Our first challenge will be Monday November 19th... We hope you will come back and join us!