Using sketches to digitally scrapbook

Another demonstrator, Alesha Walls, does a weekly sketch challenge over at the My Digital Studio community. I've been wanting to participate and this week's sketch was a perfect place for me to start. I love that I don't have to put any thought into what my design is going to be. I just pick the colors and stamps that match my photos.

Here is the sketch:

And here's my layout:

Go here to see other layouts made using the sketch.

I also made the following layout using a sketch I found here. I use all the help I can get to make scrapbooking quicker and easier!

Valentine's Day party!

Invitation designed using My Digital Studio

Come one, come all!

Quick Baby Cards with MDS

So I've been needing to make some baby cards for a while now (seems like our friends and family keep popping them out ;) so today I decided I would sit down and do it. I really didn't want to get out my stamps and make a mess so I thought I'd give it a try in My Digital Studio.

I designed a very simple card using colors for a baby boy:

I purposely kept the card gender neutral in its design so that all I'd need to do is change out the colors.

Here's the baby girl card:

My Digital Studio does have a great printing service with reasonable prices, but since I needed the cards today, I lined them up on the right side of a Photoshop document and printed them on best quality on white card stock at home. They turned out great!

 

The nice thing about these cards is they are flat so I can mail them and not have to worry about having to pay extra postage. If I were giving them at a shower or something I could add real buttons and staples, though, to give it more of a three-dimensional quality. 

I really do love how quickly I made these cards! Leaves more time in the day to play with my baby girl. :)

Sunny Days layout (MDS)

Yesterday I was freezing so I decided to work on a layout from summertime to warm me up. This was the first time Esper wore a bathing suit - isn't it TO DIE FOR cute? I think so. I played around with a lot of colors but in the end I went for simple so the focus could be on the photographs. I like the result!

Cherish Christmas card (My Digital Studio)

My sister wanted a Christmas card designed to go along with these photos and she didn't necessarily want a Christmas theme to the card. I love that in My Digital Studio I can pick the colors I want to use based on the colors in the photos. And I found a perfect stamp set to use that adds elegance to the photos of her and her family. She really loved how it turned out, and that made me very happy! I would love to design something for you too if you ever need it!