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Another Sample - "Things I Love"

This is another My Digital Studio template page I created for my CH Morning Live appearance. Do I admit that I literally created most of the projects you saw on the show in a couple of hours the night before? (hmmm I guess I just did! ROFLOL)

Anyway, love this 'grungy' template (from the aptly named "Downtown Grunge Photobook Template") and frames. I dragged and dropped the images into the photo boxes to create this "Things I Love" page. I added the heart shaped punch to the layout to go with my theme and moved the circular punches around a little bit. The font is actually my own printing! MDS uses whatever fonts you already have installed in your computer. I generated this font at Your Fonts so now I am able to make my digital pages even more "mine".

I'll be sharing more of the projects from my appearance over the next while, so please be sure to come back & check them out!

Happy Groundhog Day!

I'm celebrating Groundhog Day by sharing Valentine's Day Projects on CH Morning Live...the plan is for me to be on air around 8:20 so hope you get the chance to catch it!

This is a project that I will have with me to display. I absolutely loved how easy this was - another template that I simply dragged & dropped my photo into using My Digital Studio.

If you download the My Digital Studio Express free trial through my store, you will be eligible to get some free tutorials from me in your inbox!  Click on the link above to download your free trial, and once I get notification of your download, I will send you the free My Digital Studio tutorial information.

I would love if you would join my mailing list to keep up to date on my events plus get some great paper crafting ideas!  Sign up HERE.

Free Trial of My Digital Studio Express!!

Stampin' Up!'s FREE 30-day trial of My Digital Studio Express is now available! This is an ongoing offer so you can take advantage of it at any time! My Digital Studio Express software is a fully functional version of My Digital Studio, but has fewer included images and brushes.

How do you get it?
Go to my online store here and click on the My Digital Studio Express trial.  You will need to make a customer account if you haven't already ordered through me.  Once you've "purchased" the trial, you can download it from the downloads section of your account, and install it onto your computer.

What do you do once you try it and like it?
Once the 30-day free trial period is over, you can purchase the downloadable (My Digital Express) or disc version (My Digital Studio) of the software through my online store to continue using it. You'll simply open up the trial version you already have on your computer, and will be prompted to enter the product registration key you received after purchasing the software. (You'll receive this key via e-mail if you purchase the downloadable version, and you'll find it along with your shipped software if you purchase the disc version.)

Here's a hint - if you love MDS Express, and want all the great images, brushes and punches you would get in the full version of My Digital Studio right away, the fastest thing to do is:

1) Purchase MDS Express and then

2) Purchase the MDS Express Booster Pack

You'll end up with all the items that you would get in My Digital Studio (plus a few more) and it will all be downloadable and instantly available to you!! Of course, the option to purchase the full version of My Digital Studio is there as well, especially if you like to have disk versions of your software.

Want to try but want some guidance? Attend my FREE MDS101 Class THIS FRIDAY, February 3rd at 7pm here in Burlington ON. Registration required. Bring your laptop and I'll walk you through the download, installation and initial use of My Digital Studio Express!  Can't make it Friday? Contact me and I'll keep you in the loop. I plan on offering this class on a semi-regular basis and an online version is in the works! I love the ease of digital crafting and look forward to helping you discover how great it is!

 

Free My Digital Studio Trial - February 1st!

As of February 1st, Stampin' Up! is offering a free 30 day trial of the My Digital Studio Express software! This is a great software program for digital crafting. I love working digitally - for one thing, scrapbooking is much less messy....and let's face it, most of my photos are digital and tend to live on my computer, where noone gets to see them (except me). It's a great way to create a number of cards as well - in the past, I've done my Christmas cards digitally and was able to include a number of photos from the year as a visual collage of my family's year. I'm planning on making a few books up in the near future as well. At left is a tag sample I made quickly using the Springtime DSP, scallop square punch and basic pearls.

If you're interested in trying out this software, please consider joining me at my FREE MDS101 class! The first one will be held on Friday, February 3rd at 7pm here at my place in Burlington. RSVP required. Please bring your laptop if you have one - I will walk you through the download of the software plus the basics of My Digital Studio. You'll leave that evening with your copy of the software plus information to get you started! If you don't have a laptop, you are still welcome to attend and look over my shoulder while we work. I will also be posting an online class in the near future for those of you not close to the Burlington, Ontario area.  In the meantime if you want to watch a quick video - check out my video tutorials page. The first video is one that I made using a free template that Stampin' Up! offered for Digital Scrapbooking Day!

CH Morning Live Appearance Video

I am so lucky to be able to work with the fantastic people at CH Morning Live on a fairly regular basis! I was invited to appear to share ideas about saving those holiday memories.

Thanks once again to my friend and tech guy Tom for capturing the video for me! If you can't see the link above view the video on youtube  HERE. 

Christmas Digital Scrapbook Layout

These are pages that I shared on CH Morning Live on Monday. I used My Digital Studio and the Christmas Jingle kit templates. I love templates because they make my scrapbooking even faster.  I simply chose the photos I wanted to use, and then drag & dropped them into the template. I could re-size as I needed, and then added in my text and printed!  These pages coordinate with one another because the kit uses all the same colours, so you can mix up the order of pages or just use selected ones.  Half of my challenge with scrapbooking is getting started, so here, most of the work is done for me! I simply add my personal touches and then it's finished. The memories and stories are recorded, the photos are added, and it's there for all to enjoy. Much better than having those photos sitting in the hard drive (or on the camera's memory card) and trying to keep all those good stories in my head - because let's face it, MY memory is not getting any better.....

Don't forget to "like" the Yamstamps facebook page to get your free video AND your free digital download (see the link on the wall) before January 10th.

Free Digital Download!

Are you on Facebook? Please "like" the Yamstamps facebook page - there's a free video once you're a fan. Once you're there, I've posted the link to a free digital download from Stampin' Up! but it's only available until January 10th, so don't delay. There's a very brief questionnaire to complete and then you can download the Day in the Life kit. (I included the link so you could see it but please go through the facebook link to get it for free!) The kit includes a whole whack of digital designer series papers, elements and accents plus a template, and is valued at $18.50 Canadian!  I love templates - they're so easy to use - just drag & drop your photos into place. The items are available to use in My Digital Studio but there's also a version that you could use with other software (e.g. Photoshop)! Please contact me if you have questions about using My Digital Software and the elements either in MDS or other programs (I also use Photoshop).

One more FREE download!!

Since so many people completed the questionnaire and took advantage of the free downloads for My Digital Studio (and zip files for other photo editing programs) - there's a FIFTH free download available!  Click here to go to mydigitalstudio.net and download the fun holiday themed download - it's great!!

Video Tutorial - Using a Page Template in My Digital Studio

Thought I'd try my tech skills and give a screen capture video tutorial a try - feel free to give feedback! This shows how I created my digital scrapbook page (I know, you thought it was my raw talent, but really....this video shows the truth ROFLOL). It's a flash video so some devices may not support it. If it doesn't show up or the link above doesn't work, here's the link to the yamstamps youtube channel version. Fingers crossed that one of the links will work for you!!

 

Free Digital Downloads!! (and a very cool digital page, if I say so myself....)

 Stampin' Up! is celebrating Digital Scrapbooking Day by sharing the digi goodness with you! Head to MyDigitalStudio.net, complete the survey and download your four FREE items!  The free items include a digital brush stamp set, a holiday ensemble (images, accents) and templates, plus a FANTASTIC set of "tapes" in neutral colours.

 

Here is the FASTEST page ever! This is one of the free templates available as a download.  I simply downloaded it, unzipped it, and opened it in My Digital Studio.  I did a "drag and drop" of the photo, added my journalling and saved it! I just happened to have a perfect photo for this title :)

If you'd like more information about My Digital Studio, or digital scrapbooking in general, please feel free to contact me!  I acquired a neat video program a while back, so plan on sharing some videos in the near future on creating items in My Digital Studio - stay tuned!