We Create Blog Hop--Happy Daisy

Well, yesterday I was released from my calling as the President of the children's Primary at church.  It has been just shy of 2 years and it has been an extraordinary blessing in my life. I was able to serve with 3 great women in my presidency who helped me with my responsibilities--they were an answer to many prayers.  It's wonderful to see little faces looking up at me every week as they learn about the gospel.  Listening to them sing about their Savior, at times brought me to tears.  As each of them had the opportunity to speak, whether durning Primary or as part of the annual Primary Presentation in sacrament meeting, their testimonies were pure and simple. I learned so much from them. I will miss seeing them every week, but I hope that they will continue to keep me up to date on all that is happening in their lives! They truly make me happy!!

So, with that said, my project this month just screams "Happy"!!  Who doesn't like daisies?  They are just a happy flower, either alone or in a big bunch.  This daisy is done in a line art style so it can be colored in using the freeform feature on MDS. If you would like to see how I use the freeform feature to add shading detail to digital images, check out this video:

I love that it has depth and dimension instead of just a flat image on a page.  There are several digital stamp sets that allow you to use the freeform tool to color in--try this technique, it's fun once you know how. And make sure you get your 30-day free trial of MDS, you will love it!

Hop along to Michelle, she's just getting started with MDS but I'm sure she'll get hooked on it quickly!

The packing is coming along and the house is going on the market in less than 2 weeks...AHHHHHHHHHH!!!  I hope we're ready!

Julie

MDS Blog Hop--Baby Ark

I'm still not quite recovered from my trip to Salt Lake City for Stampin' Up!'s annual convention, which was completely awesome by the way, but I told my MDS blog hop friends I would have this post done...tick, tock, tick, tock!  So, after I dropped my daughter off at the airport at 5:30 this morning (I got home at 5pm yesterday!) I came home and tried to decide which "project I am working on" would be a fun post for today!  This is the one I came up with.  I had downloaded Two by Two because I love to use the MDS freeform brush tool almost as much as I love to watercolor with my stamps!  I tried to give it some dimension with darker colors for the shadowed parts of the image and then I copied the stamp brush and added the drop shadow and added that to the bottom layer to create the shadow (the shadow sometimes doesn't show as well with the coloring tool).  The clouds were created by using the top of the cupcake punch, filling it with any DSP, double click for the punch editor,  slide your DSP completely out of the punch "window", then change your drop shadow color to Whisper White and change the blur and opaqueness to your choosing.  You are left with the "shadow" part of the punch!!  Cool, eh?  I finished the card off with some In-color ruffled ribbon (recolored) and Summer Possiblities DSP I hope you enjoy this fun baby card and if you would like more info on using the MDS freeform brush tool, you can watch my video, here.

Go check out what all the other MDS blog hoppers are working on--they are always inspiring to me!

1. Jeanna Bohanon 2. Rochelle Gould 3. Amber Meadows 4. Aly Schilling 5. Cindy Schuster 6. Holly VanDyne 7. Erica Shaw 8. Julie Davidse - guest blogger!

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I've got some fun stuff to share from convention, so check back soon!

Julie

My Digital Studio 2--Freeform font fill

I have to admit, when I first saw the Freeform feature on My Digital Studio 2 at convention, I was a little bit confused!  I mean, why would I want to draw if I have all these stamp "brushes"?  But after I started playing with it, I had some great ideas pop into my head!  I had several fonts on my computer that I love to use, but other than just changing the color of the font, there wasn't much more I could do to them!  Enter My Digital Studio 2 Freeform feature!  I colored the inside of the fonts with different colors and it gave them a whole different look and feel!  It's very easy to do, but don't just take my word for it--Try it yourself free for 30 days!  If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know!


Julie

Sun Garden Designer Series Paper, Pear Pizazz baker's twine, Button Bouquet and Button In-color.