My Digital Studio - Order YOURS, Tomorrow!

MY DIGITAL STUDIO is coming soon!

It is NOT a Digital Scrapbooking program..it is a Digital Paper Crafting Solution!


You can order your copy as of October 1st! You can create fun projects on your computer without having to cut your fingers or get ink on them! Of course, you can also add these pages to any scrapbook but the most amazing part is that you can also get pages PRINTED TO A BOOK to create a professional book to give to a loved one!

Imagine a custom created book of YOU, or your child! I think anyone would love to read a PERSONALIZED story!

I had fun creating these pages, so stay tuned to order your copy of the MY DIGITAL STUDIO!
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System Requirements
Prior to installing My Digital Studio, ensure that your computer meets the following technical specifications:
Windows:
Windows XP or Vista
Pentium 4, 1 GHz or better (1.6 GHz recommended) or comparable AMD processor
512 MB RAM available (1 GB or more recommended, 1 GB required for Windows Vista users)
16 MB Video RAM (64 MB recommended)
Available Hard Disk Space: 5 GB minimum
DVD-ROM Drive
Macintosh:
OS X 10.4.x or greater (with latest Java update)
G4 500 MHz or Faster (G5 1 GHz or better recommended)
512 MB RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
8 MB Video RAM (64 MB recommended)
Available Hard Disk Space: 5 GB minimum
DVD-ROM Drive
Other Requirements:
QuickTime Player version 7.1.0 or higher is required. (Available on the My Digital Studio disc 1 or at http://www.quicktime.com/.)
System Settings
Monitor Resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher (1152 x 864 or higher recommended)
Recommended Additional Equipment
CD or DVD Burner (Required for interactive album and DVD-Video output options)
Printer
Speakers
Digital Camera
Microphone
Digital Camcorder
Scanner

You can either order the program, or you can buy the (2) updates, so if you already have a scrapbook program on your computer, you can just add the images to the ones you already have on your computer! They will be adding more updates which you can purchase as time goes on!

You can order it via my website starting October 1st!

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How to Make a Halloween Card...

...without using any skeletons or ghosts or spooky stuff... ?

The sentiment is stamped using Champagne Shimmer paint on the stamp from the Teeny Tiny Wishes.

This is a Halloween card that uses fall/Halloween colors, but also has a Halloween sentiment. I used Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and Designer paper from Night & Day Designer Paper, and Basic Black Cardstock.

The center of the medallion is from Baroque Motif, punched with 1 3/8" circle punch and then framed in the scallop circle. The flower is from the Folded Flowers die. (the next to the largest size) I used a glue dot in the center and added pumpkin glitter from the SuperNova glitter Stacks

Sponged black ink around the petals of the flower

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Take better Photos!

Don't you wish you could take pictures like the ones you see in magazines, or at least in the scrapbook magazines, they show cute little children or pets...and YOU KNOW...your kids and pets look JUST as CUTE as the ones in the magazines??

Why don't your pictures look like theirs?

At a meeting we had this weekend, Wendy Randall shared how to BUILD BRIDGES with PHOTOS....and she had great tips to share in how your pictures can connect your past with your present..

These were some of the tips....

1. Take MORE photographs. Most professional photographers take MANY photos of an event. You will have more to choose from if you take a LOT!
2. GET Closer! Getting closer will help you find the soul of the item you're taking a photo of! (person, place or object!)
3. Focal Point - use the eyes or whatever your focus is, to be in the 1/3's of the picture
4. Rule of Thirds - Draw a grid (like a tic-tac-toe), and place the focal point at the line or where the line intersects. This will bring more interest in your picture
5. Turn OFF the FLASH! - The flash flattens out the image. The image will have more dimension if you turn off the flash
6. Where are your light sources. The best time of day is early morning or late afternoon. The light and shadows are better than in the middle of the day
7. Distractions - there is nothing worse than to take a photo and have a pole coming out of someone's head. Make sure when you look through your viewfinder that you see beyond your subjects so that you can remove that piece of trash or errant weed before you take the picture!
8. Pictures tell a story.
   

This was a flower taken at the funeral service that I went to. I had bright sunlight on it, but what I liked was that you could see the gravestone below. I know where I was when I took that picture, and even though most people don't take pictures at gravesides, with our family, we usually got our best family photos at the gravesides. All the family was there, and it was a way to remember our gathering. I took a lot of photos of the family that day, and I still need to work on my photography skills, I have fun taking pictures.......

Maybe take some of the above tips to help improve YOUR skills....

So, be sure to follow the tips...they do work!

ps. Sorry about all the crazy half postings this weekend, I think blogspot was doing some maintenence and so the blogger thing kept timing out on me, and I didn't realize it was publishing it to my blog....so apologies *grins*

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Silhouette Season's Greetings

Meeting at the Spaghetti Factory and demonstrations are what greets you after seeing these 3 familiar faces!







Of course, Richard has a great display of BAB (Build a Bears)












Barb Jackson demonstrating why she's so successful at her business!


My SAS class is today! This is one of the cards we're doing this weekend...simple and FAST!




This card reminds me of the 'typical' style that you get for Christmas...but can be personalized by your own touches!









The deer is from Nature Silhouettes, and the trees are from Lovely as a Tree both stamped in Basic Black.


The snow was created by using a torn mask and sponged just using printer paper. Tearing and masking is probably the best way to create a background or foreground, without spending money on "snow"!


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Christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming...and although I am not singing Christmas caroles right now, I am thinking I better get ready before they swarm down upon me and I get caught not ready for it!!!

This is a set from the Holiday Mini Occasions Catalog, which is embossed in white ep, and white craft ink. The little "medallion" is stamped in Real Red and has the silver brad in the center of it. I also tinted it with crystal effects and red glitter, which didn't really work as well as I had hoped, so if my customers decide not to do it, that wouldn't hurt my feelings at all....lol

The flocked paper again from Christmas Cocoa and white cardstock along with the dotted red ribbon 'leaves' finish off the card!

Today, I am going to a Upline meeting, and I will try to post some photos of the event tomorrow!!!


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Holiday Best

I saw a card on someone's blog and I can't remember who's blog it was....so I decided to adapt this one to fit this card. This uses the Friends 24-7 set. the flocked Red Paper (the thin red paper) has the same image as the fleur . It looks so awesome! I stamped it on Sahara Sand, (one of my favorite neutrals) and combined it with the stripes from the Designer paper package - Christmas Cocoa. You have to check it out on the Mini Occasions Catalog for the Holidays!

The stamp is from the hostess set, called HOLIDAY BEST.

The best thing is that you can get this set for FREE! with a party or order totalling 150.00!

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Christmas Medallion

Andrea Walford had this card on her blog, and it was so beautiful that I had to make it. I don't have the shimmery paint yet, but maybe it will come this week. I have been busy stamping and loving this stamp! I probably will be using it for my cards this year!


What are you going to do for YOUR Christmas cards??? The Ruby Red, and Soft Suede with the Vanilla Cardstock is so chic for Christmas, don't you think?


If you want to see how to assemble this, go to Andrea's blog and check it out!

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