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Free My Digital Studio downloads… and half-price digital kits from Stampin’ Up!

Check out the free My Digital Studio downloads for My Digital Studio in honor of Digital Scrapbook Day!

  • 132557 Enjoy Everything Kit
  • 132562 A Split Second Designer Template Pages
  • 132558 Days in December Kit

Also, all digital kits are 50% off this week (another hint: if you combine your digital downloads to total over $150, you get $25 free merchandise!).

The following digital kits are 50% off this week:

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Check out the free Downloads at my online store!

Item Designer Kit Retail Value Sale Price
50% Off
130861 Afternoon Daydream Kit $9.95 $4.97
129928 Afternoon Tea II Kit $9.95 $4.97
119839 Always Elegant Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
129358 Attic Boutique Kit $9.95 $4.97
122175 Autumn Spice Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
127600 Autumn Traditions Kit $9.95 $4.97
130969 Bandstand Kit $7.95 $3.97
130970 Be of Good Cheer Kit $7.95 $3.97
123728 Celebrations Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
130982 Chevron Punch Kit $7.95 $3.97
123956 Christmas Cheer Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
120880 Christmas Cocoa II Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
127362 Convention 2011 Digital Photo Kit $9.95 $4.97
128876 Day in the Life Kit $14.95 $7.47
130059 Fifty Nifty Kit $9.95 $4.97
130062 File it Fun Kit $7.95 $3.97
131228 Friendship Preserves Kit $3.95 $1.97
128875 Frosty Days II Kit $9.95 $4.97
129924 Get it Done Kit $5.95 $2.97
129870 Good Times II Kit $7.95 $3.97
118465 Happy Birthday Digital Kit $14.95 $7.47
128872 Holiday Harmony Kit $7.95 $3.97
127773 Holly Berry Bouquet $9.95 $4.97
118466 Hoppy Memories Digital Kit $14.95 $7.47
128999 It’s all Me Kit $9.95 $4.97
130850 Joyful Times Kit $9.95 $4.97
124230 Just Add Cake Digital Kit $14.95 $7.47
124446 Leadership 2011 Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
124568 Leadership 2011 Digital Photo Kit $9.95 $4.97
124443 Love Birds Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
131231 Lovely Little Labels Kit $7.95 $3.97
129359 Mixed Bunch Kit $7.95 $3.97
119978 My Sweet Pea Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
132264 Neon Notes Kit $9.95 $4.97
129898 New Heights Kit $7.95 $3.97
122174 Nite Owl Digital Kit $7.95 $3.97
129340 Number One Kit $9.95 $4.97
129360 On the Go Kit $9.95 $4.97
124463 One Great Year Kit $9.95 $4.97
131360 Ornament Keepsakes Kit $6.95 $3.47
127599 Party Animal Kit $9.95 $4.97
131226 Picture This Kit $4.95 $2.47
130851 Pinwheels on Parade Kit $7.95 $3.97
126027 Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
131227 Providences of Provinces Kit $7.95 $3.97
130983 Raspberry Splash Kit $7.95 $3.97
118869 Recipes By Design Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
127163 Red, White, and Blue Digital Kit $5.95 $2.97
130060 Season By Season Kit $9.95 $4.97
127587 Sending Glad Tidings Designer Tags Kit $7.95 $3.97
129605 Special Delivery Bright Kit $7.95 $3.97
129606 Special Delivery Subtle Kit $7.95 $3.97
127759 Spice Cake Kit $5.95 $2.97
130852 Spring Break II Kit $9.95 $4.97
129608 Spring Fever Kit $7.95 $3.97
130076 Summer Happiness Kit $9.95 $4.97
118464 Summer Home Digital Kit $14.95 $7.47
129601 Summer Smooches Kit $9.95 $4.97
124229 Sunset Serenade Digital Kit $5.95 $2.97
129339 Sweet Shop Kit $9.95 $4.97
129882 Tea Time II Digital Kit $7.95 $3.97
132190 That’s a Wrap Kit $7.95 $3.97
127431 Tickets & Tags Kit $9.95 $4.97
125757 Tickets & Tokens II Digital Kit $7.95 $3.97
131217 Topsy-Turvey Celebration Kit $9.95 $4.97
121071 Travel Journal Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
126022 Travel Log Kit $9.95 $4.97
129332 Twitterpated Kit $9.95 $4.97
129607 Walk in the Park Kit $9.95 $4.97
132567 Winter Wonders Kit $9.95 $4.97
127609 Wicked Fun Kit $9.95 $4.97
131218 Wonderfall Kit $7.95 $3.97
120881 Write Stuff II Digital Kit $9.95 $4.97
128883 You’re My Sunshine Kit $7.95 $3.97

If you’d like to see the half-price kits, click to go to my online store!  Be sure to place your online order by Monday, 11/5 at midnight (well, technically 11:50pm MST – that’s 1:50am EST!).

I hope you can take advantage of these great special offerings.  Remember, if you don’t have MDS2 you can use the individual kit components in other digital design programs – but to get the best effect, you can download the free 30 day trial at my online store!

So check out the free My Digital Studio downloads… and half-price digital kits from Stampin’ Up!

How to Make a New Baby Gift by Modifying a Template in My Digital Studio 2

I’d like to show you How to Make a New Baby Gift by Modifying a Template in My Digital Studio!  Wow, that’s a mouthful – but it is actually a really easy project.  Check out the template I’m going to start with:

Mixed Bunch 8x8 page

Mixed Bunch 8x8 page

Here’s what got my creative juices flowing: I got an email from one of my customers yesterday, who said she had downloaded the free 30 day trial of My Digital Studio 2 and was enjoying exploring the software.  She was wondering if there is a template to make a framable baby gift… so I took a tiptoe through the templates and found that, while there wasn’t one specifically listed as a “framable” in the online store, there was this cute 8×8 page that comes included with the Mixed Bunch Kit – Digital Download (129359).

I like it!  The one I show above has a dummy picture in it so that it will display the picture area (it is black with the words “Your photo here” but since I made it quickly and didn’t bother to adjust the zoom, it looks like it says “our phot here” – isn’t that funny?).  Anyway, all you have to do is drop in the picture, change the name in the text box to the baby’s name, add a few words to the text box at the bottom to personalise it, and it is ready to print and drop into an 8×8 frame (I recommend the professional printing).

Then I started thinking – what if we wanted to make a gift like this but didn’t have a picture of the baby? and maybe we would like it to be a bit less flowery (um, maybe it’s a boy?!)… and heck, it’s a lot easier to find an 8×10 frame than an 8×8.  So, I modified the template!  How do you like this one?

8x10 Baby frame based upon Mixed Bunch

8x10 Baby frame based upon Mixed Bunch

Here’s what I did:

  • I made a new project using the Mixed Bunch template, which gave me an 8×8 photobook with one page
  • I clicked on Edit in the top navigation bar, and selected Change Project Size/Type.  Then I specified the new size to be 8×10
  • I deleted the picture and the flowers
  • I had to move some of the pieces around a little, but I was planning to do that already!  Most of the content on the page is made up of individual letter stamps that form the words, so I grouped them together to make it easier to move them (click on each item while holding down the CTRL key, then click Arrange on the top navigation bar and select Group)
  • Then I relocated and enlarged the pieces to fill more of the page
  • I added various other words, stamps & embellishments to fill the page, mostly from the Seriously Awesome (130664), Fundamental Phrases (118824), Little Additions (123135), and Rock-a-Bye stamp sets. Depending upon which version of the MDS software you are using, these may be either included with the software or available for purchase as a download through my online store.

To rearrange the items, there is a convenient and easy way to control spacing of items on the page: select a single item by clicking on it (or click and select multiple items while holding CTRL), then click Arrange and select Align; use the options on the drop down menu. Choices are: 

  • Top, Middle or Bottom – controls vertical spacing
  • Left, Center or Right – controls horizontal spacing
  • Center Vertically on Page
  • Center Horizontally on Page
  • Space Evenly – Horizontal or Vertical – these are fabulous to distribute items evenly across a space
For example, I added the five onesie stamp images on the page, selected them all, and aligned them by the left side.  Then I Aligned them to Space Evenly – Vertical so that they would be evenly distributed on the page.  And, while they were all still selected as a group, it was easy to simply drag them left or right to be positioned where I wanted on the page!
   
I think that it would also be fast & fun to put one of these together free-form, but it was super-easy to start with a template.  Let me know if you have one you have made, and we can put it in a future post!
   
If you’re interested in trying your hand at My Digital Studio 2, you may be interested in trying the 30 day free trial of the software.  Check it out at my online store – simply make an account (no need to specify a credit card), add it to your order, and download.  Let me know if you have any questions!
  
I hope you have enjoyed seeing How to Make a New Baby Gift by Modifying a Template in My Digital Studio 2!
  

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All of the darling decorations & cards (even those cute cupcake pennants!) were made using My Digital Studio 2 (or MDS2 for short!).  It’s simple, fast and easy to learn and you can download a free trial today at my online store.

So, why not try MDS2 for free today! ?

 

MDS Digital Downloads for August 7, 2012

Here are the MDS Digital Downloads for August 7, 2012.  Woo Hoo!  Some great stuff here!  Take a peek below:

131212 Pencil It In 2013 Calendar Template

131212 Pencil It In 2013 Calendar Template

131212 Pencil It In 2013 Calendar Template

Have you started thinking about holiday gifts yet? or perhaps a nice teacher gift to start off the year?  This template would make it really easy to complete some gifts in time to take advantage of the August 31% discount on professional print products from Stampin’ Up!  Just picture yourself, getting your holiday shopping & crafting done before September!

The 131212 Pencil It In 2013 Calendar Template Download includes:
* 26-page calendar designer template (12″ x 12″)
* 9-piece SVG stamp brush set
* 8 Designer Series Papers
* 30 embellishments
* 6 punches

Features:
* Digital-exclusive
* A gorgeous calendar you can keep or give as a gift
* Easy to create coordinating projects with all included elements

Coordinating colors:
Blushing Bride, Glorious Green, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla

Or hey, you might also like one of last month’s calendar sets for back to school presents – check out this cute set!

Back To School Ensemble – Digital Download 130980

131228 Friendship Preserves Kit

131228 Friendship Preserves Kit

131228 Friendship Preserves Kit

This is another cute set that you can use with a gift, as a thank you card!  Or on a cute scrapbook page.

The Download includes:
* 4-piece SVG stamp brush set
* 1 punch (which is now REALLY EASY to fill with a picture in MDS2!)

There is also a framelits die that matches this shape, which would make it really easy if you were making a lot of tags for favors… just print out a page full of these stamp images in the correct size, and cut them out using the dies and your Big Shot.  Check out 129021 Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies.  So many options with the MDS Digital Downloads for August 7, 2012!!

131232 Tricky Treats Stamp Brush Set

131232 Tricky Treats Stamp Brush Set

131232 Tricky Treats Stamp Brush Set

Isn’t this an adorable set for Halloween?  I really like the idea of using My Digital Studio for Halloween stuff.  I send out a couple of cards, make a few decorations…. and I feel like at only $3.95,  I will really get my money out of the digital version of this 4-piece SVG stamp brush set rather than investing in the physical stamps!  Check out the online store and search for lots of Halloween stuff, or for more details on this cute set.

131353 Textured In Color Cardstock

131353 Textured In Color Cardstock

131353 Textured In Color Cardstock

This is one of the great ways to get more depth on your digital projects – use this digital textured cardstock!  And the new 2012-2014 In Colors are yummy.  They will only be around for 2 years in the paper & ink selections – but once you add them to your MDS program, you can use them forever!

131469 Chevron Christmas Greeting Card Template

131469 Chevron Christmas Greeting Card Template

131469 Chevron Christmas Greeting Card Template

Chevrons are BIG this year!  I am seeing them everywhere.  And this is a really cute card template, too – you add a photo of your choosing at the bottom of the card.  Gotta love the Chevron template!

131470 Snowflake Wishes Greeting Card Template

131470 Snowflake Wishes Greeting Card Template

131470 Snowflake Wishes Greeting Card Template

Hey, here’s another holiday card that I like – it’s nice because it is not too specific of a rligious message, yet still friendly and colorful!  Check out the Snowflake Wishes template or search for other holiday goodies from the Holiday Catalog in the online store.

131227 Providence Of Provinces Kit

131227 Providence Of Provinces Kit

131227 Providence Of Provinces Kit

Wow, if you have done any travel in Canada and are scrapbooking your adventures, this is a must! The Download includes:
* 27-piece SVG stamp brush set
* 13 punches
* 1-page designer template (8″ x 8″)

Features:
* Digital-exclusive
* Great for making your own tracker for places you’ve been or want to go; also fun for save the date announcements

So… what do you think?  Have you seen something you like from the MDS Digital Downloads for August 7, 2012?

MDS 2+ wait no more!

Do the Happy Dance for the August 1 release of MDS 2+, the new version of My Digital Studio!  We knew it was coming, but not until later in the year… but Stampin’ Up! has made me a happy scrapper by announcing that it will be available for download on August 1.  Watch what Sara Douglass has to tell us about some of the upcoming changes in this video from Stampin’ Up!!

With this new My Digital Studio software you’ll be able to:

  • Design in spreads
  • Create with custom canvas sizes
  • Add more than one color to a single stamp image
  • Resize vector stamp images while keeping them crisp
  • See color combination suggestions
  • And much more!

If you have not yet purchased this wonderful program, now is a great time to jump in.  And if you already have it, you can get an upgrade!

I can’t wait until August 1 to jump into MDS 2+, the new version of My Digital Software!

MDS Digital Downloads for July 10, 2012

Wow, there are some great MDS digital downloads for July 10, 2012 – take a look below!

My Digital Studio digital downloads for July 10, 2012

My Digital Studio digital downloads for July 10, 2012

I am particularly excited to see a new Christmas item coming through already – remember Crazy Eddie’s Christmas in July sales slogan?  For those who send them out, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas cards!

If you’d like to see bigger pictures, or look at what is included in each item check out my online store for the latest MDS digital downloads for July 10, 2012!

Save 60% on My Digital Studio content!

Save 60% on My Digital Studio content! by purchasing the retiring My Digital Studio DVDs before they’re gone on May 31!

125846 Avant-garde Collection DVD
125846 Avant-garde Collection DVD

The new Stampin’ Up! catalog is coming out on June 1, and to make way for some wonderful new products, some of the old ones are going away.  And some of the best values among the retiring stuff are the content discs for My Digital Studio!  But they are only available through May 31, so get your order in now and save, save, save 60% on My DIgital Studio Content!

So what are these DVDs, you ask?  As you probably know, My Digital Studio comes chock full of great digital content such as stamp set images, Designer Series Paper (DSP) patterns, punch shapes, and embellishments.  But SU has been hard at work, and just about every week they announce some new digital downloads (which I frequently display here, so check back often!).  They also offered some digital collections on DVD, which are now being discontinued… the content is still great, and available individually as downloads, but they won’t be carrying the DVD format.  Here’s the good news: THEY ARE MARKED DOWN TREMENDOUSLY!!! You can save 60% on My Digital Studio content!

Each CD contains DSP patterns, stamp brush sets, punches, embellishments, and some contain templates… I list them all below, with a sample of the DSPs that are included.  Your best bet to know what is still available is to place an order through my online store.  If you have never ordered before, the system will walk you through opening an account with me as your demonstrator so that you will get the Preferred Pricing, and your order will be delivered directly to the address you specify.  Be sure to scroll all the way down to the His & Hers Collection which contains two of my favorite DSPs!  Happy shopping!

Discounted My Digital Studio content discs –  Discounted 60%!
Item Description Retail Price Discount Sale Price
124485 October, December, Whenever
Collection DVD
$26.95 60% $10.78
125840 Sweet Retreat Collection DVD $27.95 60% $11.18
125841 Avante-garde Collection DVD $31.95 60% $12.78
125842 His & Hers Collection DVD $32.95 60% $13.18
124889 Express Booster Pack DVDs $39.95 60% $15.98

1) October, December, Whenever Collection Dvd  124485

Preferred Price: $10.78
Our October, December, Whenever Collection DVD offers three stamp brush sets (two 6-pieces, 28-piece) and 36 Designer Series Paper patterns.
Content Includes:

Frightful Sight Suite: Scaredy Cat Stamp Brush Set & Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper; Letters to Santa Suite: Merry & Type Stamp Brush Set & Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper; Nursery Nest Suite: Little Additions Stamp Brush Set & Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper

122351 Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper

122351 Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper

 

123140 Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper

123140 Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper

 

123136 Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper

123136 Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper

2) Sweet Retreat Collection Dvd  125840

Preferred Price: $11.18
Our Sweet Retreat Collection DVD offers five stamp brush sets (4-piece, 5-piece, 10-piece, 12-piece, 39-piece), 36 Designer Series Paper patterns, 5 embellishments, and one 4″ x 9-1/4″ trifold card designer template.
Content Includes:

Domestic Goddess Suite: Now You’re Cookin’ Stamp Brush Set & Domestic Goddess Designer Series Paper; Big Top Suite: Under the Big Top Stamp Brush Set & Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper; Just Add Cake Suite: Party Time II Stamp Brush Set & Just Add Cake Kit

123150 Domestic Goddess Designer Series Paper

123150 Domestic Goddess Designer Series Paper

 

123138 Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper

123138 Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper

 

124230 Just Add Cake Digital Kit

124230 Just Add Cake Digital Kit (note this DSP has notebook paper!)

3) Avant-Garde Collection Dvd 125841
 

Preferred Price: $12.78
Our Avant-Garde Collection DVD offers four stamp brush sets (4 piece, two 5-pieces, 9-piece) and 48 Designer Series Paper patterns.
Content Includes:

Timeless Portrait Suite: Forever Young Stamp Brush Set & Timeless Portrait Designer Series Paper; Berry Blossoms Suite: Fruit & Flowers Stamp Brush Set & Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper; Flirtatious Suite: Delicate Doilies Stamp Brush Set & Flirtatious Designer Series Paper; Pocketful of Posies Suite: My Friend Stamp Brush Set & Pocketful of Posies Designer Series Paper

123146 Timeless Portrait Designer Series Paper

123146 Timeless Portrait Designer Series Paper

123142 Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper

123142 Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper

124227 Flirtatious Designer Series Paper

124227 Flirtatious Designer Series Paper

123148 Pocketful Of Posies Designer Series Paper

123148 Pocketful Of Posies Designer Series Paper

 

4) His & Hers Collection Dvd  125842

Preferred Price: $13.18
This set includes two of my favorite DSP sets!  Our His & Hers Collection DVD offers three stamp brush sets (4 piece, 10-piece, 26-piece), 24 Designer Series Paper patterns, and 41 embellishments.
Content Includes:

Beau Château Suite: Number It & Letter It Stamp Brush Sets, Beau Château Designer Series Paper, & Beau Château Embellishments; Well Worn Suite: Daring Adventure Stamp Brush Set & Well Worn Designer Series Paper

124222 Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper

124222 Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper

 

124225 Well Worn Designer Series Paper

124225 Well Worn Designer Series Paper

 

5) Express Booster Pack Dvd’s  124889
 

Preferred Price: $15.98
You already have all of this content if you have the full My Digital Studio program.  You would pair this packaged DVD booster pack, containing over $500 worth of digital content, with My Digital Studio Express (item 124483) to enjoy the same full digital content from the packaged DVD version of the software.  Comes with two DVDs.
Content includes:

• 408 Designer Series paper patterns
• 62 stamp brush sets
• 187 embellishments
• Six designer kits with designer templates, Designer Series paper patterns, and embellishments
• Seven 12-page photobooks in each of these sizes: 5″ x 5″, 8″ x 8″, 12″ x 12″, 8-1/2″ x 11″, and 11″ x 8-1/2″, seven greeting cards in each of these sizes: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″, 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″, 5″ x 7″, 7″ x 5″, and 6″ x 6″

So, can you believe these great bargains?  I only showed you the DSP that comes on each DVD – they are chock full of other feature as well, for little more than the price of ONE DSP!  Be sure to go to my online store and save 60% on My Digital Studio content!

Digital downloads for Graduation

What better way to mark the end of school than with a scrapbook using the new digital download for Graduation?!  It is fast and easy to make a photobook or individual pages using My Digital Studio, and the new digital downloads this week can be added to any scrapbook template.  Take a look!

129877 GRAD PARTY ENSEMBLE

129877 GRAD PARTY ENSEMBLE

The download includes:
* 2 5″ x 7″ double-sided postcard designer templates (great for party invitations or graduation announcements!)
* 2-page 11″ x 8-1/2″ décor designer template
* 1 12″ x 12″ page designer template
*20-piece stamp brush set
* 7 Designer Series Papers
* 7 embellishments
* 3 punches

Features:
* Digital-exclusive
* All you’ll need for a graduation party: invites, food flags, mini rolled diplomas (these make a cute treat for a grad party)
* Complete with 12″ x 12″ page classmates can sign for a lasting keepsake

Coordinating colors:
Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, More Mustard, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

The digital download for Graduation includes three punches that I think would be useful in lots of other places, as well.  Here is a picture of the punches that are included (thanks to Tanner Morris from SU tech support for the screen shot!):

129877 Grad Party Punches

129877 Grad Party Punches

So, check out these digital downloads – you can order them for immediate download at my online store.  And if you are new to all this and interested in making a graduation album, you can buy My Digital Studio or try the 30 day free trial at my online store as well!

I look forward to hearing about how you like making your scrapbook using digital downloads for Graduation!

Summer Smooches

I posted yesterday about the new Summer Smooches suite of patterns & products.  Here’s a flyer that you can review and print to check out all the options available in the suite!  You can order all of the products as a special summer preview through April 30, and MOST of them will be available in the new catalog coming out on June 1… but you can ONLY get the stencil and the fabric covered brads this month!

And I made this little picture the fast and easy way, using the My Digital Studio digital download of Summer Smooches patterns and embellishments. 

Summer Smooches Easter eggs

Summer Smooches Easter eggs

The cool thing about doing this in My Digital Studio is that I could have made a different picture for everyone in the family, with different eggs – just by clicking and replacing the pattern on the egg! 

Order your Summer Smooches through my online store.

Happy Easter and enjoy your Summer Smooches!!

Check This Out: new photo box punches in My Digital Studio!

Check This Out: new photo box punches in My Digital Studio!  The new digital download template called Check This Out (129921) has something I’ve been waiting for: rounded edge photo box punches!  You can use the designer layouts with the template pages, or use the punches wherever you want.  Check This Out! (literally!).

Here is a snapshot of the 6 template pages that come with the Check This Out! download:

129921 Check This Out Designer Page Template

129921 Check This Out Designer Page Template

It also includes 7 embellishments and 17 photo box punches of various sizes and shapes, with cool rounded edges.  But the greatest thing is that you can fill these cool punches with a picture!  Check out the pages I made for my Utah trip album, and I will tell you how to do it below.  Just a simple trick!

Check This Out template - basic

Check This Out template - basic

For the two pages above, I just used the first two page templates as is, changed the background to Mocha Morning DSP (129008) and dropped pictures into the photo box punches.  Wait, you say!  How do you do that?  It’s easy!

There is an option to do a “Replace Image” on a punch… but in order for the button to appear, you need to have filled it with an image before you can replace it!  Here’s what to do:

  1. Add a punch to the page, or select a punch on the template
  2. Fill it with a Designer Series Paper (any one – it doesn’t matter)
  3. Double click on the punch shape, bringing up the Punch Image Editor box
  4. Select the “Replace Image” button, bringing up the browse screen where you can select the name of the folder that has the picture you want to use
  5. Click on the picture, bringing up a preview on the right (hint: it helps to know which picture you want ahead of time!)
  6. The picture fills the punch shape in the Punch Image Editor box, and you can move the punch shape around to select the part of the picture that you want.

Cool, huh? For the next two pages in the album, I modified the template pages:

Check This Out template - custom

Check This Out template - custom

Here’s how I did it:

  • I started on the left page, using the same template from the right hand page in the first set, and filled the background paper with a Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (125610).
  • I added one of the rounded punch shapes from the Check This Out download, stretched it to cover most of the page and to extend off the right side of the page (so that the rounded corners wouldn’t show).
  • I sent it to the back layer (using the Change Object Layer icon on the top) and filled it with More Mustard to match the scenery.
  • I added the vertical shape in the middle of the pages, then stretched and positioned it off the page in the same way, and color filled it with Cajun Craze.
  • I saved the project, then went down to the bottom of the screen and right clicked on the page.  I chose “Insert Duplicate Page Mirrored”.
  • This gave me the same page, in reverse, but the best part is that the two punches that extend across the center edges of the page line up correctly!

So I filled the background and punch shapes with pictures and Spice Cake DSP (125610), and added text boxes on top of some of the punch shapes. Ta da!  I really like the simple graphic layout, as it reminds me of some of the cave paintings that I saw out in the mountains.  But, more to come about that in a future post!

If you also love this template and the cool punch shapes, you can download it right now!  Go to my online store, and if you do it this week you just have to select it from the current week’s digital downloads shown on the right.  Or, simply search for Check This Out (129921)!  Add it to your cart, download, and use it right away!

Tell me what you think of this cool tip using Check This Out: new photo box punches in My Digital Studio!