Let’s celebrate the July birthstone: Ruby! Did you know that folklore says that a ruby will turn darker in the hands of its rightful owner when danger is near? (thanks to John Lindell at eHow.com for that “gem”!).
Rubies get their red color from the element chromium, and there are many different colors and hues of red rubies… almost as many as there are red colors in the Stampin’ Up! color repertoire! Check below to see the red colors from My Digital Studio:
Hey July birthday - which red would you prefer for your ruby?
And these are only the red colors – there are a bunch of pink and orange tinted colors in the standard colors as well.
Did you know you can actually get virtually any color using my Digital Studio? You can supply the hex value for the color or select any color from the color wheel (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors for more information about hex notation for colors!). And my favorite trick in My Digital Studio is to use the Color Picker to match the color of an object, such as a punch or text, to another color anywhere on the same layout page! You can see how I did that on the previous post from the Sunday Journal.
So, feel free to pick your favorite red color for your ruby, July birthday friends, because there is one more neat feature about My Digital Studio: once a color has been made available in the program, it will always be available! So those of us who love a color combination from before Stamin’ Up’s color renovation (how about Mellow Moss and Sage Shadow?)… we will always have them in the program! That includes all the great In Colors as well.
If you haven’t tried My Digital Studio yet, why not download the free 30 day trial of My Digital Studio Express?
So, pick your favorite red for your July Birthstone, Ruby!
