3. Mandy Grant
Friday, May 25, 2012
taking a break...
Hi everyone! I'll be taking a couple of weeks off from the Blog Hop. I have a lot on my plate right now and I need a chance to play catch up. I'll be back soon though - no worries! I know that Aly is also going to take a few weeks off. Enjoy the rest of the hop :)
Friday, May 18, 2012
MDS Blog Hop - Vacations
Good Morning! I hope you're enjoying today's blog hop. This week our theme is Vacations, and I'm pretty excited to see what everyone came up with.
I had several pictures to choose from, but in the end I decided to scrap a few pictures from a recent visit to Monticello. We didn't have much planned for Spring Break, but when my hubby suggested he take a day off so we could go to Monticello I jumped at the chance! I've been wanting to go for some time. The drive was beautiful and it was a perfect spring day. Even the kids had a blast.
I had several pictures to choose from, but in the end I decided to scrap a few pictures from a recent visit to Monticello. We didn't have much planned for Spring Break, but when my hubby suggested he take a day off so we could go to Monticello I jumped at the chance! I've been wanting to go for some time. The drive was beautiful and it was a perfect spring day. Even the kids had a blast.
I pulled the background paper from the Tickets and Tags kit - I liked the idea of the grid paper since Thomas Jefferson was an architect, among other things. If you're ever in Virginia, make sure to stop by Monticello - it's so tranquil and absolutely breathtaking!
Make sure to stop by the rest of designer's blogs today and don't be afraid to leave a comment. We love to hear feedback on our designs!
Make sure to stop by the rest of designer's blogs today and don't be afraid to leave a comment. We love to hear feedback on our designs!
3. Mandy Grant
Friday, May 11, 2012
MDS Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge!
I didn't get my project posted Friday afternoon like I'd planned - sorry. It's a good thing I was late though, because I misread the list and thought that we were supposed to be doing a page on Vacations. Turns out that's for this coming Friday. I have a head start on that page though, so it's ok :)
I personally love Sketch Challenges - and never get tired of them - but just so you know, we are changing it up a bit in the coming weeks. I hope you're as excited every Friday for the MDS Hop as much as we are!
Here's the sketch we used:
Lately I've had a lot of fun combining elements and papers from different kits. That's not to say I never design that way, but I've made more of an effort to really change things up - try something I wouldn't ordinarily. I like the results so far :)
I personally love Sketch Challenges - and never get tired of them - but just so you know, we are changing it up a bit in the coming weeks. I hope you're as excited every Friday for the MDS Hop as much as we are!
Here's the sketch we used:
And here is my version of the sketch:
Lately I've had a lot of fun combining elements and papers from different kits. That's not to say I never design that way, but I've made more of an effort to really change things up - try something I wouldn't ordinarily. I like the results so far :)
3. Mandy Grant
Friday, April 27, 2012
MDS Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge
Happy Friday everyone! It's been a crazy week, so I'm glad that the weekend is finally here :) It was my turn to pick the challenge this time around and since I am in love with sketches - they really get my creative juices flowing - that's what I picked. I found this one on BHG's www.scrapbooksetc.com. Such a fun site!
Here's the sketch:
Generally I follow the sketches pretty closely, but this time around I had a picture bigger than what the sketch showed. No worries - it was a great starting point for me and the page came together rather quickly. I wasn't sure what I wanted to scrap at first, but then I found these pics of my little guy standing so proudly next to his potty chart. Look closely - the potty chart was made using MDS! So it's an MDS page within another MDS page - awesome. I had already started designing with the On the Go kit and wouldn't you know - it worked out perfectly for this page!
Get the supplies needed for this page:
I hope you have a great time on the hop this morning and that you get some great inspiration for your own MDS projects. Have a great weekend!
Here's the sketch:
And here's my take on it:
Get the supplies needed for this page:
I hope you have a great time on the hop this morning and that you get some great inspiration for your own MDS projects. Have a great weekend!
3. Mandy Grant
5. Amber Meadows (so glad you stopped by!)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
New Card Class - Stampin' Buffet!
We created this class with 2 goals in mind:
#1 - to give you one last chance to use some of the sets that will be retiring on May 31
#2 - to show you how easy it is to recreate the beautiful samples that you see in the catalog!
We're pretty excited and I think you'll love the cards that you make :)
Rebecca and I have also started a Meet Up Group called Playing with Paper - check it out!
http://www.meetup.com/Playingwithpaperinlorton-woodbridge/members/
http://www.meetup.com/Playingwithpaperinlorton-woodbridge/members/
Friday, April 20, 2012
MDS Blog Hop - Mothers
I was a little worried about this post - not that it's a difficult subject, but it is (and was) rather difficult for me to find pictures. Finally, after what seemed like an endless search {I need to organize my pictures - eek!} I found some pics of me and my son Andrew. I came across an adorable layout on Pinterest that I absolutely had to copy! One more quick search on Pinterest and I had a great quote on mothers. It really echos how I've felt as a mother and reminded me that my kids love me no matter what. Anyone else out there who can relate?
Make sure to stop by the blogs of all the talented demonstrators on this team - I'm always wowed by the great projects they create!
Make sure to stop by the blogs of all the talented demonstrators on this team - I'm always wowed by the great projects they create!
3. Mandy Grant
5. Amber Meadows (thanks for coming!)
Friday, April 6, 2012
MDS Blog Hop - Easter!
This week we have an Easter theme for you. I got an email from Scrapbooks etc. yesterday that happened to have some great Easter layouts, so I decided to borrow one. I love that the pictures are placed in an oval shape to look like an egg. I created my egg using an oval punch and used the same technique of adding pictures to punches that I showed you with last week's page.
I'm late posting this morning due to some technical difficulties. See that top photo in my egg shape? That's not the photo I have when I'm looking at this page in MDS. I'm stumped. This has happened before, but usually with the background paper. Does anyone have some insight into this problem? It's going to take me some time to fix it - each punch is layered so I have to move all my layers to get to the right photo. I keep hoping that Stampin' Up will incorporate a layers feature into MDS that makes it easy to grab the layer you want and manipulate it without having to move everything else around.
Ok, I went back in to MDS and messed around with it for a bit and NOW it's saving the way it should. So here's my actual page:
Besides that frustrating little thing, this was a fun page and I like how it turned out. {The real version - the one that I'm looking at on my screen in MDS} Have fun hopping to the rest of the blogs today, and Happy Easter!
I'm late posting this morning due to some technical difficulties. See that top photo in my egg shape? That's not the photo I have when I'm looking at this page in MDS. I'm stumped. This has happened before, but usually with the background paper. Does anyone have some insight into this problem? It's going to take me some time to fix it - each punch is layered so I have to move all my layers to get to the right photo. I keep hoping that Stampin' Up will incorporate a layers feature into MDS that makes it easy to grab the layer you want and manipulate it without having to move everything else around.
Ok, I went back in to MDS and messed around with it for a bit and NOW it's saving the way it should. So here's my actual page:
Besides that frustrating little thing, this was a fun page and I like how it turned out. {The real version - the one that I'm looking at on my screen in MDS} Have fun hopping to the rest of the blogs today, and Happy Easter!
3. Mandy Grant
Friday, March 30, 2012
MDS Blog Hop - Color Challenge!
I have been so excited about this week's post - I love the color challenge that Rachel picked out for us! Today we're working with Pear Pizazz, Basic Gray, Night of Navy, Melon Mambo and Whisper White. I had no idea what picture I wanted to use, so I just started designing and figured I could choose a picture once the page started to take shape. I found a sketch I really liked:
set to work. This is one of those pages that just started to come together from the beginning and I had so much fun with it. Every spare minute I had this week I was opening my laptop so that I could work on it some more. I recently downloaded the Walk in the Park kit, which just happens to have a few of the colors in our challenge. I mixed the colors a little, so you'll also see Pool Party and Lucky Limeade and a couple of the buttons I used from the Twitterpated kit are actually Riding Hood Red. But...I think it works. About half way through I did think of a great picture to use. I'd planned to do it in black and white because I thought - really, how else is pink going to work on a boys page? However, once I had it on the page I was surprised at how well the colors worked together - and who says a boys page needs "boy colors?" I'm here to show you that it can be done!
I also used the new Check It Out punches kit - it's AWESOME! I have wanted some rounded corner punches forever and this kit is just too much fun. To put the background of DSP and the photo together I used Heather Summer's technique for adding photos to punches - so there are four layers of punches there. Check out Heather's video here.
I know there are a couple of people who weren't able to do the challenge this week, but I hope you enjoy the hop! We really have so much fun putting this together for you each week!
set to work. This is one of those pages that just started to come together from the beginning and I had so much fun with it. Every spare minute I had this week I was opening my laptop so that I could work on it some more. I recently downloaded the Walk in the Park kit, which just happens to have a few of the colors in our challenge. I mixed the colors a little, so you'll also see Pool Party and Lucky Limeade and a couple of the buttons I used from the Twitterpated kit are actually Riding Hood Red. But...I think it works. About half way through I did think of a great picture to use. I'd planned to do it in black and white because I thought - really, how else is pink going to work on a boys page? However, once I had it on the page I was surprised at how well the colors worked together - and who says a boys page needs "boy colors?" I'm here to show you that it can be done!
I also used the new Check It Out punches kit - it's AWESOME! I have wanted some rounded corner punches forever and this kit is just too much fun. To put the background of DSP and the photo together I used Heather Summer's technique for adding photos to punches - so there are four layers of punches there. Check out Heather's video here.
I know there are a couple of people who weren't able to do the challenge this week, but I hope you enjoy the hop! We really have so much fun putting this together for you each week!
3. Mandy Grant
4. Amber Meadows (you're here!)
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