Oh Pooh!

I realised yesterday that I've been suffering from a new kind of malaise.

Yup, I have HDD.

What is HDD? Seriously, you have to ask? I am totally surprised you haven't heard of it already.

It's Honeycomb Deprivation Disorder.

No, not that kind.

This kind:

Yes, I was seriously deficient in honeycomb patterns and needing to craft with some sooooooooo badly! At first I was going to get a quick fix by using my honeycomb embossing folder, but then I thought no, I'll use the honeycomb punch in MDS and make pretty patterns!

(I do hope SU realise that if they don't come out with a honeycomb punch or die in the new catalog, there will almost certainly be a mutiny from demos and customers around the globe. Perhaps somebody should warn them. Just sayin')

For this project I used the colours from the Fab Friday challenge

Now you might not immediately think "baby card" with these colours, but I was in the mood for soft and pastel so I muted them down a bit by reducing the opacity - then they were just perfect for what I had in mind. Here tis:

Awww, sweet! (except the lighting is bad - click on it for a closer look)

Materials used:

• stamps - Baby Bundle, Everything Eleanor, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
• card - pool party, whisper white, white linen (non SU), vellum
• other - MDS, pool party seam binding, apothecary accents die, dimensionals, calypso coral bakers twine, polka dots embossing folder, Big Shot, large oval punch, pearls, bow tying machine (non SU)

If you should happen to be a fellow HDD sufferer, well, firstly, I feel your pain. Secondly, put down that dishrag, abandon the vacuum, farm out the kids and go honeycomb!

Thanks for dropping in.

Cheers
Kez

Bright and Breezy Birthday

I've been playing with MDS again (I'm just a little bit hooked on this new toy!!!) and created another hybrid card - a bright and breezy birthday card featuring two of the new colours we will be getting here Down Under: Bermuda bay and crushed curry (teamed here with rose red and Sahara sand).

Take a lookie:

It's a very overcast day here, so the photo is not as vibrant as the real thing unfortunately.

Materials used:

• stamps - Cake & Ice Cream (MDS)
• card - Sahara sand, whisper white, small polka dot dsp (MDS), Thoroughly Modern dsp (MDS), crushed curry
• other - windows framelits, Big Shot, dimensionals, rose red seam binding
• non SU - rhinestones

I am really loving having virtually all of SU's designer papers at my fingertips, plus stamp sets I don't own in rubber that I can print out in any size or colour! 

If I haven't convinced you yet to download the FREE TRIAL version of My Digital Studio and give it a go, then I'm going to have to get busy and make more MDS things! Yeah - like I need an excuse! LOL

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez

My First SU Hybrid

There hasn't been much time for crafting recently, but I finally got to have a play and made my very first SU hybrid card - ie a card that incorporates digital designing (using MDS) with traditional card and ink.

Here tis:

I used MDS for the designer paper and stamps and was able to resize the sentiments and the plane to suit my needs. The rest is "real" card, embellishments etc. I added some crystal effects over the plane image to give it a bit more dimension and you can see that better in this second photo:

Materials used:

• stamps - Daring Adventure (MDS)
• card - basic black, basic grey, very vanilla, designer paper from MDS
• other - apothecary accents die, Big Shot, jumbo metal brads, crop-o-dile, crystal accents, dimensionals

So what do you think? Would love to hear from you, especially if you are in two minds about the whole digital stamping thing.

Thanks for flying by (lol).

Cheers
Kez

Another MDS Cutie

After getting some assessment work done this morning (a teacher's work is never done!)  I allowed myself a brief play with My Digital Studio. This time I was playing with punches, stamps and embellishments - after all, you don't often see one of my cards without some ribbon or a bow!

Here's my layout, again using an old photo of DD21:

I used:

• stamps - Always, Friends 24/7
• papers - Springtime Vintage dsp
• card - very vanilla, pale plum, soft suede
• punches - 2 1/2" circle, fun flower 1, dotted scallop trim
• other - very vanilla grosgrain bow

She look so adorable in her bonnet don't you think? This was taken in our backyard in Christchurch and she would have been around 8 or 9 months old I think. 

OK, enough playing, I have to get back to work - more assessments to mark. 

Thanks for dropping in.

Cheers

Kez

The Fairy in My Garden

For DD's 21st birthday party yesterday we had dug out a heap of old photos so I've been having a play with some of them using MDS (My Digital Studio), just released here in Australia last week. This time I was fiddling with opacity, stamps, mats and punches - so here is the layout I ended up with.

The image might be a little small for you to see (click on it to enlarge) but I have stamped the swirl from Creative Elements in the top right and lower left corners. One of the things I love about digital crafting is you can resize your stamp and flip it horizontally or vertically to suit the area you have - so here it is shown in two different sizes and orientations. The two layers of punch behind the journalling have been made slightly opaque so you can still see the photo images behind them. Love it!

I am having a lot of fun playing with this new toy - and you can too, for FREE! There is a free 30-day trial version of MDS available for you to try - just click on my SHOP NOW button over on the right and it will take you to a link you can order from.

Thanks for stopping by. I do hope you are enjoying your Easter break.

Cheers
Kez