MDSM 99-Exploring Larrabee State Park

Hey everyone!  It's that time again... Monday!  We've got this fabulous sketch from Cindy for you today!  Click on MDS Monday to go to the main challenge page to see all the fine print and details concerning the challenge... and then open up MDS on your computers and start playing!!!

You can use birthday or celebration pictures of course.... but any pictures of any occasion will work perfectly!  In fact, that's what I've done here!  

These photos are from a day trip that we took with family that was visiting from the other side of the country... I love how it turned out.  The colours are so pretty aren't they?

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday January 31st @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

xo Anita

Finally...! SC96

Hi again!  Back with another MDS post for Stampin' Celebration!  We're all about the love hearts and pink and red this time around.... check out the inspiration board for the next challenge!

 
We'd love to see what you've got for us, so be sure to play along... here's my layout!

I went with the pink/red colour scheme initially... but then ended up adding some little birds in there too... mostly because I noticed the Aviary stamp set suddenly, and realized it's been a long time since I used it! 

My little gal was super excited when she finally got a big girl bed... she was 3.5 I think... poor thing!  Way past time, don't you think?  She is our "baby" so we just never ever thought about taking her out of her crib, and she never climbed out either, so it was very comfortable for us.... but then one day  she had a little friend over and when she went into SarahLynn's bedroom to play I heard her ask, "Why do you still have a baby bed?"  Oh dear!  I don't even think SarahLynn ever realized it herself... so we remedied that pretty soon after!  Look at her "pleased as peaches" smile... and she reads in bed too, just like the "big girls" do!

Ok, so the challenge details....

Feel free to use any brand of product you may have in your stash. 

We ask that you create a new project for this challenge and add a link to our blog or use the challenge graphic in your post. 

Please link directly to the post for this challenge, not your entire blog (so we can find your project better)

Please limit the combined challenges on your project to no more then 4 including ours. 

Have fun!!! 

The challenge will be open for 2 weeks and the linky will close on Friday January 30th @ 9pm EST.

Hope to see you in the gallery!  Thanks for stopping by!

xo Anita

MDSM98-Cute, Little & Fun!

Hi all!  I'm back with a new project for MDS Monday.  Beth is challenging us with this great sketch and the added bonus of filling in a punch shape with a photo!  I'm pretty sure this was a first for me.... except for maybe using a circle punch a time or two.... but I'm not even sure about that!  Here's the sketch...

You don't have to use this punch... feel free to change it up with whatever punches you have... I'm willing to bet if you go through your punches, you've got some there that you don't even remember!  At least I'm speaking from experience here;)

I've used the Nobody's Business punch shape... which I didn't even realize I had.  It was perfect for this photo though, and I'm glad Beth challenged us to do this!

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday January 24th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

xo Anita

BFF's-MDSM97

Hello everyone... quick post today.  I'm hosting this week's challenge over at MDS Monday... and I just want you to have fun creating... create something using the sketch I've designed and link it up in our gallery.  Don't forget to click on over to the MDS Monday challenge site so you can see what other designers have created using the sketch.... get inspired!

I've made this layout of my daughter and her little BFF.... little cuties huh?

I hope we'll see you in the gallery this week!

Challenge Guidelines:

• Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
• Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
• Link directly to your post or mydigitalstudio.net sample page for this challenge, not your entire website (So we can find your project)
• You can create a card, scrapbook page or 3-D object with the sketch.
• The Challenge will end on Saturday January 17th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun! 

xo Anita

Chalkboard Challenge-MDSM96

Happy Monday!  I'm back with another post, this time for our 96th challenge over at MDS Monday!  We have a few changes over there, so be sure to click the link and read all about it.  This week we have a different sort of challenge.... not a sketch, but rather a themed challenge.  We want you to work your chalkboard magic.  We've posted a couple links in the main blog post, so check those out and then be sure to link up in our gallery!  We absolutely love seeing what you're up to in MDS!

So for this challenge I decided to not make a scrapbook layout, but rather just a small piece of art for my daughter's bedroom.  We are planning a surprise bedroom makeover for her 10th birthday which is coming up in a few weeks... and we are trying to keep it on the down low.... ssshhhhh!  So far she suspects nothing!  Hopefully we can pull this off again... we did a surprise bedroom redo for our oldest daughter a couple years ago when she turned 10 and it turned out perfectly.... so we'll be all hush hush now like we were then, and see if we can do it again!  I'll be sure to share pictures afterwards!  Anyway... back to the challenge... I bought a cute frame and wanted to make some chalkboard art to put in it.  I thought this would be a great little quote to see first thing in the morning when she (hey, we could all use this reminder!) wakes up.

It's a pretty simple project, and you could really put any words in there.  Just do a search online for cool quotes and the like!  I'll link here to a couple other chalkboard art projects I've made and posted in the past!  Here's a couple I made for a grandparents album for my parents.... here... and here's another I just made recently for my sister in law and her hubby to announce their pregnancy on Facebook.  I've also got a few 12 x 12 layouts that I've made with chalkboard paper as the background... here, here and here.  There are more, but these are my favourites.  If you want to see all my MDS layouts and find them all in there, you can click this link to do that!

Challenge Guidelines:

-Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
-Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
-Link directly to your post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
-You can create a card, scrap page or 3-D Object with the sketch.
-The challenge will end on Saturday, January 10th @ 12pm EST.
-Have fun!  

 I hope you'll be inspired to play along at MDS Monday... go check out what the other designers have created... there's so much inspiration!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

xo Anita

This Kid... I Tell You-SC95

Hello all!  I'm back with another sketch for Stampin' Celebration!  This one was designed by yours truly ;)  Here ya are!

Pretty simple huh?  I wanted to keep it straightforward for a card or scrap layout... so that you could all play along again!  We loved all the entries in the last challenge and would love to see y'all in the gallery again!  Here's a layout of SarahLynn, my youngest little.... rascal is really the word that comes to mind!  She's quite the character, that's for sure.... takes after her feisty Auntie SarahLynn!

Challenge Guidelines 

Feel free to use any brand of product you may have in your stash. 

We ask that you create a new project for this challenge and add a link to our blog or use the challenge graphic in your post. 

Please link directly to the post for this challenge, not your entire blog (so we can find your project better)

Please limit the combined challenges on your project to no more then 4 including ours. 

Have fun!!! 

The challenge will be open for 2 weeks and the linky will close on Friday January 16th @ 9pm EST.

Be sure to come back here after the challenge closes to vote for your favorite! 

Hope to see you in the gallery!  Thanks for stopping by!

xo Anita