MDSM 115- Farewell & Favourites

Well.... it's that moment that we've all been dreading... our last challenge here at MDS Monday:(  With Stampin' Up's announcement that MDS will be discontinued, we also decided that we would be saying good bye to our weekly challenge here at MDS Monday.  I wanted to give a heartfelt thank you to all my fellow designers at MDS Monday.  Since I played along with my first challenge... 102 challenges ago... I have been pushed in my creativity to go to the next level... I've been inspired by others on the design team to try things I probably wouldn't normally do... and I have usually loved the end results of it!  I also have made some great friends in these ladies... who I've never even met, but feel as if I know them!  I will always love MDS... and will definitely keep creating in it... but I will be taking a break from posting on my blog for a time.  I have to focus on some other areas of my life... like my husband and kids, and just being a mom:)  

I also want to thank each and everyone of you who come here to check out my blog and the MDS Monday challenges... you all have been so inspiring with your work as well... I loved checking out your submissions.    I guess this is a good time to add that I am also stepping down from my position on the Stampin' Celebration design team.  I don't have a ton of time at this point in my life right now for creating with paper, so I've been designing in MDS mostly... but with that being discontinued, I'm not sure how inspiring my work will be for everyone in the challenges:(  

Like I said... I will be taking a break from blogging, but I will be back with both cards and scrapbook layouts after the summer, which I will be posting for my own visual record and your viewing pleasure if you so desire!

So... with no further ado... let's check out our very last challenge at MDS Monday!  Let's see what our favourite downloads are!  That's what we want to know from you!  Easy huh?  and let's see if we can get a huge send off for this challenge... come on... we all have our favourites!

I made this layout with not only one favorite in mind... but with a "few of my favourite things"!  First I used a PL card as the background, which is one of my new favorite things to do!  I used the Love This download... I love the DSP in the download, both the designs on it, and the colours it is designed with.  I also used a Downtown Grunge frame... I seldom make a layout without one of those around a photo... they are definitely my go-to photo frames!  I also used sequins, which I seem to do alot of... a little sprinkle of them here or there, seems to finish off a layout when it needs a little sumthin' sumthin'.  I guess it helps to have "girl" layouts... I would probably use splatter for "boy" layouts!  And lastly, but certainly not least... that photo show three of my favourite little people!  My favorite scrapbooking subjects!  My daughters!

I hope I've inspired you to scrapbook your favorites!

Challenge Guidelines for MDS Monday

• 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 May 30th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun!  

xo Anita

MDSM 114- Island Farms Ice Cream

Welcome to our nearly last challenge here on MDS Monday!  We'd love for you to play along!  Cindy has this gorgeous sketch for us... and I took it quite literal and pretty much CASEd her!  The truth is that she made this one a couple years ago, and all this time I had it saved to CASE and NEVER did!!!  Now I had to!

Here's my layout... yeah... pretty much copied EXACTLY.  Hey.. what can I say... I was inspired!

 

Challenge Guidelines for MDS Monday

• 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 May 1623rd @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun!  

xo Anita

Happy Birthday... you're 4! MDSM113, SC104

Hello friends!  I'm back today with a combined post for MDS Monday and Stampin' Celebration!

At MDS Monday we've got this great sketch from Beth... and I combined it with our Stampin' Celebration challenge which is celebrating the Japanese Children's Day.  I took inspiration from the colours and went further by celebrating with a layout of my daughter's 4th birthday! Also at MDS Monday Beth challenged us to think about things we could use in our background to add visual interest... and ever since I saw Diane Malcor use a PL card on her background... I wanted to do it too!

OK, so now you've seen mine... let's see yours too!  Link up in our galleries!

Challenge Guidelines for MDS Monday

• 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 May 16th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun!  

Challenge Guidelines for Stampin' Celebration

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 than 4 including ours. 

And have fun!!! 

The challenge will be open for 2 weeks and the linky will close on Friday May 22nd @ 9pm EST.

 

xo Anita

My Greatest Blessings Call Me Daddy-MDSM 112

Hello and welcome to another MDS Monday!  It's my turn to host the challenge this week.  I want you to keep your layout simple and focus on one special picture.  For the other blocks feel free to use some DSP or cardstock or even some Project Life cards!  I can't seem to get enough of layouts made with PL (hilariously enough, I ended up not using PL cards for this, but made up my own!)... here's the sketch for 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 May 9th @ 12pm EST. 
• Have fun!  

xo Anita