Hexagons

This is another fun page from Heather's My Digital Studio class.  I have to say it, I love her classes and they really help me to get some pages completed.  The class started Aug 20th, but you get access to the online class blog for 6 months, so you can join anytime.  So worth the money. 
Anyway, on this page she taught us how to create the hexagon background really fast, and how to add the color to the hex punches faster too.   We added 3 or 4 hex punches to the page, arranged them, then turned them into a group.  Once  you have your group you can copy and paste the group as many times as you like. 

Here are my 3 hex punches.

Here they are grouped into one.

Here they are copied and pasted.

 

Heather adds a page and a how to video each day.  
Hope you like my page!

Turning 2

This is one of my favorite pictures of Zachary.  He has a very cute smile and I love his dimples.   I always take the kids for pictures on Christmas and their birthdays (until they are old enough for annual school pictures, then just Christmas).  This picture is from Zachary's 2 year old pictures.  He was a very good model for the photographer and there are a lot of great pictures, but this one is my favorite.   The layout comes from the class I'm taking from Heather Summers.   While I think I am actually getting pretty good at My Digital Studio, I still learn something every day of class.  Heather is full of tips and tricks, and fun page layouts.  Thanks Heather!

Brothers

It truely makes my heart smile when my boys are so good to each other.  Despite their age differences they play together and get along pretty well almost all the time.  David is such a good big brother.  Since the day Zachy was born, David has always been looking out for him and trying to show him the world.  This page celebrates those feeling.  I remember walking David to school and Zachary wanting to hold his hand.  David walked and talked to him the whole way.  I grabbed my phone and snapped some pictures before the moment passed.

This page also uses a new MDS2 feature, texting on a free form line.  I love this new feature!! 
Check out this video for a how to.

Family Tree

Nov. 2015 update.   This has been discontinued by Stampin' Up!  See this post for update on where to get template. http://bethsdigitalcuts.blogspot.com/2015/10/family-tree-template.html





Isn't that a cute Family Tree?  I think so.  I plan to make it the first page of my children's scrapbooks.  Since I made it digitally, all I have to do is change the text box in the oval frame to the next child's name, re-save, and I'm done!  This page is actually a "frameable Designer Template" from Stampin' Up! so  I can't take credit for the cuteness.  And, even better, Its on sale for only $3.42 now through September 14th, 2012, when you purchase through a demonstrator.  Hey, I'm a demonstrator : )   Check out all the sale downloads here.   This template is all made out for you, but that doesn't mean that you can only use it as it is here.  Each element also comes separately too.  The little brackets can be used on so many projects as labels and tags.  The little birds are super cute for many uses, so are the heart flowers.  And the tree is cute too!  The grass at the bottom is from a separate download, you could leave that off, add some cute patterned paper, or buy the other download too :)  (celebrate any day download #127757 $9.95)

Here is a card I made using the template.  Cute right.  Good for an anniversary or Valentine's Day.   You could put apples in the tree or flowers.  Change the leaves to fall colors.  Lots of possibilities.





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Copying a Sketch and using a new feature

I remember this day so well.   Jillian was so happy to sit and play with her toys all by herself.   Hard to believe this is my Jillian.  Now she is three and a total wiggle worm.  She just can not sit still for a minute. 

I was recently turned on to a website that has free scrapbook sketches and  I used one of those sketches to make this page.
The color combination was for, you guessed it, a challenge from SplitcoastStampers!  I know, most of my posts refer to challenges from this site, but I have to tell you, this is a good way to jump start you pages.  Every once and a while a challenge just doesn't work for me, and so I skip it, but most of the time I really like what I end up making.  And when I get my finished pages back from the printer, its like Christmas!  They look so pretty all printed out. 
The papers and embellishments for this page are from the "One Great Year" digital kit.

This kit comes with papers, some stamps, ad lots of embellishments, including lots of elements to make Calender pages.  The colors are pretty too, Basic Grey, Pear Pizazz, Elegant Eggplant.

I also used a new feature of MDS2 on this page.  There is a new feature that allows you to attache a text box to a shape, such as a punch.  On this page I made a text box of journaling and attached it to a circle punch, then put it in the center of the medallion.   You can also use this feature to attach text to a free form line, like a did a few posts ago on a balloon string and to make a butterfly trail.   

Watch this video to see how to do this for yourself!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Today is my husband's birthday!  I recently came across a picture of him that I took just after we met, a long time ago!  here it is!  Wow, look at that hair!!  Happy Birthday Ben!!

Progressive Challenge task 3

If you were here last Wednesday you saw this page, minus the journaling and the title.  This is a "progressive" challenge.  Each week we are given a task to add to the page, and at the end of four weeks we have a finished page.  This challenge can be found in the challenge forum at Splitcoaststampers.  If you want to play along, you can do all the past tasks at one time, its all just for fun. 
What do you think of the cute font?  I love it.  I found a blogger that posts some of her favorite font finds from the Internet, most free, and I have downloaded several of them.  This one is really cute and I thought it worked nicely with my page.   I linked the blog above, so check it out, cute stuff, not just the fun fonts! And, in case you are wondering, all the elements on this page are from the Bandstand Kit from Stampin' Up! (of course).  This kit has fun papers and even more fun stamps and embellishments!  Love it.  The balloon in the top right corner is from this kit too. 
Next week is the last task in this challenge, then my page will be complete!

$7.95 for this kit!  Great Deal!  all the papers and stamps and embellishments!

Thanks for stopping by!   Come back next week and see my completed page!