Loving Day

One of my friends that I've had the longest (I didn't want to say oldest, because she isn't the oldest in age), got married this past summer. You may remember this card that I made for her that she wanted for her sister as a "thanks for being in my wedding" card.

When I was working in My Digital Studio over my Christmas vacation, I came across a few pictures that I had taken and wanted to put together a page of their special day. Her wedding was outside and so pretty.

Audrey and Dell got married on Loving Day, which is so perfect for them and I loved that they chose that day--so special.

Snowy Christmas

This year's Christmas was a little different for us--two days before Christmas we had to take my husband to the ER, one side of his face had gone numb and we were concerned. We later found out that he was suffering from Bell's Palsy, something my dad had a few years ago, so we were pretty familiar with it. So Christmas was a little hard this year and somewhat discouraging. We have been trying to make the most of it, and are trudging on moving forward, but needless to say, Christmas just wasn't the same at our house this year.

So instead of posting pictures from Christmas this year, I pulled some from last year, when it actually snowed Christmas Eve, well into the early hours of Christmas Day. It was a snow white Christmas, the first in Tulsa for many years. We ventured out to play in the snow last year, and Simon (our dog) loved it!

So I used a few pictures from last year's snowy Christmas to make a layout in MDS this year. Looking at these pictures make me smile thinking back on those memories. We are looking forward to moving ahead in 2011.

Happy New Year to all of my wonderful friends and readers! Hope it's the best yet!

Winterfest MDS

Since I've been on vacation for two weeks, I have had the chance to play around with My Digital Studio quite a bit, and I'm really enjoying learning all of the neat things that you can do with it!

Mike and I recently tried out a local Winterfest here in downtown Tulsa, went ice skating, the whole bit. It ended up being a little more cheesy than we'd expected and more small scale than we'd prepared for, so we got a hot chocolate and drove around town looking at Christmas lights. It ended up being a great night and I took a few pictures to remember the evening and used those for my inspiration for this MDS layout.

My first attempt

I have a confession to make:

I purchased My Digital Studio, Stampin' Up!'s digital scrapbooking software, about a year and a half ago, and I recently just opened the packaging for the first time and loaded it onto my computer. I think the idea of learning a brand new software product was overwhelming to me, and quite honestly my interest level was pretty low. The only reason that I purchased it was because the demos who attended convention last year were able to get it for half price--STEAL! And I knew some day I was going to wish I had purchased it at that great price.

So last night I sat down at the computer and gave it a shot at creating my first scrapbook layout. I was so surprised at how EASY it was!! And I was surprised at how much content came already installed on the program--I thought I was going to have to invest more money buying more downloads. Now, you CAN buy additional downloads of stamp sets, background papers, embellishments, etc, but there is enough in the original software to keep you busy if you are leery of investing a lot more money into it. And downloads are CHEAP! Most that I've seen range from 95 cents to $9.95.

So, without further adieu, here is my first attempt at creating a scrapbook layout in My Digital Studio. I'm sold--if you are having doubts like I was, don't hesitate any longer! It is a great way to get caught up on scrapbooking if you are as far behind as I am! It took me about 20 minutes to whip this up...as I learn the program, my speed will pick up, and so will yours!