MDS Thursday: How to Make a Snowman

As promised here is the snowman from last week :)

Here is the 8 1/2 x 11 page I made.

It seems like a lot of steps but it's really easy, I promise.

Start by creating and resizing three white circles.

Using the drop shadow function (see red circles) create a black shadow to give the circle dimension.

Stack the circles together.

Using the stamp tool from the menu bar, search for arm  (see red circle) or use the All in the Family SS.

Resize the arms and send them backyard one layer.

It helps, at this point, to group the objects together.  It makes the snowman easier to move.

Creating the face was the most time consuming part.  I made the circles for the eyes and mouth directly on the face.  It was hard to resize them and then move them.

I needed a triangle for a nose.  First I looked for a carrot stamp, turns out we don't have one.  Then I looked for a nose, big fat negative on that too.  Finally I found a beak in the Good Friends SS.  Figured it was time to get creative, after all it's a snowman not a snowbird.

First make sure to bring the eyes to the front layer, then place the beak where the nose should be, and send it back one layer. Then to hide the upper part of the beak, I placed a small white oval over the excess part, and sent it bakward one layer.  Ta Da!! a  "carrot" nose!!

 

At this point I grouped everything together again, again it makes it easier to move.

Ta da!!!  You made a snowman!!!!!

You can leave him as is or add a little something extra.  I added a little hat on the final product.

Give it a try!  Thanks for looking!

How to Group items (see also How to build a Flower)

To group the stamped images:

1. make sure the three stamped images are highlighted
2. go to the Arrange tab in the menu bar
3. press Group (see red circle)

January Scrapbook Class

Our club met tonight for some scrapping and great conversation.

Our layout was a winter theme. It's been snowing enough to get us in the winter mood.

Part of my goodies this month was the Snowflakes Set #2 Sizzlits Die 4-Pack, perfect for this layout.

I used a sketch I saw in a magazine as inspiration.

  

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Pacific Blue, Whisper White, Celebrations DSP
Big Shot:Snowflakes Set #2 Sizzlits Die 4-Pack, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die
Punches: 1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch
Jumbo Wheel :Sparkling

Titles were created using My Digital Studio

Give it a try.  Thanks for looking.

A Boy's Best Friend

I did a page for my daughter and her stuffed buddy, so of course I had to do the second page of the layout about my son and his stuffed buddy.

It's hard to pick colors for boy/male layouts.  Black, red and white seem "manly", lol.

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White
Big Shot: Tags Die and Dot Embossing Folder
Brads: Circle


The Stampin' Up! site is having maintenance done, I will post product links tomorrow.

Baja Breeze

My order came last week but I have been having a hard time trying to figure out where to start.  So, I closed my eyes, put my hand in the box and picked the first thing I grabbed.  The winner was Baja Breeze Glass Glitter.

It is chunkier than I thought it was going to be.  It turns out, glass glitter is the good old fashion glitter we had growing up.  Made me feel like a kid again.

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla
Ribbon: 5/8 Grosgrain Chocolate Chip
Stamp Set: Sweet Birthday
Big Shot: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die
Punches: Word Window Punch


Give it a try.  Thanks for looking.

MDS Thursday: Changing Project Size

My intial post was going to be on how to make the snowman on this page.  However, when I realized I just made a card and not a scrapbook page, there was a change in plan.

PS- I'll post how to make the snowman next week.

It's been snowing quite a bit around here, so we have been stuck inside.  Except for when the kids and hubby are shoveling and sledding :)

What a perfect time to scrapbook!

I didn't want to start a new project so I click on one that was already created, not realizing it was a card.

Here is how to change your project size:

First Click on Edit in the Menu Bar, and choose Change Project Size.

Click on the scrapbook option, or which ever you want to change to.

A box with possible option will appear.  I clicked on the scrapbook .   Unfortunately it did not give me a 12x 12 option, so I choose 8 1/2 x 11.  I'll print it and mount it on a 12x 12 sheet background.

It will ask you to replace your current project or save as new.  I saved as new just in case the change was to weird.  I'll delete the card project later, or print it as cards for grandma brag books.

It will ask you to rename the project, click yes.

Done, click OK

Here is the new, bigger, project.  The words are now to small for the space so I changed the text size.

All done!!

 

No mistakes, just opportunities for creativity and learning.

Ta Da!!

Thanks for looking.

My Goodies Are Here!!

My order came today!  In a snow storm!! I love UPS!!!

Can't wait to make something!!!

Thank You Card

Tonight's card.  More detail to come.