I have a dear friend turning 80 next month and we are going to surprise her with a party. Instead of gifts we decided to make her a Memory Book that everyone who comes can sign and then write a little something. There will be room for pictures too.
To make this I decided to use My Digital Studio. My Digital Studio is an intuitive digital design software featuring Stampin' Up!'s exclusive artwork, colors, and templates. With this software you can be your own digital designer and create an array of photobooks, cards, calendars, and more--which you can then print using Stampin' Up!'s print services,save to DVD, e-mail, upload to the Internet or print yourself. Download a and give it a try. If you like it you can buy it through my . You can also see more at www.mydigitalstudio.net
I chose Photobooks & Individual Pages and then 8 x 8 square and Designer style. This gave me the option to choose a basic template that was already designed. All I had to do was make a few changes and print.
I went through the pages and deleted any words I didn't want, added words I did want, rearranged some of the embellishments and added some more here and there and removed the black photo blocks leaving the white background to create places for writing and adding photos. The design I used is .
I printed the design onto Whisper White card stock and cut off all but the left edge so that I had a margin where I could use my manual comb binding machine to assemble it.
Then I added some embellishments cut out from Tempting Turquoise and Melon Mambo card stock with my Silhouette Cameo cutter.
Using MDS made creating this project very easy and quick yet beautiful. The Silhouette design I used is Circle Flower Frame #42102 by Jennifer Wambach. I resized it for my project and then after attaching it I used the Tempting Turquoise marker to add some accents to the leaves and stems which made them stand out better.
I really like it. I can't show you all the pages, there are 22 of them but here are a couple more pics.
Kate Creasey