Watercoloring with MDS

Back at beginning of February, I started playing around with My Digital Studio to make a card for my mom's birthday .... I loved the flowers from the Elements of Style brush set and was thinking there must be a way to color them softly as if watercolored. I found that the Splatter image from the Extreme Elements was the perfect thing to do the job.

It is BEST to begin whatever MDS watercoloring project you want with the size and rotation of main image exactly as you want it in finished project, however recent updates to the MDS program allow you to do this later.

Starting with main image on blank page/card etc .... start applying Splatter image over each area you want to color - pick a color and change the opacity to suit your desired effect (I used 40% and 43% to create too shades). You will use MANY of these in various sizes and rotations - it is best to start with one size in the color you want and simply copy and paste it into all places want that size and color before moving to next size and color to do the same. Copy and paste becomes your friend in making this go more quickly.

Once your main image has been colored to your satisfaction (it will be hiding behind all the splatters) - bring the main image back to FRONT. Highlight the entire area and 'group' if you want to move the image around and still keep all the color where it belongs. The new update in April for MDS allows you to resize or rotate once grouped.

If you visit Mydigitalstudio.net and search Watercoloring ... you will find some other samples which are wonderful inspirations as well.

Is it February already?

Right after I returned from Leadership I came down with bad cold .... recovered in time to get some stampin done then came down with flu .... I can't wait for winter to end! So here are a few of the projects we've done at my classes recently.

Back from Leadership!

Leadership at the Gaylord in Nashville:

So much fun, so many goodies to share, and a great opportunity to grow my team.

I didn't get as many pictures as I had thought I had but I'll share a few that turned out.

My roommate Linda - so nice to meet a new friend.

Funny how in a group of 1000 Demonstrators you manage to run into the same people you never knew the day before over and over again.... this was the case for Mary Rodgers, Karen Burke and I ....

Then there were the "AWESOME" (that was the word of the day) make and takes, give aways,

and swaps!

Leadership Prep

In a panic as I leave for Leadership in just a few days and still have all my swaps and gifts to complete. The girls are coming on Monday for a class - I will post pictures when I return. In meantime here were a few cards from previous class I neglected to post.

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