Papercraft Crew Challenge

Hello Everyone,

Here is this weeks challenge sketch we are working with at the Paper Craft Crew. St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner and the Paper Craft Crew is celebrating it in this week's challenge #33 with their theme of St. Patrick's Day.  I was inspired by a couple of different things I'd seen on Pinterest to make this card.  I made the card using MDS2.  I wasn't sure whether I had a shamrock or not but after doing a search with the Global Search feature, I found the circular stamp with the shamrock in the middle.  So .... I just cropped that shamrock out, enlarged it, colored it green, lowered the opacity and put it behind the saying. 

Here is the sketch we were working with:



Hope you will hop on over to the Paper Craft Crew page and check out the other members version of St. Patrick's Day.

MDS Challenge Week 1

Last week I challenged my NC demonstrators (and you too) to create a page or card or something on My Digital Studio using the "text on a path" technique.  Here are some of the entries:

Beth Fox also followed the color challenge from mydigitalstudio.net

Mary Ellen Harrison had good intentions of the freeform text but decided against it.  Love her page anyway!



Regina Andari's cute birthday card - she created the free form text in the balloon.




Makes you want a popsicle, huh?  This cutie is done by Karen Culler.



Elegant card by Pam Staples - waiting for those May flowers!



Circular text by Debbie Michael.




A card by Marcia Enns - this is the inside



Marcia's card front

Marcia even used the free form text on the back of the card!  Great job!!

 Here is what Marcia had to say after doing the challenge - "I started with a Designer Template to create this A2 card, and I managed to attach text to a freeform line on the card front, the inside of the card, and the “hallmark” on the back of the card.  Not only was this great practice with attaching text, but I also played with page layers, drop shadows, opacity, and more!  The more I do, the more excited I am about MDS. " 

That's what it's all about!!

MDS Challenge - Text on a Path

As you know, I taught a class last week to some of my fellow NC demonstrators and users of My Digital Studio2.  As a result of that I have decided to offer a weekly challenge for using different features of MDS2.  It may be a way to use different things with MDS2 or a scrapbook sketch or color challenge.  I am going to start with a weekly challenge and see how it goes.  It could end up being every other week .... we'll see. 

So my first challenge to you is to use the Freeform Tool and make some text on a path.  On the sample I have made below, I put my text (the words from a Zac Brown song that is also my cell phone ring tone!) in a circle.  The steps I took to do this are:

• Create a text box and type my text.  Try different fonts and sizes for fun.  I used KG The Fighter font (free download) and size 20.
• Go to the Freeform tool on the Designer Center (right side) and click on Add Line.
• I used the Starter Lines and clicked on the Circle.  Apply it to your project and size it how you want it.
• Click on both your text box and Freeform tool line (hold down Control key)
• Right click and "Attach to Shape"
• You may have to play around with the size of font, etc. to get it all to work.

Here are a few videos that I found that might help with this technique from other demonstrators:

http://mydigitalstudio.net/video/my-digital-studio-freeform-feature-text-on-a-path-cori-kozak

http://mydigitalstudio.net/video/my-digital-studio-2-freeform-line-dotted-circle

http://mydigitalstudio.net/video/text-on-a-path

http://mydigitalstudio.net/video/my-digital-studio-creating-curved-text

And here is my sample (click on it to enlarge it):

Text in a Circle - Freeform Tool

So won't you join in the challenge and share a page?  I'd love to see it!