My brother Josh owns a Bar-B-Que Business called Tiny’s Bar-B-Que, best pull pork EVAH!! If you are in The Central PA area and need some Bar-B-Que Catering.. look him up!!

I loved the King of the Grill set in the Mini catalog but I knew it wasn’t one I would use a lot so when SU offered it as a MDS download I was all over it! The only thing about brush stamp sets like this in MDS is you can’t color it in MDS unless you print it out and color it by hand or you have to move it into another program and color it then move it back.. It’s a lot of work, but that’s what I did and I was pretty happy with the results.

All of the elements in MDS can be used in other programs as well, which make it’s versatile.. if you don’t have the program and just want a few images you can purchase them and then use them in Photoshop, Paint, Word etc…

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about MDS or if you would like to purchase the program or images.

After my other attempts failed I decided I’d try using My Digital Studio and make my design and print it out on Iron On Transfer Sheets. Well key number one to this is don’t go to Wal-Mart with both of your kids in tow especially when you despise Wal-Mart and I mean like loath it!! They didn’t have any white pillowcases and I could only find one pack of Iron On Transfers..

Went to another store and they didn’t have any pillowcases either.. They have to be white standard size you see.. So this project was doomed from the start..lol So A friend of mine had some extra and she gave me one.. So I created my image in My Digital Studio and printed it out and my 5 year old colored it in… Then I drew in the house, clouds and sun.. All good to go!! I didn’t notice the Iron On Sheets are white..

So, I said Oh Well.. I printed out my letters from MDS as well and then everything was ready to go.. Well the backing wasn’t coming off the sheets and it was a mess.. I had to tear them to get it to come off a corner so I could peel it up which meant I had to trim everything to fix it.. BLAH!!!! I wanted to give up so many times..lol

Then are you ready for this I put 2 towels down on my  Table and Ironed over it because it said to use a wood surface.. I thought okay 2 towels should be okay.. NOPE and that’s a BIG FAT NOPE!!! I ruined my table top and the towel fibers melted into it.. Total Mess!!

So long story short I hate this pillowcase but my 5 year is ecstatic with how it came out and is so proud! And he can’t wait for his Daddy to see it! So MDS is good for lots of things..

Here is a close up of the All in The Family Digital Stamps I used.. I also used the ABC lower Alphabet for some of my letters..

So I’m off to drink a few glasses of wine to de-stress from this project and catch up on my  Thursday  TV on my DVR.. I’ll be back sometime tomorrow for Sunday Stamps!!!

I’ll be working today through Sunday so I probably won’t be posting much.. So check back on Monday for my Color Challenge Card!

The page is 12×12 it’s a simple page but I like the clean look of it. It’s a Navy Page too so I didn’t want any frilly girly type of embellishments on it! Want to get My Digital Studio for 1/2 price? Check out the special on my Stampin’ Up! Site.

If you’ve been on the fence about purchasing My Digital Studio or Joining Stampin’ Up! now is a great time. You can join with the Digital Starter kit and MDS is included.. I’d love to have you be part of my team!

If you already have the software and are loving it, which how could you not? Stampin’ Up! released some additional downloads that can be used with MDS or whatever program you have for graphics. Here is a card that is entirely digital!!

Here is a list of the new Downloads available: You can purchase these on my website here…

Item # Product Name Price
118114 Cast A Spell Designer Series paper – digital download $4.95
118115 Night & Day Designer Series paper – digital download $4.95
118124 Medallion stamp brush set – digital download $1.95
118126 Circle Circus stamp brush set – digital download $5.95
118116 School Days II stamp brush set – digital download $9.95
118121 Great Moments II stamp brush set – digital download $9.95
118122 Pumpkin Patch stamp brush set – digital download $5.95