Still in love with My Digital Studio

I can't believe I haven't posted a My Digital Studio creation this month.  I originally envisioned sharing at least one project plus a tip or two a week, but I've had so many hand stamped projects to share I haven't had a chance.  So I'm squeezing one in on a random Tuesday.

Created in My Digital Studio.  Colors: Soft Suede, Pear Pizazz, Pool Party, Very Vanilla.  Stamps: Kindred Spirits, Baroque Motifs.   Punches: Scallop Square, Modern Label, Square.  Accessories: Grosgrain Knot, Antique Brads.

This is my mom (right) with her two sisters at my house last March. My mom and the middle sister both live in California and the youngest sister lives here in Utah.  It was very unusual for them all to be here together at the same time so a picture was definitely in order.

Now for the My Digital Studio tip:  Included with My Digital Studio is a Square Scallop punch.  You can resize all the punches any size without distorting it.  But when you enlarge the scallop punch, the scallops get bigger too.  Like this:

This would have been just fine, but it just wasn't what I wanted for this project.  I wanted my scallops smaller and tighter together.  So I took eight square scallop punches and lined them up three across and three down to make a square frame.  I didn't worry about the middle because it was the bottom mat for the pictures.  Here I colored every other scalloped square Pool Party so you can get a better idea how it was put together (it's also easier to line them up if they aren't the same color):

And here is what it looked like when they are all the same color before I added the picture on top:

I wanted some dimension so I grouped them together and added the drop shadow to the whole thing. Almost all the seams (and the hole in the middle) disappeared when I put the Pool Party mat over it.

There was one seam that you could see (only because of the drop shadow) so I put the modern label punch over it to hide it. Easy Peesy.

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