On October 1st Stampin' Up! released its new product line--My Digital Studio. My Digital Studio is a computer program featuring all of the things we have come to love about Stampin' Up!--our exclusive color families, exclusive artwork, our wide selection of embellishments and so much more--all on your computer. That's right! This is a "digital paper crafting solution" not digital scrapbooking. Let me tell you a little bit about the difference:
Digital Scrapbooking--just what the name states. Scrapbooking on your computer using digital downloads and a type of photo editing software. Generally you buy kits of "scrapbooking supplies" and create your scrapbook page. This is HUGE in the scrapbooking world right now. Stampin' Up! now has digital downloads (which are in the My Digital Studio program) on sale in the online store for people who prefer traditional digital scrapbooking.
I must admit about a year ago I attempted to jump on the band wagon and tried to digital scrapbook. Let's just say I got kicked off that wagon pretty fast. I am fairly computer efficient but the learning curve for digital scrapbooking was huge for me, so huge in fact that I gave up before I really gave it much of a chance. Plus I really like pulling out all of my paper and tools and just playing. Don't you? =)
Digital Paper Crafting Solution--My Digital Studio is a program for your computer that allows you to create more than just scrapbook pages. With this software you can create calendars, cards, scrapbooks, pages, blog headers, stationary, multi-media projects, hybrid projects and so much more. It features select Stampin' Up! stamps and embellishments (with additional digital downloads available), our beautiful, coordinating colors and our exclusive Simply Scrappin' Kits. It is all the fun of Stampin' Up!'s products without having to clean up your mess!! ;) This is a great program that is easy for beginning digital crafters and more advanced digital crafters. Trust me!!
Now you are probably wondering why all of a sudden I am jumping up and down with excitement about this new product. After all, it has been available for a few weeks and this is the first time I have mentioned it on my blog, right? I just received my copy of My Digital Studio and spent this evening playing with it. I wanted to get a feel for this great new product line before giving a review. Plus it is a little hard to promote a product without having used it for yourself. And well, let's face it, I was a little intimidated by the software after my last experience with digital crafting...
So tonight, while in bed still recovering from the flu, I installed My Digital Studio onto my laptop. Now I have an Apple computer which can often cause problems when buying software because a lot of software is not compatible. My Digital Studio works with PCs and Macs. It was very easy to install and surprisingly fast. I was able to start playing around with the program in less than 7 minutes. 10 minutes later, I had my first scrapbook page done...
Now the watermark at the bottom of the page is just so I can post this on my blog and will not be part of my scrapbook page. This is a 12" x 12" page that started out as one of the designer templates that the program has (you can also start with a blank canvas) which I tweaked until I got the colors and looks that I wanted. Not bad for someone who is totally intimidated by digital scrapbooking huh?
Some of you may be thinking, that looks great but how can you print it? You can print your projects on your home printer but be aware that you may have to play with it and adjust margins, color, etc. so you finished project looks the same in real life and on your screen. If you don't want to mess with getting to know your printer better than Stampin' Up! is offering professional printing services and book binding. You just send it in to Stampin' Up! digitally and it will be sent to the press. How great is that? A super, fast, easy way to make great looking, personal gifts.
I am just tipping the iceberg at all this software can do. So keep checking back to see what else I create with this fun software. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think about my first project!!
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