Happy LATE night to you (or early morning....or really whenever you check out my blog:) I am so stinkin excited to share this with you that I am doing this page at midnight (after my club....great night, thanks ladies!) My friend Marjorie emailed me a link to a wonderful demonstrator's blog (Janet Wakeland!) She is a Stampin' Up! legend as she has been a demonstrator for a very long time and from when we have spoken (and hiked together) makes a lot of sense and is a very generous soul! SO, she has a great video on her blog if you don't understand my written instructions for you to check out (CLICK HERE).
In the meantime, I know, spill the beans!!!! GUESS WHAT....you can change the colour of all our embellishments in MDS! How nuts is that (and truly why didn't we figure this out sooner!) Here's how:
- find your My Digital Studio folder on your computer (the folder where the "actual" program and all it's components are)
- after clicking on the MDS folder, select COMPONENTS
- select EMBELLISHMENTS
- highlight the folder you'd like to be able to manipulate (ex. staples and stitching)
- COPY this folder (DO NOT CUT!) You can copy this folder by right clicking on your mouse OR use the edit function at the top of the screen
- go back to the COMPONENTS folder and select STAMPS
- paste the folder into the stamp folder and voila.....you now have embellishments you can change the colour of!!!!
A couple things worth noting is that if you alter the colour of an embellishment with a "shine" (ex. brads, hodgepodge hardware) you lose the shine of the metal when you change the colour. I have to say I was most exited about changing the colour of our stitching!!! WHOO HOOO!!!
If you click on this page of Mark, you'll see that my hodgepodge hardware not only is a colour BUT I could colour change to match Mark's shorts!!! AND check out my stitching.....it's GREEN! How fun is that!?!?! I am SO EXCITED!!!! I hope you are too!!!
Have a great day! Check back this afternoon and I'll have my fifth card for my Strength and Hope class! Thanks for stopping by!
Heather
YAY! I'm running my latest update now and copying the files over! Thanks for sharing this super sweet idea! :)
Posted by: Julz | April 21, 2011 at 11:42 AM
i can feel your excitement! : )
love that photo! What a georgeous MDS page!!
Posted by: Natasha | April 19, 2011 at 10:49 PM
OMGOSH! Had nooo idea! Sooo excited... gonna go try this now! THANKS for the Tip! Oh... LOVE the LO! Wonderful Picture of your son! :o)
Posted by: Theresa McK | April 19, 2011 at 05:02 PM
Oh sweeet! I was wishing there was a way to do that! Yes!!! I dub you MDS hacker! baha... oh..well...I guess it's more MDS cracker... either way SWEET!!! (I'm dating myself by saying "sweet" aren't I)
Posted by: Debbie | April 19, 2011 at 03:30 PM
Ok - you flatter me. Thanks for making me blush -but seriously I would love an MDS date with you! Maybe we can sneak away with our laptops on the cruise. I love your style!
Posted by: janet | April 19, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Cool trick. thanks for sharing
Posted by: Gerrie | April 19, 2011 at 11:15 AM
I can understand your excitement Heather...being able to change the colour of embellishments is AWESOME!!! BTW, this is a beautiful page of Mark. I can't wait to lift it!
Posted by: Sherry Mackay | April 19, 2011 at 07:37 AM