The current scrap layout challenge at MDS Monday had me really thinking outside the box.  There is a sketch but they want you to use a map of your state.  Well, apparently, there is a download for that for the states in the USA but I couldn’t find one for Australia.  So I googled a map of Queensland, did a little manipulating and finally had my map.

The only trouble was I had a little “white” space around my stamp, so to hide that I added my map to the page and used the colour picker to add the same “white” to my page as the background colour.  I added my photo boxes but the background seemed a little plain, so I opened  the stamps – splatter option in my Design Centre to add some to my background.  The colours seemed a little dark so I changed the opacity to lighten them up a little.  I picked most of the colours from the colours in my photos, particularly the colours in the sky.  The chevron pattern was created using my photo corner punch.  I rotated it, added several, aligned them and spaced them evenly before grouping them together.  That made it easy to add the colour and drop shadows.   Once they were grouped I could change the size or copy and paste them.

These photos were taken at sunset on Tower Hill in Charter’s Towers.  It’s a wonderful town full of the most amazing buildings and a fabulous history.

I hope my page has inspired you to play a little more with My Digital Studio.

Bye for now,

Kris