I've completed my first major project using My Digital Studio! This sampler has surely been a labor of love! View below and please let me know what you think. blumoon@comcast.net
Update 10/21: UPS just delivered the hard bound copy of the MDS sampler album I created. I am very happy with it. A word of advice, watch your margins.
Stampin' Up! sent this notice out on the 20th:
When creating personalized hardcover albums, you will need to leave a 5/8" margin/bleed area on all sides of the front and back covers (your first and last pages) to ensure that your designs aren't cut off at the edges when your book is printed. For all other pages, leave 1/4" on the top and bottom of the pages and 1/2" on the sides. An update to all guides will be included in a software patch, expected in the coming weeks.
All personalized hardcover albums will have a barcode printed directly on the back of the book. While the actual barcode is only 1-3/4" x 1/4" (1.75" x .25"), there is a 2-7/8" x 1-1/8" (2.875" x 1.125") window where the barcode could be placed. The edge of the window is 7/8" (.875") from the spine and 3/8" (.375") from the bottom of the book. Please see visual above.
If there is a designed image/background anywhere in this window it could be covered by a permanent barcode with a white background box that is 1-3/4" x 1/4" (1.75" x .25").
I have a couple pages that could be centered better and are too close to the spine. But on the whole, I am very pleased.
Thank you to Patty Bennett and Patti Scanlan for their inspiration!
