Today is day 3 of our Kit and Element sale where over 3,400 items are now marked down 30%. The sale lasts until Friday at 6am EST. And we have a new $ 99 cent item that will be priced that way until Tuesday, June 11th, then 20% off the remainder of the sale.
Today’s $ 99 cent special is: Little Enamel Charms: Transport
Love this page from Pam! Such a fun page title, great colors and wonderful composition! And the inky twist gives the page great energy! Wonderful page, Pam!
Today is day 2 of our Kit and Element sale where over 3,400 items are now marked down 30%. The sale lasts until Friday at 6am EST. And we have a new $ 99 cent item that will be priced that way until Monday, June 10th, then 20% off the remainder of the sale.
Today’s $ 99 cent special is: Clipped Banner Flags No. 01
This great page for Bear by Julie (aka Maggie Mae) caught my heart as well as my eye.
With its subtle diagonal detailing, and the layers to the side of the photo it is a delightful layout even before you get to the wonderful journaling.
It provided lots of inspiration for Mollie, Beckie and me. Maybe it will for you too?
Here’s what we came up with:
Credit: layout by me (Lynn), “Blue Bird element pack” and “Pocket Cards Vintage No.03″ by Katie Pertiet, “Inky Dink Page Borders” and “June” kit by Lynn Grieveson.
Mollie’s subtle painterly brushwork adds a real wow factor to her great layout:
Credits: layout by Mollie, Circle Messages Vol.2, Photography Hand-drawn Brushes and Travel Hand-drawn brushes by Ali Edwards, Collage Ephemera No.01, Honor Layered template, Textured Cardstock: Faded Berry and Wonder Years Layered Template by Katie Pertiet.
While Beckie created a multi-photo layout with lots of wonderful layering:
Credits: layout by Beckie, Rustica Kit by Lynn Grieveson, Sun Porch clusters, Vintage Charm elements, Filed Photo Frames No.03, Photobooth frames No.02, Quirky Banner strips No.01, Pine Creek elements, DelMar Shores roughed up paperpack, and Page Blends No.01.
Hello everyone! I hope you are excited for the weekend as much as I am. After a busy few weeks filled with birthdays, a family reunion, college graduation party, kindergarten graduation, the end of the school year and the start of summer baseball, I’m looking forward to making a few relaxing-everyday-type memories (and hopefully sparing some time to scrap a few of those events!) Whether you have a weekend schedule packed to the brim with friends and family, are planning for a couple of days with no plans or somewhere in between, I would like to spotlight a selection of the Creative Team’s favorite kits for you.
I use kits to support the story I’m sharing on my pages as the designers have done the heavy lifting for me in creating papers and accessories in complimentary colors and styles. Once I find a kit that “speaks” to me and my story, it can seem that the page creates itself! And paper or elements from the kit can be used over and over again in different ways to help tell new stories with new themes.
As my kids are wrapping up the school year this week and I’m trying to document as much as I can while it is still fresh in their minds, my scrapping thoughts have been very school-themed. Ali Edward’s Prep School Mini Kit is a go-to source for school themed papers and word art to make scrapping a class photo, an end of the year reflection or a learning milestone. The primary colors in the paper pack can extend far beyond the school year. Can’t you imagine how great the red and blue papers would look on a 4th of July or picnic page?
With school ending summer beginning, we are already starting to think about talking walks, spending more time outdoors and even summer camp. Katie’s Hidden Meadows Complete Collection is a great choice for outdoorsy pages with earthy colors, beautifully textured paper and a good dose of whimsy to add fun to your page. One of my favorite elements from this kit that I have used on my non-outdoors photos are the chipboard stars. The neutral colors work well as elements for boys and girls.
And, while it is nice to have elements that work for both boys and girls – sometimes you just need a page that embraces pink for the fabulous color that it is. When I think pink, I think of the Looking for Love Collection. This kit celebrates pinks and reds with just a touch of vintage. It is perfect for girly pages as well as for pages about those we love. My favorite elements from this kit are the red epoxy arrows – perfect for bringing a pop of color and highlighting something important on any page – not just the pink ones!
And what better kit to follow up all of that pink than Lynn’s Aeronaut kit – a retro kit in refreshing blues and oranges for scrapping your adventures or the adventures of the little ones in your life. This kit has star epoxies that work well on all sorts of pages, and the star paper is one of my favorites. Not only do I love it as an accent or background paper, but it looks great attached to a brush and blended into a neutral background.
A spunky favorite is the Hey Missy Kit – full of florals and perfect to help create a bright and cheery page. There is tons to love with journal strips, fun background papers and, hey, who doesn’t need a crown in their supplies? But – my absolute favorite from this collection is the Hey Missy Paint. These layered paint clusters add a pop of color and interest under a photo or around the edge of the page.
Transitioning over to the softer side of things, the Spring Fields Kit celebrates happiness and nature in a softer way. Don’t you just love the crocheted butterflies? The paper doilies are another item that can be used both in pages ranging from vintage to modern to add layers and depth to the page.
I hope these kits have inspired you to record a few more memories, and also to think about how to use the bits and pieces of these kits and others over and over again in different ways. Have a great weekend and happy scrapping!
It’s time for our annual Kit and Element Sale at DesignerDigitals. Every Kit and Element in the store are now marked down 30%, that’s over 3,400 items! And we will have a brand new $ 99 cent item every day during the sale. The sale ends at 6am EST on Friday, June 14th.
And we have over 35 new items now marked down 20% as well. These items will be priced that way until 6am EST on Tuesday except for the Kits and Elements which will remain on sale until the sale ends on Friday morning.
Our last two tips showed you how to load and use cutting files in the Silhouette Software. You know how to load SVG and PNG images. Here’s how to cut Photoshop Brushes (ABR) files.
Designer Digitals brushes come with PNG versions of each brush image, but if you’ve misplaced your brush images or have brushes that came without a preview, use this technique to convert them to usable files in Silhouette.
Hi there, the Story Scrapbook Challenge is back again. What freedom to be able to put down a story on a page, be it a personal, indepth, heartwrenching story, or just one of those whimsical stories that make us essentially us. I love it.
It’s easy, just sit down, hands on the keyboard and type. I don’t tend to worry about my punctuation to be absolutely perfect. Ah ha! Shock horror from the teachers and literary amongst us. I’ll show my husband a page and he’ll read the journaling and start informing me that I need a comma here, or a new paragraph there. But you know what … I write like I talk. I don’t talk with fullstops or semi-colans. I do however talk with a lot of exclamation marks!!!!
We have a great responsibility being the story tellers for our families and friends and loved ones. It’s a role we choose to take and being the scrapbookers we are we cherish.
So please join with us in The Story Scrapbook Challenge. Here are some example pages from the creative team.
Chrissy has put together an amazing page with a story about her precious Aunt Margaret who started her on the road to Scrapbooking. This isn’t just a story about her Aunt, it’s a story about a beginning of a love shared, an amazing relationship and what a huge part in Chrissy’s life she played. Sensational.
Supplies used: Artsy Paint No.6, Faded Berry cardstock bundle, All You Need Overlays, Around Words Brushes and Stamps No. 04, Artistry de Blanco Kit, Away We Go Kit, Bead Scatterings No. 03, Collageables No. 02, DelMar Shores Scrapbooking Kit, Doily Edgers No. 03, Eat Cake Kit, Flagged Words Brushes and Stamps No. 02, Graphic Pop Dots: Mom Brushes and Stamps, Letter Box Garden Song Kit, Life Lines Scrapbooking Kit, Messy Stitched Borders: Golden No. 01, Notebook Paper Pack No. 05, Stacked Vintage Photo Frames No. 05, Stamped Blocks No. 31 Brushes and Stamps, Sweet St. Nicholas Kit, Terra Botanica Kit, Winter Peony Kit, Word Strip Labels No. 02 (Katie Pertiet). Poppies Kit, Rustica Kit, Sweet Marie Kit, Worn Page Edges No. 02 (Lynn Grieveson). Noemi Kit (Maplebrook Studios). With Gratitude Brushes and Stamps (Ali Edwards). And the goodies from the freebie pack.
Steph, oh my! She truly is a story teller. I love this page, she not only describes the achievements of her children throughout the year, but her thoughts turn to the future and what she will be feeling when the day comes that they leave home. You don’t just get this from a photograph. It’s a master story teller that will leave such long lasting memories with stories.
Supplies used: Life Lines Scrapbooking Kit, Done with Doilies Photo Clusters No. 01, Clean Stitched Borders: White No. 01 (Katie Pertiet). The Story Titles Brushes and Stamps (Ali Edwards). And a goodie from the freebie pack.
And lastly my page. Everyone who knows me knows I love animals, particularly my canine varieties J and I guess a lot of people would think I have had dogs all my life. But I haven’t. My first dog Molly came as a package deal when I got married!! So my story tells of our relationship, which grew over time, and now I can’t bear to be without her.
Supplies used: Rustica Kit (Lynn Grieveson). Loosely Labeled No. 06, Vintage Photo Frames No. 29, Baker’s Twine: Plum, Mists Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 08 (Katie Pertiet). And the goodies from the freebie pack.
The team at DD have provided a freebie to help you on your way, and rules of the challenge is to use at least one product from this freebie pack.
Post your pages in the Weekly Challenge Gallery by Sunday 9 June at 12midnight EST using mostly DesignerDigitals products. Pages that use all DesignerDigitals products are eligible for a $5 store gift certificate that will be randomly awarded close of the contest. Remember to use at least one challenge freebie and have fun!
It’s time for Thrifty Thursday here at DesignerDigitals. Starting this week we will have one item PER DESIGNER marked down to $ 99 cents! That’s 8 special price items + 539 items marked down 30%. These specials only last until 6am EST on Friday morning so don’t miss out.
Here are this weeks featured $ 99 cent items:
DocuStacks No. 01 by Katie Pertiet
Summer 4×6 Sentiment Boxes Brushes and Stamps by Ali Edwards
Typesets: Swim Team No. 01 Brushes and Stamps by Cathy Zielske
Scribbler Paper Pack No. 01 by The Grunge Source
Stanleigh Paper Pack by Maplebrook Studios
Under the Sea Elements by Pattie Knox
Hi everyone, are you up for a new template challenge?
School is out for the summer in our neck of the woods, which translates to more photos than ever for me, with less time to scrap. I need answers for keeping my memory keeping on track without investing the time it takes me to do something elaborate. It is so easy for me to fall into the trap of, every page needs to be a work of art, when truth be told, all the family really cares about are the memories and being able to relive them through my pages. I’m going to stick my neck out here and surmise that some of you are faced with a similar situation. Even if you aren’t, I think today’s template pick may resonate with you. Today’s pick is Layered Memories No. 120.
I chose it because of it’s minimalistic canvas, largely without colors or elements to sidetrack me! I am so easily led astray by all the pretty bells and whistles, but we’ll save that discussion for another time and place!
Let’s take a look at how members of our Creative Team used it.
First, I have this awesome page by Esther. She rotated the template and used it on an 8 1/2 X 11 landscape canvas in keeping with the dimensions of her travel book. Her page is actually one side of a 2 page spread, with the other side featuring a single close-up of this vintage paddle steamer’s working parts. Esther’s photography is always a special treat and these are incredible! Between the splendid detail shots and her descriptive journaling, I can just imagine what life might have been like aboard this wonderful old vessel!
In addition to the featured template, Esther used Baker’s Twine: Lime, and Sealife Memories Element Pack by Katie Pertiet, and Rustica by Lynn Grieveson.
Thank you, Esther!
Next we have this adorable page by Lisa. Lisa also rotated the template for her delightful page about her son’s all boy approach to playing in the mud! She put her talent for layering to work here, including oodles of goodies that support her boyish theme. I adore the close-up of his muddy little legs and shoes, sooo cute!
In addition to the featured template, Lisa used, Sentiment Journalers Brushes and Stamps No. 01, So Fine Linen Buttons, Pocket Cards For the Record No. 01, Stacked Vintage Photo Frames No. 06, Vintage Photo Frames No. 30, Messy Outlined Alpha No. 03, Pattern Mix: Neutrals Paper Pack No. 01, Field Stacks No. 01, Assorted Messy Stitches: White No. 02, Day Out Solids Paper Pack, Edge Overlays No. 03, Blendable Maps No. 01, Splatter Brushes and Stamps No. 03, Fine Line Twists No. 01, by Katie Pertiet. Backyard Expedition Kit, by Lynn Grieveson. Allison Kit, by Maplebrook Studios.
Thank you Lisa!
Lastly, I Nancy, duplicated the template blocks and flipped them in order to scrapbook multiple photos from my grandsons’ Field Day at school. Another memory recorded!
In addition to the featured template, I used: Jason Papers, Banner Labels No. 01, Almost There Kit, Away We Go Kit, and Duncan Words, by Katie Pertiet. Sierra Solids, by Maplebrook Studios. Seaside Papers, by Cathy Zielske. And the Shine On Charity Kit Alpha.
That’s it for this time, folks. I hope you enjoyed seeing three different versions of what can be done with this incredibly versatile template. We’d love to have you play along. Don’t forget to post your pages in the Template Challenge Gallery and remember that this template along with many other hard to pass up items will be on sale during the Thrifty Thursday Sale this week for 30% off! Happy scrapping!
