Congratulations to KathyJ. Her layout Spring has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!
A regular visual treat in the Designer Digitals gallery recently has been the frequent appearance of layouts by Nath from France. She brings a unique artistic eye and flair to the gallery, and I have been loving her use of distressed and vintage supplies in her pages. This one, which makes great use of Katie’s Double Decker kit and various frames, is a lovely example:
I love how everything is so tightly clustered together to make one whole, strong shape. Great element choices too, and the brushwork underneath helps link it with the background. Distressing on the edge of the background also helps to tie everything together and is the perfect finishing touch.
Here’s how iUma, Julie and I were inspired by this great layout:
Credits: layout by Lynn, Bisbee kit, Worn Pages edges No.02, and Party Balloons by Lynn Grieveson, Birthday Zoobilee by Pattie Knox, Birthday Words by Ali Edwards, Artclass frames No.03, Scatterings No.01, bead scatterings No.03, Watery washes no.03 and date Strips No.05 (coming soon)by Katie Pertiet, Scratched Edge overlays 12 x 12 and Artplay English Roseby Anna Aspnes.
Credits: layout by iUma, Ripped and Stitched No.04 and In Distress: Spring Fever (both coming soon) by Lynn Grieveson, and Large Stacked Journal Spots and Bound Papers No.01, Messy Stamped Wings No.01, Basic Blocked Alpha No.01, Digital Date No.22, Toning Flowers, and Ripped Vintage Photo Frames No.03 (all coming soon) by Katie Pertiet.
Credits: layout by Julie, Dara kit by maplebrook studios, textured Overlays No.03 by Anna Aspnes, brushed Alphabet No.03, Filed Photoframes No.05, ArtClass Frames No.03, Matte Black Vintage Photoframes, Classic Curled Photoframes No.01, yellow Word Bits No.01, Little Round Tabs No.02, capped, Mke Your own postmarks No.02, carded Stacks No.01, and stitch from Lil Bit tags by Katie Pertiet.
This week’s Adobe Photoshop or Elements tip of the week is now available on video. This weeks tip is on Double-up: Text on Text in Photoshop and PSE.
That special someone…
On the Eve of the Royal wedding over here in the UK, plus the start of the Wedding season, not to mention fast approaching Mother’s Day in America, there are lots of special someones out there!
Its so much fun (and so very heartwarming) to create a tribute style of page for someone important in your life.
This weekend Anna’s newest artplay is out too, it’s actually called special someone and its going to work for so many occasions! You’ll have seen the CT pages using it appearing in the gallery 
In store already we have plenty of things to get your pages going. If its words you’re looking for try these;
Ali’s words - Mom themed
Templates needed?
This one by Anna or this one by Katie appeal to me - but we have hundreds of templates in store, so don’t just take my word for it!
You could go the whole hog and make a book, just of that special someone…
Favourite template sets include…
Message to my boy & to my girl
If you’re looking for memorial based tribute supplies how about;
This is my latest page,posted yesterday in the gallery, a ‘Hey you, you’re loved’ kind of page for my great big, grown up, Son.
Whatever, and whoever, you feel inspired to scrap, it is always the season to say you love someone. I look forward to seeing your tribute pages in the gallery.
It’s Thrifty Thursday at DesignerDigitals where we have a brand new item priced at just $ 99 cents and 421 items marked down 30%. These specials only last until 6am EST on Friday morning so don’t miss out.
