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It’s Christmas in July at DesignerDigitals and we’re celebrating it big! A new freebie will be available for 24 hours each day before it appears in the store. So be sure to check out the freebie gallery daily!

And we’re chatting and giving away Shutterfly giftcards along with some inspiration. So sign up for reminders from our calendar!

AND here’s a coupon code for 20% off storewide! Use it as many times as you’d like and share it with your friends. It is good until 7am EST Saturday, August 2nd! Just enter code: 2e4519 at check out for 20% off your ENTIRE order.
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Have a great week and we’ll see you here at DesignerDigitals.com!

A great page this week from nirecreations (aka Erin):

Isn’t it lovely? Gorgeous use of color, and a wonderfully simple, balanced design. I love the subtly patterned paper as the background. It does not overwhelm the photo and elements, yet fills the open space of the design with something of interest instead of plain paper.

This page is a great example of a triangle based design. Did you notice how this is reinforced by the stitching holes and the placement of the red elements?

Here’s what Kayleigh, Bonnie and Wendy were inspired to create:

Credits: layout by Kayleigh, Paraiso Azul pageset and distressed edge fotoframes (coming soon) by Anna Aspnes, Simple classics 05, Little folded ribbon bits, pinned tabs 02, negative sleeves, chunky chipboard alpha and notebook edge frames by Katie Pertiet.

Credits: layout by Bonnie, Orange Crush kit , worn strips 02 and worn strips 03 by Lynn Grieveson, Textured overlay by Anna Aspnes, hinged photo frame, stitching holes and stitching holes spring, Doodle do whimsy rubons, drop shadow actions, tailed alphabet, and hand stitched flowers by Katie Pertiet, staple its by Pattie Knox.

Credits: layout by Wendy, paper, winged heart, ribbon and glitter circles from Flitter kit (coming tomorrow) and word art from Sweet Wishes kit by Lynn Grieveson, vintage glittered frame and Loosely labelled phrase tag by Katie Pertiet.

Can’t wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

~ Lynn

It’s Thursday at DesignerDigitals and that means a few things…
It’s Thrifty Thursday with 137 items marked down 30% for today only!
And have you checked out the thread with the details for Christmas in July which starts Saturday night!

And lastly, it’s time for Terrific Templates!

This week we’re spotlighting Ali’s Layered Template No. 12 which you’ll be able to snag for 20% off during Christmas in July!

Jess had a great take on this template adding some fun elements to make the page her own! Details here Mel added elements from Filmed Template No. 9 to make it hers! details here

And Paula’s page makes you want to go swimming!! Love the bright colors and how she added the hipster plumes! details here

And be sure to check out the template challenge gallery for more awesome inspiration!

Welcome back to another 3k3w! Today’s colors really say summer to me. I love royal blue anytime of the year but when mix with yellow, well that is just such a fun summer combination. If it is your first time reading this challenge, the premise is simple. We have 3 designers use 3 different kits to show how versatile the kits can me. Sometimes we recolor (but not today) and sometimes we desaturate (but not today) and sometimes we don’t mess with greatness and use the kits as they are (like today)

Here are today’s kits:

Stockholm Simple by Anna Aspnes

Frosted Alpha No. 2 by Pattie Knox

Stitched Stars by Lynn Grieveson

And here are this week’s pages:

Page by Wendy McKeehan
This page was really (I mean really) inspired by THIS page by Kellie Mize. I thought it was the perfect topic for my birthday page. Yep, now everyone knows how old I am today. There is a paper in the kit that is 3 different stripes like this but I made my own. The rest of the page is pretty simple but I really like the sentiment.

Page by Paula Gilarde
Fresh from the CHA trade show in Chicago, Paula scrapped about her cohort in crime at the show Emily. Any scrapper would be impressed with her mad one handed photography skills. Paula worked the opposite ends of the color wheel for this page and it looks fabulous. In addition to the 3 kits, Paula also used Torn and Tattered Templates No. 5 by Anna Aspnes and Krafty Frames Curled-n-Flat No. 1 by Katie Pertiet

Page by Janet Ohlson

See what I mean about the color combo? Makes the perfect summer page. Nothing says summer like sparklers (and magic wands ) Janet stayed true to the 3 kits this week.

Well, that’s it for another 3k3w challenge. Please play along and post your pages in the 3Kits3Ways Gallery. We’d love to see your work!

Scrapbooking old family photos can be fun but it can also be daunting. You may ask yourself, “How do I get started? And once I’ve started, how do I continue?” Celebrity scrapbooker Becky Higgins answers dozens of family history questions in her comprehensive book, “Family History Scrapbooking.
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The question we’re going to answer for this IdeaBooks4u Blog challenge is this:  “How can I find information on what happened the year my (insert relative) was born?”  The answer is simple, Google it!  Simply type in the year into the search engine and immediately you will have tons of information at your fingertips such as major world news events to who won the Academy Award for Best Actress.  Your resulting pages will not only be fun to look at but also fascinating to read.

Check out this wonderful page by Bonnie:

It not only includes an early photo of her mother alongside a birth announcement (in her grandmother’s own handwriting) but also a fun story on the origin of Fritos!

Check out the rest of our examples on the IdeaBooks4u Blog.  Have fun with this one then create your own historical page and share it with us in the IdeaBooks4u Inspiration Gallery at DD.