It’s week 4 of the ten weeks to treasure series using the Painted Summer series! If you’re just joining us, we’re scrapping two pages a week to end up with a wonderful Shutterfly Photobook or an album when we’re through!
This week’s templates have space for up to eleven photos! You can tell quite a story with that many photos!

My pages this week are the pictures of my cousin Mary and focusing on her and sunbathing. She had no interest in going in the ocean and was content to stay on the blanket in the sand. But that’s okay, she’s a doll and I wanted to showcase some of the pictures I took of her!

And Mel’s been using the templates for a variety of pages and simply recoloring the paint layers to match her pages. So many uses for these templates!

I’ll be delayed again next week but then should be back on track as we head into the home stretch!

I’d be very surprised if there’s a person out there who doesn’t answer this question with a resounding, “YES!” So let’s move on to a cool template that can help you get those photos into a layout: Ali Edwards’ Layered Template No. 37. There’s room for three photos and lots of journaling, all grounded on a piece of bracketed paper. And I have some fun examples to share with you from the Creative Team.

Angie (angie wags) produced a stunning page using three photos of her pretty daughter. The aqua blues of the beach are intoxicating, and the watery spots are the perfect accent. Angie’s journaling is so sweet and tender; our babies really do grow up so fast.

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 37, Fresco Paper Pack No. 02, Defining Words Brushes and Stamps No. 04, Clock Buttons No. 01, Colorful Watery Spots No. 01

Amy’s (Amy L) page documents another rite of passage – going away to school and the transportation issues that go along with it. Amy combined two of the picture spots to accommodate that great shot of her son mugging for the camera and added a third narrow photo on the left side. Brilliant, Amy!

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 37, Thick Travel Words Brushes and Stamps, Le Marche Kit, Classic Cardstock: Coral Charm, Classic Cardstock: Dog Park, Date Strips No. 03, Date Strips Stamps No. 02, Little Prince Kit, DoodleDo Flourishes No. 03 Rub Ons, Everyday Inspiration Freebie (cream graph paper), DifferentStrokes No. 05 BrushSet, Stitched by Anna Circles No. 02, Wild Weekend Kit

I had three photos in portrait orientation, so I rotated the template and reduced its size to produce a wider border. I balanced the title, date, and circular accent on the left with the journaling on the right.

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 37, Classic Cardstock: Oyster Paper Pack, Clock Buttons No. 01, Spelling Out Dates No. 01, Wooden Alphabet No. 03, LoadedLayers Element Templates No. 02, Stitched by Anna Borders No. 02, Over 21 WordART, Fasten Its! No. 03

Ali’s template is lots of fun to play with, and I know you’ll appreciate its versatility. It’s on sale today for 30% off, so hop on over to the store to snag it; and then post your page in the Template Challenge Gallery.

It’s Thrifty Thursday at DesignerDigitals where we have a brand new item priced at just $ 99 cents and 364 items marked down 30%. These specials only last until 6am EST on Friday morning so don’t miss out.

This week’s challenge is one I have wanted to do for so long… Wasnt quite sure who’d tackle it with me though, so I left it in my folder of ‘maybe’s’. Then Katie came out with a new product that made it easy

This coming weekend the Printers Trays are in the stores new releases, so if you want to do a literal lift you can wait to use them
You dont have to use them of course, you could use any number of the cluster frames we have in store, or Cassies brilliant tutorial would work fabulously.

However you decide to do it, I really hope you’ll join in!

This is my page; I am rather addicted to these Printers trays in real life, so it was no surprise I cant stop using them digitally too…;)

I hope this inspires you too! Please post your pages in the iTunes gallery right here.

Congratulations to KerryMac. Her layout Golden has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!