http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/index/ Digital Scrapbooking Blog and Scrapbook Inspiration From DesignerDigitals en rpertiet@yahoo.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T21:22:20+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/christmas-and-digital-scrapbooking-at-designerdigitals/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/christmas-and-digital-scrapbooking-at-designerdigitals/#When:20:22:20Z The Christmas and holiday season will soon be upon us.  What a great time to grab the camera, snap some family photos and scrapbook the event in digital! We have a large collection of Christmas and holiday digital scrapbooking kits, stamps and elements.  We also have Getting Started Guides to help you if you are just beginning in Digital Scrapbooking.  Here are just a few of the Christmas and holiday goodies that we have here: Old Time Christmas Kit Posted Santa Postage Stamps No. 02 Decoupaged Photo Frames No. 04 Curled and Flat Blogging 2009-11-06T20:22:20+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/scraplifting-the-designer-digitals-gallery/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/scraplifting-the-designer-digitals-gallery/#When:19:47:11Z Saturday Scraplift no. 127 Isn’t this layout by Nath absolutely gorgeous: Such an amazing example of clustered elements and brushwork - and one which doesn’t look cluttered thanks to the great design. The clear white space in the middle of the layout provides a place for the eye to rest and allows the photo and the titlework to shine. And, of course, having them at opposite corners like that makes for a wonderfully balanced page. Love that neutral color scheme too, which also makes for a restful page. Three very different pages were inspired by this one layout - which is the joy of scraplifting. Can’t wait to see the different pages that appear in the Saturday Scraplift gallery as well! Here are Kayleigh, Tara and Wendy’s lifts: Credits: layout by Kayleigh, Jolie kit (coming Sunday!)and worn page edges no.03, Journal strips:long, Love Tickets, and Enveloped Frames No.01 by katie Pertiet, Different Strokes No.02 brushset, Taped Stripey, Torn and Tattered Flutterby templates, stitching and Light Textured Neutrals Paperie  by Anna Aspnes, Baby Girl tags and Baby No.01 wordart brushes by Ali Edwards. Credits: layout by Tara, Verdant Arbour cardstock, Tabbed Brushes no.03, Journaling strip masks, Worth repeating Fall, Painted fall Masks, and Simple Classics:Halloween kitbny Katie Pertiet, Straightline Stitched: Red, Different Strokes:No02, and ScriptTease Fall Fotoblendz by Anna Aspnes, Fall and Halloween hand drawn brushes by Ali Edwards. Credits: layout by Wendy, Madras kit,and Painted garden flowers and Worn Photo Edges 3 by Lynn Grieveson, Collageables No.02, Roughed Up Dots no.02, Spot Dots no.13 papers, Letterbox Overlays, and Vintage Frames no.16 by Katie Pertiet,  ScriptTease Love brushes, and Loop da Loop artstrokes by Anna Aspnes. ~ Lynn Saturday Scraplift 2009-11-06T19:47:11+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/its-sale-time-at-designerdigitals1/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/its-sale-time-at-designerdigitals1/#When:17:45:45Z It’s that time again, time for our quarterly sale where every regular item in the store is marked down 30%!  No special coupons are needed to receive the discount. There are 47 brand new items also marked down as well. This is the last store wide sale here at DesignerDigitals for 2009 so don’t miss out! The sale ends on Tuesday, November 10th at 6am EST. Also, we will be having chats all day on Saturday with freebies every hour as well. Announcements 2009-11-05T17:45:45+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/got-pictures-get-this-template/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/got-pictures-get-this-template/#When:03:15:00Z If you’re like I am, it’s easy to take a hundred pictures during a weekend. Then I want to scrap all the good ones. This week’s template by Katie is the perfect answer to that scrapping dilemma. It has a great mask for your focal photo and room for four additional pictures. Five shots on a page will go a long way toward getting those pictures off the hard drive and into your album. Counting Layered Template No. 2 Jess (jesshunt) used the template with photos of the cutest little feline trick-or-treaters on Halloween. That focal photo just pops right off the warm brown background. Credits: Counting Layered Template and PNGs No. 2, Scary Brads, Cat Rub Ons, StaightLine Stitch Black No. 01, Trick or Treat Kit, Cat Epoxies. Mine is a summery page, using pictures from a trip my son and his family took to upstate New York. I love that this template has room for those little detail shots that help tell a story. Credits: Counting Layered Template and PNGs No. 2, Sacked Solids: Earth Tones Paper Pack, Journal Strips: Long, Mix-n-Match Alphabet No. 1, Date Tags No. 2, Date Monograms Brushes and Stamps, Brianna Paper Pack, StraightLine Stitched White No. 1, Stitched by Anna Circles No. 1, Stitched by Anna White No. 4, Water Drops No. 1 ElementSet, Dripped Stains No. 3 BrushSet, Staple Its!, Homestead Farms Paper Pack, Ripped and Stitched Do It Yourself. During the fabulous store-wide quarterly sale, you can pick up this template for 30% off. Join us in the challenge, and post your page in the Template Challenge Gallery. Template Challenge 2009-11-05T03:15:00+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/congratulations-to-shannamay-the-double-d-scrap-challenge-overall-winner/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/congratulations-to-shannamay-the-double-d-scrap-challenge-overall-winner/#When:16:31:10Z Congratulations to Shannamay, the Double-D Scrap Challenge Overall Winner. She won a $ 100 gift certificate to use in the DesignerDigitals store for products of her choice. Here are her contest layouts: Give a Girl the Right Shoes… My Mother’s Hands Winner Teach Me To Sing Announcements 2009-11-04T16:31:10+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/congratulations-to-jazzmatazz-the-double-d-scrap-challenge-week-4-winner/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/congratulations-to-jazzmatazz-the-double-d-scrap-challenge-week-4-winner/#When:11:46:34Z Congratulations to Jazzmatazz, the Double-D Scrap Challenge Week 4 Winner for her layout Happiness ... where she won a $ 25 gift certificate to use in the DesignerDigitals store. Announcements 2009-11-04T11:46:34+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/itunes-inspirations-turns-30/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/itunes-inspirations-turns-30/#When:09:05:36Z Happy anniversary to our itunes challenge! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do, they are always such a good kick off the starting block I find And this weeks no different - Its very cool dont you think? A whole lot of Katie’s watery brushes going on there!! And here is what some of the Creative Team made from it… Wendy knocked it for six, perfectly carrying the colours and grunge over to her ‘cranky’ layout! Debi gave it a twist, a certain ‘magical world’ twist no less! All very clever. Janet - thank you Janet for always leaping up and volunteering for my itunes inspiration!- made a fabulous family page And finally, I rounded up my most recent cloud pictures to showcase on this page… A diverse group of pages from the same inspiration - I wonder where the challenge will take you? Please post your pages in the itunes gallery, here. iTunes Inspiration 2009-11-04T09:05:36+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/simply-inspired-contest-no.-21/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/simply-inspired-contest-no.-21/#When:04:00:32Z It’s time for another Simply Inspired Contest and for your chance to win some free Designer Digitals goodies!!! Just use the inspiration piece to jumpstart your next layout and a $10 gift certificate to the Double-D store could be yours! Wanna play? Let’s get started! This week we’re using this fun poster as our inspiration piece: Such a fun collage of grunge, rust and distressed goodness. When I saw this, my mind immediately turned to so many of the fun products in the store. From the paper to the worn edges to the wings to the hardware, you could probably recreate this poster piece for piece. However, that’s not necessarily what this challenge is about. Feel free to take one small concept from this design and use it to spark your creativity. We want to see all the different and unique ways each of us is inspired. When your layout is complete, upload it to the Simply Inspired gallery on or before November 16, 2009 to be in the running for a $10 gift certificate to the Designer Digitals store!!! I can’t wait to see how you are simply inspired!   Simply Inspired 2009-11-03T04:00:32+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/toys-wonderful-toys-marvelous-toys-a-heritage-challenge/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/toys-wonderful-toys-marvelous-toys-a-heritage-challenge/#When:20:12:09Z Toys! What wonderful memories they can bring back. I remember receiving my Tiny Tears doll like it was yesterday! I’d coveted her for many many months and when she arrived she was all I ever wanted! She and I were friends for many years. When I asked my children what toy they especially remember, all five of them answered “Atari!”  Do any of you remember Space Invaders or PacMan? When you or your children think of toys from days gone by, what special ones bring back fond memories? I asked this question of our CT and Anke and Linda both had stunning answers! Thank you ladies, for providing this week’s inspiration. Anke’s lovely layout features a lively game of marbles, something many of you might not have ever played! I think her photo is awesome and the touches of yellow she added to her otherwise neutral layout are spectacular! Anke’s Supply List A. Aspnes FotoBlendz Layered Template Album 12 X 12 ArtPlay Palette Mini Kit No. 07 ArtPlay Palette MiniKit No. 10 ArtPlay Palette Mini Kit No. 05 K. Pertiet Vintage Children Postage Stamps Element Toy Box Kit The smile on Linda’s little guy’s face says it all. He was in heaven riding that Big Wheel! Don’t you love the way Linda matched her photo to the background? She says the photo is bad, but I don’t agree! Linda’s Supply List: Cathy Zielske Cathy Zielske’s Layered Template No. 04 Katie Pertiet Spot Dots No. 13 Paper Pack {coming soon} Aged Perfection Paper Pack No. 02 Watery Washes No. 02 Brushes and Stamps Roughed Up Notebook Alphabet No. 01 Krafty Bits Alphabet Tied Fasteners No. 03 Duets No. 01 Kit (journal spot) Jesse Edwards Homestead Farms Paper Pack Pattie Knox School Rules Kit Anna Aspnes Rainbow Solids Paperie Stitched by Anna Cream No. 03 Ali Edwards Hand-drawn Frames: Number One 12x12 I hope Anke and Linda’s wonderful layouts will spark your creativity! We’d love to share some of your memories about special toys. Please post your layouts in the Heritage Gallery so we can all enjoy them! Maybe we’ll even see some of the toys that were special to us! Heritage 2009-11-02T20:12:09+00:00 http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/november-desktop-scrapbooking-calendar-wallpaper-at-designerdigitals/ http://blog.designerdigitals.com/index.php/site/november-desktop-scrapbooking-calendar-wallpaper-at-designerdigitals/#When:14:48:07Z The November desktop scrapbooking calendar is now available in the freebies section including an iPhone wallpaper as well! November Desktop Screens! Announcements 2009-11-01T14:48:07+00:00