There is inspiration everywhere so why not mix up the color challenge this week to create a fun palette inspired by a pin from Pinterest! This one to me is all about the pile of fun fabric ready to be created into something. Join us in creating your work of art with our newest color palette ‘comfy spots’ inspired by fabric by Amy Butler. Your challenge once again is to create a layout inspired by these colors and/or the photo. Use all currently available Designer Digitals products and upload your entry to the Color Challenge Gallery by 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday May 20th to be eligible to win! Our creative team will vote and the artist will win a $5 DD gift certificate for product of their choice! Can’t wait to see your pages!

Here are 3 examples of how Creative Team members Lori, Esther and Carol were inspired:

Credits: Cardstock Tabs No. 02, Big Tags: Girls No. 01, In Stitches: Circles No. 02, Little Plastic Flowers No. 01, Metal Clip Assortment, Made with Wings Brushes and Stamps No. 02, Pick Me Up Paper Pack, Amuse Me Epoxy Alphabets, Epoxy Extravaganza: Chevrons, Spot Dots Colors: Red Paper Pack, Spot Dots No. 27 Paper Pack, Tightly Kerned Words: Candid, Twisted Dots No. 01, Colbie Solids Paper Pack, Glorious Days Paper Pack, Patterned Palette Super Pack No. 02, Layer Works No. 182, Playing Hand Drawn Words

Credits: Layered Memories No. 125, Wild Weekend Kit, Worn Page Edges No. 02, Worn Photo Edges No. 04: Golden Years, Watery Spots Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Tabbed Dates No. 03, Getting There Kit

Credits: Cabana White Solid Paper Single, Notebook Paper Pack No. 05, Bradded Photo Frames No. 02, Photo Clusters No. 16, Aged Stripes Alphabet No. 01, Stitched Word Labels No. 01, Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes and Stamps, Splatters Brushes and Stamps No. 03, Curled Journal Spots No. 06, Photo Corners: Colors No. 01, Sports Brushes and Stamps Value Pack (ten from tennis), Staple Its!, Brad Bonanza No. 02: Digital Fasteners

With Mother’s Day coming up next weekend, we decided to feature Mom in this month’s Heritage Challenge. I’m sure we all have some special memories of Mom waiting to be scrapped. Paula, Merrilee and Uma have provided us with wonderful inspiration to get those photos out and get scrapping!

Paula’s layout includes photos of her beautiful Mother. Doesn’t Paula look like her mother?

Here are Paula’s product choices:

Beauty Layered Template
Yesteryear Kit
Colorful Watery Spots No. 02
My Family Genealogy Definitions Brushes and Stamps No. 02
My Family Genealogy Definitions Brushes and Stamps No. 04
Vintage Charm Kit
Beauty Layered Template
Yesteryear Kit
Colorful Watery Spots No. 02
My Family Genealogy Definitions Brushes and Stamps No. 02
My Family Genealogy Definitions Brushes and Stamps No. 04
Vintage Charm Kit

Uma’s striking layout includes several generations of mothers all together in one place.  In her words, “Trying to trace the lineage this little one is holding.” What a great idea!

Here are Uma’s product choices:

Katie Pertiet
My Family Tree Layered Template No. 02
Mother’s Day Sentiments No. 01
Build Your Book No. 02
Pattie Knox
Felt Board Friends: A Bit Fruity

Merrilee (digigrandma) used this challenge to scrap a sweet layout of her lovely mother-in-law who recently passed away. This will be the beginning of a book for her husband’s family. I think this will be a beautiful book!

Here are Merrilee’s product choices:

Sun Porch Kit
Sun Porch Solids Paper Pack
Clothespin Words and Phrases
Authentic Hand Drawn Words Brushes and Stamps
Mixed Bag Brushes and Stamps No.04
Worn Photo Edges No. 06
Family Word Art Brushes and Stamps
Ripped Vintage Photo Frames No. 03

There are some wonderful products in the store to use for your Mother’s Day layouts. Here are a few to check out:
Mothers Love Word Art MegaPak Brushes

A Mothers Love Layered Template Book

My Family Genealogy Definitions Brushes and Stamps No. 02

Worth Repeating: Family No 01

Defined Discs No. 02 Brushes and Stamps

Mother’s Day Sentiments No. 01

We’ll be eagerly awaiting your layouts about Mother. Be sure to post them in the Heritage Gallery!

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

It was fabulous to live in France for a month, but it’s also great to be back home - and able to spend time looking at all the gorgeous layouts in the gallery. And one of the pages that caught my eye was this lovely page by smerry:

The great photo treatment, the lovely use of color with the pops of teal, and the layers of distressed and vintage elements make for a visual delight. The strongly framed picture in the center of the layout means it is not overwhelmed by the layering, and it all comes together to make a great page. One which Debi, Mollie and Sharon found perfect to lift. Maybe you will too? Don’t forget to share with us in the Saturday Scraplift gallery if you do.

Credits: layout by Sharon, Sunshine and Summertime kit and Staple its! Clusters by Pattie Knox, jelly Alphabet No.04 by Maplebrook Studios, Worn Page Edges no.05 by Lynn Grieveson, Bead Scatterings no.01,Clipped Singles No.01, Notebook Edge Photo Masks no.09 and twisted Dots No.01 by Katie Pertiet.

Credits: layout by Mollie, Bracket outline 4x6, Hello Summer Hand drawn brushes and US States and Territories brushes and stamps by Ali Edwards, Bead Scatterings No.02 and No.03, Little Shores kit and Sealife Memories kit by Katie Pertiet, Venice Beach kit by Lynn Grieveson.

Credits: layout by Debi, Clock Parts No.08, Clipped Singles No.01, cardstock Tabs No.02, Stamped Stitches No.12, Watery Chevrons No.02, Twisted Dots No.01 by Katie Pertiet, Just Linens No.41 by Maplebrook Studios, Epoxy Extravaganza Chevrons and Little Enamel Accents: Sports by Pattie Knox.

We are celebrating {Inter}National Scrapbooking Day (iNSD) at DesignerDigitals! Tonight through midnight California time tomorrow (Saturday) every regular item is marked down 15% AND we have 33 new releases as well including one priced at just $ 99 cents. Those releases are marked down 20% and will be at that price until 6am EST on Tuesday morning.

And we will have two chats for tomorrow so make sure to join in for the fun and freebies!