I love this interesting page by Kristin (aka krutten):

So much interesting detail, yet the pale, restful color combo stops it from being overwhelming. And the vertical ric-rac ribbon gives it a structure that stops the pictures and bit of paper from looking randomly piled on the page. It’s the sort of page that people looking at a scrapbook in years to come will love poring over.

You can use the design just for photos as well. Here’s what Janet, Crissy and Heidi came up with, inspired by the page:

Credits: layout by Janet, Roughed Up Notebook Paper, Naked Tape Frestyle, Shaped Notebook Journalers, Staple Its!, Filed Photo Frame No.03, mtal clip assortment, Tailed Journalers, Basic Paper alpha red, Page Wraps No.01.

Credits: Layout by Crissy, Worn Photo Edges and Worn Photo Edges 2 by Lynn Grieveson, Loosely Labelled No.02, Roughed Up Notebook Paper, Vintage Flashcards Spring, Messy Stamped Alpha No.03, Stitched elements,and Vintage Photo frames large by Katie Pertiet, How Do They DO that: Offset stampling tutorial by Cassie Jones, ScriptTease time no02 brushes, ArtPlay Palette Minikit No.02 and Curvy Stitched Borders by Anna Aspnes.

Credits: layout by Heidi, Simple Spots Months, Pin-Up Photo frames, Hinged Photo Frames No.03, Date Strips No.01, Lil Bits Tags, Metal Clip Assortment, Word Strip Labels, and Littel Bits Alpha by Katie Pertiet, Spring Roll MIni-kit by Mindy Terasawa, Eat This Word art, Dude Pageset and Stitching by Anna Aspnes, Staple Its! by Pattie Knox, Printed Paper Alphabet by lynn Grieveson.

~ Lynn

Good Wednesday!  Its Merrilee & Mollie again with the 3 Kits 3 Ways Blog Challenge.  Our bi-weekly challenge consists of 3 designers using 3 kits in 3 different ways.  Today I {Mollie aka readstoomuch} am at the helm, and next time Merrilee {digigrandma} will take charge. 
 
I have pulled out three great Designer Digitals products from the DD shop for you to play with.  I’ll just bet that some of you have all three of these in your stash too, so come along and play with us.  We have terrific layouts from Terri and Sarah to show off the versatility of these three kits, and I am adding a page of my own as the third example layout.

Here we go with the products for this weeks challenge!  I pulled out Katie’s paper pack first of all, just because I really love these papers and have only used them once before today.  Lynn’s alpha is so very versatile that I knew many of you would already have it, and if you don’t you will want to put it on your “to buy today” list!  And, Jesse’s little tickets are so much fun and with the great assortment of colors she included you can use them over and over again in lots of ways.

2 Celebrate Paper Pack from Katie Pertiet

Midnight Alpha from Lynn Grieveson

Ticket Label Rub-Ons from Jesse Edwards

Now, let’s look over the “three ways” with the example layouts using the “three kits” plus a few extras from the store.

Fan Club from Terri {tdavenport}

In addition to the three challenge products, Katie’s Carded and Taped Frames is the only extra that Terri used, and just look at how clever she is with her use of Jesse’s ticket as a border rather than as a ticket!  I love how all of this worked so well together . . . I love the father & son subject of Terri’s photograph . . . and, I love Terri’s title & journaling!

Play from Sarah {shhbabymine}

Sarah created this fabulous layout with only two extras.  Ali’s Everyday Hand Drawn Brushes, and Katie’s new Postage Strip Words No. 01.  I just love how Sarah incorporated the ticket into her layout and how she used the wavy edge from the ticket as a mask for her cute photo.

Cornbread from Mollie {readstoomuch}

My layout is one about a favorite everyday family recipe.  I’m afraid that I got a bit carried away with my extras this week.  I’ve used Ali’s Layered Template No. 01 & Everyday Hand Drawn Brushes; Anna’s Dripped Stains No. 03; Lynn’s French Summer Kit, Golden Bay Kit & Worn Stars; Katie’s Curled Index Journalers & Notebook Paper Pack No. 03 in addition to the three challenge products.

I hope that you will enjoy working with these three Designer Digitals products just as much as Sarah, Terri & I did.  Remember that in creating a layout for the challenge, you can use any other DD products on your layouts that you would like to use. 

Post your layout in the 3 Kits 3 Ways Gallery at Designer Digitals . . . Merrilee & I will love to see them there!

Hey everyone! It’s Monday and that means it’s time for a new Daily Dose challenge! Thanks to everyone who has been playing along! The Daily Dose gallery is just overflowing with inspiring layouts. You girls are amazing!

For this week’s challenge, we’re pulling inspiration from the gorgeous layout by Kayleigh Wiles on the May 29th page of the Daily Dose Calendar. How gorgeous is this layout? I just love how the monochromatic nature of the page really lets the photo and the details shine. The eye just flows effortlessly across the page! I love that! Now we want to see the magic you can create with your own monochromatic layout!

Challenge Eleven:
Create a Monochromatic Page

Monochromatic simply means “consisting of one color”. While Kayleigh’s layout is entirely yellow, she includes different shades and values of the color for a subtle but stunning page. Try creating an all purple layout, a page with ten different shades of blue, or a layout completely void of color (i.e. all white). We want you to have fun experimenting with different ways to make a monochromatic page. Once your layout is complete, upload to the Daily Dose of Digital Gallery so we can all be inspired by your creations! I asked three of our talented creative team members to take this challenge. Check out the results!

Pink Ice Cream Credits: Layout by Melanie Grimes; Out of a Box Overlays; Postage Stamp Frames No 02; Naturally Krafty 05 paper pack; Naturally Krafty paper pack; Sweet Stuff Rub-ons; Love You Sentiment Stacks

May Apples Credits: Layout by Lynn Weber; Branched Paper; Grunged Up Alphabet No 01 brushes-n-stamps; Worn and Torn Journalers; FotoBlendz Clipping Masks No 08; ArtPlay Palette Mini Kit No 02; Brad Bonanza No 03: Digital Fasteners

My Froggy Shirt Credits: Layout by Mollie Taylor; 12 x 12 Distressed Edge Overlays No 03; 100% Boy kit; Ally Oop Alphabet; Curled Notebook Paper; Date Strips No 03; Graphic Pop Basics paper pack; Krafty Blank Safety Tags; Love You Sentiment Stacks; Notebook No 02 paper pack; Photo Clusters No 03; Staple Its!

Someone with a really clean, sophisticated and eye-catching style is Neonglow, and this recent page of his is no exception:

He has an unerring eye for color, and I just love how in this page he uses text as a recurring design element. Also notice how the strong photo with its dramatic lighting and contrasts is balanced by the eye-catching colors of the striped paper on the far side.

I know you will have as much fun lifting this as Jill, Stacy and Kathie did (dog theme not compulsory LOL!)

Credits: layout by Jill, Clipper paperpack, Notebook paperpack No.03, and Autumn harvest paperpack by Katie Pertiet, Aaron paperpack by Michelle Martin, Colors paperpack by Jesse Edwards, trim by Pattie Knox, date stamp by Ali Edwards, distressed korners brushes by Anna Aspnes.

Credits: layout by Stacy, Autumn Glory kit by Mindy Terasawa, Gone to the Dogs kit and Fasten Its! by Pattie Knox, Touch Up paint, Quik notes, and Perforated Photo masks by Katie Pertiet, Stitching by Anna Aspnes.

Credits: layout by Kathie, Home Run brushes (coming soon),and Stitched chip strips by Katie Pertiet, Tribute pageset and Stitching by Anna Aspnes, DIY Acrylics Blooming and Feltboard Friends Tweethearts (tree) by Pattie Knox.

~ Lynn

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