Christmas and the holidays are right around the corner.  Here at DesignerDigitals we offer a wide array of digital Christmas and holiday greeting cards that you can easily modify to your needs.  Here are just a few samples of items available in the store:

Somehow, we’ve come almost to the end of October in the blink of an eye. Before you get too busy with your week-end activities, I hope you’ll find inspiration from the 3 kits I chose and the layouts created by members of the Designer Digitals Creative Team: Julie, Paula and Jess! To join in on this challenge, Mollie and I invite you to add your layout using the featured kits to the 3 kits 3 ways gallery. Remember, the 3 kits are on special today!

Golden Bay Kit by Lynn Grieveson
This kit has everything…..gorgeous papers, an alpha set, flowers, ribbons, even lace!

Summer Bliss Elements by Anna Aspnes
Beautiful word art, a unique alpha set, leaves and more ribbons in this kit!

Stitched Elements by Katie Pertiet
Once you discover this kit, I think you’ll use it over and over again!

I am very excited to have you see the outstanding layouts Julie, Paula and Jess created!

Julie created her page to feature the beautiful fall foliage on a spectacular looking tree she beautifully photographed. She did a wonderful job adding brush work and elements from the 3 kits, plus, I like that she journaled her thoughts and feelings about the fall season. She also used Stitched by Anna Brown No. 01 and Torn n Tattered Foto Frames No. 01

Paula used the challenge as an opportunity to sum up their memory filled summer with wonderfully fun, action filled photos. I appreciate that she was able to feature several of the gorgeous patterns in Lynn’s Golden Bay Kit as a background for her photos. She added Notebook Paper Pack and used Photo Cuts Masks No. 2 to create the strips behind the photo.

Jess featured a most adorable photo of her little son finding a just right size pumpkin! That photo, plus, a blended photo and the addition of a felt pumpkin makes her page very special and eye catching. The pumpkin is from Felt Board Friends: Autumn Days

Thanks for coming to take a look at this challenge. Mollie and I will be looking for your creations in the 3 Kits 3 Ways Gallery. Hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of the fall season and may you find plenty of time to scrap!

Merrilee (aka digigrandma)

There’s nothing like completing a paper layout to make you realize just how good we have it in the digital world! Let’s face it. Digi rocks! And while I could list tons of reasons why I love digital scrapbooking (I would be here all day), I’ll share one of my favorites. It’s the ability to easily adapt a color scheme to fit my photos. Can’t find the right shade of patterned paper? Well, just recolor it! It’s complete creative control at the touch of our fingertips! Did I already mention how good we have it?

To celebrate, we’re highlighting Sarah’s cool layout on the October 29th page of the Daily Dose of Digital 2009 Calendar. Don’t you love this? It’s a perfect example of how you can customize your products and flex your creative muscle at the same time. This will be your mission this week.

Challenge Twenty-Two:
Recolor part of a patterned paper

We want to see the creative and fun ways you can alter products to create one-of-a-kind designs. If you’ve never recolored paper or elements before, no worries. It’s easier than you think! One read through of Cassie’s tutorial, How’d They Do That? No. 4: Selective Recoloring will answer all your questions. She also has written a tutorial on Recoloring Essentials that has fabulous tips and tricks! Once your page 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 great results!

Adorable by Elena; Credits: Stitched by Anna Baby Pink No 1; Felt Board Friends: Happy Haunting; Happy Haunting Felt Alphabet (recolored); Trick or Treat Kit; Stems of Three Brushes and Stamps No. 2; Book Cloth No. 02; Hinge Pack; Loosely Labeled; Loosely Labeled No 02; Memorable Spots: Months; Photo Clusters No. 16 (one frame); Plastic Buttons Stars and Circles; Roughed Up Frightful Photo Mats; Tricked Out Titles No. 03 Brushes and Stamps

Always Remember by Anke; Credits: Cathy Zielske’s Layered Template No. 6 (coming soon); Grunged pastels paper pack; Worth repeating Brushes and Stamps No. 5; MagicFlares No. 1 Brushset; Stitched by Anna baby pink No. 1; Stitched by Anna Borders Red No. 01; Nola Patterned Paper (coming soon); Classic Felt Alphabet No. 02; Classified Clippings

Not Quite Ready to be All Grown Up by Janet; Credits: Ain’t Nothin But a Houndstooth Paper Pack; Stitched by Anna Light Purple No. 01; Staple Its!; Corner Its!; Basic Paper Alphabet: Notebook; Polar Escape Kit; Purely Happy Paper Pack; Pieced Together Memories No. 01 Layered Template; Stitched Elements; Cozy Up Kit; Peace Brushes and Stamps; Metal Clip Assortment; Stapled Photos Layered Templates; Drop Shadow Styles Collection; How’d They Do That? No. 04: Selective ReColoring Tutorial

Christmas is right around the corner and we have all the Christmas Scrapbooking supplies that you need at DesignerDigitals.  From kits and paper packs, embellishments and alphabets you’ll find everything you’ll need for those holiday scrapbooking layouts.  Here are just a few samples of the items that we have available in the store:

Congratulations to LauraBean. Her layout Last Mowing of 2009 has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!