Not only is it another fabulous Thrifty Thursday... but it’s Terrific Template Thursday!
Today we’re spotlighting Speed Byte No. 78 and you can snag it on SALE today too!!

I had a lot of fun mixing this one up!

I didn’t use all the elements in my Growing Up page and I moved them around a bit too. That’s the great thing about templates, you don’t have to use every part of them. You should use them as a jumping off point. They give you the quick fire you need to get scrapping and still have complete freedom with your page!

And you know this was such an awesome template because I had SIX team members volunteer for this one!

Our Guest CT Member, Sam Ellis played along with her fun take on the template with a fabulous soccer page!

And Cassie’s Day at the Park does not disappoint! It seems like you’re right there with Jack at the park!

This little one is so precious, I just love Mollie’s sweet page!

Jodi did a fantastic job showcasing her children where you can feel the summer heat with the sun she added in her summer scene page!

Sarah’s take on it was another sports theme but this time baseball with an awesome page of her son!

And last but certainly not least is a beautiful floral page by Merrilee!

Looking at all these pages you’d never know they used the same template. Each was inspired in their own way and made it their own—can’t wait to see what you do with this one! Be sure to post in the Template Challenge gallery so we can all be inspired together!

Hello everyone from the M & M duo of Mollie and Merrilee!

It’s the same challenge, just two new coordinators. Wendy McKeehan, (aka wendymyk), is the original creator of the 3 Kits 3 Ways Challenge and has presided over this spot in the blog for 31 very interesting challenges. Now, it is going to take two of us to take over for Wendy! (Never fear, Wendy isn’t going anywhere! It’s just time for us to take our turn. Thank you, Wendy, for your leadership and inspiration all these months!)

Mollie (aka readstoomuch) and I (aka digigrandma) will work together to post a new challenge every other week in this Wednesday spot.  First, we’ll challenge three Creative Team Members to create layouts using the 3 different kits we choose from the Designer Digitals Store. We’d like you to join in on the challenge, too. All that is required is to use the 3 highlighted products on your layout. You may add any other Designer Digital products if you choose to do so.

Here’s our 3 chosen products:
Kellie Mize designed a beautiful kit with lovely papers for summer and early fall layouts. The kit has a distinctive striped alpha, 2 journal blocks, flower brads, ribbons and a lovely quote. She aptly named her kit, Pacific Point, after the beautiful west coast of the USA.

Pacific Point Kit by Kellie Mize

We chose Pastel Frames by Lynn Grieveson because the frames come with so many interesting extras like buttons and grommets and postmark stamps
Pastel Frames by Lynn Grieveson

and who can resist title art brushes created by Katie Pertiet? Our 3rd kit is Graphic Pop Titles No. 1.
Graphic Pop Titles No. 1 by Katie Pertiet

Here’s how the 3 Creative Team members met the challenge:
Page by Heidi Knight
Downtime

Heidi is showing off her family’s new very cute, puppy!

In addition to the 3 highlighted kits, Heidi used Worn Strips No. 3, Hint At It Brushes, and French Summer Kit by Lynn Grieveson and Distressed Korner N Edges No. 4 by Anna Aspnes.

Pages by Lynn Weber
Lynn liked our product choices so much she created two wonderful examples for us.
Duck Duck Goose

Swinging Cousins

credits for Swinging Cousins include Speedbyte 101 by Pattie Knox and Digital Date Stamp No. 2 and Buttons by Katie Pertiet.

Page by Cassie Jones
Young Dreamer
Isn’t that a great photo of Cassie’s handsome son, Jack?

Cassie also used additional designs by Katie Pertiet and Anna Aspnes. They are Graphic Pop Corners, Graphic Pop Edgers, Stitching Holes, Distressed Tool Set No. 4, Torn and Tattered Tool Set and US of A Page Set.

And, now, before I sign off, here’s a little message from Mollie:
“Merrilee and I are already having such fun working together on the new challenge.  We are also realizing what a grand job that Wendy has done, and what big shoes that she has left for us to fill! 
 
I want to add our thanks to Cassie, Lynnie and Heidi for volunteering to create their wonderful layouts. Merrilee and I will post our pages for the challenge directly into the 3Kits3Ways Challenge gallery and we hope that many of you will enjoy working with these products from the store, too, and create pages of your own. Please visit the 3Kits 3Ways gallery and post your pages for the challenge. (3Kits 3Ways Gallery)

This week over on the IdeaBooks4u Blog we’re playing with complementary colors and using a tip from Kari Hansen, author of “The Scrapbook Designer’s Workbook.”  Complementary colors, such as blue and orange or purple and yellow, reside directly across from each other on the wheel:

Hansen says, “Choose one color to be dominant.  Because of the high contrast, it can confuse the eye if the two complementary colors are shown in equal measure.”

Here’s a page created by design team member, Jess Hunt:

I love this page!  Jess started with the complementary colors in his shirt and created a fantastic page with an adorable theme. 

Come on over to the blog and check out the challenge and our examples.  Then I hope you’ll be inspired to create your own page using a complementary color scheme.  Post it in The IdeaBooks4u Inspiration gallery at DD. 

Have a great week!

Jill

Hang in there with me… we’re almost done!!
In just two more weeks you’ll have a completed treasure to last a lifetime and that can be shared with so many!!

It’s week 8 and we’re onto Create-a-Book Classic No. 8!

For my Ireland book I adjusted the pages slightly so that I could include the full castle shot in the background and the picture across the gutter wasn’t large enough so I just moved the overlapping photo over a bit and was quite happy with how that turned out! And I mixed it up a bit by having different colored edgers on each page to coordinate with the photos.

Layout details are here and here

And with Jack’s book I had more pumpkin patch pictures to share before we wind down!

Layout details here and here!

A number of you have asked about the cover and title pages of our books. The last week [week #10] I will have a completer pack in the store with the cover, spine, back cover, title page and closing page. And we will all be sharing our completed photobooks through our forums and the Shutterfly gallery! One lucky poster will win a 20-page 12x12 photobook for FREE and we will have a discount code for everyone who participated! So, what are you waiting for? It’s not too late to join in!

A Big Congratulation to BillieBee!  She is the August Featured Artist on the DesignerDigitals Home Page and has won $ 20 worth of free products!  If you still see the prior month’s winner, hit the refresh button on your browser and again Congratulation!