Today's new release is a collaboration with DHD Designer Mye de Leon. We created a kit called Free Spirit, with the intention of capturing an easy-going fun-loving personality. Mye's papers and my elements work beautifully together; my elements also coordinate perfectly with my Krafty Colorblocks papers, which are still just $1.00 for today only. Here are some great samples using these pieces.
from Claudia
from Joey
from Becca
I've got some new products coming to the shop this week. My designing time has really been limited lately, so I was excited to get these fun kraft papers ready in time for our Tuesday Dollar Deal special. Krafty Colorblocks will be $1.00 today through Thursday; after that, they'll revert back to regular price. Keep your eyes open for another new arrival in the shop on Thursday. I'm teaming up with Mye for a collab that we're releasing this weekend, along with a Featured Designer sale where everything in my shop will be 30% off, along with some dollar kits and a free kit too!
from Rachel
from Jennifer B
from Liz
Just a couple of days left to get my September House Party bundle at 30% off the original price. You can buy it as a bundled kit, or you can buy the cardboards, papers, elements, alphas, and frames separately.
We just wrapped up a great month of $Dollar Kits$ at DHD, but that doesn't mean we don't have more $$ goodies in store for you. We're back to our regularly-scheduled $ Dollar Kit Tuesday $, and today I've got a fun set of Ombre Ruffled Papers for you. I think these will make a fun background for all kinds of pages. I'm also releasing a set of Ombre Ruffles Vol.2, which give you solid single ruffles in each color, as well as a smaller trio of ruffles in each colors. Both kits are just $1.00 each tomorrow, so grab them while they're cheap -- it's a great way to get new products!
Just popping in to remind you that this weekend is my Featured Designer weekend at DHD, so my entire shop is 25% off through tonight at midnight. In addition, I've got 1 kit that's available for FREE, as well as three others that are just $1.00 right now (Camp Currie, Good Sport, Whiz Kid).
I've also got a new collaboration with Gen Bursett available; I created the elements, plus a fun handwritten chalk alpha too.
And finally, don't forget about our August Dollar Days promotion; I've got four Dollar kits available in the shop right now: Bookshots, Confetti & Cupcakes Cards, Insta-Frames Set 2, and Handwritten Days & Months.
To end this post, how about a hearty helping of inspiration using these featured kits? My CT and the DHD Decorators have been so busy creating, and I haven't had time to share their work with you until now.
by Anna:
by Becca:
by Christy:
by Claudia:
by Jennifer H:
by Jennifer V:
by Jeryn:
by Mandi:
by Melanie:
by Rachel:
by Rachel (using Mama Loves You):
by Shannon:
This is just a reminder that the August Dollar Days celebration is going on at Design House Digital. All month long, we're releasing new kits at just $1.00 every day. Kits will revert back to regular price at the end of August, so grab them while you can.
This month, I've released three kits so far, and I've got two more on deck. Here's a peek at what I have in the shop so far:
Here are a few projects using these kits that I haven't shared on the blog yet; I love seeing how the House Decorators and my CT members put these items to use on their pages.
by Arielle:
by Anna:
by Melanie:
by Anna:
If you haven't heard, we're welcoming back our August Dollar Days to the shop at Design House Digital this month. That means that every day will feature a new kit for just $1.00, all month long!
Today's offering from me coordinates with my newest kit, Confetti & Cupcakes. It's a set of fun journaling cards, in both 4x6 and 3x4 size, perfect for Project Life, hybrid cards, and scrapbook layouts.
I've got a few guest CT members helping me out this month, as well as my regular CT girls. They've made some great pages with the full kit, and I love how these layouts feature the journaling cards.
from Liz:
from Joey:
hybrid card from Shannon:
by Jen H:
by Claudia:
I've got a sweet treat for you for today's weekly release at Design House Digital. My newest kit is called Confetti & Cupcakes, and it's one of my favorites to date! It's 30% off today only, so fill your cart!
It's a combination of simple patterns, delicious colors, and whimsical elements. Let's take a look at what my creative team and the House Decorators did with it:
by Jennifer V:
by Janell:
by Amy (also using the 4 Tags template):
by Mellie (using my Timeline Templates):
Welcome to our House Party at Design House Digital this month! The Designers have released coordinating paper packs, elements, word art, templates, and more -- giving YOU the option to mix and match them to your heart's delight!
I've got a fun-filled doodled bundle called Read to Explore available in the shop; of course, you can purchase the papers, elements, word art, and doodles separately as well. Let's see them in use:
by Liz (also uses my ABC Journal Cards)
by Jennifer B:
by Crystal:
by Celeste:
by Katherine (ahhhh, this extraction and scene -- GENIUS!)
Today also kicks off our annual August Dollar Days. EVERY SINGLE DAY this month, we'll have a selection of BRAND NEW kits, pried at just $1.00 for the entire MONTH! For today's offering, I created a fun set of flairs and embellishable Polaroid frames to match our House Party kits called Bookshots.
I've got a couple of Guest CT members helping me out this month, too. Here's how they used this product:
I've been putting together some layouts for an upcoming class where I'll be featured at Masterful Scrapbook Design. Speaking of, I'm currently one of the featured scrappers there for the Telling Stories class, and I was part of April's Artful Embellishing class. Anyway, this upcoming class has me thinking a lot about the techniques that I use on a regular basis. The layout below (which is from the Artful Embellishing class, incidentally) is a perfect example of many of my go-to techniques: using bold patterns, including different types of journaling, replicating a paper style, and including negative space.
Today's tutorial focuses on that last technique -- using negative space to create a title.
At first glance, it may seem as though the letters in my title are simply created with the same paper used for the background beneath the patterned paper. However, if you look more closely at the shadows, you'll see that the title has been cut out of the patterned paper, which was then placed on top of the teal paper and shadowed. So the negative space created by removing the letters creates the title. This is the same look you would get by using a Silhouette or a Cameo, both items that are very popular in paper scrapbooking right now. I like using this technique because it's a little bit unexpected, and I just really like how it looks on the page. Here's how I do it:
Step 1:
You'll want to begin with at least two sheets of paper. In this example, I have an ombre paper as my bottom layer and a chevron-patterned paper as my top layer. (These papers are part of my Confetti & Cupcake kit, which will be releasing on 8/2).
Step 2:
Select a color which highly contrasts against your patterned paper. In this instance, I used the color picker to choose a bright pink.
Step 3:
Select a font and type your title across the page. I'm using Bebas for this example. In my experience, I've found that bold blocky texts work best if you are cutting them from heavily-patterned papers. If you opt to use a fussier text, with lots of swirls or serifs or other details, then you'll want to cut it from a solid-colored pattern paper; otherwise all the details can get lost in the pattern.
Step 4:
Once you've placed the title where you want it, you'll need to simplify (rasterize) it. Then you'll need to merge the title layer to your top paper layer (Ctrl+G).
Step 5:
Use your Magic Wand Tool to select one of the letters in your title. Right click on the mouse and select "similar." This will select the rest of the letters that are the same color. This is why it is important to make sure you use a high-contrast color for the title, particularly if you are using a heavily-detailed patterned paper or a fussy font. Once your entire title is selected, just hit the Delete button on your keyboard. This will "cut" the title from your paper.
Step 6:
Add a shadow to the top layer. At this point, I chose to substitute a different patterned paper for my top layer, because I didn't think there was enough contrast between the two layers. But this didn't mean I had to start over! Instead, I just opened up a new piece of paper, placed it on top of my cut-out paper, and then "clipped" them together (Ctrl+G, Ctrl+E).
Of course, this technique isn't limited to text. You can create the same look with the custom shapes tool, with brushes, or with the patterns on a piece of paper.
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Happy Friday everyone! Today's the day I get to pick Cami up from her first summer camp; she went to a conservation camp sponsored by the Fish & Wildlife Department about 45 minutes from here. She's spent the week in classes like swimming, archery, canoeing, outdoor survival, firearm and hunter safety, nature, and more! She's been looking forward to it so much, so I really hope she had a great time. I know we've missed her around here, so it will be nice to have her back home.
I finished Summer Morning, Summer Evening by Ray Bradbury last night, and when I was done, I just had to sigh at the beauty of his writing. He's one of my favorite authors, and his passing took a light from this world, I truly believe. This short story collection is actually all the leftover bits and pieces that got cut from Dandelion Wine and Farewell Summer years ago. (I really wish I had known about the signed limited editions that Subterranean Press offered when it first came out). It's the perfect little book to read during the summer months, and I particularly was drawn to this little passage. It's called "The People With Seven Arms," and it's a conversation between Grandfather and Douglas:
"It came late," said Grandfather. "For Tom. It started early for you and it's still going on. Discovering things, looking at things, smelling, sniffing, tasting things. Hearing things. It should never stop. It stops for most people, but they shouldn't let it. Don't let it. Keep it up all your life. I do. I do keep it up every day. Like with the lawn, and the dandelion wine. See, hear, feel, touch, smell, know, and you love. Put out your hands. God gave you seven. Your two regular ones, plus nose, mouth, eyes, ears, skin.
"When you stop knowing you stop loving and when you stop loving you're not living, and when you're not living, Douglas boy, you might as well be dead."
I had to stop and read that two or three times. For me, that passage says so much about how we should experience the world, and how I think Bradbury experienced it right up until he passed out of it.
To finish off this Friday post, I've got a freebie for you. This set of numbers and signs coordinates with my Handpainted Alphabet, which is available in the shop. There's also a set of Handpainted Adjectives, and you can purchase the two of them separately or as a bundle -- if you don't already have them, of course.
(click on the image below to be taken to the download link)
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