Fun with Digi-Scrap (PU)

Quickpage template Freebie

2014-11-24T16:42:00.003+00:00

Well, I haven't blogged in years (mainly because I've been busy studying for my degree), but today I made a quick page template for you.

It comes in PSD format and is free. Designing's not quite my forte, but I do enjoy making layouts.

Simply replace these elements with parts from your bought kits to make a lovely layout, and please feel free to send me your links. I'd love to see what you've created with this.

Click here to download

A Facebook freebie

2012-10-05T13:31:00.001+01:00

Well, I had a Facebook page before but I had a few problems with someone on my personal page (long story), and deleted the lot, but I'm back now, and not only have I got a brand new Facebook page - I've made my very first template:

I also made a layout from it (to check it worked out alright - and it did - once I deleted the other two circles I'd originally put into it).

Here's the layout I made using Acorn Design's 'Billy Joe Scarecrow'.

I'm probably biased of course, but I thought it came out quite nice.

Anyway, enough of the waffle - if you would like this template (and I hope you do), you can get it by visiting my new Facebook page (the link with take you to the page where you can choose to like me - or not).

More template layouts

2012-10-04T11:32:00.001+01:00

I made another layout today using a template from Creatively Obsessed Design's, this time I used 'Big Pics - Vol 1'.

I love using big photos in my layouts, although that's because I forget the actual size is 12x12 inches, anyway, for this layout I wanted the effect of my son expanding out of the 'frame'. I just love doing extractions, and when we're out and about these days I always keep this in mind and try to take 'action' photos.

The kit I used for this layout is 'Billy Joe Scarecrow' by Acorn Designs, it has some great elements in there but I went for the minimalistic look on this one, but take a look at the preview, it's so cute (and you can click the image to visit the desginer's store);

Here's my layout anyway

And the template kit I used

(Click the image to visit the store)

Creatively Obsessed Designs

2012-10-03T11:58:00.000+01:00

I've been accepted on another Creative Team and it's very exciting: Creatively Obsessed Designs makes the most gorgeous templates.

I joined in time to participate in Berry Sweet Scrap's October Template challenge and used the free template to create this:

The kit I used was 'Indian Summer' (Aquarius) as I think the colours are just gorgeous, and I love the look of all those dried autum-y flowers and leaves.

This template has three sections for photo's and I used them all to scrap my youngest son out playing, and although I've followed the template quite strictly for this one (with the exception of a few extra elements), you don't have to.

Templates are used as a start to creating those digital scrap-booking masterpieces, and for my next one I think I'll be a little more creative, but I wanted to share this one with you, and I wanted to thank Creatively Obsessed Designs for allowing me on her creative team.

If you would like to join the challenge this month, the template is free, and you can find it here: Berry Sweet Scraps.

Commercial Use (CU) Grab a Nut - Fall

2012-09-22T10:28:00.002+01:00

I've been away a while (computer problems), but I'm fixed with a new laptop now so I have no excuse not to start blogging about the great kits and commercial use goodies you can find at Nuthouse-Scraps.com.

They're offering something brand new in store now; a Store CU grab bag, and with the weather starting to turn, what better than 'Fall?'

This CU grab bag contains:
- 1 set of 8 colorful .JPG and .PNG patterns (containing seamless tiles and .PAT file for PS) by Acorn Designs
- 1 set of 9 .PNG patterns (black on transparent background), .PAT file included also by Acorn Desings
- 1 mixed .PNG element pack (contains 12 realistic elements / exctractions) by Aquarius Design
- 1 set of 6 beautiful rub-ons (.PNG) by Joyce de Jonge
- 1 pack layered element templates (.PSD files and separate .PNG files) by Kimberly Cameron
- 1 set of 5 PSP Glitter tubes for PSP9 and up (glitter tiles in .JPG included for other programs) by Lise-Lotte Sunesen
- 1 set of 5 glitter alphas ready to use (upper case + numbers) by Lise-Lotte Sunesen
NOTE: Lise-Lottes files come all in ONE zip for easier downloading
- 1 mixed elements pack (8 realistic elements / extractions, 1 paper) by ManuScraps
- 1 mixed elements pack with 11 .PNG files (realistic extractions) by Zesty Digi Designs

Click here to visit the store, you won't be disappointed.

CoolScrapsDigital January Quickpage Contest

2012-01-31T11:56:00.002+00:00

Here is the quickpage I made for the CSD quickpage contest (January), we got to play with Oh My by Cocotounette.

You can download it here: 4shared direct download

You can visit CSD for more great quickpages here: CoolScrapsDigital

Studio Design Contest Week 2

2011-09-11T12:24:00.003+01:00

Somehow, not sure how, I got through to the second round (which is all I wanted to achieve at this stage so I'm happy now).

For week 2 we had to create our own palette with the theme 'Summer Afternoon', and as I'm English and love a cuppa on a hot day, I based it on that, although I really wanted to do a sort of tea at the ritz kit but I didn't have the time or resources to do that.

Anyway, here is what I came up with;

(I used the name I'm going to be designing with one day instead of the funwithdigiscrap one)

You can downlaod the kit here

Dawn Chorus (Mini Kit)

2011-09-06T08:04:00.002+01:00

The Studio is having their annual design contest, so as I've been tinkering around with learning to design I'd thought I'd enter as it's always good for experience, the problem being that the first week of the design contest clashed with a very busy week for me at home.

My son turned eight, so I spent most of yesterday building the lego set he'd got, then I've got my new puppy who keeps me on my feet and I've got my mum staying for a week, so my entry was a bit of a rush job, and although I'm not expecting to get through the first round it was good to have a deadline to work to, without one it can take me weeks to put anything together. I only just finished it in time, but had to stay up until 1am to finish it.

So here's my entry, the theme was daybreak, and I decided to name mine Dawn Chorus.

You can download it here

Next Designer Contest (The Studio)

2011-09-01T07:28:00.002+01:00

The Studio is having their annual 'Next Designer Contest'. It's runs through September and anyone is welcome to try their hand at designing:

No need for sign ups, just post your Round 1 entry in Next Designer Contest Gallery by September 5, 2011 no later than Midnight (24:00) EST and you will automatically be listed as a competitor.

All challenges will be posted 6:00 a.m. EST and due by Midnight (24:00) EST per the scheduled dates:

Intro's begin August here in the Forum, through Round 1
Round 1: Challenge begins Sept. 1st, Due Sept 5th
Round 2: Challenge begins Sept. 8th, Due Sept 12th
Round 3: Challenge begins Sept. 15th, Due Sept 19th
Round 4: Challenge begins Sept 22nd, Due Sept 26th
Winner announced Sept 30th

The contest is open to anyone interested in becoming a Designer, whether you are brandnew, established or even just for fun!

Our top 10 finalists from Round 3 will all win an exclusive, brandnew, CU Grab Bag from theStudio Designers.

Our top three finalist from Round 4 will win Designer Contracts at theStudio as well as a bamboo wacom pen tablet.

Click here to visit the 'Next Designer' contest thread in the forum

Digiscrap Forum September Blog Train

2011-09-01T00:01:00.001+01:00

Hello!

You should have arrived here from Dutsji Designs, if you've come to this blog first, you can start the blog train here

Here is the mini kit I created for the September blog train;

You can download it here (4 shared)

And your next stop is here (Designs by Angel /Scrapping with Angel)

...and here is the reason I've been sidetracked and left this to the last minute;

Christmas in July - Progressive Scrap

2011-07-24T08:57:00.006+01:00

The Studio are having a christmas in July event and I signed up to the build a snowman progressive scrap.

Fruit Basket Plums - Statements by Jodi

2011-07-24T08:31:00.003+01:00

This is a layout I made using Statement by Jodi's 'Fruit Basket Plum' kit.

I'm a little late in posting it as the design contest kept me busy but playing catchup and I think I've finally caught up.

CoolscrapsDigital July Quickpage Contest

2011-07-22T23:20:00.003+01:00

This is a quick post as I'm just back from camping and realised the QP contest at Coolscrapsdigital was due in tomorrow.

Here's my entry (Using Happiness kit by PrettyJu which has loads of lovely papers and elements);

As per the contest rules it is 8x8 inches.

You can download it here

And...if you go here (CSD) you'll find a load more in the same size, using the same kit :)

Quickpage Freebie

2011-07-12T11:39:00.002+01:00

Now I have a bit of free time, I've been carrying on with the lessons I signed up for at Hummie's world.

The latest one was about Hue, Saturation and Value, which I found quite easy to understand, but quite hard to end up with a layout I was happy with, although I did eventually get there.

Here is the layout I made, using the colour of the t-shirt, and then moving the slider to get the other colours;

I decided to offer it as a quickpage too

Download here

Nuthouse-Scraps 'Design for me' contest (week 3)

2011-07-12T08:02:00.000+01:00

I couldn't believe it when I checked to see who had gone through to round 3, and discovered I was one of the five. I had to read it and re-read it several times just to be sure (and even then I thought I'd get an email at any minute saying a mistake had been made).

I was still struggling with understanding vectors and getting a sharp image but the designers at Nuthouse-Scraps are great. A tutorial was written explaining it all, and I know I'm not the only contestent who benefited from it, (and yes, I think I'm finally getting there).

The most important thing I learned in week 3 was 'Public Domain Images'
I didn't know there was a wealth of resources out there that could be used by anyone and for any purpose. It certainly helped in the 'no cu' requirement part of the contest I can tell you.

So, for week 3, our kit was titled 'Summer Lovin', and here is my entry,

This one had 12 papers and nineteen elements

Download the papers here
Download the elements here

Nuthouse-Scraps 'Design for me' contest (Week 1&2)

2011-07-09T11:32:00.001+01:00

The reason I've been a little quiet is because I entered the Nuthouse-Scraps design for me challenge, and made it through the first two weeks - I should point out everyone made it through the first two weeks :)

I entered it for the experience, because I know myself that I am in no way reason to be a 'real' designer, not just yet anyway, and I am so glad I did.

Cu wasn't allowed (at all) in the first couple of weeks, forcing me to make my own elements, and I can tell you. It was hard, but the sense of achievement at having made two kits from scratch is unreal. I feel so proud of myself.

Besides that, I learned all of the following;

Vectors for extracting instead of the eraser tool
That my elements have jagged edges (so I'm learning how to avoid this in future)
Bleeding edges (ditto above)
Some new software to play along with (Inkscape and .
What standards stores look for (and they are HIGH at Nuthouse-Scraps)
Making my own preview
Most of all, that I can design from scratch

I have never been in a contest where you get feedback, and I might have been mortified to discover the quality of my designing was terrible, but it was good to know and improve on it.

I learned more about designing in four weeks than I have in the last three months.

So, enough waffle.

As I'm on the CT, I was advised to sign up anonymously. The designers knew I was entering but not who I was, thus the reason for not blogging these kits before now.

The design name I used was 'Catchpole', and here are my kits from week one and two;

Week One: Live, Love, Laugh (PU/S4H/S4O)
(No CU products were used at all in this kit)

Download Here

Week 2: Beauty of the Sea (PU/S4H/S4O)
(No CU products were used at all in this kit)

Download here

I don't know if these kits will be of any use to anyone but I had a great time making them, and proved to myself that I can make a kit from scratch.

(Week 3 and 4's post to follow)

Studio Colour Challenge July

2011-07-08T23:21:00.002+01:00

I've been a bit busy just of late, so I haven't been posting as much as I wanted to, but I did make a little mini kit for the Studio Colour Challenge;

You can download it here (4shared)

Let it Shine - Nuthouse-Scraps

2011-07-03T08:34:00.003+01:00

Nuthouse-Scraps have a brand new mega kit out this month, titled 'let it shine'; a seventies inspired kit, with a lot of great retro elements - shoes, flowers and music - all combined into one great kit for all those 'groovy' photos you may have lying around.

Here's a preview of the kit;

Within this kit, you get; 67 papers, 5 word art, 122 Embellishments and 1 Alpha set including 29 letters, 10 numbers and 16 punctuations, and you can visit the store by clicking on the image.

In addition to this, there is a Mega Album avaliable, with twenty pre-made pages for you;

Click the image to visit the store

DigiScrapForum (DSF) Blog Train - July 2011

2011-07-01T12:00:00.001+01:00

Hello to everyone visiting on the blog train.

If you're following it right through you should have arived here from Amandakay's blog. (If this is the first place you've visited and you'd like to follow the blog train from the beginning then you can start here).

Here is my contribution to the blog train;

Download via 4shared

Your next stop on the train is BeehavenDesign

Coolscrapsdigital QP contest entry - June

2011-06-18T10:43:00.003+01:00

I missed out on the QP contest last month as I was away on holiday, and got my dates mixed up, so I've done my entry early this month (just to be on the safe side).

The kit we got to use this month is 'Devout Memories', by Kakleidesigns, and it is a glorious kit to work with. I just love the look of old books and antique looking elements and enjoyed creating this layout.

Here is the kit we got to work with;

And here is the quick page I made;

The size of this quickpage is 8x8 inches, 300 dpi, and if you head over to Coolscrapsdigital, you'll find stacks of other pages all using the same kit.

You can download the quickpage here

Beach Paradise by Wilma4ever

2011-06-12T13:57:00.003+01:00

Wilma4ever has the most gorgeous kit available in her store at Nuthouse-Scraps.

Beach Paradise has 12 beautiful pages and 70 elements, (and I wanted to use them all in my layouts but there were far too many).

Here is the layout I made using this kit;

Here is a preview of the Beach Paradise;

And finally, here is a quickpage I made, just to give you a little sample of how versatile this kit is (you can grab it over at Nuthouse-Scraps for free for a short time, just click here).

Life is sugar sweet

2011-06-10T09:26:00.004+01:00

Nuthouse-Scraps have a great new mega kit out this month. It's called 'Life is Sugar Sweet' and full of sweeties, and flowers and some great paper.

Here are a couple of layouts I made;

Here is a preview of the mega kit;

Click here to visit Nuthouse-Scraps

Camp out layout and a Quickpage

2011-06-02T21:28:00.004+01:00

I've been having a few problems getting out of holiday mode, that and the fact the children haven't been well but I've finally managed to make a layout and a quickpage for you;

This one is titled camp out, and I used some photos from our camping trip last year to the Lake District ( a place that only just has less rain than scotland - and we went in August).

The kit I used has been made by 'Statements by Jodi' and I just loved the colours and papers on this one, plus the fact it is part of a collaboration so there are plenty of other mini kits avaliable using the same colour scheme and theme.

And here is the quickpage I made, using as many papers and elements as I could;

Click here to begin your download.

Design Contest - Starts 1st June

2011-05-26T12:27:00.003+01:00

Nuthouse-Scraps is hosting a Design contest, 'Design-for-me', it starts on the 1st June and runs for four weeks, (an elimination process);

I for one am toying with the idea of entering, although I don't think I'm ready for designing, I figure it'll be good experience working to a deadline (it often takes me days to make papers as I rarely like what I make).

Anyway, just wanted to share this with you in case there's any budding designers out there. Nuthouse-Scraps designers are so friendly, and really helped me settle in on their CT team.

Scrap-a-quote Challenge at Nuthouse-Scraps

2011-05-26T12:10:00.004+01:00

Right, I'm back off my holidays and after three hours of on and off trying, I've finally got back into blogger (it just wouldn't redirect to my dashboard).

So I want to write some more about the challenge I'm hosting over at Nuthouse-Scraps. I've made my layout now I'm back;

I used Gemini Creationz 'Spring Renewal' to make this layout, and the picture is of my husban posing with 'Bob-the'builder', he's a huge childrens tv character over here, so I couldn't resist the quote (which I got from Scrapbook.com).

Anyway, here is the posting bonus you get for making a layout;

You can get this posting bonus just by signing up and scrapping a layout with a birthday/celebration quote (until 31st May). Click here to join in the fun.