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Digital Design Den: Easter freebie for our newsletter subscribers!

2012-04-07T00:58:00.001+01:00

Digital Design Den: Easter freebie for our newsletter subscribers!: Easter is very nearly here and some of our designers have got together and have designed an ever so cute exclusive FREEBIE for our newslette...

Coco Chanel For A Day

2011-10-19T17:24:00.001+01:00

Wow its been over two months since my last post and its been busy busy busy again, what with designing and garden overhaul jobs around the house which seem to be never ending, you know the picture. Don't you just wish we could have a 4 day weekend or a 48 hour day, do you think that we would still never find time to fit everything in that we like doing or would we just end up filling the time with more mundane jobs, I guess thats just life :-)

Since my last post so much has been going on, I now design for Digi Sisters which is where most of my time recently has been, setting up shop and generally getting involved with the challenges and forum.
So not much in the way of crafting in my place recently but I did find some time to scrap today, well i just could not resist temptaion when I took these photo's of my grandaughter this week. She had to do a presentation at school and the theme was my hero, Megan picked Coco Chanel as she wants to be a designer when she grows up and Coco also tied in with their project on the second world war. So round she came before school all dressed up and looking absolutely gorgous asking if I would do her hair in a french plait.

You can see why I just could not resist doing a layout with these photograph's and since I had just completed my new kit it seemed the perfect time to get one done, well two actually but here is one for you.....

The kit is actually called Back In Time how cool is that, suited the day just perfectly....

Back in Time is on sale at Digi Sisters now, you can find it here for more inforamtion about contents etc...

We have some great freebies from our CT's at Digi Sisters and challenges, to find out more about all the activities there visit me at Wisteria Moments.

Hope you have a great day and hope to be back again real soon.

Vintage Freebies

2011-07-27T13:13:00.000+01:00

Just a reminder that we are on day Nineteen at Wisteria Moments for the freebies, only ten days left now to grab them all before they are packed up into one kit to go on sale and don't forget to enter the competition to win some digi stash from Loucee Creations. Links below.

Grab your vintage freebies here

and details for the competition here on day five

here are some of the previews for freebies already submitted.

Day Two Freebie

2011-07-09T12:33:00.000+01:00

Dont forget to grab your freebie for day two on the digi blog Wisteria Moments

Freebie A Day

2011-07-08T13:06:00.000+01:00

I will be doing a freebie a day for a month on my digi blog Wisteria Moments, the theme is vintage and by the end of the month there should be a nice little mini kit for you. To grab your freebie pop over to Wisteria Moments here

Another New Freebie For July

2011-07-07T15:19:00.001+01:00

Here I have another freebie kit up on Wisteria Moments for Jul, you can grab your kit featured below here

Wisteria Moments: Paper Border & Mat Shape Freebie

2011-06-23T23:56:00.001+01:00

A simple paper border an mat freebie for you on Wisteria Moments

Wisteria Moments: Paper Border & Mat Shape Freebie

Bucket Full Of Memories - Freebie Digi Kit

2011-06-18T22:54:00.002+01:00

Here is a pre release of the designers collab kit for July at Hummies World, don't forget to visit Hummies at the end of the month to grab the other designers collab kit. The colour palette for July was picked with deep blue's and green's in mind for those lovely sea and beach images just waiting to be scrapped.

Once again I have three files for you to download and hopefully this month there will not be any problems for you to download them, but then who can tell when technology will go pear shaped, so if you do have any problems downloading please let me know and hopefully I will be able to sort it out for you.

Bucket Full Of Memories.

Download Links below

Elements

Papers

Wordart

All papers and elements created at 300dpi and are suitable for printing and hybrid projects.

I have not had time yet to create a layout using this kit but I would love to see anything that you create with this kit weather it be a digi scrap page or a hybrid project. Hope you have fun creating....

Improving Your Blog

2011-06-18T11:12:00.000+01:00

I recently had a interesting conversation with a blogging friend about how to create a successful blog as it seems to me there are some awesome blogs out there which appear to be extremely popular. I have been blogging now for a couple of years and its growth has been slow but steady and during this time have put alot of work into it. I think we all work hard on our blogs and it would be so rewarding to have readers who enjoy visiting our blogs, this was when my friend introduced me to 31 days to improve your blog. I have only just purchased this book but I am quite excited about what it has to offer and I think for those who really want to improve their blog too this could be a awesome tool to help. When I have finished reading this back to back I am hoping to do a review for you. To find out more about 31 days to a better blog you can view some reviews by clicking the link below.

Click here to view more details

Problem Download

2011-05-18T17:20:00.004+01:00

I understand that some have had a problem with Elements download link for the Midsummers Dream freebie kit, so I have now split the file into two seperate downloads as I think the size of the original file was causing the problem. I have update the old post with the new links but here they are again if you need them.

Elements 1

Scrapbook Kit Freebie

2011-05-17T20:54:00.010+01:00

I have been running behind for the last couple of month's and chasing one's tail is no fun so I am slowly trying to catch up once again. First on the list is the freebie kit for May, this month's theme is Summer and the designer's at Hummies World are still hard at work putting together their own kits for the collab.

I hope you all enjoy this month's freebie, I would love to see what you may create with this kit so if you get a chance please email me using my email address in my profile.

A quick layout I made using the new kit

Spellbinders Pendants Tutorial

2011-05-13T23:20:00.000+01:00

I sooooooo had to share this tutorial with you, on my travels around the blog world this afternoon I found this tutorial for several projects using the Spellbinders Pendants Die's and these projects a just awesome. I know your going to love these projects, I just cant wait to start playing with this one and I love sharing with you all some of my finds on my travels. Hope you enjoy this one and have a great weekend. To see the tutorial visit Embellished Dreams here

Fred, She Said - Digital Design & Papercrafting Goodness: Rose Stencil Circle digi-freebie

2011-05-12T15:42:00.000+01:00

I downloaded yet another freebie from 'Fred She Said' she has the most gorgous digi flowers but this rose stencil is just to much to resist and its free. To my surprise when I opened the file there is a choice of colours too.

Fred, She Said - Digital Design & Papercrafting Goodness: Rose Stencil Circle digi-freebie

Paper Compulsions: SSIC Challenge #87

2011-05-10T14:26:00.001+01:00

Don't you just love visiting everyone's blog to see what they have been creating, I know I do. But I do wish there was more hours in the day to do this, the time just seems to run away when I am browsing and then I always feel that I have wasted so much time but I still love searching around for all those lovely creations. Now I have had my ramble I really wanted to share with you this gorgous card I came across today and if you happen to own a die cutting machine and use scal or svg files there is free file to download to make that beautiful rose with. You can visit Paper Compulsions using the link below to view the tutorial and download the files.

Paper Compulsions: SSIC Challenge #87

The Great British Street Party

2011-05-04T13:18:00.001+01:00

I am very pleased to let you know that Louise of Loucee Creations has some great news for us with the opening of her new store at Digiridoo where you will find her newest kit 'The great British Street Party' you can read more about what inspired Louise with this new kit on her blog here.

Louise also has her own personal store at Loucee Creations where you will find some fabulous kits she has designed.

Hummiesworld

2011-04-27T15:03:00.000+01:00

May Site Sponsor at Hummiesworld

I would like to introduce our new 'Site Sponsor' for May Jenn of CK Designs.

About Jenn:

Hi all!

I'm Jenn and I am 38 and live with my boyfriend and kitty. I worked in technical development and project management for over 15 years, but left the field about two years ago. I've officially been designing since September 2009 and am a long time paper crafter. I am also a dedicated digital layout artist and am creative for many teams and publications in addition to designing.

You can find Jenn at in two stores Scrapbook Bytes and A Cherry On Top, also on Facebook, Twitter and her Blog Jennck.

For May Jenn has chosen to sponsor the Themed Thursday Class and you will see a preview of the kit Jenn has offered 'Butterfly Flower' pictured below. The kit will be available to download by all who enroll in the class on May 1st.

Enrollment to the class will be open through May 7th.

We are looking forward to working with Jenn and hope she enjoys her month as our site sponsor in May.

These classes are also open for enrollment through May 7.

Course 1
Course 2
Templates
Filters
Scrapping Goal
Heritage
Themed Thursday

For more information, please read the class sign-up page.

You must first register in the forum before paying the small subscriber fee of $5.50 per month

She Holds My Heart

2011-04-27T11:10:00.001+01:00

The theme for the May Designer Collab Kit is 'She Hold My Heart' and is available to download now. The kit consists of 8 digi papers all created in high resolution and suitable for printing and using on paper craft projects, 19 Elements and 2 wordart files.

You have three download links:

Papers
Elements
Wordart

Its been quite a busy month for me, so much to do and not enough hours in the day or even days in the week. I have been very much occupied with my new job at Hummies World editing their newsletter and designing the graphics. I am enjoying my new venture very much and the first few weeks have taken up much of my time and blogging has taken a bit of a back seat which I have missed. But the good news is now I am well setlled into the job and much quicker at preparing the newsletter I hope to have more time to spend on my blog, could those be 'last famous words' lol.

Easter is now over and I guess we are all looking forward to the big day on Friday, I hope you all enjoyed your Easter Break.

Paper Bows

2011-04-26T23:46:00.001+01:00

How cool these bows look and so simple to make

Springtime Freshness - Freebie

2011-03-31T10:47:00.002+01:00

It is officially here glorious Spring and I have been enjoying those beautiful warm sunny days we had last week, but today is wet and dreary, I do hope it improves soon. Easter is also just around the corner and I am looking forward to the break, I am planning to get into the garden 'weather permitting' to get some photos to scrap. As I speak suddenly the sun is making an appearance yeah - I love it.

I have some more freebies for you this kit I made for Hummiesworld Designer Collab and is great for your digi scrap pages and hybrid projects too. My grandaughter printed some of the papers last week and made some treat pouches to give to her friends at school for Easter.

The kit can be downloaded at my other blog Wisteria Moments where you will find instructions also for making these gorgous treat pouches. They are so simple to make, you dont need glue or tape just simply fold and fill, I do love quick and simple. Hope you have fun making these, a great way to keep the children occupied and no messy stuff.

Preview of Kit...

Fan Fold Flower Tutorial

2011-02-26T15:43:00.000Z

Early

2011-02-24T10:53:00.000Z

Yep its available now about a week early, the Apple Blossom Time kit is available for download now. All papers and elements are 300 dpi and suitable for printing off to use on your hybrid projects. Have fun....

Download here

A Quick Preview

2011-02-22T00:39:00.000Z

Here is a quick preview of the new freebie kit coming up for March

Scrapbooking Your Ancestors

2011-02-21T20:17:00.001Z

You may know from my previous ramblings that I have become addicted to this new hobby researching my ancestors and being able to combine it with my other hobby is so much fun. Creating digital scrapbook pages can be time consuming but it is so much fun and very rewarding.

Should you also be interested in your ancestors, you may like to take a peep at my new blog, it is in the very early stages at the moment so content is a little sparse but I am trying to add to it regularly.

Ancestry Research

Christmas Has Gone Time For Some Freebies

2011-02-21T00:31:00.001Z

Well I have been absent for a while again, life just seems to take over every now and then. I hope you all had a great christmas and I know this is rather late but here is wishing everyone a happy new year. At least now spring is just around the corner and we have summer to look forward to. I have been lurking around now and again and there is so much wonderfull talent around both digital and hybrid, I have seen some wonderful projects over the christmas period. So now christmas is well and truly over we are all looking for a bargain or even better still some nice freebies to add to our craft stash. So have afew links for you to check out at Digi Design Resort a great place for all you digital scrappers but also very useful for downloaded papers and elements which you can print out and use for your card projects.

If you sign upto Digi Design Resorts newsletter you aoutomatically receive a free copy of this wonderfull kit

Well thats it for today, I need to get back into the swing of things so see you soon.

News On Upcoming Freebies

2011-02-21T00:30:00.000Z

Hi All hope your having a great weekend and looking forward to Spring, I know I am and its just around the corner now, cant wait to get outdoors a bit more with my camera of course. More photos means more designs resulting in more freebies, that has got be good for you. Seriously I have some new freebies in the pipeline which I am really excited about as I have stepped up my designing skills and pretty pleased with the results I am churning out. In the past I have always offered my freebies to everyone, but on a recent subscription to a newsletter email site I now have the option for you to sign up to recieve a newsletter from me. Now I will say I am no expert at writing newsletters, but I think this is going to a fun project and my goal will be to bring to you what new trends are coming to the craft and digital scrap world, so because I want to offer a good quality newsletter my intentions will be to only send one a month, that will give me plenty of time for research and hopefully give you the readers some useful information.

To make this more interesting I want you to tell me what you would like to hear about or are most interested in and I will do my best to deliver to you exciting news on your favourite subject. So now I have finished rambling, the idea is that to get a download link to my freebies you will need to sign upto the newsletter, but no worries it is all free and no catch.

Dont miss out on the first newsletter my estimated date being the weekend of the 12th of March, opt in box is just to right in the sidebar.