Category Archives: Reader Challenge

File Names:
Jennifer Labre: jlabre-touchofspice-PP1.jpg
Allison Pennington: APennington_Follow_Patterns (6).jpg
Lynne Marie: lynnemarie_woodstock_paper21.jpg
Kate Hadfield: khadfield_scrapping9to5_todolist.png
Misty Cato: mcato-skipwithme-ribbon1.png
Designs by Anita: ad_aperfectday_element_01.png
Kim Wresh (optional): kwresh-tdd-02.psd

Each month we do a special challenge called “From the Files” where we pick one specific item from each of the kits featured in the current month’s DIGI FILES. This month, I (Jenn Lindsey) took on the task of choosing the products from each of the contributors (man, that was hard!). The purpose of this challenge is to really stretch your creativity by finding new and fun ways to use a limited list of supplies. I didn’t want to make it too easy, but tried to choose items with a variety of textures and that could be used in many different ways either graphically or to build depth into your layout. This challenge always inspires me to look at my supplies in different ways and try to find new uses for my supplies instead of always using them as their implied use.

To play along, all you have to do is create a layout using each one of these items listed above (the template is optional) at least once in your layout. You’re invited to recolor, resize, and otherwise alter any of these items, but your finished page (or project) should only contain these specific files. Feel free to add any fonts that you’d like. Sound like a challenge? Well, it is. But it’s a fun one! Here are a few of the layouts the team came up with:

Layout by Amy. cb wispy, ar christy, pea mee mee, pea anna banana, mtf toast, traveling typewriter, snf universal & rosewood std fonts

Amy used the hue/sat to change the color on everything to match her new basement colors. She cut a straight piece of the frame to create the chair rail molding, and cut strips of the paper and shadowed them to create the planks on the wall. (Such creative uses for these items!) She also created her own photo mats by cutting a rectangle of paper and then cutting out a smaller rectangle from the center of it. Her fun title was created by using multiple fonts

Layout by Katie. Fontologie Printing Primer font.

Katie recolored the ribbon using the hue adjustment slider in PSE 8. She also added the cream paper on top of the patterned paper and adjusted the opacity to tone down the print a bit.

Layout by Trina

Trina let the gorgeous patterned paper be the star of her layout, and created a nice visual anchor to her page with the horizontal arrangement of pictures and elements.

Layout by Heddy. Fonts are CK Mapped Out and CK Journalling

Heddy created a classic blocked design, which works perfectly with the notebook and frame elements.

Layout by Jenn. FO Giggles Small font

I started with the template, deleted a few things, then rearranged the rest. For the background paper, I changed the hue of the paper so it would better coordinate with the pictures I wanted to use. For the ribbon, I applied a blue photo filter (in PS) to bump up the intensity of the colors in the ribbon to better match as well.

For the patterned paper I used the Color Replacer option in PS to select and change only a couple of the colors so the paper coordinated better with my new color scheme.

I prefer big photos to open space on the layout, so added the photo blend to add more visual interest as well as giving me the option of using more of the pictures in this series.

Now it’s your turn to play! Be sure to leave a link to your layout or project in the comments section of THIS post to be eligible for the drawing for $10 in product from one of our contributors. Don’t forget that you can also link to our flickr group if you want to upload your page there. Deadline for entries is this Saturday at midnight ET.

P.S. Michelle is the random winner chosen from the comments in yesterday’s post about Misty!  She won $10 in product from Misty!  THANKS!!  Check your inbox!

File Names:
Audacious Designs – an-fresh-stitches
Chelle’s Creations – cc_bugcatcher_paper02
Emily Powers – photology2.3_antique_emilypowers
Queen of Quirk – QQ-CDC-flower1
Michelle Batton-mbatton-abeautifulbeginning-alpha
Valorie Wibbens – vw_beautywithin_p4 List
Girl Designs – Listgirl_TemplateSet_Gumdrops1 *optional

Here at The Daily Digi, we love to inspire our readers to stretch their scrapping skills. Each time we reveal a sponsor’s kit, we show you how WE scrapped with it so you can use that inspiration in your own scrapbooking. We also regularly cover themes and ideas like Scrapping Theme Parks, Using Quick Pages, and give you Embellishment Tips and Tricks. We do all of this so we can share the joy of digi scrapping with you and give you a springboard to jump into your own pages.

Each month we do a special challenge called “From the Files” where we pick one specific item from each of the kits featured in the current month’s DIGI FILES.  Here’s what our team did with this challenge:

by Karen

I used pieces of the template to pull shapes for accents and recolored the paper and flower to complement the aqua paint on the alpha. by Jenn Font: Designer notes, Pea Devon Caps

I didn’t use the template for this one. I recolored the two papers by changing the hue/saturation options. I cut circles out of the photo overlay and used them as accents on the paper, instead of as an overlay, and also to create the center of the flower. Techniques: For the cut out in the bluish paper, I just used the Elliptical Marquee Tool to draw a circle, and then cut it out of the paper. To “tuck” the photo into the cutout I duplicated the photo, placing the paper in between the two layers. Select the top layer and erase the section that you want to appear underneath the paper. Since I had a drop shadow and stroke added to the photo, I created a separate layer for these (right click on the layer and select “Create Layer”), and erased the overlapping sections for each of these layers, too.

by Katie

Here’s what I did: I kept the template the same, but decided I needed more papers to work with. I re-colored Chelle’s paper to make a few other backgrounds.

In PSE 8 I went to “Layer” on the top navigation bar and created a “new adjustment layer” for “Hue/Saturation. Then I used the sliders to adjust to these settings. Hue +139 Saturation +1 Lightness +23 I saved this paper as a new file and used it for my background. I then took that newly re-colored paper and followed the same process and used the following settings: Hue -19 Saturation +21 Lightness -22 I saved this paper as a new file and used it for the tree trunk. I then took that newly re-colored brown paper and followed the same process and adjusted only the lightness to +49. I used this new paper as the centered background. I used the photology texture on the photos and reduced the opacity to 30%. I only used one letter of the alpha – “R” for my daughter’s name. I used it on one of the tree circles as sort of a hidden gem.

We’d love to see what you can do with this challenge! Be sure to leave a link to your layout or project in the comments section of THIS post to be eligible for the drawing for $10 in product from one of our contributors. Don’t forget that you can also link to our flickr group if you want to upload your page there. Deadline for entries is 10 P.M. EST on Saturday July 17, 2010. Winners will be announced on Sunday morning. (July 18th)