Here are the supplies for this months “From The Files”,we chose one item from each designer’s contributions.  The rules are the same; use each of these products at least once and nothing else (except fonts).  We will randomly draw a winner from the layouts linked up in the comments (post on your blog or in a gallery) before midnight EST, Saturday February 20th. The winner will receive a $10 GC from one of our sponsors and will be announced on Sunday morning (February 21st).

File names:
Sir Scrapalot – SSA_YMCOT_eyeletframe
Suzy Q Scraps – sqs_sunshine_paper_blue
Mari Koegelenberg – mkc-iluvu-solid001
Janet Phillips – jphil_sensationalsingle1
Cheeky Monkey – CheekyMonkey_AHappyHeart_pp014
C.D. Muckosky – CD_LuvNotes_Love
CatScrap – fruitloopsally_ahth-collab_stitches (shadowed or unshadowed version)

Here’s what I did with this challenge:

Layout by Katie. font is CK footnote.

I turned off the layer of journaling strips on the template. I duplicated the lace border and made an inner frame out of the pieces. I also used the stitching on the frame. And I used pink on a page with my son on it – I don’t do that very often, but I thought it worked just fine with the theme here.

Here is what our team did with this challenge:

Layout by Jacki. Fonts are Giggles by Fontologie and Rub This.

“I moved items around on the template a bit. I’m not very good at using journal strips b/c I tend to be so wordy in my journaling – eep! But I love lots of photos so I used all those. I changed the hue and saturation on the blue paper a bit to match the tone of my DD’s t-shirt. Used the burn tool on the edge of paper to give it more dimension. Also used the heart cutting tool on CD’s wordart to give me some extra hearts to plop here and there.”

Layout by Karen.

“I blended papers from Mari and Suzy Q for the background. I cut up the stitches and the scallop frame and moved quite a bit around on the template for what I wanted to do.”

Layout by Steph font is JPHand

“I recolored the pink paper to a red and the blue to a darker shade of blue, but still coordinating with the LOVE doodle.  I wanted the papers these colors so they would compliment my photos better.  I recolored by going to image>adjustments>hue/saturation and playing with the saturation and light/darkness until I got what I was looking for.  I added the scallop border to the bottom of the papers because a little scallop never hurt anybody (including boys).”

And here’s a fun hybrid project:

Project by Sunghee.

“I used Mari’s CD Sleeve Card from the DigiChick.”

Isn’t it fun to see how many different ways a few digital supplies can be used? We’d love to see what you can do with this challenge! Be sure to leave a link to your layout or project to be eligible for the gift card drawing.

P.S. The random winner from yesterday’s comments on Janet’s feature was Mary, who said:

“I’ve been a BIG fan of Janet’s templates, since back when I first discovered her at SBG. I continued to purchase her templates while she was at TDD and, have continued to do so at Sweet Shoppe Designs.  There are several of Janet’s NEW templates on my wish list but the one I’m wanting most would be: The Birthday Book Album Set.  Good Luck to everyone!”

Congratulations Mary!  You won a $10 GC to Janet’s store!  Check your email!

It’s the first of the month and you know what that means…a new version of THE DIGI FILES is in the store!  THE DIGI FILES is what allow us to bring you such incredible content every single day, free of advertising!!  Without the proceeds from THE DIGI FILES, there would be no Daily Digi, so thanks for showing your support!!

We have an awesome lineup for you this month, some very familiar faces and probably some new ones too!  Our contributor’s products will retail for a minimum of $5 each once their appearance in THE DIGI FILES has concluded.  Here is the list of this month’s contributors:

CD Muckosky
Mari Koegelenberg
Sir Scrapalot Designs (our first guy, YAY!)
Janet Phillips – templates
Cheeky Monkey Designs
SuzyQ Scraps
Catscrap (site contributor)

Are you excited!?  I know I am!!  Each contributor’s products in THE DIGI FILES is amazing and we will be unveiling them right here through the month.  You can also check to see close ups of everything as it is revealed, on the awesome designers page!

The gifts won’t stop just because the party did…

We had so much fun in January doing the GIFTaways that we are going to be keeping it up the rest of the year, but on a smaller scale (not everyday).  We will be giving away gift certificates from our contributors at random times during the month.  The winners of these gift certificates will be randomly selected (by my new BFF, random.org) from comments and from those that have purchased THE DIGI FILES to that point in the month.

At the end of the month, there will also be SEVEN people selected from those who purchase THE DIGI FILES, that will win TWO $10 gift certificates to our contributors’ stores!!  There will be LOTS of chances to win and we hope to be sharing the love with many, many readers and customers through out the coming year!!

Now, for our winners!!!! (check your inboxes, all winners have been notified!)

Our first winner won the Smile letterpress poster:  Jacque R.

Our next winner won the Brilliant letterpress poster: Rachel R.

Now we have the Modern June Party Banners: Erin-Joi

And the Curly Birdie Mary Janes:  Helen P.

And FINALLY…..the winner of $120 worth of GC’s from our past sponsors is……

Salina L.!!!

CONGRATULATIONS everyone and huge THANKS to all of our contributors, readers, commenters, and customers for making this a fabulous FIRST birthday with, hopefully, many more to come!!

Today is the last chance to get TDF11!! It will be taken down from the store at midnight EST, after that you will have to go to the contributor’s store and pay full price for the contents.  I know that getting THIS MUCH for so little seems too good to be true, but not at THE DAILY DIGI… every month!!!  Be sure to go to our awesome designers page page to see everything close up.

This month, there are also ELEVEN completely layered psd templates included in THE DIGI FILES, created by our talented team!

One last time we want to thank our TDF11 contributors, we have had so much fun with them this month and appreciate them sharing their talents with us!  Here they are:

Gina Cabrera of Digital Design Essentials

Michelle Underwood at 2peas

Danielle from Something Blue Studios

Traci Reed at Sweet Shoppe Designs

Liz of Paislee Press

Vinnie Pearce at Pixel Canvas

Sweet Shoppe Designs is our store contributor with an EXCLUSIVE kit!

All this month (through the end of today), when you purchase THE DIGI FILES 11, you will will be automatically entered for the drawing for one of these gifts:

We will be randomly drawing from ALL of the names of those customers who purchase THE DIGI FILES 11. When TDF11 is taken down from our shelves at the end of the month, we will randomly draw winners for the following products:

Roll and Tumble Press

You know how much I LOVE letterpress!! Roll and Tumble Press has these wonderful letterpress posters for us, there will be one winner for each poster. About Roll and Tumble: “Charming painter turned letterpress printer + Art school dropout turned tattoo artist bond over a love of music, quirky collections and dusty junk shops. One, big, drafty house, three rescue dogs, and a chance meeting with a true old time printer…………Roll & Tumble Press is born. We print using traditional letterpress methods…..using all original illustrations, hand cut into wood or linoleum, pair these with all hand set antique wood or metal type, hand mix our inks and hand crank each one on a vintage press. Letterpress Printed By Hand!”

Modern June

What kind of a birthday party would be complete without a birthday banner? One lucky winner will win TWO banners (so you have enough pendents to spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) I LOVE these chalk oilcloth banners by Modern June and must say that I am very envious of whomever wins these! Cute colorful oilcloth on the back and chalk oilcloth on the front, so you can change the expression based on the event you are celebrating. Watch for these banners to make an appearance in the February issue of one of my favorite magazines, Country Living.

Curly Birdie

I thought these little Mary Jane’s were sooo CUTE and would be a great gift for a little girl’s actual birth day…lol. “I am the Momma of three lovely girls 5 and under. My girls keep me filled with joy and very busy too. I crochet in between laundry loads, dishes and kids! But it all works out pretty well. I enjoy using a lot of color in anything I create.” You can find her blog here and on Twitter here. One winner can select the style and size of shoe of their choice.

Past Contributors

ONE lucky winner will receive ALL of the following products from our past contributors to THE DIGI FILES:

$10 GC to Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

$10 GC to Designs by Leora

$10 GC to Sweet Shoppe Designs

$10 GC to Taylor Made

$10 GC to Shabby Miss Jenn Designs

$10 GC to Wimpy Chompers

4 templates packs of your choice from Yin Designs

$10 GC to Wetfish Designs

$10 GC to Danielle Engebretson

$10 GC to Pamela Donnis

$10 GC to Jacque Larsen

$10 GC to The Hybrid Kid

Isn’t that AWESOME!?  We thought so too!  We cannot wait to announce the winners of all of these cool things tomorrow!  Don’t miss out on the fun though, hurry and grab the files before they are gone!

P. S. Congratulations to Amanda S. who is our final Birthday Giftaway winner today!  She was randomly chosen from those that purchased THE DIGI FILES this so far this month. She won a $10 GC to Vinnie Pearce’s stored.  Thanks to all of you for showing your support and helping us celebrate our birthday!  It has been a really fun month and we will be continuing some of the fun you have seen this month the rest of the year, stay tuned tomorrow for more details!

supplies by Stephanie2 at The Daily Digi

It hardly seems real that today is our FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!  365 days, 388 posts, 78 awesome sponsors, 10 Digi Files, and 1 awesome collaboration kit by all of our past sponsors (this summer).  Countless ideas, moments of inspiration, and tips to help us all preserve our memories!  We so appreciate all of our readers, our customers, and our sponsors who have all contributed to this being possible!

We will be celebrating our birthday all month long here at The Daily Digi!  Here are some of the fun things we have planned:

Confetti by Elise’s Pieces

First off, we of course, have a super issue of THE DIGI FILES this month! Here is a list of our AWESOME contributors to TDF11:

Gina Cabrera of Digital Design Essentials

Michelle Underwood at 2peas

Danielle from Something Blue Studios

Traci Reed at Sweet Shoppe Designs

Liz of Paislee Press

Vinnie Pearce at Pixel Canvas

Sweet Shoppe Designs is our store contributor with an EXCLUSIVE kit!

Layered quick pages by The Daily Digi Artists

When I first discovered digital scrapbooking stores and communities (2004), one of the designers I purchased from frequently was Michelle Underwood.  One of the things she did that I LOVED was she had semi-layered quick pages!  Each paper was on it’s own layer and then all of the elements were merged on a layer. I loved the flexibility it allowed.  I have often wondered why more designers haven’t done this. I decided this past September that I wanted to include some layered quick pages in our birthday edition of THE DIGI FILES!  Our team put together some fabulous 8×8 quick pages that we will be revealing through the month and they are all included in THE DIGI FILES (11 layered quick  pages in all).

These quick pages are COMPLETELY layered!  Each element, paper, and even a clipping mask for your photos, are on their very own layer.  So, if you want your photo above that ribbon, no problem, switch the layers around!  Need a different shape or size for your photo, no problem, you can adjust it!  I am so excited to share these with you!  One thing to note is that the layers do not have drop shadows included.  We figured you could easily add your own (since shadows can be a very personal thing) and if you want some help, our team highly recommends Kristin’s layer styles!

We have some GREAT sponsors that are donating some awesome products this month as well.  We will be randomly drawing from ALL of the names of those customers who purchase THE DIGI FILES 11.  When TDF11 is taken down from our shelves at the end of the month, we will randomly draw winners for the following products:

Roll and Tumble Press

You know how much I LOVE letterpress!!  Roll and Tumble Press has these wonderful letterpress posters for us, there will be one winner for each poster.

About Roll and Tumble:

“Charming painter turned letterpress printer + Art school dropout turned tattoo artist bond over a love of music, quirky collections and dusty junk shops. One, big, drafty house, three rescue dogs, and a chance meeting with a true old time printer…………Roll & Tumble Press is born. We print using traditional letterpress methods…..using all original illustrations, hand cut into wood or linoleum, pair these with all hand set antique wood or metal type, hand mix our inks and hand crank each one on a vintage press. Letterpress Printed By Hand!”

Modern June

What kind of a birthday party would be complete without a birthday banner?  One lucky winner will win TWO banners (so you have enough pendents to spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY!)

I LOVE these chalk oilcloth banners by Modern June and must say that I am very envious of whomever wins these!  Cute colorful oilcloth on the back and chalk oilcloth on the front, so you can change the expression based on the event you are celebrating.  Watch for these banners to make an appearance in the February issue of one of my favorite magazines, Country Living.

Curly Birdie

I thought these little Mary Jane’s were sooo CUTE and would be a great gift for a little girl’s actual birth day…lol.

“I am the Momma of three lovely girls 5 and under. My girls keep me filled with joy and very busy too. I crochet in between laundry loads, dishes and kids! But it all works out pretty well. I enjoy using a lot of color in anything I create.”  You can find her blog here and on Twitter here.

One winner can select the style and size of shoe of their choice.

Past Contributors

ONE lucky winner will receive ALL of the following products from our past contributors to THE DIGI FILES:

$10 GC to Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

$10 GC to Designs by Leora

$10 GC to Sweet Shoppe Designs

$10 GC to Taylor Made

$10 GC to Shabby Miss Jenn Designs

$10 GC to Wimpy Chompers

4 templates packs of your choice from Yin Designs

$10 GC to Wetfish Designs

$10 GC to Danielle Engebretson

$10 GC to Pamela Donnis

$10 GC to Jacque Larsen

$10 GC to The Hybrid Kid

Isn’t that AMAZING!?!?

gift by Elise’s Pieces

Finally, EVERYDAY during the month of January, we will have a random GIFTaway for a $10 gift certificate to a contributor’s store.  How will we choose the winners?  It will be different everyday, it might be from random comments in a post (or previous post), from customers that are registered in the store, or from customers that have purchased THE DIGI FILES to that point in the month.  You will never know (although if you read us often, you might catch on to a little bit of a pattern once in a while ).  Watch the bottom of our posts each day to see the winner’s announced.  We will also have some fun GIFTaways featured in posts that everyone will be able to grab!  There will be GIFTS for everyone!  We hope you have fun celebrating with us all month long! 

P.S. I am always a little surprised when I turn on the new Digi Files for the month that there seem to be people waiting for it to be live and buy it immediately, so I thought it would be fun to randomly draw a winner from the purchasers of THE DIGI FILES 11 up to this point.  Our first GIFTaway of our daily gifts goes to Lisa N who won a $10 gift certificate to Something Blue Studios.  Lisa, your certificate is in your inbox!