I am so happy to welcome my sweet friend and template designer, Janet Phillips this month as a contributor to THE DIGI FILES 12!! Janet is the reason THE DAILY DIGI began over a year ago and I thought it would be awesome to have her join us in THE DIGI FILES as she returns to template designing! Her “perfectly imperfect” design style is easily recognized by most digital scrappers and her templates are such a great starting point for layouts! Here is a closer look at Janet’s contributions found inside TDF12:
Can you believe that you get all of these, plus everything seen on this month’s AWESOME CONTRIBUTORS page AND THREE more kits that we haven’t revealed yet for ONLY $5 in TDF12!?!? It seems too good to be real, but it’s NOT at THE DAILY DIGI!!!
Here is what our team created with Janet’s templates:
Layout by Ana, supplies: Template Sensational Single 1, Janet Phillips (TDF 12); Papers Flourish, Kristin Cronin-Barrow; Flowers Summer Sorbet, Zoe Pearn; Ribbon and hearts I Loved Her First, Traci Reed; Alpha Live your life, Traci Reed; Bad Sewing Machine 17, Traci Reed; Font DJB It’s Meeegan, Darcy Baldwin.
Layout by Karen, supplies: 2Many Photos 11 template (left side only), Fee Jardine Crazy 4 U kit, Font is Lilly
Layout by Karen, additional supplies: Amy Wolff Quiet Morning papers; Gina Miller Snowdrops elements; Dani Mogstad graph alpha; Fonts are Fontologie Giggles and CK Ali’s Writing
Layout by Katie, additional supplies: Easily Amused by Traci Reed. Alpha by Lisa Whitney. Font is CK journaling.
Layout by Jacki, supplies: Sensational Single #2 by Janet Phillips (TDF12); Kicks by Libby Weifenbach (SSD)
Card by Steph, supplies: 2 Many Photos 11 (left side only, rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees). Digital kits by Melissa Bennett. Paper scrapbooking supplies: brads by Basic Grey and black ink.
My name is Janet Phillips but I hear “mom” a zillion times a day more than I hear “Janet”. My husband Jason and I have been married for ten years and have lived in Asia for seven of those years. We are currently in Indonesia. We have four beautiful blond headed kids. I homeschool by day, scrap by night, and do most everything while drinking coffee.
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Janet posts most of her layouts here and here’s one she chose to share today:
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My number one tip for scrappers is to remember who you are scrapping for. The comments you get on a layout, the supplies you use, the “in style” techniques don’t matter. What matters is that you stay true to why you scrap — which for most people, is for their family and for preserving memories. That means your pages don’t have to be perfect, you can re-use a kit, and your journaling should be real.
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I saw my first scrapbooks when I was in high school. I was in awe of them and I longed to be a part of it. For the next few years I collected supplies, took tons of photos, and averaged about two pages a year. I loved the idea of scrapbooking but the thought of getting out all the stuff overwhelmed me. In 2005 a friend of mine gave me a stack of scrapbooking magazines and I read an article about digital scrapbooking. I bought Photoshop Elements 3, Photoshop Elements 3 for Dummies, and then I got started. Five years and over 1000 pages later, I still love it as much as I did at the beginning.
In August of 2006 a designer sent me a free template to use. I did half a layout and then thought, “Hey! I can do this!” I have been creating templates ever since…at The Digi Shoppe, then to Scrapbook Graphics, then here at THE DAILY DIGI, and now at Sweet Shoppe Designs.
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I need to create. Each day I need to do something creative. It meets a deep need in my soul and some days I feel like I can’t accomplish anything until I do something creative. Digital scrapbooking is the easiest way to meet the need and it makes the least amount of mess!
I also love stories…love learning about myself and others. I wish I knew more about my own childhood. I feel inspired to preserve the story of my children’s lives while they are still too young to do it themselves.
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I have a 20 inch iMac with 2 gigs of ram. I bought a Mac two years ago and spent about two months in total buyers remorse. I hated it. Then I bought, “Switching to Mac for Dummies” and learned a few key things and now I would never, ever, ever go back to a PC. I love my mac!
PROGRAMS…
Although I have Photoshop CS3 and use it on occasion for designing, I scrap 100% of the time in Photoshop Elements. I LOVE it and am happy to share with people about how powerful of a program it is.
CAMERA…
I shoot with a Canon 20D and almost never take off my Tamron 28-75 2.8 lens. My camera is dying, though, and I will most likely upgrade to a 50D (though I am drooling over the 7D but I do NOT need that much camera!)
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My all-time best selling product is my first template single called RING RING. I created it about a month after I started designing! After a long time in the vault, I have re-released it with the original and a new and improved version!
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Here are some of my favorite goodies found in Janet’s store:
Here’s some inspiration for you using Janet’s awesome templates(layouts without credits are linked to originals):
Layout by Jacki, supplies: Template 2 Many Photos #2 by Janet Phillips; Doodles from Sandy Toes, Sunny Santa by Kate Hadfield; Alpha from Backyard Bliss by Kate Hadfield; Paper from Sandy Toes by Gina Miller
Layout by Karen, supplies: Janet Phillips Collection 8 template; Songbird Ave. Port Au Prince kit; Fonts are Hatcheck and Pea Bandit
Layout by Katie, supplies: Janet Phillips template Collection 1. Technophile by Traci Reed and Lliella Designs. Font is Arial.
Go have a look in Janet’s Store and come back and tell her what you like, we will randomly select a winner from those comments to win a $10 GC to Janet’s store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST and must include a product name to qualify)!
As a THANK YOU to THE DAILY DIGI readers, Janet has this coupon:
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My favorite item was Collection 35. These templates are unbelievable! Great stuff!
My comment is actually a question. You mentioned how powerful Elements is…is there a quick and simple way in Elements to add a Drop Shadow Layer Style that I’m using on a page to a preset or to copy it to other layers. I personally have CS3 and love it way more than the Elements version beacuse little things like this are way easier to do. Thanks for you help.
Love your templates! My favorites are the Birthday Book and Year in Review. Thanks for the chance.
I love her 2 Many Photos collection. I am a template junky and her templates look great and would make my scrapbook pages so quick and easy.
My favorite is her Collection 41!!
Thanks for the coupon – I’m already shopping!
I love all of Janet’s templates! They have been so helpful to me with my scrapbooking. I love how she always includes so many spots for photos.
As far as my faves: I love all of the “too many photos” templates, the “merry little christmas” template and I LOVE the birthday book set.
Love your templates, Janet!
Ooh, the birthday book is such a great idea!! I didn’t start scrapbooking until my oldest was about 8, so this will be a very nice and easy way to have some of those early photos in a book!! Thanks!
Janet’s templates are awesome! I have most of her sets, but hadn’t purchased collection 39 yet. Thanks for the coupon!
My favorite is Janet’s b-day book! I missed the Sweet Shoppe sale so it is in my Wishlist!! If I don’t win it, I’m going to buy it with this coupon!! Thank you Janet!! Also, I love your homeschooling blog!
I love Collection 5… so much that I bought it twice! But if I need to pick something new I really would like Collection 39 to add to my stash!
I love Janet’s birthday book! I just purchased it recently and can’t wait to use it!
I’m liking the look of the mix n match mini album #1, sometimes scrapping without too many decisions makes it easier!
I love anything with BRACKETS … and blocked text. I am wishing I had that 28 – 75mm f/2.8 lens…but my Rebel XT just died and has been replaced with the EOS 7D body (en route) and I haven’t quite decided which lens to buy to go with it yet (was sort of hoping for a super cool one that was too expensive even used…)
At any rate, I buy templates with lots of photo spots all the time, in hopes that I will someday just sit and knock out pages from all of our *events* and be all caught up
specific events would be weddings…two sisters last August, one sister this March…that’s a lot of wedding photos!
Can you tell me where I can purchase the alphabet used on the princess page Janet featured here? I LOVE it! It looks a lot like some word art that you used to sell here in the store…
Miss seeing you all the time here but LOVE when you visit!!! Keep up all the good work!
I like A Merry Little Christmas. Also, Collections 8, 9, and 39. I really love them all. It is so hard to choose…and I already have many of her templates from previous purchases but can always use more. Her templates are the best!
Love Janet’s stuff. My favorite is Collection 1.
Love all Janet’s templates, but my faves are Collections 31, 33 and 35 !
Yay…Janet’s in the house! Love the Birthday Book and all of the ’2 many pictures’ templates.
Of course, my dream would be to own all of her templates…the $10 gift certificate sure would give me a good start
ohhh, this is so cool!!
I love her templates, and I love this one:
http://sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=19602&cat=0&page=3
thanks sooo much for the chance!!
love them all but collection 35 had my creative juices really going and also ‘this week’.
I usually go to Janet’s templates when designing a new page… Can’t get enough…
I love these templates. I don’t think I can choose just one. I love all of the “2 many photos” series.
I SO thoroughly enjoy playing with Janet’s templates. And I adore her own pages, too. She TELLS THE STORY and I love that
I particularly like all her 2 Many Photos pages, and a recent fave is her Mix ‘n Match Mini Album #1. I’ve got it & can’t wait to play with it!
I love ALL of Steph´s templates – so clean and easy to use! But this time I´ll go for the “Round the corner” which I´d love to have…..;)
Thanks for giving the chance to win!
When I started digi scrapping I was pretty overwhelmed and then I found TDD a few days before it actually started and Janet and her great templates. I love her style because the photos are always the focus point in her layouts, papers set the perfect mood and a few embellishments add the finishing touches and fun. I picked up a lot of Janet’s templates at her final sale at Scrapbook Graphics but I can always use more!
) I especially like the 2 Many Photos series and the Mix’n Match Mini Album. The Birthday Album is such a cute idea too! Thank you for the wonderful contribution to the digi files!
I have been a huge fan of Janet’s for a few years now and was heartbroken when she retired last year. Thanks for coming back! I also love her too many photos line, but specifically A Merry Little Christmas set since I have a VERY hard time scrapping Christmas since there are SO many photos taken then. Thanks again!
I love that Janet likes to include so many pictures in her templates. I love the 2 Many Photos series because I always have too many photos to scrap. I just have a hard time choosing. So fun to look at all the sample pages.
I’m happy to learn of Janet. I love “2 Many Photos 4 by Janet Phillips” because I have 38 grandchildren!
Love all the lines in Collection 33!
i have been a long time fan of Janet’s templates and have quite a collection…I love, love, love the Birthday Book set – what an incredible way to document all of the years together. Thanks for the opportunity to win…and for the awesome inspiration!
This is my first introduction to Janet’s templates and I love them. I especially like the 2 Many Photos series. I like them all, but one of my favorites is 2 Many Photos 5.
I’ve followed Janet for a long time – I love her simple and clean templates – (I found her through digi sbooking) but I have also appreciated her open testimony of working out her faith.
Just looked through her shop, hard to pick a favorite but the 2 many photos 13, 14, and 5 are great!
I just love what Janet added to the “files” this month. Her stuff is so great & I think her sweet personality makes me love it even more!
Ever since being introduced to Janet’s templates, I have loved them! I am really loving her 2 Many Photos templates. I also am really excited about The Birthday Book, I need to get that so that I can do all of my cute little munchkin’s birthdays thus far.
I love, love, love Janet’s templates..have bought a bunch of them …she is one of the reasons I have gotten so many muli picture holiday/event things scrapped!!
Love any of the ’2 many photos’ series. Don’t own #2 or #13 yet so they would be my next favorities! Love them all. Thank you Janet and TDD!
I love everything of Janet’s stuff! Right now my favorite is 2 Many Photos 6. But I really love all her stuff!!!
OMG! So much goodness all in one place!! I love TDD and this post was fantastic, I loved seeing all of Janet’s templates together with her layouts.
These are some really great looking pages, I love all of them, but my most favorite has got to be the birthday album.
I love Janet’s templates because I love to put lots of pictures on my LO. My favorite is the Ring Ring. Already have a project in mind using this template. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love Janet! She is the reason that I started using templates. She included “Summer 8×8 Mini Album” in TDF #6. I had a Shutterfly offer that I had to use within a week. I whipped up 65 pages in just a few days and was hooked. Her templates are great! Right now I have been eyeing “Mix n Match Mini Album #1″. http://sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=19629&cat=0&page=1
My fave is RING RING, but I also really like her Year In Review Album templates
My “templates” folder on my computer is made up of mostly Janet’s stuff! I’m a huge fan!
And I have to add that all her 2 page layouts are awesome for scrapping “big” events with lots of photos.
My fave new product in her store right now is her Collection 39.
I love the Birthday Book template set…a really lovely idea and great templates! Thank you for the chance to win!
I’m a big fan too. I totally miss the grab bags she did. I just bought Collection 35 and am excited to use it. I’m also loving Collection 40 with the hearts- perfect for after Valentine’s. And the Mix ‘n Match Mini Album. Love all of her stuff, really. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m really liking “Round the Corner” what a fun ideal! Thanks!
I truly am a fan of all of Janet’s work (I really miss the template packs she sold in TDD store!), but if I must pick just a few favorites … 2 many photos 10 (perfect for 365 projects!), 2 many photos 8 (love the balance of photos & journaling), & A Merry Little Christmas (again, great balance!)! Love ya, Janet!
Janet’s templates are fabulous! I love all the 2 Many Photos templates because I like to fill my pages with photos. My favorites were sets 2 and 12.
And I really like and appreciate what you said in your tips and tricks about staying true to why you scrap… a very good reminder.
I own quite a few of Janet’s templates … great stuff! My most favorite thing in her store has to be her Birthday Book templates – wonderful idea!
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!
I think my favorite is the From the Vault: RING RING.
Thanks for the chance to win! I LOVE templates and Janet’s are fabulous.
Great templates! I love the ring one and this one:
http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=19652&cat=0&page=3
I’m a HUGE fan of Janet’s! If I have to pick, my favorite product would be “2 Many Photos 5″ but I love everything!