IN THE DESIGNER’S STUDIO WITH JOYCE PAUL DESIGNS
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I am so excited to welcome Joyce to THE DIGI FILES this month! I have been a fan since the minute I discovered several months ago. I find all of her designs very restful and beautiful and am excited to share some of them with you! Here is a closer look at her contribution:
This is just ONE of the SEVEN collections you get in THE DIGI FILES for only $5!! Can you believe it?? We really appreciate our readers that show their support by purchasing the files!! We love doing what we do here and we wouldn’t be able to do it without your support!
Here are some layouts created with Joyce’s designs:
Layout by Karen
Layout by Dunia
Layout by Katie
Layout by Karen
Layout by SharonS (a reader), supplies: Papers and Elements: Just Chill Relax, Joyce Paul, TDD 16, Sketch: Linda Albrecht, Alpha: Ashley Kennedy (All About Me, TDD), Font: American Typewriter
A hybrid project by Sunghee, Mini album (2.5 x 2.5). Inside pages were created with the frame from the kit.
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I was born and raised in Limburg, The Netherlands. I have been married to my English hubby Nick for almost 6 years now. I work fulltime as an Administrative Assistant, I am a Digital Scrapbooking Store owner (mscraps.com) where I sell my designs as well. I love music and I always sing when I’m in the shower or when I’m driving. When I was younger, my cousins and I “formed” a girlband called: “Jolish” – the first 2 letters of our names. (Joyce – Lindsay – Sharon) LOL! Of course, we didn’t get any further than our garage 
(we aways used to sing and dance in their garage).
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Today only, stop by Joyce’s blog to receive this layout for free as a Quickpage!!
When you are creating a layout in PS and you have lots of layers that need drop shadows, simply add your drop shadow to one elements/layer, copy your shadow – in PS, right click on the fx icon on your layer in the layers palette and choose “copy layer style” – then select all of the layers that you want to copy the drop shadow to – right click – paste layer style.
I started (digi) scrapping about 3 years ago and got hooked instantly. I loved not having the get my hands dirty and to have glue and glitter all over the place 
Approx. one year after I started scrapping, a digi store held a designer contest, so I decided to participate. Of course I wasn’t very good, so I didn’t even make it through the first round, but I loved designing, so I decided not to give up. I started to improve my designs and started giving away my designs as freebies on my blog. Not long after another digi store approached me and asked me if I wanted to come and sell at their store. (the rest is history – LOL)
It can be anything, really. Items from inside my house, outside, tv programs or the internet. When I have found a colour combo that I really like and feel comfortable working with, I am usually very inspired.
I have to admit that I haven’t got a clue! I bought my pc (windows) via e-bay last year, because my old one suddenly decided to died All I know is that it was really cheap and has 2 GB RAM, but it works and it’s fast enough for me We have got a laptop as well, but it’s usually taken by my hubby
I use Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator to draw. I also use Artrage to “paint”.
My hubby bought me a Canon EOS 450D camera for my birthday last year and I love it! Although I might follow a DSLR course soon, because I don’t know half of what I can do with it and my pictures never come out as good as I want them to! lol
I use my little bamboo tablet to draw and I absolutely love how easy it is and how crisp clean my lines are!
Here are some of my favorite products by Joyce:
Here’s some layouts using Joyce’s products for inspiration. All of the layouts are linked to the originals with credits:
Layout by Katie, supplies: Joyce Paul collab with Polly & Rufus Mumbai Lullaby, word art from Joyce’s Just Chill Relax kit (this month’s digi files) template by Janet Phillips, font is CK Classical
Go have a look in Joyce’s Store and come back and tell her what you like, we will randomly select a winner from those comments to win $10 in product from her store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST and must include a product name to qualify)!
As a thank you to our readers, Joyce has created this coupon to share with all of us!
Joyce also wanted to share with you this team call for Mscraps and since Mscraps has been a contributor to THE DIGI FILES in the past, I thought it was a good idea too!
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The Mumbai lullaby is cute, and the Socialise kit is a great color combo!
I LOVE the family wordart collection. I’m a sucker for good wordart, and this collections is so simple and classy and elegant!
I loved her Lovely Day kit and the Family wordart. Her designs are very elegant but simple.
What beautiful colors Joyce uses! I don’t often scrap such peaceful colors when my two main subjects are busy boys but I should!
Here are some that caught my eye;
My Love
http://www.mscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=173&cat=0&page=1
Little Boys
http://www.mscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27&cat=0&page=2
Omg! Look at Indigo Sky!
http://www.mscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=24&cat=0&page=2
P.S. Thanks for including my LO!!!
Oh, I love joyce’s designs! My favorite, that I don’t yet own, is the “spring fling” kit!
Love Joyce!! I would say Mumbai Lullaby. Thx for the chance to win:)
I love everything by Joyce! One of my new favorites is her colab collection with 3pp, commitment.
The “lovely day” kit is beautiful!
I like Dreamy and Mumbai.
I really like Spring Fling.
Love the B&W kit: Simplicity. Gorgeous elementsas well as papers.
All of Joyce’s kits are beautiful. My favorites are Little Girls and Little Boys (couldn’t play favorites!).
I love the Commitment kit and the QPs that go with it!!!
I love the colors and elements in the Autumn Blend Kit. All your kits are so fresh and clean… wonderul work!
Oh I love Mumbai Lullaby .. really it’s so fantastic.
Wow, there are so many nice things! Autumn Blend, Bring Me Joy and Simplicity really stand out, but it’s hard to choose!
Oooo…I don’t have to go look; I’ve had Awakening bookmarked so that I can gaze upon it repeatedly throughout the day! LOL
I use her kits to create art for my home. Absolutely gorgeous!
My choice would be her Awakening Kit. Love the colours
I love your style, especially the Lovely Day kit.
Mumbai Lullaby (+ FREE add-on!) is just beautiful. I have two Indian friends so this would be great to make cards for them.
They are all beautiful, but if I had to select one, I’d choose Awakening. (And Commitment would be a close second!)
Well, I would pick Mumbai Lullaby except I already have it, so I would have to say Autumn Bliss!
I really like the My Love collab with Jazzmin Designs and the Indigo Sky collab with Vera Lim – thanks for the chance to win!
Difficult choice, but the most I like the combi of greys and yellow in the Curiosity kit. Especially for this time of the year.
I am so glad to have been introduced to MScraps last month. (by the daily digi)!!
I looked through her shop and I really love the Lovely Day kit and the Commitment kit by 3pp and Joyce.
My favorites are the Mumbai Lullaby and Committment Collab kit with Three Paper Peonies. I also really like her contribution to the Daily Digi – Just Chill – Relax kit this month. Thanks for the chance to win!!
I just love the richness of Mumbai Lullaby. All her kits are so elegant and beautiful though.
I’m another who just heard about MScraps via the daily digi. Awesome store. I had wondered where designers like Lauraskathi and Valorie Browne had landed.
I think the Wildflower collab with Sugarplum has the most beautiful colors ever.
I love all of her kits but I think my favorite is the collab Serendipity.
My favorite is Socialise – I wish i was pregnant with a little girl this time, because i think those are the perfect girly colors!!
I love the clean lines of her kits. The colors in Mumbai Lullaby are fabulous and love the Pretty Masks.
I love the pretty paper patterns and bright colors of Mumbai Lullaby!
I absolutely LOVE Mumbai Lullaby (and the add-on)! And Commitment and Serendipity are gorgeous too. Thanks!
Wonderful interview! I’m going to have to have this portion of digi files! I really like the colors of the Autumm Bliss-Kit and would love to have it! Thanks!
I have had my eye on Mumbai Lullaby and Lemonade Cocktail. I absolutely LOVE her designs!
I love Mumbai Lullaby. The papers are gorgeous!
Oh Joyce,I’m just LOVING your new kit Awakening! It has such a soft organic look to it. Thanks for giving us a chance to win!
There are a lot of her kits that are adorable. I really like Sheer Elegance. And a lot of her collab’s with Fei Fei’s Stuff are cute too.
I really like Lovely Day the color combo is my favorite. I aslo like a lot Spring Fling. Very nice kits. Thank you so much for the chance to win.
I know it is a dream… but I’d love to win Autumn Blend by Joyce!
I enjoyed reading the interview. I especially appreciate the drop shadow tip. That is going to save me a bundle of time. (My digi “green” is showing.) Wow with so much great stuff in the store, it was hard to choose just one thing. I really like the muted and relaxed tones in Lovely Day. It seems like a very versatile kit to play with. Thanks so much for this sweet giveaway.
I love all your beautiful designs!! One of my top favorites is Awakening but I love all of them! lol
Thank you so much!
I love all of it. The colors are so gentle and the pieces can be used over and over again. However, my favorites are Dreamy and Autumn Bliss; I just love those color combinations.
i love them all but this one keeps jumping back :
Spring Fling
Thank you so much for this chance
I am a newcomer to Joyce’s designs and have already purchased a kit. I love the Lemonade Cocktail kit, just love the warm colours and patterns she has used in it. Keep up the fantastic work Joyce!!
Love the colours in Bring Me Joy
I love so many of Joyce’s designs but my favorite is Color Pop.
I Love her new Color Pop!!!
I have been a fan of Joyce for awhile now and I love the Mumbai kit! I want to purchase it and take advantage of the coupon but the store doesn’t recognize it. Is it just me having this problem?