Friday Is a Great Day

Post by Steph

CREDITS: Miss Mint Modern Mama. Elise font.

Friday is a great day at The Daily Digi! Here’s why…

Did you miss out on our Party in Your Inbox over iNSD? If so, we have uploaded our portion exclusively for DIGI GAME level members (annual and monthly). This is your last chance to snag it!

The Daily Digi is now on Instagram. We will mostly be using it when we attend events or other fun things with our digi peeps. I still have a few photos from past events that I’m going to be working on getting up in the next few weeks. If you’re on Instagram, we would love to connect with you there.

Kami Leonard joins Steph, Katie and Peppermint on the newest episode of The Digi Show: I Am Not An Old Man.

Scrapbookgraphics is pleased to invite talented, business-minded artists and designers to apply to become a part of our amazing line up of Studio Girls. Read more in our Mini-Skinny.

Chelle has these trendy Kanzashi flowers.

A digital scrapbooking kit by Erica Zane at SSD, Just For Giggles is a beautiful kit perfect for highlighting the fun side of life.

Check out Bella, a beautiful new kit by Jennifer Labre.

WM[squared] Designs released Oh Baby, The Bundle.

Diagonal Daze Templates are fun and dynamic! PSD, TIFF, PAGE and PNGS formats all included in this great template pack! On sale for 20% off through Sunday May 12th!

This month I’m guesting at Scrapmatters! I have a wonderful vintage kit, full of handmade paper flowers perfect for Mother’s Day. Vintage Garden, is a soft feminine kit, and it’s shabby charm makes it useful for modern day pages too. Vintage, with a twist

Be sure to check out Katie’s free video tutorials on her blog!

Like a Bird by Maya de Groot, guesting this month at One Story Down.

Want to create better scrapbook pages? Follow SuzyQ Scraps’ Layout Design Tips Pinterest board for ideas, tips, & tricks to improve your scrapbooking, simply.

New this week from Kimeric Kreations is Beautiful Life.

Crossbone Cuts Designs iNSD Grab Bag has been broken up and the products can now be purchased individually or in bundles!

Mye De Leon has fun washi tapes for you this week. They are long and wide and they are so versatile you can use them in any kind of layouts!

Anna Aspnes released 4 sets of ArtsyKardz, a FotoInspired DoubleTemplate and a set of FineEdge Frames, and a collection of Farm Animal brushes. The MidWeek Release is available in the aA store as individual products only, discounted by 20% until Wednesday May 15, 2013.

Brandspanking new kit *Marnie* is in Sausan Designs’ guest shop at One Story Down.

Piccolina Designs’ new template pack, Page Builders: Volume 1, is 40% Friday and Saturday.

Scotty Girl Design’s new kit, More Than Just Mom, celebrates the strong bond between mother and child. And in memory of her mother, she’s donating 20% of all proceeds of the kit to the American Cancer Society.

Are ready to take charge of your own destiny? This mini by ViVa Artistry highlights that feeling with art from Raphael Kirchner. Take control of your thoughts, use this in your art journaling and mixed media. Combine it with the In a Hurry Alpha and the In Control Wordart.

Dunia has a new set of templates.

Heather T. has a new set of dates, Off-Kilter: Dates, which come in three styles, including seriously grungy!

Get a beautiful kit by Jennifer Labre with every $10 purchase between now and May 15th!

Stolen Moments has some fun new add-ons to her kit, Of Wishes, Dreams and Happily Ever Afters. Perfect for all the little princes and princesses in your life!

Country Kitchen Collection by Snips and Snails is 20% off through 5/12 at ScrapMatters.

That’s it for today!

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Posted in Funtastic Friday Posted on May 10, 2013 by Steph | Tagged Funtastic Friday |

Miss Mint: Regular Gal Friday

Post by Steph

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I’m really excited to be welcoming back the wonderful Miss Mint of Peppermint Creative! I love Miss Mint’s crisp/clean papers and ability to combine doodles with real elements to create a cohesive look. Miss Mint’s themed kits are super fun and well thought out. I think what I love the most about her collections though are the bright, bold, and sometimes, unexpected color choices. Let’s take a closer look at “Modern Mama” that is included in The Digi Files this month:

This is ONE of SEVEN collections you get when you become a member of The Digi Game this month. You also get an interactive Playbook (in PDF and iBooks formats) that has lots of ideas for using the supplies including techniques, tips, and tricks! All of that, including access to exclusive collaborations every four months you are a member, for only $7.50 total per month! Here are some layouts created using Miss Mint’s contribution:

Layout by Vicki. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Template Vol.5 by Jenn Lindsey; Font: Derivia.

Layout by Heddy. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Stories by Scrapbook Lady; Press Plate No. 25 by Paislee Press.

Layout by Ronnie. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; .

Layout by Lauren. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; .

Layout by Tara. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Fonts: District Thin.

You can see more layouts created with this kit on our “Team Inspiration” page.
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I’m so excited to be back for a second time at The Daily Digi. My name is Pamela but around digi-land I’m best known as Miss Mint or MM for short. I’m the owner/designer/tech support/customer service representative/social media & marketing manager/regular gal friday behind Peppermint Creative. I live in Toronto, Canada and spent far too much time in front of my computer, which is why when I’m not working or eating you will likely find me at the gym.

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I’m probably one of the few designers that didn’t start out as a scrapbooker. Truth be told I’m still not a scrapbooker. I love to design but once in a while I get the urge to make a page. This is my most recent creation using one of our free monthly Pimp My Page Challenge Templates and it just makes me smile. I love the look of the huge bold letters and the contrast of the red and black.

started
My professional background is in copywriting and graphic design. I worked at an interactive advertising agency for a while and then did some freelance design but found it really creatively fulfilling. I stumbled into scrapbooking by accident about 7 years ago while trying to paper scrapbook a recent vacation. I was immediately excited about the idea of designing instead of scrapbooking and my graphic design background provided me with enough technical knowledge to start experimenting. I started building my website while trying to figure out how to design scrapbook kits and in 2006, Peppermint Creative launched as a hobby but quickly and rather unexpectedly turned into a full time job. Didn’t see that one coming but I’m very grateful and feel very lucky!

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Most often, my team. Seeing their layouts and their creativity always inspires more ideas. They give me amazing feedback and great ideas that push me to create things I otherwise wouldn’t have. Sometimes inspiration is accidental. I start with one idea and the kit/design somehow goes off in a totally different direction that was not planned. That has happened quite a bit!

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Computer: It’s official – I’ve been Mac-ified and I’ve gone mobile. In November I bought my first laptop EVER. Very exciting stuff. After years and years on a PC, I tested the waters with a refurbished Mac Pro Quad-Core G5 which I loved but it was pre-intel so there came a point where I either had to upgrade or get a new PC. But I have to tell you, once you go Mac, you never go back! So I coughed up a small fortune for a 15″ Macbook Pro with Retina Display with 16 GB of RAM. I was very worried that it wouldn’t be enough power to keep up with me but so far it’s been amazing. I have a 2TB EHD attached containing all my documents and files and when I’m home I keep the laptop closed and have it hooked up to two external Cinema displays so I still feel like I’m working on a desktop but I get the portability of the laptop. Amazeballs.
Program: Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Illustrator CS6
Camera: Canon 7D with the following lenses: 50mm f/1.8, 17-85mm f/1.4-5.6, 75-300mm f/1.4-5.6 and the 430EX Speedlite External Flash. I also use my Olympus Pen E-PL1 quite a bit but now that I have the iPhone5 I’ve been using that as my camera the most. I am totally obsessed with Instagam. Everything looks better on Instagram!
Anything Else: Wacom Tablet, HP 4850 Scanner, Canon IP4300 Printer and Silhouette SD.
tipstricks
Give any photo an instant frame by adding an inner stroke. I use this trick a lot because I like the look of a clean white frame around my image. It really makes it pop off the background. You can also use this tip on any element to give it the look of a sticker.

In Photoshop, select the item you are going to frame in the layers palette. Double click to bring up the Layer Style box. Select Stroke. Choose your color and your size (thickness of border) and choose either Inside (for a photo) or Outside (to turn an element into a sticker). Select OK. Hooray.

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I’m a little bit obsessed with the entire Life in Pictures product line. This is the Peppermint Creative take on the whole ‘Project Life’ extravaganza. This particular set is a collection of editable templates so they integrate well with an existing album. You can customize them as needed. Visit Peppermint Creative and select ‘Life in Pictures’ to find even more templates, papers, washi tape and my fun new line of Jazzers (elements designed to ‘jazz’ up your daily life albums).

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Sunkissed Summer is by far my most popular kit. I LOOOVE this kit but it’s still always a surprise what is going to be a hit and what’s going to be a miss. If I knew the answer they’d all be massive hits! I think the winning combo here is the theme (everyone loves the beach), the calm summer colors and the fun mix of elements. I especially love the lemon and water splashes. One of my most favorite pages I’ve ever scrapped was created with this kit – so there ya go!

Here are some of my favorite products by Miss Mint:

Here are some more inspirational layouts using Miss Mint’s products. All of the layouts are linked to the originals with credits.

Use coupon code DIGIPEP to save 30% off any purchase at Peppermint Creative. Coupon valid on all digital & printable scrapbook graphics and templates. Excludes gift cards and commercial vector graphics. 1 coupon per customer. Offer expires 05-13-13.
Go have a look in Miss Mint’s store!

We will randomly select TWO winners to win $10 in product! All winners will be selected through the Rafflecopter widget below. There are several ways to enter and you can do ALL of them to gain more entries for yourself!

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Inspired by Miss Mint

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The following layouts were created using “Modern Mama” by Miss Mint and included in The Digi Files during May, 2013:

Layout by SharonS. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Template by FayETTE; Font: DJB Pippy.

Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Vicki. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; It’s Out of My Hands by EH Studio; Font: 28 Days Later.

Layout by Trina. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Both Sides of the Story by Meg Mullens.

Layout by Anne. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Font: Courier New.

Layout by Candy. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Keela. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Kellie. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Kirstie. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Leeandra. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Megan. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Vicki. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Template Vol.5 by Jenn Lindsey; Font: Derivia.

Layout by Heddy. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Stories by Scrapbook Lady; Press Plate No. 25 by Paislee Press.

Layout by Ronnie. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; .

Layout by Lauren. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint.

Layout by Tara. Supplies: Modern Mama by Miss Mint; Fonts: District Thin.

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Posted in Team Inspiration Posted on May 9, 2013 by Steph |

What do I do after iNSD?

Post by Katie

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Kate Hadfield all the everydays. LD Elementary font.

Every month in the team forum here at The Daily Digi we check in with each other and talk about what is going on in our lives. This month, I noticed right away that we all seem to be feeling overwhelmed after the recent iNSD weekend. We all did quite a bit of digi shopping and downloaded a lot of digital files and now we are trying to get motivated to organize our new stashes and get scrapping again. My guess is that a lot of you feel the very same way right now. This is the perfect time to rely on The Daily Digi to help!

Get it all downloaded

Be sure that you have downloaded everything you ordered. If you didn’t download the files immediately as you purchased them, log back into each store account and check your order history. Some stores have expiration dates on their downloads so you don’t want to put this task off too long. Here are some resources to help you:

Organize your files

Organization systems range from the simple to more complex. Some scrappers don’t organize at all but just move their purchases to an external hard drive to save space on their main machine. Others might tag their supplies, or use folder based systems to put things away. There is no right or wrong way to manage your digital goodies as long as you can find and use them. What’s most important is to find a system that works for you.

Find inspiration for using your supplies

Don’t just let all those new supplies sit on your hard drive forever, find the inspiration you need to use them! There are so many great resources out there to help; creative team layouts, store galleries, flickr groups, blogs, and more. Of course, we have a ton of ways to help you here at The Daily Digi as well! Try searching through our archives or take a look through our Flickr group for ideas. Here are some other helpful links:

Keep it manageable

If you have a lot of supplies to sort through, try breaking the task up into smaller pieces. Decide to put away 5 files a day until it’s done or turn on the television or listen to The Digi Show to keep you entertained while you get everything sorted out. Don’t forget to reward yourself with some time to play with your new goodies!

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Posted in Organization, Supplies, Truly Inspirational Posted on May 8, 2013 by Katie |

Not Interesting Enough?

Post by Heddy

Supplies: Not Pictured by Allison Pennington, Fonts are Blackout and The Only Exception

We live in a family of daily and weekly routines. I know there are many families like mine, where the day-to-day doesn’t vary much.

From a scrapbooking perspective: What memories should we capture then? Can we maintain momentum on a project like P365 or Project 52? I think so!

I do a weekly double-page spread using the simple gridded style of pocket scrapbooking. Here are some ways that I’ve documented our routines and daily happenings in our family.

Incorporating the Random

I try to take photos most days of the week, but February is historically my slowest photo month. This year was no exception. Some weeks, like the one below, I only had a handful of photos to use. Worse still, I didn’t take many notes about the week – even scanning my email and Facebook and phone didn’t help. I managed to put together this weekly layout by relying on a few random lists and quotes:

Supplies: Pockets Stitched No. 6 by Valorie Wibbens, Pagekraft by One Little Bird, Kraft Edition Project Life

I filled out the week with ideas like:

Movies I had seen in the year to date
A list of 10 movies I love
A few random quotes from my kids
Noting how much we love pasta in the winter (since that is one thing I did take a picture of during the week)

I don’t take the idea of Project 52 too literally – I scrap a weekly spread, but every photo and piece of journaling doesn’t have to be perfectly tied to the week. If it relates to my life in the general time period, I’m okay with including it. For example, I think there is value in noting the movies I’ve watched to date. It’s not something I want to document each and every week, but a round-up on the occasional weekly layout is a nice reminder for the future.

Rely on Photos to Document the Now

I must have been feeling bad about the general lack of February photos, because at the very end of February and into March, my volume of photo-taking dramatically improved.

Supplies: Pockets Stitched No. 6 by Valorie Wibbens, Pagekraft by One Little Bird Designs, Midnight Edition by Liz Tamanoha

Supplies: Pockets No. 6 Stitched by Valorie Wibbens, Pagekraft by One Little Bird Designs, Kraft Edition Project Life by Tiffani Smith, Black & White: Labeled by Michele Godin, Date It by Penny Springmann, Doodlings 1 by Emily Merritt, Get Artsy by Jenn Barrette

These were weeks where “nothing” happened – no birthdays, anniversaries, job changes, house moves, babies born, or any other one of life’s major milestones. Just regular weeks in the life of our family.

To document the weeks, I took photos of the little moments:

Us on our commute
My daughter modeling clothes at the mall
The result of a major snowstorm
The before and after of cleaning out my pantry
A few incredibooth (an iPhone app) shots
My kids being silly
The messy spots and neat spots in my home
Food prepared and enjoyed

I like these pages. They’re some of my favourites in my album because they’re so *us*, right now.

Other People’s Stories

During the week below, I borrowed the photos and story of the hockey game from my husband and it takes up 1/4 of the weekly layout.

Supplies: Pockets Stitched No. 6 by Valorie Wibbens, Pagekraft by One Little Bird Designs, Midnight Edition by Liz Tamanoha

My project is about my family, but it’s clearly in my voice. Sometimes though, big things happen to my husband or my children, and I want to share them. I ask to borrow copies of photos from friends and family for situations where I don’t have any of my own and most of the time they’re happy to provide them to me. For journaling, I’ll ask them about what happened and then retell the story on a journaling card. I enjoy how these stories add context to the overall project album.

Note the Little Moments

Supplies: Pockets Stitched No. 6 by Valorie Wibbens, Pagekraft by One Little Bird, 4×6 Photo Collages No. 1 by Designs by Lili, Seafoam Edition Becky Higgins Project Life

I won’t always be the mom to two small children. Already I can see that the little baby days went by in the blink of an eye. I suspect the years of raising school agers will go by just as quickly and then I’ll have teenagers. As much as I may wish to try, I can’t stop the clock. The only thing I can do is note the moments and savour them.

If you’re interested in more ways to document your daily life, try these past articles:

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Posted in Topics to Scrap Posted on May 7, 2013 by Heddy |

Yin Designs: Worth Experimenting

Post by Steph

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I am so happy to have Yin’s Designs joining us in The Digi Files once again. If you like simple layouts with lots of photos, Yin’s templates are perfect for you! I’ve been using her templates for a long time and the layouts I’ve created with them are still some of my favorites! I can’t wait to put these Instagram templates to good use to instantly put some of my favorite DSLR photos in the square Instagram shape! Let’s take a closer look at “Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341″ that is included in The Digi Files this month:

Layout by Vicki. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; Meadowlark by One Little Bird.

Layout by Kimberly K. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; Project Mouse Kit by Brittish Designs and Sahlin Studios; Font: Another Typewriter.

Layout by Ronnie. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; ArtsyCameras 1 by Anna Aspens; Rough and Tumble Reloaded by Studio Flergs; Project Life Rain Edition by Becky Higgins; Bits of Life, Family, Moments by World Art Word.

Layout by Heddy. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; Oh Canada by Michele Godin.

Layout by Jacki. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; I’ll Save You by Wimpy Chompers; Font: Rub This!

You can see more layouts created with this kit on our “Team Inspiration” page.
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Hi I’m Yin and I’m a wife, mom, and addicted to creating art and life story telling through digiscrapping! I live in the sunny tropical island city of Singapore in South East Asia and just love how scrapbooking and memory keeping connects with all of us even though we are from diverse cultures and backgrounds. I’m married for 19 years to my wonderful husband who started me on my scrapbooking journey and we have two teenage sons who are sixteen and fourteen. My layouts have evolved with my family from cute pages of my boys and their various exploits and to my teenagers and their adventures, and of course our life as a family. And I have found that I never run out of stuff and memories to create pages for!

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During our mid year school holidays in June last year I was inspired by Ali Edwards’ Summer Manisfesto idea and my family came up with our own Holiday Manisfesto and it was such fun intentionally making our holidays count. This layout was designed to capture each manisfesto as they were accomplished and as you can see we had a great time. It was also when I first tried Instagram so this layout was made with those in mind. Same as templates 336 to 339 included in this months’ TDFs! By the way this template is a free download still available on my blog.

Credits: Yin Template 309, ‘done’ stamp by Yin Designs, chalk alpha by Kim Jensen, awesome alpha by Karah Fredricks, paper from Happy Garden by Weeds & Wildflowers

started
Literally, we were at our local library when dh picked up a copy of Creating Keepsakes, handing it to me saying he thinks I might be interested in this(!) I was hooked. I enjoyed paper scrapping for a few months, then discovered digiscrapping and loved how easily I can create beautiful pages at minimal cost. At one point I tried designing kits but I was far more interested in creating my own layouts and memories. Soon I decided to make templates out of my own layouts to support my own digiscrapping hobby, selling from my little blog store in 2008, and unbelievably, I am now at Template 341

inspired
Our lives, adventures and photos, of course. And almost anything, from the web, advertisements, magazines, to colors, patterns I see around me everyday.

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Computer: I am on a Lenovo idea centre (with built in 21″ monitor) running on Windows 7 with 8 GB.
Program: I only use my trusty Adobe Photoshop CS4!
Camera: For capturing daily memories and moments I use almost entirely my iphone 4 these days! Events and our travel photos are mostly captured by my Dh using his Canon S90. We’ve been on the S90 for more than 5 years and dh is itching to upgrade but the S90 photos are still brilliant and giving us no excuse to do so, lol.
Anything Else: I have a Bamboo tablet which I rarely use though.

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I always have tons of photos on my layouts so embellishments are kept to a minimum. Instead I rely on two areas to create interest in my layouts. Firstly, a striking title, and secondly, color coordination and contrast. For titles, the easiest way is to use a combination of an alpha (large and bold) and type (use a contrasting font). Color coordination and contrast is where I think it makes or breaks a layout. I spend the longest time looking for a background that will bring out my photos, and not smother them, nor blending in so much the photos look bland. Usually a neutral background that contrasts with the main colors in the layout works. Sometimes I will pick out an accent color in the photos I want to highlight and pick a background in a similar color or color family to match that. It’s worth the time experimenting!

This template set is my favorite only because it was based on an album I created for my dh for his birthday. That album is my personal favorite. On the left pages I used coordinating patterned paper with a quote or journaling that said what I felt about each aspect of my man and on the right added accompanying photos. It is a very special book for both of us.

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In the last year this set of Half-Monthly templates have become my most popular product. I use them and the accompanying Template set 317 to scrap my everyday 365 photos. Each template fits 15 to 16 photos, (half a month), and has space for a block of journalling. I used them to capture the whole of our 2012, and printed them out to slot into my physical Project Life album. (You can see examples on my blog.) I think they are popular because they are so easy to use, and in a short time we can have a summary overview of our weeks and months!

Here are some of my favorite products by Yin :

Here are some more inspirational layouts using Yin ’s products. All of the layouts are linked to the originals with credits.

Stop by Yin ’s store for 30% off store wide sale from 6 May to 25 May. Coupon code is UT6N3E06.

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Posted in Contributor Feature Posted on May 6, 2013 by Steph |

Inspired by Yin Designs

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Layout by Vicki. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; Meadowlark by One Little Bird.

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Layout by SharonS. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin; My Life of Change, TDD Collab., Font: The Sharon.

Layout by Kimberly K. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; Project Mouse Kit by Brittish Designs and Sahlin Studios; Font: Another Typewriter.

Layout by Ronnie. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; ArtsyCameras 1 by Anna Aspens; Rough and Tumble Reloaded by Studio Flergs; Project Life Rain Edition by Becky Higgins; Bits of Life, Family, Moments by World Art Word.

Layout by Heddy. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; Oh Canada by Michele Godin.

Layout by Jacki. Supplies: Yin’s Instagram Templates 336 to 339 and Double PageTemplates 340 to 341 by Yin ; I’ll Save You by Wimpy Chompers; Font: Rub This!

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Posted in Team Inspiration Posted on May 6, 2013 by Steph |

If This Then That

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A long time ago on The Digi Show, Peppermint’s pick was If This Then That, IFTTT.com. I loved the idea of the site, but didn’t get around to using it until a couple of weeks ago. But once I got in there, I thought, “Once again, Peppermint’s pick has changed my life.”

With this site, I can set up just about any action to occur when triggered by an event. So far, I’ve set up:

having an email sent to me when someone posts on their blog, (that doesn’t have an email subscription available)
having a text sent to me when I get an email from a specific email address
having a post made to my Capturing Magic Facebook page WITH a picture in it when a new post is made on the site

Some cool things that can be done with IFTTT:

if I post a new photo to Instagram, have it sent to DropBox too
text me the weather every morning
save any Instagram photo I like to Evernote
back up text messages to Evernote

You can find recipes people have created by browsing here. What about you? Are you using IFTTT? What are you doing with it?

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Posted in Computer & Tech Tips and Tricks Posted on May 5, 2013 by steph |

We Are Partying in Inboxes Across Digiland – come jump in the fun

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We started celebrating interNation Scrapbooking Day last night by sending one freebie every hour for 27 hours. The freebies are from 27 different designers and we are bringing them TO YOUR INBOX!!

It’s not too late to jump in on the fun but it will all end at 8pm ET tonight. If you want to join the party in your inbox, just click this link, enter your email address, and select the radio button like you see below under “Exclusive Invitation”:

Then click “Update Profile” Then you will get an email that you will need to confirm (check your spam folder if it doesn’t show up in a couple of minutes).

The longer you wait, the more you willl miss!

Happy iNSD to all of our readers, members, and colleagues!! We are so grateful that we get to do what we do! We are grateful that you keep showing up to support us, each in your own way, everyday! THANK YOU!!

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Posted in A Gift For You Posted on May 4, 2013 by steph |

One of my favorite days of the whole year!

Post by Katie

Are you ready for our something really BIG? We want to BRING THE PARTY to YOUR inbox!

Starting this evening, we will bring the party to your inbox with FREE GIFTS every single hour for 27 hours straight! That’s right! 27 designers sent us free gifts to share with you and we can’t wait to get started! To kick things off, Katie and I put together the very FIRST free gift that will go out to ALL newsletter subscribers at 6am ET.

After that, if your profile doesn’t have the EVENT button selected, the party will stop there.

Here is how you can make sure you don’t miss a single thing:

Click this link and mark the button that says “Exclusive Invitation” for events and click UPDATE PROFILE. THAT’S IT!!! With that button marked you will be ensured that you will be attending our event and you won’t miss out!

Downloads will only be available through Monday ET.

It’s a Scrapbook Day!

As you can tell, tomorrow is a big day in digiland – it’s {inter}National Scrapbook Day and it is one of my favorite days of the whole year! It’s all a great big excuse to do some scrapping, share inspiration, and to GO SHOPPING! As always, we have the scoop on where and what the best deals in digiland are and we are here to act as a guide to get you through this holiday with ease.

Your Guide to the Good Stuff:

This is the last chance to contribute to Tangie Baxter’s amazing new kickstarter project in the works. You can read all about it at kickstarter.com and through this special edition of the Scrapbookgraphics Skinny.

Happy iNSD!! Tracy Martin’s whole store is 30%, and there are freebies on her Facebook, blog and newsletter to make up this wee summery kit!

It’s everyone’s favorite sale! We have hundreds of products on sale for only $1!!! And as always, anything in the Farmer’s Market Sale now can never be in the sale again! This is the only time you’ll ever be able to grab these products at such a low price!! So make sure you grab all your “must haves”!!!!

Rachel of Captivated Visions is celebrating NSD with not one, but TWO Grab Bags which contain BRAND NEW products at a super low price! Look out for these bargains as they will only be available from May 2^nd to May 6th!! You can also find her whole store (except Grab Bags) on sale at 30% off from May 2^nd to May 6^th along with a coupon to save an additional 10% when you spend $25 or more. Be sure to keep an eye on her Blog, Facebook Page and Sign up for her Newsletter on May 2^nd as she’ll be gifting three different freebies!

A digital scrapbooking paper set by Erica Zane, EZ Edges will add an awesome realistic depth to your pages. Each paper includes the base paper that can be used on it’s own and also an extracted version of just the folded & sewn edge that can also be used alone or you can combine them for easy layering with your elements/photos.

Kristin Aagard has two brand new kits available for iNSD to kick off her new Sporty Collection. They are only $1 during the Farmer’s Market May 2-5 at Scrap Orchard. Here’s a peek at her Sporty: Baseball kit. Click over to her store to take a look at her cute Sporty: Soccer kit as well!

Katie the Scrapbook Lady has been celebrating for a few days now with 3 free video tutorials, 3 new product releases, and some great free gifts! Be sure to check out the iNSD section on her blog!

A huge storewide sale from Studio Blagovesta @ Scrapbookgraphics!

Check out what Jenn Labre has in store for iNSD!

Happy INSD!!!! To celebrate INSD Sugary Fancy has a LOT of products (including almost 20 new goodies and oldies) at $1 right now for you! Do not miss this chance, all the $1 products at Farmer’s Market Sale will never be at this price again!!! (May 2-5) Come celebrate INSD with us!

Connie Prince has a 50% Off Sale, Special GrabBags, Free With Purchase Offers, Chats, & More All Weekend! Stop by her blog for full details!

Scrapping with Liz has 3 new products in her store that are $1 along with 30 older products that are also $1 until 5/5! Here’s just one of the products you can get for $1!

The Lilypad is celebrating iNSD all weekend long! Amy Wolff has three new BYOC products, a special Saturday release collab, and a new CU pack. Don’t miss out on her Creative Team Call! She’s looking forward to seeing your application.

ValC has a new release for you, all in fun and doodle style. Perfect to record memories with a bit of journaling, or to suggest the thought of someone feature on your layout. (pssst it has some 3×4″ cards too!) Her iNSD sale is running until the 6th Of May, with an very special free with purchase gift… so don’t postpone your visit, and remember to check out the ART book shelves… the special offer is amazing!

Down This Road Designs has one WILD Grab Bag today!!! 4 Full Size Products in this grab bag valued at $21.50 for only $6.99!!! She also has coordinating freebies on her Facebook Fan Page and Blog!

Check out all of the great iNSD events at OScraps!

Just one of many new releases for iNSD from kimeric kreations!

Danielle Young has an adorable new kit at Oscraps called Bee’s Knees. On sale for 20% off all week!

Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs has a big sale going on so fill up your carts in her store at The Digichick!

Everything from Studio Flergs (except collections/bundles) will be 50% off!

Just Jaimee has a 35% off sale at her Pixels & Company shop this INSD weekend:

A great sale + some fun iNSD events from Allison Pennington

Two new CU items from Quirky Twerp and 40% off storewide for iNSD.

Heather T’s shop is 50% off through iNSD weekend–and she has a free-with-purchase add-on to her newest kit, “Precious”!

Quarterly Sale in the t for me store – and everything is 40% OFF! That includes my new bundle Painted Memories (also available as separate packs) – Make art every day – paint your memories!

Happy iNSD from Vinnie Pearce!

Big sale from Studio ViVa Artistry

Piccolina Designs is celebrating her Grand Opening at Stuff to Scrap this weekend, come Make Your Own Sale!

These journal cards (plus 10 other new products) only $1 each this weekend! And collect all 4 downloads to get a FREE mini kit! Visit the SuzyQ Scraps’ blog for all the details.

Be sure and check out Sherwood Studio’s shop for lots of iNSD specials – 40% off storewide, plus ten fabulous kits (including two brand new ones) in the $2 Chick Blitz category!

Wishing Well Creations has a gorgeous new collab kit with Sugarplum Paperie this week… a storewide 40% off sale for NSD… and the very rare but much-anticipated “Create Your Own Grab Bag” promotion (May 1-6 only) — pick your own grab bag items for just $9.99. It’s a deal that’s too good to pass up!

Purchase this bundle and save 20%. Instants No. 1 & 2 are a collection of Quick Pages created by Amy Martin, featuring products by Paislee Press. Use the quick pages to create individual scrapbook pages, or use the entire collection to create a cohesive and complete album that you’ll cherish for years to come! Includes 10-12×12 quick pages.

SarahJ Designs at The DigiChick has a deal for you–choose any 5 products, excluding bundles and collabs, for only $9.95! Offer good through May 6! The rest of my shop is 40% off. Happy shopping and happy iNSD, everyone!

Looking for more iNSD freebies and sales? Mye De Leon is offering a subscriber exclusive freebie and a wonderful sale in her store this week. Make sure you get all the details in her blog!

20-30% discounts on 2 new releases featuring ArtsyKardz for Project 365/Life, Artsy and MultiFoto Templates and a new ArtPlay Palette collection. Special iNSD highlights include 30% off ArtsyKardz and Project 365/Life categories in the aA store as well as a Free With Purchase special offer.

iNSD Sale, May 3-6, at Maya de Groot designs at Oscraps

Mscraps iNSD Sale! Also, all orders above €20 will be entered into a draw for a full refund!

New Collection by Sabrina’s Creations @ Oscraps & MScraps.
Purchase my new collection with 56% off during my iNSD Sale.
5 Kits for $10 is BACK and save 40% off in my entire store through May 5th.

Crisdam Designs has a special iNSD Grab Bag for you! She also has 50% off store-wide sale (May 1st- 7th) plus a freebie on her facebook fan page!

Janet has a new digital scrapbooking tutorial series! This downloadable series features over 6.5 hours of videos that will take a new scrapper all the way from downloading a free trial of Photoshop Elements 11 to being able to create layouts from quick pages, templates, and from scratch! If you or a friend want to finally dip your toes in digital scrapbooking, this is a great opportunity! It’s 30% off May 1-8.

Kate Hadfield is celebrating iNSD with a 30% off store wide sale, new releases on both Friday and Saturday (including a fun new line of doodled page templates) and a new freebie!

New kit from Rúbia – Studio Basic

Save 30% at Wendy’s Scrapbookgraphics’ store, or 25% on all individual classes at the Learning Loft. No coupon necessary! May 2-5th.

Michelle Godin Designs is celebrating NSD with a new reading-themed BYOC collection and a 30% off storewide sale. Be sure to stop by my Facebook fan page for a special NSD freebie, details about my Guest CT call and to score an additional discount coupon!

Loads of gorgeous new goodies from Pink Reptile Designs who has something exciting to celebrate this iNSD weekend! Find out what and at the same time grab an awesome freebie and coupon on her FB page or blog!

You’ll find everything 30% off Misty Cato’s store at Sweet Shoppe Designs, including her newest kit, Northwest Beauty coming out tomorrow, May 4th.

60% off all Pixel Gypsy products May 1^st – May 5^th

Tracey Monette of Clever Monkey Graphics has 3 new kits debuting in her store at ScrapMatters for NSD on sale! Check out her store and don’t forget to look for kits by Tracey in the collab section of the store too.

Britt at Britt-ish Designs is having quite the party for {inter}National Scrapbooking Day this year. TONS of fun things going on, including a big sale (deepest discount of the year), a grab bag, games, freebies, a Speed Scrap, and MORE!! Don’t miss it!

Whew! What a big weekend. I hope you all enjoy it!

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