Month: August 2016

I know it is August, but I am having a hard time admitting that summer is almost over and it’s almost time for apple pie and homework. But Summer’s End, the amazing kit by Studio Alexis Designs, reminds us the end is coming. We might as well embrace it. I love the soft and comfortable colors as well as intricate elements such as the incredible dragon fly. Let’s take a closer look as we deny the end of long and lazy days is near. And wait until you see the graffiti pack…oh my!

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 Alexis Design Studio’s contribution:

Layout by SharonS. Supplies: Summer’s End by Alexis Design Studio; Template by Studio Rosey Posey; Font: KG Say Something; Veteran Typewriter.

Layout by Cheryl. Supplies: Summer’s End by Alexis Design Studio; Fonts: Always In My Heart and Stamp.

Layout by Janet. Supplies: Summer’s End by Alexis Design Studio.

Layout by Natascha. Supplies: Summer’s End by Alexis Design Studio; Life is Amazing by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs.

Layout by Wendy. Supplies: Summer’s End by Alexis Design Studio; Fonts: Stampwriter Kit; DJB This Is Me.

You can see more layouts created with this kit on our ”
Team Inspiration” page.



A little about us – Barbara is married to her husband for 36 years and has 2 daughters, a son and 4 beautiful grandchildren. I am currently engaged to a wonderful man I’ve known for many years and I have a grown son who is also about to become engaged to a stunning young woman.

Barbara and I will both be planning weddings for our children in the very near future, and we’re so very excited!

Alexis lives in the beautiful Catskill mountains in New York, Barbara lives in hot and humid, Houston, Texas. *LOL*

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Barbara and I (Alexis – a.k.a. Lexy) are a design team that collaborate on every collection we produce. We do this via long distance on daily basis – we absolutely love working together!

I began designing 7 years ago, and after 6 months of working behind-the-scenes, Barbara joined the studio in January 2015. Both of us started with paper scrapping, but for me, it was short lived. I quickly found digital scrapbooking about 13 years ago, and have been hooked ever since…we were both scrappers prior to designing, and on several Creative Teams.

~Barbara

~Lexi

We are truly inspired by all things that are beautiful. Beginning with color, glass, crystal, flowers and lace and always nature. At times, our own vintage photos will provide insight as to colors and style.

Color is paramount in most everything we do to make a kit come together. Although we do some themed kits, most of our collections are created to be versatile for all occasions. Flowers are always key and we rarely duplicate any element so as to provide our customers with variation within their own designs and projects.

Computer: We both run with with OS X – El Capitan, 8GB of RAM and 1 monitor. That doesn’t include about 3 external hard drives (for each of us) to facilitate large files needed for designing and photos. It is so important to have a backup plan for all your photos and purchases.

Program: Barbara and I both use Photoshop CC 2015, I occasionally use ArtRage.

Camera: I have a Lumix – DMC ZS7, and Barbara uses a Sony Cx 6000.

Anything Else: We both use iPads, but do very little design work on them aside from some doodles or searching for ideas to design new kits.



For both of us, we LOVE using filters both in our layouts and in our design work. You can easily change the entire spectrum of things by using that simple little technique that is found in all programs. Also be sure to play with the opacity and masks on papers! You would be surprised how much fun it can be.

In the Garden: We love the rich colors and textures in this kit… it just screams country summers. This kit is perfect for scrapping layouts for gardening, trips to the farmer’s market, flea markets, picnics, summer country weddings, picnics and parties, and would be great for summer / barbcue recipe cards and layouts.

Again, this was difficult to choose just one, since most all of our collections are popular!

Spring and all things new inspired this one. After a long winter, we were exited to create something without snowflakes! *laughing* We feel many of our customers shared in our sentiment.






Here are some of my favorite products by Alexis Design Studio:














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














Use coupon code ADS_TDD-luv30 to save 30% off your purchase at Alexis Designs (expires 8/31/17; excludes bundles, collections and CU products).

Go have a look in Alexis Design Studio’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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Sweet Little cherubs, soft flowers, and worn colors. It’s like taking a peek into my mother’s and grandmother’s childhoods. Bows and bonnets, flowers and fun. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Vicki Stegall with us again this month and her kit, Felicity, is absolutely adorable. And for those who have girls obsessed with their American Girl dolls, be sure to grab this kit. You’ll be glad you did. Let’s see what’s inside this sweet, sweet, chubby kit!

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 Vicki Stegall’s contribution:

Layout by Katie. Supplies: Felicity by Vicki Stegall.

Layout by SharonS. Supplies: Felicity by Vicki Stegall; Template by Bellisae Designs; Font: Franklin Gothic Book.

Layout by Cheryl. Supplies: Felicity by Vicki Stegall; Fonts: Stamp and Always In My Heart.

Layout by Bethany. Supplies: Felicity by Vicki Stegall; Template by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs.

Layout by Natascha. Supplies: Felicity by Vicki Stegall; Slipping Through My Fingers by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs.

You can see more layouts created with this kit on our ”
Team Inspiration” page.



Vicki Stegall is the proud owner of Oscraps.com. Vicki opened Oscraps 9 years ago when she made the transition from a traditional paper scrapbooking to digi scrapping. While Vicki is and always will be a Designer at heart, the responsibilities of running a major digi site don’t leave her as much time for Designing as she’d like. She’s a born and bred ‘Okie’ living in Moore, Oklahoma and really does say, “y’all” all.the.time. She lives with her IT hubby, Anthony and her 15 year old son, Alyx, who is also her primary scrap subject. Someone recently described her design style as Vintage Grunge and she thinks that suits her just fine.

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I did this layout for a designer spotlight challenge at Oscraps. The challenge was to go wild and pile stuff on a page. I did struggle with this and ended up piling it on but still keeping it clean and simple. What I loved about this was how the challenge and the act of being free with it all ended up inspiring my journaling.

I got started paper scrapbooking when my son was born. Before I became a stay at home mom I was very career oriented and didn’t really know what to do with myself at home. One of the ladies from our childbirth class ended up living less than a mile from us and she invited me over for a scrapbooking party. I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into but went anyway. Wow, am I glad I did! We started spending most every day together scrapping and crafting while our munchkins played together. One day she called me up and asked if I’d ever heard of digital scrapbooking. I never had, but as she put it, I was better at computers than her so could I check into it. From that day on, I was hooked! At that time, there just wasn’t very much out there. So, I started making my own designs, then sharing them and eventually opened the shop at Oscraps.

Anything and everything! I really enjoy “found objects” and that’s frequently what I start with. The kits just evolve from that. Being the owner of a large shop, I tend to get caught up in the actual running of the shop – background site issues, customer service, etc. so I don’t have as much time for designing (and/or scrapping), so deadlines and commitments continue to be my biggest inspiration at the moment. That’s one of the things I love most about the 52 Inspirations subscription. It keeps me designing twice (or more) a month!

Computer: Macbook Pro laptop, dual monitors and a cintiq graphics tablet.

Program: Photoshop CS6

Camera: Everyday camera – my iPhone 4s My “good” camera (which I don’t know how to use very well) – Canon EOS 5D

Anything Else: iPad 2, Kindle 1 & 2, and Nook Color (I like gadgets). My favorite is my Kindle. I use it to listen to my books via the “text-to-speech” feature. It takes some getting used to, but I love listening to books while I do extractions and laundry 🙂



To check out the different effects of blend modes quickly and easily, hold down the shift key and press the + or – keys to cycle through the different layer blend modes. This works best with the “move” tool as your active tool – if your active tool is a brush or similar, this won’t work because it will cycle through the blend modes of the active tool rather than in the layers palette.

I loved everything about this bundle – the soothing colors, the creative outlet of the mixed media papers, the traditional touches and experimenting with something relatively new to me – full size page blend masks.






52 Inspirations is a yearly subscription project that I do with Sue Cummings. We’ve been doing it since 2008 and we have members who have been with us since day one. Sue or I release a mini kit or element/paper pack each week for a year. It’s continually changing and continues to inspire me every week even after all these years. And, it’s a ridiculously great deal for our customers!






Here are some of my favorite products by Vicki Stegall:

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














Use Coupon code: 404utdd for 40% off Vicki Stegall Designs, Exp: October 1, 2016. (*excludes commercial use and collaborative items)

Go have a look in Vicki Stegall’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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There are just some things that completely blow me away. Perusing New Life Dreams’ store is one of them. Seriously, there is some mad skills here. I look at the kits and colors and I feel as if I am in a beautiful dream world—a place where only good things happen. Summer Fun, her kit for this month’s Digi Files, makes me gasp. The gorgeous turquoise and the yellows and oranges, along with the fun summer elements such as the camera and ice cream cone, inspire me in so many ways. Let’s take a closer look—I know you are going to be in awe!

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 New Life Dreams Designs’s contribution:

Layout by SharonS. Supplies: Summer Fun by New Life Dreams Designs; Template by Scrapping with Liz; Font: Promised Freedom.

Layout by Cheryl. Supplies: Summer Fun by New Life Dreams Designs; Fonts: Stamp and Always In My Heart.

Layout by Bethany. Supplies: Summer Fun by New Life Dreams Designs; Template by Little Green Frog.

Layout by Sula. Supplies: Summer Fun by New Life Dreams Designs; Fonts: League Gothic.

Layout by LulyG. Supplies: Summer Fun by New Life Dreams Designs; Big Mask No.1 (template) by Miss Mel; Font: Ke Aloha.

You can see more layouts created with this kit on our ”
Team Inspiration” page.



My name is Peggy I’m 40 years old and I live in a small town in the North of France,with my boyfriend.
It is always difficult to speak about me but I will do my best for you !
I’m an animal lover,that is why you can find animals in almost all my kits,I have a little cute cocker spaniel named Winnie.If I could I would love to have rabbits,pigs,sheep … but for the moment in my little flat it’s not possible.
I love everything about Disney (that’s why my dog’s name is Winnie lol my favorite character)
I can’t live a day without music,I have very eclectic tastes,I listen everything,it really depends of my humor and I love to sing along with the music that’s why the weather is often rainy in North of France lol.
In my rare free times I love reading books,watching series i’m addicted to The Walking Dead and Game of Throne!
I also love spending time with my family and recently with my little niece Eden who was born in september 2015.

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I really love this photo of my sister Sheryl and my niece Eden,the photo was made at hospital a few hours after the birth.
They are both so peaceful and quite I could watch this picture for hours!

I was searching for traditional paper scrapbooking ideas on the web in 2006,when I discovered Digital Scrapbooking and immediately I fell in love with it.
I’ve started as a scrapper but I was tempted to designing since the beginning.
I’ve been designing since 2007 and I really loved every minute of it !!I’ve started by making little freebies on my old blog and tried to learn using photoshop.
It was a big challenge,I’ve worked really hard and one day I decided to try my luck to sell my designs.I still learn new things every day and this is so fun !!
I would describe my style as eclectic because I love so many different styles and I like to cater to every type of scrapbooker,from those who prefer a simple approach to traditional and fantasy.

I find my inspiration everywhere,it can be by watching tv or talking with a friend it’s hard to really define what’s inspire me because it is almost everything and all the time,sometime I wake up in the middle of the night and I have to write something I was thinking for a kit.
I am addicted to designing embellishments,when I start it’s always difficult to stop and I’ll often spent hours and sometimes even days on one single piece if necessary as detail is really important to me.
When I create a kit I use to start designing a few papers,something like 4 or 5 and after a few elements,after that I’m guided by my inspiration and sometimes I can re start from the beginning when i’m not satisfied with my work.
For example for the kit I designed for Daily Gigi I created 7 first papers but after I designed some elements I decided to re-made all the papers to give you the best choice.
I’m always too hard with myself lol

Computer: I have a PC HP Pavilion that runs windows8.1 64 bits,Intel Core i5 @ 3.20GHz with 8GB RAM and an HP 24″monitor at 16/10 format because I really don’t like to work on 16/9.

Program: I use Photoshop cc 2015,Eye Candy 7 and Artrage 4

Camera: I had a Reflex Nikon but it is damaged now so I often take pictures with an old Kodak easyshare and with my phone.
I also have an old polaroid since I’m 13 years old and it’s still work,I love to play with it.


Anything Else: I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet and an HP Envy Printer scanner



My tip is to backup all my files ,it happened to me 2 times to loose my work when I was a beginner designer,I didn’t had external hardrive and I loose files that I was never able to find again or re create.
Now I have 3 500 gb external disks + 2 16 gb usb keys, I save my work every day and the things I bought ,before I turn off the computer.
I think I’m a little paranoiac with saving files now lol but backup your files is so important .

I choose my Shades of Autumn kit because it’s about a season I cherish the most and I can resist to the 2 cute squirrels in love !
The colors are vibrant and I love the lights touch everywhere,this kit is really funny and it makes me happy !






I really don’t know why Sea Whistle,I think the kit is really versatile and filled with a lot of funny elements of all sort,I remember when I created it I had to say stop to myself or maybe I was about to create a kit with too much elements in it,but I had a lot of fun working on it.






Here are some of my favorite products by New Life Dreams Designs:














Here are some more inspirational layouts using New Life Dreams Designs’s products. All of the layouts are linked to the originals with credits.














Save 40% off everything in New Life Dream’s store with coupon code NLD_TDD_40Off (excludes collections).

Go have a look in New Life Dreams Designs’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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