August 2016

Grab all my Personal Use products with a discount of 33% - this offer ends on Thursday September 1st at midnight.

Personally I’m not really a template girl… I love a blank page and I love to start from scratch, templates sometimes give me a feeling of ‘restriction’. BUT I have to admit that I have been using templates more frequently over the past few months, for my personal photobooks. I love how they speed up my workflow.

If you love to use templates, for whatever reason, then you are going to love my new set of Whimsical Templates, and the sale I have on all my Whimsical Templates.

Let me show you the new set first:

Preserve your memories with ease and style and speed up your workflow with this gorgeous new set of whimsical templates! Clip your photos to the clipping masks, recolour the paint layers (or clip a beautiful paper to them), add some embellishments (or not), done. Play with blend modes and opacities for surprising results… Create your own unique layouts over and over again! You will receive 4 layered templates in the following formats: PSD, TIF and PNG. Each template was created at 12×12 and saved at 300 DPI.

These templates are 30% discounted for a week.
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Here’s some Whimsical Inspiration!

First up is this page by Andrea. She used template number 2 and flipped it vertically. She used Fly Me To The Moon Collection to create this page (one of my personal favourites; purchase links at the end of this post).

The next page is from Carina. I had to laugh when I saw this page, that Alice In Wonderland doll is adorable! It’s great to read the story behind it as well. Carina used - what else - Wonderland Collection to make her layout (purchase links at the end of this post).

A soft and delicate page by Sylvia, using Wanderlust (purchase links at the end of this post). I love how the picture flows from one frame to another, and how it ties the left frame and the two right frames together. That hidden ‘lace’ is a great detail (can you see it?).

Rae is a photographer and her pictures are always superb! She used Wanderlust elements, Spring Fever Transfers and My One True Love Mixed Media Papers (purchase links at the end of this post).

Next up is this page by Francine. She used Number One Dad and the Doodled Stitches Vol01 that I released last week (purchase links at the end of this post). The stitches are a great addition and they work so well with the rest of the elements.

Erin has been on the move for quite some time but she has now found a place to stay and she is getting back into designing (and I’m doing a happy dance for that). She used Hippie Spirit here (purchase links at the end of this post).

Sigh… this is so gorgeous! Barbara always knows how to make an impressive page with a minimum of elements and papers. I loved how she has used just one frame for a picture, added text in another and a piece of vintage ephemera in another. She used Wanderlust and Vintage Herbarium Papers (purchase links at the end of this post).

So soft and dreamy, this gorgeous page by Ange. Ange used Watercolour Textures Vol02, Doodled Stitches Vol01, Wonderland, A Stroke of Luck, Fly Me To The Moon and Hippie Spirit with one of the templates (purchase links at the end of this post). What an adorable picture too!

And here’s my page! I used My One True Love, A Stroke Of Luck and Easter Morning (purchase links at the end of this post).

30% discount on Whimsical Templates Vol01, Vol02 and Vol03

I have put all my other Whimsical Templates on sale as well, so hurry up and grab them:

30% off for a week.
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30% off for a week.
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30% off for a week.
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Want to grab any of the additional packs that were used in these layouts? Here are the links!

A Stroke Of Luck Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Doodled Stitches Vol01
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Easter Morning Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Fly Me To The Moon Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Hippie Spirit Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

My One True Love Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Number One Dad Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Spring Fever Transfers
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Vintage Herbarium Papers
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Wanderlust Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Wonderland Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Watercolour Textures Vol02
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

This month I have written two tutorials on the blog of The Graphics Fairy Membership. The first one was published yesterday and in that tutorial I am showing you how to create cupcake toppers with the amazing pet images that Karen and Emily have shared. I had so much fun making these that I also shared a free printable 🙂

Here’s the one that I’m explaining in an easy to follow step by step tutorial:

Like it? Then go to the site and follow along.

If you are not a member yet, then you definitely should become one. This is what you’ll get for just $9.98 a month, or $79.88 a year:

• New gorgeous digital resources each week
• A new Photoshop Elements tutorial each week
• No limitations on personal or commercial use
• Printable low tech versions offered each week, for those prefer print ready formats
• Additional file formats, including vectors and PNG’s with the backgrounds removed
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Anja

More than 10 years ago I bought a sewing machine. I thought it would be nice to learn how to work with it, but until this day I have never used it. I just couldn’t figure out how it works and to be honest, I wasn’t ambitious enough to actually learn it… A pity really, I can knit, I can crochet, but I cannot sew.

I’ve always been jealous of designers who could sew their own stitches, because I LOVE stitches and thread on a layout. I have always asked myself how I could have my own … learn to work with the sewing machine after all? Ask someone to make stitches for me (I have two aunts who can sew really well)? But then I would have to extract the stitches in Photoshop … that would require a lot of patience and a lot of time…

And then it hit me, what if I could just draw my own stitches? And so over the weekend I took a 0,5 mm pen and I started doodling… stitches! It took some time to get them just right, but I was blown away by the result. They looked so real! Turning them into a Photoshop brush was easy peasy… and here’s the result:

Take a look at this detailed preview:

Don’t they look amazingly real?

These messy stitches will help you add detail and dimension to any layout or art journal page, they are the perfect finishing touch. You will receive 12 doodled messy stitches, in PNG format, in a shadowed and a non shadowed version. I’ve also added a set of brushes (maximum size 2500 px).

Doodled Stitches Vol01 are discounted for a week and available in all my stores.

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Watercolour Textures Vol02

My second release for this week is this set of 9 hi res papers, created from watercolour textures that I made myself. They were scanned at 600 dpi and edited for maximum quality. You will receive 9 papers 12×12 inch, but I’ve also included 9 letter size papers for easy printing. They will make great backgrounds in your digital scrapbooking, art journaling and papercraft projects!

Watercolour Textures Vol02 are discounted for a week
and available in all my shops.

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Special sale: 30% off on these additional packs

I am having a sale on a few similar (older) packs as well. These four packs are 30% off as well:

Blue Skies Papers are discounted for a week and available in all my stores.

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Watercolour Textures Vol01 are discounted for a week
and available in all my stores.

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Acrylic Transitions Mixed Media Papers are discounted for a week
and available in all my stores.

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Stitched Shapes Vol01 are discounted for a week and available in all my stores.

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Whimsical Inspiration

And here’s some inspiration from my creative team, using Doodled Stitches Vol01 and Watercolour Textures Vol02:

This page from Eszter is truly a work of art - this would be perfect for wall art! Eszter used Watercolour Textures Vol02, Doodled Stitches Vol01 and then a few other packs of mine: Castles & Princesses, Dreaming Of Christmas and A Stroke of Luck (purchase links at the end of this post).

A romantic page from Rae, who is new to the team. She combined Watercolour Textures Vol02 and Doodled Stitches Vol01 with My One True Love (purchase links at the end of this post). A soft and delicate page!

Francine is also new to the team. She used one of the templates of Whimsical Templates Vol03 to create this layout, as well as a few things from Ex Libris and Wonderland (purchase links at the end of this post). I love how she has used the watercolour textures here!

Carina is new as well. She combined the Watercolour Textures Vol02 and the Doodled Stitches Vol01 with My One True Love (purchase links at the end of this post). The colours work so well together.

This page by Cynthia (another new girl) uses one of the Whimsical Templates Vol03 and Wanderlust in this layout, as well as Watercolour Textures Vol02 and Doodled Stitches Vol01 (purchase links at the end of this post). I’m loving all the blending here!

A page by new girl Andrea. She used Ex Libris (purchase links at the end of this post) to combine with the textures and the stitches and I love the combination with the poppy, the tab and the butterfly.

Barbara used Whimsical Templates Vol02 and A Stroke Of Luck to create this page (purchase links at the end of this post). Again, here, I think all the elements work so well with the watercolour texture she picked. It shows you how versatile the papers are!

And finally, a page by me. I’ve combined one of the Watercolour Textures and the Doodled Stitches Vol01 with a frame of Hippie Spirit, a flower and a doiley from Wonderland, sequins from A Stroke Of Luck (recoloured) and a jewel from Vintage Findings Vol01. The ‘Beauty’ quote from my Edgar Allan Poe Quotes pack was perfect for this page. Purchase links at the end of this post!

Want to grab any of the additional packs that were used in these layouts? Here are the links!

Castles & Princesses Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Dreaming Of Christmas Kit
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

A Stroke Of Luck Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

My One True Love Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Ex Libris Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Wonderland Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Whimsical Templates Vol02
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Whimsical Templates Vol03
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Wanderlust Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Hippie Spirit Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Vintage Findings Vol01 Commercial Use
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

My first Creative Team Call is over now. I got great applicants, but could only pick a few. If you applied, but didn’t make it, I’d encourage you to try again when I have another call!

A big welcome to the new members:
(names are linked to their galleries)

Andrea Young, aka Estir_Bune

Carina Kindh, aka Cinna

Cynthia Arguelles, aka Cynthia (or Limoncello)

Francine Taylor Tallent, aka Scrapolina

Rae Clevett, aka bcgal00

Sylvia Regina, aka Sylvia

 

And just a shoutout to those girls who have been with me a bit longer:

Ange Brands, aka AngeBrands

Barbara Sokee, aka Sokee

Lisa Frisch, aka armygirl (Lisa was here as a guest first but she’s staying!)

Erin Wright, aka mimisgirl

Eszter Baranyi, aka Beszteri

Jen Maddocks, aka jenmaddocks

Judith Webster, aka judyinsd

Ona Boorman, aka Wombat146

Yolanda Baros, aka y_baros

 

I am so lucky to be able to work with all these amazing ladies. Together we will bring you a lot of whimsical inspiration for sure!

Anja

And just like that, another month has passed by and it’s $2 Tuesday again, that time of the month at The Digichick when you can buy three packs for just $2 each, for just one day!

These are my three packs for you this month (the images are linked):

I have made a layout that combines Among The Shadows Kit and Artsy Transfers, for your inspiration:

Behind this picture is a funny story… This is my daughter, in November 2011, while we were visiting an amusement park in Halloween decor. The ‘mummy’ on the picture came up to my daughter and said nothing… My daughter didn’t really know how to react and just laughed. Then - the second after I took this picture - the mummy said ‘boo’ and we just laughed so hard… Great memories!

Note: I used one of my Whimsical Templates Vol03 to create this layout (but removed some of the layers for the purpose of this layout).

More creative team inspiration from Ange, Rae, Carina and Yolanda:

Want to grab these three packs? Then hurry up, this deal ends today!

Anja

It’s 3-2-1 Sale at The Studio, for commercial use : 3 commercial use packs per designer, for just $2 each.

I have these three packs for you (the images are linked and will take you to the store) :

These three packs will be available to you for just $2 each, but hurry, this deal ends August 18!

Anja

I love books, I love bookstores, I love to walk around in an antiques bookstore, I LOVE old books! My newest collection ‘Ex Libris’ is all about books, reading and libraries.

‘Ex Libris’ is Latin for “from the books of…”. Usually it is a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner. Bookplates typically bear a name, motto, device, coat-of-arms, crest, badge, or any motif that relates to the owner of the book, or is requested by him from the artist or designer. The name of the owner usually follows an inscription such as “from the books of…” or “from the library of…”, or in Latin, ex libris…. Bookplates are important evidence for the provenance of books. In the United States, bookplates replaced book rhymes after the 19th century. - Source: Wikipedia

Do you love escaping in a book? Do you read books to learn new skills? Are you sad when you are reading the last page of a new book? Then you will love my new books and reading themed collection. Inspired by the love of reading and the irresistible charm of old books, “Ex Libris” will help you document all the excitement, adventure, and magic that a well-written book can bring. Remember that one book that changed your life, cherish the memory of that particular book that made you feel good… Grab a cup of tea, your favourite book and get lost!

Ex Libris Bundle - your best deal!

Included in this bundled deals are the following packs: Ex Libris Patterned & Mixed Media Papers, Ex Libris Solid Papers, Ex Libris Elements, Ex Libris Transfers And Stamps, Ex Libris Photo Masks, Ex Libris Words and Ex Libris Bookplates.

Ex Libris Bundle is permanently discounted by 40%
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Ex Libris Kit

Included in the Ex Libris Kit are the following packs: Ex Libris Patterned & Mixed Media Papers, Ex Libris Solid Papers and Ex Libris Elements.

Ex Libris Kit is discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Patterned & Mixed Media Papers

You will receive 18 hi res JPG files, 12×12 inch, including: 1 paper, made from a scan of the inside of a vintage book, 4 ‘collage’ papers, 2 ‘messy’ papers, 2 papers with a vintage rose pattern, 2 papers with a stars pattern, 2 papers with an ornamental pattern, 1 vintage book page paper, 1 paper with a pattern of vintage girls on a bench, reading a book, 2 vintage book cover papers, 1 paper with a dots pattern (included in the kit and in the bundle, also separately available).

Ex Libris Patterns & Mixed Media Papers are discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Solid Papers

You will receive 9 hi res 12×12 JPG files (included in the kit and in the bundle, also separately available).

Ex Libris Solid Papers are discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Elements

With this pack you will receive 72 PNG files: 1 ampersand, 1 banner, 2 bookplates, 1 paperstrip for bookplates, 3 brads, 1 butterfly, 3 buttons, 1 owl charm, a vintage ephemera image of little girls with books, 1 ‘coffee’ stamp, 1 vintage bookmark, 1 vintage library card, 1 blank library card, 1 paperscrap with an image of an owl, a candle and some books, 1 vintage book paper, 1 torn paperscrap, 3 paper flowers, 2 flower beads, 2 dried flowers, 2 vintage ephemera flowers, 1 metal frame + mask + bolt, 1 paper frame, 1 small plastic heart, 1 velvet leaf, 1 paper leaf, 1 paint splot, 1 ribbon, 1 flower and hearts scatter, in a shadowed and non-shadowed version, 3 scribbles, 1 staple, in a shadowed and non-shadowed version, 1 stars stamp, 1 leather string, 5 tabs, 1 blank paperstrip for tabs, 10 paperstrips for tabs: adventure, children’s book, classics, fiction, non-fiction, health, hobby, romance, sci-fi & fantasy, thriller, 1 vintage ephemera ‘Ex Libris’ tag, 1 tape, 1 vintage teacup - (included in the kit and in the bundle, also separately available).

Ex Libris Elements are discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Transfers & Stamps

This gorgeous set of transfers and stamps will give your layouts more oomph. You will receive 15 hi res PNG files, including: 9 vintage ephemera stamps, 1 stars stamp, 5 artsy transfers (included in the bundle, also separately available).

Ex Libris Transfers & Stamps are discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Photo Masks

This set of painted and decorated photo masks was designed to coordinate with the Ex Libris Collection (included in the bundle, also separately available). You will receive 6 hi res PNG files, with an average size of 2400 px. Clip photos or papers to these masks, or recolour them and use them as paint behind photos and elements to add extra texture. Play with blend modes and opacities for surprising results!

Ex Libris Photo Masks are discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Words

Included in this pack are 12 quotes about books and reading in general. You will receive 12 hi res PNG files (included in the bundle, also separately available).

Ex Libris Words are discounted for a week
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Ex Libris Printable Bookplates

Do you have an extensive home library? Do you often lend books to family and friends? This set of 8 different bookplates will allow you to mark your books in a stylish way (included in the bundle, also separately available). Print them out and paste these in your books, add your name and address - now no one will ever forget that it is your book they are reading. Or use these gorgeous cards in your digital projects! You will receive 8 JPG files (2,5 x 3,5 inch) and 2 sheets in JPG and PDF for easy printing.

Ex Libris Bookplates are discounted for a week
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Creative Team Inspiration

My girls have worked their magic again… here’s what they did with Ex Libris:

And here are two pages from me:

Do you want to win a $10 coupon to my store at The Digichick?

Then join me for another Whimsical Challenge. What’s even better… even if you don’t win you’ll still receive a $5 discount, just for participating!

All the details can be found in this post.

Creative Team Call

You have until Monday the 15th to apply, so hurry up!

All details in this post.

Have a wonderful week,

Anja

Let’s start August off with a bang! It’s The Digichick’s 11th Birthday Celebration and it’s party time!

The forum will be filled with games and challenges with some fantastic prizes to be had, so be sure to stop by and check them out here.

We have so much going on… we are having a storewide sale to begin with. All personal use and commercial use packs are 40% off until August 8th.

40% off all personal use products

Follow this link to be taken to my personal use store at The Digichick.

The Wanderlust Collection is now available in all my shops(*) and discounted by 40% at The Digichick:

GRAB THE BUNDLE OR THE SEPARATE PACKS HERE

(*) Please note that not all Wanderlust packs are available on Creative Market

 

40% off all commercial use products

Follow this link to be taken to my commercial use store at The Digichick.

All 9 commercial use products that were in the Grab Bags for the Grab Bag Gala Event at Digital Scrapbooking Studio are now available for sale in my other shops as well, as separate packs. They are 40% off at The Digichick!

GRAB MY NEW COMMERCIAL USE PACKS HERE

(soon on Creative Market as well)

$2 Chick Blitz Sale

Follow this link to be taken to the $2 Chick Blitz Sale

I have a wonderful selection of personal ànd commercial use products up for sale in the Chick Blitz category - you will pay only $2 per pack!

The personal use packs (the images are linked):

The commercial use packs (the images are linked):

Did you know that I’m having a Creative Team Call?

You’ll find all the information that you need in this post.

I’d love to have you join in my Whimsical Challenges - I am now hosting them on my blog!

You never know, you might win a $10 gift certificate for my shop at The Digichick… And you have every reason to participate because all participants will receive a $5 gift coupon! All information in this post.

Have a wonderful time at the party!

Anja

Hi there scrappers!

From now on I’ll be hosting my monthly Whimsical Challenges on my blog. I found that it was rather confusing and time consuming to me to host challenges in two different shops and wanted to find a way to do this differently.

I had seen other designers do the same and so I decided to host challenges on my blog… The same rules still apply, the only thing that has changed is that you can post your contribution to whatever gallery you want and then come back here and share the link in a comment.

This isn’t my first challenge, but since this is the first one that I’m hosting here, I decided to start from scratch and call it Whimsical Challenge No1.

Ready to get started? Okidoki!

 

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THE CHALLENGE

I may be a designer now, but I’m also a scrapper! I have two designers that I still CT for, and I also scrap my personal photobooks. For my CT layouts, I usually put just one picture on a page. But for my personal photobooks I work with multiple photos on my pages… I simply have too many pictures LOL.

So, the challenge for this month is to make a layout with at least three pictures on your page. You can use the same picture, you can use three different pictures, you can even use more than three pictures, whatever you like. There are different ways to make a page with multiple pictures. Here is some random inspiration that I found across the internet:

I’m hoping that the ladies who have made these gorgeous pages won’t mind me sharing their layouts here. I don’t even have their names anymore… These were just layouts that I gathered over the years for my own inspiration, I keep them in themed folders on my computer. Whenever I get stuck in a rut, I go through my inspiration folders and they always get me started.

And here’s a page from me, from one of my photobooks (this is a double pager):

Credits: Captivated Visions - Make Today Count Mixed Media Papers and Elements & Ephemera | Laurie Ann - By Grace | Amy Wolff - Pretty Planks”; Remember September | Paula Kesselring - Autumn Goodies | Brandy Murry - Autumn Jewel | Jen Maddocks - Fall Beside Me; Autumn Journal | Pink Reptile Designs - Fallala

 

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THE RULES

• Use 100% On A Whimsical Adventure products;
• Once completed, post your layout in a gallery of your choice; then come here and post the link to your layout in the comments below;
• Deadline for this challenge is August 31;
• Have fun!

 

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THE REWARD

I will randomly pick one winner who will receive a $10 gift certificate to my shop at The Digichick. BUT everyone who participates will receive a $5 coupon… All the more reasons to participate, right?

I cannot wait to see what you come up with!

Anja