Autumn

Liz Caranci from the creative team used ‘A Walk In The Forest’ Junk Journal Kit to create this beautiful folio style junk journal / ephemera holder. It has many tuck spots, pockets and hidden spots to hold ephemera. Watch the video below or go to her Youtube channel.

Liz also used my Vintage Trees Cards and some of the Autumn Breeze Printables. Here are the links (just click on the name of the product)!

A Walk In The Forest Junk Journal Kit

CU Vintage Findings No8 - Trees In France

Autumn Breeze Envelopes
Autumn Breeze Bingo Cards
Autumn Breeze Note Cards
Autumn Breeze Tags
Or buy the bundle and save $$$ if you want all 4 packs!

Have a great day,

Anja

We are having another hot summer week here in Belgium, but with August almost over, I’m longing for autumn to arrive! Autumn is definitely the coziest time of year, with cool, crisp morning breezes and warm sunny afternoons. ‘Autumn Breeze’ was created with muted shades of apricot, periwinkle, rosewood, aubergine, peanut, cloud and ash grey, beautiful papers along with an array of embellishments such as handdrawn leaves, paint, vintage ephemera and some labels with the cutest fox you’ve ever seen and you can now purchase a printable version of it!

This printable version of the ‘Autumn Breeze’ digital scrapbooking collection includes:
- 9 solid papers 8.5 x 11 in (9 JPG files);
- 9 patterned and artsy papers 8.5 x 11 in (9 JPG files);
- 9 sheets with embellishments 8.5 x 11 in (9 JPG files).
Perfect for hybrid scrappers, paper crafters and junk journalers, with printable letter size papers and embellishment sheets. No Photoshop or any other graphic software needed. The embellishments were made up as ‘stickers’ with a white edging and a thin dark gray line, to easily cut around flowers, foliage, illustrations, stamps and more. All files are 300 DPI.

Autumn Breeze Printable Collection is 50% off through August 30 (along with everything else in my Etsy shop!).

Find the digital scrapbooking collection here:

Have a great day,

Anja

Scrap Girls is celebrating its 14th Anniversary. That means that Scrap Girls is now one of the longest-running digital scrapbooking websites and that calls for a celebration! Here’s an overview of the party schedule.

Discover the newest Create a Collection - a Scrap Girls tradition! Scrap Girls pulled together a yummy color palette, then asked the designers to create products around that palette. You pick the pieces you want and create your own collection! Make it a mini or make it a biggie!

Autumn Breeze is my contribution to this year’s Create A Collection. Autumn is definitely the coziest time of year, with cool, crisp morning breezes and warm sunny afternoons. Document those blissful autumn days, with this collection, created with muted shades of apricot, periwinkle, rosewood, aubergine, peanut, cloud and ash grey, beautiful papers along with an array of embellishments such as handdrawn leaves, paint, vintage ephemera and some labels with the cutest fox you’ve ever seen. They are sure to make scrapping your autumn memories a breeze!

Autumn Breeze Value Pack

Included in the value pack are the collection biggie, the gradient papers and the transfers. Definitely your best value! Click here to purchase.

Autumn Breeze Collection Biggie

Included in the Autumn Breeze Collection Biggie are

76 embellishments: 3 acorns, 2 arrows, 1 vintage owl, 1 berry branch, 1 bow, 3 brads, 2 buttons, 2 doodle stamps, 3 pieces of vintage ephemera, 3 feathers, 7 flowers, 1 vintage flower, 1 foliage, 1 foliage stamp, 2 frames, 1 piece of gesso, 1 ‘autumn days’ label (+ blank version), 1 fox label, 1 ‘notes’ label, 1 round ‘my favorite season’ + fox label, 3 blank labels, 2 flag labels, 1 piece of lace, 5 leaves, 3 handdrawn leaves, 2 photo masks, 5 paint splats, 1 glittery paint splat, 1 owl postage stamp, 1 crochet pumpkin, 1 vintage pumpkin, 1 ribbon, 1 seedpod, 1 stitching, 1 metal string, 1 hangtag ‘nuts about fall’ and squirrel (+ blank version), 1 messy thread, 5 word strips.

9 solid papers, 12 x 12 in.

9 patterned and artsy papers, 12 x 12 in.

Click here to purchase.

Embellishments, Solid Papers and Patterned and Artsy Papers are also separately available.

Autumn Breeze Gradient Papers

9 beautiful gradients, coordinating with the Autumn Breeze Collection. Click here to purchase.

Autumn Breeze Transfers

Add a finishing touch to your layouts with one of these gorgeous transfers, designed to coordinate with the Autumn Breeze collection. Click here to purchase.

The On A Whimsical Adventure team did incredible things with this collection:

Autumn Breeze is available at Scrap Girls only for now. As from November you’ll find this collection in all of my shops. However, I made some coordinating printables that I’m offering in my Etsy shop. They are a set of 6 bingo cards, 6 small envelopes and matching note cards, and 6 gift tags. These printables are great for use in your fall themed junk journals, for scrapbooking, or for any other digital or paper project. Click on the images to go straight to my Etsy shop and enjoy the Autumn Sale I have going on now (30% off all autumn themed packs, valid thru October 20th).

Commercial Use at Oscraps

These 4 commercial use packs are now available at Oscraps - click on the images to go to my Oscraps shop.

Did you know that a personal use license for these packs available is at half the price? Select ‘Personal Use’ from the dropdown menu under ‘Licensing Options’!

Have a great day,

Anja

Can you believe it is nearly time for Digital Scrapbooking Day ? To kick off the celebrations, Oscraps is having three days of flash sales, starting tonight, when the Oscraps Newsletter goes out. Each day new products will be offered for just $1 each. Then, on Thursday night, when the second newsletter goes out, we are having a 40% storewide sale.

Scrap Girls is preparing for its birthday event

All designers were given a color scheme to work with and we all created something. Some did a complete collection, others have just a few small packs. These packs will be released on October 16th, and because the birthday event is so big, we are just doing a simple sale for DSD. Keep an eye out for Scrap Girls newsletter or Facebook page for more news! In the mean time, here’s a sneak peek of my contribution for the Anniversary event:

Autumn Breeze will be available in my other shops as from November.

Save up to 50% in my Etsy shop!

I’m having a sale in my Etsy shop through October 7th !

50% off autumn and Halloween themed packs

20 % off mega packs and bundled deals

40% off everything else (licenses excluded)

Have a wonderful day!

Anja

There truly is something magical about the forest. The silence and the timelesness, the sound of crunching leaves beneath your feet, sunlight peaking through trees and branches, the smell of pine trees, berries, dried leaves and all things woodsy, especially in the fall season, are comforting to the soul and bring peace to your heart. Woodland Walks is a beautiful woodland themed collection, with a hint of autumn, and it is perfect for scrapping all your woodland pictures, for fall layouts and for documenting outdoor activities in general. You will love the warm and rich colour scheme, reminiscent of autumn leaves, berries, fruits and mushrooms, the textures and patterns, the vintage accents, the many woodsy embellishments, and the gorgeous papers.

‘Woodland Walks’ is now available at Oscraps and 25% off for a limited time. Click on the images below to go straight to my store at Oscraps:

Or buy this pack in my Etsy shop.

Or buy this pack in my Etsy shop.

Or buy this pack in my Etsy shop.

Or buy this pack in my Etsy shop.

Or buy this pack in my Etsy shop.

Or buy this pack in my Etsy shop.

Need some inspiration? Go check out this photo album on my Facebook fanpage!

I’ve also added this ‘oldie but goodie’ to my Oscraps shop…

These papers were among the first papers I ever designed, but I still love them. They’re 25% off for a limited time, grab them now!

And if you want to save really big, Woodland Walks and Autumn Memories Papers are both included in the Value Pack No1 ‘A Fabulous Fall’, that you can grab at Oscraps or in my Etsy shop.

Have a great day!

Anja

Fall is that magical time of year, when nature is bursting with color and when the air gets cool and crisp. It is a time to cuddle up and get cozy with comfy sweaters and hot drinks, and the perfect time to get crafty with this autumn digital crafting pack!

This value pack is made up from older ànd newer autumn themed packs (check your stash before purchase!), including two brand new printable packs. You will receive 97 papers, 240 elements, 12 atc, 16 journal cards and 22 printable sheets (+ 19 extra PNG files), that is a total of 1.41 GB. Make sure you have enough room on your computer for all this awesomeness!

Click here to purchase the value pack in my Etsy shop.
Click here to purchase the value pack in my Oscraps shop.

Apart from the new packs (ATC Vol02 and Postage Stamps Vol01), all these packs are also separately available in my Etsy shop - the links are in the description of the pack. They will also be available for sale in my Oscraps shop in the weeks to come. But by purchasing this value pack you can get all these goodies with a huge discount!

Here’s some inspiration from the creative team:

two pages from Alina

two pages from Diane

a page from Aly

A page from Carrie

Have fun!

Anja

I have a new set of Whimsical Frames for you!

Included in this pack are 5 autumn themed layered vintage frame templates for your fall pictures. The frames are real vintage frames, scanned, edited and extracted by me.

Since these are layered, you can choose what layers you want to use or not, mix and match, recolour, move around… Create your own unique frames over and over again, or go for quick and easy and keep them as is, all you have to do is clip your photo to the clipping mask.

Each frame comes in PNG, PSD and TIF format.

Whimsical Frames Vol04 are available in my shops at The Digichick, Oscraps and Etsy. They are 30% off, grab them before they go back to the normal price!

Here’s some inspiration from the team:

And a page from me as well:

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

Woodland Walks
The Digichick | Oscraps | Etsy (only separate packs)

The Scent Of Fall
The Digichick | Oscraps | Etsy (only separate packs)

What If You Fly
The Digichick | Oscraps | Etsy (only separate packs)

Ex Libris
The Digichick | Oscraps | Etsy (only separate packs)

Hi everyone!

Last month I was one of the featured designers at The Daily Digi. I created a kit for their subscribers, The Scent Of Fall, as I mentioned in this post.

I’m very happy to announce that The Scent Of Fall is now available in all my shops for purchase!

The Scent Of Fall focuses on all things comfy and cozy in this wonderful time of year, and more specifically on all the autumn spices like the crispness of the air, the earthy scent of leaves beneath your feet, the smell of the rain, hot apple cider, pumpkin bread warm out of the oven, the yummy smells from burning candles, cinnamon and vanilla. This gorgeous digital scrapbooking collection is bursting with colour, like autumn itself, and is perfect for documenting the magic of the fall season.

The Scent Of Fall Collection

Included in this bundled deal are the Patterns And Mixed Media Papers, the Solid Papers, the Elements, the Transfers And Paint and the Journal Cards, all bundled up for greater savings. Purchase the bundle and save 40%

Available at: The Digichick | Oscraps

The Daily Digi is dedicated to bringing you the best in digital scrapbooking on a daily basis. The best quality products, the best resources, information, tutorials, and more so you don’t have to spend your time surfing and navigating the internet looking for it. They define “digital scrapbooking” as anything using technology to document memories: blogging, Flickr, Facebook, photo books, and their favourite: creating layouts using various programs (mainly Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, but there are a lot of programs out there). The daily posts include information, tips, techniques, motivation, and new ideas on various aspects of digital scrapbooking. The Daily Digi is completely advertising free and affiliate free: the products they recommend are there because they have tried them and like them. The site is supported through their membership program: The Digi Files and The Digi Game where members get over $50 of digital scrapbooking supplies, layouts ideas, techniques, tutorials, and exclusive collections for only $7.50 per month.

And I am so proud to say that I am one of their contributors this month!

I created ‘The Scent Of Fall’ back in July when the summer had only just begun. But I LOVE fall and so I didn’t have to look too hard for inspiration. The Scent Of Fall focuses on all things comfy and cozy in this wonderful time of year, and more specifically all the autumn spices like the crispness of the air, the earthy scent of leaves beneath your feet, the smell of the rain, hot apple cider, pumpkin bread warm out of the oven, the yummy smells from burning candles, cinnamon and vanilla…

If you are a member of The Daily Digi, you will get this huge fall themed kit along with all your other downloads this month. If you’re not, then maybe you should consider becoming a member, just take a look at all those contributions for this month only, and wow, I’m in awe to be in the company of designers like Dawn Inskip, Studio Basic, Pixelily, Jacqui E. Smith and th ones that are still to be featured this month.

But enough talking for now, let me show you what I created for The Digi Files:

Click here if you want to learn a bit more about me 🙂

And as always, my creative team created such amazing pages:

And two pages from me 🙂

Click here for more inspiration on the blog of The Daily Digi.

And do not forget the coupon that will give you a 30% discount on my store at The Digichick. What’s more, they will randomly select two winners who will receive $10 in product. All you have to do is click on the image on the bottom of the post at the blog of The Daily Digi. Click here to go there.

The Scent Of Fall will come to my stores in November. So don’t worry if you are not a member, you’ll still be able to grab it.

Anja

I’ve been busy busy busy (but I like it!)… I get up early in the morning and I go to sleep wayyyyyyyyy to late… Why? Well, for various reasons… Let me fill you in on the details:

1) I participated in a local market as an exhibitor

A few months ago I was asked to join the Pukema 2015 market in Puurs, a small village in Antwerp. Not only did I get a call from the Pukema organisation, I was also contacted by the organizer of a local fair in Eeklo (10-11th October), and I was accepted for participation in a third fair in Ghent (29th November). I have never been an exhibitor on a market or fair but there’s a first time for everything, right?
With a market and two fairs ahead of me, I started to make my preparations weeks in advance. I had a stock of my cards printed at Moo, had some posters made of my artwork , and prints from a small collection of designs that I’ve made for Etsy. If you know me, you’d know that I always strive for perfection (not always a good quality!) and I wanted to add something extra. That something extra was a collection of vintage style jewelry with pictures from my designs. Jewelry is not really my specialty, I spent a lot of time on making them, but I love how they turned out!

Having a stock of items for sale is not enough, I had flyers and business cards printed, and I thought of ways to present my products in the best possible way, that would reflect my style and the look and feel of my designs.

Because I was so well prepared the building of my stand went very smoothly and quite fast (I had practiced at home). I had everything with me that I needed and that helped to feel confident about myself. I took my daughter with me (because I know she loves doing those things) for some extra help.

The market was not an overall success, I had many viewers but just a handful of buyers. I don’t think that Pukema was the perfect market for me though, Pukema is more about music (there were concerts all day), having a drink with your friends, something to eat, fairground for the kids, some street amusement… I’m expecting more success at the other fairs. Still, Pukema was an unforgettable experience and I had a lot of positive feedback on my designs.

Some helpful tips :

1. Being prepared is not a guarantee for success but it does help enormously to feel confident and calm the nerves.
2. Make sure that your pricing is clear. I found some gorgeous little chalkboards in a dollar store - perfect in the whole concept but most of all: very practical!
3. Have a little notebook with you. It was a great tip that I got from a friend, and I was happy I took her advice. I took some notes from things that I experienced or thought of and wanted to do better next time.
4. A few years ago I bought a chalkboard in a store for just 5 Euros. It’s a great way to present yourself and your business. I saw many people watching it and reading what I had written on it.
5. If the market is outside, make sure you can rent a tent (or if you have one from yourself, be sure to take it). A tent comes in very handy with unexpected showers!
6. Make sure you have a stock of flyers and business cards with you. I may not have sold that much, people did often take a flyer and a business card with them, and you never know what might come out of that!
7. A jar with candies is always a good idea if you have families with kids passing you by. While the kids asked for a candy, the parents took a flyer or a business card.

Here are some pictures:

The chalkboard that I bought for 5 Euros, perfect to present my business!

A stock of flyers and business cards. And a jar with candies! Note to myself: a note with ‘take me’ would encourage people even more to grab them, usually they only took a flyer or business card (or both), after we explicitly told them they could.

My vintage style jewelry. I didn’t really know how to present them, but then I found the wooden tree, the perfect display!

Having my cards spread out on the table was the best idea I had all day LOL. I hadn’t planned on presenting them that way, I was just going to put them in the baskets, but people would never have taken the effort to look at them if I hadn’t spread them out like this.

My daughter, all set and ready. She did a great job in helping me out.

And then we had a few showers… glad that I had rented the tent!

Street amusement with Monsterbob

The streets were crowded, despite the rain.

2) I have been allowed to open a shop at Creative Market

Creative Market is a platform for handcrafted, mousemade design content from independent creatives around the world. I had my eyes on them for quite some time, all the best designers have a shop at Creative Market! You cannot just open a shop though, you need an invite. About three months ago I applied but wasn’t accepted. The message was that they wanted to see more of me and then two weeks ago, I applied again! And was accepted… Still cannot believe it.

I will still sell my designs in the VectoriaDesigns shop, Creative Market is just a second outlet.

I have to make new previews for my products (the format is different than the Etsy format) and I have to make new zip files (no TOU or links are allowed in the zip files). Making new previews and rezipping everything is a lot of work, but I’m nearly there. I’ve already had some sales and a product ‘handpicked’ by the staff. ‘Handpicked’ means that your product will be shown on the main page and that makes for a lot of likes and views for your shop. It was my Worn & Tattered Vintage Newspaper Textures that was handpicked by the staff and yes, it’s on their main page. Just scroll down until you see ‘Handpicked’.

Or see the rest of my shop here.

3) New designs

Of course I keep adding new designs to my shop(s). These are the latest additions:

Are you planning on throwing a Halloween costume party this year? Then this invitation template and pack of costume contest printables will be the perfect tool!

6 artsy Artist Trading Cards with vintage mushroom images, with grungy textures. The mushrooms were scanned from prints that I found in a box that belonged to my father. In the box were so many old books, magazines, schoolbooks and other fun bits and pieces.

And then this paperpack in warm autumn colours, a bit worn and textured, for an extra cosy feeling, with faded vintage textures and images. With this pack you will get 8 textured/patterned papers and 1 solid paper. They are perfect for your fall or thanksgiving projects!

Among The Shadows Collection - Sneak Peek

Oh yes, it’s coming! It will be available in a large Halloween themed pack at a very affordable price, somewhere in the first half of October. Stay tuned!

That’s it for now. Enjoy your week!

Anja