Paperpack

I wish you all a fabulous 2018. I hope all your dreams (well, some at least) will come true.

At least one of my dreams has come true: last Thursday we bought a house! It’s not our dream home yet, it needs a lot of work, but the space and the potential are there.

I still feel a little overwhelmed, and with all the festivities of the past few days, it felt like my days were just too short and it was hard to focus on work, but I did manage to get some things done. Here’s an update:

A Winter’s Tale - re-release at Oscraps

‘A Winter’s Tale’ is a digital scrapbooking collection inspired by the story of The Snow Queen (my favourite fairytale!). The magic of a landscape beneath a white blanket, the light of a thousand diamonds when the sun touches the snow, frosty leaves and ice cold air, all that beauty of a winter’s day is captured in ‘A Winter’s Tale’. A colour scheme of blues, whites, greys, pinks and a few silvery accents, a paper made from real reindeer skin, snowflakes that look like they were made of real snow (except they do not melt on your pages), frosted flowers and leaves, gorgeous vintage stamps (some of them come from a 1922’s book of The Snow Queen, with the original Edmund Dulac illustrations), paint, a set of wintery transfers… the perfect collection for all your wintery outdoor pictures!

A Winter’s Tale Bundle

Save when you buy the bundle! Included are A Winter’s Tale Kit, Journal Cards, Snowflakes and Transfers.

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps | Coming soon at Scrap Girls

A Winter’s Tale Kit

Included in the kit are: 12 solid papers (12 JPG files 12 x 12 in), 16 pattern papers (16 JPG files 12 x 12 in), 2 alphas and 75 embellishments (75 PNG files): 1 antler, 3 brads, 2 branches, 3 buttons, 1 crown, 1 fastener, 2 flower cabochons, 1 flower bead, 1 fabric flower, 1 frosty flower, 2 paper flowers, 3 composite flowers, 3 frames, 1 gesso, 1 frosty leaf + stem, 2 frosty leaves, 1 light, 1 ornamental border, 3 paints, 1 glittery pinecone, 4 puzzle pieces, 1 reindeer label, 1 lace ribbon, 1 twine, 1 sequins scatter, 1 silver snowflake charm, 2 snowflake scatters (in a shadowed and a non-shadowed version), 3 stitched snowflakes, 2 wooden snowflakes, 1 snowflake, 2 stamps, 1 compass, 1 storybook illustration (Gerda and the reindeer, in a plain and in a sticker version), 2 tags, 1 glitter pinetree, 1 vintage owl, 6 vintage stamps, 5 words, and 5 wordstrips.

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps | Coming soon at Scrap Girls

Alpha, Elements and Papers are separately available. And I have these coordinating packs:

A Winter’s Tale Journal Cards

You will receive 2 x 5 JPG files 3 x 4 in and 2 x 3 JPG files 4 x 6 in (each card comes in both orientations) and printable 8.5 x 11 in sheets in JPG and PDF (will also print fine on A4).

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps | Coming soon at Scrap Girls

A Winter’s Tale Snowflakes

These snowflakes look like they were made of real snow (except they do not melt on your pages), and there’s a glitter version of each snowflake too. You will receive 2 x 12 PNG files.

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps | Coming soon at Scrap Girls.

A Winter’s Tale Transfers

A pack with 10 wintery overlays. You will receive 10 PNG files.

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps | Coming soon at Scrap Girls

Here’s some inspiration from the creative team and from my personal photo book:

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Scenic Papers Vol.2 ‘A Snowy Day’ - Re-release at Oscraps

It’s a wonderful combination, bare trees and sunlight on a snowy winter day… The light in the trees looks like fairy lights! These papers were created from pictures that I took on a snowy day. Mix and match these papers in your digital scrapbooking, art journaling, card making and paper craft projects. Print and frame them and use as winter decor - I added a printable letter size version of the papers. Or use them as overlays, play with blend modes and opacities for surprising results!

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps | Coming soon at Scrap Girls

Creative team member Jana combined these papers with A Winter’s Tale, and I love the result:

Winter Wonderland Party Pack - New at Scrap Girls and in my Etsy shop
Coming soon at Oscraps

The ‘Winter Wonderland’ party pack is filled with nostalgic and naive images of children having fun in the snow, delicate patterns, snowflakes and a touch of glitter. The editable party invitation, treat bag toppers and party banner, cute tickets and cupcake toppers, DIY washi tape and fun gift bows are good for hours of DIY fun. Whether you are organizing a baby shower, a birthday party for your kids, or just a cozy winter gathering, these party decorations will make it just perfect!

Buy the bundle and save! Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

This banner was designed to coordinate with the ‘Winter Wonderland’ party pack. It comes in a pink and a blue version. All letters and numbers are included, so you can make your own banner.

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

These gift bows are super easy to assemble, I’ve included instructions in the ZIP files.

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

Fun circular labels, that you can use as cupcake toppers, or gift labels, or as items in your digital projects.

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

Use these letter size papers as gift wrapping paper for small gifts, or for cards and other paper projects. Or, use them in your scrapbooking projects. They are letter size, which means that you can easily print these!

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

This party invitation has a front and a back, and both are layered, so you can customize the text; information about the fonts used is included in the ZIP files.

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

These cute printable tickets can be added to the party invitation when you invite your guests, to organize a raffle at the party. Or, use them to add a fun detail to any paper or digital project you are working on!

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

Make your own washi tape with these ready-to-print paper strips! I found this tutorial at The Graphics Fairy https://thegraphicsfairy.com/how-to-make-your-own-washi-tape-diy/ but there are many more if you google a bit. The strips come in 4 common washi tape sizes (width 0.3 in, 0.6 in, 0.9 in and 1.18 in). I’ve added separate JPG files too, so you can use the strips in your digital scrapbooking projects.

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

Don’t let your guests go home after the party without offering them something to remember the wonderful time spent together. These charming treat bag toppers will look great on your treat bags, filled with (homemade) cookies or sweets!

Available here: Etsy | Scrap Girls

And here’s a sneak peek for Friday - if you recognize a thing or two, then you are right. This is my part of an old collab called ‘365 New Chances’ that I’ve redesigned and updated with new embellishments and papers…

Have a great day,

Anja

This week I have something different from you: a set of 6 layered patterns in low poly style, that will help you create your own geometric patterns.

‘Low Poly’ was a technique originally used for making 3D models and scenes for videogames, due to its render speed, which was achieved thanks to low polygonal resolution.

Spoongraphics published an interesting tutorial on his blog about how you can create low poly art yourself, here’s the link. Most tutorials that I found use Illustrator to create a low poly style. But to be honest, I’m not that great with Illustrator and I found this tutorial that shows you how you can achieve the same effect using Photoshop only. I have used the same technique to create the patterns. And I had fun!

Each pattern comes in a TIF, a PSD and a PNG version. And each shape is on its own layer. Recolour the shapes, clip papers to them… anything you want. I’ve included a PDF with some tips on how to use these, make sure you read it.

Available here: Etsy | Sugarhillco | Creative Market

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

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well and are enjoying your summer (or winter, if you’re in that part of the world). Maybe you are spending some time on the beach? Well, in that case my new packs will be perfect for you if you are planning on scrapping those beachy pictures:

Scenic Papers Vol01 - Beach

These dreamy, shabby and textured beach and sea backgrounds were created from my own library of photographs. You will receive 9 hi res 12×12 in JPG files.

Scenic Papers Vol01 ‘Beach’ are discounted for a week.
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Sea Creatures Flairs

A cute set of 15 vintage sea creatures flairs in a gorgeous soft colour scheme. You will receive 15 hi res PNG files.

Sea Creatures Flairs are discounted for a week.
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Mermaids & Nymphs Printable Tags

A set of 6 gorgeous shabby, vintage and textured mermaid and nymphs tags, created with images from old paintings.

Mermaids are legendary aquatic creatures with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish. Sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks and drownings… In other traditions they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans. Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature and they have subsequently been depicted in operas, paintings, books, films and comics.

Nymphs are a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.

Use these tags in your digital scrapbooking or art journaling layouts, or print them for your hybrid projects, for art journaling, for gift tags and so on. I have included a sheet for easy printing. Each tag measures 2.4 x 4.09 in, or 6 x 10,3 cm. You will receive 6 hi res PNG files and a printable sheet in JPG and PDF.

Mermaids & Nymphs Printable Tags are discounted for a week.
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Some inspiration for you from my creative team

First up is this fantastic page from Barbara. She combined one of the Scenic Papers Vol01 with two of the Sea Creatures Flairs. She also used one of my Whimsical Templates Vol03, and bits and pieces from various On A Whimsical Adventure packs (Wonderland, Things To Do In The Garden).

Next page is from Jen Maddocks. She used one of the Scenic Papers Vol01 with some of the Sea Creatures Flairs and then some things from Mermaids (and a few things of her own packs).

Ona combined all three packs in this artsy layout. She also used some things from Mermaids.

Zeneva used a gorgeous picture from her kids on this layout - I love the light! She combined all three packs on her layout and she added a few things from Number One Dad, Wanderlust and Hippie Spirit.

And two pages from me…

On this page I used one of the Scenic Papers Vol01 Beach, one of the Sea Creatures Flairs, and a bit of Easter Morning and Hippie Spirit.

On this second page I combined one of the Scenic Papers Vol01, three of the Sea Creatures Flairs and one of the Mermaids & Nymphs Printable Tags with a (recoloured) wire from Mermaids. I took some layers from one of Heartstrings Scrap Arts ‘The Bigger Picture #4’ to blend it all together. The picture is from Unsplash.

 

Awesome Digichick Deals are coming next week

The Digichick is celebrating its 11th birthday in August. There will be a storewide sale ànd a $2 Chick Blitz sale (on selected items, both CU and PU) from August 4-8. More news about that next week!

The Crazy Deals at The Studio are coming to an end…

Today is the last day for:

The promotion on The Studio’s new Coordinated Collection ‘Wanderlust‘ - just $1 per pack

The Commercial Use Grab Bag Gala Deal- just $1 per pack

 

And you have until July 31st to take advantage of the Christmas In July Sale, all Christmas themed packs are 50% off.

Don’t miss these deals!

Have a wonderful week,

Anja

It’s 3-2-1 Sale at The Studio, this time for commercial use tools! This sale will run until May 26th and I have chose three commercial use paperpacks that you can grab for just $2 each during that time:

Whether you’re a designer or a scrapper with an appetite for lots of little extras, you’re sure to find something to help you build your stash during this sale… But wait! There’s more. Head on over to The Studio’s Facebook Page and jump on board for the Commercial Use Hop.

It’s a good day to have a big shopping bag 🙂

Anja

Hi everyone,

With all the craziness of National Scrapbooking Day, I didn’t find the time to make new things for my stores last week, but this week I have something really special for you!

My husband, Wim, is an artist. He teaches art to children from 6-12. And he coaches teachers in schools to help them teach art to children… He has an upcoming exhibition in September, with the rest of his colleagues, and on Sunday he came home with these breathtakingly beautiful textures that he had created. He had been mixing gesso, bistre and black acryclic paint on plastic sheets. The back of those sheets was painted white with gesso, but was kept somewhat transparent.

And the best thing of it all? He allowed me to scan those textures and make them available through my stores!

So… now you can get nine exclusive, stunning mixed media artist papers, brought to you straight from the atelier of the artist Wim Heldenmoed, to create art yourself, by using these artist papers as backgrounds in your digital scrapbooking, papercraft, art journaling or other projects. Included in this pack is a printable letter size version of each paper, for a jumpstart on your journals!

You will receive 18 Hi Res 300 DPI JPG files, including:
- 9 papers in a 8,5 x 11 inch version
- 9 papers in a 12 x 12 inch version

Discounted for a week and available in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market. A Must-Have!

My Creative Team has created some gorgeous stuff with these papers (don’t they always 🙂 ) to inspire you:

A poetic page by Judith with a great quote (I love quote pages!). She also used the Stitched Shapes Vol01 here and a bit of Things To Do In The Garden.

 

Amazing layout by Ange… I’m in love with hat picture and the silvery colours she used… This could be a page to document a holy communion celebration, or a wedding! Ange used the Acrylic Transition Mixed Media Papers with bits and pieces from Fly Me To The Moon, Among The Shadows, Dreaming Of Christmas, Edgar Allan Poe Quotes, My One True Love and Whimsical Templates Vol02.

 

Another poetic page, this one is from Jen. She used the Acrylic Transitions Mixed Media Papers with things from Spring Fever, Vintage Tropical Transfers & Brushes, Things To Do In The Garden, Wonderland and Vintage Herbarium Papers.

 

A wonderful page by Barbara! I love everything she used here, it all works so well with the paper from the Acrylic Transitions pack… Barbara used bits and pieces from Among The Shadows, Castles & Princesses and the new commercial use packs, Vintage Findings Vol01 and Button Mix Vol02.

 

A beautiful and cute page from Eszter! Looks like a page from a fairytale book. Eszter combined a paper from Acrylic Transitions with Castles & Princesses, Fly Me To The Moon and A Moment Captured.

 

Em has combined one of the Acrylic Transitions papers with A Moment Captured, and I think this works so well together! The orange adds a beautiful contrast to the whole layout. Those adorable pictures of her little boy are so cute.

 

I’ve been playing too 😉 I blended two papers of the Acrylic Transitions paperpack together and combined that with the following products: Worn & Tattered Vintage Newspaper Textures, A Touch Of Paint Vol01, A Moment Captured Elements II, Things To Do In The Garden Elements, Easter Morning, Fly Me To The Moon Brushes and a jeweled piece from the new commercial use pack, Vintage Findings Vol01.

 

I also have three new commercial use packs for you this week:

Button Mix Vol02

This set contains 12 gorgeous buttons in earthly tones with a bit of a boho/hippie/oriental feel to them. These buttons were photographed and meticulously extracted by me to ensure best quality.

You will receive 12 hi res PNG files, including 3 buttons with a flower pattern (red, orange and yellow), 2 buttons with an abstract leaf pattern, 1 striped button, 1 button with a pearl of mother flower pattern, 1 button with cut out shapes, 1 wooden button with a carved pattern, 1 leather button, 1 suede button and 1 metal button.

Available (and discounted for a week!) in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

Vintage Findings Vol01

This set contains 6 vintage style jeweled pieces in their original colours. They were photographed and meticulously extracted by me to ensure best quality. You will receive 6 hi res PNG files.

Available in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market (and discounted for a week!).

Bead Mix Vol01

This set contains 14 funky and colourful beads. They were photographed and meticulously extracted by me to ensure best quality. The size of these beads is approximately 0,983 inches wide (2,5 cm) for the rectangle shaped beads and 0,907 inches wide (2 cm) for the bulky beads (real sizes). You will receive 14 hi res PNG files.

Grab this pack in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

Remember, these packs are all discounted for a week, make sure you grab them!

If you’re looking for more commercial use deals, be sure to visit my commercial use shop at Digital Scrapbooking Studio tomorrow. There is going to be another 3-2-1 sale from May 19-26. I will have three commercial use packs on sale for just $2 each. Here is the ad that will run in The Studio’s newsletter on Saturday:

But that’s for tomorrow.

Whimsical Challenges

I have decided to extend Whimsical Challenge No2 at The Studio until the end of this month. I also have Whimsical Challenges running at The Digichick, and those run from the 1st of the month to the end of the month… I would like to have challenges at both shops run equally.

So if you haven’t participated at The Studio yet, there is extra time left! All details can be found in this thread. If you prefer playing at The Digichick, all info can be found here, same rules apply.

 

That’s all for now, have a wonderful day!

Anja

 

Looking for some real deals and steals? Then hurry up and go see the $1 Flash Sales in my shop at Digital Scrapbooking Studio!

Three personal use products and three commercial use products will be available for just $1 - only today. Tomorrow there will be another $1 Flash Sale with six new products.

These are my Flash Sale products for today, Friday:

Personal Use

Commercial Use

Hurry up, because these $1 Flash Sales are only available today (and make sure to come back tomorrow to see the $1 Flash Sales for Saturday!).

Anja

 

 

Thanks for participating in the May 2016 DigiScrap Parade!

If you are following the Parade route from start to finish, you should have arrived here from Vero and your next stop will be Jimbo Jambo Designs.

If you get lost along the way, simply head back to the main DigiScrap Parade site to view the master list and get back on track.

I’m so excited to be participating in the Digiscrapparade for the very first time as a new designer! I have created solids for you from every colour of the Commencement colour scheme and I have added a bit of silver glitter to them,
for a discrete festive look. I hope you like them.

Click on the image below to download (there’s a little surprise inside as well 🙂 ) :

Thanks for stopping buy and enjoy the rest of the ride!

Anja

Spring is finally here in Belgium, we’ve had some very beautiful days with soft temperatures and a lot of sun. When I look out of the window, I see trees blooming everywhere and I see the colour green coming back in our garden… I do not have a green thumb, in fact, I do not like to work in the garden, and I do not have the ambition to ever do so. But I could not imagine living in a house without one. I’m very lucky, my husband has the green thumb here in our family. He takes care of all the greenery in and around our house. I just have to enjoy it 🙂

All that has brought me the inspiration to design a garden themed kit. It took me like forever to finish it, and it was not for lack of inspiration. I just reworked it and reworked it, changed the colours, added things, removed things… Then I had the idea of adding illustrations that I made myself, with a pen from a Zentangle pen set that I accidently ordered (and decided to keep - maybe it was saying to me, “start drawing again”?)… and so ‘Things to do in the garden’ has become a whimsical digital scrapbooking collection with fantastic vintage and artsy patterns and mixed media designs that will make you wish you had a garden, whether you like gardening or not. The papers and elements are a delightful mix of vintage, realistic, mixed media and handdrawn illustrations. Colours are ranging from brown, clay and blue over fresh green, peach and golden yellow. The textures are rich and distressed, and you will surely love all the stamps, the floral illustrations, the scribbles, the transfers and the word art.

This garden themed collection will help you show off your love of all things green, and will help you create unique and gorgeous pages about your garden adventures and all sorts of other nature and outdoor themed memories.

Curious? Let’s go see some previews!

The Bundle

As always, the bundle is your best deal. Papers and elements in one package, permanently discounted. The bundle is available at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick and Creative Market.

I don’t offer bundles on Etsy for the simple reason that the file size is too large. But, if you are an Etsy customer, check out my coupon codes. Discounts start from $10 ; if you grab all the packs, your order will be larger than $10 and you’ll be able to use a discount coupon.

The Fantasy Papers

Included in this paperpack are 12 hi res JPG files. You will receive 1 paper with a vintage flower basket pattern, 1 paper with a collage of vintage garden themed ads, 2 papers with an etched vintage rose pattern, 1 paper with a striped pattern, 1 paper with a plaid pattern, 1 paper with a wooden texture, 3 mixed media papers, 1 paper with a patterned burlap texture, 1 paper with a handdrawn dots pattern.

Discounted for a week and available at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

The Solid Papers

Designed to coordinate with the rest of the collection… You will receive 9 hi res JPG files.

Discounted for a week and available at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

The Elements

A delightful mix of vintage ephemera, realistic elements and handdrawn illustrations… 60 PNG files in total, including: 3 brads, 3 buttons, 1 bird charm, 1 butterfly, 3 mini clothespins, 2 stitched brackets, 1 chicken wire, 1 doily, 1 doily flower, 1 vintage postcard, 3 flowers, 1 wooden flower scatter, 2 leaves, 1 mixed media leaf, 1 paper leaf scatter, 2 frames, 1 cluster of grass blades in a shadowed and non-shadowed version, 1 vintage mini tag, 1 twine ribbon, 1 stitched cluster of messy rectangles, shadowed and non-shadowed, 1 seed spill, 2 round photo masks, 2 splashes of watercolour, 2 paint splatters, 2 sponge painted circle clusters, 3 handdrawn floral elements, 3 handdrawn leafy elements/clusters, 1 stamped ephemera flower, 1 handdrawn grass scribble, 2 handdrawn clusters of little stripes, 1 handdrawn cluster of messy rectangles, 4 floral scribbles, 4 vintage ephemera garden themed ad stamps, 1 vintage ephemera garden plan stamp.

Discounted for a week and available at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

The Kit

The kit contains the Elements, the Fantasy papers and the Solid papers. It is discounted for a week and available only at Digital Scrapbooking Studio and The Digichick.

Additional packs:

Mixed Media Clusters

I had so much fun making these and customers like them! Included in this charming pack are 6 mixed media clusters. You will receive 12 PNG files (6 non-shadowed, 6 shadowed). They are discounted for a week and available at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

Word Art

Included in this pack are 12 garden themed word art elements. You will receive 24 PNG files (a coloured and decorated version, and a plain black version). Discounted for a week and available at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

Are you ready to be inspired?

Then check out these layouts from my amazing Creative Team:

And two pages from me:

Ready to grow your own garden? Then grab this collection while it’s discounted, in my shop at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, in my shop at The Digichick, in my Etsy shop, or in my shop at Creative Market!

Are you a newsletter subscriber? Then a small sampler of this collection is on its way to you. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so here.

 

While you are here, just a few reminders:

Spring Fever Collection

The Spring Fever Collection is still heavily discounted. It will remain so until the 28th of April. Separate packs are just $1 each, the bundle is available for just $6. As from the 29th, all the packs will go back to their normal prices and I will offer them in all my shops.

 

Whimsical Challenges

Whimsical Challenge No1 is now closed. All the participants have received their discount coupons and one winner has been chosen by random drawing. A huge thank you goes out to all those who played with me!

A new Whimsical Challenge has been posted in this thread. Are you joining me? This time I want you to tell me what your favourite TV show is and - if you can - why.

There are quite a few shows I like, but The Walking Dead is definitely still my top favourite TV show, even after 6 seasons it still has me nailed down to my seat. Here’s the page I made:

I used the following On A Whimsical Adventure packs: A Moment Captured, Among The Shadows, Bubbles And Splatters, Blue Skies Painted Papers.

Maybe next time you’ll be the winner of a $10 coupon?

 

Whimsical Challenges are now hosted at The Digichick as well!

The lovely Beatrice is hosting the Whimsical Challenges at The Digichick for me, so if you’re a Digichick girl and you feel like playing, then you definitely want to go to this thread! The same rules apply as the ones at The Studio, but the coupons will be for my shop at The Digichick.

 

And with that being said, I think I’m at the end of my post for this week! Have a wonderful week and see you next time!

Anja

 

Next to the release of my Spring Fever Collection at Digital Scrapbooking Studio (read all about it in this post), I have two more packs that are available in all my shops today:

 

Vintage Herbarium Papers

According to Wikipedia, a herbarium is a “collection of preserved plant specimens, sometimes with associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper.”

A few months ago I found an old herbarium, made by my husband, about 40 years ago. It immediately brought back memories of my childhood. We probably all made one in school, and some of you (including me) made one just for fun, to preserve sweet memories of beautiful summers or memorable moments. Pressing flowers is not only a wonderful way to preserve their beauty, they can also be used for a variety of purposes: you can use them to decorate cards, embellish candles, frame them and use them to create wall art, make paper… or you can use them on a scrapbook page!

These herbarium papers were created from my husbands herbarium. I carefully scanned them (they were so fragile) and edited them with a soft matte filter to turn them into unique backgrounds. Don’t you just love the incredibly real texture, the aged and yellowed tape, the faded colours?

You will receive 13 hi res 12×12 in JPG files, including 10 papers with dried flowers and plants, 1 back, 1 pink slip sheet and - as a bonus - the cover of the herbarium itself.

The Vintage Herbarium Papers are available in all my shops - and discounted for a week:
Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

* NOTE TO CREATIVE MARKET SHOPPERS - Last week I told you that I was going to offer a new release discount in my Etsy shop (the Etsy system does not allow to set discounts electronically, but I can set the reduced price manually). And I thought, why not do the same on Creative Market? The Creative Market system does not allow to set discounts either, as on Etsy, but I CAN adjust the price manually. So from now on I will be offering new releases with an introductory sale on Creative Market as well, as in all my other shops. After a week the price will go back to normal (that is usually the day after a new release).
Please note that the discount may not always be the same as in my other shops, as I cannot add decimals to my prices (the price always has to be a round number).

 

Whimsical Frames Vol.01

Perhaps keep just the stitched frame? Or maybe the mask and the frame, and no stitches? Or maybe keep the stitches and the mask, but not the frame? Anything is possible with these layered photo frame templates. You can clip papers or photos to each mask, turn off layers or turn them back on, and create unique accents to your pages over and over again. You will receive 4 large layered frame templates in TIFF, PSD, PNG and PAGE format.

Whimsical Frames Vol.01 is available in all my shops - and discounted for a week:
Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy, part 1 and part 2, and Creative Market.

* NOTE TO ETSY BUYERS - Because of the limited file size that sellers are allowed to upload to their shops, and because I always strive to offer instant download, I split this pack up in two packs. The price has been split up in two as well, so if you buy both packs, you will still pay the same price as if you would buy the complete pack.

 

Be inspired

Look at the wonderful pages from my creative team. Some of them have combined the Whimsical Frames Vol.01 with the Vintage Herbarium Papers:

 

A dreamy, almost monochromatic page from Ange, using nothing but the Vintage Herbarium Papers and the Whimsical Frames Vol.01. Sometimes less is more.

Same goes for this vintage page by Ange… She has used one of the Vintage Herbarium Papers and has added some things from my Castles & Princesses Collection. Everything has been toned down to some golden sepia, this could be hanged up on a wall!

 

Barbara has used one of my favourite Vintage Herbarium Papers. She used the April Fool Mini Kit as well and added some word art from my A Moment Captured Collection. Simply gorgeous! And it shows how you can use an April Fool themed pack for something totally non-related.

 

Em has outdone herself here! She has used the Vintage Herbarium Papers as a backdrop for her pictures (framed with Whimsical Frames Vol.01) but look at all the blending and the work she has done, wow! Em has used the Spring Fever Collection in the background.

 

Erin has used one of the two solid papers from the Vintage Herbarium Papers and two frames from the Whimsical Frames Vol.01. She has added triangles from the Stitched Shapes Vol.01 and some things from my Easter Morning Collection.

 

Look at this - holy moly - so creative! I wish I could take a look in Eszters head sometimes LOL. Eszter used one of the Vintage Herbarium papers as a background for this stunning composition.

 

I totally love the idea of Judith of using the Vintage Herbarium Papers on a heritage layout! Judith also used Cosy Christmas Kit, Wonderland Elements, Wonderland Charms and the Castles & Princesses Collection. This has definitely got me inspired to scrap those old family pictures of mine.

 

A beautiful ‘greenery’ page from Ona, using the Vintage Herbarium Papers, some bits and pieces of one of the templates from my Whimsical Templates Vol.02, some cut-outs from the Vintage Mushroom ATC, some papers of the Watercolour Textures Vol.01 and a quote from my Edgar Allan Poe Quotes Pack.

What is not to love about this super cute layout from Ona! Ona has combined one of the Whimsical Frames Vol.01 with a paper and some elements from the My One True Love Collection and word art from my A Moment Captured Collection.

I’ve said it before, I always love to see my ‘older’ packs in use, I think Ona has done a great job here doing so, in her two layouts.

 

And finally, a page by me :

I have used my favourite Vintage Herbarium Paper combined with one of the Whimsical Frames Vol.01. I especially love the delicate pink/lilac of the flowers of the paper and I found a picture on Pixabay that had just the right colour tone for this layout. I also used A Touch Of Paint Vol.01, a bit of Wonderland and a bit of Easter Morning, and - like Ona - a quote from my Edgar Allan Poe Quotes Pack. Well, actually Ona said she was inspired by me to use one of the Edgar Allan Poe Quotes 🙂

 

Hehe, that’s it for today, there was a lot to talk about, right?

Have a wonderful shopping and have a wonderful week!

Anja

A huge collab, four times a year, one colour scheme… That is generally the idea of the Coordinated Collections formula at Digital Scrapbooking Studio.

Today is reveal day for the Coordinated Collection for Spring 2016, ‘Rainbow Bright’! All the packs are on sale for just $1, for two weeks. Bundles are for sale for the price of the number of packs, so a bundle with 6 packs (like mine) is just $6 (unbelievable, isn’t it?). You really have to go check it out, the contributions of the Studio Designers are seriously amazing. I already have a few things on my wishlist!

I’m joining the party for the first time since I came to The Studio. ‘Rainbow Bright’ didn’t seem like a fitting title for my packs, because I focused on the ‘Spring’ theme, therefore I have named my packs ‘Spring Fever’.

Let me show you what I have created:

Remember, you can grab all these packs at just $1 each, for two weeks! And the Spring Fever Collection is available for just $6.

Layout inspiration

You will surely be inspired by the amazing pages from my wonderful creative team :

Ange has combined the Spring Fever Collection with one of my Whimsical Templates Vol.02 and I absolutely love the effect of the blended papers! Ange has used a few extras from my My One True Love Collection (the butterfly and some paint).

Another gorgeous page by Ange, using only the Spring Fever Collection.

 

A gorgeous white space layout from Guest Creative Team member Barbara. I love the strip of patterned paper on top and the cute cluster in the bottom right corner. Barbara has combined the Spring Fever Collection with a few bits and pieces from my Castles & Princesses Collection.

 

A gorgeous page by the lovely Em! Em has also used my Stitched Shapes Vol.01 and some goodies from my Fly Me To The Moon Collection. I especially love how well the silver leaf from Fly Me To The Moon works with the rest of the page and the stitched rectangle behind the picture adds an interesting detail, without being too prominently present.

 

Creative Team member Erin created this splash of spring fever by using one of my Whimsical Templates Vol.02 and combining it with the Spring Fever Collection. I love all the blending and there is so much to look at. That picture is amazing too and it is perfect for this page.

 

A beautiful ‘out of the box thinking’ composition by Creative Team member Eszter! So much to look at in this page, she has also used a vintage bird ephemera from the Easter Morning Elements.

 

Jen Maddocks is a fellow designer at The Studio and she is a dear friend to me. I have been a member of her Creative Team for years and when she has a moment to spare, she makes an amazing page with my stuff. I totally love this very creative page of her using my Spring Fever Collection. I especially love the effect on the word ‘Rainbow’ and the rainbow picture in her page is truly mesmerizing. I also love how she has created a ‘flower border’ at the bottom of the page. I think she has used all of five Spring Fever Transfers here.

 

A gorgeous page from Creative Team member Judith. She has used one of my Whimsical Templates Vol.02 and a flower and a brad from my Castles & Princesses Kit. I love the watercolour effect she has created on her pictures!

 

Sometimes my Creative Team members are spoiling me with more than one page LOL, like Judith (and Ange, at the top of this post). This wonderful page by Judith uses the Spring Fever Collection with one of the Stitched Shapes Vol.01 and a button from Wonderland. Again, what a lovely effect on her picture. It works so well with the papers that she has chosen.

 

Ona has recently retired and she told me that she loves working in the garden. I’m not sure if this is her house or garden, but I would LOVE to have this kind of front garden. I love the pops of red and orange in this layout! Next to the Spring Fever Collection she has also used one of my Whimsical Templates Vol. 02, a leaf from My One True Love and a flower from my Among The Shadows kit.

 

And here’s a page from me, using the Spring Fever Fantasy Papers, Spring Fever Solid Papers, Spring Fever Transfers, Spring Fever Splatters and Spring Fever Word Art. I also used one of my Whimsical Templates Vol.01 (twisted and altered):

 

Remember, these packs will be available for just $1 each, at Digital Scrapbooking Studio only, for two weeks. By the end of April they will go back to their normal prices and I will add them to my other shops.

Next to my contribution to the Studios Rainbow Bright Coordinated Collection, I also have two new packs, that are available in all my shops. Read all about it in this post.

Anja

One of my ‘older’ collections is Deal Of The Day today at Digital Scrapbooking Studio. You can grab the Vintage Tropical Papers, the Vintage Tropical Transfers and Brushes and the Vintage Tropical Bundle at 70% off - only today!

I remember when I created the papers of this collection… It was the 5th of June 2015 and the weather in Belgium was tropical. It was so hot that it was better to stay inside… I was thinking ‘tropical’ and that was enough to bring up the inspiration, it was so much fun.

With a Deal Of The Day also comes a freebie. Just click on the image to download. Enjoy!

I have lots of new things coming to my stores, I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow!

Have a wonderful day,

Anja

April Fool Mini Reveal at The Studio

Last week, on the 1st of April, an April Fool sneaked into The Studio’s store and messed with the previews of the April Fools mini’s that all the Studio designers created. But he has been caught now and the original previews have been restored.

Actually the whole idea was to play a little game with the customers. All minis had the same preview so customers didn’t know what they were going to get. What a great way to discover designers that you didn’t know before and try out different styles, right?

My April Fool mini kit had number 8, and you can finally see what I created! If you love vintage, then you will definitely adore this cute vintage style mini kit to document the practical jokes, the giggles, the silly moments and all the other funny things of April Fools’ Day.

A French postcard delivered the inspiration for this kit. In Italy, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, 1 April tradition is often known as April fish (poissons d’avril in French, aprilvis in Dutch or pesce d’aprile in Italian). This includes attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim’s back without being noticed. Hence the reference to a fish in the papers and elements:

This mini kit is now available in my own store at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, at the full price though, it was discounted during the April Fools week.

BUT I have also added it to my shop at The Digichick, where I have discounted it for another week.

Papers and elements are - as always - separately available:

April Fool Papers - 3 solids and 3 artsy papers.

Discounted for a week at The Digichick and in my Etsy shop.

April Fool Elements - 15 PNG files, including: 1 vintage postcard, 1 brad, 1 button, 1 felt flower, 1 vintage ephemera flower, 1 metal fish shape, 1 vintage ephemera fish, 2 transfers, 3 pieces of word art, 1 stitched fish overlay 12×12 in, 1 splatter and 1 paint stroke.

Discounted for a week at The Digichick and in my Etsy shop.

Both packs are also available in my shop at Creative Market.

 

Paper Making Tools Commercial Use Sale

Digital Scrapbooking Studio is having a storewide Paper making tools Commercial Use Sale. Until the 14th of April you can grab all the packs in that section at 40% off, including these 4 packs in my Commercial Use Store at The Studio:

And my very popular ‘Worn & Tattered Vintage Newspaper Textures’ pack:

Commercial Use products are not just for designers, they are great for use in your own personal pages as well! And with the 40% discount, you have the perfect excuse to go shopping.

 

Sneak Peek

You had perhaps seen this sneak peek earlier this week:

This is my part of The Studio’s Coordinated Collection for the spring… and it will only be available at The Studio (until the 28th of April).

I didn’t want to leave my other customers just like that, so I have created two additional packs that will come to all my stores next Thursday, including The Studio:

So there is a lot to look forward to, stay tuned!

Have a great weekend,

Anja

My Watercolour Overlays Vol.01 are Commercial Use Deal Of The Day at Digital Scrapbooking Studio! Grab them at 60% off - only today.

These overlays were created from handpainted watercolour textures. Use these to make your own realistic looking painted papers. Play with blend modes and opacities for surprising results.

Here’s an example:

For personal and commercial use.

My Castles & Princesses Collection is Deal Of The Day at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, which means that you can grab three packs from the Collection at 70% off - only today:

The Castles & Princesses Collection was among the first things that I designed and it was inspired by a holiday in the UK, in the Kent region. We visited Leeds Castle (the castle of the legendary king Henry VIII) and the beautiful Hever Castle (the castle of his tragic wife Anna Boleyn).

I have created a freebie for The Studio’s newsletter subscribers and because you are here, I’m offering you the freebie as well! Click on the image to download.

Enjoy!