Photo Masks

I am so thrilled to tell you that I am now a designer at Sweet Shoppe Designs ! I’ve been working behind the scenes for a few weeks now and I’ve met all my fellow designers (it is such an awesome and inspiring community), but now my shop is finally open and I get to tell the whole world!

For my debut, I have a new solo kit and a collab with the AMAZING Studio Basic Designs. Next to that, I have 7 re-releases. I’ll be adding new and old(er) things in the weeks and months to come, but for now, let’s take a look at my shop.

The first you’ll probably notice is that my preview has changed. Sweet Shoppe believes very strongly in promoting all the designers and the shop as a whole, that is why we all have the same preview. It took me a while to get used to it, but I love it now and I’m considering a rebranding for the previews in my Etsy and Creative Market shops as well… that’s for later though.

Let me show you my new solo release!

Winter Solstice Bundle

Winter Solstice digital scrapbooking collection captures the magic of winter, cold nights and the dark days of December, right before the light and the longer days return. Christmas is the Christian answer to the celebrating of the returning of the light and so this digital scrapbooking kit is also very suitable to document your Christmas memories.

The colour scheme is one of contrast: dark and light, cold and warm, from frosty pink to gray, to blank wood and warm orange and brown, and a touch of green. The patterns were inspired by Nordic sweaters, cosy furry blankets and frosty mornings.

Decorate your layouts with any of the natural elements and birch wood textures, vintage ephemera and stamps, engraved wood slices and some light accents, create titles with the birch wood alpha; use one of the torn paperstrips to add intrest to your page, clip your photos to the frosty photo masks and finish with one of the winter quotes… feel the magic of the winter solstice!

Winter Solstice Bundle is permanently discounted by 30%
You get an extra 25% discount if you grab it now !

Winter Solstice Kit

Included in the kit are 18 patterns, 12 solids, 1 birch wood alpha and 84 elements: 1 antler, 2 arrows, 1 bead scatter, 1 branch with berries, 1 winter bird sticker, 3 brads, 2 branches, 3 buttons, 1 cloves scatter, 1 vintage deer sticker, 1 birch wood deer head, 2 dried fruit slices, 1 pinecone flower, 2 fabric flowers, 1 paper flower, 1 composite flower, 2 wooden frames, 1 circular birch wood frame + mask, 1 birchwood heart, 1 vintage Christmas wreath, 1 holly leaf, 1 ivy leaf, 1 pinecone leaf, 1 vintage mistletoe, 2 lights, 1 wooden mushroom, 1 vintage orange slice image, 2 paint splatters, 3 painted edges, 1 painted paper edging, 1 glittery wooden pinetree, 1 white wood pinetree, 3 fabric ribbons, 1 crochet snowflake, 1 stitched circle, 2 strings, 1 round vintage deer tag, 1 vintage bird tag (in two versions), 2 fancy labels, 2 vintage dictionary blends, 1 torn piece of vintage ephemera, 2 winter themed torn vintage postcards, 8 vintage stamps, 2 wood slices with an engraved deer, 1 wood slice with an engraved snowflake, 1 wood slice with engraved words, 3 large birch wood words and 7 wordstrips.

Winter Solstice kit is now 25% off - grab it here.

These addon packs are separately available:

Winter Solstice Photo Masks

6 rather large photo masks. You can clip photos and papers to them, or recolour them and use them as paint behind your pictures. Play with blend modes and opacities for surprising results!

Winter Solstice Masks is now 25% off - grab this pack here.

Winter Solstice Quotes

10 artsy winter quotes. Each quote was saved as an individual PNG file, but I’ve added an ABR file as well.

Winter Solstice Quotes are now 25% off - grab this pack here!

Winter Solstice Torn Paperstrips

10 large torn paperstrips (some are 12 inch wide), each paperstrip saved as a PNG file.

Winter Solstice Paperstrips are now 25% off - grab them here!

All packs, including the discounted bundle, are 25% off until 6 AM Sunday morning. So hurry up and grab those packs before they go back to the full price!

 

My second new release is a collab with the AMAZING Studio Basic Designs. I’ve admired Rubia for so long. Can you believe my excitement when she asked me to work with her?

365 New Chances

Begin the New Year with beauty and optimism, as you scrap or journal about your hopes and plans for 2017; embrace your femininity whilst celebrating your loves and dreams in elegantly worn hues of teal and pink. Pretty patterns, delicate finishing touches, plus a little golden sparkle make “365 New Chances” a stunningly chic way to warmly welcome and record all the possibilities and potentials of your awesome New Year.

365 New Chances Bundle is permanently discounted by 30%, but if you grab it now, you can get an extra 25% off!

365 New Chances Kit

The kit contains 18 patterned papers (plus 1 alternative), 12 paper solids, 86 elements, and a stylishly worn, golden alpha (a-z, numbers 0-9, and some symbols. Saved as .png files). The elements are: a pretty brad, 2 buttons, 7 flowers, 3 frame, a key, some lace, a piece of mistletoe, 3 painty marks, 2 pieces of ribbon, a variety of 5 stamps, 2 stars, 2 pieces of string, 5 transfers/ overlays, 2 clocks, a vintage card, 2 dictionary definitions, 2 banners, a branch, a yummy mixed media brush (plus alternative), a butterfly, a piece of doily, a heart fabric piece, a feather, a gold metal piece, golden foliage, 7 labels, a leaf, 2 paper pieces, a sequin, a scatter of stars, some stitching, a heart-topped tooth pick and the following word and title art: ‘365’, ‘365 new chances’, ‘a fresh start’, ‘new beginnings’, ‘New Year’s Eve’, ‘New Year’ fabric piece, ‘good life’ fabric piece, ‘three hundred and sixty five new chances’, ‘365 new chances’ wood piece, ‘New Year New Life’ wood piece, ‘be happy’ (2 versions), ‘good life’ (2 versions), ‘2017’(2 versions), ‘a beautiful start’ (2 versions) and ‘start fresh’ (2 versions). All are saved as individual .png files.

365 New Chances Kit is now 25% off - grab it here!

These addon packs are separately available:

365 New Chances Lights

Included are 3 light glows and 7 star bokeh overlays, eah saved as a PNG. They are pretty large, some are nearly 3600 in. You can use these as overlays on pictures, or as backgrounds on your digital scrapbooking layouts (they work best with darker backgrounds). Play with the colours, the blend modes and the opacity for surprising results. Layer several bokeh images in one layout… the possibilities are endless.

365 New Chances Lights are now 25% off - grab them here.

365 New Chances Paints

“365 New Chances - Paints” pack contains a total of 15 lovely painty elements, that you are sure to find yourself using again and again, in order to add depth, panache and that little extra mixed media flourish to your pages. All saved as individual .png files.

365 New Chances Paints is now 25% off - grab this pack here.

As always, my CT has made some incredible pages with these two new releases, you will definitely be inspired:

Creative Team Layouts with Winter Solstice

by Ona

by Lisa

by Jana

by Sylvia

by Carina

by Cynthia

by Barbara

by Erin

by Andrea

by Francine

by Ange

4 layouts from the amazing Sweet Shoppe Sugar Babes:

And 3 layouts from me:

Creative Team Layouts with 365 New Chances

by Carina

by Ona

by Lisa

by Danica

by Erin

by Andrea

by Jana

by Francine

by Cynthia

by Barbara

by Ange

and from me:

More inspiration from the Studio Basic Designs Creative Team:

And from the Sweet Shoppe Sugar Babes:

I am also re-releasing the following collections, kits and packs:

Everything is 25% off until 6 AM Sunday morning - so hurry up if you want to grab some deals!

I will re-release most of my existing designs in the weeks and months to come!

Please note that there are a few changes in my Sweet Shoppe shop :

1. I will offer kits only as a whole at Sweet Shoppe. I will no longer offer separate elements and paperpacks, unless the paperpack is an extra pack, and unless the elements pack is an addon. I will however, still do this in my Etsy shop, the upload sizes are so limited, that I really have no other choice.
2. I have reviewed my pricing. Since I will no longer offer elements and paperpacks separately, the list price of bundles has become cheaper.
3. That includes that bundles will now be around 30% off (instead of the former 40%), but if you purchase the bundle before the new release sales ends, you can do even bigger bargains than before!

Please note that new releases at Sweet Shoppe Designs will be 25% off from 6 PM EST Friday when the store goes live until 6 AM Sunday morning.

 

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

In 1865 a story was published about a whimsical world full of fantastical characters, and about a girl named Alice, who followed a white rabbit and accidently got into Wonderland. Today, almost two centuries later, this story is still very much alive.

My new “Wonderland” Collection, inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is jampacked with whimsical, romantic and artsy elements and papers. The colours, patterns and textures are warm and vibrant with beautiful greens, blues, and pinks, and with touches of gold, in a perfect mix of bold and faded, realistic and artsy, vintage and contemporary.

Are you getting curiouser and curiouser?

Then grab this exquisite collection and start creating your own Wonderland!
Now on sale at Digital Scrapbooking Studio - Take 30% off your order until February 29th (discount not valid on the bundle).

And the winner is …

In my last newsletter I asked if you could guess the theme of my new collection… Many of you thought it had something to do with vintage and tea parties - and of course tea parties do have some relation to the theme… BUT only one of you nailed it and guessed that the theme had something to do with Alice In Wonderland. That was newsletter subscriber Inger. So Inger, big congrats! I will send you the links today.

Now let me show you what’s included in the ‘Wonderland’ Collection!

Bundle & Save
If you want to grab all 9 packs, then grab the bundle and save money!

Wonderland Full Kit
Included in the kit are: Wonderland Gold Patterns, Wonderland Solids and Wonderland Elements.

The Wonderland Collection is also available in my Etsy shop and in my shop at Creative Market.

Some inspiration from the creative team:

I hope you’ll enjoy playing with this collection as much as I have enjoyed creating it!

Have a wonderful week,

Anja

It’s been a while since I last posted a message here. Actually, it’s been QUITE a while since I last posted anything new. Time has flewn by so quickly and so much has happened since my last post…

I’ll give you a quick overview:

1. I have gone solo on Etsy!
   As you may recall I joined forces with Tinne and Joachim from VectoriaDesigns in July and they offered me the amazing opportunity to sell my designs in their shop. But it was always my intention to have my own Etsy shop one day. End of November I took the leap and it feels good! Take a look at my shop here.
2. Next to Etsy and Creative Market, I now have a third digi home at Digital Scrapbooking Studio
   After a guest period of one month, I am allowed to stay! Visit my shop here.
3. I now have a Creative Team! I have five girls who make layouts with my products, and help me promote my products: Eszter, Jen, Ona, Erin and Valé. It takes a lot of work from my hands, it always helps if more people help you promoting and showing what can be done with my designs.

Next to that, I just keep on creating! Can you believe that Christmas is just 10 days away? If you haven’t already, you will definitely get that feeling with my new Christmas themed collection. Created with traditional Christmas colours - red and green - this large collection will help you document your most precious Christmas memories. ‘Cosy Christmas’ is made up of both realistic and artsy elements and will appeal to a variety of crafting and scrapping styles. Let me show you what’s included:

Cosy Christmas Fantasy Papers

12 patterned Christmas papers, including: 2 striped papers, 2 ‘Toile de Jouy’ style papers with Christmas images, 2 papers with a snowflake pattern, 1 paper with a dots pattern, 1 paper with a plaid pattern and 4 ‘collage’ papers.

Cosy Christmas Solid Papers

6 solid and slightly distressed papers in traditional Christmas colours, red, green and cream.

Cosy Christmas Elements

A pack of 41 Christmas themed scrapbook embellishments, in a mix of realistic and artsy elements. Included are: 3 brads, 2 buttons, 1 piece of paper doily, 1 vintage holly garland, 1 frosty leaf, 1 poinsettia image, 3 veneer snowflake images, 4 artsy transfers or overlays, 3 ‘frame’ overlays, 3 patterned paintstrokes, 3 images of paint, 1 lace overlay, 9 handdrawn elements and 6 wordart strips

Cosy Christmas Washi Tape

A pack with 15 pieces of digital washi tape for a fun touch to your Christmas themed projects.

Jolly Santa Brushes

A set of 6 fun composite Christmas Photoshop brushes with an image of a jolly Santa Claus, ornamental edging and some writing. I’ve included all the png files as well, recolouring is done for preview only. The brushes are maximum 2500 px high and 2462 px wide.

Christmas Carols Wordart

Here’s a pack of 6 composite Christmas wordart images using vintage clipart and words from famous Christmas carols. I’ve included all the png files, a black and white version ànd an ABR file. Maximum size is 2307 px wide and 915 px high.

Christmas Photomasks Vol.01

6 large painted photo clipping masks, with an ornamental touch and edges of holly. Clip your photos to them, or recolour them to use as backdrops (experiment with the blending modes in Photoshop for surprising results). You will receive 6 hi res png files, maximum size is 2854 px high and 2594 px wide.

Christmas Tickets Vol.01

Here’s a fun set of 6 different ‘Special Guest’ tickets for your next Christmas party. Each ticket comes in two different colours and measures 1,42 x 3,78 in (3,61 x 9,60 cm). The pack contains 12 png files and a printable sheet.

Some inspiration :

Inspired? Grab all 8 packs in my shops:

in my Etsy shop
in my shop at Digital Scrapbooking Studio
in my shop at Creative Market

Only at Digital Scrapbooking Studio

This collection is on sale for a week at Digital Scrapbooking Studio. Until Monday, December 21, you will receive a discount of 30% if you purchase any of these packs (bundle excluded).

Also available in my shop at Digital Scrapbooking Studio:

Cosy Christmas Full Kit
The kit contains the Cosy Christmas Fantasy Papers, Solid Papers and Elements.

Cosy Christmas Bundled Deal
The Cosy Christmas Bundle contains all 8 packs at a very affordable price. A great way to save money! Grab all 8 packs and get a discount of 40% - always.

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