Word Art

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

 

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

Today is Saint-Patrick’s Day; we do not celebrate it in Belgium, but to all the Irish out there: Happy Saint-Patrick’s Day!

I didn’t really know what Saint-Patrick’s day was all about, so I did a little research for my new collection, ‘A Stroke Of Luck’. This collection was designed to help you record your most beautiful Saint-Patrick’s Day memories. But it will also help you focus on your own luck and on realizing how lucky and blessed you really are if you come to think of it. And next to that, this collection would be perfect for your spring and summer layouts.

‘A Stroke of Luck’ is filled with beautiful greens and a touch of pink. The mix of vintage style patterns with celtic motifs and fresh plaids, and art journal style papers will appeal to both traditional and artsy scrappers. With lots of lucky clover, fresh spring flowers, vintage ephemera and plenty of artsy elements and things, this collection will be one to use over and over again.

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Collection consists of 6 packs and you can grab them all in this discounted bundle - definitely your best deal:

Grab this bundle in my shop at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, in my shop at The Digichick and on Creative Market.

 

As always, I have a kit version of this collection and all the separate packs are available as well. These packs are on sale now for a whole week, you will save 30% when you purchase before the end of next week (sale valid only in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio and The Digichick!).

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Kit

The kit is available only at Digital Scrapbooking Studio and at The Digichick.

 

Separate packs are available in all my shops, at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market:

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Elements

This elements pack contains 52 PNG files, including: 3 brads, 3 buttons, 1 real clover, 1 vintage lucky clover, 2 crochet clovers, 1 glitter clover, 2 crochet flowers, 1 paper flower, 1 flower branch, 2 vintage flowers, 1 vintage bird with flowers, 1 torn Saint-Patrick’s Day vintage postcard, 1 vintage ticket, 1 frame, 3 labels, 1 tag, 1 staple, 1 sequins scatter, 2 ribbons, 2 pieces of washi tape, 1 stitching (with and without shadow), 2 cross stitched clover shape (with and without shadow), 1 piece of lace, 3 dictionary blends from the words ‘luck’, ‘green’ and ‘clover’, 1 paint splat, 1 gold splat, 2 photo masks, 2 scatter clusters (with and without shadow), 6 word art files, 2 overlays.

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

 

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Brushes

Included in this pack are 22 brushes, you will get 1 ABR file and 22 PNG files. Grab this pack in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

 

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Mixed Media Clusters

With this pack you will get 6 mixed media clusters, designed to coordinate with the ‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Collection. There is a shadowed version, and a non-shadowed version. Available in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

 

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Journal Cards

Included in this pack you will find:
- 5 journal cards 3×4 in
- 3 journal cards 4×6 in
- printable sheets in JPG and PDF

Available in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

 

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Fantasy Papers

In this paperpack you will find a mix of artsy mixed media style papers and patterned papers. You will get 12 hi res 12×12 JPG papers, including:
- 5 mixed media papers
- 2 papers with a plaid pattern
- 1 paper with a clover pattern
- 1 ‘toile de jouy’ style pattern
- 2 papers with a celtic pattern
- 1 ‘plaid on wood’ pattern

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

 

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Solid Papers

With this pack of solid papers you will get 9 hi res 12×12 JPG papers.

Available in my shops at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market.

 

Some inspiration

My creative team has created some amazing pages with the ‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Collection. Let me show you their creations:

 

‘A Stroke Of Luck’ Collection - check it out in my stores at Digital Scrapbooking Studio, The Digichick, Etsy and Creative Market. Sale valid only at Digital Scrapbooking Studio and The Digichick.

Valentine’s day is coming in two weeks, and I have created a huge vintage and artsy style digital scrapbooking collection that will help you document all your love themed and Valentine’s day moments; this pack is perfect for wedding layouts, or for anything romantic in general.

“My One True Love” is a collection of 9 coordinating packs: mixed media papers, fantasy papers, solid papers, elements, journal cards, mixed media hearts, word strips, washi tape, transfers and paint.

And it’s on sale at Digital Scrapbooking Studio!

‘My One True Love’ is available in a kit version (only at Digital Scrapbooking Studio) and as a bundled deal.

The sale of 30% is valid on all the separate packs and on the kit, NOT on the bundled deal.

My One True Love is also available in my Etsy shop and in my shop on Creative Market.

The perfect Valentine’s day gift…
Surprise the one you love with these fun Valentine’s day printable love coupons. Fill out your own surprise (sheet with blank tickets provided), or use the premade coupons. Print as many as you like. What a beautiful gift this will make! Can you see the look on his or her face?

And finally…
I have two commercial use packs for Valentine’s Day, but these can be used for other romantic projects as well:

Some inspiration:

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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