All posts filed under: DigiScrap Talk

Monday Highlight: Fancy Pants

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I’d like to introduce you to another kit that I like this week, and that is … Fancy Pants by Traci Reed It’s almost hard to determine what exactly I like about this kit. Is it the color palette of green, brown, yellow, and white that comes in a beautiful combination? Is it the various elements she included with the kit, ranging from flowers and foliage to ribbons, buttons, and tons of other embellishments? Is it the doodled look she added to some of those elements, or the pieces of handwritten word art? I can’t really tell, but I know I’ve used this kit for some wonderful pages already. Here’s just one sample layout that I created recently, using this kit:

Sunday Treasure: Missing Family Portrait

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Oh, I’m in love with this gem that I found in the gallery: “Missing Family Portrait” by gateausoso I love the soft feel of it, the paint splatters and brush work, that butterfly and the stamps. The composition is awesome, the topic something I can quite relate to, and don’t you agree that photoless pages do have something special about them?

CT Spotlight (08/27)

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I’ve got some fun things to share with you today – the new releases for this week: On this page you can see one of Cindy’s new templates that come with her Halfpack #18, Libby’s new fall themed beauty “I Keep On Fallin’,” and Darcy’s new back to school font DJB Fifth Grade Teacher: And this page shows off one of Cindy’s templates from her Set #103; as well as Darcy’s font: DJB First Grade Teacher:

Freebie Friday: Now

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Whaa, this is a late Friday freebie, but I kind of still wanted to share a new template with you this week, so here it is: Have fun with this one, and as always: Happy Friday! Note: Please do not re-distribute this template in any way (you may share the link to this post), and when you use this template, please make sure to credit it to Misty Hilltops Designs.

Hybrid Hub: Card No. 13

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Today, I’ve got a cute little card, I’d like to share with you. The kit I used for this was “Animal Crackers” by Libby Pritchett & Tracey Howard, though I think it’s no longer available. Too sad that there is no real translation for the sentiment, which literally translated means “strong like a monkey,” and which usually is used to express something really great or exciting.

Enable Me: Back To School Journal Inspiration

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These days it’s all about back to school. Even I have my first lesson to teach today. And since I’m always glad when I can get some journal inspiration somewhere, some ideas about what to scrap, and what to talk about on my scrapbook layouts, I thought I’d share some journal inspiration with you today. And as school is starting back up, I think talking about life lessons would be a good idea. So, here are some journal prompts that maybe will get you inspired to record the lessons you, or your loved ones have learned recently: The font used here is DJB Third Grade Teacher by Darcy Baldwin.

Behind the Scenes: Creating Scalloped Mats

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Of course, there are lots of free templates that offer scalloped mats, and lots of digiscrap kits come with scalloped mats for journaling, etc. Sometimes, however, you just need to create your own in order to meet your needs. Or searching for those shapes to use them for clipping masks can take up a lot of time, to. Today, therefore, I’m going to share how very simply and with little effort you can create your own scalloped mats. I’ll create a round mat, but you can do any other shape as well. Here’s how it works: Step 1: Create a Path If you are working on a layout already, simply add a new layer (windows key + shift + N) to your canvas (or open a new canvas and add a new layer. Choose the shape tool (I picked the Ellipse Tool for the round shape), and make sure you select the path option (at the top right of your photoshop screen). Holding the shift key, draw a circle. Step …

Monday Highlight: Back to School

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For lots of people these days it means “Back to School.” Even I am about to begin classes again, even though the new semester hasn’t officially started yet. So I think it’s about time to talk a little about scrapping school memories. Being a teacher myself, I can never get enough of school related products, as there’s always something school related to scrap about, and I have a growing stash of school kits. There are tons of great products out, and this post would be a never-ending one, would I begin to list all of them here. Therefore, I’m going to reduce myself to just a couple of my favorite ones. The layout above actually uses a collection of all kinds of kits that I have, some retired, some still very well out on the market. It probably is one of my most elaborate pages I’ve ever done, even using some of my own extractions. The majority of papers and elements, however, comes from Explore. Learn. Grow. by Sahlin Studio over at the Lilypad. Always …

Treasure Sunday: Get Up

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I’ve got a new favorite that I’d like to share here with you. It’s a rather simple page, but it is that simplicity that speaks to me, together with the photo, the idea of creating a book of wisdom and how everything is put together. “P52 – Book of Wisdom – Week 11” by carollee I also love the little beach cluster, how she put the date, and I’ve been studying the shadows of the little label that make it look quite real! And of course, being someone who collects quotes and proverbs, I simply had to pick this page for today.

CT Spotlight (08/20)

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The new releases are out, and this week, Cindy and Darcy have some fun stuff for us. Darcy has a new font bundle (This Font is Bold, This Font is Empty, This Font is Stressed), which you can see on my pages here, and you might also want to check out Cindy’s new template set #102: Sale at SSD And if you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a huge, Going, going, gone sale at SSD, where tons of great stuff is available for 50% off! Perfect timing to get you digistash expanded with some gorgeous goodies!