One Playdate: Two Layouts

Tara & I are really lucky to live a drive away from eachother & also really lucky that our daughters are 12 days apart! Its so fun to watch them grow together & to have a sounding board for the stages we are going through. Earlier this month Makenna & I went to their place & we even got to meet Tara's newest little one, Emily. {Who really deserves her own page, it's on my to do list!}

Tara & I both used this kit on our pages:


Other than that, we used all different stuff. I love how different the two pages are with similar qualities. Be sure to click on each image for full credit lists!

Tara's Playdate Page:


Kayleigh's Playdate Page:


Thanks for letting us share!
- kayleigh

Quarterly Sale Time!

It's sale time at Designer Digitals with all products on sale right now until Tuesday February 15th! Included in the sale are all the templates that are inspired by my pages & the Quick Page sets i have created using Katie Pertiets products!

Studio Double-D

Here are a few of my faves:
{images linked to the store}








And on Saturday there is an all day chat with a new host + freebie each hour! {All times are EST}
8am Package Inspiration with Andrea
9am - Talking Type with CathyZ
10am - Add Flare with Anna
11am - 30MM with Cassie
12pm - Dates, Numbers etc with Elena
1pm - Collageable with Katie
2pm - Felt Friends with Pattie
3pm - iTunes with Mel
4pm - Templates with Kayleigh
5pm - Embellishing with Kathleen
6pm - Scraplift with Lynn
7pm - Family Time with earlofoxford
8pm - Color Challenge with Anke
9pm - Singing Bee with Jesse
10pm - Fitting The Words On The Page with Ali
11pm - Last Call with Randy & Katie

You can also join me for the month of February at Masterful Scrapbook Design
where we are talking Titles! Lots of inspiration of there.

And for your chance to win a month free be sure to enter to win here on Amy Kingsford's blog!

Have you heard of Pinterest yet? Join up & be inspired! See my boards of inspiration here!

- kayleigh

Templates make life easier ...

Really they normally do. But bare with me while i share this story. I had the best intentions of scrapping my kids Christmas morning photos easily & quickly to just get them done ... this is what i ended up with.





I started with this template & added my photos for each kid into a separate page. I started scrapping Makennas page, I intended on dragging over all the elements & title. Then i started adding different stuff to Spencer's page. Then I couldn't make up my mind which direction I liked more. So I scrapped on and on ... ok for days really. So today i said today is the last day these pages are going to be open in Photoshop so i wrapped them up.



When i see each page side by side, i lean towards liking the look of Spencer's page more. I like the funky greens, the bright reds & the star brushwork that i just discovered tonight in my stash. On Makenna's page i like the texture of the background, the white brushwork & the metal star/bow cluster. I am so relieved that these photos are now scrapped, no one will care years from now that they both started with the same template.

But do you think anyone might notice that earlier that same year when we picked our Christmas Tree that page started with the same template?


If you would like to learn more about changing up templates, be sure to check out the self paced class at Big Picture that i have created called Template Manipulation. In this class you will get 3 free templates, a stitching sampler & even a special discount for Designer Digitals.

Happy Scrapping!
- kayleigh

Fave Products Right Now

I am sorry for my lack of motivation with posting here at the blog. Life has been busy as usual. Makenna was really sick last week with a bacterial infection but is doing much much better now. We are working on seriously potty training Spencer. He is getting it but is sometimes still wanting to put a diaper on which causes meltdowns. I have been busy this last week or so putting together some pages for CK's recent calls that are ending today. I completed 4 pages & it was so hard to submit them instead of posting to the gallery to share with all of you. There is one i did with some photos of Spencer & Makenna where Spencer gave his little sister a big smooch. This page is adorable!!

I thought i would share some of my favourite products right now with you. Maybe you might find it interesting.

I can't wait to use these frames. I have seen so many cool uses of them. If you click on the image, you can see the ones that are used in the store.


I love this alpha by Katie right now, and she even has a lower case version coming this weekend with symbols too.


I love the golden feel to this graphic paper by Michelle Martin. Love the mix of patterns & the monochromatic scheme. (Maybe i used this page on one of my submitted pages!)


This kit by Lynn is one of my favourites ... the colours, the pattern mix, those ribbons are fun & the alpha is fantastic!


This alpha by Katie is so much fun - it just screams beach & summer to me. I still have photos from last summer i need to scrap.


I love layering these overlays on the edges of my page to finish it off.


Take care!
- kayleigh

Wee Ones Quick Pages

Hello everyone! It has been awhile since i have posted something. The nice weather is keeping us busy like Tara as well. Today I wanted to share with you all my latest project. I am totally in love with these new quick pages that i created using Katie's wonderful products. I love the whimsy, colourfulness & design of these pages.


The main kit that the pages are created from is this adorable one called Little Layette. This kit is hands down my new fave!


Here are a couple pages that have been created using these pages:








Thank you!
- kayleigh

Quarterly Sale Going On At DD!

Designer Digitals is having their quarterly sale and you don't want to miss it. Save 30% on almost everything in the Shop. New products have been uploaded and more coming on Sunday. Sale Ends Tuesday February 23 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Today there is all day chats and FREEBIES & PRIZES! : ) Chats start at 8:00 a.m. Eastern and the last chat is at 11:00 p.m. See list of chats below. Hope to see you there! - Tara

8am Coffee Chat with CathyZ
9am Packaging Inspiration with Andrea
10am Photography Chat with Katrina
11am Web inspiration chat with Mindy
noon Template Chat with Pattie
1pm Ad Challenge - anna
2pm itunes Challenge Chat - Melanie
3pm 30MM Chat with Cassie
4pm Organizing Hour sponsored by ACDSee - sara horton
5pm Brushwork - Elena
6pm Scraplift chat - lynnG
7pm AAM chat with Steph
8pm Every Little Thing with Debbie Hodge
9pm Let's Blend with Katie
10pm Scrap in Kraft with Katrina
11pm Last Call with Randy & Katie

Here are a few new items in store:

From the sideline: Going in circles

Hi there! This is Aino again - hoping you are having a great weekend so far! :) This time around I want to focus on circles a bit.
I always find it hard to use circle frames and that is exactly what I challenged myself with this time. So here it goes....



So my challenge this week is to go ahead and use round frames, circular elements, brushes, text in a circular path - go ahead and go in circles!
Here are some products from Designer Digitals that might spur you on (and make use of this weekend's supersale!):

Help Haiti Collaborative Collection

A fellow creative team member at Designer Digitals country was devastated by the earthquake that will shake their lives forever. Our hearts are breaking for Christina, her family, friends & her country. The generous Designer Digitals designers have put together a stunning kit, donating the proceeds 100% to Mercy Corp. So please purchase this kit or go directly thru our link and show your support for Haiti.

Collaborative participants include: Katie Pertiet, Ali Edwards, Andrea Victoria, Anna Aspnes, Cathy Zielske, Jesse Edwards, Lynn Grieveson, Michelle Martin, Mindy Terasawa and Pattie Knox.



Kit includes:
- 21 designer 12x12 papers
- 1 layered template designed
- 6 vintage flashcards
- 4 colored journalers
- 4 satin bows
- 3 polkadot ribbons and bows
- 1 large photo clipping mask
- 2 word art images
- 5 little fabric flowers
- 5 brads
- 3 buttons
- 1 complete alphanumeric acrylic set
- stitching

Thank you! - kayleigh

Love You Quick Pages!

Yes my friends, there are more quick pages available! These pages are designed by me using Katie Pertiet's products. I am so happy to share these pages with you all! I adore the way these pages turned out & can't wait to see them pop up in the galleries. These pages would make a great valentine or anniversary book. But i could see them used for a baby girl book or an all about you book. Lots of options! These pages are png files, so you could always add your own touches on top of them or cover up parts if you needed. Be sure to check them out!



- kayleigh

Scrapstreet Feature!

We are featured at ScrapStreet magazine in their January issue! So exciting. You can check out the article here: ScrapStreet Blog Bay. (Note there are 2 pages of the article! Don't want you to miss that 2nd one.) And there are even 2 pages from each of us that are never before seen!

We created a challenge between the 3 of us for the blog feature & now that it is posted we invite you to join in too.

ScrapStreet Blog Challenge
Create a page using these 3 products & feel free to add more.
1. Katie's Enveloped Frames


2. Mindy's Sprinkles kit


3. Anna's White Stitching


Tara & I started this blog as a spot to post our little challenges that we were already doing between us. We are thrilled with the growth we have made in such a short time. Having Bailey on board is lots of fun too. We have lots of fun things in the works over the coming weeks & hope to inspire you with a couple new challenges plus a guest blogger as well!! This girl is super talented & very creative, & I know all of you will love what she has in store for you. Stay tuned for her to join us soon!!

Thanks for hanging with us & checking us out. And thank you to ScrapStreet for the nod. :) - kayleigh

They're Available!

For any of you that have said that you would like to buy my pages as quickpages ... YOU CAN!! That's right my friends! I was given the opportunity to design 10 Christmas pages including a shutterfly ready cover set using Katie Pertiet's stunning products!

It has been a huge learning curve, but I am really thrilled with the results & can't wait to see how you use them! You can add your own touch to the quickpages with adding your own journaling, extra elements, title, date & of course you just plop your photos in behind the page then call it done! This is a great way to scrap those photos that you still haven't scrapped from last year (or maybe the year before!) or be on top of your December Memories in 2009!

Here are just a couple of examples from the Creative Team that they created throughout this past week.
On this page Crissy turned the page on it's side, added a border & some wordart.


How cute is Bailey's little man Tanner here with his shy smile? Love what she did with this one.


This page is my favourite quickpage that I created & Tara just added this sweet photo of her cute little Addi & her hubby.


I love how Jodi used the bracket paper as a clipping mask for the quickpage, then added journaling & a cool title.


I love how Shanah added a couple extras.


Be sure to check out the team gallery at DesignerDigitals to see lots of examples! - kayleigh

Embellishing with Alphas eBook!

Oh boy oh boy does Designer Digitals have a new treat for you to inspire you! It's a eBook called Embellishing with Alphas! I have this book & I can tell you first hand it is filled with lots of neat & unusual ideas to use right now on your next layout. The stunning pages are all new, created just for this book. To celebrate the release every alphabet is marked down by 20% until Tuesday morning at 6am EST. There is a whopping 388 items available that are on sale right now over at Designer Digitals! How stinkin' cool is that?!

Here is the description in the store of the book:
In this e-ideabook, you’ll learn design principles for scrapbook page embellishment WHILE finding loads of inspiration for using alphabets as monograms on your digital projects. Writer, scrapbooker, and teacher Debbie Hodge worked with DesignerDigitals Creative Team members to create an ideabook for the scrapbooker who wants to make beautiful pages that use product in support of story and photos.

The e-book format offers internal linking (i.e., “see that principle applied here . . . and here . . .”) as well as external linking to products in the DesignerDigitals store. The high-resolution pdf format is suitable for printing on 8.5” x 11” paper and presents all examples in sharp detail.


Click on the image to get the new eBook now!!
- kayleigh

Quarterly Sale Going On At DD!

Designer Digitals is having their quarterly sale and you don't want to miss it. Save 30% on almost everything in the Shop. New products have been uploaded and more coming on Sunday. Sale Ends Tuesday September 15 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Today there is all day chats and FREEBIES & PRIZES! : ) Chats start at 8:00 a.m. Eastern and the last chat is at 11:00 p.m. See list of chats below. Hope to see you there! - Tara

8:00 a.m. Coffee Chat - Andrea
9:00 a.m. Frame It - Mindy
10:00 a.m. Collageable Chat - Katie
11:00 a.m. 30MM Chat – Cassie
12:00 p.m. Template Challenge Chat – Cassie
1:00 p.m. Ad Challenge – Anna
2:00 p.m. itunes Challenge Chat- Mel
3:00 p.m. Photography Chat - Sam
4:00 p.m. Heritage Chat – Patricia
5:00 p.m. Web Inspiration Chat – Katie
6:00 p.m. Scraplift Chat – LynnG
7:00 p.m. Random Inspiration-Scavenger Hunt – Janet
8:00 p.m. Using Alphas – Debbie
9:00 p.m. 6 Photo Challenge - Julie
10:00 p.m. Singing Bee - Jesse
11:00 p.m. Last Call with Randy & Katie

Here are a few new items in store: