Copy Cat Wednesday #15

This week I've picked an awesome layout by Patricia a.k.a. patriciaz to lift. I love the colouring and the cluster of elements she has put together. Here is the layout that Kayleigh and I did. You can see that a layout can inspire people to do different things. I look forward to see what you guys come up with. Don't forget to link us to your page so we don't miss it!- Tara

All Is Calm


Here is Kayleigh's:


CREDITS :: Designer Digitals:: Katie Pertiet: Botanical Fusion No. 01 Kit, Little Vintage Frames Curled-n-Flat, All You Need Overlays No. 02, Grungy Ledger Grids Brushes-n-Stamps PattieKnox: Itty Bitty Alphabet Beads Anna Aspnes: Stitched by Anna Cream No. 03, HandWritten Love No. 01 BrushSet, Children WordART No. 04 Jesse Edwards: Springy Skies Solid Paper Pack Lynn Grieveson: Worn Page Edges Gretchen Thomas: Star Pieces

Here's Mine:


CREDITS :: All Designer Digitals :: Katie Pertiet-Postmarked New years 2008, Worth Repeating Page Titles No. 1, Old Time Christmas No.2-Ribbon, Holiday Foliage & Hinged Frames No.3; Lynn Grieveson-Angelic Winter Kit-Paper Recoloured; Anna Aspnes-Double Painted Clipping Mask No.2 & Stitched By Anna No.1 White; Pattie Knox-Absolutely Acrylic-Festive Ornaments-Tied String.

Creative Challenge #18

The challenge for this week is:
• At least 9 squares (could be paper or photos or both)
• At least 5 different patterned papers
• Stitching
• Include a monogram

Don't forget to link us to your page in the comments field so we don't miss it!
-kayleigh

Creative Challenge #17 Layouts

Good Morning! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. We are in the middle of renovating our bathroom, so things are a mess. I can't wait to see the finish product. It's too bad it's not going to be any bigger, but we have to work with what we got. :) Thanks to all the ladies who completed this week's challenge. This week we have decided to feature Linda's layout a.k.a Lindsan. I love the photo and her clean design. Be sure to leave some love for all the talented scrappers & check back tomorrow for a new Creative Challenge! -Tara

Moment Of Special


The Harvest Days Of Winter

Miracle Baby

Merry

Cousins & Friends

Today You (My Choice)

My Creative Challenge #17 Layout

It's FRIDAY! Thank Goodness, for some reason this week seem to never end. Tonight I'm off to Dinner and a Movie. I can't wait we are seeing "He's Just Not That Into You" I hope it's a good movie. Here is my layout for this week's challenge. I'm enjoying seeing your pages so keep them coming. Don't forget to link us up to your layouts before Saturday and we will pick one layout to be featured on Sunday. Everyone have a great weekend. - Tara



CREDITS :: Designer Digitals :: Katie Pertiet-Stitching Holes Borders No.2 & Little One Layered Template-Frame; Andrea Victoria Freebie Paper 5/03/08; Anna Aspnes-Hand Written Love No.1; Pattie Knox-Absolutely Acrylic-Hearts & Absolutely Acrylic-Tabs-n-Tags-Staple :: Oscraps :: Paislee Press-Presslines No.10-Pregnancy.

Copy Cat Wednesday #14

Copy Cat Wednesday is back to inspire you with this fun page by Heidi2008. I love her composition & the soft colours just work perfectly. She inspired me to do a page on my friends little one & I hope to see how you are inspired too. Don't forget to link us to your page so we don't miss it! - Kayleigh

Heidi's page to lift:


My page:

Designer Digitals: Katie Pertiet: Simple Classics No. 03 Kit, Little Bits Alphabet (re-coloured), Stacked Vintage Photo Frames; Mindy Terasawa: The Love Bandit Kit; Anna Aspnes: 12 X 12 Painted Edge Overlays No. 02, Stitched by Anna White No. 02, Beary Newborn Page Set, Frosted Alphabet No. 01 Lowercase
Font: Franklin Gothic Bold

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge WINNER!

Kayleigh and I want to thank everyone who did layouts in the 12 Days Christmas Challenge and a HUGE congrats to everyone who completed all 12 layouts. It was nice to see how you spent your holidays. Here are the four people who finished all 12 layouts: Brittany a.k.a BrittanyLane, Linda a.k.a earlofoxford, MamaBee & Janet a.k.a JALong. The random winner is ... LINDA! Congratulations you have won a $10.00 Gift Certificate to Designer Digitals. Please email us your contact information and we will get you your GC as soon as possible. - Tara & Kayleigh

Creative Challenge #17

Good Morning! It's a GREAT morning in the Leake residence as we are HAPPY we saw the Steelers win their 6th Super Bowl title. The first NFL Team to win 6 Super Bowls. They are saying that it could be the best Super Bowl game ever. The game definitely was an emotional roller coaster. Thanks to Ben and Santonio we pulled it off. :) Okay, is everyone ready for another challenge? Here is the challenge for this week. Don't forget to link us to your page in the comments field here on our blog by Saturday. We will post our pages on Friday and then on Sunday we will pick one page that really stands out to us to feature on our blog. Have a great Monday! - Tara

• One Photo
• One Piece of Paper
• One Brush
• Word Art
• One Staple
• Stitching Holes

February Monthly Challenge

To kick off the month we have a new challenge for you! It is a monthly challenge that will be posted on the 1st of each month... and we have a prize for one lucky winner. Katie generously donated a $10.00 gift certificate for the Designer Digitals store! (Thank you Katie!)

The rules are simple:
1. You must post your page by the end of the 15th of the month.
2. Your page must contain 50% designer digitals products.
3. Please link us to your page in the comments field under this thread to be entered to win.

The Challenge:
• scrap a page about your valentine, significant other, or love of
your life
• use 3 alphas on your page
• focus on the photo by altering it in Lightroom or Photoshop

Here is Tara's great page about her hubby Doug:

Katie Pertiet: Mon Petit Balloon Bleu Solids, Metal Mesh Alphabet, Lil Bits Black Alphabet ; Anna Aspnes: Foto Blendz Clipping Masks No.6; Ali Edwards: Love Word Art; Pattie Knox: Staple Its!; Mindy Terasawa: The Love Bandit Kit

Here is my page about my hubby Eric:

Katie Pertiet: Little Bits Alphabet, Stitched Journal Strips, Krafty Tags - Celebrate, Postage Frame Super Pack, Text Clusters No. 02, Round Stamped Alphabet; Ali Edwards: Love Word Art; Pattie Knox: Absolutely Acrylic Alphabet No. 03, Have a Heart Felts No. 02 (re-coloured), Staple Its!; Anna Aspnes: His Valentine MiniKit, Stitched by Anna White No. 02
Fonts: Impact, Georgia & XXL-Kayleigh W

Can't wait to see what each of you come up with for this challenge!! - kayleigh

One Week Left!

Only one week left to finish up your layouts for the 12 Days Of Christmas Challenge. Everyone who completes all 12 Layouts will be entered in a draw to win a $10.00 Gift Certificate to DESIGNER DIGITALS. Don't forget to link your layouts in the comments to the correct challenege post. Deadline is Saturday January 31st at 11:00 p.m. Any questions please drop us a line. Starting Febrauary 1st we will be kicking off a NEW Monthly Challenge. Check back then when Kayleigh posts all the details. Creative Challenge and Copy Cat Wednesday will be back on the usual days. We can't wait to get everything back up and running.

Don't forget that today is the last day of Vinnie's Grand Re-Opening Sale and Events. Check it out here at PIXEL CANVAS. Here is a layout I did using Vinnie's NEW Purple Haze Kit and my layout using Vinnie's FREE template. You can pick up the template in Vinnie's shop under Freebies. Have FUN and Have a Great Sunday! - Tara



Free Template:


My Layout:

Create Your Own Font!!

We have all heard of doing this, but Bailey Stiegler (Starlite9711 over at DD) has started her own etsy shop where she will create one for you out of your very own writing!

You can find her shop HERE .

It is a super simple process & very cool to see your own personal touch on a digital page. Here is a recent page that I used my font which I named XXL-Kayleigh W.



Here is a page that Erin aka nirecreations created using her own font:


OK so now think outside the box with me here... how cool would it be to capture your child's writing in their own font & use it on pages? or how about your significant others. (I think I have my husband convinced to do his as well!) Or think about your grandmother's, or an elderly family member? It would be a priceless keepsake for generations to come. What a way to personalize a page! I am so excited about all the possibilities that this brings to each of us & can't wait to see how you are inspired by this idea! - Kayleigh

It's Back!

Pixel Canvas is now back! It's got a great new look. Check it out here. Grand Re-opening will be this Saturday and Sunday January 24 & 25. All Kit Packs are 40% OFF, there is a Fabulous New Product Release, Spotlight Contest and an Awesome Template Challenge. You don't want to miss it! You can head over today and get registered. See you there :) - Tara

Happy New Year Everyone!

Hi Everyone, I know it's been a while and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. I can't believe it feels like Christmas was so long ago. I won't be sad if time flies by fast in the next couple of months, I'm really not a winter fan. I look forward to the warm weather.

For those who don't already know the reason why I haven't been that creative before Christmas was that I'm EXPECTING! My Husband and I are so looking forward to our first child; which we should be meeting sometime in June. My expected due date is June 8th. So both Kayleigh and I are expecting little ones. We are about three weeks apart and excited! :) Here are some pages I have been working on:



CREDITS :: Designer Digitals :: Katie Pertiet-Spot Dots No.2 Brushes, Lifted Paper Flower (Recoloured); Anna Aspnes-Distressed Tool Set; Andrea Victoria-Freebie Paper Pack 12/28/08 :: CatScraps :: Vinnie Pearce-Give Me Simple Templates Pkg. 2 (Altered) :: Oscraps :: Paislee Press, Presslines No.10-Prengancy.



CREDITS :: Catsrcaps :: Vinnie Pearce-Wishes & Dreams Kit (Somethings Recoloured)



CREDITS :: CatScraps :: Vinnie Pearce-Give Me Simply Templates Pkg. 2, Decorative Grunge Swirls 2, Art Holiday papers-Freebie; Catrine-Home For The Holidays-Ornament & Papers {Recoloured); Syrin-Snuggle Up Elements-Staples :: Designer Digitals :: Lynn Grieveson-Glitter Thread Stitche {Recoloured) :: Oscraps :: Paislee Press-Presslines No.9-Holiday.

How is everyone doing on the 12 Days Of Christmas Challenge? You have until January 31st to finish all 12 Layouts. I know I have to get a move on. Also our Creative Challenge & Copy Cat Wednesday will all start back up the first week of February. Everyone have a fabulous weekend! : ) - Tara