WOOHOO!! Contest Winners Announced!

I placed 4th place in the NDIDDS competition (Next Designs In Digital Designer Star) AND . . .

I was offered a position as a designer at www.DesignsInDigital.com . . . say whoop, whoop with me!!

I'm so stoked . . . since the final challenge was finished, I have continued to create and design for the love of it . . . (and a little JUST IN CASE) . . . and I'm ready to create my storefront and stuff it full of digital scrapbooking kits, elements, word art, paper packs and more . . .

I even made up a blinkie and banner today (the learning never stops!) . . .



So, who placed first, second and third?

FIRST - Day of Day's DigiDesign
SECOND - Cara of Sweet Tomato Designs
THIRD - Rebecca of RK Designs
FOURTH - Me - Right Here!
FIFTH - It was a tie!! Donna of Tootlebugz and Chris of Designs by Chris

Off to my beloved CS4 (thanks to Adam - you rock!!).

My Story Quick Page FREEBIE!!

I don't know about you, but I LOOOOOOVE quick pages . . . in a few moments, you have a completed layout . . . add a photo, add some journaling and sheebang - you're moving on to the next layout!

So, I created my first ever quick page today with the My Story Paper Pack and My Story Element Pack!

DOWNLOAD HERE!

(Requires you register FREE at www.DesignsInDigital.com)

While you are there, use the coupon and grab the full kit for $2.80!!

Coupon Code!

Woohoo . . . the staff at http://www.designsindigital.com/ have offered another GREAT DEAL on our NDIDDS challenge kits!

You can get the My Story Paper Pack AND My Story Element Pack for ONLY $2.80 with this coupon!! Yes . . . $2.80 for the combined purchase . . . I KNOW . . . but hurry because it expires on 6/12!

Check this out . . .

My Story Element Pack Available!

Ok folks . . . this is the final challenge for the NDIDDS (Next Designs in Digital Design Star) competition at DesignsInDigital! The My Story Element Pack is now available in the store for ONLY $2.00. It includes 43 elements, plus a full alphabet (upper/lower/numbers/punctuation). It coordinates with the My Story Paper Pack, also available for ONLY $2.00!

And . . . here is a coupon code for $2.00 off a $6.00 NDIDDS product purchase . . . so you buy two and get one FREE! What a deal . . . Coupon code is NDIDDS_BG21. This is only valid for one use!

So remember, my inspiration for this kit was to create a package that we can use to tell OUR story . . . and I know, I know . . . a lot of us don't like to have our photos taken so I suggested making pages without photos or without an image of ourselves, so I created some layouts reflecting my own advice (grin)!

And one with my photo:


And because I'm a mom of two boys, I try to make every kit flexible and diverse so that you can use it to great a boy page or two, like these two featuring my sons Jamie and Bradley:

This has been such a fabulous experience . . . I've met some truly talented women and designers. It has boosted my confidence and hopefully a future in design!

Coupon for Paper Sale!!

Woohoo . . . it's a sale!! Now is the time to stock up on paper . . . buy three packs of NDIDDS papers for $4.00 with this coupon . . . FOR REAL!

Let's do the math . . . if each paper pack has 20 papers (I think they all have more than that . . . ) then at three packages for $4.00 = LESS than $0.01 per paper!! How can you pass that up?!!

So, if you haven't picked up the My Story Paper Pack:

along with the freebie add-on:

now is the time, along with a couple of these (my personal favorites) from the other contestants!!

Happy shopping here and here!!

Challenge 4/5 for NDIDDS - My Story!

So we are in the final weeks of the NDIDDS challenge at http://www.designsindigital.com/! I'm so excited about this . . . the final two challenges require me to create first a set of 20+ papers and then the final challenge (due next Thursday and available on Friday) is to create a set of 40+ elements and a full alphabet to go with the papers.

I'm learning so much DAILY by performing these challenges . . . I'm also learning about my own creative process and (grin) it feels backwards to me to create the theme before the papers and elements.

For this final combined challenge, I picked the title My Story because I want this kit to be a medium to telling the story of us as individual women . . . so often we get so absorbed in creating layouts focusing on those we love that we leave out our own story. When my dad died several years ago, it made me realize how valuable and precious MY STORY would be to my children and family one day after I'm gone. I found myself hanging on to every story and photo I have of my father and so desperately wish for more. Since then, I've made a point of scrapping more pages that detail who I am and what I feel, believe and dream about. WAIT - I don't want to hear you say . . . but I don't like having my picture taken . . . do it anyway! Or scrap pages that don't include photos . . . it's allowed - I give you permission!! LOL

So, here are the 24 papers that make up the My Story Paper Pack and a big surprise to all the contestants - they are not free this week, but instead are offered at a very nominal $2.00! So grab them while you can and start telling YOUR STORY!!

YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE STORE HERE!!

And because the competition promised freebies each week . . . here is a FREE My Story Add-On!!

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Paper Dreams FREE KIT - Challenge 3!

Woohoo . . . here is my entry for Challenge 3 of NDIDDS . . . titled Paper Dreams! It has a shabby chic/vintage feel to it . . . I pulled from my mixed media art days and used digital ink, paint and glitter on old papers. The kite and butterflies add a touch of whimsy to this versatile kit.

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(Free registration at www.designsindigital.com is required.)

It was so easy to scrap with this kit . . . I actually had to stop so that I could start on the next challenge! Here's some layouts that I made with it:

If you scrap with it . . . please comment or email me at auntlorivintage@aol.com with your critic or links . . . I'd love to see how others are using this!