Hi all!
I’m taking a blog vacation day today. I know you’ll all understand. Look for some exciting posts coming in the next few days, as well as a new release this coming Wednesday!
Have a great day!
One commonly used method in digiscrapping is to “scrap lift” or “lift” someone else’s layouts. Scraplifting is the process of using another person’s layout to inspire your own. This can be a great tool for times when your creative mojo is on vacation, or when you see a layout by someone that you really like. Sometimes, a scraplift can be a pretty exact copy of the original layout. Other times, your layout can just be inspired by the original layout. It is important that when you do a scraplift you make sure to credit the original layout in your credits. When you are using someone else’s layout to inspire your own, it’s like using someone else’s template or papers – it’s a tool you used. The person who originally created it deserves recognition.
This is a scraplift I did not so long ago. On the left hand side is my layout, on the right is the layout I lifted, originally by Denise Beatty.
You’ll notice that in this lift, I recreated the original layout pretty exactly. While doing this, I still managed to make the layout my own, and fit my own style. If you click on my layout, you’ll be taken to my gallery and in the credits you’ll see that I put that it was a scraplift, and linked it to Denise’s layout that had inspired it. Sometimes, linking may not be an option. In those cases I usually put something like, “Inspired by the layout Poker Night by Lady Gaga in the July 2011 Creating Keepsakes.” While not linking directly to the layout, I am still giving credit to the original designer.
So, in today’s Scrap Along, I have an assignment for you. I want you to do a scraplift. For this assignment, I want you to go through CT Member Laura’s gallery HERE, pick a layout, and scraplift it. Come back here and link me up to the layout, and Laura and I will randomly pick one winner from the entries to win a GC to my PDP store!
Have fun! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
I’ve not been at FPD all that long, so my list of products is considerably shorter than at PDP. However, I wanted to share with you again one of my most favorite kits of all time. Practically Perfect is soft, airy, and light. It screams late summer to me, and I absolutely love how it came out. Check it out.
I loved it so much, I actually did my own layout using it. For this layout I also used an awesome set of templates by Jaclyn Bernardo who also sells at FPD. She has some great ones, but I especially loved this set that I used.
And just because I love this kit so much, I am putting it on sale for 50% off until Monday morning. Make sure you grab it now!
I’ve got nothing new coming out this week, so I thought I’d take today and tomorrow to show you some of my favorites that I’ve created. Today, we are going to look at Polka Dot Plum.
And, as a special treat, I’ve marked all three of these kits 50% off until Monday morning!! Enjoy!!
Seeing as I am such a template-a-holic, I thought it would be great to share with you some of the template designers that I regularly use. You’ll notice that they represent a pretty wide range of styles, but I think that keeps everything looking fresh and new.
Cindy Schneider at Sweet Shoppe Designs – I’ve talked before (and talked and talked) about how much I love using Cindy’s templates. I love the clustered look of them, which I have such a hard time coming up with on my own. I also appreciate the little things that Cindy does to make using her templates easier, like color coding the layers. One of my favorite sets of Cindy’s templates is this bundle:
Janet Phillips at Sweet Shoppe Designs – Janet’s templates are almost the polar opposite of Cindy’s. Janet’s are clean and graphic, and always put the attention right back on the photo. Janet is also the master of templates with an insane number of pictures. I especially like this template:
Amy Martin at The Lilypad – Amy’s templates are always a little bit funky. She recently has been doing some templates that have cut out spaces in them, and I love the way those look. I also love that Amy often offers mini bundles, singles, and larger bundles. One of my favorite sets by Amy is
Jaclyn Bernardo at Funky Playground Designs – Jaclyn really is awesome at stacking in her templates. Stacking paper strips, or background papers, or elements, they always look awesome. She even has sets of just her stacks, which I love too. I love this one especially
BTA Designs at Polka Dot Plum – BTA Designs templates’ are great for white space layouts. They often feature a large background with a small cluster in one of the corners or the middle. I especially like this set of templates:
Berry Sweet Designs at Polka Dot Plum – These templates are excellent white space layouts too! They are minimal with a little layering and lots of space around them. This set that I picked also has ample space for journaling, which is a major plus. Check them out
Nikki Epperson at The Digi Chick – I got hooked on Nikki’s templates when she was at PDP with me. What I really like about Nikki’s templates is that sometimes, they are nice and super layered and fun…and other times they are nice and simple. She has a variety of styles, which makes her templates appealing to me. I love this set
Ali Edwards at Designer Digitals – Do I really need to say more than her name? Ali is one of the masters of digi scrap. I love her simple styled layouts. Always clean and graphic, but never boring her templates always seem to make a statement.
Cathy Zielske at Designer Digitals – Cathy’s another designer with nice, clean and simple templates. What I always find fun about Cathy’s templates is that they usually have some great word art already built into them. I love this template
So those are 9 of my favorite template designers. Who are yours? Whose templates do you love using? Let me know in the comments below!
