Sweet New Release: Summer Lovin’ Wordy Bits & Brushes

POSTED ON July 21, 2012 IN Announcements, Shop News & Releases

Happy Sweet Shoppe Saturday everyone!

This Saturday I’m releasing my first ever element and brush packs and best of all, they’re designed to coordinate with my Summer Lovin’ Template Collection! I LOVE typography and wordy bits so I hope you enjoy scrapbooking with these as much as I enjoyed designing them.

Summer Lovin’: Summer Brushes

First up are the Summer Lovin’: Summer Brushes. These 24 summer themed brushes are perfect for titles, tags, Project Life, mini books and more.

The best thing about these brushes is you get them as both a Photoshop .abr brush as well as individual PNG files so you can adjust the size, color and customize them to your heart’s content.

Summer Lovin’: Wordy Bits Templates

Next up are the Summer Lovin’: Wordy Bits Templates…

I don’t know about you but I love wordy bits – which is why I include them in almost all of my templates! But often I find myself wishing I could customize them to fit any kit I’m want without the hassle of adjusting the hue and saturation in Photoshop.

Enter the Wordy Bits Templates.

Each of the 43 Summer Lovin’ Wordy Bits comes as a layered Photoshop (.PSD) file, which means they are super easy to customize to match any kit. Just think of them as mini templates – change the color or clip your favorite paper to the background layer to create a look unique to you and your layout.

Summer Lovin’: Bits & Brushes Bundle

Of course, if your word-lovin’ heart can’t decide between the Summer Lovin’: Summer Brushes or Summer Lovin’: Wordy Bits, you can pick up the Summer Lovin’: Bits & Brushes Bundle and get BOTH for one great price!

Team Awesome Layout Inspiration

Of course the Nettio Designs Team Awesome had a blast mixing and matching the Wordy Bits & Brushes to word-ify their layouts. Check them out…

SAVE 20% OFF Thru Saturday

As always, all three new releases are 20% at Sweet Shoppe Designs through Saturday night. So if you want to save a little cash, stop on by the Sweet Shoppe today and pick them up.

Well that’s it from me today! Have a great weekend everyone!

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One Template, 2 Layouts: 3 Tips For Making Your Layouts Stand Out

POSTED ON July 17, 2012 IN Memory Keeping

Last week I shared my 2012 Summer Bucket list. If you were paying close attention to the design of the layouts in that post, you may have noticed the designs of both of my 2011 & 2012 summer bucket lists were exactly the same. That’s because this is one of my favorite ways to use my own digital scrapbooking templates!

I take a layout I already love, turn it into a template and then use the template for a second layout based off the first. As much as I love coming up with new designs for my layouts, sometimes in the summer I just want to keep things simple and easy and this is an awesome way to do just that.

But if you’re worried about your layouts looking too similar when you reuse the same digital scrapbooking template design, here are a few tips:

1) Choose kits with different (or even opposite) color schemes

One of the awesome things about digital scrapbooking is how spoiled we are when it comes to variety of kits and products available to us. So when you’re starting with the same basic design for your layout, an easy way to make sure each layout pops is by selecting kits with different or opposing color schemes for each layout.

Even though I used summer themed kits for both of my summer bucket list layouts, I purposely chose two kits which had almost opposite color schemes. For the first, I used 12 Months: June by Penny Springmann which had pink, yellow and orange tones and for the second I used 100 Days of Summer by Meghan Mullens which had red, blues and greens.

This way when I was scrapbooking my second layout, I didn’t have to worry about what specific papers or elements I chose because I knew my second bucket list would stand apart from the first based on color alone.

2) Mix up the alphas & fonts

I’m sure you have your favorite go-to alphas and fonts – I know I do! But when reusing the design of a layout, an easy way to add variety is by mixing up the fonts and alphas. Try using a different style of handwriting font or a colored alpha instead of a white one. Even though the placement of the titles and journaling is the same, changing the look and feel of these elements will keep each layout unique.

3) Embrace the consistency

Often in digital scrapbooking, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to come up with awesome new designs for our layouts each time we scrapbook. But a little design repetition can be a great way to adding consistency to your albums!

Rather than placing two similar layouts directly next to each other, think about how you can break them up in a way that makes sense with the overall flow of your scrapbooking album. With my summer bucket layouts, I plan on using them almost as section title pages in my album with all my 2011 or 2012 summer adventure themed layouts behind them. That way the repeated design seems purposeful.

Using a digital scrapbooking template you love for two different layouts is an awesome way to get more use out of your templates. Just add a little variety to the colors and elements in your layouts and you’re good to go!

What about you? What’s on your bucket list for this summer? Do you ever use the same design over and over again because you just can’t get enough of it?

Looking to scrapbook your own Summer bucket list layout?

Check out my Summer Lovin’: Fun In the Sun Templates or pick up Summer Lovin’: The Complete Collection to get 9 summer-tastic templates for one great price.

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A Sweet New Release at Sweet Shoppe Designs: Sweet Single No. 1

POSTED ON July 14, 2012 IN Announcements, Shop News & Releases

Happy Sweet Shoppe Saturday everyone!

This weekend I’m releasing the first in a NEW line of digital scrapbooking templates called Sweet Singles. Think of them as bite-sized template packs perfect for dipping your toe into the Nettio Designs template pool.

Sweet Single No. 1: In the Round

This week’s Sweet Single, Sweet Single No. 1: In the Round, features a fun, repeating circle design in my signature modern paper-lovin’ style.

Here’s a closer look at my layout …

What I love most about this template is it’s versatility. You can feature a single photo on your layout like I did or you can include up to 13 photos using all the paper circles for photos instead.

That’s a whole lotta photos!

If you’re in need of inspiration, check out at all the different ways Team Awesome rocked this template…

Team Awesome Inspiration

New Release Discount: SAVE 20% thru Saturday

As always, Sweet Single No. 1: In the Round is 20% OFF thru Saturday at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Pick up Sweet Single No. 1: In the Round today!

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Nettio Designs Reveal Day at The Daily Digi!

POSTED ON July 12, 2012 IN Announcements

In case you missed it, I’m one of the featured designers this month over at The Daily Digi and today is my official feature designer reveal day! Woohoo!

Pop on over to The Daily Digi blog to check out the reveal of my exclusive Digi Files template pack, a Q&A with yours truly and a little extra coupon-y goodness from me as well.

Don’t forget for just $7.50/month you’ll get access to my digital scrapbooking template pack along with 6 other awesome goodies from some amazingly talented designers. Find out more about becoming a member here.

Oh and I hear there are prizes too. And eye candy. But mostly prizes.

I know you like prizes right?

Go check it out at The Daily Digi!

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Summer Lovin’: My 2012 Summer Bucket List

POSTED ON July 11, 2012 IN Life Adventures, Memory Keeping

I LOVE lists. For anyone who’s followed my scrapbooking for awhile this probably comes as no surprise considering the number of list-y based projects I’ve done: the Faves, 30 Days of Lists, the 28 at 28 List, Holiday Faves (which was essentially a list in mini book form). Not to mention the number of random one-off list digital scrapbooking layouts I’ve done as well.

But one of my favorite lists of the year is my summer bucket list. Because not only is it a list, but it’s a list full of awesomely fun summertime adventures.

My 2011 Summer Bucket List

Last year’s summer bucket list sadly got a bit thwarted by the insane heat we had here in Texas. I mean, ass much as I love summer, when it’s 100+ degrees for 59 days, even I don’t want to be outside doing anything. So we sadly only checked off a handful of items: Giants baseball game (which was indoors), Schlitterbahn, Barton Springs Pool, summer movies and smores in the backyard.

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My 2012 Summer Bucket List

This year I tried to be a bit smarter about my list, making sure there’s a good mix of do-able indoor/outdoor local activities including a few items I still want to do from last year and a few things Adam requested.

So far our weather has been playing much nicer this year (well much nicer for Texas anyway which means 90s instead of 100+, haha) so I’m feeling a bit more optimistic this year. I mean, we’ve checked off a few items already which is progress my friends…

Swim at a swimming hole
Make homemade popsicles
Take a weekend beach trip
Visit Schlitterbahn & Sea World
Go tubing down the river
Have an awesome visit w/Susan
Make fresh lemonade
Go on a weekend camping trip
Watch a movie under the stars
~~Watch fireworks~~
~~Buy a new barbeque~~
Finish building bookshelf
Visit a new state park
See a baseball game
Use our ice cream maker
~~Go on a road trip~~
Make sun tea
Go on a picnic

Still lots of fun to be had and I admit, I’m a bit giddy with excitement. Apparently my love of summer is still strong as ever even though I no longer get three months off to do nothing, haha.

What about you? What’s on your bucket list for this summer?

Psst…looking for some awesome summer kits? Check out 12 Months: June by Penny Springmann and 100 Days of Summer by Meghan Mullens which I used for my layouts.

Looking to scrapbook your own Summer bucket list layout?

Check out my Summer Lovin’: Fun In the Sun Templates or pick up Summer Lovin’: The Complete Collection to get 9 summer-tastic templates for one great price.

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The Summer Lovin’ Template Collection Is Here!

POSTED ON July 6, 2012 IN Announcements

Happy Sweet Shoppe Saturday everyone! I can’t even tell you how excited I am about today’s new release, my first ever digital scrapbooking template collection: Summer Lovin’.

I LOVE summer. There’s just something about the combination of summery activities, long days and warm weather that appeals to my outdoor adventure loving self. I love being out creating NEW memories and checking items off on my summer bucket list…

…which means, finding time to scrapbook amongst all the fun can be tough. And I’m sure you know what I’m talking about.

Your kids are home, the fun may be flowing but your normal me-time for scrapbooking may not be.

Which is exactly why I created the Summer Lovin’ Template Collection.

To give you (and me!) a jumping off point for scrapbooking all our favorite summertime adventures quickly and awesomely while the memories are still fresh. So we can indulge our creative scrapbooking sides while still having plenty of time for fun in the sun too.

The Summer Lovin’ Template Collection includes NINE brand-new 12×12-inch digital scrapbooking templates in my signature modern, paper-lovin’ style, this time with a summer-tastic twist.

The collection is divided up into three templates packs, each one themed for my favorite summer adventures: Fun In the Sun, Splish Splash and Places We Go.

Summer Lovin’: Fun In the Sun

This versatile template pack features three unique template designs perfect for scrapbooking your everyday summertime memories and summer bucket list.

Summer Lovin’: Splish Splash

I don’t know about you but when I think of summer, I think of one thing – water fun! This template pack features three paper-lovin’ style templates each with a watery twist and are perfect for capturing all your water-lovin’ adventures.

Summer Lovin’: Places We Go

Calling all travelers, stay-cationers and zoo lovers! This photo-friendly set of templates is perfect for all those times when you just can’t narrow down the photos. All three of these templates feature room for six photos or more!

Summer Lovin’: The Complete Collection

Of course, if you can’t decide which set of Summer Lovin’ templates is your favorite, the Summer Lovin’ Complete Collection is for you! For one low price you can pick up all NINE templates at once!

As always, Team Awesome has been rocking the summertime scrapbooking awesomeness so here’s a peek at all their summer adventures. I love seeing everyone’s different takes on the templates!

The Summer Lovin’ Template Collection is available now at Sweet Shoppe Designs and is 20% off TODAY ONLY so if you want to pick it up and save a little cash, today is the day.

I’ll be sharing my own Summer Lovin’ layouts throughout the summer so I hope you’ll pick these babies up and scrap right along with me. It’s going to be fun.

Start scrapbooking your summer today!

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