A Little Giggle Designs Digital Scrapbooking
Digital scrapbooking blog for A Little Giggle Designs. Lots of freebies, new release information, photography and other fun posts related to the wonderful world of digital scrapbooking - digiscrap for short:)
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! I have been so busy lately that I haven’t even posted my latest layouts. I’ll try to get a freebie up soon, but in the meantime, here are a few layouts I’ve done using all of Rachel’s stuff over at Captivated Visions (store at Scrap Orchard). Love her stuff!!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dodie
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I’m loving Dunia’s stuff! Here’s another layout using her fun kit, ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’. It’s not my usual style, but it holds an important memory! Having said that, it was featured on the Gallery Standout Blog so I was over the moon! Made my day =) Thank you!
Credits: ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ by Dúnia Designs and Studio Basic. Fonts: Corbel and Amelie
I’ve only been back a week since travelling for 3 weeks and I am exhausted! I am so tired all day and then wide awake at night! Can’t sleep. I would love to be using more of Rachel’s kits from Captivated Visions as they are divine, but I’m so tired I can’t get the energy! Even so, I did make the following layout yesterday using her new mini kit, ‘Home is Where the Heart Is’ and a template for her set ‘Captivated by Melissa – Layered Templates’. To be honest, I don’t even think I’m finished yet, I may tweak it a bit more at the weekend!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dodie
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Hmmm, another Layout Friday? This just might become a habit =)
Here’s one layout using a layered template from Captivated Visions’ set entitled Inspired by Stephanie. The kit I used is Lil Spooks from SuzyQScraps.
The next one is using another layered template from Captivated Visions – Inspired by Mycau, and I used the Lil Spooks kit again ’cause it’s just so stinkin’ cute!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dodie
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I thoroughly enjoyed my very first blog train. Lots of fun! Thank you everyone for all your support! And a big thank you to Kelly over at Simply Kelly Designs for organizing it. Loved it!
Anyway, it’s now time to announce the winners of my Blog RAK. The winners have been selected randomly from my list of comments using good ol’ random.org. I promised one kit for every 20 comments I received. So, by my count that’s 2 winners, and I figured why not make it 5 winners just to make it more fun!
Each winner will receive my ‘Scrap n Stuff’ full kit shown in the preview above!
So, here are the five winners of my very first full kit ever! ….drumroll… =)
1. Giggly Girls
2. ava-j
3. Demetria
4. Rene’
5. Meredith in GA
CONGRATULATIONS! I will be emailling you a link to the full kit very soon!
Thanks again everyone for a fabulous blog train. I loved every minute of it.
Dodie
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You can also enter to win the full size kit version of Scrap n Stuff!
I thought it might be fun to give you a sneak peek now, and release the actual preview closer to the end of the blog train! So much fun! So…. here’s the sneak peek preview =) The full kit will have 15 papers and 20 elements 20 papers and 30 unique elements in it (I couldn’t stop!) and, like the mini-kit, will be made using no CU items to ensure everything is super duper unique. This is a sneak peek of just a little bit of the kit! I don’t want to give too much away just yet!
I will give away one kit for every 20 comments on this post. To enter, you can leave a separate comment on this post for each one of the following:
You can do just one, two or three of the things above, but leave a separate comment for each. Please include your e-mail in each comment so you can be contacted when you win. Winner(s) will be chosen using random.org.
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As I am a new designer, I don’t have a creative team. So, would you like to get the full kit for free? All you have to do is create a layout using this mini kit, post it in a public gallery such as DST or DSA linking my blog in your credits, email me (dodiesa [at] gmail {dot} com) the link to your layout in the gallery and you will get the FULL KIT for FREE! It would be lovely to see some layouts using my kit =) Anything to inspire me to keep designing! The deadline for this will be October 30th, 2010. I’m excited to see what you all create!
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OK, that’s if from me for now. I hope you’re enjoying the blog train so far! Before you go, I would just like to say a huge THANK YOU to Kelly over at Simply Kelly Designs for organising this Blog Train. You rawk!!!
Thanks for visiting,
Dodie
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I have finally finished my Jessica Sprague Certified Digital Designer course – exam done and portfolio submitted and returned with great feedback! Woot!
During the course I had to decide if I was going to stick with my boring design name, “Dodie’s Designs” or pick something more fun. It took me a few months and I just couldn’t come up with a name I liked. Finally I gave up and figured I’d leave it as is.
But it kept nagging at me, especially as I was about to switch servers and wanted to pick a domain name that fit my design name. After a little more thought, and numerous pages of potential design names written in lists upon lists, one name kept coming back to me. And then one day I thought, “I like that design name!”. May seem simple, but trust me, when you’re waiting for something to click, it’s a nice thought!
So, I submitted it with my portfolio to Carina Gardner and thought I’d wait to hear back from her before making anything permanent. I heard back from her last week with my portfolio and in her words, she thought my design name was, “Stickin’ Cute!”. Whew! Infact, it was a huge ‘Whew’ because I had already paid for a new domain name, www.alittlegiggledesigns.com – yup – that’s my new design name, “A Little Giggle Designs”.
I think it reflects what I am and what I strive to be as a designer. I’m only beginning and may never make it as I am simply too busy… but I have a goal and will work towards it slowly – a design name I like is the first step.
Anyway, here’s my new logo, which I’m not 100% sure on – but it’ll do for now…
Hope you like it! And wish me luck in the world of designing!
Dodie
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Kelly over at Simply Kelly Designs is organizing a blog train that includes me and 9 other JessicaSprague.com Certified Digital Designers. The train will run from October 14 – 18, 2010. Each designer is giving away a mini kit on a subject that no one can say not to… scrapbooking! Each designer will also host a contest to win a full kit AND {drumroll…} one lucky person will win a full kit from all 10 designers! WOOT! As this will be my first blog hop, I’m SUPER excited!!!
Come back here on October 14 to hop on the train!
Dodie
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Another PhotoBoard template! These may be simple, but they are super versatile and can be used on your blog or on your scrapbook layouts!
This template is US Letter size and has space for 6 photos. It comes as a Photoshop layered file with optional shadows. You also get the .png files in both 72 dpi (for web) and 300dpi (for print) with and without shadows.
If you’d like to see the original post (all about seafood in Hong Kong – yummy!).
Enjoy!
Dodie
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Since geting my iPhone I’ve been exploring the world of apps – specifically apps related to my photography and scrapbooking. I looked for reviews on some of the apps, but couldn’t find many, so I decided to do a few simple reviews myself for other scrapbookers who may be interested in getting these apps!
So, here is my first review and I’ve chosen to review: Project 365.
Project 365 is a simple app and very easy to use. It adopts a calendar view (no other views available) and allows you to either take a photo to place in the calendar or import a photo from your Camera Roll. You begin with a blank calendar (shown below).
To add a photo you simply tap a date and this allows you to import a photo from your iPhone library or immediately take a photo to use. After you photo has been added it will be shown in the date square.
It’s so easy it’s foolproof!
Now, as a scrapbooker, I love my journalling and no photo is complete without my personal caption/description! No worries – Project 365 allows you to add a description to each photo by simply tapping the photo and typing! Couldn’t be easier. Your description is not shown on the calendar view, but you can easily read it by tapping on the photo.
So, what else does it do?
I like the fact that you can email the photos or send them directly to your twitter and/or facebook accounts. However, when you do this, your description does not get uploaded and Project 365 includes a link to their app before the link to your pic. Not so cool.
I like most things about this app, except that the calendar is not categorized by year so there are no days of the week included, which means it takes me a little more time to actually figure out which photo goes on what day. The date IS shown when you tap a date and is also included in the description of each photo.
So, how much is it you may be wondering. Well, the free version is free! You can upgrade to Project 365 PRO for 99cents and this includes a few extra features such as backing up your photos online.
The verdict?
It’s a free (or very cheap!) app that works and is great if you are a Project 365 fan. Grab the free version and play around with it – if you like it, upgrade!
The official Project 365 website can be found here: { Project 365 } and their facebook page can be found here: { Facebook }.
Enjoy
Dodie
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There’s a story behind all my freebies! Here’s the story behind my doodled alphabet.
I did a layout a while back and couldn’t find a doodled alphabet I liked, so I decided to do the title myself. I loved the way it turned out and had a few people ask me where I got the alpha from! So was born the idea of creating an entire doodled alphabet.
All went well until I realized that the letters I has made for this alpha were nothing like the original ones, and I liked the original ones better. Then, after re-doing it all, I realized I had forgotten to expand my selection before scribbling inside each letter – so, if you get a huge magnifying glass, you will see a teeny, tiny space between the scribbles and the outline of each letter. This annoyed me so much that I gave up!
As always happens, I was once again looking for a handmade doodled alpha for a layout I was doing and thought back to this one. After taking 5 minutes to find it on my computer, I realized that it’s actually quite cute, and seriously, no one will notice that itty bitty bit of white space (well, you will now I’ve mentioned it *lol*!). So, it’s out as a freebie for you to play with. No numbers….sorry (I hate when designers don’t include numbers *grin*) – I’ll see if I can get some done to match.
Specs: all .png files, packaged individually and as a whole sheet, 300dpi, A-Z uppercase letters, punctuation and a few fun doodles thrown in just because they’re fun. Besides, does anyone need a reason for extra doodles =)
Enjoy!
Dodie
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