Shutterfly Digi Scrap Blog

Welcome : Rhonna Farrer

We are excited to welcome Rhonna Farrer to the Shutterfly Celebrations Blog. We can't wait to share more about Rhonna and her design work. So, without further ado, lets find out a bit about her.

I'm Rhonna Farrer,  a mother of 3 & wife to my best friend. I earned a BFA in Art Education & have been designing in the greeting card/gift wrap/paper product industry for 12 years.

I design under Rhonna DESIGNS for all of my freelance design work, but as far as scrapbooking goes: I've teamed up with Heidi Swapp & Janet Hopkins to bring you House of 3.  We  have digital design kits, House Adornmnents, Blog Couture & Design House kits. We aim to offer inspiration in home decor, scrapbooking & hybrid arts.

Rhonna has an exciting handful of freebies that she is going to be sharing with us over the next week or so. The downloads are themed around Blessings and being Thankful. (Perfect for all of those Thanksgiving photos we need to document!) Below you can download a greeting card  created by Rhonna. You just add your own photo and print it. The card is, of course, perfectly sized for printing at Shutterfly if you choose!  Have fun downloading this fun freebie and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only.

 Download RF_HarvestGreetingCardTemplate

Thank you : Kim Gehring

A big thank-you to Kim Gehring from PixelGypsyDesigns who has shared a bundle of inspiration and freebies with us. We are thrilled that she has a bit more to share before she leaves. Enjoy!

What is your favorite Holiday? Do you have any fun scrapbook traditions or project traditions that you do during the holiday season?

"Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love the excitement that overflows from my kids and the quality time I get to spend with my whole family. I don’t have any scrapbook or project traditions, but I do love to scrap holiday photos. :-) "

Do you hybrid scrapbook and if so tell us about your experience with it ?

"I like to create hybrid gifts like money envelopes, altered blocks for holiday decorations, cd case calendars, and goodie bags with special treat toppers. Unfortunately, time always gets the best of me and I run out of time to photograph these projects."

Kim has created one last freebie quickpage template for us to download below but she has shared her blog address with us at http://kg-designs.blogspot.com where she says she has all sorts of freebie downloads. Check it out!

 Download KimGehring_TemplatePage

Everyday Life Inspiration:

Kim Gehring from PixelGypsyDesigns shares some more wonderful inspiration below.

Who or what inspires you most?

"My kids are a big inspiration for me, which is why my designs usually end up bold and fun. I'm also very inspired by color. I could easily spend hours browsing design and craft blogs or magazines just enjoying the color schemes!"

Since our Blog is about celebrating “Everyday Life” Kim shares a layout below and tells us about the special everyday celebration.

"This layout is special to me because it highlights the relationship between my kids. Despite their six-year age difference, my kids share a strong bond that makes me so proud to be their mom. They love each other to death! "Best Buds" captures them at these special moments...reading together, playing, cuddling."

Hello! : Kim Gehring

A special hello to Kim Gehring from PixelGypsyDesigns . We are so excited to have Kim here with us as we head into the Halloween season. She is full information, inspiration and of course wonderful Halloween freebies!

Lets start off by getting to know a bit about Kim!

"I’m a thirty-something mom to two awesome kiddos (9 and 3), a full-time admin/graphic designer, and a digital scrapbook designer for Pixel Gypsy Designs. I’m a really laid-back person who is usually found working behind the scenes to make sure things run smoothly. I enjoy spending lots of time at home with my family and, in my spare time (when I’m not designing!), I like reading and gardening. I’ve never been one to talk much about myself…I’m a much better listener.  So I’d love to hear from you about what you like and what inspires you to scrap."

Below is a great layout created by Kim! Enjoy and check back often in the next couple of weeks to collect some wonderful Halloween treats.

Welcome :Susan Darter

A special welcome to Susan Darter, owner of Raspberry Road Designs. We are thrilled to have her here as a our featured artist. Let's start right off by getting to know about her a bit!

Tell us about yourself.

"I am a forty-something, somewhat educated woman who shares my life with my sweetie, two grown kids and two granddaughters. ~I have yet to see any of the world outside of the states but hold out hope that I will still be able too. ~

I have loved, lost, forgiven, forgotten, even quit a time or two, but I have never given up on anything or anyone that matters. ~I love taking something old and making it new again. ~I have a soft side that can turn dark very quickly if you cross the ones I love. ~

I hate the rain. ~I have no sense of humor but I am learning to laugh at things with a new perspective. ~I believe that all things old are beautiful. ~I love the Arkansas Razorbacks.~ I love my crazy family history.

I forget lots of things-mostly names, faces, even my way around the Mall but never where I came from. ~I have no regrets because everything has brought me to this place, and it's who I am."

Here is an outstanding layout created by Susan. Enjoy the inspiration!

Thank you : Robyn Gough

A huge thank you to Robyn Gough, owner of Robyn Gough Designs for sharing her everyday inspiration with us in the past month!

As a special treat Robyn has created an adorable freebie mini-kit for you to download called "Play Hard". The colors are bold and adorable! Enjoy the freebie and please remember that all freebies are for personal use only.

Download RGough_HardAtPlayMiniKit

More Info : From Robyn Gough

Robyn Gough, owner of Robyn Gough Designs gives us some "Techno Tips" below!

What is your favorite piece of technology and why?

"That one is a tough call, but I would have to say Photoshop. I absolutely love designing and working in Photoshop, but my camera would be a very close second. I am a keen photographer and I used to have my own darkroom. I dearly loved producing photos in it and watching the images so magically appear was fabulous. Once the kids came along however, being cooped up in a chemical filled room for hours on end was no longer practical. Thankfully it was around this time that digital photography became more common and once I was able to purchase Photoshop I was in heaven! I had so much more flexibility and the creative options were endless. I then discovered digital scrapbooking and there was no going back from there!"

What is your favorite digital technique that you love to use?

"I really enjoy doing blended layouts. I love experimenting with blend modes to create different effects and styles."

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Getting to Know: Robyn Gough!

Welcome Robyn Gough, owner of Robyn Gough Designs. We are excited to get to know more about Robyn and to gain wonderful inspiration from her and her art. Enjoy learning a bit about her below.

Tell us about yourself.

"I am a Mum of two beautiful children who are 7 and 4, and wife to my loving husband. We live in Sunny Queensland, Australia. I have been designing for nearly 5 years now and am totally hooked. I design for Digital Scrapbook Place which is where I first started out digital scrapbooking."

How long have you been scrapbooking?

"I have been scrapbooking for 5 years now. I started out when I was pregnant with my 4 year old son."

Below we have included a few layouts that Robyn created. Enjoy the wonderful inspiration!

More Info : From Lynn Grieveson

Lynn Grieveson, digital designer at DesignerDigitals shares some more great info about herself.

Where do you hang out on-line?

"I spend nearly all my on-line time at DesignerDigitals. I like to listen to BBC radio online while I work or scrap as well, and sometimes I check out my husband's website to see what he has been up to."

Have you ever created a Shutterfly book?

"I've created two photobooks at Shutterfly, and I was thrilled with both of them. The first was made for my father when he decided to sell the land in the country. I used lots of old photos from their time there. For this album I used an 8" x 8" template album by Anna Aspnes.

The second book was created as a memento of a big trip we did recently. We flew to LA then drove across the USA to Florida to meet up with lots of other people from the Designer Digitals team. We came home through Hawaii. I got two copies printed so both the girls have one to keep."