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

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.

Everyday Life : With Susan Darter

Susan Darter, owner of Raspberry Road Designs is here with us and shares some amazing inspiration below.

Since our Blog is about celebrating “Everyday Life” Susan has offered to share a layout and a quick paragraph telling us about a special  everyday celebration in her life and what made it so special.

"This is a layout entitled “Life”, and it represents the little things that we miss the most when it’s gone. This is a layout with my son, daughter and granddaughter having an informal breakfast on one of their trips back home for the holidays and it just made me realize how much I missed them being home and sharing some family time".

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!

The Joy of Childhood: By Robyn Gough

Robyn Gough, owner of Robyn Gough Designs shares some very creative inspiration with us below.

"The layout below, The Joy Of Childhood was a layout inspired by my children playing outside at their grandparents place on their 50^th wedding anniversary. They had such a wonderful time playing, the photos brought back memories of my own childhood."

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!

Kelly Thompson : Learning More About Her

Kelly Thompson, digital designer at Scrapbook-Bytes tells us a bit more about herself.

What fun projects are you working on?

"Right now I'm working on a series of products, a collection, called the Freestyle Collection. The first volume is available, but there will be much more. I am enjoying working on this project because of the nature of it—it's sort of an anything goes type of style. So I'm trying to have fun with it, and I hope the scrappers will have fun using it. "

Where do you hangout online?

"Let's see...when I'm designing on my computer, I'm almost always tuned into music, and I usually have facebook and scrapbookbytes.com forums open on my other monitor. I am also addicted to CNN.com. I check it multiple times a day haha!"

Below is a very endearing layout from Kelly with some special inspiration for everyone to enjoy!

Credits for "35 Things" are:Mega Kit by Gina Cabrera of www.digitaldesignessentials.com .

Welcome : Marie Stones

                               A huge welcome to our new  featured artist, Marie Stones.  Marie is the proud owner of  Free Digital Scrapbooking.com . She is not only the owner but is an artist as well. Enjoy getting to know her!

Tell us about yourself.
"My name is Marie Stones. I am a mom, graphic artist, digital designer, and small business owner. I started digital scrapbooking about four years ago and quickly fell in love! I particularly loved the freedom of creating my own pages and embellishments. Shortly after finding digital scrapbooking I started my own website, http://www.freedigitalscrapbooking.com, as a way to share the items I had created. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life."

Here are a few layouts of inspiration that Marie has shared with us. Perfect examples of celebrating the everyday life mixed in with a hint of Valentine's Day!

Digiscrap Boutique : Happy Birthday to You!

Veronica Spriggs Owner and Designer at Digiscrap Boutique shares some news about herself and her site.

What is your creative style?

"I’d have to say I’m still finding it. But I must say I really love doing richly decorative papers and ornate elements. Some would say my work has a vintage feel and I suppose that’s somewhat true. But I do like to mix it up every once in a while."

What endearing project are you working on right now?

"Digiscrap Boutique is celebrating it’s second birthday in January so I am in the midst of planning a few exciting events as well as launching some new products."

Hope everyone checks out the birthday sale this month at Digiscrap Boutique. Please make sure you share with us in the comment area what you snagged and what you created with it! We love to get inspiration from our readers!