Digital Scrapbooking Designs by SuzyQ Scraps

In the Patch with SuzyQ Scraps!

Ellie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:00:20 +0000

Hey all! Wow does SuzyQ have some great new digital scrap releases for you this week!

(We’re coming at you a day early so Suzy has plenty of room for an announcement tomorrow!)

What a delicious colour scheme — perfect for any autumn pages you need to scrap! As always these are all 20% off for one week only. PLUS, a free with purchase offer - if you buy the kit before 9/10, you’ll automatically get the bonus pack FREE! Such a great deal!

Here’s a closer look at the papers in this yummy kit!

And the bonus pack (free with purchase before 9/10!):

And some lovely digital stamps for you hybrid scrappers:

Look at the gorgeous layouts & projects the QTs created!

Suzy will be here tomorrow with info about a sale AND the winners! I hope you have a great day!

Fall is Just Around the Corner! {Sneak Peeks}

Amber — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:17:58 +0000

Welcome to September! Ready or Not, here it is…and with that we’ll all need to start thinking ahead to the coming season (at least here in the United States). Fall or Autumn, whatever you call it, is just around the corner. SuzyQ Scraps has 3 new digital scrap releases this week that will help you record all the fall fun coming soon. Here’s a little sneak peek at just what’s going to be in the store soon:

What activity do you look forward to doing during the Fall Season? I love going to the pumpkin patch, especially now that I have kids. Leave a comment on the blog and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win one of this week’s new release from SuzyQ Scraps. Want more chances to win? Share this post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, then come back here and leave another comment letting us know where you shared it. (Comments must be posted by 9 pm Eastern Thursday night.) Good Luck!!

Celebrate Learning with the September Desktop Freebie

Amber — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:00:12 +0000

Hey SuzyQ Scraps Fans! I’ve got the September Desktop Freebie for you today, and in honor of “Back to School” time I’ve made the desktop using one of Suzy’s newer digital scrap kits Land of Learning. This is a great kit for kids of any age whether they attend public, private, or are homeschooled!

I tried to keep it as universal as possible & hope you’ll enjoy showcasing your Star Student. This month I didn’t have the chance to make a coordinating calendar add-on, so I just put a basic calendar on there for everyone! However, all the usual sizes are accounted for…click the preview to download:

Save a tree … go green … scrap digitally!

SuzyQ — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:59 +0000

As a digital scrapper, have you ever thought of yourself as being environmentally-friendly? Quite honestly, I scrap digitally for 3 big reasons: 1) no mess to clean up; 2) I can rearrange photos and elements on the fly; and 3) I can use my favorite pieces over & over again (& I don’t have to worry about accidentally destroying that paper by cutting it the wrong size). Helping to “save the planet” is just an added bonus for me. But if you have friends who like to reuse & recycle, perhaps it’s time to introduce them to digital scrapbooking!

And if you want to “show off” your green-ness, check out this super fun mug from Scrap Orchard (which is on sale right now for 20% off … & it likely won’t be on sale again!):

You might also want to take a peek at the customizable coffee mug … I have some ideas for this one! Wouldn’t they make fun Christmas gifts?

Have yourself a fabulous Monday!

August Challenge Reminder

Britanee — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:00:23 +0000

Britanee here stopping by to remind you about this month’s digital scrap challenge! All you have to do is pick up August’s Template, use it to create a layout OR hybrid project (oh, and it’s not even required to use Suzy’s designs!), and leave a comment on that post with a link to your layout.

The challenge ends 8/31 at 11:59 pm Eastern. You’ll receive a 30% off coupon to SuzyQ Scraps store just for playing and one lucky winner will receive a $10 coupon!

Here’s what some of the QTs have done with it-

Sam

Melissa

Lynnette

Keisha (one of our newest QTs!)

Dalis (a hybrid project)

Britanee

There’s only a few more days! I can’t wait to see what you create!

SuzyQ Scrap-along — The Daily Digi Playbook

SuzyQ — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:00:40 +0000

The Daily Digi released their third playbook this week (it’s FREE!), so I thought it’d be fun to scrap some layouts using the tips inside the playbook, as well as The Digi Files #20 which I picked up last week (they’re only available a few more days … for the templates alone it’s worth the $5!).

What is The Daily Digi Playbook? “The Daily Digi Playbook is an e-book filled with techniques, tricks, and play-by-plays to recreate the looks in the layouts you see on The Daily Digi.”

This month’s e-book contains:

a play-by-play for a hybrid project AND a digital layout (from start to finish)
ideas for clustering elements
how-to for using Flerg’s glitter styles
how-to for creating the rainbow word art we use on Fridays
cutting irregular paper strips
using a photo as an overlay and background
altering templates
giving papers a new look
editing photos in Flickr
a couple of fun free gifts

So, let’s play the game! (And if you love what’s inside this playbook, head on over to The Daily Digi to snag June’s playbook and July’s playbook!)

Every supply in my layouts comes from The Digi Files #20.

On page 3, Karen shares tips for adding a photo to a template. So I grabbed a template from NeeNee’s Papercropz: Vol. 9 and decided to add a pic below the 2 main pics. And I used Happy Snapper by Captivated Visions for the layout.

On page 4, Jenn shares a method for “punching” a hole in your paper, and on page 20 she shares a tip for making an irregular paper shape. I actually ended up using my traditional method of punching holes with the aid of a clipping mask, which turned out to be a good thing ’cause I ended up wanting them smaller and in a different place. I’ll do a tutorial on my method sometime soon! But the irregular paper shape method was a clever trick and I totally used it to make the purple paper strip with the layout title.

Katie shares how she used a feminine kit to create a boy layout on page 7, so I challenged myself to do the same. I used the same kit as Katie, Emotions by Fei Fei’s stuff. I chose the orange paper and a green element to make the layout fit for my little boy. I changed the blending mode on the “joy” word art so it became a stamp instead of a sticker. I also changed the blending mode on the cluster elements so they became a dark orange. (Changing blending modes was mentioned on several pages in the playbook.)

The playbook also has a few tips on clustering, so I attempted to try some clustering with this layout. I started with the other template from NeeNee, which I modified a bit, and created the layout using In Bloom by Studio Flergs. My layout is definitely not as clustered as some … and would have been more clustered if I’d have had more to work with. More on that in a bit. I also used the “selectively moving parts of a png” tip from the playbook to move a few of the glass balls around to fit my layout better.

Well there you have it. My first time really delving into the playbook (versus skimming the contents & saving it for later) and I must admit that I learned a few new tricks that I’ll be using again in the future. I definitely recommend downloading this free resource & giving a few of the pointers a try. They also share a couple of hybrid play-by-plays that I’ll be trying in the future. Looks like fun!

I’ve been purchasing The Digi Files for a while now, occasionally to sample the designs, sometimes because one of my favorite designers is contributing, but mostly to support The Daily Digi because I believe they’re a valuable resource for scrappers. Because I’ve made little time to scrap in recent months, I haven’t scrapped with many of my digi file purchases yet. I must admit that I was a bit disappointed with this set. Don’t get me wrong, the quality is excellent and the designs are beautiful. But I felt the contributions were somewhat lacking in quantity of elements. It’s not my habit to mix-&-match kits, mostly for the sake of time. I like to scrap quickly, so it’s just easier to scrap using items from the same kit (exception: stitching, doodles, & alphas — I don’t mind digging into my stash to find those.) So it was a real challenge for me to scrap only from the contributions in The Digi Files.

I’m curious now to go dig through my stash of unused goodies that I’ve downloaded from past digi files and see if the contributions are usually this small. I know when I was a contributor I created a full kit but maybe I’m just super generous and that’s not the norm.

I still plan to purchase The Digi Files in the future. It’s still a great deal, and I still want to support the site. I really enjoyed the templates by NeeNee, and all of the kits were absolutely beautiful. I just won’t limit myself to scrapping from only The Digi Files next time I play along with the playbook, especially if I want to scrap several layouts quickly.

Enough jabber from me — go download your copy of the playbook, scrap along with me, and share with me the layouts you create by posting a comment!

2011 Calendars By SuzyQ Scraps!

Ellie — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:54:34 +0000

So – where has 2010 gone huh??? I can’t believe we’re nearly into September already, it doesn’t feel that long ago that it was just January! Well time has not escaped SuzyQ to that extent as today she has released a new range of 2011 calendars! All are 20% off until Thursday 2nd September. These not only would make great calendars for your desk but would also make great stocking fillers for relations.

Here they are…

And now onto this weeks winners!There are 3 winners this week and they are…

#10 – Christina Anderson

#29 – belle

#7 – Gina

Congrats ladies! You get to choose which of the new releases you would like! Just email suzyqscraps AT gmail DOT com and let us know which one you would like!

Hope you all have a great weekend,

New QTs!

SuzyQ — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:12:41 +0000

Short post today — just popping in to announce my new QTs! Thank you so much to everyone who applied. As always, it was a very tough decision — made even tougher because I only had 3 spots to fill!

I’m so excited to welcome Keisha (Mommylaroo), Jenn (jennv), and Sara (misfitinmn) to my awesome team!

And keep your eyes peeled — changes are coming to my web site design very soon!

Are you ready for 2011?

Amber — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:25:14 +0000

Have I got your attention?? I bet you’re thinking I’m crazy for even mentioning next year, but it’s never to early to start planning. Plus, I hate to break it to you, but there is just a little over 4 months left of 2010.

Yeah, I can hear some of you saying, “But I haven’t even started to think about Christmas yet!”. Well, you’re in luck because this weeks new release could very well help you with those plans too.

I don’t want to give too much away, but I will tell you that there are definitely some great things coming to the SuzyQ Scraps store at Scrap Orchard this Friday that will make lovely gifts…for yourself OR your family & friends. Maybe both!

So, as usual, SuzyQ wants to give some of her fabulous fans a shot at picking up one of these new releases for free. Leave a comment on the blog and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win one of this week’s new release from SuzyQ Scraps. Want more chances to win? Share this post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, then come back here and leave another comment letting us know where you shared it. (Comments must be posted by 9 pm Eastern Thursday night.) Good Luck!!

Suzy’s Standout –August

Britanee — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:57:49 +0000

Every month, we browse through SUZYQ SCRAPS GALLERY at Scrap Orchard for Suzy’s Standout! This month, we chose carrie1977! Congrats, you’ve won $10 to SUZYQ SCRAPS STORE (look for your PM shortly from Suzy herself!)

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For this great layout, Carrie used SuzyQ’s Giggle Monsters

Make sure you take a look & leave her some love Remember to post your layouts using Suzy’s designs & you might get picked next month!