No Regrets | Inspired by Bubbly

Just a quick page that I had to do today.  Love this song. My page was inspired by this song and my life.

{title} No Regrets {credits} Art from the Heart a collaboration by the designers of Digiridoo Scraps.

The Design Factor | Heart Breaker | FREEBIE

Design Factor Challenge #4

Your mini kit must contain:

• 3 patterned papers
• 2 solid colored papers
• an alpha consisting of the letters a-z
• 5 unique elements

You must choose one single shape that you will incorporate into the design of EACH of the items in your mini-kit (except for the solid papers, of course).

• We're using the term shape loosely here - so your shape could be a paw print, cloud, arrow, car, shoe etc. However, this is a design challenge, so we want to see some creativity, therefore you may NOT choose a circle or square as your shape!

• You may NOT use pre-made/commercial use custom shapes, brushes, doodles etc for your shape. The shape must be created personally by you, either drawn by hand/scanned or by using the basic tools which are available to you in your software program (such as the pen tool).

• You are welcome to use variations of your shape so long as each is made by you personally. For instance if your shape is an arrow one could be straight, one could be curved, one could be an outline, one could be solid, etc. so long as they are all arrows.

• We are considering the alpha to be a single item in your kit, so your chosen shape does not necessarily need to be visible on each individual letter in your alpha.

You may use a maximum of FOUR (4) pre-made/commercial use tools in designing your kit outside of the standard tools that come with your software program.

• These CU tools must be listed/credited in the description of your submission.

• Actions, filters, fonts, brushes, etc that you did not create yourself or do not come standard with your software ALL count towards the 4 CU tool maximum.

• Using two different textures from the same product counts as two tools - it's individual items, not products/sets. However, you may use an individual tool more than once - for instance, using a specific texture overlay on two different papers in your mini-kit is just one tool.

Heart Breaker is just that, inspired by my life, I felt the need to get it out there. It's all about that crazy little thing called love. Kit includes 6 papers, 6 elements, and 2 full alphas (upper and lower case). (Special thanks to Atomic Cupcake and Just Jaimee for actions and styles used on this kit.)

Want it for FREE?  You can find it in the Design Factor Gallery (with the download link) at DigiScrapConnect.  Enjoy!  Many more freebie designer challenges to come!

July Calendar Challenge at the 'Roo!

{credits} Art from the Heart Collaboration by the designers of Digiridoo Scraps.

The Design Factor | Friend or Foe? | FREEBIE

Design Factor Challenge #3

We challenge you to create a color palette using neutral monochromatic colors for the majority of your kit, with accents of random and sparse pops of harmonious colors.


Once you've determined your color palette, you'll need to present it in an appealing way and then create the following:

• 5 papers using your monochromatic colors
• 10 elements using your monochromatic colors as well as your color pops

Because this is primarily a color challenge, you MAY use commercial use products. However, the use of each product must be listed in your description and you may use no more than 5 CU items (not created by you). If you use a texture overlay on your papers, and use the same one on all 5 papers, that counts as ONE CU item. If you use a brad and recolor it, it still only counts as ONE CU item.

This is just a fun kit done in my usual style, old images with a tongue in cheek feel to it. This kit includes 6 papers and 12 elements, done mostly with my own commercial use products.

For my five CU allotted items, I used the fabric brad action by Atomic Cupcake and 4 images of birds and a bug by Dover books. My monochromatic color scheme was a series of blues with a pop of lime green.

Want it for FREE?  You can find it in the Design Factor Gallery (with the download link) at DigiScrapConnect.  Enjoy!  Many more freebie designer challenges to come!

New Professional Design Service Available

I've added several new design services to my shop. As a professional graphic designer, it only seemed natural to offer my services to my fellow designers and other small business owners. You can now purchase the following:



Brand Identity Design Service {Package}
by Sarah Barber

Save $20 when you purchase the entire package!

LOGO DESIGN
For logo design, you will get 2 ideas based on the answers to the questionnaire, and then up to 2 redesigns. Total time for design is up to 1 month from purchase. You will receive a high-quality jpeg, png, and the original Illustrator file or Photoshop file, depending on what you request. No matter the software you use, you should be able to resize as needed.

LETTERHEAD & BUSINESS CARD DESIGN
Using your chosen logo, I will then create a letterhead design and business card design (front and back). You will receive high resolution jpeg, png, and Illustrator files for these.

FACEBOOK & TWITTER FAN PAGE SETUP
I will create an avatar (square sized image) of your logo for brand identity purposes on your Facebook and Twitter pages. I will set up the fan pages for you (if you don't already have one) and create a background design based on your logo image colors for your Twitter page. For this process, I would need administration rights to both of these accounts, unless you would rather do this yourself. At completion of process, I would rescind admin rights.



Logo Design Service
by Sarah Barber

For logo design, you will get 2 ideas based on the answers to the questionnaire, and then up to 2 redesigns. Total time for design is up to 1 month from purchase. You will receive a high-quality jpeg, png, and the original Illustrator file or Photoshop file, depending on what you request. No matter the software you use, you should be able to re-size as needed. You can also purchase add-on services or the whole brand identity package.




Facebook & Twitter Fan Page Design Service {Add-On}
by Sarah Barber

I will create an avatar (square sized image) of your logo for brand identity purposes on your Facebook and Twitter pages. I will set up the fan pages for you (if you don't already have one) and create a background design based on your logo image colors for your Twitter page. For this process, I would need administration rights to both of these accounts, unless you would rather do this yourself. At completion of process, I would rescind admin rights. This is an add-on service only. YOU MUST PURCHASE THE LOGO DESIGN PACKAGE TO ADD THIS AS WELL.




Business Card & Letterhead Design Service
by Sarah Barber

Using your custom logo, I will then create a letterhead design and business card design (front and back). You will receive high resolution jpeg, png, and Illustrator files for these. This is an add-on service only. YOU MUST PURCHASE THE LOGO DESIGN PACKAGE TO ADD THIS AS WELL.