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Published April 21, 2012 | 
Create A Kit Event
April CAKE from db Designs
Create your own kit
during the April CAKE sale at Digitals.
Your favorite Digitals designers have created many individual
parts using this luscious color scheme to allow you to
mix and match the pieces you want.
Each part of the kit will be on SALE for only $1.50
April 21 through April 24
db Designs by Diana Burton has 5 parts to choose from:
Set of 10 Background Papers
Element Pack 1
Element Pack 2
Tags and Fasteners
Clusters
Photoshop Text Tip
Published April 11, 2012 | Sometimes, your font choices can make or break your layout. Changing font styles can be a tedious process if you continuously highlight the font on your page and choose a new font from your drop down list. Today I’m going to show you how to quickly scroll through your font list in PS so you can preview different fonts in a jiffy. This tip will also work in Photoshop Elements.
- Type your text onto your page.
- Commit to your font choice by clicking on the text layer in the layers palette.
- With the text layer highlighted, go to the top of your screen and highlight the name of the current font.
- Use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard to quickly scroll through your font list.
As you use the arrow keys the text on your layout will change
Right click on the image above and save to your computer for easy reference.
Extra: if you highlight the text on your page, then highlight the font size at the top of your screen you can use the arrow keys to change the size of the font one point at a time. This is useful if you need to preview miniscule changes in your font size.
Stay tuned for more tips and techniques from db Designs.
Tastefully Yours from db Designs by Diana Burton
Published March 10, 2012 | New from db Designs by Diana Burton
The new Designer Inspiration kit featured in the Digitals Newsletter.
Designers Inspiration Kit
Tastefully Yours is on sale through March 11 for 25% off. It’s not too late to take advantage of my store sale–everything else in my store is 20% off through Sunday.
Don’t miss the coordinating solid card stock pack and .psd template available as a free download in the Digitals Newsletter.
20% off Sale Now through March 11
Published March 2, 2012 | 
Let’s wish a warm, hearty welcome to the coming spring with a sale!
Enjoy 20% off everything in my Digitalsstore now through March 11.
- full kits
- elements
- background papers
- albums
- Quick Pages
- Photoshop Brushes
- and More
Shop today, while the bargains last.
**Win This Kit**
Published February 21, 2012 | New Heritage Kit
from db Designs
For a chance to win this beautiful collection go to the “Happy Place” at DST and leave a comment in the thread.
A winner will be chosen by random number on Monday, February 27!
The winner will receive the Memory Lane Collection and the Memory Lane Alpha.
Note: you must be logged in at DST to leave a comment.
Memory Lane
Memory Lane includes every thing you need to create exquisite family trees. Three different tree frame styles allow you to personalize each tree any way you wish. Use the top and bottom decorated frame for the top couple on your tree, then use the plain tree frame for their children. Use one tree frame style for paternal ancestors and a different frame style for maternal ancestors–there are many possibilities. All the bars you will need for connecting ancestors on your trees are also included. They are easy to resize if need be. The soft, worn color palette lends itself perfectly to your vintage photos, but don’t stop there–this kit will work equally well with your modern day photos. And it’s not just for family trees–the old time photographer’s frames, along with the other elements in the kit allow you to put together breathtaking LO’s of any kind. Be sure to check out the “additional images” in my store to see detailed views of some elements and LO examples. You can also see some wonderful LO examples in my gallery
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The Yellow & Gray Project Exclusively @ Digitals
Published February 3, 2012 | 
Create Your Own Kit
Have you ever wanted to create your own kit by picking and choosing
only the papers and elements you wanted from a variety of different designers?
At Digitals we’d like to give you that chance!
A Study in Yellow and Gray is now available in the Digitals Store.
For a limited time, each and every product is specially priced at only
$1.50
Join us at Digitals from Feb 4 – Feb 11 and
Create Your Own Kit
with coordinating products from your favorite Digitals Designers
A Study in Yellow & Gray
from db Designs by Diana Burton
(as seen above)
Solid, Textured Paper Pack
Patterned Papers 1
Patterned Papers 2
Element Pack 1
Element Pack 2
Industrial Strength Collection
Published January 11, 2012 | 
Papers from the Industrial Strength collection
Elements from the Industrial Strength collection
Industrial Strength is a collection of masculine papers and elements that will lend itself equally well to layouts of women, children, or heritage layouts. The cool blue/gray color scheme is sure to please. Be sure and check out my gallery to see some of the wonderful possibilities you have with this kit.
Note: Some ribbons in the preview are shown smaller than actual size.
The collection includes:
- 5 solid textured papers
- 5 patterned papers
- 10 gears – 5 different gear designs, provided in two styles–clean and grungy
- 3 chrome screw heads (large, medium, and small}
- 3 chrome washers (large, medium, and small)
- 1 block & tackle element
- 1 square paper/cardboard frame
- 1 square paper/cardboard frame, embellished
- 1 round concrete frame
- 1 round concrete frame, embellished
- 1 triple paper/cardboard frame
- 1 triple concrete frame
- 1 small square glass frame held with 2 wire cables (extra long cables for greater positioning options)
- 1 large squareglass frame held with 4 wire cables (extra long cables for greater positioning options)
- 4 different folded ribbons
- 1 bow
- 2 rectangular tags
- 1 round hanaging tag
- 1 ledger book for journaling
- 1 straight wire cable
- 1 wire cable with looped end
- 2 metal clips
- 3 floral like paper gears
- 1 round floral like metallic element
- 2 leaves
- 2 different metal clips
- 2 metal arrows (clean & grungy)
- 1 torn cardboard piece
- 1 set of metallic wings
- 1 round date marker – included as separate pieces in .png format for you to layer, and also in a layered .psd file for those who can utilize that format.
All of my products are designed at 300ppi for great print quality.
January Freebies
Published January 1, 2012 | Happy New Year! I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season. The parties are over, the kids are going back to school, and it’s time to scrap all of those wonderful photos you took. db Designs released several new collections in several different styles to suit all of your holiday scrapbooking needs. To get you started, the January freebies are now available on the website. Check out the freebies, check out the new holiday kits, and stop by the store and pick out some new kits today.
January Freebies
My latest collection, Winter Dreams, was designed with those who live in snowy climates in mind. It will also work well for holiday photos when you don’t necessarily want Christmasy elements. All of the January freebies will coordinate nicely with the new Winter Dreams. The collection includes ten luscious backgrounds and 30+ elements
Winter Dreams Collection
Make Stunning Titles For Your Holiday LO’s
Published December 6, 2011 | Every other month, Scrap4Brains hosts the Font Free 4 All challenge at Digitals. She hunts up several interesting fonts and challenges you to use at least one of them in a LO. Her choices for the November/December challenge included “Holly Nites” by Jester Font Studio. It can be downloaded free of charge for personal use. While the font can be used “as is”, it’s a great font to play around with for interesting effect. It’s a bit difficult to see the detail in this font in a digital LO, but when you print your LO it comes to life!
Holiday Titles Using "Holly Nites" font
In a few simple steps you can turn this font into a stunning title for you holiday LO’s.
- Choose a font color and type your title. With this font I like my title to stretch all the way across the page so you can see the detail. If you need to, you can adjust the size of your title using “free transform” on the text layer. Place your title where you want it on your page.
- Create a new layer under the text layer.
- Set the style for the layer – I used CWC_DaisyDreams_Glitter green
- Using a small round paint brush, carefully paint the glitter style on the layer you just created. Stay within the font itself and erase any areas that show outside of the font.
- Create a new layer on top of the first glitter layer. Set the layer style – I used the Daisy Dreams glitter in the dark pink color. Adjust the brush size so one click will fill each berry. Click on each berry until they are all filled. Because the pink area was so small, I adjusted the pattern overlay size. To do this, right click on the layer and choose “blending options”. Click on the words “Pattern Overlay” and use the scale slider in the center section to reduce the size of the pattern.
- Merge all three layers and using the blending options add a bevel and a shadow.
This is just one example of how this font can be altered. You can also try beveling just the text layer for a different look. Try it out using different styles and blending options for a myriad of possibilities!
December Freebies from db Designs
Published December 5, 2011 | I’ve got some great Christmas freebies for you this month–two papers, four elements, and one word art piece. All the pieces coordinate with my Traditional Christmas paper pack. The great thing is they will also coordinate with any of the holiday kits that you already own that have a traditional Christmas red and green color scheme. You can pick them up on my website for a limited time. Once December is behind us, they will be gone, so get them while you can.
December 2011 Freebies
Traditional Christmas Paper Pack
Just in Time for the Holidays
The Traditional Christmas Paper Pack includes 8 exquisitely rendered background papers that will give your holiday photos the showcase they deserve. They will coordinate with any holiday elements you already own from kits with a traditional Christmas red and green color scheme. Also includes a bonus Quick Page, ready for you to drag and drop your favorite holiday photo. They are available exclusively in my Digitals store.
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