Find Your Focus This January

It’s the start of a bright and beautiful new year and we are so VERY excited to be launching our challenges here at The Digital Press! I’m here today to introduce them to you and tell you a little bit about our vision for the year.

Each month always seems to have a flavor all its own. January, for example, is a month that can be full of wishes, hopes and dreams. It’s a time for resolutions and a time to daydream. It’s a time to clear out all the clutter and put those messy holidays behind us. Everything is fresh, new and exciting. It’s a time to focus on the things that we want most from the year that’s so full of potential.

The word “focus” really stood out to me last week as I thought about things in my own life. But I just loved how this word also could apply to my love of photography and scrapbooking!

Focus has so many shades of meaning…

focus

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So, in this first month of the new year, we are focusing in at The Digital Press!

We have some amazing and inspirational posts coming your way right here on the blog. We will also have a host of new challenges on the forums to spark your creativity and help you to make pages you really love.

You’ll find all the details of our new challenge system laid out for you here: Everything You Need to Know about Challenges

Our challenges start tomorrow. We hope you’ll join us then!

We hope you’ll have a great time scrapping along with us throughout the year. We’re looking forward to seeing all your beautiful work!


Nicole About the Author: Nicole Seitler is a designer here at The Digital Press, creating kits under the name Sugarplum Paperie. In her free time, she loves to to work on her Project Life album, knit or craft with her kids. But she doesn’t have much free time, since she’s also a stay-at-home homeschoolin’ momma of four. Her life may be a little crazy, but she wouldn’t want it any other way!

December Advent Winners

This month, in recognition of our site’s opening, we combined December Advent with a fun “Get to Know Our Designers” event. Each day, you got a chance to learn about one of the amazing members of our Design Team.

The Digital Press Design Team

After revealing our 16th designer earlier this week, we randomly chose one winner from the comments you left each day (with a little help from random.org)… and we have a list of winners to share with you today! 🙂

DAY 1 | LAURA PASSAGE . . . comment #15 — Jenna
DAY 2 | DAWN BY DESIGN . . . comment #17 — Pamjoy
DAY 3 | KIM BROEDELET . . . comment #33 — skapu
DAY 4 | MARI KOEGELENBERG . . . comment #41 — jazzmom21
DAY 5 | SABRINA’S CREATIONS . . . comment #7 — Dolores
DAY 6 | SCOTTY GIRL DESIGN . . . comment #25 — jennifer
DAY 7 | MOMMYISH . . . comment #34 — wahoolady
DAY 8 | KARLA DUDLEY . . . comment #1 — sue_will
DAY 9 | DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK INGREDIENTS . . . comment #4 — Chloe
DAY 10 | KELLEIGH RATZLAFF . . . comment #11 — minicooper452
DAY 11 | ANITA DESIGNS . . . comment #19 — nkashopping
DAY 12 | AMANDA YI . . . comment #27 — meggersjm
DAY 13 | SUGARPLUM PAPERIE . . . comment #16 — simplyshayla
DAY 14 | MISS TIINA . . . comment #12 — Mary Kate
DAY 15 | CREASHENS . . . comment #6 — AmieN1
DAY 16 | DANIELLE ENGEBRETSON . . . comment #13 — Morwenna

Each of the winners will receive correspondence before the end of the weekend (Sun 12/21) with details about how to collect their prizes.  🙂

December Advent Day Sixteen: Get to Know Danielle Engebretson

Danielle EngebretsonThis month, in recognition of our site’s opening, we’ve combined December Advent with a fun “Get to Know Our Designers” event. Each day, you’ve gotten a chance to learn about one of the amazing members of our Design Team.

It’s the final day of our December Advent Series — Day Sixteen — and today you get an extra special surprise! We’d like to announce our newest resident designer at The Digital Press… Danielle Engebretson! She’s got a playful, vintage-y design style that we know you will come to love, and her products are now available exclusively here at The Digital Press!

 

5 FUN FACTS

  1. I have been a dental hygienist for 14 years and I am currently the lead hygienist in my practice! I work 30 hours a week caring for my patients and I love my “day” job.
  2. My husband, who is my soul’s one true mate, is 17 years my senior. I have 2 beautiful children, 3 lovely stepchildren, and one grandson – and might be the youngest living grandma! Ha!
  3. I was an incredible gymnast from age 4-18 and won many state titles and have a collection of 30-50 medals in storage somewhere, and I have been blessed to have been given a daughter who is 11 and shares the same natural gymnastics ability! I am having so much fun watching her make her dreams come true, praying she has it in her to do college gymnastics! Time will tell. I also was a high school gymnastics coach for 4 years and coached younger ages throughout the years.
  4. My Kolbe index number is 7436: 7-fact finder (I eat up facts, need to research and find the history of most things before I move forward, my Apple devices and google are my best friends eva!), 4-follow through (I have to push myself in the follow through department of life, lists help), 3-quick start (this is the opposite of fact finder, and quick starts don’t need much information to get going on something. Though its funny while I am a total fact finder, I typically can gather my facts quickly and then get started, I keep it balanced), 6-implementer (once I have my facts, I am a pretty solid implementer). Kolbe Index is a measure of one’s internal nature, and I think it is pretty cool that this little indices is spot on to who I am.
  5. I am a total TV, music, and movie addict. Awards season is my favorite time of year! (yep I research all the movies, TV shows and trending music out there, have to have my facts straight). Sunday of award shows is Red Carpet Sunday in our house; it drives my husband batty.

5 FAVORITE THINGS

  1. I love makeup – Urban Decay is my current obsession, and Sephora and Ulta are my best friends!
  2. I can’t live without books; I devour books and lack sleep because of this! Colleen Hoover is my favorite author.
  3. Breaking Bad is my favorite “finished” show on TV. The Walking Dead is my favorite “current” show on TV. My favorite show to binge watch on Netflix is “Orange is the New Black.”
  4. I love chewy Gobstoppers (they are nearly impossible to find).
  5. My favorite quote is, “What a slut time is, she screws everybody.” ~John Green, The Fault in our Stars

MY FAVORITE PRODUCT

Huckleberry Road… this kit brings me so much joy! Autumn, what a great time of year!

Huckleberry Road

 

If you love Danielle’s products and would like a chance to win one free kit from her shop… leave a comment here on this post and let us know what you love, and why you love it! At the very end of our December Advent series later this month, we’ll randomly choose one winner from all comments!

December Advent Day Fifteen: Get to Know creashens

Shen of creashensThis month, in recognition of our site’s opening, we’ve decided to combine December Advent with a fun “Get to Know Our Designers” event. Each day, you’ll get a chance to learn about one of the amazing members of our Design Team.

It’s Day Fifteen, and today you get to learn more about Shen of creashens. She’s got a whimsical, eclectic design style that we know you will adore, and her products are known for their amazing hand-drawn illustrations and paper patterns.

 

5 FUN FACTS

  1. I have one tattoo.
  2. I have one body piercing.
  3. I draw every day.
  4. I daydream about living in other countries.
  5. I love my daughter more than anything in the whole wide world.

5 FAVORITE THINGS

  1. Food ~ sushi
  2. Dessert ~ flan
  3. TV show ~ Grey’s Anatomy
  4. Actor ~ Audrey Hepburn
  5. Place to travel ~ Italy

MY FAVORITE PRODUCT

Hello, Love.… because it most reflects my style and creativity.

Hello, Love.

 

If you love creashens’ products and would like a chance to win one free kit from her shop… leave a comment here on this post and let us know what you love, and why you love it! At the very end of our 2014 December Advent series later this month, we’ll randomly choose one winner from all comments!

December Advent Day Fourteen: Get to Know Miss Tiina

Tina of Miss TiinaThis month, in recognition of our site’s opening, we’ve decided to combine December Advent with a fun “Get to Know Our Designers” event. Each day, you’ll get a chance to learn about one of the amazing members of our Design Team.

It’s Day Fourteen, and today you get to learn more about Tina of Miss Tiina. She makes some of the most useful — and gorgeous — printable planners you’ve ever seen, and we know you’re just going to adore them!

 

5 FUN FACTS

  1. I am a hardcore procrastinator, I leave almost everything to the last minute.
  2. I’m addicted to frozen grapes – green ones only – and eat about $40 worth a week.
  3. I’ve never been married and don’t ever care to be.
  4. I have been self employed and working from home (and loving it!) since 2007.
  5. I wished for twins since I was about 5 or 6 years old, and when I was 24 I had a pair of boys. 😉

5 FAVORITE THINGS

  1. Favorite place to shop online: anywhere really, I’m an online shopaholic!
  2. Favorite scent: rice milk + mallow dryer sheets, unfortunately discontinued, boo!
  3. Favorite color: grey all the way!
  4. Favorite food: chicken fajitas! MMM!
  5. Favorite time of day: bedtime, woot! I love sleeeeep!

MY FAVORITE PRODUCT

My Everyday Planner

2015 Everyday Planner

 

If you love Tina’s printable planners and would like a chance to win one from her shop… leave a comment here on this post and let us know which size planner you’d choose, and why you love it! At the very end of our December Advent series later this month, we’ll randomly choose one winner from all comments!

December Advent Day Thirteen: Get to Know Sugarplum Paperie

Nicole of Sugarplum PaperieThis month, in recognition of our site’s opening, we’ve decided to combine December Advent with a fun “Get to Know Our Designers” event. Each day, you’ll get a chance to learn about one of the amazing members of our Design Team.

It’s Day Thirteen, and today you get to learn more about Nicole of Sugarplum Paperie. She’s got a sophisticated, classic, papery design style that we know you will love, and her products are known for their gorgeous shabby papers and beautiful color palettes.

 

5 FUN FACTS

  1. When I was in college, I played rugby. I had never played another sport in my life, but suddenly I was all excited about one of the roughest, toughest sports in the world. Our team ROCKED. We were the best in the state!
  2. Before I became a stay-at-home homeschoolin’ momma, I was a paralegal.
  3. I have two degrees (in Legal Studies and Psychology), but I didn’t know what I really wanted to do with my life until I was 30 years old and I discovered digital scrapbooking. I didn’t think it would be “wise” to go to school for art (even though I wanted to when I was 18!), because I didn’t think I could make a living at it. Ha!
  4. I have had four kids, born in four different states — and we are not in the military. Those states are Tennessee, Maryland, Ohio and Florida (EST, for the win!).
  5. Besides scrapbooking, I am also obsessed with knitting, quilting and art journaling.

5 FAVORITE THINGS

  1. Drink: Coffee. Anytime, all the time. But it must be the color of ice cream.
  2. Food: Mexican food is my comfort food. I love a taco full of fresh ingredients!
  3. TV Show: Veronica Mars!
  4. Game: Munchkin (any flavor of it). We own Munchkin, Munchkin Legions, Munchkin Impossible and Adventure Time Munchkin (for the kids). But my favorite one is Munchkin Booty (it’s pirate-themed). I also want to play Munchkin Pathfinder… because I also play Pathfinder. And that’s only because I love World of Warcraft! And… now you know that I am also a huge nerd.
  5. Book: Pride and Prejudice. For me, it’s one of those books you can read over and over again and always find something new to amuse you.

MY FAVORITE PRODUCT

Hello Darling …

Hello, Darling : Kit

 

If you love Sugarplum Paperie’s products and would like a chance to win one free kit from her shop… leave a comment here on this post and let us know what you love, and why you love it! At the very end of our December Advent series later this month, we’ll randomly choose one winner from all comments!