Daydream Designs by Diane: new spring digi sets

Day #1 of 3

Welcome to the SPRING HAS SPRUNG blog hop sponsored by Daydream Designs!

We are so glad you are joining us! We have over 20 new spring-themed sets in our store this month. And we can't wait to show you some ways to use them. We hope you'll join us each day since some of our designers will be posting everyday with brand new projects to inspire your spring crafting.

This is a unique blog hop because EVERYONE WINS! There will be FREE DIGI STAMPS on each DT blog available only for the duration of the blog hop. So grab them while you can.

MORE PRIZES from the Daydream Designs Store:

3 winners get 3 FREE digi stamp sets

2 winners get 2 FREE digi stamp sets

1 winner gets 1 FREE stamp set

Finally there will be a grab-bag drawing for 3 discount coupons.
Winners will be announced on this blog by 12:00 noon, CST, Monday April 7.

MY FREEBIE FOR YOU

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Diane Noble (That's me!)

My Samples for Today:

Card #1--

One of the things I love best about digi stamps is the versatility they have for creating your own scenes. I've taken images from Doodle Garden Color Set and the Garden Accessories Color Set, layered them all and added little grass patches from the Doodle Garden Color set on top. The sentiment comes from Garden Inspirations Sentiment Set.

I popped up the gloves for some dimension. Pulling together images from several sets creates a fresh feel to your crafting and helps you get out of the box of using images entirely from one set.

Card #2--

One technique I try to use in crafting is echoing. You can do these through repetitions of color or shapes. Here I used a die that echoes the shape in my designer paper. When I'm designing digi papers I try to match a lot of my color choices to Stampin' Up! cardstocks because that's the mainstay of my stash. My computer and printer do a phenomenal job of printing true to the color on my screen. So I usually get marvelous matches. My image, sentiment and dig paper all come from one new set, Cup of Tulips.

By matching my colors to my SU cardstock I have the added benefit of have a ready supply of coordinating ribbons and embellishments! Not all printers are the same, so I never guarantee matches.

Card #3--

My third sample today offers another example of echoing, which is automatically accomplished when you choose our images that have coordinating papers. These whimsical images are in the Doodle Garden Color set, and are echoed in this paper sheet from the Garden Delights digi paper pack. Pumpkin Pie is my match on cardstock and ribbon this time and I just happened to have these perfectly coordinating paper flowers. The sentiment comes from the Cup of Tulips set...remember to mix and match! And I do believe you will find this happy little butterfly on somebody's blog!!!

YOUR NEXT STOP is to Amy's blog at Lil Cutie Creations!

Here's a little thumbnail composite of all our new spring sets, which will be showcased all weekend long on our blog hop. Or you can go to our store and see them all in our Spring Has Sprung collection. (Click on any row to enlarge.)