DHD Mad March Blog Hop!

Hey everyone! We are doing a blog hop today including some tips, tricks and freebies. Make sure to visit all the blogs today to collect a letter from each! Take them back to this page at Design House Digital, & everyone who enters the correct letters will have a chance to win a Wacom Bamboo Capture tablet! Contest entries must be received by Wednesday, March 14th at 11:59 PM MST.  Plus, they'll be an awesome collab kit freebie to download!

But first... I'd like to show you one way I've been using my digi scrapbook stash recently for my daughter's birthday party! I created her birthday invites with the Happy Day Kits, some stithing from InStitches & Karla Dudleys protector pockets!

Here is how it looks before I put the protector pocket on...

It's basically a real simple mini scrapbook page.  I layered a background pattern, took the birthday die cut card & used it as a clipping mask for my patterned paper, & UNDER the opening in the card I added about 5 different layers of the confetti from the kit, positioned & moved around in different ways.  Between the different confetti layers, I added the word strips from the kit & also one of the bursts that I had added a number to, to signify which birthday it was.  On TOP of the card I added stitching as well as another one of the word strips.  I added the info that I wanted to add & after that was all done, I added Karla's protector to make it look like a little shaker. DONE

Digital kits are a really great way to create party invitations {& thank you's) for a few or a bunch of people!  I made these with my Happy Day kits & printed them at home, because I didn't need a ton, but I've also had them printed at Persnickety Prints & they're awesome.  I do invites up digitally for most all our birthdays, plus I've done Christmas cards too. It's really a great way to add a personal touch with a kids photo, family photos, a pet, whatever & make it just the way YOU like it!  It's really like a mini scrapbook page & really very economical! Sorry I don't have more for you... we've been in full on party mode today!

soooo, without further ado..

the next letter is....

yep. that's right. O as in Ostrich!

next up is Sarah's blog

thanks for stopping & here's a little freebie for you too :)

a little 8.5x11" printable art for you {click on art to download}

***Let me know if you download it in the comments & you'll be entered for a $5 gift certificate to my store!***

Here's the deal... leave a comment by Wednesday, March 14th at 11:59 pm {central} & you'll be in the running for the gift certificate! I'll post the winner on Thursday, March 15th.

{enjoy} & thanks for stopping by!

{robyn}

Comments

[MamaBug]

Adorable invitation! Love the download! Thanks. :)

[sabrina]

Hi! Thank you for the freebie! Beautiful invitation!

[Janneke]

Too cute! I am downloading and it quite possibly might make it up onto the wall in my office where I'm going to make a collage of wordart quotes. :) I love the simplicity of the short sentences. To. The. Point. The one I put up on FB the other day was 'Judge Less. Love more. Find joy. Have peace.' We're on the same wavelength. lol

[Kiala]

Thank you! Lovely work :)

[RJ]

Hi There!...

Thanks For The Freebie!...And Thanks For The Chance To Win!

Smiles,RJ

[Janka]

Thanks for this lovely wall art!!! I love it!

[Wencke]

Happy birthday, Lydia :-) And thank you for the gift and the chance to win!

[lawyerlyn]

thanks for the word art and the chance to win!

[Cat]

LOVE your printable. thanks so much!

[PJ]

Very nice! I think it would be fun to scale it down and use it in my PL album too! Thank you!

[Rarole]

Thank you for the great DL - and for showing us the great invitation. Most of all, thanks for challenging us to reach beyond the predictable. The WordArt is super. Thanks!

[Alida]

Thanks! That's perfect for my project life album!

[Andrea]

you're darn skippy I downloaded it! Thanks for the freebie and the chance to win!

[demetria]

great printable...thanks so much

Demetria

[flowersgal]

Yes, I downloaded it. Thanks.

[Candice S. in Colorado]

Thank you so much for the wordart download! I will be printing and framing. It's a beautiful affirmation! Thank you so much for all you girls at DHD do for your fans!
xo,
Candi
candice1973(at)comcast(dot)net

[Jan]

Great invitation and I LOVE the download.
Thank you so much!

[neeka]

thank you for the freebie! :) cute!

[pitty pat]

Thanks so much.

[Dawn M]

Love it! Thanks for the subway art! And your invite is tooo cute!!

[Else]

Thank you so much for the freebie and the idea for a birthday invite.

[sue]

thanks for the art - love your work... ;)

[Audrey]

Thanks for the freebie!

[Melissa L.]

Thanks for the great art! This is just a wonderful blog hop!!

[Connie Holso]

Yes, I downloaded it. Thanks! And thanks for a chance to win. This is a fun and informative blog hop..enjoying it a lot. BTW, you have a precious little girl!!!