Nicole Viars Designs Blog

Digitals Birthday Bash 5! I have a lot to share!

I am excited to finally be able to post about the Birthday Celebration going on at Digitals this month!  We have a full month of challenges ready to go with awesome gifts for participating, 9 days of grab bags, 9 days of freebies, and 9 days of an awesome 30% off sale from many of the Digitals Designers!

First off, I have my first ever grab bag available at Digitals!

Grab bag contains 3 brand new products, 1 set of bonus products, and a $3.00 coupon good for anything from my store through the end of October 2009!

My entire store is also 30% off.  Stock up on Commercial Use items while you can!

Finally, I have a multi-day freebie available.  Each day will feature a new download, which will make up the complete set shown in the preview.

Day 1 Download

Stop back tomorrow for the next download in this collection!

In addition, these great Designers are participants in the bloggifts, check out their blogs daily!

Hazel Olive Designs: http://www.hazelolivedesigns.com/

Kristmess: http://kristmessdesigns.blogspot.com/

Scrap4Brains: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Shawn Walter: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia Romeo:http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Sarah Meyer (SarahB Designs): http://blog.sarahbdesigns.net/

Kathryn Estry: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Juliana Gordon http://www.julianablogs.com/

Karla (Lifesong Kreations): http://lifesongkreations.blogspot.com/

Elka Romero: http://elkaromero.com/ 

Alessandra Designs: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Dreamer Paula: http://designsbydreamerpaula.blogspot.com/

Nini's Notions: http://www.ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Beth Rimmer: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Maddy Fernandez: http://oilnwine.blogspot.com

Cyndi Wetmiller/Wetfish designs: http://www.wetfishscraps.blogspot.com

Lynn Griffin: http://lynns-scrap-attic.blogspot.com/

DeDe Smith: http://designzbydede.blogspot.com/

Amanda Thorderson: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

35% off on Wonderful Wednesday!

Tomorrow (9/16/) is Wonderful Wednesday at Digitals, and my entire store is 35% off! Stop by and check out some great bargains on commercial use tools, for scrapbooking or website and blog design! Have fun!

New Items, New Store

I was surprised to see that it has been since January since I posted! Okay, not really surprised because I know how I am, but still surprised. 

Just a few things to update:

My designs are in a new store to me, but certainly not a new store in the digital scrapbooking world.  I am now at Digitals (digitalscrapbookpages.com) and have been there for about a month.  I have been working on adding new products to the store, and here is the latest item:

 

Freshly Creased Overlays

I also have a small sampler available for you to try:

 

Digitals Sampler

Have a great day!

New Commercial Use Products Added this Week

Has it really been since October since I posted anything?  What a slacker I am!

I have a few new products to share with you this week:

One "Hearty" Tree Template Commercial Use

This is the template used to create One "Hearty" Tree. Template is in 3 layers, as shown in the preview. Use to create your own background, elements, etc. The limit is your imagination!

Product includes 1 PSD layered template and 3 PNG files (1 of the trunk and 2 of the tree's crown).  Template is approximately 12 x 12 and created at 300 ppi. 

For commercial use, personal use, and scrap for hire.  No credit required.

Fresh Florals Overlays Commercial Use

 

Set of 4 fabulous, fresh, floral overlays for commercial use. 4 12 x 12 overlays created at 300 ppi. For commercial use, scrap for hire, and personal use.

One "Hearty" Tree  - Commercial Use Freebie

This is such a versatile, fun tree that is only limited by your imagination. Decorate it, hang dangly things from it, use it to create a family tree, and more! Size is approximately 12 x 12, created at 300 ppi, and is in PNG format. Best of all, it is free for you to use in your digital scrapbook kits, scrapbook layouts, website designs, and more! No credit required.

Commercial Use News from the Midwest

I love newspaper overlays, and I have a new set in my store!

 

Commercial Use News from the Midwest

4 12 x 12 overlays created from antique newspapers. All overlays are 300 ppi, and saved as PNG files. Commercial use, scrap for hire, personal use; no credit required, but always appreciated! Nicole Viars TOU

Commercial Use Dimensional Overlays 1 and 2

 

Commercial Use Dimensional Overlays 1

Set of 7 dimensional/texture painted overlays, all originally created by my son and I. All overlays are 12 x 12 and 300 dpi, and are saved as PNG files.

 

Change your opacity, experiment with blend modes, and combine with other overlays to create your own unique papers for your digital scrapbook kits.

 

No credit required, but always appreciated! See my commercial use friendly TOU here!

 

 

 

 

Commercial Use Dimensional Overlays 2

 

Set 2 includes 7 dimensional/texture painted overlays, all originally created by my son and I. All overlays are 12 x 12 and 300 dpi, and are saved as PNG files.   Change your opacity, experiment with blend modes, and combine with other overlays to create your own unique papers for your digital scrapbook kits.   No credit required, but always appreciated! See my commercial use friendly TOU here!

 

 

New CU Product - Fabric Fresh 1

I have a new product available at DigiScrapWarehouse! 

   

Fabric Fresh 1

I hope to have more sets of these available soon, hence the name.  :-)

Right now the set is available for only $1.00, until I decide to change it.  The set contains 4 fabric texture overlays, in JPG format, created at 300 ppi. 

Thanks for reading!

Nicole

Commercial Use News and Stuff Freebie

I know it's a corny title, but I have a new commercial use freebie available at DigiScrapWarehouse. 

Commercial Use News and Stuff

If you download it, I would love to hear what you think.  Leave me a comment!

New Preview

Okay, check it out, I bought a "Designer Preview" set from Flergs at Scrapbookgraphics.  She does custom previews as well, but I was too lazy to try to figure out how I wanted my preview to look, so I purchased one she had already put together. 

Anyway, I took a few minutes to revamp the preview for my chalkboard, and here it is:

What do you think? I'm liking it a lot.  I will probably add some different things as I get the hang of showcasing my stuff through previews, but that's what it is for now.

 

New Commercial Use Chalkboard at DigiScrapWarehouse!

This is at least my 4th attempt now at keeping a blog.  I can't promise that I will be faithful to it but I will try! Besides, since I used a Blog Kit from Shabby Miss Jenn, it's so pretty that I have to keep it up!  LOL  Truly, though, you have to check out her store for some really cool digi stuff.

I wanted to share my latest commercial use product with you.  It's a Chalkboard, perfect for those back to school digital scrapbook kits or for journaling.

Commercial Use Chalkboard

Product contains 1 chalkboard scanned and extracted by me. Chalkboard dimensions are 6.5 inches by 8.4 inches, at 300 dpi. Perfect for designers and scrappers to use to add that special touch to any kit or page layout. It's back to school time, so this should come in handy!

No credit required, permitted for use in digital scrapbook kits, freebies, web design including blogs and retail store websites, and scrap for hire projects; item must be altered in some fashion.

Credits: preview fonts by Darcy Baldwin and Fontologie. Clear tab by Mitia Assef Designs.

Since I'm posting, here are the other products I have in the store:

News from the Ladies Overlays

These overlays are the 2nd in my newspaper overlay sets, and they are all about the ladies. 

Set includes 4 overlays in greyscale format, 12x12, 300 ppi.  4 samples are also included.

Commercial use okay, refer to my TOU.

News from the Farm Overlays

Have you been looking for newspaper overlays? Here is the first set in a new line of "news" overlays by Nicole Viars.

These overlays are from an antique farm journal, hence the name "News from the Farm." I absolutely love the look these achieved, and would be fantastic when combined with grungy, dirty overlays. The samples are included for you to see what can be created by just adding a color layer and changing the blending modes. The samples can also be used in your personal scrapbook layouts.

Set includes 5 overlays, created at 300 ppi, 12x12, and are in PNG format. The samples are also 12x12, 300 ppi, in JPG format.

These are created for commercial or personal use. Refer to my TOU listed under Important Links.

Preview credits:

These commercial use items were used in creating the preview for the News from the Farm Overlays:

Staples by Ake Pangestuti/Patrizia Pascala of Sophiasarducci.com

Preview Maker by Blythe Evans of blytheevans.com

Fonts: Fontologie at theShabbyShoppe.com and Darcy Baldwin @ SweetShoppeDesigns.com

Paper Bunches Commercial Use

Do you love the look of random bunches of paper used in digital scrapbook layouts? I created these papers from antique pieces of paper that I recently found in a trip to the local antique store.

Kit contains 2 large pieces of paper (2075x3136 and 2545x3164) and 2 strips of paper (323x3600 and 394x5090), created at 300 ppi, in both natural and greyscale.

Commercial and/or personal use. Refer to my TOU for more information.

Okay, that's it for tonight!

Thanks for reading!