Lauren Reid’s Team Blog

okay, so saying “DAM” never gets old to me! *giggle*

I COULD say Digital Artist Magazine, but isn’t DAM more fun!?!??!



http://digitalartistmagazine.com/blog/

Come on over for some fun, and this is only day 1!!!

And just wait til you see what exciting stuff DAM has up it’s sleeves!! We’re all busily working to bring you new, exciting inspiration!!!

Have a fab weekend!!!!

oxxoxo
Lauren

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when Lauren dreams up one of her fabulous kits? What inspires her? What her design process is? Well, today we’re going to go behind the scenes and see how Lauren created New Zealand Naturals, a kit created especially for Cheryl Peacock aka cherpea - the lucky winner of Lauren’s second “You Design It” custom-kit contest.

New Zealand Naturals is a gorgeous kit that was inspired by the great outdoors of New Zealand (where Cheryl lives with her husband Chris and two daughters, Anya and Dannielle). It has muted tones and rich textures reminiscent of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand where Cheryl recently vacationed with her family.

“The West Coast is the exact opposite of what we see as part of our everyday,” explains Cheryl. “It’s certainly a lot wetter there…[and] a whole lot greener, especially noticeable in summer when we are often caught in drought like conditions and the Coast is still lovely and green.”

Working with photos sent by Cheryl as well as Cheryl’s detailed input on colors and textures, Lauren conjured up papers of greens, blacks and browns that have a little more than meet the eye.

Cheryl says that the black paper is a perfect example.

“I wanted a black paper that resembled a night sky away from city lights, the kind where you walk out into it and are surrounded by blackness but that when you are out in it for a bit takes on a whole new perspective, offering up patches of lightness. Tell me that Lauren didn’t hit the nail on the head there!”

As for elements, Cheryl requested “earthy, roughed up almost masculine elements.” Again, Lauren came through in spades, even suggesting a couple of additions that Cheryl says “simply work brilliantly with what [she] had envisioned.”

As you can tell, Cheryl was blown away by the kit Lauren created and calls it a “must-have” for every single digi scrapper.

“It’s just so very versatile, I have used it for all sorts of different pages from photos of my daughters to all about me pages to travel pages.”

One of her favorite layouts using New Zealand Naturals is “Dance” a simple yet beautiful page about her daughter Anya’s first dance recital. Much like the papers Lauren has designed, there is more than meets the eye.

“Take your time looking at it,” says Cheryl. “When you first view it, it’s kinda like walking out of your house into a dark night where everything seems so very black and dark, but give it a chance and you will see all the amazing textures Lauren worked into this paper.  You just need to give your eyes a chance to see it.”

And take a look at some pages created by Lauren’s CT used New Zealand Naturals:

Kelly

Meg

Kellie

Erica

Nicole

Cathy

New Zealand Naturals element pack and paper pack are available now at Little Dreamer Designs.

{FINALLY} i know, i know!

Sorry to all those who’ve been stalking the blog to find out if we announced the winner yet!

First let me say a big thank you to all who entered, we loved each and every one, but of course had to pick 1 winner, right?!

Our first You Enter, We Scrap winner is………

Sally (aka cellomom)!!!!!!!



We just adored the lo she submitted for the contest and fell in love w/ the photography and design. So get those photos together Sally and shoot us an email at laurenreiddesigns@gmail.com (please send us a zipped folder of photos either directly through email or upload to yousendit or 4shared or something)

Thanks again ladies, and remember to keep your eyes peeled on the blog for more contests….and i’m pretty sure a gift is coming soon too…..

xo
Lauren

Have you been following the Little Dreamer Designs Apprentice contest?!?!?! There is some serious talent competing over there!

Round 2 entries were due last night, so those going onto round 3 should be announced soon!

Good luck to all competing, you’re putting out some MEAN work!

And for those of you who haven’t checked it out yet, head over to the LDD gallery and hit the Apprentice section, there are 41 FREE mini kits for download! Yeah FORTY one!!!!

Scrap and be merry!
xoxo
L

PS… I’ll be back tonight with the winner of our YOU Enter, WE Scrap contest!!!!!!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

We have a fabulously fun * C O N T E S T * planned for you… 
  
Here’s how it works:
To enter, scrap a layout using at least 50% product designed by the fabulous Miss Lauren, post to a gallery of your choice, then link us up here.

AND

Please email your link to: lauren[at]laurenreiddesigns[dot]com no later than midnight on March 9. 

We’ll pick one lucky scrapper to win a one-of-a-kind prize…

An entire album of your photos (20 layouts) scrapped by Lauren and her creative team!

How cool is that?! 

Remember, the deadline to enter is Sunday, March 9th, so get scrappin’!!!!! 

(Please note that Lauren’s products will only be available at Oscraps until the end of this month. Keep your eyes peeled to learn where Lauren’s headed next!!) 

Okay, remember on Valentine’s Day when we gave away the cute lovey word art? Anyone who left us love on the blog was entered to win a little prizey!

And the Winner’s are…. (and to avoid you guys getting mad at me, i used a random number generator at: http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/random.htm )

post# - name
——————————
13 - Megan (meganmecrazy)
48 - Brynn Marie
25 - Kate
87 - HaleyW
105 - sarah (my3hens)
51 - Audra
47 - moon
5 - Kresta
60 - vickyp
101 - ~Steph

Congrats!!! You can each pick out 1 product of your choice from my store! Email me at lauren [AT] laurenreiddesigns [DOT] com w/ your choice and i’ll hook ya up w/ a coupon code!

PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP!!!!!!!! I will be leaving Oscraps at the end of the month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats again and thank you to ALL who left us love, you made us feel all warm and fuzzy inside!!!!

xooxoxoxo
Lauren

We hope you’re all enjoying a fabulous Valentine’s Day with your sweeties… Just to show you how much we love YOU, we have a fun gift for you!   

::the Download is gone, sorry if you missed it::

And
be sure to leave us some love, too. Everyone who makes us feel all warm and fuzzy with their Valentine’s Day comment (or poem…or love note…or serenade!!) will be entered to win one of a few gift certificates from Lauren!  

Have a great day, and be sure to give an extra hug to the ones you love today! 

We need YOUR input!

We love putting together blog posts for you, but want to make sure you’re getting what YOU want!

So if you have anything you’d love to see…ANYTHING from weekly columns, contests, challenges, to only posting 1ce a week, to uh….ANYTHING, please give us a shout!!!

Email us your ideas at: admin[at]laurenreiddesigns[dot]com

And for sharing your thoughts with us, everyone who emails us will be entered to win one of 5 postage stamp punches!!!!



Thanks in advance for your wisdom, we hope to continue to bring you great inspiration in the New Year!!!!!

oxoxoooxoxoxooxoxox
Lauren

Thank you to EVERYONE who subscribed to our blog feed this past week, I hope you’re enjoying the inspiration so far!

In case you’re JUST tuning in, anyone who subscribed to our blog feed last week was entered into a drawing for some gifts….

so without further ado, let’s bring on some pressies!!!!

(PLEASE NOTE: Winners are listed by the first part of your email addy’s, so if your email is: yaddayadda AT gmail DOT com, then only “yaddayadda” will be listed, ya followin?)

Thank you again! If you won a gift, please contact me at: lauren [AT] laurenreiddesigns [DOT] com

oxoxoxo

Our first week is behind us, YAY!!!!

Thank you so ALL who subscribed to our blog feed this past week….and YES i’ll be tracking some of you down for not leaving any blog lovin’!

I’ll be picking the winners of the gifties today and will post who won what tomorrow morning, k?!

Don’t forget that you still have time to play along w/ the Hump Day Lift! You have until Tuesday at Midnight to enter!

Have a wonderful week!!!!!

xooxoxoxo
L