Kitschy Digitals Blog

From let to right: Forever Friends Digital Kit // Kokechicks Digital Kit // Happy Harvest Cross-stitch Pattern // Bear, Bunny, Kitten Printable Garland // Black & White Digital Kit //70's Dream Paper Pack & Accents // Halloween Love Cross-stitch Pattern // Viewfinder Printable Notes // Egocentric Embroidery Pattern // Bertha Hen Printable // Sweet & Sinister Affair Digital Kit // Homework Helpers Digital Kit // Labyrinth Cross-stitch Pattern //Calico Dream Digital Kit // Vinyl Love Embroidery Pattern

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You guys! Our Designers at Kitschy Digitals have been blowing me away with the new products they've been coming up with over the past month or so. This is just a small sampling of our new products - take a look! And in such a variety of fun things to create with: digital crafting kits (print-ready as well!), printables, needlework patterns (cross-stitch & embroidery), photographer resources, and more. And you can get yourHalloween craft on with this, this, this and this. (Not to mention, Labyrinth fans unite!)

The only problem is to figure out what I want to make first. There's been a serious lack of crafting around here. All work and no craft makes Danielle a grumpy gal.

Must remedy that.

And have you seen these adorable dolls that Lisa made from this pattern? What awesome gifts these would make for the kiddos at Christmas. She created these large scale on monk's cloth. I LOVE large scale cross-stitch! Read how she did it here.

Jacqueline, the genius designer behind these patterns, also stitched these dolls up with a "Smyrna" stitch that made them work up larger as well. Read about how she did it here. (Thanks to Feeling Stitchy for featuring Kitschy Digitals a couple times this month!)

And speaking of Feeling Stitchy, Floresita (the founder/author of the site) stitched up the Golden Girls pattern. I kind of love it.

I've also added several of my own oldie-but-goodie products on ths site. I promise I'll have more products (including some new ones!) soon!

We are also in the process of adding a few new designers to the site, all of whom I'm so excited about it. They are so talented. I pinch myself every day thinking about the talented artists that are part of our shop.

We also got some really cool press this week over at the always inspiring How About Orange. Jessica was so generous to feature our shop! She is so talented and features the coolest paper crafts and DIYs. If you aren't following her site, you totally should.

Thanks for letting me share some exciting things going on at Kitschy Digitals.

Now to get my stitch on.

Have a nice weekend!

New Products!

We've added lots of new products over the past couple weeks. Check them out!

First up are two adorable products from Mel Stringer. This digital kit is PACKED! I'm dying to print out some of these papers and make something cute!

 

Here's a digital page Mel made herself with the kit. The bows on the pups kill me. :D

 

And here's an adorable card printable, complete with polka dot envelope, that Mel designed as well! So whimsical. Print this out for any occasion. You could even add your own text to the front and on the inside, or just handwrite something pretty. You could even make it into an invite for your daughter's birthday party or for a girlfriends lunch. So many possibilities.

 

Here's a super-cute Nesting Doll Cross-Stitch Pattern from Heidi Kenney!

 

And an amazing digital kit packed full of goodies with her signature happy-faced elements that we've all come to love by Heidi. : ) There are all sorts of things you could create with this: a digital scrapbook page, or print the elements out for some fun paper crafting. 

 

Next up is an adorable Babooshka Bunting Printable from Team Kitten! At $1.99 you just can't beat such a cute and unique way to dress up a room or party. Or attach the dolls to popsicle sticks for your own little puppet theater. Get creative!

 

Here's a new digital kit from Wild Olive. Love those little Kawaii faces.

 

Cathy created this digital page with the new kit. The little heart embroidery hoop element was perfect for a page about Cathy's handmade shop since she makes hoop art!

 

And a new embroidery pattern from Wild Olive as well! Featuring more of her smiley little crafty icons. 

 

Stay tuned to this blog for new product announcements and inspiration from our Creative Team and Designers. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well because we'll be offering exclusive discounts just for followers! You can also sign up for our Newsletter to get all the news first including exclusive discounts as well!

who doesn't love a great printable?

Project by Marie Lottermoser using the "Biscuits Mignons" kit by Minitoko.

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Print-at-home products have really changed the way we craft, plan for parties and more. There are tons of printables available across the web for so many different uses. You can't beat the price and the convenience of having something you can print right at home! They are also reusable, you can use them over and over again, as opposed to something you buy at a store. You also have the luxury of having something no one else will have. Planning parties, for example, around printables you buy online allows you to create a one-of-a-kind event that your friends (and your kids' friends!) can enjoy. Who really wants to use store bought items anyways? ANYONE can have those.

Printables also allow you to personalize things, often allowing space to add names, event details, etc. And if you know the basics of Photoshop (or other editing program), personalizing is easy to do.

We have a fantastic Printables section at Kitschy Digitals (that will be growing and growing!), but did you know that ALL of our products are printable? Even if they aren't in the Printables section. All of our products are created at a high-resolution of 300 dpi which allows for perfect image quality when printed. The creative possibilities truly are endless with digital products.

Above, Marie created some recipe gift cards in Photoshop using this kit by Minitoko (below) and other digital elements. She then printed them out, curved the corners of the card with a corner punch and voila! Super unique and adorable cards that you can hand out at a lunch or tea party.

Here, Marie created these adorable recipe cards using Chelsea Ann's, Qtea Party Kit. I just love these! And so kawaii. Another way to use digital kits to create your own unique printable creations. Just arrange your digital elements into a composition you like in Photoshop, add your text, then print. You could set these up 2 to an 8.5"x11" page and then print. And you could use the card template over and over again for future recipes. Great gift ideas as well!

 

In this project, Marie created a journal cover using the doodles from this kit by Mollie Johanson and other text. She then printed her arrangment out, and attached to her notebook cover. The doodles are reminiscent of doodles you might find in a teenager's journal, so they are very fitting! So cute.

 

Here's another project by Marie using a new product by designer Chelsea Ann called "Tie a Bow" - perfect for creating one-of-a-kind baby-themed projects with a pretty vintage feel. This baby book is so sweet.

 

Looking for printables that are ready-to-go and don't require any creating in Photoshop on your part? These are all set up, read-to-print and use immediately.

This crazy cute printable bunting is available from Team Kitten and it's *free* to boot! I really love the Scandinavian feel to the patterns. Print her up, assemble and display in your studio or daughter's room - or hang up for a party!

Canning season is in full effect this July! This printable by designer Kayanna Nelson of Junecraft will dress up all of those jars stocked full of yummy goodness. Looking for recipes? Pinterest is chock full of them. Aren't into canning? There are tons of bake-in-a-jar dessert recipes. Or put together the ingredients for one serving of something and include a copy of the recipe, handwritten on the recipe card included in this printable.

You could also use the stickers for other things outside mason jars - add a "Made with Love in the Kitchen of:" sticker to that box of cookies you baked for your new neighbor. Or add the cute "Handmade with Love" stickers to any of your handmade gifts.

Or how about these adorable 1920's Flapper Slang Flash Cards designed by Kate Gabrielle? How unique and fun are these? I could see printing these out for your tween or teen's slumber party, especially if they're vintage-lovers!

 We'll keep you posted as new printable products become available!

 

Freebies!

Did you know that we have quite a selection of *free* products at Kitschy Digitals? Well, we do! This adorable Blushing Bunny paper doll from Mel Stringer is one of them. This is just about the most adorable paperdoll I've seen. Her pastel blue hair, pink stripey skirt and dainy knee socks are pretty perfect. She's also provided a blank doll so you can choose your own colors! Is your little gal fighting the Summertime boredom blues? This is the perfect Summer afternoon activity. She's super easy to assemble and directions are included.

Download her here, learn more about Mel Stringer here, and check out the rest of our selection of freebies here!

Some Digital Crafting Inspiration & a Big Thank-you!

Artwork by Anna Bäckström; Supplies used: Minitoko - Crayon kit, Crayonne kit, Les Rosettes; Team Kitten - A Happy Home, Cuckoo for Cuckoo; Wild Olive - Seasonal Speech Bubbles

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First, I wanted to say a big THANK-YOU to everyone that has stopped by the new blog and the new site this week! Everyone's kind words, enthusiasm and orders have meant so much to us!

Now it's time to share some super inspiring projects created by our Creative Team using products designed by our talented Designers. Be sure to check back here often as it will be a neverending source of craft & design inspiration (think digital crafting and scrapbooking, stitching and sewing, paper crafting, blog beautifying, and more!)

Today I'll be sharing some digital scrapbooking inspiration. If you're new to Digital Scrapbooking, it's like traditional scrapbooking, but you do it all on your computer! Saves time, money and space... doesn't make a mess and is better for the environment! i.e. no trash! Don't fret if you like having something you can hold in your hands because you can easily print your pages into books and more at places like Shutterfly. The great thing about it is that you don't even have to have anything in particular you want to document. It can just be creating art. Just creating something pretty.

If you'd like to learn more about it, check out the Daily Digi's, FREE Digital Scrapbooking Manual. 

Here are some pages by our Creative Team. Aren't they great? I'll have some Printable inspiration coming in our next post...

Artwork by Cathy Pascual; Supplies used: Minitoko: Crayon Kit, Fun Fun Camp, Petite Mercerie, Pretty Kit, Where's The Party; Wild Olive: Seasonal Speech Bubbles

 

Artwork by Karli Plant; Supplies used: Minitoko - crayon kit, crayonne kit, funfuncamp kit; ChelseaAnn - QTea Party kit; Melody Miller - Summer Woods paper/kit

 

Artwork by Maybemej Sporrong; Supplies used: Minitoko

 

Artwork by Ranie O'dell; Supplies used: Minitoko - Crayon Kit, Crayonne Kit; Wild Olive - Crafty Characters

 

Artwork by Tania Shaw; Supplies used: After School Special - Team Kitten

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Our products include Digital Crafting, Printables, Blog elements, Sewing and Needlework Patterns, Fonts, lots of Freebies (!), and so much more to come.

And to celebrate our GRAND OPENING, we're having a SALE!

 

 

 Use the coupon code GrandOpening15 to get 15% off your entire order, now through Friday.

I'll share more about this whole experience, building this site and making a dream come true, later this week. For now, I hope you enjoy browsing the site!

And we would be oh-so-appreciative if you could pass the word on about Kitschy Digitals. We are a small business made up of independent designers, so any sharing you can do is GREATLY appreciated and so valuable to us. Thank-you!