Freebie for Ya!

Okay, so I decided to do the "So You Think You Can Design" contest at ScrapOrchard, and thought I'd post a download link here for anyone that wants it!

As always, if you use it...I would love to see what you do with it! Heck, I'd love to see what I do with it, but that will have to come later!

I'll be back tomorrow with lots of yummy new hybrid goodies from TheDigiChick.com!!

Here's a preview of my "mini" Down Home.


Download Here

New Hybrid Project

I was so excited about this project! My MIL got my kids started playing YAHTZEE a while back. I started looking at it and thought, that's just dice and score sheets - so I made one!

I used an empty canister (I have tons of them, they are from "shakes" that we drink in the morning, so we go through tons and I hate to throw them away!), created a layout to fit the front of the canister (for my game I used The Party Animal from Faith True and the Grateful4U Collab from many designers in the digi scrap world - thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I printed my layout onto "sticker" paper and adhered to canister and then spray sealed. I found both instructions and score sheets for the game, I reduced both to fit inside my canister and chopped pencils in half to keep with the game also. I found dice for $1 at Dollar Tree - SCORE - and also bought the little kid snack cups with lids there! That's it...so I spent less than 5 bucks for a game that we'll use over and over AND it's very portable. I also thought, this type of canister would be great for a "beauty kit" for someone's birthday, or art supplies for a little one...what are your ideas? Show me...link me up to your gallery!

TV SHOW THEME SONG CHALLENGE AT weScrap.com

Hey just a quick note to encourage all my one readers :) to check out the new challenge up at weScrap.com. Click on the link to the right and go to forums/challenges by the ct -- there is a $10 Flergs gc up for grabs, but you have to be a weScrap member AND memberships are on sale for $5 right now, so run over join up and play in our challenge!

Hybrid 101

OKAY! Today starts my weekly "Hybrid 101" series. These are just ideas to get you thinking HYBRID! I'll have templates, tips, projects and freebies...so check back every week to get your hybrid groove on! :)

To get us started, I've got a pillow box template for ya! This is not my own, unique idea, but here is a template I created for you to use.


Just right click on the image and save the file to your computer. Insert it into a new document in your photo editing software, size it to your preference and use your magic wand to delete all the white. In photoshop, I put the template on top of my background paper and change the blending mode to overlay so the template is less visible on my finished project.

Here is one I made using ChrisGeiser's Ella's Kerchief available exclusively at the Shaker Box.


If you use my template, or have your own, go make a pillow box, upload it to your fave gallery and come back and comment with a link to your creations - I can't wait to see them!

New Creative Team

I'm excited to say that I've joined Michelle Yiap's Creative Team. Her great kits can be found here and here's my first layout for her using "Summer Garden".

Test Your Spelling

So Libby at the SweetShoppe blog did this and it was fun.
Try this spelling test!

Your Spelling is Perfect

You got 10/10 correct. Your spelling is excellent. You also have a great memory and eye for detail.

How's Your Spelling?

Click on the link to give it a try!

And check back tomorrow for a new weekly "Hybrid 101" starting. I'll post a new hybrid project template and some inspiration to get ya going.

Sheesh!

I totally forgot to post this yesterday, but here is my hybrid project featuring Michelle Underwood's Wild Love kit. It's a purse, and I love it!

Let me know what you think!
Look for more hybrid projects and tutorials coming soon!

I've gone Hybrid!

Hi yall!

Just a quick pop in to yell from the rooftops that I'm going hybrid at Scrapbook-Bytes.com...woohooooooo! Look for projects and tutorials coming up on the SBB website as well as in their monthly e-zine. And seriously, the ezine is jam packed with inspirations tutorials and more...it's great, grab yourself a copy, you will not be disappointed. I'll be posting my first creation for SBB tomorrow using Michelle Underwood's Wild Love Kit...here's a preview of that kit..

go check it out!

My First Kit!!!

I'm so excited to have this kit out. "Swept Away" was designed to perfectly coordinate with the Shaker Box's January kit, so you can go traditional, digi or hybrid with this!! WOO HOO! It's my first attempt at designing so I need someone to make a layout with it and give me some feedback. If you would like to play with this kit, leave a comment and I'll randomly pick 1 or 2 people to send the kit to.
Here's a preview...

Exciting New Stuff!

FIRST, I've got a couple of things for sale at the Shaker Box! Yay!! This is so exciting for me, go check them out and let me know what you think.
I've got a set of 4 ready to print valentines for $0.95, what a steal!! And if you leave a comment by Monday, Feb. 11th 12:00 noon (central time) my kids will pick a few pepes to get the valentines for free! Just in time to get them ready for VDay!! If you can't wait and just gotta have 'em now, click on the link to go to the store.
Here they are!

What UP?

It's been a while since I've blogged but I wanted to add some exciting new stuff.

First, I am now a part of the Digi Overdose Creative Team. How exciting!!! You can check out their "candy store" here.
Here's a layout from one of the Digi Twin's new kits XOXOXO coming Feb. 9th to the store.


Next, The Shaker Box is working up some terrific tutorials and how to's for those interested in baby steps into digi scrapping. So for that reason, I am posting a Layered Birthday Cake Brush Set (.abr file) that I used for the Inspire Me Challenge at the Shaker Box. And I've also created a .jpeg template for those baby steps into digi. Go Check out my "how to".
Here's the card I created...

and here's the brush set
and here's the template

Hope you enjoy these, and if you do, come back and leave a comment with a link to your layout in your favorite gallery so I can see it!

Race for Your Birthday Party, Charlie Brown

Hey, iscrap is having a huge online crop this weekend for both digi and traditional scrappers. I am fortunate enough to get to host this amazing relay race lasting the entire weekend. There will be a freebie template for each leg!!

How it’s gonna work! There will be 7 legs of this race and you will have all weekend to complete the legs. Start with leg 1, complete it, upload it to the gallery and link it up in the “Race for Your Birthday Party, Charlie Brown - LEG 1” thread and then move on to the next leg. As you complete each leg move on to the next following the same steps as leg 1. The completion of each leg will get you a little giftie from me in your private mailbox at iscrap! Yay!! And the completion of all legs will get you extra crop points toward the grand prize for the weekend as well as a special prize from me!

This one’s gonna be fast and furious, but when you’re done, you’ll have the next birthday party ready to go!! I’m planning my 6 year old daughter’s birthday party, so my samples are gonna be WAY GIRLIE, but I’ll try to keep the templates as generic as possible!!

go check out the iscrap website, there's great stuff there and don't miss out on the weekend long crop - hope to see you there!!

here's a sneak peek at my sample for leg 1

the template is mine, the foil style is from Amanda Geils at Designing-Moments.net and everything else is from the Designing Moments Jan. Free with Purchase Collab Kit

Hey, I'm back!! Hope everyone had a lovely holiday! Are we ready to get started scrapping?

Just wanted to post quick heads up that I'm running a template challenge at iscrap this month. If you've never been to iscrap, go check it out by clicking the link to the right. There's a wonderful gallery with tons of inspiration, and tons of information for digi and traditional scrappers.

On with the challenge! Melanie Colosimo has generously given a free template for iscrap members to download, make a page using the template, upload it to the gallery and link it up in the challenge thread, and a winner will be picked for a $10 gc to melanie's shop at oscraps! Wow! You can find all the information here.

And here's a page I made with the template.

credits here