For quite some time now I have been contemplating moving my blog, and today I finally did it. If you want to comment on any of my posts or keep up to date with what I’m doing please do so at my new blog http://jacsscrappin.blogspot.com/ . It’s quite plain and simple right now because my main concern was moving over what I wanted from here. I will be playing with the look of it more as time permits. I hope you’ll bookmark my new blog and keep in contact.
Long before I knew there was such a thing as hybrid scrapping I was doing it. :) Depending on your definition of hybrid scrapping, all of my paper scrapping creations are hybrid. I always use my computer and printer for printing pictures and often for titles and journaling. First when I started scrapping and didn’t have any patterned paper or elements, I found a site where I could download and print off things I wanted to use. I had no idea that what I was doing was hybrid scrapping.
If you’re curious about what hybrid scrapping is and want some ideas check out these articles: What is Hybrid Scrapping, Hybrid Scrapping . The first article has this to say “Any use of your computer as a scrapbook tool on a paper layout is considered “Hybrid” these days.”
My last two paper layouts have been even more consciously hybrid than most of my layouts. For the first one all but the papers, brads, and ricrac were digital elements that I printed off, cut, and pasted to my layout. The flowers I printed off multiple times and cut in various ways to create a more layered effect. I also pop dotted the layers to give them even more depth. The last one was inspired in part by a hybrid challenge at ScrapShotz. The challenge was to use your computer to add print to your picture before printing it.
Here are the two layout, with credits for inspiration and elements used:
This one was inspired by a number of challenges: a friend layout challenge and a blog puzzle at Creative Crafts and Stickers, and a Blast from the past challenge at ScrapShotz. The digital elements used in the layout are: Sunglasses by ScrapGirls, Frame by Dea Spina, Flowers by Joyce de Jonge & Anita Spaberg, and Journaling Tag by Selana. This pictures shows the hidden journaling tag:
This one also had a number of inspirations. Sarah, a lovely girl from England, issued a kit challenge at ScrapGalaxy for anyone that wanted to sign up for it. She sent anyone that signed up an envelope containing two beautiful pieces of patterned paper, three brads, two flowers, two bling flowers, and chipboard letters to spell HOME. We each had to use these same supplies in a layout. While trying to think of how to use the chipboard HOME in a layout I started thinking of quotes, sayings, and songs with HOME in them. Then I perused my pictures for something that might grab me to go with some of what was going through my head. The song “This World is not My Home” was sticking in my head and the picture of my little one looking out into the wide open space seemed to go with it so a plan started formulating. I thought about the hybrid challenge at ScrapShotz and decided to work that into the layout too. I painted the chipboard letters and added a touch of paint to the journaling strips. I’m pleased with the results.
…yesterday was! I was not feeling the greatest physically, coming down with a bug of some sort, but, boy, was I feeling good emotionally! It was a day full of wonderful surprises, all from my great friends at Creative Crafts and Stickers.
Earlier in the week I found out that I won the World Card Making Day contest that they had, but yesterday I found out what the prize was for winning. For quite some time now there has been a buzz on the board about an upcoming book release. Catherine, of Scrapbook and Cards Today (a wonderful “free to consumer” Caanadian based magazine, available in both paper and digital format) has been working on a book, Simply Cards Today. Jen, owner of Creative Crafts and Stickers, was taking preorders for the book and I really badly wanted one. Wednesday she posted some sneak previews of the book which made me want it even more. Well, yesterday Jen announced that the prize I am getting for being the lucky winner of their card contest is a copy of this book! I’m so excited!
My second wonderful surprise was from CC&S design team member Ally. Ally is an amazing scrapper and she also designs wonderful sketches. You can see some of her great work on her blog. Well, CC&S has recently started a kit club and I have been moaning and groaning on the board about how much I wanted to join but just couldn’t see how it was possible financially right now, though their kits are quite reasonably priced. The CT have recently revealed the beautiful creations they made with October’s Kit full of amazing products by Jenni Bowlin. Dear, sweet, Ally took it upon herself to send me October’s kit as an early (very early as my birthday is not til March) birthday present! I couldn’t believe it when DH came home with a pizza box for me and when I opened it to see what was inside.
Then, number three surprise was when I got an email from Tara, another CC&S CT, asking if she could feature my newest layout on the CC&S’s blog! Every week, on Sunday, Tara posts a fun sketch puzzle. This week the puzzle wasn’t actually a sketch, but an poster announcement of an upcoming crop. I decided to use the poster as inspiration for a layout, and Tara liked what she saw. :) I was honored that she wanted to feature it. I’ll post the layout, and information about it later.
What a great day! Thanks to all my friends at CC&S! What a great, fun bunch!
Did you know that Saturday was World Card Making Day? I started celebrating early. :) I arrived at my sister’s house for the weekend on Friday night. I quickly checked the boards for challenges and sketches for inspiration and then we set to work. Sisterhood of Scrap had been posting card challenges and sketches all week and ended with an extra flood of them on Saturday. I managed to do most of their challenges and actually just found out that I won a RAK for completing and posting the most to their blog this week! Creative Crafts and Stickers also had a flood of card challenges on Saturday. I didn’t manage to get them all done but I sure had fun with the ones I did get done. I’m still hoping to get to the others. My darling sister took a while to get motivated this weekend but she sure made some beautiful cards once she got going. I’m not posting her’s her today because she joined a board or two this weekend and I’m hoping she’s going to post them herself, then I’ll post them here.
Here’s what I created this weekend:
This one was inspired by the weekend sketch challenge over at ScrapShotz.
I actually gave this one away yesterday. My aunt had 22 of us family members over to her house for Thanksgiving Dinner, so I made this card especially for her. It is one of two based on a sketch challenge by Ally at Creative Crafts and Stickers.
This one was based on the other sketch in Ally’s sketch challenge.
One of Mel’s challenges was to use ornaments on a card.
Mel’s second challenge was to make a card for your special someone. I made a Thank-you card for DH because he kept little one occupied this weekend so that I could play.
This is one of three cards inspired by Jess’s challenge to make money/gift certificate holder cards. She included some great instructions with her challenge. These are so fun and easy to make! I ended up making three because I wanted to make one to fit a normal letter size envelope and it took me three tries to get it right. :) I will probably post the measurements and instructions for that here in the next day or so if anyone is interested.
Here are the other two cards inspired by this challenge:
The design on the front of that last one is based on a sketch by Deanne Burton and was sketch challenge #4 at the Sisterhood of Scrap Blog.
This one was also inspired by one of Deanne’s sketches, sketch #5 in their World Card Making day sketch challenges at their blog.
Earlier this week Jen posted an October Kit challenge at ScrapShotz. Much as I wish I could join their kit club I just can’t find the extra $40 a month in the budget to do it. It’s not that I don’t think it’s worth the money. It actually looks like it’s more than worth the money. Included in the kit this month is an acrylic circle album which really has me drooling over it, especially after seeing the beautiful creations the DT at ScraptShotz (Kathy, Wendy, Nonie, Carla, Heidi) have made with it.
Anyway, I got way off topic there. What I wanted to share was that Jen’s challenge was a 10 Picture Sketch Challenge. I just loved the sketch for this and planned on using it, even though I didn’t have the kit to use the papers and supplies needed to fulfill the challenge properly. Then, joy of joys, the next day I discovered that the same sketch was their blog sketch challenge this week! Yippeee!!
I’ve been struggling all week trying to figure out which pictures to use for this sketch and it finally came together today. Every summer there are these street preformers, called Buskers, that come to the city for a weekend. Usually DD#1 goes in to visit with my sister and check out the preformers. This year DS#2, his girlfriend, little one and I decided to join them too. Well, there was a bit of a mix up and the only ones that actually got to see the preformers were DS#2, his girlfriend and DD#2. DD took loads of pictures for us though. Only problem was she took so many pictures of the first two performances that the batteries ran out and that’s all she got! It was funny. Anyway, she took some great pictures that I wasn’t really sure what to do with, but they work perfectly with this challenge. I picked 10 of the pictures to use. I decided to do a digi and all the elements I used are by April Staker, but I did recolor them. Here’s what I created:
I woke up at a very unusual hour this morning. I was wide awake at 5 so I decided to get up and scrap. :) All week I’ve been watching the Card Challenges at Sisterhood of Scrap but I didn’t get around to doing any of them yet so that’s what I set to work on. Every day this week Deanne has been posting a challenge in preparation for national Card Making Day, which is October 6. The first three days she posted sketches that she designed, and yesterday she posted a challenge to use chipboard alphabet, buttons, and lots of color on a card. Here’s what I did for the challenges she’s posted so far:
I’ve had a great week of creating! I am so hooked on cards! Creative Crafts and Stickers has a card contest happening on their board leading up to Card Making Day, which is October 6, so I’ve been making cards like crazy. I did, however, manage to get a couple of layouts done too.
Well searching the web for card making ideas I found this great tutorial on how to make a neat buckle card. I had to give it a try and I love how it turned out!
Here’s the front of the card:
and here’s what it’s like opened up:
Carla’s October Scraplift Challenge over at ScrapShotz was to scraplift a card. Here’s what I did for that:
Carla also does weekly card sketch challenges. Here’s what I did for this week’s sketch:
I made both of the cards above specifically to fit into a normal letter size envelope. I hated making cards and not having envelopes to fit them so I decided to start making them to fit envelopes that I had on hand. I actually love how they turned out.
I also decided to line envelopes for the cards that I made to fit in business size envelopes. I really love how they turned out. Here’s pictures of the cards with the envelopes:
Last month at ScrapShotz Carla had a Card Box challenge complete with instructions on how to make a box to store your cards in. I didn’t make it in time for the challenge but I just had to make one. I love my card box and it is now almost full of cards that I’ve made.
Every Sunday on Creative Crafts and Stickers blog Tara posts a sketch puzzle. These are so much fun. You have to put together the puzzle to find out what the sketch challenge is for that week. Last week’s sketch puzzle was a beautiful sketch by Allison Cope. Here’s the layout that I did based on that sketch:
We also played another game of layout tag at Creative Crafts and Stickers recently. I just love layout tag! Especially the way they play it at Creative Crafts and Stickers. If they get enough people they divide them into teams and there’s a race to see which team can finish first. My team didn’t win this time but it was still lots of fun. I love seeing all the different creations. Here’s what I dis inspired by the latest layout tag game:
Unfortunatley the layout is done on a white background and that makes it hard to really see where the layout starts and ends against the white background of the blog. I may try to do something about that later.
Finally ready to show off the wonderful creations my sister, darling daughter, and I made this past weekend. Before I left for the cabin I printed off a bunch of card sketches from a bunch of different sites for us to use as inspiration. Some of the cards are based on the sketches, but some just came from our own heads as we started creating. It was so much fun!
Here are my cards:
This is one of two cards that I made specifically to fit in a business size envelope. This one was inspired by a CardMap by Becky Fleck. I used a Stampin’Up background stamp on half of the card and a Stampin’Up sentiment stamp.
This is the second made to fit in a business size envelope. I love this size card! This one is based on sketch #268 at Little Book of Sketches . The flower in the center is a Kurio Rub-on Magic glitter flower that was part of a generous RAK from a friend - thanks Jean! I just love these things! The swirls are Autumn Leaves swirls , which I also love and were also part of the generous RAK. The sentiment is a StampinUp stamp.
For this one I used a Stampin’Up stamp and white embossing. The edges of the card are done with glitter.
This one is a Stampin’Up stamped snowman stamped and embossed with irridescent glitter onto white paper. Then I colored the parts of the snowman with a toothpick rubbed on ink pads! I cut the image out and pop dotted it in place on the card. The top word is part of a Stampin’Up stamp and the bottom is just dollar store stamps. All letters and words are embossed with white embossing powder.
This one was inspired by a CardMap by Becky Fleck. The big flower is a Kurio Rub-on Magic glitter flower that I stamped onto white cardstock and then cut out. The flower ribbon is from Mom’s scraps. The sentiment is Stamp’Up.
This one was inspired by a scrap of Mom’s ribbon. I loved the ribbon and wanted to use it. I had a scrap of pale green paper with glitter designs on it that I got from a RAK a long time ago that I thought would look good with it. The sentiment is gold stamped and embossed Stampin’Up.
Here are Cheryl’s (my sister’s) creations:
Inspired by sketch #158 at Little Book of Sketches .
And here are Sarah’s (my daughter’s) creations:
Inspired by a sketch at Sketch Lover .
Inspired by sketch #146 at Little Book of Sketches .
Inspired by a CardMap by Becky Fleck .
Well, I had another great productive weekend. My dear, darling sister invited my girls and me to meet her at a cabin for the weekend so that we could have some fun scrapping cards together. What a great time we had! I will have lots of pictures to post of our wonderful creations when she gets home and sends them to me.
Before I left for the weekend I put together a sketch for a blog sketch challenge at Snappy Sketches . I had some trouble uploading my layout and thought I had missed the deadline but they were generous and considered my trouble. I was totally shocked, however, to find out that I won the challenge! Here’s the layout I did for the challenge:
I packed up my card making supplies and took them with me on a trip this weekend and had a very productive weekend. I managed to make 9 cards, 6 of the same design and 3 different ones.
A week or so ago, much to the surprise of all my friends that know how much I hate thinking about Christmas any time before December 1st, I signed up to participate in a Christmas Card Swap. The only spot left when I finally decided to sign up was in a group to make square cards. The whole card making thing was new to me so I really didn’t think it would be any big deal to make square cards any more than a rectangle card. Boy was I wrong! I searched high and low for instructions and ideas for square cards. I did find some sketches but no real instructions with measurements or anything. Next problem was envelopes for the square cards. I just couldn’t find any! Time was running short and I had to get these cards done and sent.
While traveling in our vehicle this past weekend I sketched out a couple of plans for the Christmas cards. My plans changed and evolved as I finally sat down to do them.
The first card I made was this one:
Here’s the inside:
And here’s the back:
The second card I made was this one:
I wasn’t real pleased with how this one turned out and I wanted to try it again. Here’s what I ended up with on the second try:
The third card I made was this one:
When I got home I had to figure out what to do about my need for envelopes for my square cards. I finally decided to try my hand at making my own envelopes. Here’s what the back of the envelope looks like:
And here’s what the inside of the envelope looks like:
