January Hybrid Variety Show - All Occasion CardsWelcome to the January Hybrid Variety Show. A new year brings new reasons to celebrate, and while MOC is winding down we still have a year filled with other celebratory occasions. This edition of the Variety Show is all about celebrating a variety of occasions throughout the year. Juliette created this adorable inspiration card using April 2014 Storyteller by Just Jaimee.Sarah created this super cute birthday card using Eat Cake by Valorie Wibbens.Sarah also created these cute "pun intended" cards using Also Edgy and Under the Sea by Kate Hadfield and The Typewriter by Heather Joyce. They are sure to make the recipient smile.I had a great time creating a bundle of cards to share throughout the year. These two cards were created using Rainy or Sunny by Little Butterfly Wings and Rain or Shine by … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Hybrid Spotlight
It's so fun seeing all the fun new hybrid layouts and projects in the gallery. I'm so happy to share a few of these amazing creations with you today.First up is a layout by 3littleks. I love all of the dimension she achieved with those amazing paper layers. Her layout is just so soft and pretty.This cake box by livelys is so cool. I love the added fringe and ribbon on this Queen of Hearts themed box.And ohmygosh!! These birdhouses by MlleTerraMoka! Aren't they adorable?Next up is this planner page by Ellie. I totally love all the paper bits and baubles she's included on her pages. So much fun!Polly Amanda shared her first hybrid layout with us in the forums a couple of weeks ago. I loved seeing even more hybrid projects from her in the gallery including this fabulous layout!And finally, I wanted to share this fun party decoration created by … [Read more...]
MOC Spotlight – Take 2
Wow! We have been having a blast with the Month of Challenges (MOC) in forum and gallery. This is Polly Karen here. Every day I'm amazed at the creative takes on each of the challenges and how fast some of you are! I love that when the new challenge is posted after I go to bed, people all over the world are creating their pages while I sleep and I can use them as inspiration for my own pages! Now we are in the final stretch and only have 3 more challenges left to post. I don't know about you, but I'm super happy that this year the 31st falls on a Saturday and I'll have a whole weekend to finish up any challenges that I might be behind on! Now, just in case you need a reminder, the MOC goes from January 1st through January 31st. There is a new challenge posted each day in the forum. You have until February 1st at 11:59 pm EST to complete all 31 challenges. Everyone who finishes … [Read more...]
Scrap With Me – Mixed Media Monthly – January 2015 Edition
Hey there, it's Heather Greenwood aka heathergw. Did you see the new Mixed Media Monthly release this weekend yet? I say this every month but this one is my FAVE! I love maps and vintage ephemera and might be a little addicted to anything travel related. I had fun playing with the subscription kit and wanted to share with you how I created this art journal page.Watch me put together this page:Isn't this kit great? You can tell a few times in the video I was totally hesitating on what to use. I wanted to use it all, it's so GORGEOUS!Did you know that you get so much more when you subscribe? We have tutorials and challenges every month and I will be sharing tutorials on some fun techniques you can do including some of the ones I did in the video above. I can't wait to share with you guys some fun things you can do with the Mixed Media Monthly kits, and not just art journaling … [Read more...]
Personalizing Dishtowels
Good Morning Lovely Scrappers,Polly Liana here with a quick tutorial about personalizing dishtowels. I have a dear friend who, because of a large family and lots of action in her kitchen, has considerable distress about cross-contamination of her dishtowels. Her kids use both towels to wipe their hands and dry the dishes and it makes her a little crazy. So she asked me if I would make her a simple set of towels with visuals that would help inform the user about which towel was which. I love any chance to create personalized anything for my friends so I jumped at the idea. Thought I'd take you along on the ride, too! Here we go...First, I purchased a set of white flour sack dishtowels from Target. They come in sets of four and I like them because they don't leave any fuzz on my dishes, they dry quickly and they are cotton so they can take a beating. In this case, they're also … [Read more...]
Pocket Scrapping: Capturing the Teen Years
Hi all, Sarah here. I'm excited to share an album I've been working on for the past few months. I keep hoping that my daughter will fall in love with the process of memory keeping as much as I have. Unfortunately that hasn't happened yet, so I've decided to do my best to document a few of the moments of her teenage years for her (at least until she decides that memory keeping is something that she would like to pursue).I decided to keep this album small so I went with a 6"x8" Snap Album with pocket pages. I started my cover page with a introduction card about capturing her 13th year and a card talking about the low key way we spent her 13th birthday (the celebration would come in the form of a road trip to St. Louis the next day and a family celebration later that weekend). All images are linked to my gallery for full credits.It's sometimes hard to get my teenager to pose … [Read more...]