I love playing around with ink and stamps and that is one of the reasons I love hybrid scrapbooking. You can easily download your scrapbooking kits, play around with them on the computer and then print what you want to use. A little bit of cutting and gluing, and you have a quick layout that is easily personalized to your style, without making trip to the store or waiting several days for something to arrive in the mail! I love to mix my digital elements and papers with inks and stamping and my own handwriting, which can make the layouts feel more personable and hopefully one day, more nostalgic.This month I used the Memory Pocket's Monthly: Wicked kit to create a couple of traditional 12x12 layouts and a few pages in a blank journal. I loved the color palette, and was so excited when I noticed that it complimented several of my ink pads so nicely! I have a large stash of inks and … [Read more...]
Monthly Muse at your fingertips
The Monthly Muse Challenge this month is being run by our amazing Ona. We are on WEEK #4 and you have until July 3rd to enter. WEEK #4 is all about TEXTURES, one of my favorite things about Art Journaling. It grounds your ideas (in a good way!) This is Ona's interpretation of the inspiration boards she provided from two amazing artists.Remember, you can make one page per week, you can make more. Just in case you don't know where to find these cool art journal challenges here are the links to all 4 weeks this month: WEEK 1: Collage Art, WEEK 2: Abstract Art, WEEK 3: Glue Book, and WEEK 4: Textures.Here are some entries for July's Monthly Muse. … [Read more...]
Recreating Painterly and Blended Background Photo [with video]
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Hey everyone! I thought I would do a quick post on how I did the photo blending on my background on this page with the November 2016 awesome M3. A lot of this was learned from Jana and the November 2016 Champions at Scrapaneers (which featured an awesome kit of Lynn's!).First off you are going to need a smart phone, or know how to recreate your own pencil like sketching in your photo editing software. I used the Prisma App for both of my photos editing but for this little tutorial, I am going to focus on the blended background photo.Open your photo in Prisma and you will find all kinds of fun filters to create painting/drawing effects on your photos. These change regularly! So if there is one that you like edit a bunch of photos with it and save them because it might not be there long!For my photo I ran the #GettUrban filter. I wanted to keep some of the blue of … [Read more...]
Going Hybrid on a budget!
Hello!!!!! Cynthia (MrsPeel) here. I hope everyone is well and enjoying the weekend!!!! I am really, really excited right now as I am going to share with you something I made, and guess what? It is not entirely digital!!!!! I know many of you have been hearing me say how much I admire the hybrid artists, how much I love how things look on paper….but how much I fear the lack of the "undo" button.I have been starting and quitting, starting and quitting… sound familiar? I know a few of you shared my habit of throwing half done paper stuff in the garbage. We would say in "the bin" here in England, but if you look at my use of the word "awesome" you will know I'm North Americanized a LOT! LOL So, bear with me, I know, I talk a lot too & I wonder of subject… age is showing!!! OK, back to what matters.I kept starting and quitting and then I realized the reason for my frustration: I will … [Read more...]
Mixed Media Monthly | Dream, Daring, Ideas
Chances are... you daydream from time to time. Or you come up with great (and maybe some not-so-great) ideas. And I'm sure most of you have probably also dared to do something that you would not normally do. Whether it is chasing a lifelong dream, or doing something spontaneous, I think everyone has a spark of passion inside of them. Do they always let it out? No. Should they? Probably.August's M3 (Mixed Media Monthly) kit is all about dreams, doing daring things, and nurturing ideas. This is a fabulous kit for getting out your thoughts and the things that stir inside your heart begging to be let out.It is also a wonderful kit to celebrate the first year of M3! Can you believe it has already been a year? Wow.Take a look at the imaginative kit that may help you unlock some of those dreams and ideas, and get them out onto a page. And of course, each … [Read more...]
Mixed Media Monthly | July
Who are the heroes in your life, and when is the last time you documented them? This month's collaboration and add-ons pays homage to the heroes and super stars in your life... whether they are those around you, or you yourself.Here is a look at the kit and add-ons for this month. And some pages using the kits/add-ons. There are a lot of fun ways to use this kit and the coordinating extras. If you have kids, you can document them in comic book form. Or you could help them to create a comic of their own. Make a zine or a mini album.And here are some ideas for other projects you could do to incorporate comics or super … [Read more...]