Hybrid Fun

I was having a little fun this morning making a hybrid bag for the July hybrid challenge at Scrap Orchard and the BFF challenge at Tiddly Inks.  I'm loving hybrid now that I have my new printer.  Isn't this bag cute?

Happy Crafting!

Farmers Market Releases from Cluster Queen Creations and Meredith Cardall

Are you getting ready for Thanskgiving?  How about all the after-Thanksgiving sales?  If you need to stock up on digital scrapbooking supplies, be sure to check out the Farmer's Market at Scrap Orchard.

Credits Love and Joy Papers by Meredith Cardall  Love and Joy Elements by Meredith Cardall  Love and Joy Alpha by Meredith Cardall  Doily from Whisper of Winter by Cluster Queen Creations Gimme Layers vol. 63 by Cluster Queen Creations 

Credits Gingerbread Joy Papers by Meredith Cardall  Gingerbread Joy Elements by Meredith Cardall  Gingerbread Joy Alpha by Meredith Cardall  Cuppa Joe Template by Little Green Frog Designs
Happy Scrapping!

Happy iDSD!

Happy International Digital Scrapbooking Day!  Are you getting your digiscrap on this weekend?  All of my designers have new releases.  Be sure to check out all the amazing deals!

Credits Getting Artsy - Fall Grab Bag by Cluster Queen Creations DSD 2013 Template Grab Bag by Cluster Queen Creations

Credits DSD 2013 grab bag by geniaBeana

Credits Project Fall: Give Thanks by Juno Designs and Amanda Yi Designs DSD 2013 Template Grab Bag by Cluster Queen Creations

Credits The Fox by Meredith Cardall
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Eek Shriek Boo by Meredith Cardall

Are you ready for Halloween?  Your photos will be with this great new kit by Meredith Cardall.

Credits Eek Shriek Boo Bundle by Meredith Cardall
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A Bushel and a Peck by Meredith Cardall

Check out my cute little superhero!  I thought Meredith's new kit would be perfect because it shows the apples inside and out.  What do you think?

Credits A Bushel and a Peck by Meredith Cardall Froggy Freebie Vol. 23 by Little Green Frog Designs
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Are we there yet? by Meredith Cardall

Meredith Cardall has a new release today - Are we there yet?  Perfect for scrapping your summer road trips!  Or any summer fun - I used it for a Lowe's Build and Grow day.

Credits Are we there yet? Bundle by Meredith Cardall
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Under the Water with Meredith Cardall

I love using a theme kit for a non-theme picture.  What about you?

Credits Life Under the Water by Meredith Cardall Designs
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Good Fortune from Meredith!

I'm loving this new kit from Meredith Cardall - Good Fortune Awaits.  The tiny fortunes are perfect for your scrapbook pages.  Also, this is the first page I've used my new font from Fonts by Heather.  It's my own handwriting, which I'm going to love using on my scrapbook pages.

Credits Good Fortune Awaits by Meredith Cardall Font: The Jennifer J by Fonts by Heather
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Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

It's National Scrapbooking Day!  I have some great layouts to share with you featuring new releases from Cluster Queen Creations.

Credits One Lump or Two by Meredith Cardall Gimme Layers Vol 54 By Cluster Queen Creations

Credits Hello Spring! by Meredith Cardall and Lyndsay Riches Hello Spring! Easter Add-On by Meredith Cardall and Lyndsay Riches  Gimme Layers Vol. 52 by Cluster Queen Creations

Credits Bring on the Sun Grab Bag by Cluster Queen Creations  Gimme Layers vol. 55 by Cluster Queen Creations

Credits Lazy days by Designs by Kat Gimme Layers Vol 55 by Cluster Queen Creations
Happy Scrapping!

GDT at Little Miss Muffet Stamps

I won a prize at Little Miss Muffet Stamps a few weeks ago and they offered to let me GDT for a challenge featuring the stamp I won.  I think I went a little overboard :-)  I ended up making two shadowboxes.  They're going to be Christmas presents for my nephew and my littlest cousin.

The challenge this week is paper piecing.  Since I had many Little Miss Muffet stamps available digitally, I decided to digital paper piece using digi scrap kits from Meredith Cardall.  I imported the images into Photoshop elements and selected areas for the papers.  I colored the skin and hair on both my projects.

Here's my first shadowbox background.  All of the paper elements I printed from the digi kit. 

Here's a close up of the stamps.  The little boy is a digi and the sentiment is a rubber stamp.

Here's the finished shadow box.  It's a little hard to photograph due to the glass front.

Supplies Swings and Slides I'm Not Tired from Little Miss Muffet Stamps Royal Decree by Little Miss Muffet Stamps To Bee or Not To Bee by Meredith Cardall Skittles by Busy Bee Here's the backer for my second shadowbox.  I went crazy with the flowers - isn't it girly?

Here's a close up of the stamps.  The little girl is a digi and the sentiment is a rubber stamp.

Here's the finished shadowbox.

Supplies Nutmeg by Little Miss Muffet Stamps Royal Decree by Little Miss Muffet Stamps One Lump or Two by Meredith Cardall Skittles by Busy Bee Happy Crafting!

Paper Pieced Kenny K Card

I had so much fun paper piecing the Kenny K image for last week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge, I decided to do another.  Isn't she craft-fabulous in her polka dots and flowers?  I layered the stamp over three different digi papers and printed them out.  Then I created the card base in my digiscrap program and printed it out as well.  I cut out the parts that I wanted to paper piece and glued them down with Zig Memory System 2 Way Glue.  

Supplies Craft Star Digi Stamp by Kenny K To Bee or Not To Bee Digi Scrap Kit by Meredith Cardall
Happy Crafting!

Hi all!  I'm posting a tutorial today on the Make It Crafty Blog on using digital stamps with your digital scrapbook pages.  There are several ways to do this.  You can print out the image you want to use, color it, scan it and then use it like an element on your digital page.  You can color the image digitally and then use it on your page.  Today, I'm going to use the image with a digital paper and create a sticker effect.  If you want to use multiple papers, check out my tutorial on digital paper piecing.

I'm using Photoshop Elements 8 for this tutorial.  It should work with other photo editing software.  The first step is to import your image into PSE.  I'm using Fair Carousel by Make It Crafty.  Be sure to use a .png image or remove the background before starting this tutorial.

The next step is to place the paper you want to use.  In PSE, you do this by selecting File > Place.  You'll need to resize your paper so it covers your image.  Be sure to click constrain proportions on the top before you resize.  I'm using a piece of digital kraft paper by Meredith Cardall (check out the supplies at the bottom for links to all the products I used).

Hide the kraft paper layer by clicking the little eyeball to the left of the layer in the layer menu (lower right).  Use your magic wand tool and click anywhere in the checkerbox area to select all of the background.  If you find that you are selecting more than you intended, then all of the lines aren't closed on the image.  On this image I had to go in with the pen tool and connect the lines in the lower right.  You can remove them later.

With the background selected, unhide the kraft paper layer.  Then select the kraft paper layer and press delete.

You'll have a cut out of the paper in the shape of your image.

Move the kraft paper layer underneath the image layer in your layer menu.

Select all of the white areas with your magic wand tool.  Turn off "continuous" on the top before you select to get all the areas.  Press delete.  Now you have your image outline with your paper filling in.

Create a scrapbook layout using your favorite software.  You can use your digital image like a sticker with your digiscrap supplies.  You can see how I made it a feature on my layout.

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Fair Carousel Digi Stamp by Make It Crafty
Under the Big Top by Meredith Cardall Designs
Kraft Paper from Adventures in Yardwork by Meredith Cardall Designs
Gimme Layers v.49 by Cluster Queen Creations

Happy Scrapping!

Scrapbook Layouts

Hi all!  I'm scrapping again after my sickness/vacation hiatus.  Cluster Queen Creations and Erica Zane have teamed up this week to bring you a fantastic new kit - You are Amazing!  Here's my layout of my "after" race picture.  

Credits You Are Amazing by Cluster Queen Creations and Erica Zane Gimme Layers vol. 43 by Cluster Queen Creations
Here's a layout from our trip to Disney with Val's new Valentine's kit.

Credits Love is in the Air by geniaBeana Scraps Gimme Layers vol 50 by Cluster Queen Creations
Here's page with Meredith's release from last week - Like a Snowflake.  We really loved riding Expedition Everest.

Credits  Like a Snowflake by Meredith Cardall Designs Fuss Free Banner of Love 3 by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
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December Daily 6-8 and 10

I have a few more days of my December Daily to share along with some new releases from Cluster Queen Creations and Meredith Cardall. 

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Memories and Moments {Christmas} by Suzy Q Scraps

Memories and Moments {Christmas Add-on Bundle} by Suzy Q Scraps

Gimme Layers vol. 49 by Cluster Queen Creations

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Great Escape by WM[squared]

Gimme Layers vol. 49 by Cluster Queen Creations

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American Vacation by Alissa Jones

Capture Life: December Daily Numbers by Tracie Stroud

Gimme Layers vol. 48 by Cluster Queen Creations

Credits Fa La La by Meredith Cardall Designs Happy Scrapping!