Terrific Thursday to you, my friends! Heather (hedderlee) here. I want to take you on a little bunny trail that I’ve been enjoying, away from being glued to your computer digi scrapping and into hybrid land.

Now, if you’re anything like me, the desire to hybrid has been there for awhile – especially seeing all the cool things one can conjure up at home! {swoon} So I’ve let this momentum whisk me away to Archiver’s for a Bind-it-All and chipboard accessories, only to have them collect dust in my closet for a few months. Yet another learning curve to scale. Ack!!! Life is already too hard.

I want to let you in on a secret: I finally made myself get out the contraptions and make a little something, and now I’m utterly hooked. Hooked, I tell you. So here is a peek at my humble freshman creations. Rough around the edges in a friendly way. If I can do it, you certainly can:

…a gift for my sister-in-law…
I got the idea and courage to make this 6×6 album in an amazing online digital scrapbooking class. It is based on my all-time favorite quote.

1) I created four 6×6 pages on two 12×12 pages, or eight pages. Scrappy Blue Stones’ Wake Up kit looks amazing in print -
2) I then glued down each page on chipboard – the cover is heavier chipboard than the inner pages.
3) Got out the Bind-it-All to punch holes.
4) Made a mistake, bashed my head against the wall a few times until I realized I could put ribbon through the hole and call it artsy!
5) Added the coil, and voila!

…small gift box for my little girl…
1) I created a template for this project (edited – time’s up! no longer available). SHARIng Creations’ True Delight kit was just the right touch of streamlined innocence I sought after. Thanks, Shari!
2) I pulled out a heavy, cream colored watercolor cardstock out of my craft closet to print out this box. Hence the textured look.
3) I used an Xacto knife and a metal straight edge to cut out the box and score the folds.
4) Then I added some butterfly bling bling, sure to make my daughter overlook the less-than-perfect edges!

Play along with me! {Edited: the template is no longer available. Thank you!} Make sure you post your beautiful work in the gallery!

Hi everyone! Zakirah here sneaking in to announce the winners for last Saturday’s challenge. Our random winner is Chigirl with this layout:

And my favorite layout winner is from Alamama:

Congrats to you both! Chigirl and Alamama, you’ll both get PM’s from me in a while at the ScrapMatters forum. Congrats again! Thanks to everyone who participates! All your layouts are wonderful!

Pen off,

Z

Hello! It’s Wednesday again so I’m here with our Words For Wednesday post. Being a paper scrapper in my pre-digi life I’m quickly getting addicted to hybrid scrapping, so I thought it was time for a little hybrid fun around here! As you all know, Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I’ve always had trouble deciding what to get for my mom. This year’s no different! So, I decided I should just make something! Which is pretty much what I do every year! Hey, she liked it when I was in 3rd grade, why wouldn’t she like it now?! LOL! Well, after lots of pondering I finally decided to make her a little framed quote. I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted this piece to look like, but I just couldn’t find the right colors and elements in my digistash, so I decided to make something! This is what I finally came up with – (don’t worry. My mom is the smartest person I know, but she is VERY computer challenged and will never see this post and spoil her surprise!)

After I print this out at home on my trusty printer and satin photo paper I’m going to let it dry for a good 12 hours just to make sure and then place it in a black picture frame. My finished size for printing is 5 x 7. I wish I had pictures of the final project to show you, but I am a mother of three myself and just haven’t found the time yet! I’m sure you all understand! : ) I just hope I can find some time before Sunday!

And it just wouldn’t be Mother’s Day (or the Wednesday before Mother’s Day) without a little gift for you. So here you go!

Includes: three 12×12 papers, one tied ribbon, one staple with shadow, and one word art rub on

Here is everything you need to make one of these yourself or just make a LO celebrating your mom or mother-in-law or just a friend that you admire.  Or heck, why not get really crazy and make a LO to celebrate yourself?! You deserve it! Just click on the preview to download it. I hope you all enjoy this little freebie and have a great Wednesday before Mother’s Day! Jeni