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!