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Scrappy Sunday and Scrapbook Sunday -- both on Monday :P

OK, it's Scrappy Sunday on Paper Craft Planet and  I decided to play along. Truthfully, I realized yesterday that I haven't scrapped ANY of 2009, because I'm still working on my 2008 album. It's lit a fire under my rear end to start getting some pages done. Sketch challenges are a great way to motivate yourself.  Below, I'll add the sketch challenge, but I'll put my page here so you can see what I did this morning. 

If anyone has some recommendations for what this page "needs" comment on this post.  I'm dying to add a title, but I can't figure out font and placement, so I just decided to "press on".

 

I don't do a lot of digi scrapping, but it's SO MUCH FASTER once you know how, so I did it here.  This entire page was made using Libby Weifenbach's Peanuts & Cracker Jacks kit.  (Both boys play ball, so I figured this is a great kit for hybrid goodie bags, coach's gifts, etc.)  (Guess what?!  I just looked -- everything in Libby's store is 30% off this week!)

Onto Scrappy Sunday....

this next bit is from Jen (I want to be Jen when I grow up...):

Did you think I forgot about you? LOL! Nope! I'm just completely thrown off by this holiday weekend. I spent the entire day today thinking it was Saturday!! Technically, it's still Sunday in Hawaii so I'm saying I'm still good!! This week's sketch was heavily inspired by a digital template from the Love Being Single template pack by BellaGypsy Designs (GottaPixel) - I just moved things around a big and removed a few layers to make it more paper-scrapper friendly! Take a look:

The sketch is below. If you play along, be sure to use the tag sb090609 (all lower case) so we can find your layouts to pull into the gallery! And remember, all forms of scrapbooking - traditional, digi and hybrid are welcome!! Here's a look at my digi sample (I rotated the sketch and added a few extra layers):

Credits: Love Being Single template by Bella Gypsy Designs (GottaPixel); Playtime by Juno Designs (ScrapMatters)

Join the Scrappy Sunday Challenge Group

Check out our gallery for this week!

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Scrapbooking lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

Scrapbooking Inspiration

Scrapbooking Mini-Books

Hybrid (or "Fusion") Scrapbooking Ideas:

Fun with Photoshop:

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Scrappy Sunday Challenge and Best of the Scrapping Blogosphere

Another Scrappy Sunday challenge to lead off our week of scrapbooking goodies --

It's been a while since I have had the pleasure of hosting! I'm doing a traditional scrap layout today, but it's super easy, and feel free to go digi :)

In my sample, I did a page for my boys' day at the All Star baseball game and homerun derby. I didn't have a lot of strong photos for this event, so I changed the center photo to an embellishment.

A couple of tips and tricks for this layout. I LOVE Cosmo Cricket paper collections. They are good for the color challenged of us out there, that need some help coordinating papers. I'm CHEAP with paper -- I didn't want to use up two pages in order to make this one layout, so I cut the center square out and then flipped the page over and taped it back together! Here's a close up of the back so you can see how I have it taped.

I'd love for you to play along this week! Tag your photo sb083009 so that I can add your picture to our photo album for this week. (Here is a tutorial on adding pictures to the gallery, if you need it.) I can't wait to see what you make!

Join the Scrappy Sunday Challenge Group

Check out our gallery for this week!

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Scrapbooking lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

Scrapbooking Inspiration

Scrapbooking Mini-Books

Hybrid (or "Fusion") Scrapbooking Ideas:

Fun with Photoshop:

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

AiVault Challenge

Our Supernova team on Paper Craft Planet was invited to host a challenge this week sponsored by AiVault.com.  The challenge is to make something... anything... using product from their store.  (Here is a link to some great freebies, so that you can play along!)

Our team all created projects using the Super Hero set.  How stinkin' cute is this set?!  Seriously, fun, right?!   These adorable images print in full color -- so unlike the new digi stamps, you just print and you're done :)

I decided to have some fun with Photoshop and created this entirely digital invitation.

 

I altered the image just a bit to get the "5" on the chest.  This is great for party invitations -- you can just print as many as you need.  Best part, you could easily make thank you notes too.

Here are some other fun party ideas to go with this:

 

This one was created by Asmaa from AiVault.  I love it :)

Check out these seriously cute capes from the Lulu Bird Boutique on Etsy. 

How about this cake that I made for Jake's birthday last year:

 

This was surprisingly simple to decorate.  I took my digital images to my local Publix grocery store and asked the bakery to print the images on icing paper!  For about $8/sheet, you can decorate cookies, cakes, anything with icing with your own custom images. 

You can take this idea even further --

 

Make your own gift or goodie bags -- I used digital images to create the name tags and then images of comic book postage stamps for the rest. 

Now, it's your turn -- create something, anything, using product from the AiVault.com store. (They have a lot of freebies for you to try.)  Post your project in the Paper Craft Planet photo gallery, and use the tag "aivault" -- all lowercase, please. (Here is a tutorial on adding pictures to the gallery, if you need it.) AiVault has generously offered a gift certificate to their store to one of our lucky challenge players.

Check out what the other Super Novas came up with:

• Adela Rossol 
• Kim Burmeister
  
• Wendy Price
• Tammy Hershberger
  
• Erika Martin 
• Sankari Wegman

Check out our AiVault Challenge gallery so far!

Card of the Week & Best of the Blogosophere: August 1 - 7, 2009

I added Halloween and removed some of the lists that I thought were out of date.  I can't bring myself to add Christmas yet -- although the ideas are coming in.  Maybe next week.  Can we at least wait until bathing suit season is over....

Best of the Blogosphere lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

Halloween:

Beach:

Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

The Best of the Blogosphere: In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

MyGrafico Challenge

We have a really fun challenge for you today -- it's a product challenge, sponsored by MyGrafico. To play along, create ANYTHING using one of the MyGrafico images -- they have a ton to choose from, but if you're trying to cut costs, here's  a link to some free images. 

Post your project in the Paper Craft Planet photo gallery, and use the tag "PCPgrafico". (Here is a tutorial on adding pictures to the gallery, if you need it.)  MyGrafico has generously offered a $10 gift certificate to the store to one of our lucky challenge players.

Here is my card:
 


The Supernovas and I all used the Forest Friends digi stamp set for our cards.  I picked the owl image.  Owls are so hot right now, and I didn't have any.  I printed the owl on Neehah paper from the Paper Temptress.  (I've tried lots of different papers, but for my HP Photosmart, this is the only one that I can color with Copics and the ink won't smear.) 

Just a note about working with digital stamps:

• You do NOT have to have a photo editing software.  You can just open and print these jpg images.
• If you have a photo editing program, the images come in both jpg and png files.  You can resize the images and combine them into scenes with just a click of the mouse.
• Digital images last forever and require very little storage space!
• There are several great tutorial videos over on Paper Craft Planet that will show you how to use digital images, if you have any questions.

Here is what the rest of the Super Novas came up with:

Adela Rossol

Lynn Mercurio

Kim Burmeister

Wendy Price

Tammy Hershberger

Erika Martin

Lori Tecler

Jessica Fick

Sankari Wegman

Susanna Boyd

Now, it's your turn!  Take the challenge and let's see what you make!

Stampin' Out Alzheimers, Card of the Week and Best of the Blogosphere, May 16 - 22, 2009

Check out we're doing now....

Ignore that badge at the end... here's a better one.. the "real one". 

Jen Tapler, from Jen Tapler Designs, and I are hosting a 7 day stamping and scrapbooking event to help raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's Disease.  The site, Stampin Out Alzheimers.ning.com,  will feature challenges, contests, classes and more - with prizes donated from over 30 generous sponsors.  We've worked it as a "Pay to Play" community.  For a small donation (any amount will do), you'll get permission to join our online community which will be up from May 25 to June 1st.  The site isn't "live" yet - it will open soon and the events will begin on Monday.  I'd love it if you'd share the badge on your blog and help us spread the word.  We'd like this to be the largest community fund raising effort in the stamping and scrapbooking space.  Please help.

Best of the Blogosphere lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

Mother's Day:

Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

The Best of the Blogosphere: In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!

Please remember that my site is powered by YOU. Please comment here if you'd like me to read your blog or if you have seen some amazing blog art that I'm missing! Thanks!

3d Challenge Tuesday - It's In the Bag

This week, our challenge is being sponsored by Kelleigh Ratzlaff from The Digi Chick!.  Kelleigh has generously offered a $20 gift card to her store for the best bag!   In addition, the winner will also get a $5 gift card to ANYTHING on the Digi Chick store!

These templates are AWESOME and so easy!  You just print the design on to your patterned paper, cut, score and glue!  Presto, you look like Martha Stewart in minutes! 

If you want to get fancy, you can use digital papers and print it that way, then you always have an instant, printable, bag on hand!

OK, so take the challenge -- create a small gift bag, and upload it to Paper Craft Planet.  Use the tag 3d11.  You do NOT have to use one of Kelleigh's templates to win -- but they are so easy and fun, we know that you'll want one :)  We'll pull it into the album and pull a winner next Tuesday.  I can't wait to see what you make!

Check out what the other Supernovas have made:

Adela Rossol

Melanie Muechinger

Lynn Mercurio

Diana Gibbs

Kim Burmeister

Wendy Price

Jen Tapler

Tammy Hershberger

Erika Martin

Lori Tecler

Jessica Fick

Sankari Wegman

Take the 3d Challenge.

Check out the 3d11 Gallery

Get more inspiration by joining the Hybrid Chick group, here on PCP!

In Case of Emergency, Print This!

I'm trying something new -- and I'm really excited about it.  Jen Tapler and I got together to create this one of a kind Valentine's Day Card Kit. 

The Valentine’s Day Kit is all about covering your bases. Now you have four different, gorgeous cards that will work for anyone in your life -- a significant other, a child, a teacher... anyone! We’ve even thrown in a couple of quick and easy candy boxes, including Hershey Nugget labels, and two treat bags for those last minute gifts. All you need to complete this kit is white cardstock, a color printer, scissors and adhesive (pop dots and regular). You're welcome to dive into your ribbon and button stash or leave the cards "as is". You do NOT need Photoshop or any other fancy program. The entire kit is a pdf file that will open up with Adobe Reader (which you probably already have on your computer.)

“Hybrid” is just a word that means “computer meets traditional tape and paper crafting.” That’s what you’re doing here -- harnessing your most powerful crafting tool (your computer) and using it to simplify your paper crafting. The best part is that you’ll never run out of these cards -- you can print 20 treat bags for the cost of just your printer ink and paper.

We created some printable pages that you can use to recreate the cards with very few additional supplies. If you want to dress them up, we’ve given you some ideas there too. All you have to do is hit “print”, cut out the embellishments, add some tape and you’re done. You can look like a superstar in under 15 minutes.

Seriously, for the price of your Starbuck's coffee, your Valentine's Day needs are all covered.  Got to love it. 

Buy now for only $5
   
Special thanks to the following people for providing the digital supplies used to make this kit.  Please check out the links for full versions of the supplies or to look for other great project inspirations:

• Jennifer from Divine Digital for the Valentine’s kit digi papers and enormous inspiration.
• Amanda from Fonts for Peas for use of the Pea Faye font
• Regina from the Cutting Cafe for the Valentine’s Day Circle Words set
• Allison from So Sketchy for the card sketches.