Paper vs Digital vs Hybrid

I do digi for a living. I vowed a long time ago to never go full digi in my personal stuff. I love paper. I love the look, the feel, the piles of colors all stacked on top of one another, patterned paper, plain paper, stickers, epoxy and it goes on and on. I love my stamps and ink and so much more.

I have a bad back. This past week it was really bad. It kept me on ice with my laptop. I got bored and bought a digital kit from 2 peas. It was a Hero Arts digital kit. I play and I played and I came up with this:

I had a blast. It is my first ever full digital card. It's and ATC card (which was a first for me too) So then I went and purchased almost every other Hero Arts digital kit. I just had to have them. But....I missed my paper. So this is what I did:


I used the Poetic Petals from Hero Arts. I loved this flower and this week on the HA blog it is all about paper piecing....one of my all time favorite things! It's deconstructing and reconstructing and it's just so fun! So I took the hybrid route. I created the flower and background is CS3 then printed it out 6 times on 6 different colors. I cut it out and then reconstructed it. I added ink,white colored pencil and glitter to add depth. It was really fun and if you haven't tried hybrid scrapping you really should. Jessica Sprague is a great teacher and offers many, many tutorials and classes. You can find her here.

So here's to digi, paper and hybrid. Regardless of how you do it it's FUN! :)

Cheers! :)

Michelle

PS: go check out the hero arts pool on flickr!!! So much talent over there it blows my mind! :)

coloring part duex

Just a quick one. I love simple but it can be very hard to achieve. I had this one in my head and knew exactly what I wanted it to look like and it doesn't happen often but this looks just like what was in my head! Go to Flickr and check out the Hero Arts pool. So much gooooood stuff! :)

I again am making an album for someone so my stuff will be on hold for another week. Hoping, hoping to get my Etsy store up soon. So much to do....so little time! :)

Materials used: HA stamp c3236 meadow buttercup, HA cards (purple and kraft), Prisma color pencils, ribbon

coloring

I love to color. I have always loved to color. I remember going away to my grandparents summer home and sitting around the table on the porch coloring with my mother and my aunts. I remember how good my mother's coloring was....it still is. Even now I think she still colors better than me.

I spend a lot of time coloring with my daughter. She loves to color. We have mini bags packed all over the house so that we can grab one every time we run out of the door. We have car crayons and house crayons. We color in the car when we have to wait for one of the boys or in an appointment somewhere.

This week Jen McGuire's theme on the Hero Arts blog is coloring. I was very excited. I have a very bad back. It causes me much grief. I went camping with my family last week and I have been stuck in the big chair in the living room for days with ice on my back. I spent a lot of time coloring this week. Below is what I colored.

I hope you enjoy. If you haven't opened a new box of crayons lately....do so. The memories will come flooding back....I promise!!

Fly

I made this really quick last night for my son before he headed out. I tucked some cash into it for him and stuck it in his pocket. I hope he likes it.....I know he'll like the cash. I wrote him a letter inside and sent the lyrics of "My Wish" from Rascall Flatts. I used the same song in a video montage I made for him on his 21st birthday. Letting go is so stinking hard!!!!!!!

I based it off a sketch on the Hero Arts blog sneak peek week 2/sketches 2. Shari Reguly is hosting this week. I am sure most of you have been there but if not check it out.

I am not back to crafting again...but hoping to tonight. I am trying to mend my sad heart. I miss my son already.

Back later this week with a happier post.

I am AWOL and I apologize!

Hi, Just a quick post. I have been very absent from my blogging. My son is moving across the country to go to ASU (Arizona State University) and I have had so much to do....most of it crying. I haven't done any scrapbooking/cardmaking in weeks. Hoping to jump back on the train very soon.

I miss my world of creating. If you have any blogs of interest I would love the distraction/inspiration!

thanks

OMG!

I won!!!! I won the last Caardvarks challenge!!! My first challenge over there! I am sitting here stunned. I almost choked on a cherry pit when I read an e-mail that was sent to me from an online friend. I am just beyond shocked.

I have had a crazy busy week. It's the kids last week of school (tomorrow is the last day....oh yes, we are year-round), I put my oldest and my niece on a plane to Arizona as they are heading to ASU (arizona state university)to apartment search. I have been on the phone with him a gazillion times and just busy with life in general. I haven't had a second to craft or look at anything online.

So imagine my surprise when I checked my e-mail late today to see a congratulatory e-mail from an online friend (thanks Tomo!) I am ecstatic!!!

Thank you Caardvarks, Thank you ShortCuts!!

My first Caardvarks Challenge

So I have been seeing this word a lot lately....I finally went and checked it out and I am so glad that I did. The world of card making is still new to me. I have spent most of my time on the Hero Arts blog. I wanted to see if I could find some sketch challenges and I did here. I have had this site bookmarked for quite some time. I have been exploring my bookmarks lately and clicking on links on others blogs. I am thrilled that I found the Caardvarks blog. I love the sketches and know I will be a frequent visitor over there. If you haven't checked it out before you should. They also have an amazing gallery of their designers over on Flickr

This challenge is sponsered by Short Cuts. I had never heard of these before but I will most definitely be seeking them out to buy.

I loved this sketch and I knew instantly what I wanted to do with it when I saw it. Like I said previously...I didn't have any shortcuts so I created my own clear folder out of transparency. I had this scalloped paper and when folded it made a nice size card. I cut 2 pieces of transparency to go over it. One was cut a 1/2 inch larger and then I scored it for easy folding and attached it to the transparency that was to be the back.

I then stamped with Versamark onto the transparency with a Hero Arts stamp (it was very hard to see) I then heat embossed it with with clear Ranger embossing powder. My transparencies are heat embossable. I love that as I emboss a lot on them and get really mad when they warm. I love the effect....even if there is a slight mishap in the middle of it. You can't notice it unless you really look. The card is for my cousin...so she won't mind.

So I am off to check out more of their sketches. I love to have them around when I am feeling uninspired. If you know of any other card challenge sites I would love to know about them.





Other Supplies: Cardstock Bazzil, PP: Basic Grey (flowered) and Bo Bunny(green dot) Pink dot (unknown), Ribbon Creative Impressions, Stamps: Hero Arts (Dots and flowers), Studio G (saying); Fiskars, mini dot punch; Embossable Transparency, Marco papers die cut carriage, Silhouette