Hybrid

Project Life – Week 17 and Week 18

| cristina

I did manage to catch up quite a bit this weekend, although not completely, and I have two more weeks to share. 🙂

Project Life - Week 17

Very little digi on this week, and plenty of stamping.

Project Life - Week 17

I mapped out on Google Maps an itinerary for a trip we planned but I overlapped a screenshot for sharing because I don’t want to divulge where I live.

Project Life - Week 17

Yum, DH made pretzels this week, and they were so good! 🙂

Project Life - Week 17

I went green on green for the title. 🙂

Project Life - Week 17

Lots of fun stamping! 🙂

Let’s move on to Week 18. I really love how this one came together! Once again, I have almost no digi parts.

Project Life - Week 18

Here’s a closer look to this week.

Project Life - Week 18

The color scheme for this week is orange and navy. I found an old ink pad that I bought almost 5 years ago, well before I started any hybrid- even before I started digi scrapbooking in fact. It’s orange, and it stamps so well!! It’s a pigment ink, and now I am convinced I must buy more pigment inks. It stamps so easily, and the images are so clear. I am so excited! 🙂

Project Life - Week 18

Very simple to put together, I just had plenty of fun stamping.

Project Life - Week 18

I am so proud of how I made the eight out of a B! 🙂 Just a few more closeups, because I love these stamps so much. 🙂

Project Life - Week 18

And these…

Project Life - Week 18

And these! 😉

Project Life - Week 18

I have the first half of Week 19 done, but alas I had to stop. I’m currently 1.5 weeks behind, but it will get worse in the next few weeks, as I won’t have time to catch up. 🙁

Supplies:
Week 17

Papers by Lawn Fawn
Insta-frame Templates by Sahlin Studio
I Love You More Than Ice Cream by Jenn Barrette
4×6 Photo Collages by Designs by Lili
Food stamps by TPC Studio
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
Amy Tangerine Stamps – American Crafts
Smash date stamp K&C company
Week 18
Credits:
Papers: Studio Calico (Abroad) and Lawn Fawn
Alpha and sticker by Crate Paper (Random Collection)
“Guess what” bubble from Love+Grace collab (retired)
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
Amy Tangerine Stamps – American Crafts
Alpha stickers by Prima
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Border stamp by TPC Studio
Smash date stamp K&C company

Card for Mom

| cristina

My mom is coming to visit in exactly a week, so I made a card for her using the gorgeous new releases by Sahlin Studio, and following the instructions for the Mother’s Day card on Club CK.

Love You Mom card

It was so much fun!! Here’s what it looks once it’s opened up:

Love You Mom card

And here are a few detailed shots.

Love You Mom card

I will be adding text on this left side.

Love You Mom card

I had lots of fun spraying this brown envelope! 🙂

Love You Mom card

I made the banner out of washi tape.

Love You Mom card

The pictures are ones we took when my mom came to visit last spring.

Love You Mom card

I know she will love this! 🙂

Credits:
Butterflies: Drawn and Spritz bundle, Sketch Pad Papers and A Wonderful Day Mixed Media by Sahlin Studio
Chevron mask, Mr Huey mists, butterfly wood veneer by Studio Calico
Tulle flower by Imaginisce
Chipboard shapes by Crate paper (Restoration) and Dear Lizzy American Crafts (Neapolitan)
Alpha – Dear Lizzy American Crafts (Neapolitan)
Sticker Letters – Random Collection by Crate Paper
Twine by Jillybean Soup
Doily by Wilton
Washi tape

Project Life – Week 15 and Week 16

| cristina

Wow… almost 2 weeks since my last blog post! I have been really busy lately, and it’s not over… But I do want to share some of my Project Life. I am 3 weeks behind – I seem to be  constantly 3 weeks behind. Let’s see if I can catch up some during the weekend. Here is Week 15 – I love how it turned out!!

Project Life - Week 15

I used the April BYOC from The Lilypad for this spread. I love the colors!

Project Life - Week 15

I also put my Silhouette to good use this week to cut out a few words.

Project Life - Week 15

This week we went car shopping, so that was the theme of the week.

Project Life - Week 15

I used my new stamps from Ali Edwards, in addition to the Studio Calico ones. I painted the alphabet letters with orange acrylic paint, and spray misted the wood veneer car.

Project Life - Week 15

I am loving these screenshots of my and DH’s votes for Dancing with the Stars each week!

Project Life - Week 15

I cut out words for all the car manufacturers we visited this week. I love the doily stamp by Amy Tangerine!

Project Life - Week 15

Here I stamped and wrote on the digital labels by Valorie Wibbens. Cute!

Project Life - Week 15

I am in love with the wood veneer stars!

Project Life - Week 15

I tried stamping on the blue masking tape – it worked! The orange stamps here were stamped with acrylic paint.

This is one of my favorite weeks ever! Now let’s move on to Week 16.

Project Life - Week 16

I kept it simple this week, with little digi, mostly is paper and stamps. I love the look!

Project Life - Week 16

I had tons of pictures this week, since we bought our new car and I had to document that, but I didn’t want to have to add inserts. I think it worked out well! The entire left page is just about one day. 🙂

Project Life - Week 16

I spray misted the wood veneer car with a silver coat, so it looks like our car. 🙂

Project Life - Week 16

We recently got in the mail one of those ads – “you won a car!” – and as soon as I saw it I knew I’d be using that key in my PL album! 😉 The timing was just perfect! 🙂

Here is the list of supplies.
Week 15:

Naturally Organic papers by Jenn Barrette
A Wonderful Day Papers by Sahlin Studio
4×6 Photo Collages no. 2 by Designs by Lili
Label It by Valorie Wibbens
Amy Tangerine Stamps and Thickers – American Crafts
Alpha stickers by Prima
Transportation and star wood veneers by Studio Calico
Technique Tuesday stamps by Ali Edwards
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps

Smash date stamp K&C company
Week 16:

Markerific alpha by CD Muckosky
Stampendous alpha stamps
Wood veneer by Studio Calico (arrows, hearts and transportation)
“vroom vroom” tag from Twenty-three by Cosmo Cricket
Studio Calico Epic and Awesome stamps
Yellow paper and fork+knife stamp by TPC Studio
Technique Tuesday stamps by Ali Edwards
Washi tape from InTheClear and by K&C Company
Smash date stamp K&C company

iNSD 2012

| cristina

I have SO many goodies to share for iNSD, and I’m going to put them all in one post – so be prepared, because it’s going to be a long one!

Let’s start with what’s going on at The Lilypad. The May BYOC is in the store, everything is 30% off, there’s a free with $15 purchase collab, and fun and games and chats.

Make sure you check out the forum to keep up with all that is going on! This week I finished up the last 2 pages that were missing to complete the album about my mom’s visit last year, and I placed the order for a 60-page photobook. It should get here just in time for her next visit, I’m really excited! I used the May BYOC to scrap the cover and 1 page:

Mom's Visit Spring 2011 - Cover
Credits:
Kraft paper from Highlight of the Week Templates by Emily Merritt
Puddy Muddy Touch of Magic by Kitty Designs

Splattered alpha by CD Muckosky
Sloppy Stencils alpha by Michelle Godin
Tiny Marker Alpha by Kate Hadfield
Font: Hootie

I love those painty backgrounds by Kitty Designs! And the stamped alphas by Michelle Godin are awesome too!

Mom's Visit Day 16 - Last Dinner
Credits:

Petals by Sara Gleason
Sloppy Stencils 2 by Michelle Godin
Typeset Alphas no. 1 by Sahlin Studio
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

I also made a page about a few of the things that happened this week.

What a Week!
Credits:
Sloppy Stencils 2 by Michelle Godin
Typeset Alphas no. 1 by Sahlin Studio
The Heavy Hitter font by Heather Hess

Then I made two quick cards using BYOC goodies by Sahlin Studio and Jenn Barrette:

Hello Card
Credits:
Font: Blackout

I am in love with that paper! Look out for it to make an appearance soon in my Project Life album. 🙂

Life Is Good card
Credits:
A Wonderful Day Mixed Media by Sahlin Studio 

To make the other missing page in my mom’s album, I used the new release by creashens, which is 35% off:

Credits:
And by creashens
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

Here’s my page:

Mom's Visit Day 14
Credits:
And by creashens
Font: Pea Pumpkin Peters

It wouldn’t be iNSD without freebies, right?? Ju Kneipp has a gorgeous one on her Facebook page!

I love the page I made with it, and it came together in no time!

Sweet Spring
Credits:
With All My Heart – Facebook Freebie by Ju Kneipp

OK… almost done! 🙂 Mari Koegelenberg has 2 new releases out today, and they are both gorgeous!! The first is a kit packed with essential supplies:

I love how my page turned out!

You&Me
Credits:
Essentially Me by Mari Koegelenberg
The Heavy Hitter font by Heather Hess

And the second kit is so bright and cheerful!

I used the stamped alpha from the essential kit on my page too.

You&Me
Credits:
Berry Sweet and stamped alpha from Essentially Me by Mari Koegelenberg
The Heavy Hitter font by Heather Hess

Phew! Well, I think that’s all I have for now! 😀 Have a fabulous iNSD weekend! 🙂

Project Life – Week 13 and Week 14

| cristina
I finally have time to share some of my Project Life. I finished the first spread last week, and the second one this week. I am still 3 weeks behind, but I cannot seem to be able to catch up with all the things that are going on lately! Here’s Week 13:

Project Life - Week 13

I love these bright colors! I had started using the colors I eventually used for Week 14 on this spread, but they just didn’t work with the photos, so I started over and picked the colors from my little birds art piece. Much better! 🙂

Project Life - Week 13

I painted the birds wood veneers from Studio Calico to match the color scheme.

Project Life - Week 13

Sorry, I had to block out a few pictures on the top left. Here are some details:

Project Life - Week 13

Labels are hot for Project Life right now, and I am starting to see why! 🙂 I loved using these ones by Valorie Wibbens this week!

Project Life - Week 13

We still had the palm from last year, so I cut a few pieces to put in my album. I love how it turned out! The “yum” was cut out with my Silhouette. I used mist paints to spray the numbers.

Let’s move on to Week 14! 🙂

Project Life - Week 14

The color for this week was purple – inspired by the lovely kit by Jenn Barrette, it went perfectly with an insert I had from the chocolate we bought at church. 🙂

Project Life - Week 14

The main ingredients this week are digi papers, stamps, wood veneer, cutouts, and paint. I framed all the photos with the new frames by Designs by Lili – they are so cool!

Project Life - Week 14

I love how this week turned out! Here’s a few details.

Project Life - Week 14

I used acrylic paint to stamp. It took a bit of patience to get it right on the little stamps I used for the title, while it was much easier with the bigger letters. I love the look! I took a screenshots of my votes for Dancing with the Stars, and made DH do the same. I will have a similar inserts for the next few weeks too. 🙂

Project Life - Week 14

I stamped this doily stamp with acrylic paint and distress ink.

Project Life - Week 14

More stamping with acrylic paint.

Project Life - Week 14

Here I painted on the kraft colored alpha stickers – I love how they turned out! The calendar is a Facebook freebie by Mari Koegelenberg – I love it!

Project Life - Week 14

Love the painted wood veneer!

Project Life - Week 14

I did a mix of stamping here for the title – so pretty!

Project Life - Week 14

Here I painted the cutout from my Silhouette. Originally, I tried using this as a mask to paint the letters, but it got messy and it didn’t work out.


Supplies for Week 13:

Everyday Storytelling Collection by Jenn Barrette and Kristin Cronin-Barrow
Papers from Good Day Sunshine by Karah Fredricks and Traci Reed
Label It by Valorie Wibbens
Wood veneers, alpha and Mr. Huey paint by Studio Calico.
Supplies for Week 14:

Chin-up Buttercup by Jenn Barrette
2012 Calendar Cards by Mari Koegelenberg – Facebook freebie
6″ Photo Strips by Designs by Lili
Stampendous alpha stamps
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Amy Tangerine Stamps – American Crafts
Transportation wood veneers by Studio Calico
Alpha stickers by Prima

Friday!

| cristina

It’s time for the quarterly sale at The Lilypad!

The new releases out today are absolutely gorgeous, and they are all 30% off too! I have had a crazy week, so I was only able to do one quick thing. I used the new products by Sahlin Studio – I am totally in love with them!

These vintage cards are so much fun!!

I made a card for my Project Life:

Weight Log

Credits:
Sew Artsy papers by Michelle Godin

Since I’ve been tracking my weight weekly in my PL album since January, this card was just perfect!! 🙂 I also used some new stamps I just bought this week (for “LOG”) – cute!

Hoping to get caught up a bit on my PL album this weekend.. but since I have work to do (sigh…), I’m not sure how much progress I’ll make. 🙁

April BYOC!

| cristina

It’s the most exciting time of the month – BYOC time!!! The April BYOC at The Lilypad is extraordinary. It’s no mystery that I love bright colors, and these colors make me so happy!

Alas, this week has been crazy for me, so I have not had time to play with the BYOC nearly as much as I wanted. But, I am in love with what I’ve used so far, and I can’t wait to use more! Here’s what I’ve used:

As soon as I saw this album template, I knew I wanted to make something hybrid! So, even though time was limited, I went for it. 🙂 I also used this stunning kit by Jenn Barrette, who is guesting at The Lilypad this month:

Another guest designer is Michelle Godin – check out these awesome alphas!

Finally, Sahlin Studio has these super versatile new products:

I’ve been loving the instagram look and I’m so happy to be able to add this frame to any picture, now!

And here is my hybrid page.

Things That Make Me Happy

Credits:
All About Us Template Album by Valorie Wibbens
Sloppy Stencils alpha by Michelle Godin
The Typewriter font by Heather Hess

I had so much fun with this! I’m not sure if I will turn this into a full album or if I will just insert this page into my Project Life album. Here are a few close ups. I totally embraced the messy stitching! 🙂

Things That Make Me Happy

I still am having trouble stitching on photos, since they don’t get fed as smoothly as other paper in the machine, but it all worked out in the end.

Things That Make Me Happy

The topic of this page is a random collection of things that make me happy. Most of the pictures were from DH’s phone, but not all.

Things That Make Me Happy

I misted some Studio Calico wood veneer to match the colors of this BYOC. Fun!!

Things That Make Me Happy

Have a fabulous weekend!

And YAY, this project got spotlighted on the One Story Down blog today. 🙂

Project Life – Week 12

| cristina

I finished Week 12 last Sunday, but only got a chance today to take some pictures of it in daylight (not much of that, either, but it will do.. :)).

Project Life - Week 12

This was a fun week to put together. Since both I and DH were out of town (separately) for most of the week, I was expecting not to have that many pictures, but in fact I ended up having a ton of pictures! I brought my point-and-shoot with me, and DH took pictures on his phone. To save time and go with the travel theme, I used a lot of maps from my trip as background. I love the look!

Project Life - Week 12

Other than maps, I just used the grid journaling cards and stamped dates. I cut them and used other smaller pieces for journaling.

Project Life - Week 12

I love the look! The photo templates by Designs by Lili came in really handy to fit in all my photos this week. Here are some detail shots.

Project Life - Week 12

I was in California and I loved the spring blooms!

Project Life - Week 12

For the days I was back home (Sat. & Sun.) I didn’t use the maps as backgrounds.

Project Life - Week 12

Well, that’s that. I still am {one + current} weeks behind, and unfortunately I have work I need to get done this weekend, but it should be fine. I’m not that behind. 🙂

Supplies:
4×6 Photo Collages , 4×6 Photo Collages no. 2 and 3×4 Photo Collages by Designs by Lili
12 sticker from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection
See and Stamp alpha stamps
Washi tape
Studio Calico stamps
Smash date stamp K&Ccompany