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Digital/Hybrid Card Challenge with Giveaway!

March 1st, 2010 Tammy

You knew that eventually digital would seep into other crafts besides scrapbooking, right? In fact, they really have existed side-by-side all along. So I thought for today’s challenge it would be fun to create a digital/hybrid card.

Creating a digital card doesn’t require any more effort or knowledge than a digital scrapbook page. In fact because it’s a smaller format, it makes things much quicker. Imagine creating one digital card face and printing it several times on one sheet of paper? Quick and easy, right?!!

Some things to think about when creating a digital card: a) you can design the card front to the exact dimensions (mine is 4X5) by setting the image size when you start your document; b) you can print just the card front or leave an area on the printer paper for the fold; c) a smaller card would allow you to mass print card fronts at one time; d) glossy cardstock or photo paper yields a darker, richer color saturation when printing out the final results.

I started by creating the digital card front. Here is my completed image:

At this point it’s clean and complete, and I could simply print it off and deliver it to my favorite friend. But I don’t have to stop there. I can add traditional items like buttons and twine to dress up this darling card.

Here’s the hybrid version (hybrid refers to using both digital and traditional elements to complete the project):

 

(Supplies:  Paper No. 15, Paper No. 31, Paper No. 34, Paper No. 39, Paper No. 50 from Crystal Wilkerson’s November 2009 Paper Collection; Hoo Loves You Notebook Label, Hoo Loves You Stitches (recolored), Owl Always Love You png from Crystal Wilerson’s November collection Fall Word Art & Labels kit; Happy Owl Sticker 3 from Crystal Wilkerson’s November Collection Happy Little Owls Collection; Mustard buttons from Crystal Wilkerson’s Summertime Elements kit; all Crystal Wilkerson elements from www.jessicasprague.com; Single Stitch from Carina Gardener’s “Element-ary Stitches No. 1″ kit from www. twopeasinabucket.com; Fancy Scallops brush, and the Scallops brush from Rhonna Farrer’s “Artsy Edges” borders kit which is no longer available;  Craft twine–craft supply; Buttons–American Crafts; Circle punch–McGill; blue eyelets–American Crafts; Photo Corners–Canson)

Here is an example of how you can place more than one digital card top on a sheet of printer paper for mass card production:

When I told my friend Crystal that I was using several of her kits to complete this challenge, she generously agreed to donate a fabulous prize to one lucky winner. Crystal will donate a $25 Gift Certificate towards her digital download products at www.jessicasprague.com to ONE randomly selected participant of this digital/hybrid card challenge.

CHALLENGE: To participate in this challenge, simply create a digital or hybrid card and upload it to your favorite online gallery. Then leave a link to your project in our comments section below. Challenge must be completed by Sunday, March 8, 2010 by 10 p.m. MST to qualify for drawing!

But that’s not all!! Crystal has generously agreed to offer a “Double Your Dough” special to our blog readers for the month of March! Simply purchase one (or more) of Crystal’s kits from www.jessicasprague.com and then e-mail Crystal your receipt at creativitybycrystal@yahoo.com. Crystal will then match that amount in free downloadable products from her store! (All receipts and free items must be claimed before March 31st to qualify!)

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Halloween Spooktacular – Day 8

October 14th, 2009 Tammy

Double Duty

legs_allHoliday creativity brings so much fun to your season! It gets even better when you discover a way to make it budget friendly as well. In today’s economy, discovering extra ways to use your favorite products is a great find. Luckily, most of our spooky elements can serve double duty. I fell in LOVE with the “Witch Leg” stamp from Making Memories. (Isn’t it fabulous?!)

holidaybookIt was exciting to play with this stamp and discover how witch legs can easily become elf legs with just a simple change of colors and the addition of some little bells!

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WOW #15: Remember the Crimper?

September 30th, 2009 Tammy

If you’ve been scrapbooking long, then you probably have a crimper somewhere in your stash. It was a “go to” tool in its day, and I want to refocus some attention on this great tool. So for today’s “Work It Out Wednesday” we are going to use the crimper to crimp thin metal. Cool, huh?!! (So go dig through your stash and find that baby!)

You will need the following supplies for today’s project: crimper, thin metal sheet, a strong adhesive, and any other supplies you’d like to complete the project.

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Step 1: Cut a thin strip for the border strip.

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Step 2: Insert metal into crimper.

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Step 3: Use the knob to turn the crimper and make the embossed crimping shape (watch the knob to see which direction the crimper pulls the metal sheeting.

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Step 4: To adhere the metal strip to your project, you will need a strong adhesive. Because my sheets are quite thin, I used glue dots. You could also choose to use brads to add some more dimension to your project. This will require the use of a paper piercer to pierce the metal before adding the brads.

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This is a doubly cool project because you get to try metal sheets, and a crimper.

Here is my completed project:

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(Supplies: Cardstock–Provo Craft, Bazzill; Pattern Paper–Bella Blvd, Making Memories; Gems–Melissa Frances; Rub-on Phrase–Melissa Frances; Star Punch–Fiskars; Button–American Crafts; Twine–craft supply; Metal Sheeting–Quickutz; Crimper–Gill Mechanical Company; Pinking Scissors–Fiskars)

Did you find your crimper and play along? Link me to your project by leaving a comment with a link to your completed artwork. I’d love to see you get bent out of shape (in a good way). :)

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WOW #11: Faux Scallop Edge

September 2nd, 2009 Tammy

I like ideas that help my tools stretch. Today’s “Work It Out Wednesday” exercise is learning how to make a faux scalloped edge. It’s a quick and easy technique to make any project fabulous!

You will need: a circle punch (in size of your choice), a sheet of paper, and ink if you choose.

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Step 1: Punch several circles from the paper.

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Step 2: Mount circles on the edge of the paper for which you are creating the scallop border. (Hint: to make the circles stretch even further, you can cut them in half and use both sides.)

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Extra idea: I like to rub the edges of my circles with brown stamping ink to age and distress them a bit.

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And here is the finished project. This is especially fun for a curved edge where scallop scissors or punches make it difficult to follow the curve. Because you can use any size circle punch you want the scallops can be large, medium, or small.

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(Supplies: Cardstock–American Crafts, Prism; Pattern Paper–Melissa Frances; Button and red brads–Karen Foster Design; Ribbon–American Crafts; Rub-on phrase–Melissa Frances; Punches–EK Success, McGill; Stamping ink–Versamark, Michael’s; Flower Button–Making Memories; Twine–craft supply; Star Pin–Fancy Pants; Houndstooth background stamp–Hero Arts; Lace trim–Melissa Frances)

If you choose to play along with me, I’d love to see how you incorporate faux scallops on your next project so please link me to your gallery in the comments section!

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WOW #10: Acetate Frames

August 26th, 2009 Tammy

Have you noticed all the fun clear products that are now available? I love that a clear element adds a layer but allows you to still see the layer beneath. For today’s “Work It Out Wednesday” project, we’ll use an acetate frame to create a card.

For this project you will need: card supplies, small glue dots, a pair of scissors, and an acetate frame.

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Step 1: I like to stretch my supplies so we are only going to use part of this frame. So use the scissors to cut only the portion that we will use. I like using them as creative borders so we’ll cut off and use the border.

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Step 2: Because this frame is clear, we need to choose where to place our adhesive. If we put it all over the frame, then it will show through on our layers. I typically place small glue dots on behind some of the larger design elements so it doesn’t show through the top.

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And here is the finished project. And I still have the rest of the frame to use as I please in another project.

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(Supplies: Cardstock–Provo Craft, Bazzill, Stampin’ Up; Pattern Paper–Cosmo Cricket, October Afternoon; Acetate Frame–Little Yellow Bicycle; Photo Corners–Canson; Embossing Folder–Quickutz; Chipboard Heart–Heidi Swapp; Pearls–Hero Arts; Twine–Craft Supply; Stamp–Little Yellow Bicycle; Stamping Ink–Michael’s, Stampin’ Up; Metal Sign–Making Memories)

If you choose to play along with us, be sure and link us to your project in the comments section. We love seeing your ideas!!

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