Sarah (shhbabymine) here with this installment of Hybrid Scrapbooking and More. The weather is warming up and I am eager for Spring to be in full bloom, aren’t you? I always look forward to brightening things up around the house after the long dark days of winter. What a fun way to do that by using our digital scrapbooking supplies to get crafty. Today we are going to share some fun hybrid ideas for your home and your kids.

Janet (JALong) created this adorable Easter Egg themed tree using Mindy’s Bunny Hop Kit and Mindy’s Bunny Hop Pinstriped Paper

I created these simple pencil toppers and Tic Tac Toe set for my girls.

If you are looking for ideas for teachers, I created these covers for Easter candy and gift bag toppers, too.

These were all created using Mindy’s Hunny Bunny Kit and Pattie’s Feltboard Friends Tweethearts and Anna’s Stitched by Anna Overlays 1

At Christmas, Mel (Britgirl) shared her lanterns she made as gifts and I added it to my list of things to make. When I saw these cute lanterns at my local craft store I bought several of them. They will make great gifts for the kids teachers, and we have a few to use around our house, too. I used Katie’s Vintage Spring Greetings

Get your printers ready and share your ideas in the Hybrid Gallery for all of us to see.

~Sarah

It’s Thrifty Thursday at DesignerDigitals where we have a brand new item priced at just $ .99 cents and 344 items marked down 30%. These specials only last until 6am EST on Friday morning so don’t miss out.

Being that today is St. Patrick’s Day, how could I not feature green papers (Irish Solid Papers by Andrea Victoria) and shamrocks (Fanciful Felt: Flourished Shamrocks by Pattie Knox) for the new 3 Kits 3 Ways Challenge? I added Lynn Grieveson’s Worn Edges (mixed) as the third featured kit. I hope you find the 3 kits useful for whatever the subject of your photos this week. Please join us in the 3 Kits 3 Ways Challenge Gallery. Mollie and I look for your layouts there and are so pleased when you use our kit choices to create a special page. Remember, the kits we choose to feature are put on sale by Randy and Katie today! Click on the Specials for marked down prices.

Worn Edges Mixed by Lynn Grieveson

Irish Solid Papers by Andrea Victoria

Fanciful Felt: Flourished Shamrocks by Pattie Knox

Speaking of being pleased, Creative Team members, Amy, Kathie and Sarah gave me wonderful examples to show off on the blog. It’s great to see the green on these pages and our favorite pooch even dressed up for the occasion! Of course, he did!

Amy’s (aka AmyL) Page

Amy’s additional products are Layered Memories No. 06 by Michelle Martin, Little Folded Ribbon Bits by Pattie Knox, Sun Kissed Kit by Jesse Edwards, and Messy Stamped Alpha No. 07 by Katie Pertiet.

Kathie’s (aka Kathie 02)Page

Kathie’s additional products are Stitched by Anna: Lime by Anna Aspnes, Spot Dots Paper Pack no. 11, Spot Dots Paper Pack No. 17 and Postage Strip Alphabet No. 01 by Katie Pertiet.

Sarah’s (aka shhbabymine) Page

Sarah’s title is from Painted Words Brushes and Stamps by Ali Edwards.

Thanks for taking a look at this challenge. Be sure to snap some pictures today! We’d like to see how you spent the day celebrating the wearing of the green!

Welcome to the next All About Me Challenge! This week’s assignment is not a new idea but it’s a great way to capture those tiny bits of your life that make up who you are right now. It’s entitled “A Day in the Life.” We will also repeat this assignment towards the end of the year.

It’s a very easy assignment but one that takes just a bit of planning. Choose any day of the week and photograph your activities as you go about your regular routine. You will want to take at least 3-4 photos that day but you may want to take a lot more. A layout might include photos such as these: your kitchen as you cook breakfast, the kids as they leave for school, your cup of coffee, the drive to work, a meeting with your co-workers, the laundry, a grocery run in the afternoon, your hubby coming home, the kids going to bed and then you logging onto DD as you settle into your evening. The point is to take photos of the everyday routine that you have and to focus on the details that you might otherwise overlook.

We were very lucky this week to have community member Denise Gormish help us out on this challenge. I have known Denise for years and her gallery is one of my absolute favorites! She is a master of clean and simple scrapping and every layout that she makes is an inspiration to me.

Denise’s layout is entitled “It’s So Typical” and her photos tell such a great story of her daily routine. And I also love that she included two photos of herself - we often forget to put ourselves in front of the camera and I love that she included these photos.

Supplies: School Album Layered Template Set (12 x 12 ), Drawn Blossoms No. 01, Negative Sleeves No. 03, Drop Shadow Styles Collection, This Is The Day Word Art, Just Linens Paper Pack No. 04, Weathered Neutrals Paperie No. 05, Absolutely Acrylic: Arrows

Creative Team member, Kari, documented her daily routine for us, also. Kari’s photos are full of color and fun and her journaling is detailed and goes through her entire (very long!) day. Fantastic glimpse into her life right now!

Supplies: The Story Word Art + Hand Drawn Brushes, The Story of Today Overlays, Grid No. 02 Layered Templates

My daily routine is not entirely typical right now since we’re in the middle of buying a new house but I’m hoping that my family will enjoy looking back on this time as a new adventure for us.

Supplies: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 33, Caught Red Handed Kit, La Cremerie: Fruits Noirs Kit, This Is The Day Word Art

I hope you’ll join in with us on this challenge and preserve a day in your life. I can’t wait to see your layouts!

~Steph

Leave a Trace
If stories come to you, care for them.  And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.
Barry Lopez

We have all grieved the sudden loss of our team member, Bonnie.  She was a gifted keeper of stories for her family. To honor her I’ve chosen to focus PageKraft:WriteTrue on the significance of leaving a story.  We are all committed to keeping the images and events and beautiful pages we create as a testimony to our families experience.  But sometimes we need to drop deeper into our own hearts and think through what we want to tell others. 

What have you learned about life that might help your son?  What do you know about loss, for instance, that might nurture your niece in her long term care of her chronically ill husband?  Is there knowledge about your mother, a deep story of wisdom, that you know and need to “keep” for your own children or for those you know?  Is there some story of truth which you need to tell yourself?

Memories are particular and fragmented, and they are all we have to offer the loved ones with whom we have shared life.
Maureen Murdock

When you want to tell a story which will move another into deeper thought, tell the details - all the way down to the sensory specifics - and also tell the point.  You will have a unique twist on the details you remember and the way you write it out.  Those details, those unique qualities of your own mixing are part of how you share who YOU are.  But to tell a truth in story you will want to give the point and that does not have to be straightly told, either.  You can leave the reader with the truth in their lap without writing it out as a conclusion. 

Elena has krafted this powerful page of renewal and the lessons of loss after a great life sea-change.  The elegant design serves as a strong foundation for the transformational experience and her bold reorientation to life.

For a long while I have thought about teaching my grandpeople the importance of staying true to themselves.  It is a complicated endeavor and one requiring ongoing attention.  Worthy of a page of instruction in my opinion and from my own frame.

Think about what you might want to give back in the way of story.  What would you like for others to know that will help them on their own life’s journey.  This need not be about you but may be your own wisdom from someone else’s story. 

Life and loss and chipping away the edges teaches us things which should be shared. Join us in this different way of PageKrafting and enrich our lives with your knowledge.
Leave a trace.
Post your pages in the PageKraft:WriteTrue + Click Gallery. 
Or if you just want to read the stories others leave, see our pages more closely and find out about what great materials we used, feel free to click on the link and see what we have to share.