I’d first like to start with…if your name is Maria and you personally know me, stop reading this post immediately! I’m serious! I am going to ask you if you cheated and read this when I warned you not to If you’re name is not Maria and you don’t personally know me you can continue reading…

Are you ready for Sunday? I am sure you are well aware that Mother’s Day is rapidly approaching! Just in case you haven’t done anything yet I thought I’d share a little project I did. You can definitely get this done in time for your plans with Mom this weekend! I made Maria stop reading because this is a gift for her! This is her first Mother’s Day and I am the Godmother to her beautiful daughter, Francesca Marie!

I created this 8×8 Hybrid Scrapbook using the awesome theme templates available on ScrapHD, print from home, and some traditional scrapbooking supplies I had! This should be a pretty quick project for you if you use the templates like I did.

TO CREATE A BOOK LIKE THIS:

Step 1: Log into ScrapHD and click on CREATE A SCRAPBOOK

Step 2: Choose a theme template to start with or start from a blank canvas (note if you use 12×12 themes you can still print 8×8)

Here are some of the layouts I ended up with for my book…

These were ALL theme pages that I customized to my liking! (Hint: You can mix and match themes by adding pages to your scrapbook – just click on the IMPORT PAGE button and choose FROM A THEME)

STEP 3: Personalize the pages to make them your own! Add your pictures, journaling, move things around.

STEP 4: Print from home (I printed all of these as 8×8 layouts)

STEP 5: MAKE IT HYBRID!

Make it Hybrid just means take your digital creation one step further by combining it with traditional paper scrapbooking supplies! I added some brads, stickers, and bling that I already had in my stash to most of my digital pages. I decided to adhere them to a 7gypsies chipboard album. The album was naked so I used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle paint to liven it up and match the colors of my pages. Then all I had to do was bind it, which I did using the Zutter Bind-it-All.

I have a video of the finished project on my cell phone, but I can’t seem to figure out how to get it off of my phone and onto my blog!! I will add it as soon as I can figure it out. Ha! For someone who is pretty tech savvy, there are some things I just don’t get!

Please let me know if you have any questions or want further direction. I’m here to help!!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!

Howdy everybody! I’ve got a fun project to share with you today! I’m sure you’ve noticed how hot banners are lately – they’re EVERYWHERE! Well, Betsy from Jenni Bowlin’s digi-design team shared how she created the above banner using ScrapHD. ANNNND the coolest part is, she has made it a theme in the builder so you can easily create it yourself! I decided to post it here as well so that you guys all know it is available to you..

Here’s what you do:
1. Log into ScrapHD and click Create a Scrapbook

2. Choose to Start with a Theme

3. Sort by Manufacturer and choose Jenni Bowlin

4. Choose the Home Bliss Home Banner (available only to Club Members)

The images you need will all be available in this theme and there is even a page of instructions when you open up the theme!

I’ll also post the step by step instructions here:

Once you have the theme open in the builder all you have to do is click on the “Print from Home” option. *Note this will only be an option if you are a ScrapHD Club Member.

You will receive an email with a link to download these pages.

Print 2 copies of page 1 (red butterfly and brown bingo card) on cardstock.

Print 1 copy of page 2 (brown butterfly and red bingo card) on cardstock.

Print 2 copies of page 3 (house) on cardstock.

Cut out the butterflies, bingo cards, and houses.

Ink the edges of the cuts.

Adhere the bingo cards to the butterflies and sew along the edges of the cards.

Print 2 photos approximately 4.5 x 3 inches and sew onto house cuts.

Decorate the 5 pieces with Jenni Bowlin chipboard milk caps and baker’s twine.

Insert eyelets into the top of each piece.

String baker’s twine through eyelets, tying as you go to keep the pieces from sliding.

String a large button on either end of the banner string.

Tye fabric pieces along the baker’s twine.

Notes:

The samples were printed on white textured cardstock to give the pieces a soft feel.
If you want to make a longer banner, simply print more pages

I hope you have fun with this!

xoxo,