Hybrid Tutorial for Beginners- Snips and Snails

What is hybrid scrapbooking and why bother with it?

This fancy name means simply combining traditional scrapbooking with digital elements. The reason why I started hybrid scrapbooking was a very practical one: I live about 45 minutes from the next scrapbooking store. Since I live in Austria, it can take up to 30 days for my goodies to arrive, which I order from the USA. Hybrid scrapbooking is a fabulous solution. I scrap with my normal papers but I often miss a fancy alpha, or neat flowers or the right paper accents for my layout. I am NOT a patient person and I hate it when layouts lay around unfinished.

So, I just go online, download the missing items, print them, cut them and my layout is finished.

It is really simple to use the digital kits, especially if you happen to work with a Mac. Make a new folder on the desktop (I call it digital kits so I find it again), double click on the kit and it will download it. The file will be „zipped“ or compressed. Another double click on the zipped file and it opens up. Since I am not a technical person, all I can handle is MS WORD. I simply drag the image to the word document and then I can copy it, resize it etc. I try to get as many pictures on a page to save paper when I print.

Depending on the purpose, I either print it on normal paper, heavy cardstock (for flowers) or transparent foil.

Double clicking on the picture gives the option to change the layout. Choosing „behind text“ allows me to get many more pictures on one page.

It is very useful to give the color printer a good clean to get really crisp pictures. Find the utility and give your printer a deep clean.

You will be amazed what a difference this makes.

Here is my first layout which I made as member of the creative team of Snips and Snails.

This kit is called „forest love“ and is only 3,50 ! You can download it here. http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=15565&cat=0&page=1

All I did is use a pink cardstock, add a ribbon, some pearls and a brad. Everything else is from this digital kit. Isn’t it cute?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

All the best,

Elisabeth

16.1.2011 SWIRLYDOOS Creative Scrappers 141

Finally, I am scrapping the birthday pictures of my little girl. I love this month's Swirlydoos kit. So vintage, but still enough color to also work with little girls!


I love the border punches I own. They just add the perfect touch of texture to each layout.

This LO is based on the sketch 141 by Creative Scrappers. Just love their site.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
All the best,
Elisabeth

Because it's Hanukkah

I know, it is a weird title for such a layout. It is actually the text of a song. DD loves to sing and she sings really well. She was chosen to sing this song in the Kindergarten assembly as well as the big Christmas assembly (200 people in the audience). She loved it and enjoyed every second of it. I wish I was as cool as she is on stage! (and I am a musician!!!)


This LO is thanks to Melinda . She had a fabulous RAK give away on her blog. I was the lucky one and she sent me the treehouse collection from pebbles. I LOVE it. Thanks, Melinda!!!
All the best,
Elisabeth

1956 Vintage Layout Swirlydoos

I have not done a vintage layout for a while. Just too busy with the current pictures. This one is the graduation photo of my mother in law. Unfortunately, she died just two weeks before our daughter was born. Since she never met her, I am putting together a heritage album for her.



The February kit from Swirlydoos was perfect for this photo! Love the vintage feel to it!

Thanks for stopping by!
All the best,
Elisabeth

3 kings

This is the photo of a wonderful colleague at work. Her entire family is so sweet (I teach her older son). She just celebrated a very special birthday and this is my gift to her. She calls the men in her life "her 3 kings" and asked it for the title.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a comment!
All the best,
Elisabeth

My first publication!!!

Tooting my horn, here! I got published in scrapbooking.com. I am pretty excited about it. You can read the article here.

All the best,
Elisabeth

Discover and feeling really empty

What an odd feeling. My mother took my DD skiing for 4 days. Boy, the apartment feels empty! Sigh. I am glad that my mother tries to have a good relationship with her, although she usually live in Australia. But I do miss my little baby. I do not think I have ever been away from her for so long. My mother tells me that they are having a blast. That's the most important!


Now for my layout. Since I am waiting for the new papers to buy, I try to use up my stash! I also make an effort to do a bit more journaling. We went to the Museum of Natural History. At our local supermarket, one gets one pack of animal stickers for free. DD and DN love to collect them and we looked at all the animals of which we already had the stickers. So much fun!!

Thanks for looking!
All the best,
Elisabeth