I have had fun playing with the latest collab from The Digichick Designers, Fun in the Sun:
Just a quick post to let you know I have actually been busy crafting (I should really have been working though ;) ), and have just finished an album made using the video tutorials from Angelwings 14100.
I was pleased with how it turned out. It was made using a digital kit, Laughter is the Best Medicine by Kimeric Kreations, which you can find at The Digichick store:
Full details of the completed album along with links to the video instructions can be found on the hybrid chick blog here.
Well, I'm off for a day's bookkeeping at a client's now, so hope you can get some time to craft today!
Well, I've been playing with digital templates again and I found some gorgeous box templates at The Digichick. This is one I got my hands on the other day:
It is sooo easy to use and I combined it with some rose flowers that I have used before:
Neat, eh?
I used papers and journal tags from this digital kit:
And this is what I ended up with:
The large flower on the box was made using the Blossom Punch from Stampin' Up. Full details of how I made these will be posted on the Hybrid Chick blog shortly so why not go take a look and let me know what you think?
Happy Scrapping!
Life seems to have been really hectic around here recently with one thing and another. I'm now taking my Dad to hospital once a fortnight for chemotherapy as he has cancer - he found out just before Christmas so that was a present he didn't want to receive :(! He now has a PICC line in his arm and has the drugs intravenously at the hospital and is then sent home with a pump attached containing more drugs which take 48 hours to get through the PICC line. There is then another trip to the hospital to get the pump removed, which I do if it is a weekday (my brother is doing the weekend trips).
He seems to be doing really well though, and apart from being very tired, has had no side effects to mention, which is a real blessing. Mind you, there are people praying for him in my church and I have a friend in the USA who has her church praying for him too so you can take your pick as to which you think it is - the power of prayer, the right dosage of chemo, his age and fitness, or whatever. I know what I think and I thank God he is doing ok.
Apart from that, life goes on here pretty much as usual - I'm overworked, underpaid, totally unappreciated, lol!! I really don't know where the time goes and 24 hours in each day is nowhere near long enough to get everything done ;). I am having great difficulty getting any decent crafting time in...sigh!!!
Still, look see what I found the other day:
Collage Craft by Polka Dot Pixels - isn't it just scrumptious? Now this is a kit that definitely calls for being turned into an album and it just so happens I was able to sneak a little bit of time here and there to make this:
This is a quick look at the inside pages:
Well, it is the May Day bank holiday here this weekend and I have a craft fair to make samples for, a walk planned with my son (unless he can wriggle out of it somehow ;)!), our eldest son is coming home for a day and I am taking part in a line dance demonstration, so with bookkeeping at a client's all day tomorrow and a very exciting trip to the cancer centre at the hospital on Friday, I reckon I am pushed for time yet again!
Well, whatever you are doing this weekend, I hope you have fun and enjoy the bank holiday - apparently, the weather forecast is for good weather (unbelievable I know - sunshine in the UK on a bank holiday is practically unheard of. We usually get rain, buckets of it!).
Hope you can find time for scrapping, whatever else you are doing!
Well, they have some amazing templates and cutting files at The Digichick, and I just couldn't resist having a go at making a vase and flowers. I've been wanting to make a vase for ages, and when the chance came to use a bag template (yes, you heard right, a bag template;) ), it seemed the perfect opportunity.
I used the following items, firstly this gorgeous collaboration kit from the Digichick Designers:
Then I used two sets of cutting files from Kelleigh Ratzlaff:
Well, November was really hectic (but hey, when is my life not hectic?!!!) and the bast part, apart obviously from seeing my son and his girlfriend when they came over to celebrate his birthday (awe, my baby is 27!!!!), was becoming a member of the hybrid team at The Digichick. I've loved their site for absolutely ages and was over the moon to become a team member - it is, literally, a dream come true ;). My son is well impressed (apart from my daughter and mum (she makes all her own cards too), he is the only other member of the family who takes an interest in my crafting) and I haven't even bothered telling hubbie about being on the hybrid team as he will only go on about how busy I am and how come I think I can do this and work and blah, blah, blah, blah!
Anyhow, for my first project (and tutorial!!!) I decided to make a Christmas album/planner. Yes, I am totally disorganised, and yes, I haven't done anything for Christmas yet (other than put up the mini tree in my office!) but I intend to get organised and this planner is a start..... Anyhow, if you are anything at all like me, maybe you should have a go at making one of these too?
I'm not going to go into great detail here about what, where, who and how I made it as you will be able to find it all on The Hybrid Chick blog from tomorrow (Monday). However, will show you what I used. Firstly, this is the kit I worked with:
Pretty neat for a Christmas album, eh, and perfect for a planner/organiser! I just printed off what I needed onto cardstock and paper, added double sided tape and glitter glue, and et voila, one Christmas album!!! Well, it did take a little bit longer than that to make, although to be honest, it actually took even longer to take the photos and write and post the tutorial than it did to make the album, tags and cards!
And here are the inside pages:
You will see I also made some Christmas cards and tags to go with the album. The tags were made using the kit and a selection of templates from Michelle Batton:
These are so useful and you can do so many different things with them. I reckon they would make brilliant card backgrounds once printed out - all you would have to do is add embellishments. IO just used them for journaling here, and this is what I ended up with:
I reckon I'll be able to use these for all the lists I need to make for Christmas....presents, stocking fillers, shopping list, work to do before the big day...... Can you tell I am a list kind of person?
The cards are A6 size so can fit into the album (which is A5 size) so if I am out and about, I can whip out a card for someone in no time at all ;). The cards were made with these brilliant digital stamps:
I love that music and swirls stamp and can see me using that on birthday cards in the future ;). these are the cards I made with them:
Mind you, I did add some Christmas Ornaments made with the Stampin' Up! Ornament Keepsakes bundle and the purple-y paper is from Stampin' Up! too.
Like I said earlier, if you want the full details of how to make this album, take a wander over to the Hybrid chick blog tomorrow. My album is quite plain, I didn't add any embellishments, but I am really pleased with how it turned out. Mind you, next year, I think I will make an earlier start on an album so I can dress it up somewhat!
Happy scrapping!
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