Card Sketch February #1

Happy Wednesday morning! Another Wednesday another card sketch! Remember the embellishments are just a suggestion, either go with a heart or something else. You don't have to stick the sketch exactly. As always the digital template is available for download in my store, and remember to check out the other templates I have in the store too!

I have to say that this is one I struggled with, until I decided to go hybrid. This is the one sweet day kit by Corinna Neilsen at Prima Hybrid and I just can't stop using it. Although this is the first time I used the floral paper and frame. Just love the color scheme. Anyway I struggled trying to get the sketch to work with some paper supplies, then just went digital/hybrid and was done 20 minutes later! Go figure! Some days are just digi days I guess!

"with love" hybrid card by Di Hickman
Supplies: Corinna Neilsen "one sweet day" digital kit from Prima Hybrid; Heidi Swapp chipboard heart; Heidi Grace pin; font: Harrington

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Now some of the sketch girls said they struggled with this one too. Tricky how that works out. Yet other sketches you think will be hard, come together so simply! Anyway the girls rocked it this week! If you're looking for inspiration for Valentine cards then you're in for a treat, plus a few other themes thrown into the mix! Enjoy!

"True Love" Card by Raechelle Bellus
Supplies: pp, die cuts and felt: Fancy Pants Designs; chipboard: Maya Road; Glimmer Mist; Plaid Paint; pin from cradt store

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"Cherish" Card by Kim Hughes
Supplies: Patterned Paper; My Mind's Eye, Dream Street, Cosmo Cricket. Card Stock; Prism, Button; Autumn Leaves, Ribbon; Beaux Regards, Die Cut Tag; Fancy Pants, Ghost Heart; Heidi Swapp, Paper Piercer; Making Memories, Template; Crafter's Workshop, Flower; Prima, Other: Jute

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"with all my heart" Card by Samm Livett
Supplies: My Minds Eye papers, bazzill and ric rac from the Out & About kit at the Scrummy Stash Cafe, printed sentiment die cut from My Minds Eye, velvet heart cut from Queen & Co felt fusion and brushed corduroy distress ink from Tim Holtz.

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"Love U" Card by Kelli Smith
Supplies:: paper- KI memories unconditional collection, three bugs in a rug letter stickers, SR flower

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"Love" Card by Chrys Rose
Supplies: My Mind's Eye pattern paper, Heidi Swapp heart mask, Making Memories rub on, Colorbox ink.

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"love" Card by Jo Willis
Supplies: Papermill card, MME Wild Asparagus papers, Colorbox chalk ink, chipboard heart, Ranger crackle paint, various ribbons, Studio G sentiment stamp, Creative Beginnings embossing powder.

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"winged heart" Card by Jan Tatomir
Supplies: Paper: Crate, DCWV; Grungeboard: Tim Holtz; Ink: Ranger Distress ink; Embossing Powder: Mark Enterprises;

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"thanks so much" Card by Natalie Dever
Supplies: Patterned Paper and tag: Jenni Bowlin; Stamps: Papertrey Ink; Ink: Versafine; Ric Rac: Unknown

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"forever" hybrid card by Cindy Gilchrist
Supplies: Vintage Love Digital Kit by Corina Nielsen, Fancy Heart Notes by Corina Nielsen (both available at PrimaHybrid.com); Black Cardstock, Making Memories Brad, Ribbon by JoAnn's, Ultimate Stitches (Digital) by Dani Mogstad, Colorbox Chalk Ink.

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"heart" Card by Liz Davidson
Supplies: card: Papermill; patterned paper: DCWV; stamp: Inque Boutique; twinkling H2O’s; chalk ink; zig pen;

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"heart" Card by Annette Taylor
Supplies: Doodlebug Paper Frills, Patterned Paper – Craftwork Cards, Cuttlebugged heart, Papermania brads, Heidi Swapp crystals, Ranger paint and Colorbox Ink

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"love me" Card by Rosemary Guthrie
Supplies: SEI Hippie Chick; Red paper - English Paper Company. Heart - Sizzix diecut. Self adhesive gold paper.

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"love anniversary" Card by Kristin Shlulz
Supplies: DCWV Embossed card, acrylic paints, Staz-On ink, Misc ribbon, $1 spot stamp, Ranger Glossy Accents

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"heart" Card by Jolene Johnston
Supplies: Die Cuts With a View premade card, My Mind's Eye papers, Colorbox chalk ink, machine stitching, Tim Holtz grungeboard heart, Marvy Uchida scallop circle punch, Ranger Stickles, Stampendous crystal glitter, Basic Grey precision files, WorldWin cardstock and ruche paper

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"love" Card by Ruth Trice
Supplies: PP by TLC, Maria DeMarco, HOTP and others from stash. Stamps by HOTP, Anna Griffin and Autumn Leaves, flowers by Prima, crystal from stash.

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"all you need is love" Card by Liz Davidson
Supplies: paper: Junkitz, chatterbox; Zig pen; acrylic gems: Paper chase; stamp: Inque Boutique; Twinkling H2O’s; sakura glaze pens.

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"cultivate love" Card by Wendy McGlinchey
Supplies: DCWV patterned papers, wite card, pink card. Copic pens, Pink Gel pen, pink stain ribbon and Serendipity Cling Heart Topiary Stamp Set.

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"orange floral" Card by Kelly Nelson
Supplies: Bazzill and plain white Cardstock, Heidi Grace pp, Heidi Swapp flower, brad and stampin up ink

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"thinking of you" Card by Lynn Anne Cutler
Supplies: Hamsa Mazel stamp by Ruth’s Jewish Stamps; background stamp by Hampton Art Stamps; markers and inks by Stampin’ up!; Stickles glitter glue by Ranger; patterned paper by Scenic Route (Loveland); AdTech Permanent Bond Glue Runner; Rub-on sentiment by TLC; cardstock.

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"friendship" Card by Pearl Liu
Supplies: SEI Kitt's Place pp; Bazzill Cardstock; Heidi Swapp Glossy Chipboard hearts;

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"love" Card by Beverley Todd
Supplies: Cardstock: SU!; Papers and heart die cuts: Fancy Pants; Tag rim: Making Memories; Gems and stitches stamp: A Muse; Rub on: HOTP; Retro flower punch: EK Success; Black ink pad: Ancient Page; Scrap of lace: from stash; Black and pink fine liners, sanding pad.

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"60 today" Card by Linda Flinders

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As usual if you create a card with the sketch, hook me up with a link in the comments as I love to come check them out!

More soon!

Di

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Introducing Tutorial Tuesday!

I'm trying to decide on the new schedule of things, like everything I have planned for the blog and when to post certain things. Trying to give the blog a little cohesiveness if you will, and keeping me on a schedule of sorts. I like the Wednesday Sketch, it's always been Wednesdays, like for over a year now, so I'm not changing that. But the rest of the things I have planned I'm kinda going with a theme, Friday Freebies, and now Tutorial Tuesdays.

I've had a few requests lately for all kinds of tutorials, from simple beginners paper projects, to digital, hybrid, blogging and more! So every Tuesday there will something along the lines of a tutorial on the blog, using the aforementioned subjects it could be scrapbooking, digital, hybrid, altered, cards, stamping, or bloggin. Naturally for scrapbookers when you think Tuesday, you think Technique Tuesday, but that one was already taken *wink* and rightly so, love their stamps! So here is the first Tutorial Tuesday! Nice simple beginner tutorial to get us all started!

Today is a simple step by step for creating Valentine chocolate bar wrappers from you paper supplies. Think how cute these would be for a child's school, with each child receiving on with their name on!

Step 1 - gather supplies. You'll need scrapbook papers, ribbon, and embellishments. You can make these as simple or as complex as you choose really! And obviously you'll need chocolate bars!

Step 2 - Take the wrapper off the chocolate bar and use it as a template to cut your patterned paper. Wrap around chocolate bar, apply adhesive to overlapping edge and seal. You want a good secure wrapper, so make sure it's tight.

Step 3 - Add embellishments of your choice. I chose these die cut stickers, kissing two back to back for a simple die cut tag. Added the rub-on word "love" and threaded some ribbon through it.

Step 4 - The "true" acrylic charm is simply threaded through the ribbon on a metal jump ring. Obviously you could make this much more embellished, add some stamping, some techniques, this is just a prompt to get you started!

Supplies: Paper: DCWV; Stickers: Heidi Grace: Ribbon: Offray; Rub-ons: Paperbilities; Charm: JoAnns

So there we have it, personalized chocolate wrappers! If you do get inspired to create your own, remember to link me up in the comments! I love to come check out your creations (I am behind on comments right now, bear with me, I am catching up!)

Naturally you could do this hybrid too! Simply printing off some digital paper. If you are digital/hybrid remember to check out the Prima Hybrid site where Iron Orchid Designs have a candy wrapper freebie in the store!

Simply print it off, wrap it round some chocolate and call it done (or add more embellishments!). You get two in the pack, one pre-printed with a lovely love note, and one blank for your own personalized love notes. Not sure how much longer this will be in the store for so go snap it up!

More coming soon!

Di

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hodge podge post

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I got totally engrossed in making some projects for Boxer for the upcoming CHA trade show. Over the weekend I made 6 cards, 2 layouts and mini album! Total creative overdrive! Today I finished up an article for Spring and have lots more to work on this week, but definitely having a case of the Monday morning (and afternoon and evening) BLAHs. As a result this is a modge podge post of lots of random stuff as I try to get back on track!

Firstly the winner of the February issue of Memory Makers Magazine is.......

Jackie, with her comment:

Congrats on your published Layouts...
I have been with my husband for 35 years..wow....I love him cuz he has stuck with me thru the good and the bad times :)

Email me your mailing address Jackie and I'll get this in the mail asap!

Ok next up is some new products in the digital store! I put this printable template in the store today. It's an envelope the size of a seed packet, approx 3" wide x 4.5" high when assembled. I've been on a total hybrid kick since starting at Prima Hybrid and that's rubbing off on my digital designing too! This could be used for cards, gift cards, seeds, or small gifts! Possibilities are endless.

Of course I had to have a little play today, to test it *wink*. The digital papers here will be in a kit soon don't worry, I'll post on the blog once I release it. Need to get finishing a few more papers and elements first. Anyway digital paper, Rolodex and ribbon, paired with stickers and badge for a little seed packet...

Supplies: Digital supplies by Me (coming soon); Alpha stickers: DCWV; button-badge: All My Memories;

Also new in the store is this digital Dialogue stamp pack. The pack comes with 2 duplicate sets of stamps, in clean and grunge styles (kinda like a rub-on). The circle is approx 5" across but easily resized to suit your layout. You can find this set in the store. I'm working on the Alpha pack to go with it, should be in the store later this week! (sample layout coming soon!)



And just to add a little more randomness to this post here is my round up for January!

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
Um very few. I am reading a couple of books still but honestly January was a bit of a blur! I got the February Memory Makers magazine, but I only flipped through it so far, need to read that properly.

What movies and/or tv shows did I watch this month?
TV, nothing. We got rid of our TV service late December and we haven't missed it. Watched a couple of movies and are considering joining Netflicks again. Quite honestly both of us have been so busy lately we've not had time to miss the TV.

What special days did I celebrate and how?
1st Jan, start of the New Year, other than that nothing I can thing of!

What gifts did I give and/or receive?


My BIKE! Got a Honday CRF 230. An upgrade from the Yamaha TTR. As I didn't buy it, Bob did, I'm calling this a gift from him :) Started a new thing on the blog, Friday freebies. Trying to do a little giveaway each Friday. Our friend Nikki gifted us a Masala Dabba
When she was here in December we got to talking about spices and storage, and she told me about these in India and how they were the best for storing spices... and she sent us one! Love it! I've just got to get around to putting the spices IN the container now!

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
None! Other than a cold that I had been fighting, been fighting fit!

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
Mostly full of evenings out with friends, meals out and general fun. Really January just FLEW by!

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
This month I perfected my Mushroom Masala recipe. We finally found out the ingredient in some curries we don't like, it's cardamom. Honestly a little I can handle, but when you bite into on of those things, ewwwwwww. Not nice! So that'll be one spice we do without in our own kitchen. At our weekly potluck dinner I'm chief bhaji/pakora maker! We've even had them a few times at home. Wish I weren't so messy when frying them though!!!

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
Was there time? I really need to go and buy clothes etc in February, one of my goals for this week. I got bike and some new bike gear (all red to match the bike). New pants, jersey, gloves, helmet, handguards, and bash bar. Wow, and I haven't even been out and broke the bike in yet! Soon, hopefully!

What were this month's disappointments?
Honestly nothing on this list! Not a single thing!

What were my accomplishments this month?


Finally revealing being a Prima Hybrid flowergirl! Wow it seems so long that I've been hiding that secret. I didn't tell one soul (aside from Bob who doesn't count). As if I wasn't excited enough, I got asked to be the CT leader!!! Also this month I became a freelance write/designer for scrapbooking.com. I opened my digital store this month too! 2008 has been an awesome year so far!

Anything else noteworthy to record?
Busy with prep work for CHA! Lots of projects done for teams, CHA, and articles.

more tomorrow!

Di

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Scrapstreet January pubs

January is almost over and so I get to share my projects in the Scrapstreet January ezine. The issue as usal was packed with inspirational projects. First up is a paper layout, featuring River. Love my brown eyed girl, and I love these pet papers from Around the Block.

Cardstock: DCWV; Papers & Brads: Around the block; Alpha: Miss Elizabeths;

The cards column this month was all about good luck, and encouragement cards. This is one I've shared before on the blog, but it fit the call so well, and I do love it.

Cardstock: DCWV; Papers: SEI; Alpha: Miss Elizabeths; Ribbon: Maya road

Next up is another card. I think a lot of people we're a little stumped at the term 'encouragement card' but really there are a lot of terms to choose from! I'd had this "believe" tag in my stash for the longest time, and it fit perfect for this call. And teamed with the Boxer polka dot papers, just perfect!

Cardstock: Worldwin; Papers: Boxer; Ribbon: Boxer; Tag: Colorbok; Rub-ons: MM; Flower: Prima; Brad: Boxer;

I seem to be in this color combination phase of black, white, red and pale blue. There is a Prima Hybrid kit in these colors I seem to be completely drawn to also. Does everyone else go through these phases? And this black and white polka dot paper will ALWAYS be a favorite of mine.

Anyway don't forget the Scrapstreet February issue just went up yesterday with lots of love/valentine theme ideas! I'll be sharing a couple of things from the ezine soon to tempt you over! Also remember scrapstreet is looking for submissions for the April ezine! For all the card people on the blog the calls for card column are:

Cards—Showers and invitations go hand in hand for April. We want to see your unique way of inviting your guests to your event!

So pop over, take a look and submit! Who knows I could see YOU in the next issue!

More soon!

Di

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Memory Makers February

Yep two posts in one day! Something I don't usually do but its layout sketch day and it's also Friday which means... time for a FRIDAY FREEBIE!!! This is something I started last week on the blog and I quite like the idea, so I'm going with it...

I've been eagerly awaiting my copy of this magazine because... I'm in it!!! That is my layout is in it. It always seems to take forever from sending the layouts in to a magazine and actually seeing them in print. Anyway if you have the February issue of Memory Makers magazine then flip to page 69, top layout! The hybrid layout is all about my hubby Bob and features the fabulous "sassy" papers from one heart... one mind.

Apparently MM sends you two copies of the magazine when you get published with them (not quite sure why?). So now I have an extra one. So I'm going to do a random drawing for it, right here on the blog. Just hook me up in the comments with a reason you love your other half and I'll draw a winner sometime on Monday. Don't forget to leave your email, or blog address, somewhere that I can contact you!

Ok more creations tomorrow! Have a great weekend everyone!

Di

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Layout Sketch February

It's the first of the month again! This one came around quick huh? Anyway here is the layout sketch for this week! Lots of room for your own style and flair. I added the butterfly just to indicate embellishment placement, make it whatever you wish. As always the digital template is available FREE in my store! The template zip includes THREE versions of the this layout: 12 x 12, and 8.5 x 11 in both landscape and portrait. Remember to check out the other templates I have in the store too!

I have to say this one is totally inspired by the funky "citrus punk" papers by Gina Miller. I love bright papers but rarely use them on layouts, so I went outside my box! I'm not normally one for this style of layout, kinda cartoony and bright but I just love it. Totally the reverse of River's (the dog) personality! I chose the landscape 11 x 8.5 version of the template for this digital layout.

"Always Grumpy" digital layout by Di Hickman
Supplies: "Citrus Punk" papers by Gina Miller @ Prima Hybrid; "About a girl" Embellishments by Vera Lim @ Prima Hybrid; Font:Arial, Jokerman; photoshop;

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As always the girls rocked this sketch! Whether you're digital, traditional or hybrid you can get a TON of inspiration today! Amazing how one little sketch can take on a life of it's own with each scrapbookers style! Enjoy!

"Never ending battle" digital layout by Renee' Morris-Dezember
Supplies: Felt Snowflake by Nicki Painter, Shabby Princess Winter Kit, Zig Zag Stitches by Sande Kreiger

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"Pinse 2006" layout by Lisette Madsen
Supplies: papers from My Mind´s Eye, buttons and stamp from Autumn leaves

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"Chihuly Garden" layout by Celeste Brodnik
Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Pattern Paper: KI Memories; Chipboard: Fancy Pants; Alphabets: American Crafts; Paint: Ranger Dabber; Ink: Ranger Distress; Jewels: Dress it Up; Ribbon: Basic Grey

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"Independence Day" digital layout by Angela Shetzer
Supplies: All papers and embellishments from Angela Shetzer's "Spirit of Independence"

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"XOXO" digital layout by Tracy Madsen
Supplies: Treasures to Scrap treasure chest

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"December 25th" layout by Jolene Johnston
Supplies: WorldWin cardstock, K & Co. papers, American Crafts ribbon, Colorbox chalk ink, Daisy D's rub on, Fancy Pants felt, Ranger Stickles

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"Nature's Finest" digital layout by Dawn Inskip
Supplies: All paper and elements by Dawn Inskip – Kits: Pets Bundle, Cartoon Capers, Love You Loads, New Beginnings also ‘Luisas Debut’ and ‘Tiny Tags’ by Luisa Leandro (aka Dawn Inskip)

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"First stop" digital layout by Dawn McFarland
Supplies: First Blush Collab kit at Prima Hybrid

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"love" digital layout by Brigitte v Tienhoven
Supplies: Kit Love of My Life by Scrappassie Designs, available at Treasures To Scrap and KJoi Studios

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"Pirates ahoy!" layout by Christina Dean
Supplies: rusty pickle pp (sparrows stripes and clean underbritches), sandylion treasure map paper, heidi swapp chipboard lettering painted black and provocraft "girls are weird Alphabiggies" stickers

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"dog luv" layout by Kelli Smith
Supplies: basic grey; embellishments: rubons and thickers: amercian crafts

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Also don't forget if you do a layout with the sketch/template hook me up in the comments as I love to come check them out!

another post coming shortly!

Di

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