Hoppy Day!

Hello!

The mouse clicking problem was apparently a one day thing (you never know what's going to happen next with this computer), so I'll have a lot of catching up to do.

Anyways, made this card for this weeks Card Pattern sketch - I was excited because it gave my the perfect opportunity to use my hole punch {the only punch I have}. 

I kinda...chopped the sketch in half, but oh well...;)

Used one of my Prima rubons and in a way that didn't make me want to rip up the card. ;) I punched the circles out from the Cosmo Cricket "Girl Friday" line, and snipped little wedges into some of them for a lily pad affect. Printed out the sentiment on my computer using Kevin&Amanda fonts, scrolled it, then adhered it to the little frog. Adhered all the papers together, and finished it off with a bow.

Random note to show you how crazy I am; my DT boss, Judy, is letting all of us DT gals get scrappin' products for retail, which means I'm gonna go broke. The good news is, I'm getting lots of yummies, including October Afternoons two new collections, "Fly a Kite" and "The Thrift Shop" for an awesome price. The weird part is, I dreamed last night of their arrival here. So yes, I am crazy. ;)

Anyways, thanks for popping in!

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Hoppy Birthday card recipe

Cardstock: PatCatans

Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket "Girl Friday", and "Honey Pie"

Sentiment: printed using fonts from Kevin&Amanda

Ribbon: Offray

Image: Prima

Tools: trimmer, punch, adhesive, pop it dots

For Your Kindness

Hiya!

Here is the news - I am now a digi designer for Vinnie Pearce! If you haven't seen her gorgeous designs yet, check THIS link out. And to see the rest of the designers, go HERE. If you're from the Hero Arts flikr group, you may notice there are three of us (that I know of) on that list! Sue Mcrae, Lucy Abrams and ME! Go Hero Arts! ;)

I didn't have to wait till today to tell you this, but I just thought I'd keep you in suspense. ;)

My second card using her papers (the first one will be seen in a later post)...

And tips for printing digi paper:

I used the "best" quality printing option for my paper, obviously, but the real thing that helped was the paper. I was using just plain white paper first, and it was looking terrible. I didn't want to have to buy specialty paper at Staples, so I looked for a substitute...scrapbooking paper! I used DCWV "Friendly Forest" paper (I didn't use the particular design very often) - the paper is obviously good for ink, as seen from the designs, so I just flipped it over and oila! 

The last step is, going to your printing options, print on "specialty paper". I have an HP printer, and the only other options aside from the one mentioned were HP papers.

So, reviewing:

1. Print high quality

2. Use the backside of scrapbook paper 

(preferably with a design that has been cleanly printed, so you know that ink goes well on it)

3. Print using the option "specialty paper"

Ta-da! And now I have been won over to the digi side of the scrapbook world!...though of course you'll be seeing other projects without digi paper.

And designed with these challenges in mind; 2S4Y, CCC, Pink Elephant, Caardvarks, EBTKS and Paperplay.

Thanks for popping in, and if you haven't jumped into the digi world yet, I hope I've encouraged you to do so :)

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Your Kindness card recipe

Cardstock: Halcraft

Patterned paper: DCWV "Friendly Forest"

Ribbon: Unknown

Font: Kevin&Amanda

Digi: Vinnie Pearce (names will be up later, as I'm having problems accessing the site right now)

Other: DCWV "Adornments"

Tools: adhesive, trimmer, scissors, chipboard