Hey everyone!  LuAnn here with a quick and easy Hybrid project for you!  And I apologize for the photos - they aren’t the best.  My camera was being difficult!!  Today we’re making Grinch Dust toppers!   Here’s what you’ll need:

• ziplock sandwich/snack baggie
• cardstock
• stapler
• sugar
• green food coloring (I actually used green and a few drops of Neon green for that Grinchy color!)
• your favorite digital scrap supplies

First, I measured my baggie to see what sized topper I would need.  I decided to go with a 7″ width x 6″ length sized topper.    I created the lower half of my topper first which was the “Grinch Dust” part and then merged those layers visible.   

Next, I rotated my whole canvas 180 degrees so that I could work on what would be the back of the topper.   After adding my verse and sentiment from Santa, I merged all the layers visible and saved as a jpeg.

Print and cut.  Fold in half, matching edges.

Put some sugar in a bowl.  Add a few drops of green food coloring and mash in with a fork making sure you get all the lumps of coloring mixed with the sugar.  I then added the Neon green drops to give it a Grinchy color.  I then allowed this to sit, uncovered, for about an hour just to let it “dry”.

Fill your ziplock baggie.  Position the baggie in between your topper and staple in place.  *I cheated a little by eyeing it up and then putting 2 glue dots inside the topper to hold the baggie in place while I stapled it together*

And here’s my Grinch dust - ready to give!

And the back which reads: 

Don’t let the Grinch steal your Christmas. You must be on your guard.
Before retiring on Christmas Eve, sprinkle this dust out on your yard.
The Grinch will see your magic dust and know you’ve taken great care,
To protect your home and family and keep Christmas joy in the air.

Credits:  Santa Hat from Penny’s Be Merry Tropical kit, Stand of Lights by Traci Reed, Fonts used:  Darcy Baldwin’s DJB RachelM for “Love, Santa” and also (appropriately LOL) Grinched font.

I’d love to see your version of “Grinch Dust” so hook me up if you make some!!!

Apparently I put the wrong link in the post for the freebie QP but I have fixed it. If you are so inclined,please download again here

Please accept my deepest apologies…..

Christine

I frequently give presentations on digital scrapping to church groups and ladies groups.  The ages range from 15 to 70!  This is such a wide variety, and I love that fact about scrapbooking!  I firmly believe that everyone has a story to tell.  No matter what your age, you can scrap your life!

So many times, when I look through a gallery, most of the layouts are about children.  While this is fantastic (of course!), what about scrappers that don’t have children right now?  Or scrappers who have grown up children and don’t send pictures of themselves? (oops, sorry Mom!)  There are SO MANY things to scrap about other than children!  Your significant other, your pets, your daily routines, your likes and dislikes, your home, your friends, social events, and the list goes on and on and on.

My challenge to you for this week…Scrap something OTHER than children!  This is a great time of year to focus on special items or traditions in your life.  I went through the Penny’s Miscellany Gallery and chose some layouts from the Maniacs to spotlight today.  I hope you find lots of inspiration to document more facets of your life!!

Christmas in the City By me (Mandy), using Holly Days:

Working the Night Shift by Jami, using Garage Grunge:

O, Christmas Tree by Leslie, using Be Merry:

The Choir Years by Trude, using Practice Makes Perfect:

Boy Meets Girl by Brandy, using the Summer Fun Collection:

Happy Sunday all! In the aftermath of Thanksgiving, I’ve still got cooking and recipes on the brain - don’t you? So I’ve created a little freebie in the form of a 3×5 recipe card using one of my favorite kits by Penny, Love You.

Here’s a preview:

To download the card (in PNG format so you can easily add your text), click here. Share a link if you use it, we’d love to see!

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the weekend!

~Trude

Good Friday to you all….I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have lots of leftovers to munch on for the next few days.

I have a little gift for you that won’t cost you a single cent….I think it turned out pretty cute.  I used Penny’s kit BE MERRY

and her totally awesome overlays

(Images are linked)

(Click on the image to grab it)

So I hope you enjoy this little freebie and eating your yummy leftovers….Have a great weekend

Christine

Tomorrow is Black Friday, so that means ALL of my items will be 40% off! This includes my new kit, Holly Days!

Here is Holly Days. I love this kit and think it is perfect for all types of holiday projects and scrapping! It’s packed with almost 100 elements and 21 papers! It will be on sale for only $4.19!

Have a great day,
Penny

I hope you have a fabulous day! At my house we started calling Thank-You-Givings Day a few years ago and the name just stuck. I’m here with your sneak peek of Penny’s new kit coming out tomorrow on Black Friday. You don’t want to miss it!

And here is your December Desktop Calendar. I hope you enjoy it!

Happy Hybrid day!  Can you believe that there are only 29 days until Christmas?  How’s your
Christmas shopping coming?  I’ve been making some smaller crafty/hybrid gifts for my extended family but haven’t even started on the kids.  I need to upload my calendars to be printed that I made using Penny’s 5×7 2009 Calendars:

So, a week or so ago, while I was stalking some stamping sites for inspiration, I came across some really cute Christmas countdown calendar - you know the kind that help kids (and scare the adults LOL) with how many days until Christmas.   I decided to make my own countdown calendar.

Now, I’d post my inspiration for this project but it really makes mine look BAD!  LOL  don’t get me wrong - I think it turned out fairly cute and my daughter just loves it.   She already has it on her dresser so she can do the countdown!!   She still believes in Santa at 11 years old!   I’m hoping to get some punches (scallop circle punch, inner circle punch, a few rectangle scallop punches and a square punch for Christmas) - either that or a Cricut!!!

I made my countdown calendar using two 4″ chipboard coasters which are held together with some wire binding that I removed from a used up small notebook.  I used my scissors to cut off any excess.  So no throwing out filled up notebooks anymore!  Save that binding!!!

I chose my background paper from Penny’s upcoming release Holly Days and printed a 4 inch square on sticker paper.   I used a craft knife to trim the excess and round the corners.   To do the binding, I simply used the note book cover as a pattern for the holes.   I laid the cover on the coasters, marked the holes and punched them using my Crop-o-dile.  Easy peasy and perfectly spaced!

I created my number tags using the tag from Holly Days and the green alphabet in the kit.  (There’s a red alphabet in the kit too!) I did have to trim the tags down once they were printed and cut so that they fit nicely on the calendar. 

The cloud looking piece that says “days until Christmas” is a chipboard element I bought in a can of 1000 elements - they were kind of ugly elements but I always look at things and think “what can I do to make that usable?”  LOL   I just used the back which was white to write on!  It’s attached using Pop-dots.

Santa is one of the elements in Holly Days also - isn’t he cute?  I just had to use Santa because this countdown is specifically for kids!  I wanted to use the reindeer in the kit too but he wasn’t fitting on the small calendar.  He’s attached on Pop-dots to give it some dimension.

And that’s it!  I created this little project in an evening.  If I make another, I’ll probably change some things a bit - maybe use some pre-made tags, maybe use a white pom-pon on the end of Santa’s hat.   maybe some glitter LOL.   

So, what have you made lately?  Let’s see it!  I know I can always use the inspiration!!!

LuAnn

It will be here on Thursday modeling Penny’s new kit! Come back for a sneak peek and your December Desktop Calendar. You won’t be disappointed!

This week, here in the US, we are celebrating Thanksgiving and I thought it would be a great time to highlight some of the fabulous layouts I found in the galleries created with Penny’s super cute, perfect for Thanksgiving kit, Gobble Gobble. So this Thursday, take your camera and capture your memories while you’re enjoying good food and fun times with family and friends…then of course, do what we do best, create a layout - we’d love to see it!

Jennifer:

Mrsmbm:

Tuneskids:

Trudem:

AmyStoffel:

If you’re hosting, don’t worry - you’ve still got time to whip up these festive decorations to get your house in the thanksgiving holiday spirit:

And don’t forget, Gobble Gobble has an add-on in SSD’s quarterly assortment:)

Happy Thanksgiving!