I decided I wanted to send a few pictures with my Christmas card this year and the more I thought, the more I knew that MDS (My Digital Studio) would be the perfect way. I made what is called a hybrid card, one that uses digital images as well as paper, ribbon and other embellishments. A hybrid project is the best of both worlds! I can use the Stampin' Up digital program that I love to play with and print it out and then move on to the wonderful cardstock and goodies I love to use making cards and scrapbook layouts.
Since I'm going to be sending out quite a few of these cards I wanted the last part to be quick to achieve. I made my digital layout, exported it to jpeg form and printed it out with 4 per page. Very easy, even for this computer challenged grandma!
I cut each of the 4 card fronts out with my trimmer and mounted them on a square of Always Artichoke cardstock. I punched 2 holes at the top with my 1/16" circle punch and tied a length of silver cord through them. I mounted that on a card base and it's done. Well, not really, I have to write up a Christmas letter to print on the insides. What, did you think I was actually going to hand write it all??? Another thing I love about MDS is that they have spell check so it underlines misspelled words in red so you know you goofed. Way cool! Especially when you tend to get creative with your spelling like I sometimes do.
I got some very creative suggestions (although they were all very wrong) about what I was doing in the picture with the jumbo eyelet and crop-a-dile last week. Now, for the rest of the story. . .
Both mine and my husband's cars had gotten the little plastic stopper for the seat belt broken off when they got stuck in the door as it closed. The buckle part would slide all the way down to the floor and was a pain to get a hold of to buckle whenever we got in the car. I was thinking about sewing buttons on there but worried that they would just break again. Then I had the bright idea to use the Stampin' Up Jumbo eyelets. I used
the Crop-a-dile to punch the hole in the seat belt and attach the eyelets. It works like a charm! I did it a couple of weeks ago, so far so good.
How about you, have you ever used scrapbook supplies to do a repair? A few years ago Diana and I were going to a weekend crop and it was raining. One of her windshield wipers started slipping out and we didn't want to loose it so we stopped under an overpass and tied it on with some fiber. That worked perfectly until we could get home (after a wonderful weekend) and her husband could fix it right. We laughed about it but hey, if it works. . .
Since I'm going to be sending out quite a few of these cards I wanted the last part to be quick to achieve. I made my digital layout, exported it to jpeg form and printed it out with 4 per page. Very easy, even for this computer challenged grandma!
I cut each of the 4 card fronts out with my trimmer and mounted them on a square of Always Artichoke cardstock. I punched 2 holes at the top with my 1/16" circle punch and tied a length of silver cord through them. I mounted that on a card base and it's done. Well, not really, I have to write up a Christmas letter to print on the insides. What, did you think I was actually going to hand write it all??? Another thing I love about MDS is that they have spell check so it underlines misspelled words in red so you know you goofed. Way cool! Especially when you tend to get creative with your spelling like I sometimes do.
I got some very creative suggestions (although they were all very wrong) about what I was doing in the picture with the jumbo eyelet and crop-a-dile last week. Now, for the rest of the story. . .
Both mine and my husband's cars had gotten the little plastic stopper for the seat belt broken off when they got stuck in the door as it closed. The buckle part would slide all the way down to the floor and was a pain to get a hold of to buckle whenever we got in the car. I was thinking about sewing buttons on there but worried that they would just break again. Then I had the bright idea to use the Stampin' Up Jumbo eyelets. I used
the Crop-a-dile to punch the hole in the seat belt and attach the eyelets. It works like a charm! I did it a couple of weeks ago, so far so good.How about you, have you ever used scrapbook supplies to do a repair? A few years ago Diana and I were going to a weekend crop and it was raining. One of her windshield wipers started slipping out and we didn't want to loose it so we stopped under an overpass and tied it on with some fiber. That worked perfectly until we could get home (after a wonderful weekend) and her husband could fix it right. We laughed about it but hey, if it works. . .
2 comments:
That's my girl...your new nickname is McIver. By the way, wonderful Christmas collages! Great idea!
I still laugh about that wiper, that was the funniest thing, watching the ends of the fiber go back and forth with the wiper. Oops, I'm suppsosed to be watching the roads since I'm driving.
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