June Hybrid project

Happy Monday everyone!

We are happy to introduce Amy Hutchinson, she is our guest hybrid scrapper for the month of June.  We asked her to tell us a little about herself....I'm a Southern girl who longs for sun and sand, and the perfect cocktail! I live in Memphis, TN (the music capital of the world!) with my hubby of 11 years, 3 beautiful girls, and a rambunctious little boy. I graduated college with a 4.0 in Biology, but I have given up goals of grad school in lieu of motherhood. I couldn't be happier with my choice, and I continue to be awed by the challenges it presents on a daily basis! I discovered digital scrapbooking by accident when searching for a way to share family photos online. Although I have done a small amount of paper scrapping before, I never really got into it. Digital provides the perfect outlet for my creativity, without the mess! Only 7 short months later, I'm completely hooked! I view each page as a work of art. Not only something beautiful to look at, scrapping allows me to share my photos, memories, and legacy with the world!

She has come up with such a fun idea....a perpetual calendar. I don't know about all of you, but I have the hardest time finding a calendar in the store that suits all of my family activities too.  I was so excited when Amy came up with this idea!  Here is a look at her fantastic project:

The daily portion is completely digital. She designed it in Photoshop, then simply printed and cut it out. Each "week" is a 3"x8" strip that holds the dates. She used Lauren Reid's Gridlock paper, Amber Clegg's date stamps, Two Sisters beauty marks, and Lisa Whitney's circle brush. She adjusted the opacity of all the elements to make them lighter, so that when you write your appointments you can see them easily. These are just clipped onto the top of a sheet of 12x12 Daisy D's Boston Common Scroll paper.   She added the month by making folded tabs out of Dianne Rigdon's beautiful Fall 2 Remember papers. She printed out the paper (resized to 8x8) and cut it into strips. She stamped the name of each month, and stitched them down with her sewing machine. She added grommets and a ribbon to hold them closed. She then just unfolds the current month from underneath the ribbon.  She decorated the whole thing with circles cut from the same Fall 2 Remember paper, one of Lisa Whitney's Artsy Fartsy papers, and some old courthouse journal papers she had in her stash. She roughed up the edges of the circles, then sewed them down with some buttons. A Heidi Swapp "today" stamp seemed appropriate in the corner, then added the year with American Craft's thickers alpha. They are just stickers, so she can peel them off and replace them with 2008 next year.

Here is a look at Jenn's cute "chore chart" she created:

Here is a look at Linda's wonderful calendar idea:

Here is a look at my calendar...please be sure to check out the hybrid gallery for all the details.

Thank you again, Amy....such a wonderful idea!

Please post your perpetual calendar/chart in the hybrid gallery before Sunday, June 24th, and I'll send you a little Summer goodie from the talented Jomi....you will love it!  If you have any questions, or need help with your project, please contact Jenn, Linda or myself, and we would be happy to help you.

Happy scrapping!

Comments

[Linda]

Fun fun fun!!! It's so much fun to see all the projects side-by-side. Thanks Amy for such a great challenge!

[Jenn]

Thank you, Amy, for being our guest this month! I never would have thought of this on my own! Nice job putting it all together, Kathy!

[Kim (Kim1)]

Oooh...this is an awesome idea for those of us who do both paper and digi-scrapping! Thanks for sharing! (I'm still looking for the perfect cocktail too! lol!)

[Emilie]

Glad to have you with us Amy! :) Your hybrid challenge is fun!!

[Amy Hutchinson]

Oh, how cool to see the other takes on this project! Thanks for having me, gals! I enjoyed it so much!

[Jennifer]

Now THAT is something else!!!!! What an amazing idea, and what cool interpretations by all of you gals. Practical and beautiful all at the same time! Hybrid frightens me a bit, but I just might dive in with this project! Thanks, Amy!