Heartbeats....#2

It's time for another addition of Heartbeats from our resident Cardiologist!

The Card-iologist keeps us up to date on what's new and exciting in the world of Crafting and ways that you can incorporate it in your life!

As we head to the end of a long hard winter, it seems everywhere you look, spring is being embraced! From soft muted pastels to cute bunnies and chicks, it seems Spring is a reason to be happy! Personally this winter has been long and hard with lots of snow, so I am more than happy to think of spring rain, Easter eggs, and crocus tops...

Another trend I see being used all over the paper crafting world is HYBRID crafting. Everyone is finding ways to use digital images, sentiments, papers and templates to incorporate with their basic paper crafting supplies. I have tried digital scrapbooking before and while I find it fast and easy, I miss the feel of paper and the simple joy of coloring with markers! But HYBRID scrapbboking is kinda the best of both worlds! And you can use the same idea for cardmaking as well.

Here are some sites that offer FREE downloads:

1. Free Digital Scrapbooking.com

2. Shabby Princess

3. Bee Crafty Downloads

4. My Grafico

Also recently Kristina Werner (two peas garden girl) did a video fro her Finally Friday series at Two Peas in a Bucket with a little tutorial on making a hybrid card...check it out:

You can use papers, embellishments or digital stamps...just print them out on cardstock. I print mine on Georgia Pacific 110lb. paper (I get it at Walmart) because my go-to white paper (Papertrey ink Stampers Select) is very thick and tends to get stuck in my printer (it's kinda old).

SO......for this week's challenge from the Card-i-ologist...use some happy Spring colors and try out the HYBRID method and use something digital.

Here is my sample....I used a freebie digital image form Papertrey Ink from when they were having their special release countdown, and some digital paper I downloaded (I don't remember if it was free or not) from Nicole Seitler at www.SugarplumPaperie.com.

recipe: digital paper- SugarplumPapiere.com Nicole Seitler

digital image- Papertrey Ink

satin ribbon, rhinestone star

Please use the keyword RESQ34 if you upload your project to Splitcoaststampers or another online gallery. And don't forget to link your blog or gallery back here in the comments section so everyone can check out your creations! Thanks for playing along!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Digital Imaging Center

The Res-Q crew is really excited about this week’s challenge. Please welcome Erin Bailey, and Doodle Palace Stamps, as our Digital Imaging Specialists on call! Here’s a little bit about Erin who designs for Doodle Palace: “Hi! I am Erin and I love stamping. My stamping journey began when I was pregnant with my oldest daughter and needed something to do! A friend brought over some stamps and I was hooked. Stamping fit perfectly into my schedule as a new mom. Now I have another daughter and work part time. Luckily, I also have an increasingly supportive husband who lets me ramble on about stamps, paper and copic colors and gives me some free time here and there to craft! I recently discovered the world of digi stamps! Each day I print out a sheet for my daughter and one for myself and we spend some time coloring together and creating our projects. Blogging and papercrafting has been such a fun part of my life over the past year or so. I've met so many wonderfully talented people, many of which I happily consider my friends. I draw inspiration from them everyday and sometimes am inspired so much I need to go right out and buy something new. Happy Stamping!” Doodle Palace has generously provided our players with the image for Erin’s challenge this week.

{To access the image, click on it, then right click and save to your computer, resize as needed.)

You are welcome to use this image for this Res-Q-challenge but we know you will honor Doodle Palace’s generosity and talents by using it just this ONE time. Only participants in the Res-Q-challenge may use this image. If you would like to purchase the image for further duplication or any of their great images, please visit their website, Doodle Palace Digital Stamps. Dee and Robin are great people! They’ve offered a prize as well. Upload your project using the Doodle Palace image, leave us a comment about its location below, and we’ll draw one lucky winner to receive TWO FREE images of your choice. All projects must be uploaded by Sunday, November 22nd at 6:00 PM EST. So here’s the challenge from our digital imaging specialist, Erin: Use the Doodle Palace image to create your project. Use any sketch you like for your design, but please incorporate glitter, embossing, a scalloped border, “pull-out” tag, and ribbon. You can use Erin’s sample for inspiration. Her card does not open. The embossed portion is actually the pull-out tag with a place for writing under the image and on the back.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use RESQ23 for your keyword or label and don’t forget to comment below to be eligible for the Doodle Palace free images! Thanks for playing!