Digi/Hybrid Tips and September Challenge

Adding Digital and Hybrid to your work

Well the Elite Team Call is well and truly on, so I hope you're all busy with your entries to win a place on the team! It's an awesome opportunity and I'd encourage you all to give it a go. Part of this years' criteria includes using a digital technique, and this probably sounds more daunting than it is so I thought I'd give you some ideas on what digital and hybrid can be - and they're things you're probably already doing!

Many scrappers are already doing their journalling on their computers, or are adjusting their photographs before printing and scrapping them traditionally - these are both digital/hybrid techniques that are easy and effective to do. Other ideas include printing your own transparencies from images downloaded from the internet or a technique I like to use to make my rub-ons go further is to scan them in (which also allows me to adjust the colour and size - more digital techniques!) and print them off on transparencies or paper, which I can then cut out and layer with foam tape for height or sew onto my page for an interesting detail. How about adding filters and styles in your photo editing program? sometimes just playing with your settings can give amazing effects for your photos and can make your layouts really stand out.

It doesn't have to be scary and I hope this gives you some direction about techniques you can use in your Elite Team entry. It's easy and inexpensive and once you start experimenting, you'll be adding hybrid and digital items to everything you do - the possibilities are endless.

September Challenge

Now for the September Challenge from our Elite Team member Vicki Morris. Her challenge this month was to add stitching/fabric to a layout and here's the gorgeous example she's created - I love all the details and using fabric for the background is just inspired!

 

And here's the sketch:

This month's prize is this amazing new "GreenCraft" magazine from the publishers of Somerset Studio. This is more like a book than a magazine, is chock full of amazing ideas and is valued at $44.95.

 

So now your challenge... should you choose to accept it (and you should!)... is to create a layout based on the sketch that incorporates both fabric and stitching. Easy huh? Just send your layout to me (Louise) at info@eidou.com, by midnight 30th September along with your name and contact details and you're in to win this truly inspiring prize! Good Luck!

Comments

[sonyapickles]

Totally awesome page Vicki! Saddly I never got the time to take part in Louise's challenge last month :-( Hope to give this one a go (Fingers crossed!}

[sonyapickles]

Thats ever so much for the Digi tips Louise!