Time to make my February divider for my Scrap-O-Dex! I’m very into hybrid papercrafting, so I decided to use that technique for this month’s cards. If you’re not familiar with hybrid papercrafting, it is combining physical elements (in this case, glue, chipboard cards, brads) with digital elements (paper, frame, word art) that I downloaded from the internet and printed on my home printer. If you’re not into hybrid papercrafting or you prefer, you can use my cards for inspiration and make yours in the traditional way , using all physical supplies. Part of what I love about hybrid papercrafting is that if I make a mistake, I can just print more supplies! Here’s my February divider, and here’s a card I made for February, since our daughter’s birthday is in February.







Here are the directions for both:

Supplies
Divider and card from the Scrap-O-Dex set
Adhesive of choice (I used a tape runner and dimensional glue dots)
X-acto knife
Heart shaped brads – 4
Eyelet setter ( I used Fiskars spring loaded setter)
Scissors
Cutting mat
Pink ink
Stippling Brush
Computer with Internet connection
Printer
CinziaL_ThatsAmoreFreebie kit from www.digitalfreebies.com
CinziaL_ThatsAmoreFreebie_LoveCard.png
CinziaL_ThatsAmoreFreebie_TheHeartthatsLovesIsAlwaysYoung.png
CinziaL_ThatsAmoreFreebie_Paper2.jpg

Photoshop elements or other software

1. Create a new page 11” x 8.5 “ in your software.
2. Import “ love card”, and “Love…young” word art from the “That’s Amore” kit. Drag both of these into your document.
2. Resize the paper to be 4 1/2” x 6 ½”
3. Resize the word art to be 1 ½” x 3 ½”
4. Use your favorite font and type” February” in the upper right corner of the Love card in white
5.Open the CinziaL_ThatsAmoreFreebie_Paper2.jpg
from the kit. Select the desired area and copy and paste into your document. Resize to 4”x6”
5. Use the custom shape tool to make a frame the same color as the word “love” in the word art. Add a simple bevel to the frame. Drag it onto your floral paper.
6. Add any desired journaling, making it the same color as your frame. Position it on the right side of the floral paper.
7. Import desired photo, and position it under the frame. If necessary, erase any parts of the photo that extend beyond the frame edges. If you’re not comfortable doing all this in the computer, print the frame and photo on a separate sheet of paper and cut them out in the traditional way.
8. Print your document.
9. Carefully cut out the “love” card and adhere it to the chipboard divider. Turn the divider over and use the X-acto knife to trim the edges
10. Cut out the word art and adhere it to a scrap of cardstock. Round the edges of both pieces. Stipple the edges with the pink ink.
11. Adhere the word art to the divider with dimensional adhesive
12. Punch 3 holes in the upper left side of the divider and one hole in the left side of the tab . Insert the heart brads in the holes.
13. Cut out the floral paper and adhere it to the chipboard. Use the x-acto knife to trim as desired.

All digital art is from the
CinziaL_ThatsAmoreFreebie kit and is used with permission of Cinzia Loosemore