Blog is "on vacation" until the end of next week. No hybrid feature, free goodies or anything for a little while, and probably the first time there wont be a free template on Sunday, sorry. Hopefully I will make it worth the wait once I am back refreshed and ready to get some ideas off my head and into digital goodies ;)

I know time flies and I will be back before you know it, not sure I will survive so long without Internet though LOL In the meantime I have prepared two template sets for you to play with:

Have a look at my pages using the above templates and my Love Fall Collab with Lili:

If you are a newsletter subscriber check your inbox for a link to this desktop wallpaper:

and the exclusive October 10% discount to my products at Little Dreamer Designs.

Hope you have a great week & weekend and happy scrapping!!!! xoxo

Here is this week's template based on sketch by Stacy Cohen:

and my page with Fancy Pants Rough and Tough goodness:

Hope you have a great week!!! xoxo

Hi people! I am here to quickly share another page for the Fancy Pants blog using the coolest boy kit by Lili called Rough and Tough

Close ups of all the little details:

I had fun with the stitching, I like putting my sewing machine to good use since it is all I know how to use it for, LOL

Not a big fan of rub ons but these ones are really cool, they don't disappear into the background!

Love the journaling spot that came with the stickers.

and that ribbon is just yummy :)  Just love this whole line so much so I am SORRY to use it, kept saving it, but now I decided if I run out I will just try to get more :)

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A little personal update: I am going to be scarce for the next few weeks, have visitors from overseas, the kids grandparents, but you know me, will do my best to show up and I have a couple of templates coming out this Tuesday :)

xoxo

I have a two in one step by step for you today.  Ever found yourself with a couple of scrapbook pages and wondering how to keep them all together? Ever stressed about whether to staple or stitch a project? Well, pamphlet stitch is a quick and simple way of putting minibooks together and in this tutorial you will see how to do it using ribbon.

You will need to have a couple of things in hand:

• A printer and heavy weight paper. Preferably something that can be printed on both sides like double sided matte paper.
• Eyelet setter and hammer. Alternatively you can use a hole punch with a long reach or the Big Bite (crop a dile)
• You will also need Ribbon, adhesive (double sided tape), scoring tool, and your favourite photos.
• Lastly, since this is a hybrid project, you will need digital papers to print out.

Step by Step

Step 1. Print six (6) 3x2 photos. These can be printed on 6x4 paper, two at a time. If you are taking the time to digitally transform the two 3x2 photos to fit into the one 6x4 format, maybe you can also take the opportunity to add some brushes/ embellishments and text directly into the photos.

Step 2. Print an A4 sheet of double sided matte paper with your favorite digital papers on both sides. I have added a scallop to the design, you can have a collage of papers, there are many possibilities, I am just keeping it simple to show you how it is done.

Step 3. Cut your printed A4 Sheet in two 5x8 pieces and fold them in half (flatten them with a scoring tool). Layer the two sheets like a book.

Step 4. Cut your photos and stick them in the centre of each page.

Step 5. Add a front and back cover to your book. You can create them digitally or using the pattern paper you have printed. I have also used a piece of an acetate like material to protect my book.

Step 6. Cut a long length of ribbon (around 20 inches) to do a pamphlet stitch to bind your book together.

mmm but how do I do a pamphlet stitch?

The Pamphlet stitch

Step 1. Using a hole punch or Big Bite, make 3 holes in the centre of your book like in the image.

Step 2. Insert ribbon in the middle hole starting from outside of the book, ribbon end is now inside the book.

Step 3. Insert ribbon on the third hole for it to go back outside.

Step 4. Insert ribbon on the first hole (inserting ribbon in the inside of the book).

Step 5. Insert ribbon on the middle hole (for it to go back outside).

Step 6. Now you should have the two ends outside, making sure you have one end in each side of the ribbon going through the middle of the book, make a knot.

Step 7. You can cut the excess ribbon or finish it off with a bow.

I know it LOOKS complicated, but it really is straight forward. 

Enjoy your brag book :) Here are a couple more shots of my finished project:

Digital Supplies: A little bird told me - Designs by Lili. Font is LMS Dear mom - Lisa Sisneros.

Hope you enjoyed this one :) See you next time!

Ah, Love Fall, that could be a title post any time of the year, because I really do Love Fall. I am sure I already mentioned here, Autumn is by far my favourite season, specially since I moved to Australia 9 years ago. The weather is just perfect in this part of the world and the colours are amazing. But this post is not just about me rambling about how much I love Fall, it is a little more special. I have teamed up with Lili to create a kit that celebrates Fall and I am so excited to present you: Love Fall.

Ok, I know it my kit... but isn't it cute???? The colors are perfect for Fall and well, everything, because they are just YUMMY colours!! Here are some pages that my Creative Team and friends created with it:

These pages are as cute as the kit!!

We have also created these quickpages for those who need to scrap FAST:

If you have been around this blog at all you must have noticed how much I looove Lili's designs. They are fun and cheeky and clean and grunge all at once. So it was truly an honour to create a kit with her.

Lastly, if you are a newsletter subscriber check your inbox for a little gift:

If you are not a subscriber, well... there is still time!!! hehehe :) Subscribe to my newsletter for my freebie and Lili's newsletter for her freebie :)

I think that's it for today, working on other projects but I am still super excited about this kit! LOL

Hope everyone loves it as much as we do!

xoxoxo

Another week, another sketch :) This week's template based on sketch by Anna:

My page this week:

created with my From the Junkyard Papers, Vintage Treasures kit, Vintage alpha and watercolor brushes. Note the "sanded" edges on the photo, I used the brushes to create it, might have to do a step by step because I have seen a couple of people asking about it last week.

Check back soon for the announcement of my newest collab coming on Tuesday! In the meantime I hope you are enjoying the 25% off in the shoppe.

*note on the previous post I had posted the wrong size video, it is fixed now*

Looks like I haven't done a hybrid feature in a little while, and I have so many projects I still want to share, including reposting some that were lost with the old blog.  Just really lacking time right now, specially with a week like this were Lucas was sick at home and I was trying to finish some designs for next week. Talking about next week, I have a friendly reminder :) If you like freebies, sign up for my newsletter! hehehe

We have a sale at Little Dreamer Designs this weekend - 25% to 35% discount, pretty darn good if I dare say so myself. So I quickly put up my contribution to the daily digi Snapping and Scrapping Collaboration. If you missed that amazing kit now you can get my part at the LDD shoppe. It is a mini camera wallet album template which includes a bonus mini kit. I decided to take the opportunity to post the step by step photos that I saved from when I put it together ;)

My cute little mini camera wallet album fits on the palm of my hand and has my favourite photos of Matty, working on one for Lucas but I want another shape for him :)

The step by step is pretty straight forward with a couple of details to keep in mind. First work on your template digitally:

Add your photos and you can choose between having an album with just black and white frames or with coloured frames. The template has both so please remember to turn whichever you don't want off, as you will end up black outlines in your print out if you don't turn it off.

Print out your album in a letter size or A4 paper, back and front will fit on the same page:

Separate back and front and cut around the front side but just the extremes of the back, glue both together and fold:

Doing it this way, you can cut all pages at the same time so they are uniform:

The frame is thick enough, so you can cut in a little if you don't have the back and front 100% aligned, but I like things "perfectly imperfect", it adds to the handmade feel ;)

Here is the finished project:

dang cute :) Hope you like playing with it, I love having this in my wallet now.

My CT member Cathy Pascual also created one for her girls, this photo just about melted my heart!

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Lastly, if you are into hybrid and into Halloween... you are going to love this:

also one of the latest additions to the shoppe that is 35% off!!! But check out all the goodies at discount, the shoppe doesn't always display the discount but you can see them in the cart! bargains :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

I did another test video the other day. Testing to make it perfect for when I film my classes :) Almost there, at least now I have the right angle.I created the page for the Fancy Pants blog. Here is the video:

Here is my page:

It is really hard to show on the photos how cool this glitter cuts are, you get a better idea here:

and I love this "saying":

Thanks for stopping by!

I have a sick little munchkin at home that won't let me do anything, so, I am worried about next week, won't have any new project to post LOL but it is good to spend time with Lucas, we don't have much one on one time, we always have company. I just wish he didn't take after me and was so stubborn ;)

Hope you are having a lovely week!

Quick page share for the One Little Word challenge blog, the prompt this week is invincible:

Created with my new kit and paper pack :D

My boys are soft little things, they don't think they are invincible at all, so I was at a loss for this word prompt until I saw the quote “In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer” by Albert Camus. LOVE it! I was going to scrap a photo of myself, but I have so many cute photos of Matty I want to scrap I ended up using his. Can someone please convince me to stop taking these "just for fun" photos? I have too many to scrap now LOL delicious photos xoxo

Hi everyone, hope you are well and enjoying my new releases ;) Today I want to spotlight my first ever guest creative team member. Picking my first guest ended up being an easy task. Please welcome Ann-Marie to the blog:

Ann Marie has been creating amazing pages with my designs and is usually the first to buy a new release. When she sent me a link to her layouts there wasn't really much to consider, she was the perfect first guest on my Creative Team. Let's hear what Ann-Marie had to say:

"I am a SAHM to my three kids and live in Melbourne, Australia.  I have been scrapping since 2006 and my other interests apart from scrapping include reading - especially vampire related novels LOL!, cooking and anything crafty!  I have been published a few times in Australia's Scrapbooking memories Magazine and am totally honoured and humbled to be chosen to guest on Michelle's CT!! "

No Ann-Marie, I am honoured that have found such a supportive fan out in the digi world! Thank you!

You can read more about Ann-Marie on her blog and see some more of her pages here.

Check out some of the beautiful pages Ann-Marie has created with my designs, which gave her the guest spot this month (please click on images for larger view):

First layout using the Snapping and Scrapping DailyDigi collab (my part will be up on the store soon) and the Sweet brushes. Second layout using Going hero, I just love that she created a Wii layout with it, I got so inspired, need to get one done too.

Using homework fun, these pages make me emotional for some reason, and I LOVE the design on the first one and the addition of paint of the second layout is perfect.

She created two adorable layouts using the new kit, Vintage treasures:

Her daughter is gorgeous and isn't this last layout just soooooo cute? I want to squeeze this little guy, lucky he doesn't live close by LOL!

and just because she is amazing, she created two more layouts with a mix of my kits, including the From the junkyard paper pack and textures:

I love seeing these kits in action and I am very grateful for people like Ann-Marie that really work them and support me in this little adventure.

If you would like to be my October guest CT, win all my releases for that month plus a 10 gift certificate to my store just send me an e-mail or post here links to your layouts using my designs. 

xoxo