Hybrid layouts

Someone asked me to try some digital/hybrid layouts a few weeks ago and I've been intrigued yet a little intimidated by the thought. I've worked a lot with fonts and WordArt and stuff - but never thought I'd use digital "paper" on my layouts. In the past I've tried doing 100% digital layouts but they just aren't the same. I love to see and feel the texture of chipboard elements, flowers, buttons, bling. But the other day I found some great digital patterns and started downloading and printing them out. I love the results. My first layout here was done in less than 10 minutes and several minutes of that was just fishing through my glass jars looking for the right chipboard letters. That and I decided to consult with another scrapbooker (thanks Cari!) because I just felt like it shouldn't take such little effort. I'm not used to sitting down and doing a layout within a matter of minutes. It was so simple and I have to admit that I really love the results. So I did another one right after that. You'll probably notice the color combinations are almost identical. I used black on the first one and brown on the 2nd - but the lime green and coral colors remain the dominant colors. Funny, seeing as how they came from 2 different websites...I guess I am drawn to that color combo. Let me know what you think!

latest layouts

funny, I don't feel like I've done a whole lot in the last week, but I haven't gotten in a whole lot of scrapbooking either. Part of it was that I spent most of 2 days looking at new home layouts and homes for sale online. Then Tom and I decided that it would be in our best interest to wait another year to buy because of the crazy housing market combined with the insane homeowners insurance issues here in Florida. Just not a good time to buy. Granted - it's a buyers market with excessive properties on the market right now...but that's just because sellers still think they can get prices from 2005. Yeah, right. I don't think so people. Once they all realize that their houses are not actually worth double and sometimes triple prices and their little bubbles burst - we will start looking to buy again. So I guess now I can return to my studio to scrapbook instead of doing the whole home search thing.

It has been very cold here. We had temperatures in the low 30's last night (b-b-b-brrrrrr!) and considering we were wearing shorts last week...I just wasn't ready for that cold front to hit. I am now hoping it will warm up soon.

Last Friday I went to a crop that one of my Scrapyard friends hosted at her community clubhouse. Nothing unordinary about it except that we locked ourselves out of the building! We were all done packing up our stuff and had all agreed to make several trips to our cars so we wouldn't break our backs carrying everything at once. Little did we know that after 10pm, the doors automatically lock when they close. We went around back and the gate to the pool area was open - so we go in and THAT door slams behind us. We are now locked INSIDE the pool area but OUTSIDE of the building. Great. We all just stood there with our faces against the windows - staring at all our 'stuff' inside. We were all laughing and had tried to open windows etc. before midnight when the alarm would sound - but nothing worked. We ended up getting out of there with the help of a few pool chairs. (*giggle*) Good thing we each have a pretty good sense of humor. One of the gals stayed at Cheryl's house that night and got up and went to the clubhouse at 5am to pick up our stuff. Yea! I got the remainder of my scrapping supplies back yesterday and all is well with the world again. LOL

Here are a few of the layouts I've done this last week.