More on Going Hybrid with a Studio Hillary Template

I have such a stash of scrapbooking supplies that really need to be used! That's why I love going hybrid and combining my traditional supplies with digital templates. Many times, I'll take a template and use it to create and format my photos, print only the photos off, and then use the template as a sketch to finish it traditionally.

That's what I did here with Studio Hillary's latest template release: {Parenthetically Speaking}.  Here's her great new template set:

I used the top left template for a set of pics of my niece and her cousin.

If you aren't sure how to use a template to print off certain elements, here's how I did it:

1. I opened the template in PSE.

2. I opened my 3 photos and placed them into the proper photo blocks, enlarging and playing with the photos to get the type of crop I wanted.

3. Blinded all the other elements of the page by clicking on the eye next to the layer.

4. Using the rectangle marquee, I can select the photos and copy them onto a single 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of photo paper for printing.

5. After printing the photos, I cut them out and use the template as a sketch to create my own layout with my "real" scrapbook stash.

You can get real efficient doing this and open up photos into multiple templates, select them, and copy and paste them all onto a single sheet of photo paper. I like to get as much on the sheet as possible to save on paper.

Here's my new hybrid layout using Studio Hillary's template:

 

Lots of American Crafts patterned paper (and flip side solid), AC Thickers, Prima die cut film strip, Basic Grey buttons and chipboard brackets.

thanks for visiting my blog! - Have a great Thanksgiving! - betsy

Another Jenni Bowlin Sneak

There's going to be a midmonth gallery reveal for November's Jenni Bowlin Kit on the 10th right here: Jenni Bowlin DT gallery

As a guest DT member, I made some midmonth layouts and one of them has turned out to be a fave of mine. It came together so easily and is a mix of squares and butterflies and jewels and gingham. So cool how all that stuff went together on one layout. The pics on it are of ds #2 and he saw the layout sitting on my desk. A conversation followed:

ds: Nice layout!

me: Oh, the one on the desk? It's cute, isn't it?

ds: Yea. What happened?

me: Huh? It's from the kit I got in the mail.

ds: What happened?

me: (ignoring him at this point because I just don't understand what he's saying and he's a teenager and I don't understand 99% of what he says anyway).

ds: I said, what happened?

me: (OK, now I'll bite) What do you mean, "what happened?"

ds: I used to be so cute. What happened?

awwwww jeepers! He knows he's adorable - he just likes to do that to me . . .

here's a sneak:

Have a great day! See ya' over at JBS Mercantile on the 10th!