DigiScrap Parade August 2016

Hello and Welcome to the SandyPie Creations blog.

I'm so happy to be a part of the August 2016 DigiScrap Parade route, thank you for stopping to check out my contribution.

If you are following the parade route from start to finish,
you should have arrived here from

Creations by Jill or (alt site)

and your next stop will be 

Meagan's Creations

If you get lost along the way, simply head back to the 
main DigiScrap Parade site
to view the master list and get back on track.

If you haven't seen my designs before here's a little information about me and where you can find me:  

My YouTube channel has tutorials for my projects and beginning hybrid (please consider subscribing)

My store at The Digital Press

SandyPie Creations newsletter (again, please consider subscribing)

SandyPie Creations on Facebook

SandyPie Creations fan group

I'm so happy to be a part of the DigiScrap Parade route again, thank you for stopping.


Now on to my contribution:

{click preview or here for download link}

My contribution is a card that can be put together a couple of different ways.

First, there is the standard hybrid card version. The layered template can be decorated with Photoshop or Elements by clipping papers to it, then printing. First time using a hybrid template? Here's a video to get you started with hybrid templates, using Photoshop or Elements.

Second, there is also a version that you can decorate the template with digital papers and then cut the individual pieces out to assemble on a card base printed on your paper that has guides or a 4.25 x 5.5" card stock card base. This template is mostly simple cuts that can be cut by hand or with the cutting files using the print and cut method. First time using Print and Cut in the Silhouette software? Here's a video I made to show you how.

Third, a version with the cut files separated out for each color and shape, most likely to be used with printed scrapbook papers and cardstocks.

I'm probably doing a terrible job explaining this, so I've made a video to explain what I mean.

I hope you all enjoy my contribution. Any questions, feel free to email me at sandypiecreations at gmail dot com or you can drop by my Facebook page.

Thank you again for stopping by!! Happy Hybriding!!!

Beginner's Guide to Hybrid Scrapbooking Templates

Hello and Welcome to my Beginner's Guide to Hybrid Scrapbooking Templates. 

I've created a series of videos to (hopefully) demystify hybrid scrapbooking with layered templates and setting up your creations to cut with the Silhouette Studio software and digital cutting machine.

In the first video we will start with the basics of using a hybrid template. 

Using Photoshop Elements:

Using full Photoshop/CC2015:

Then we will take that project and open it and set it up with its cut files in Silhouette Studio (the basic edition):

I hope these videos help get you started in the wondrous world of hybrid scrapbooking.

Please feel free to leave your questions here or on the videos in YouTube. Or you can email me sandypiecreations at gmail dot com.

You can always find me on my Facebook page or in my Facebook Group.

If you're interested in purchasing the cutting file and template used in the video you can find it and all my products at The Digital Press.

Thank you so much and Happy Hybriding!!

Digiscrap Parade - Commencement

Welcome! I hope you're enjoying the May 2016 DigiScrap Parade.

Thank you for participating in the May 2016 DigiScrap Parade! 

If you're following the Parade route from start to finish, 

you should have arrived here from 

Little Lamm & Co 

and your next stop will be 

Rachel Hodge. 

If you get lost along the way, simply head back to the 

main DigiScrap Parade site 

to view the master list and get back on track.

This might be the first time you've heard of me.  

Here's where you can find me:

my store at The Digital Press

SandyPie Creations newsletter

My YouTube channel has tutorials for my projects. 

SandyPie Creations on Facebook

SandyPie Creations fan group

Here is my contribution:

(This is a Dropbox link, please be patient, the parade is busiest in the first few days,
if you cannot access the file please try again a little while later. Thank you.)

{{download no longer available}}

Download was available for the month of May 2016 only, if you are interested in purchasing this you will find it in my TDP store starting June 10, 2016. Thank you.

*edited 6/3/16

A tutorial of how it goes together:

SandyPie Creations YouTube channel. 

Publisher's Picks Jan 26 - 28th

Hello All!! It's Publisher's Picks time again at The Digital Press. 

This week I have two re-releases lined up for you.

The Heart Pocket, available in three options: 
1) Layered template with PSD & TIFF versions. Also includes PNGs and PDF version. 
2) Cutting files only in DXF and SVG versions.
3) All of the above. 

And I'm also re-releasing the Coffee Single project, with a slight name change.

The Single Cup Coffee Pod Holder is available in three options: 
1) Layered template with PSD & TIFF versions. Also includes PNGs and PDF version. 
2) Cutting files only in DXF and SVG versions.
3) All of the above. 

These are each 50% off during the sale, Jan 26- 28th, only.

Thank you so much! And Happy Hybriding!!

Publisher's Picks Jan 12-14, 2016

Hello All!!

It's Publisher's Picks time again at The Digital Press. Publisher's Picks run Tuesday through Thursday and all are 50% off.

I'm doing something new at The Digital Press. I've split the digital PNG cards from the SVG/DXF cutting file version. And changed (lowered) the price. (No use buying something you're not going to use. Right?) Before the Publisher's Picks discount they are only $.50 per card!! Can't beat that for a cutting file price. And now, through Thursday, they're 50% off!

Here is a closer look at everything you'll find in the Publisher's Pick section this week.

Pocket Cuts: I Heart You (Cutting Files DXF & SVG)


Pocket Cuts: I Heart You (PNGs)

Pocket Cuts: I Heart You Frames (Cutting Files DXF & SVG)

Pocket Cuts: I Heart You Frames (PNGs)

I hope you'll come by and see us at The Digital Press. Check out the forums and challenges too. Did you know there are two hybrid challenges each month at TDP?

Thank you so much for stopping by, see you soon!!

Publisher's Picks Jan 5 -

My guest shop is open and it's my first Publisher's Pick at The Digital Press!! Publisher's Picks sales run Tuesday through Thursday each week and everything will be 50% off during the sale. 

In the sale this week I have some re-releases: 

Pocket Masks: 3x4" Digital PNG masks.

Pocket Masks: 4x6" Digital PNG masks.

Pocket Masks: 4x4" Digital PNG masks.

Pocket Masks: Card Fronts 4.25 x 5.5" Digital PNG masks.

And for the first time I'm making a bundle of all of them!!

Pocket Masks: All

Also I will have the Pocket Cuts: Winter Candyland journal cards available.

I'm doing something new at The Digital Press. I've split the digital PNG cards from the SVG/DXF cutting file version. And changed (lowered) the price. (No use buying something you're not going to use. Right?) Before the Publisher's Picks discount they are only $.50 per card!! Can't beat that for a cutting file price. And now, through Thursday, they're 50% off!!

I hope you'll come by and see us at The Digital Press. Check out the forums and challenges too. Did you know there are two hybrid challenges each month at TDP?

Thank you so much for stopping by, see you soon!!

The Closing of Scrap Orchard

It’s the end of an era. After providing a phenomenal place for scrappers to hang out and purchase quality (and might I add, reasonably priced) supplies for seven years, Scrap Orchard is closing its doors on Thursday, Dec 31 at 11pm Eastern time.

Over the years SO was at the forefront of “premiere” scrapbook shopping. I was an big fan of the store and more so the owners. I was horribly intimidated to start selling at this fantastic store that I had lurked in the forums for years. Kami had asked to join the team years ago, but I declined, so intimated by the talent already at SO.

I enjoyed shopping the huge sales in the Farmer’s Market, never sticking to my resolution to just spend a couple bucks. (But didn’t we all?) And then there were the fantastic events like Scrapper Bowl, Iron Scrapper (my personal fav) and Game On. And there were even live events like DigiScrapapalooza. I, unfortunately, didn’t have the nerve to attend these. But I sure wanted to.

Earlier this year I decided I was pulling myself too many ways. I pulled back from trying to design everything and narrowed my focus back to just hybrid products. I contacted Kami and she welcomed me with open arms. It was fantastic to be in that talent pool. And those enormously talented ladies were welcoming also.

I even got to meet a few of them last September. It was fantastic. If you want to talk about super nice people, it would have to include these people!!

It makes me so sad to say Scrap Orchard is closing. It makes me mad at myself that I didn’t ask Kami to join this group of wonderful individuals sooner. (No, really, these ladies are that fantastic, they are everything I wish I could be when I grow up, someday.)

I could go on and on about these ladies and this store but I won’t.  I’ve said more here than I’ve ever said here before that wasn’t related to a product. :)

On that note, I want to tell you all I will be opening a guest shop at The Digital Press starting January 2016. Will it be my shop’s permanent home? I don’t know, we’ll see how it goes. I did also want to mention I’m going to make some changes to how my products are sold. I’m pretty sure I can sell the cutting files alone, rather than with the templates, especially helpful for paper scrappers. And I have new products I can’t wait for you all to see.

I hope you will come over and check it all out starting Friday.
That’s all I have for now. I need to get back to work repackaging and packing up new products.

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