Day: December 2, 2010

DIY: Paper Bags

It’s time for another Do-It-Yourself tutorial, and today I thought to tell you how to make those paper bags that I used to make my advent calendar with. They are very simply to make and quite versatile to use (gift bag, advent calendar, storage, decoration, etc.). 1. You might want to hop over to the PaperCraft Art Creative website and download their template (a simple pdf file). 2. Open the pdf file in your Photoshop program, select the template and drag it onto a new canvas. Re-size and duplicate the template layer and start clipping papers from your digi stash to it. I used one or two papers and sometimes a ribbon to clip to the paper bag. (You might want to re-size the papers as well to make sure the patterns are in proportion to your template.) Once you’ve arranged everything to your pleasing, merge all layers. 3. Print and cut everything, then simply follow the steps of the tutorial of the PaperCraft Art Creative website. Most of it is pretty self-explanatory. I made …

Digi-Scrap News (12/02)

December is here, and I’ve got lots of news for you today. The new December Portfolio at the Sweetshoppe has started. Check it out and make sure to participate, as you can earn points towards sweet rewards for each month. Did you know about the Cookies 4 Kids at SSD? All throughout the month of December you can download templates created by SSD designers and the staff on a daily basis. Or you can buy the whole set and the money you spend will be contributed to help children in need. Hop over to OTS and see their new contributions for the month. The new Digi Files are out and will be revealed throughout the month. Don’t miss out on them, as they usually come with a great deal!

Around Town: Metro

One of our favorite stores around is Metro. I particularly like it, because it is a German store. So it has a lot of things from Germany, but from other places as well. It’s over in the city and even with good traffic (which is rare) it takes well over an hour to get there, but you can get things there which can’t be found anywhere here in town. Things like butter. Or cheese. Things people in other places usually take for granted. Here we don’t. Let’s take butter for instance: How precious can a chunk of it become when it takes so much effort to get it! Once you’ve brought it home safely, you treasure it, and everything you use it for becomes a treasure as well. Like Christmas cookies. Precious simple Christmas cookies. What are Christmas cookies without butter? The list goes on and on … as I said: We do love Metro! Last time I went there because I needed to get candles, and Metro always gets a fine selection of Christmas …