In the summer of 2007 my husband and I went to Hawaii for the first time and had an amazing time. I have not started scrapping the trip because I’m so far behind. I decided to get busy during January on a first for me, a hybrid scrapbook.

Hybrid scrapping means it is partially done digitally and partially with papers and other mixed media. The extent of each can vary from as simple as the photos being embellished with frames, to an entire 12 x 12 photo print with some rhinestones added on top of the digital flourish.

I plan on doing something in-between. I saw an idea in a magazine recently (wish I could remember which one) where the pictures were laid out on an 8.5×10 canvas in Photoshop. That photo could consist of one photo or many photos with digital embellishments. Then it was placed on a 12 x 12 scrapbook page and embellished from there.

I’m using a Creative Memories scrapbook with sand colored pages. I plan on embellishing with Prima Flowers, some rhinestone flourishes, Tim Holtz grungeboard, and maybe even some paints. I’ll figure it out as I go.

So, here I’m sharing a work in progress. It is the digital portion of a two page spread. I picked out a very neutral grunged polka dot paper for the background and plan to use various colors of this throughout the album. Most of the graphics were from Designer Digitals because they are having a sale right now on brushes and stamps. I won’t do a whole tutorial just yet, but I will share that Katie Pertiet’s “Watery Brushes” were key to achieving this look.

I’ll share “step two” after it is finished. I’m not sure when, it may take a few tries!