The first "I SPY" hybrid contest was so much fun we have decided to sponsor a second contest! Search through the Digital and Scrapbook Shoppes at A Cherry on Top to locate the 5 products in the layout. Write down the name of the product and the product number then email your list to us at hybridcontest@acherryontop.com. All submissions with the correct products listed will be eligible for a $25 gift certificate drawing. There will be only 1 name drawn for the gift certificate. It's simple to play and enter but be sure to get your submission emailed before the deadline: July 22, 2007, midnight EST.

Updated July 23, 2007: THE WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER. YOU CAN VIEW THE PRODUCTS USED TO MAKE THIS LAYOUT BELOW. THANKS FOR PLAYING.

View the other images to see close-ups of the 5 products you must find. They are labeled A - E.

SPECIAL NOTE: Arrow for item D. is pointing to the label not the striped frame behind it.

HOW IT WAS MADE:
The layout was begun in Photoshop on a 12 x 12" canvas. The digital background paper was placed over a solid white layer. A soft edged brush was used to erase most of the background except for the edges. (Please note that the soft colors of purple and green around the edges are not part of the original paper but added in later.) After adding in the photo a frame was added and some digital swirly brushes randomly placed around the edges of the frame. Before adding the digital decorative label (slightly recolored) a frame from the Paper Bag Elements series was added behind the label. The journaling and birds were the final touches to the digital part of the layout and then it was flattened and printed on a 12 x 12" format Epson printer using 100% textured cotton paper. A slit was cut next to the photo and the striped paper on the left was placed in the slit then adhered to the background. I used leather strings for ties on the chipboard buttons and adhered them with Zots Dots. The lettering at the top are rub on letters from the same line as the chipboard buttons. The purple swirl is actually the back of the striped paper I cut this out free hand. Small pebbles from The Robin's Nest were adhered around the edge of the photo on the swirl brushes using mini Zots Dots. The final touch was the chalking that was added to the brush swirls around the photo and also around the edge of the layout.