I’d be happy to see your layouts created with my kit or here or in the Sausandesigns’ gallery! Have fun !!

Check out this wednesdays Specials at Sausandesigns and my Specials at Catscrap: As time goes by and the grungy Worn Whites

Have fun!

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This Wednesday it is all hybrid! So 6 wonderful products in total to try your skills are marked down 50% for you!

Check out this wednesdays Specials at Sausandesigns and my Specials at Catscrap: Little Owl Book and the matching Holy Cute Hoot

Have fun!

OMG it is definitely not easy to be stuck in the middle of a complete house renovation while trying to live your regular life with a new to be schoolkid and another one in the middle of puberty LOL…and in our case this means that in the end there will be only the outside walls of the house standing as we are tearing all and everything out. I am taking pictures of course also to keep the memories of how the old house looked like before we started to turn it upside down. (Wanna follow? Check here) What house you ask? We bought a post war house from the early 50s with a little garden and are renovating it from the bottom to the top. The “nice” work is ours such as stripping off wallpapers, demolishing the old bathroom equipments, pulling out all electricity cables, old water pipes and so on…plus my special duty: running after workmen..you can’t imagine how I hate this.
But I will stop whining now and let you know some digiscrapping related news
There is some new and some oldies goldies stuffs in my Scrapbookgraphics Studio! Check it out and snag some goodies!

Now that you know what got roped into I hope you will bear with me when I am a bit MIA.

Have a happy day my friends and take care, wherever you are

Sylvie

Oh and if you ask yourself what this “cute” old bucket in the picture above is all about, well, we found it bricked in with an old bathtub.

This Wednesday 3 wonderful items are marked down 50% for you!

At Sausandesigns: Valentino Valentina Paper Pack 1, Valentino Valentina Paper Pack 2 and the coordinating Valentino Valentina Elements

Have fun!  Oh! And don’t forget to celebrate with us at Catscrap!! We turned 4!!!

Oh I am late as usual. It’s the last days of summer vacation and school will start tomorrow…well..Jana will start tomorrow whereas Josh will start Tuesday so there will be another day for me to get all ready.
I have been crafting a Schultüte (huge sugar cone filled with sweets and little toys that german kids get for their very first day of school) and will show some pics later.

Now as we will have some guests like Josh’s grandparents and god mothers and god fathers I thought of maybe doing some little favor boxes in shape of school bags for them.
It is a simple little box but it took me some tries to finally find the version that worked best for me and I will provide you with some kind of template later in case you’d prefer to create it digitally so you could just drag some digi papers over and print it out. I used a metric grid to draw my box but I am sure it transfers easily on an inch sized grid, too.

I created my boxes “traditionally” using pencil and scissors. I  stamped some of my Clearstamp Mini motives on and decorated all with some faux stitching that I drew with a thin black pen. When all was done I glued it together and let dry. Then I applied the belts that I cut from the remaining paper. Just measure them a slight bit longer than the back of the box so you can fold them to glue them down.
Well, that’s it. You can now start to fill the little school bags with M&Ms or Gummibears!

Supplies:
sturdy cardstock
scissors or craft knife
glue
bone folder (optional)
corner rounder (optional)
clearstamps (optional)
printer (optional)

How to:
You can or print and cut my template to create a template for yourself and use it to sketch it on the desired paper ,  you can simply print  my template on your chosen cardstock  or you can decorate it digitally and then print out the finished design.

No matter how you decide  doing it you will then have to cut all out and fold on the indicated lines. In case you still need to decorate your box, you may want to do it  before glueing it together. I also rounded the corners of the school bag’s front flap.

When all is done glue it. While it is drying you can cut some shoulder belts. I measured them a slight bit longer than the back of my box, folded the ends  and glued them to the back.
Your box is almost ready now, the only thing you have to do is to fill it with some little favors like M&Ms or Gummibears!

1. Gather your supplies and trace and cut template

2. Fold along the indicated lines. I used a bone folder so it folds easier

3. I rounded the corners of the box flap but you can leave it as is. Then I prefolded it, with the sloppy side inside.

4. Now you can start to decorate your box. I stamped on it and drew faux stitching along the edges.

5. Now glue your box together. Then I measured the belts using the back of the box as a rough guide.
I cut the belts from the leftover paper of the cardstock I used. Then I eyeballed the width and cut
2 strips.

6. Decorate them with some faux stitching if you like and fold the edges. Then glue them to the back

That’s it! You are done! Now fill your little schoolbag box with sweets! Have fun! Hope you liked my little tutorial!

You can download the template here.  Remember that it is for personal use!

I also decided to do some sugar cone tags to use them as decoration on my coffee table napkins. I stamped the cones of my Clearstamps “School” set with the boyish star motif on cardstock and colored them in. I still have to cut them out but I am sure they will look cute on the table.
It would be too sweet if you’d leave me a comment . I hope you liked my little tutorial!

Hugs and happy day

Sylvie

This Wednesday 2 wonderful kits are marked down 50% for you!

At Sausandesigns: À la Mode and À la Mode Paper Add On

At Catscrap, too !