A big thanks to Melissa who played along with us last week on our Hybrid Valentine journey.  Sylvie will be contacting you to see what kit of hers you would like to have.

This week our challenge will be All About Me layouts.  It doesn’t have to be a standard headshot with some random facts….it can be a any type of layout, or even an ATC….something that expresses who you are and what you are about.  Sometimes as scrappers we spend so much of our precious time focussing on layouts with our kids/family that we forget about scrapping ourselves.  So, let’s see your favorite morning routine, a list of the books you want to read, the lessons you learned from high school……Let’s see something about you.

Here is a sample All About Me layout done by Sausan Designs creative team member, Pauline. She used  Zapp Papers and PiP Elements to create her hybrid AAM page!

I also found some great kits that you can use to scrap these pages.  Starting with Sausan Designs, A La Mode.  The colors are amazing and how perfect would those doodled frames look around your photo!!

A second favorite kit is meMom.  How could you resist those doodled flowers and bright pink papers and elements!!

Another great kit for an All About Me layout is Miss Poppy.  That blue paper and those doodled photo corners are so amazingly unique!!

So, come along and play with us.  Post your layout in the comment section of this post before Tuesday, March 2nd and you can win a kit of your choice from Sausan Designs.

Supplies:
Ihr braucht:

Computer
Karl and Karla or Happy Easter digital elements
InkJet printable Cotton Sheets like Cotton Jet (they come in Letter/A4 format size)
InkJet Color Printer                                                          InkJet Drucker
Scissors                                                                         Schere
piece of matching fabric                                                   passenden Stoff
Sewing machine or needle and matching thread   Nähmaschine oder Nadel und passenden Faden

How to:
Und so geht’s:

Print this cute Easter bunny on a piece of  InkJet Cotton
Hasi auf ein Stück Ink Jet Printing Cotton ausdrucken.

Now cut the bunny out, leaving a seam allowance
Hasi großzügig ausschneiden

Then cut out a piece of matching fabric (it has to be larger than the bunny) and pin bunny and fabric, right sides together
Etwas größeres Stück als Hasi zuschneiden. Hasi und Stoff rechts auf rechts mit Stecknadeln zusammen stecken.

Sew around bunny, leaving a little opening for turning
Mit der Nähmaschine Konturen des Hasi unnähen. Unten ca. 3 – 4 cm Wendeöffnung lassen.

Now trim and clip curves. Leaving a little bit of fabric at the opening makes it easier to stitch it closed
Jetzt sind Stoff und Hasi zusammengenäht, die Konturen des Hasis nochmal auf dem Stoff ausschneiden. An der Wendeöffnung etwas Stoff stehen lassen, erleichtert später das Schliessen

Turn softie and iron it (NO STEAM!). This will make it washable.
Wenden und bügeln, damit ist das Softie auch waschbar.

Stuff and sew opening closed.
Mit Bastelwatte füllen und Wendeöffnung zunähen.

Isn’t this bunny adorable? And fast and easy to make! But be careful! It can get addictive!
You created a Sausan Designs Softie yourself? Show it in our hybrid member gallery
Ist der nicht süß? Und schnell gemacht! Aber Achtung! Macht süchtig!
Selbst ein Sausan Designs Softie  gemacht? Dann zeig es doch in unserer Galerie!

I am sorry but the next part will be in german only. Karla (you can see her in the very first image) goes travelling around Germany. Right now she can only travel around Germany due to postage fees.  But you can always drop by her Blog to follow her travel route. If you think that this is cute, please link to her and sport her little banner on your Blog !

Vielleicht habt ihr ja im ersten Bild Karla gesehen…nun Karla geht auf Reisen und vielleicht darf sie euch ja auch einmal besuchen? Dann macht  mit und ladet sie ein! Mehr darüber findet ihr hier auf ihrem Blog.  Schreibt darüber auch auf Eurem Blog, damit sie viele von Euch besuchen kann!

Happy Sunday and take care wherever you are!
Sylvie

 Hybrid goodies !

We’d love to see your creations! You can post them in our member gallery ! 
TFL

This week we are exploring the hybrid Valentine.  It doesn’t have to involve much hybrid at all – you can do it all digital and then just print it out, sign it and send it to somebody you love!!  Or you can cut, glue and stitch….it is up to you!!

We have some samples from our amazing Creative Team to get you started, but first want to point out some Sausan Design kits that are perfect for all your Valentine needs (and they are on sale too!!)  Read to the end though, as we have some great free cards made from Sylvie’s designs for you.

Some of my favorite Sausan Design kits will work perfectly for Valentine’s Day.  Cloud 7 is my huge favorite – that funky, hand-drawn plaid paper is just amazing.

Another great Valentine kit (an oldie, but goodie) is Valentino Valentina.  The papers are so richly textured and the elements are timeless.

Another option is to go the QuickPage route…  For the amazing kit My Little Heart, Sylvie has some gorgeous Quickpages that would make your Valentine a nice “love” book!!

Here are the papers and elements for My Little Heart, so you can add some pages to your Quickpage love book.

Also found a couple other element packs that work well for making Valentine’s.  How cute are these hand-drawn, hand-colored hearts.  Sylvie has a great eye for colors and designs.  Also, the pressed flowers are always timeless.

Ok, enough eye candy…now let’s see what you can do with these amazing designs.  Below are some samples from our Creative Team.

Polinka put together this beautiful card.  I love that it is different from the traditional pink and red of Valentine’s day.  Beautiful work.

Lena put together these two gorgeous cards.  Love all that cut paper on the first one.  The second is just plain fun!!

Chengie made a couple very cute cards and she was kind enough to offer them to you.  See these cards below and click here to download them.  Thanks Chengie!!

After all that, seems crazy to add some more.  I put together a couple Valentine’s day cards, printed them out and added some stitching with my sewing machine.  I sort of thought the ends of my flower stems looked a bit messy, but a friend was kind enough to point out that they seemed clumped with dirt. LOL!! Thanks, Nevermore!!  Anyway, you can download my cards by clicking here.

Thanks for taking the time to read all this.  When you get a chance, please play along with us.  Please post your Valentine’s creation sometime before Tuesday, February 16th to be eligible to win a free kit from Sausan Designs.  You can post your creations in the In my Handbag Gallery at SausanDesigns.com.  Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday and a great Valentine’s Day.  We will be back in two weeks for the next “in my Handbag” challenge!!

 Sausandesigns is looking for creative and artsy Hybrid Artists!

 If you are willing to step out of your comfort zone and if you can commit yourself to the team on a regular basis and promote my designs with your hybrid projects, than email me with a link to your most actual gallery, some info about yourself and why you think you are the perfect hybrid artist for my designs. 

Email me at: sausan(at)sausandesigns(dot)com

Just click, download and have fun!

Eine deutschsprachige Version findet ihr auf Gabs Blog
For a German version refer to Gabs’ Blog Post

How to:
1.  Take your waste bags and fold and cut them lengthwise.

 2.  Then cut the long pieces to size. I have used sandwich paper bags here to measure the size of the final bags. Tape along the long sides using masking tape, then fold over the upper, open side of the bag and punch 2 holes with a hole punch.

3.  Print the pages you have been creating with your graphics software and Karl and Karla. I created them 4″ x 6″ but you should first check the sizes of your bag. Then cut them to size and glue them on front and backside of your bag. (I used the light version for my DD and the greenish version for DS)

4.  Now you can start filling the bags with little treats. When you are done, use wooden skewers to close the bags by poking them through the punched holes. If the skewers are too long, like mine have been, cut them to size. Of course you will have to do this to all your bags

5. Now you are almost done! See how fast this was ?! Now we want to hang the bags.  You can use whatever fits your taste and colors of your bags. I used some ribbons and  fastened them to the skewer from the back of the bag. When you are done, you might want to hang them from somewhere..maybe a thick wooden branch you found on one of your walks in the woods? Be creative! Now tons of fun when creating this fast hybrid Advent Calendar!

Take care and have a wonderful weekend, wherever you are!

Naja, zwar ist heute noch nicht Weihnachten, wohl aber Zeit einmal daran zu denken, denn wie man ja aus Erfahrung weiß, kommt Weihnachten irgendwie immer ganz plötzlich…Grund genug wenigstens über einen tollen, ungewöhnlichen und schnell selbst gemachten hybriden Adventskalender nachzudenken.

But now let’s start with this project that is brought to you by my CTMember Britta!

Jetzt aber los mit dem tollen Adventskalender von Britta:

Here is what you need:

24 sweets or little treats (you may need 25 when you are living in America)
1 roll of cellophane foil
twine, thread, floss, ribbon whatever suits your taste
1 sheet of letter sized (A4) heavy cardstock
hole punch
scissors
digital files: Oh Tannenbaum – Adventskalender  (numbers only from 1 to 24)
Oh Tannenbaum – Christmas is…
printer

Das braucht ihr dafür:

24 Süssigkeiten oder kleine Geschenke
1 Rolle Cellophan
Kordel
1 Blatt festes Papier (A4)
Locher
Schere
digitale Dateien: Oh Tannenbaum – Adventskalender
Oh Tannenbaum – Christmas is…
Drucker
 
How to:
1. Unroll your cellophane roll and lay it flat on the table. Place the little treats and sweets spaciously on it. (image1) Fold the cellophane over and wrap the goodies and treats, tying them off with your floss, twine, ribbon or thread so they look like little candies. (image2)

So wird’s gemacht:
1. Cellophanrolle ausrollen und die 24 Süßigkeiten oder andere Kleinigkeiten großzügig darauf legen. (Bild1) Cellophan darüber schlagen und dann die einzeln Süßigkeiten wie ein Bonbon mit Kordel „abbinden“. (Bild2)

2. Now print the numbers of the Sausan Designs Christmas is… Advent Calendar on heavy cardstock, the size of each number should be around 3 cm (appr. 1.18 inches)
When printed, cut them out, punch a hole in each of them and tie them to each sweet starting with number 24. This means that the calendar will end with number 1. If the ends of your twine are too long clip them to size. And that’s it.

2. Als nächstes die Zahlen des Sausan Designs Oh Tannenbaum Adventskalenders auf festeres Papier ca. 3 cm groß ausdrucken, dann ausschneiden und jeden Anhänger mit einem Loch versehen. Anschliessend die Anhänger an die Kordel binden. Dabei an die oberste Kordel die 24 binden, die „Cellophanwurst schließt ab mit der 1. Die zu langen Kordelenden abschneiden – fertig!
 

The calendar is ready and could already be hung at your door
Theoretisch kann man den Tür Adventskalender jetzt schon so aufhängen.

If you’d like your calendar to look more elegant, simply make a special tag to hang your calendar from there! I printed “Merry Christmas” wordart on Kraft paper,  glued it on heavy cardstock and added some elements of SausanDesigns Christmas is…. Then I punched a hole, added ribbon and was done!

Die dekorativere Variante wäre für oben noch eine Aufhängung zu machen.
Dafür habe ich  „Frohe Weihnachten” auf Kraft Cardstock gedruckt und auf ein Stück Graupappe geklebt, das Ganze mit ein paar Elementen von Sausan Designs Oh Tannenbaum – Christmas is… beklebt,  noch ein dekoratives Band und fertig war’s!

One last hint: To maintain the calendar’s functionality, cut the single candies underneath the following twine!
Und noch ein letzter Tipp:
Um die Funktionalität des Adventskalender zu gewährleisten, schneidet man die einzelen Bonbons immer unter der nächsten Kordelbindung ab.

Now have fun! Jetzt viel Spaß!
If you’d like to show us your creations, upload them here to our member gallery
Wenn ihr uns eure Kreationen zeigen möchtet, dann ladet sie doch hier in die Mitgliedergalerie!

Here’s some inspiration of my wonderful CT. Doesn’t this make you just leave for the sea right now?!

Karen Bowers used the frame clusters on my Verde papers when she created the cover of her newest Shutterfly Book

Kelly Stevens used one of the pola clusters on one of my PIP papers. Isn’t this cute?!

Use my Dymolabels to label your pages!

Isn’t this adorable ? It definitely will make a unique little gift !

Now have fun and a great start into the new week!
Take care, wherever you are!

Sylvie

 
And here is some eye candy of what the Sausandesigns’ and the Catscrap Layout Designers created with this kit:

And if you still need a fast and fun idea to bring a little something for the kids at easter, I am sure that Karen Bower’s cute idea will inspire you:
She used my Happy Easter Stickers available here and at Catscrap

Now isn’t that cute?
Happy Easter to y’all! And take care, wherever you are
Sylvie