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

And now we are calling tons of paper critters our own, all handcut and glued by him. I only helped scoring the foldlines. No whining that his hand hurts, no argueing about going on or not, even my idea of cutting out blank templates and color them got accepted right away! I had a kid that was cutting out creatures like a maniac. Here are some examples of his work

 Aren’t they cute? We now are calling 22 of different creatures our own. Well, as he got faster cutting I had to work hard scoring all the foldlines LOL
Another weekend I tried my skills on sewing again. I had bought me this cute book  and I can highly recommend it if you are into Monsters and would like to get more ideas but “only plushies”
Look what I was able to sew. While sewing the monster cap I thought of throwing it out of the window several times but in the end I managed to finish it!! Believe me when I tell you that I am a sewing newbie and complete nono but I made it! I am pretty proud about myself I can tell you! And doesn’t it look  great? What do you say?

(Photo treatment made with the gorgeous Lightrom Presets Pack 3 of Christian O’Dell)

But no worries: I haven’t quit designing. There will be some cool and cutesey hybrid packs as well as a new Kit coming out soon! Stay tuned and join our challenge to be in for a prize!
Hugs and happy friday
Sylvie

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!!

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How cool is this?
I also had a chance to see his new paper collection and liked it..you know that I love everything altered and grungy…always did since I started designing. Should have asked him to do some papers with me! This certainly would be fun!
And who knows: maybe I will!
Driving back from the expo was no fun though as it started snowing like hell and all was snowed in within seconds. So when we finally made it back to Nicole’s to pick up my car all has gotten worse, and this half an hour drive back to my house took me more than 2 hours but I made it home safe and sound.

Have a wonderful evening now, it is pretty late here now and I will finally quit sitting in front of the screen.
Bye and take care wherever you are.
Sylvie

 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