When all was done I distressed and aged them a bit and stenciled the box.  I am planning to pimp my little creative space with my “new”  turquoise furniture. Guess it came out well. But take a look yourself.

Oh and also Karl shows off on this pic..I finally made it to print him on fabric. He his going to become a softie !

Happy day and take care wherever you are

Sylvie

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

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

My sweet CTMember Pauline just used some of her paper scraps (mostly from Sausandesigns-Sing Spring) but you can use whatever you find in your stash..you could even use paper from old catalogues!

Now cut or punch out circles from your papers, Pauline also punched out some little stars inside of some of the paper circles. Let your imagination flow! Then get your or your friend’s (or neighbor’s) sewing machine and just sew all those circles together. If it seems to get complicated, just arrange them on a sheet of parchment paper and sew all together. Then, when you are done, just slowly tear off the parchment paper and voilà : you are owner of a cute little paper garland!

Now you can hang the garlands from your windows or decorate the tree or you can use them for a cute little dinner table decoration:
For this little tree you can or use a ready made tree from the thrift store or you decorate some styrofoam cones with glitter ribbons or whatever you can think of. I think you can find those cones in floral shops. When you decorated them, just wrap the paper garland around the tree. If you are doing more than one tree, it will make a wonderful and unique decoration for christmas dinner table.

Have fun creating!

Just click, download and have fun!

You can choose between already colored tags or a black and white version that you can leave as is or have your kids color them in! How fun!

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Have a wonderful day and take care, wherever you are!

An easy to do DIY calendar for yourself or as a cute gift for christmas! Available in letter size as well as in A4 and with the week starting Monday (European version) as well as Sunday (American Version)
Simply print, cut and hang! Short instructions included!

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!