Hybrid

A Little Card and a Big Sale

| cristina

Happy Tuesday everyone! Look what’s for sale for only $2 today:

This collab is gooooorgeous! 😉 I used it a while back for this frame that hangs in my living room, and this weekend I made this pretty little card with it:

Credits:
Tropical Escape by Mari Koegelenberg Creations and Erica Zane
Paper Flower Templates Set 1 by The Cutting Files
Font: CK Becky

So cute! And I’m getting more and more in love with my cutting machine every day! Yes, the flower on the left of the bracket is cut out too.

Soar

| cristina

I made another page for my art journal last weekend using some Polka Dot Plum goodies. 🙂

Credits:
Sweet Summertime by Amy and Lauren of Polka Dot Plum
Hot air balloon by Sir Scrapalot Designs
Flower shape by BTA Designs
Fence by Kalo Designs
Font: Pea Olson

Very simple but pretty, isn’t it? 🙂

I’m In Love!

| cristina

As I promised yesterday, I’m back to show you the amazing project I did thanks to my new cutting machine. 🙂

When I first saw this beautiful collab by Krista Sahlin and Jenn Barrette, I knew I wanted to do something hybrid-y with it. Especially with that gorgeous ferris wheel.

So since I’m an overachiever and a bit reckless at times, my 2nd project with my new Silhouette SD was this:

Credits:
Vintage Carnival kit and wordart by Sahlin Studio and Jenn Barrette

The result is just amazing! All pieces used above were cut individually. The wood paper is about 3.75×4.3 in size so I think you can appreciate the detail this machine was able to cut!
I’m looking forward to the long weekend so I can play more with my machine!

So Pretty!

| cristina

I received some bad news yesterday: my grandma fell and broke her nose. 🙁 I am so upset and worried and being thousands of miles away doesn’t help. 🙁 I guess we just have to be thankful she didn’t break a leg or something else, but still…. 🙁 So to pick myself up I want to show you some pretties I made Monday night with my new Silhouette SD digital cutter. This was the first day I had it, and I’m in love!!

Since I wanted to start getting some Christmas cards done, I used this adorable kit by Mari:

(oh, and have you heard?! Everything in Mari’s store is 35% off through Sept. 5!!)

I made this mini cards/tags:

I know I am biased 🙂 but I think they are the cutest ever!!! 😉

I printed them out with no bleed, and the Silhouette cut them perfectly. Yay!! I have another more impressive project to share, but I’ll leave that for tomorrow. 🙂

Finally, Something to Show!

| cristina

I haven’t blogged in like forever! I didn’t have anything to show to you (I’ve been working a lot on a very pretty project for the ScrapMatters September newsletter), but now I can share the card I did for today’s It’s in the Cards challenge:

Credits:
Template by LuAnn (wildblueeyez)
EZ Wishes {bundle} by Erica Zane

I absolutely love this kit by Erica Zane, and all the add ons!

AND she’s having a birthday sale right now, so make sure you take advantage of it while you can!

Tomorrow I’ll have another little something to show you. 🙂

Long Weekend

| cristina

I had a long weekend this weekend, because on Friday my boss decided our group should have a retreat on the lake. It was quite fun! It doesn’t feel like it was really a long weekend, with the CT call at ScrapMatters taking up all of my Saturday… Anyway, here’s the new, fantastic team:

Ads made with the new SM collabs Dude and Wizarding Magic.

I did manage to scrap a few pictures from the lake last night using only Sahlin Studio goodies:

Credits:
Vintage Vogue by Sahlin Studio
Fonts: CK Becky, Pea Olson

Credits:
Vintage Vogue and Drawn Out by Sahlin Studio

And now I can also share the August SM newsletter project, also using mostly Sahlin Studio products 🙂

Credits:
Paper from Season of Giving and Antique Journalers by Sahlin Studio Alpha from Love Blooms by Jenn Barrette

Have a good week!

I Wuff Hybrid

| cristina

If you’re here for the ScrapMatters Birthday Blog Train, keep scrolling! 🙂

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I am in love with my latest card:

Credits:
Animal House by Britt-ish Designs

You can’t really tell from the picture, but I used Glossy accents on the bone and alpha. I inked the paper on the bottom to make the paw cut out stand out and I think it turned out pretty cute!

This kit is gorgeous for hybrid projects: check out the beautiful texture in the patterned paper I used in my card!

Hybrid Travel Journal

| cristina

In this month’s ScrapMatters newsletter I wrote a tutorial for a hybrid travel journal. I made my first travel journal back in March before my 5 day trip to DC and it’s the best thing I could have done! The pictures from that trip still lay mostly unscrapped, so it was a great idea to jot down the journaling during the trip. Plus, I really enjoyed carrying around with me this pretty album! 😉

Credits:
Around the World by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio, monuments from History Lessons by Chelle’s Creations

I laminated the front and back cover and the internal dividers for protection and my album held up perfectly!
Here’s a look at a few of the internal pages:

Credits:
Around the World by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio

Credits:
Where the Heart Is by [wm] squared designs and simply scraps, alpha from Around the World by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio

I liked this project so much that I’ve been toying with the idea of making a December daily album to bring with me when we go visit our family for Christmas (we bought tickets on Sunday and I’m so excited!!)… We’ll see how that goes! 😉

Graduation Card

| cristina

I have not been creating much lately… Busy with life, and with my photography assignments for the class I signed up for back in September – and I’m still on Week 5!! So that is my priority right now. 🙂

But of course I still do have a little something to show. 🙂 I cannot be completely scrap-free for long. Here’s a card I made for the It’s in the Cards challenge at ScrapMatters – this template is gorgeous!

Credits:
Template by Simply J Studio
Cap from School’s Out For Summer by Haynay Designs
Papers from Make a Wish by Sahlin Studio and Valorie Wibbens
Font: Pea Olson

I’m not sure you can tell from the picture that I used some Stickles on the tassel (that’s my new word for today and it stands for the ribbon that is attached to the cap 😉 ). This card was for a male so I kept the colors serious, but I think it turned out really well!

Showing Off a Couple Hybrid Projects with Red River Paper

| cristina

Lately, I’ve been using exclusively Red River Paper for my projects. I was lucky to get a sample of their papers and they have a great variety of papers, all with excellent quality.

I made some hybrid coasters for the June newsletter at ScrapMatters and I love how they turned out!! I gave them to my DH for our 3rd wedding anniversary.

Credits:
All by Sahlin Studio
Papers from: Season of Giving, Vintage Worn & Torn Papers, So Grateful add on

I used a spray sealer to protect the papers. I used the Red River Linen paper for this project – I love the texture of it! Here’s a closer look of the printed paper before I cut it out:

Don’t you just love that texture? 🙂 And the colors are so bright, too!

I am a big fan of matte papers for my hybrid projects. One of my favorite papers is the Polar Matte by Red River Paper. For this project, I tried the Premium Matte Plus paper (their second best matter paper after the Polar Matte) and was very happy with the results. I did this for the July Getting Hybrid challenge at ScrapMatters: bottle cap magnets! I asked DH what subject he wanted these magnets to be; he answered “something with bees”, so Britt’s kit was just the perfect one for me! 😉

And here are my magnets:

Credits:
Friendly by Britt-ish Designs
Glossy Accents

I used Glossy Accents and as you can see there is very little to no bleed at all (I LOVE Glossy Accents but they do tend to bleed colors, ugh) – the Red River paper did a great job. Aren’t these magnets adorable? 😉
Have a good weekend! I’m hoping to get crafty this weekend, even though my top priority is photography.