It’s time for the next It’s in the Cards Challenge!

Come to the Scrap Matters Challenge Forum and join us! Download the template and let’s get crafty!

Here’s our template:

I used the kit Spring Blush by, Page Frocks

Here are some examples from our wonderful team!

This one by LuAnn is soo Fun! Love it!

Uses Golden Girls’ Party On! kit and Party On Construction Papers

Look at this pretty one by Melissa

Using EricaZane’s EZ Elegance and Krisi’s Kreations’ Write It Out Sentiments

Isn’t this so cute by, Cristina

Kiss That Frog by Britt-ish Designs and DeCrow Designs

So, lets see those cards! Post away! I can’t wait to see!

Julie

Hey there everyone!  It’s LuAnn – back again to host the 5/13 It’s in the Cards challenge.

If you have never tried hybrid or are new to it, today’s template is a great way to get a little experience in hybrid!

I know we’re only a few days post-Mother’s Day but I thought “Hey, let’s get a jump on Father’s Day by creating his card early!” 

But first, a quick review the rules of the challenge:

*Remember that to earn your Matter of Scrap point for the month you need to photograph and upload your card to the Hybrid Challenge gallery by the end of the month. Then come back here and post it in this thread as well. Make sure to let your hostess know if you use a new product within a week of it’s release – if you do, you get an extra point!*

And here’s our template:

Download the template HERE

Some tips for using this template:

1. for best results: allow the printed card time to sit before working with it.
2. for the “knot” of the tie, I kind of finger rounded the edges under a bit to make it “bump up” off the paper and used the burn tool along the edges to give it dimension.
3. fold the pieces in so that the top points meet right at the top of the tie
4. I used pop dots under the points of the collar and double sided tape between the collar layers and also to attach the buttons

Here’s my card created using Plum Dumpling Designs’ Lob-STAH kit:

and a close up:

and another I made using a paper from Britt-ish Designs’ Ohana kit (I left off the tie, added 2 rows of stitching and added a square  to create a pocket)

Here’s one from Hybrid Gal Deb using Pedal Pusher by Connie Prince:

and one from fellow paper and glue gal Amanda using  Happy to Be by Scrapmuss Designs:

and a super cool Daddio one from Julie using Road Trip by Creations by Rachel:

So, let’s get creating those cards!!!   Can’t wait to see what you come up with!!!

Hi everyone, Dalis here to give you a Hybrid Designer Spotlight/ Product Review.  Have you tried making a hybrid project before?  Are you intimidated by the sample (or samples) showcased in the kit?  Did you know that Krisi’s Kreations templates include a PDF line file version (when indicated)?  What does that mean to the not so experienced hybrid gal?  That you don’t have to deal w/ layers  or matching sides.  You can just put a piece of colored cardstock in your printer and print the outline of the box and create a wonderful Hybrid project without having to open your image software.

Let’s take the “Not Straight Up: Hybrid Boxes” template from Krisi’s Kreations.  You notice the wonderful creation she did, well she used all the wonderful layers and power of Photoshop to make it… but look a little farther down… my sample is as cute but I just opened her PDF file and printed the outline to purple cardstock.

This is a simple way to get your feet wet with Hybrid Projects starting with baby steps!  Try one of her templates today and let the Hybrid world open it’s doors for you!

Hi Tger is here with our next It’s in the Cards challenge! and this will be my first challenge here, I’m looking so forward to see all your gorgeous cards :jump2::loveshower:

Remember: the rules of the challenge are:
*To earn your Matter of Scrap point for the month you need to photograph and upload your card to the Hybrid Challenge gallery – it’s in the card by the end of April. Please put it in the thread it’s in the card 4/8 in the forum too. Make sure to let your hostess know if you use a new product within a week of it’s release – if you do, you get an extra point! One random winner will be chosen to receive an extra point!*

Here’s the template:

you can download it here

Here is my card using:
Connie Prince – beary sweet boy

and here is an awesome card made by dbrprc
using: Crash Boom Pow by Armina Designs

Hi Everyone!

I get the pleasure of showing you all the wonderful Hybrid Highlights for March! I love browsing through the Hybrid Gallery. There is so much wonderful inspiration there!

There are so many creative and awesome projects, it’s so hard just to pick a few!

Look at this adorably box by tiffanydimples

Love this Egg Basket by profiler_mar

Love this “Your Faves” Mini Tin by, leightheo

Look at this cute Pink card by, OksanaA

There are some great new Hybrid products in Store too!

I hope you enjoy looking at all this Hybrid goodness! I hope to see some new Hybrid projects posted in the gallery from you soon too!

Julie

Hi everyone,

Sylvia here to bring you some of the hybrid treasures I found recently in the hybrid gallery
We traditionally have lots of wonderful hybrid projects in our gallery but with our Hybrid Bootcamp going on in February even more gorgeous hybrid goodies are there to admire!
So it was really hard to show you just a few of many beautiful projects! So I would recommend to just pop on over to the hybrid gallery and browse through all the gorgeousness there, too

Ok… as said before here are only a few of the Hybrid Highlights uploaded in February:

Look at this super cute pillow box, made by leightheo – isn’t this the cutest gift package ever?

Or these super sweet Valentine’s pencils made by simply_j_studio aka ocmath:

And I’m drooling over these wonderful Valentine’s heart boxes created by the super talented Julie aka Juliemomof4
Even though Valentine’s Day is over now I think it’s always a nice package for a beloved friends treat, isn’t it?!

And -oh my gosh- look at these adorable pillow boxes from monsu – they are amazing!

markyzmom aka chelle’s creations created these adorable and unique blocks:

And last but not least, look at this sweet candy boquet Debra aka dbprc made *wow* – what a sweet(!) and unique idea:

Wow.. see .. I hardly can stop myself showing you more hybrid projects from our gallery :giggle: … our hybrid gallery is truly full of gorgeous, fun, unique, interesting, wonderful projects and cards!!!

And now I hope you are as enthusiastic about the hybrid projects as I am and you will try do do some yourself?!

If you have never done hybrid projects and don’t know where to start, maybe you want to head over to our HYBRID BOOTCAMP where the hybrid team shows you lots of basic and some easy advanced techniques to get you started

It’s not that difficult as it sometimes looks like! We have some GREAT hybrid goodies and templates in our shop to get you easily startet. I will list a few of them here.. but there are loooots more, just check out the hybrid section of our shop

I hope you have had the very same fun to gaze at all the hybrid goodies as I had and always have and hope to see some hybrid work from YOU, soon HAVE FUN!

Sylvia

This is my first time hosting a challenge here at ScrapMatters! I’m so excited! I figured since it’s almost Valentines Day we should make a heart shaped card!  Here is your template.

4 shared link http://www.4shared.com/file/21385689…files_zip.html

Here is the card I made using Pink Valentine by, Britt-ish

Look at some of the great cards our Creative Team Members made for this challenge!

By,  Jennifer (notes4theheart)

Credits:
Sweet Thing-Febuary Newsletter Kit by Jeni Hopewell and Chelle’s Creations
Sweet Thing Add-On by Jeni Hopewell and Chelle’s Creations

By,  Sylvia

using ‘Celebrate Love’ by Pri Rocha

By,  Jendavey

Credits: Heart’s Content collab kit by Denise Beatty Originals and Erica Zane

By, dbrprc

I Wuff You by Connie Prince

Join us in the ScrapMatters Hybrid Challenge Forum and make a card of your own!

And here are the rules:
To earn your Matter of Scrap points for the month you need to photograph and upload your card to the Hybrid Challenge – It’s in the Cards gallery and post it in the challenge thread **here** by the end of Feburary. If you use a new product within the week of it’s release please let me know so I can give you the extra point.

Julie (Juliemomof4)

Krisi here with this months Getting Hybrid. We are two days into Hybrid Bootcamp, hopefully we have really peaked your interest and you have learned something new already with the lessons on Printing and Cutting. Tomorrow you will learn more about adhesives and so much more great topics every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this month.

This Getting Hybrid Challenge ties into many of the Bootcamp lessons this month. The challenge this month is to make a hybrid box – any kind that you choose. Think Valentine’s Day, Spring, Easter (get a head start now!), birthday, organization and more. To be fair to those who do not already have a box template from one of our fabulous designers here at ScrapMatters (or from elsewhere) you can get a box by completing the first weeks assignment. Many of you may not to know what to do with the template but Jamie (Simply J Studio) will have a lesson next week on that so I don’t want to go into to many details. So until then keep practicing the different techniques and practice! You don’t have to use a box template, you could modify a box you already have and hybridize it.

If you want to grab a new box template from the store here are a few for you to choose from:

Here are some examples of boxes created by the ScrapMatters Creative Team:

From Cristina
Gift Card Box template by Simply J Studio
Chocolate Kisses by GG Designs

From Jennifer (February Hybrid Guest CT)
Bliss by Andilynn Designs
Matchbox: Candy Boxes by Krisi’s Kreations

and here are a few from the gallery to help inspire you (all linked to the gallery):
From me (Krisi)

From Jaime

From Debra

From Jennifer

As always, here are the guidelines for the challenges at Scrap Matters:
- Entries must be posted in the appropriate challenge gallery (hybrid projects), and in the corresponding thread in the forum (this one)
- You will have until the end of the month (February) to complete your project
- You’ll get 1 point for designing, printing and putting together a hybrid box, and then posting the photo of it in the gallery. If you want some pointers about photographing your hybrid projects see this thread here. You will get a bonus point if you used a new release to complete your project. Plus, I’ll select one entry at random for a bonus challenge point.

Starting Feb. 1, the Hybrid Bootcamp is for anyone who wants to learn more about hybrid! We will be posting 3 lessons each week for the whole month of February, in the Hybrid Is Hot section of the forum. We hope you’ll join us, ask questions, and give hybrid a try!
If you’ve already tried hybrid before, I’m sure there will still be some useful tips for you, and you’re more than welcome to share your experiences too!

Sorry I’m late posting this but finally here’s your new template/sketch to play with

You can download the template ***HERE***

To get your creativity juices flowing here are some awesome examples from our super talented creative team members

Here’s a beautiful and super creative ‘Get Well Soon’ card from Cyndi (Cyndi146)

credits:
Bumps & Blahs by Kaye Winiecki

And look at this adorable Valentines card from Cristina

credits:
Love Birds by Connie Prince

This wonderful and personal card is made by our talented designer Krisi

credits:
Blessed by Jeni Hopewell
Sweet Thing by Jeni Hopewell and Chelle’s Creations

And a super cute birthday card from Deb (dbrprc):

credits:
Party On! by Connie Prince

Last but not least here’s a simple ‘Thank You’ card from me:

credits:
Pri Rochas Just Imagine and
Jeni Hopewells JH Amy Font

Hope you’ll like the template and we get lots of beautiful hybrid cards to see

And here are the rules:
To earn your Matter of Scrap points for the month you need to photograph and upload your card to the Hybrid Challenge – It’s in the Cards gallery and post it in the challenge thread **here** by the end of next month (February).

If you use a new product within the week of it’s release please let me know so I can give you the extra point.

And if you don’t feel ‘brave’ enough to jump onto the hybrid train yet but would like to, watch out for February where our Hybrid Bootcamp starts in the forums where we cover all basics to get you started easily – hope to see you there