A Morning Like This

SWAT:Drill # 27

Mixed Media Madness

For my project I used modeling paste. I decided white just wouldn't do so I used my Dylusions mist to tint the paste before applying it over the stencil. I love the bright color that resulted.

~ A MORNING like this ~

This layout is also my entry for The Paper Bakery

Sketch Challenge # 20

 

Supplies:

Paper:Farmhouse Paper Company

Flowers:Making Memories

Enamel Accents:Ranger

Stencil:Kite

Washi:Japan

Gems:MME

Alpha:American Crafts

Mist:Ranger, Tattered Angels

Wood Elements:Studio Calico

Corner Punch:Kreaxions

 

Sketch:

Juliana Michaels

~charity~

 



Kisses?

EEEEEEEEEEEEK

can't believe today is the last day to enter the

3 Scrappy Boys GDT Challenge!!!

My entry features my sweet little girl, and her infatuation with horses. She was convinced they needed some love.

~ Kisses? ~

Supplies:

Paper:MME, Martha Stewart, WeRMrk

Alpha:Echo Park

Punch:Kreaxions

Stamp:Stampendous

Flowers:Tim Holtz

Cork:DCWV

Ink:Creativity Inc

Modeling Paste:Liquitex

Washi Tape:MME, Crafty Steals, Target,

Anrich, Studio g, Recollections

 

Sketch:

Lanette Erickson

 

~charity~

Spring Bouquet

Springtime is my last Challenge on Cute Card Thursday as February's Guest Designer. I certainly have enjoyed

sharing my creations with you this month!!!

This last project was created with strips of patterned paper, border punches, and lots of hot glue.

 

 

Supplies:

Paper:MME, Glitz Design, Pink Paislee

Ink:Close To My Heart

Gems:Jolee's Boutique

Punches:Kreaxions

 

~charity~



Thanks

Practical Scrappers is posting ideas for adding gold to your crafty projects. I love kraft paper and DCWV has some great foiled stacks.

~ Thanks ~

For this card I let the paper dictate the card design.

It came together quickly, but is simple and classy.

 

Supplies:

Paper:DCWV

Alpha:Prima

Gems:Glitz

Ric-Rac:Vintage

 

~charity~

 



Washi Tape Storage

Special Ops day on SWAT

Stop by for a step by step on how to turn a $1 item into a handy washi tape holder!

 

Supplies:

Paint:Rust-Oleum, CraftSmart

Paper, Trim:Recollections

Border Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~

Frugal Finds:Cookie Cutters

Practical Scrappers wants to remind you to dig in your stash of unwanted items and make something beautiful! Today we are using Cookie Cutters to inspire you.

 

 

This project was super easy and had my kids oooh-ing and aaah-ing over the result.

 

These are Christmas Cookie Cutters in a lovely forest green. But I wanted something white and blue for my bathroom. To I roughed up the finish a little and painted the cutter with 3 coats of white acrylic paint.

Then I strung beads on floral wire and and wrapped them around the "stump".

A suction cup for the mirror or window finished the job beautifully.

 

Supplies:

Cookie Cutters:Michaels

Beads:Bead Landing

Floral Wire:FloraCrafts

Paint:CraftSmart

 

~charity~



Up Up and Away

 Buttons and Bows today on Cute Card Thursday.

Translucent buttons make great bubbles.

I snagged this bubble wand from the kids, added a cheery phrase, and felt spring move just a little bit closer!!!

 ~ Up Up and Away ~

 

Supplies:

Paper:DCWV

Buttons:Basic Grey

Trim:Coats and Clark
Ink:CTMH

Stamp:Pink Paislee

Bubble Wand:Toy Box

Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~

 

Not JUST a Mom

Another AWESOME sketch from Karen Gerber

Sketchabilities #109 

This time I combined it with a theme from Turtle Soup's

February Mini Crop.

Scarlett challenged us to create a layout about our selves

with affirming happy thoughts.

~ Not JUST a Mom ~



Supplies:

Paper:Farmhouse Paper, Recollections

Chipboard, Stickers:Farmhouse Paper

Twine, Enamel Dots:MME

Dimensional Paint:Ranger, Hampton Art

Staples:Making Memories

Mist:Tattered Angels

Brads:Basic Grey

Cork:DCWV

Border Punch:Kreaxions

 

Sketch:

Karen Gerber

(turned twice to the left)

 

~charity~

This Way Home

Paper Girls Challenge #50

HOME

In my mind, home is an area not a particular house, city, or state. In fact, every time I take the long drive west I can see home in the distance when the mountains begin to show against the horizon.

~ This Way Home ~

For this project I was convinced I needed brown modeling paste. But if you've checked the Hobby Lobby shelves lately, you'll notice they aren't exactly carrying colored modeling paste. But I know my color wheel so I glopped white modeling paste on a non-stick surface, added a splash of brown, a little red, and some green mist and had the color I wanted.
This is my entry for February's C'est Magnifique Sketch Challenge.

 

Supplies:

Paper:Riddersholm

Rub-Ons:Michaels, Tim Holtz

Laser Cuts:Blue Fern Studios

Arrows:DP Corkies, Pink Paislee

Alpha, Stamp, Washi:MME

Modeling Paste:Liquitex

Tiny Type:Authentique

Mist:Ranger, Tattered Angels

Stickers:Echo Park, Simple Stories

Stencils:Pebbles, Chatter Box

Ink:CTMH, Ranger

Burlap:Hobby Lobby

Buttons:Basic Grey

Embossing Powder:WOW

Stick Pins:Fibre Craft

Sketch:
Michele Singh for C'est Magnifique

 

~charity~

Dance in the Rain

Practical Scrappers 10 Things

 

This time it is all about brads and eyelets.
For my project I heat embossed an umbrella image

and added brads to simulate rain.

"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness

has never danced in the rain."

 

Supplies:

Paper:Authentique, Pink Paislee, CTMH

Embossing Powder:Wow

Stamps:Glitz Design

Brads:Recollections

Ink:CTMH, Ranger

Border Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~

These have I loved

Practical Scrappers

Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop

has the same theme as SWAT Drill # 26

~ LOVE ~

I have been making this year's Valentine decor out of kraft and paper straws.

With a little clever cutting I was able to get one more project out of my supplies.

Here are my other items with this theme:

Hugs and Kisses

 

Love



 

Supplies:

Paper:DCWV, Recollections, CTMH

Paper Straws:Target, Michaels

Corner Punch:Kreaxions

Alpha:Silhouette, Sunday Font

 

Practical Scrappers is thrilled to have Kiwi Lane Designs sponsoring the Blog Hop this month!

Kiwi Lane Designs creates templates that help take the frustration out of scrapbooking! And one lucky winner today will get a border set and an accessory set from Kiwi Lane. We are big fans of Kiwi Lane Designs and in fact have several members of our design team who either currently or in the past have been a part of their design team! Details on how you can win this prize are at the bottom of this post!

We recognize that this is a huge list for the blog hop and would love for you to visit as many as you can...but we are not making that mandatory to qualify for the prize here. That said, many of the designers are offering prizes of their own so I do recommend seeing what you can get in on :).

 

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop List

Practical Scrappers: You Are Here

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Lissa Mitchell
Jennifer Haggerty
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Cathy Harper

Nicole Laha
Lanette Erickson

Majken Pullin

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Now, how to get in on that prize! You can do any or all of the following for up to three entries!

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Leave us a comment so that we know what you did! This contest will close at 11:59 pm CST on Sunday, the 16th.

 

~charity~

 

Picture Perfect

Clever Cutting is this weeks Challenge on Cute Card Thursday.

This time I took my craft knife to the shapes in my patterned paper.

With a bunch of punching and a bit of bling this card is:

~ Picture Perfect ~

 

Supplies:

Paper:Crate Paper, Glitz Design, CTMH, MME

Tiny Type:Authentique

Film Strip:Ranger

Trim:Vintage

Ink:CTMH

Gems:Prima, MME

Cork:Denise Parcells

Resin Heart:Webster's Pages

Shape and Border Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~

 

Be Mine

DCWV Stackaholic Card Challenge

It's time for me to get my sweet kiddos cards finished.
I turned to DCWV for inspiration this time.
So VERY glad I did!!!
~ be mine ~

 

Supplies:

Tiny Type:Girls Paperie

Ric-Rac:Vintage

Paper, Cork, Die-cuts:DCWV

 

Sketch:

Kimber Mcgray
(I turned the sketch upside down.)


~charity~


 

Missing Piece

Practical Scrappers card sketch day.

I've been having fun putting my new Silhouette Portrait to work.

For this card I wanted a puzzle piece cut file.

 ~ U are my Missing Piece ~ 

 

Today we have two sketches to choose from.

I went with this one by Patty Selah:

 

Supplies:

Paper:KaiserCraft, Recollections

Chip Board:Basic Grey

Tiny Type:EK Success

Cut file:Silhouette

Alpha:Prima

Ink:CTMH

 

~charity~

 

 

 



Welcome Aboard

Check out today's sketch challenge on the Turtle Soup Forum.

It's a blue print for fun!

~ Welcome Aboard ~

These photos are from last summer's trip to the Oregon Coast.

We had a great time exploring this sunken ship

and getting very wet.
 

Supplies:

Paper:Pink Paislee, K and Company, Riddersholm

Stamps:Ink-a-Dink-a-do, MME

Rub-Ons:7-Gypsies

Ink:CTMH, Color Box

Embossing Powder:WOW

Alpha:Mrs Grossman's, CTMH

Flower:K and Company

Burlap:Hobby Lobby

Twine:Twinery

Dimensional Accents:Ranger, Hampton Art

 

Sketch:

Bev Code

 

~charity~

 

 

Hugs and Kisses

We are getting our Valentine on over at Practical Scrappers today. Stop by the blog and see what lovely things our designers have come up with!!!

~ Hugs and Kisses ~

Valentines is a REALLY big deal at our house. Every year the kids and I exchange presents and have a celebration tea party. Decorating for this event is a must. I made this banner to add to our decorating options.

~ Hugs ~

 

~ and ~



~ Kisses ~



 

Supplies:

Paper:DCWV

Paper Straws:Michaels, Target

Border Punch:Kreaxions

Title:Silhouette

 

~charity~





 



Words of Love

Thrilled to announce that I am guest designing for

Cute Card Thursday this month.

This weeks challenge is Lots of Love.

I've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use this

wood-chip typewriter and here it is.

~ words of LOVE ~

Stop by the Just Imagine Crafts blog for directions to make this card.

 

Supplies:

Card Stock:CTMH

Stitching Tools:WeRMrk
Tiny Type:The Girls Paperie

Wood Chip:Studio Calico

Floss:DMC

Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~



Waiting

Practical Scrappers: Monthly Sketch

Come play along with us on the PS blog!
We've added a linky so we can enjoy your work.

~ Waiting ~

 

This is another one of those photos that I love to scrap over and over. I had the priviledge of babysitting a friends two children while she was in labor with their third. It was a beautiful day so we went out and had a photo shoot. These sweeties were such good sports that we had a CD full of photos for Mom and Dad when they came to pick them up.

 

Supplies:

Paper:Prima, Bazill

Alpha:Jillibean Soup

Doily:Michaels (bake ware)

Ink:CTMH

Punch:Kreaxions

 

Sketch:

Christine Meyer

 

~charity~

Love

It's all about LOVE on the Paper Girls Challenge Blog.

Stop on by to get the details then get crafting!!!

~ LOVE ~

For my project I decided to try out paper straws. I found 2 colors in the Target $1 section and 2 more colors at Michael's. I traced a quick heart on folded paper, cut it out and then traced my template straight on to the Kraft paper. The straws cut quickly with a craft knife and I used my wonderful hot-glue gun to attach them. A bit of ribbon added bling and it was ready to go in no time.

 

Supplies:

Paper:DCWV, CTMH

Paper Straws:Target, Michael's

Flower:Prima

Trim:May Arts

Border Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~



Weekend Getaway

The pictures we took of our trip to the Oregon Coast in 2012 were just so magical that I scrap them over and over! Sketch #108 from Sketchabilities gave me an opportunity to offer this scene in a panoramic format. Haystack Rock is in the central panel with ocean to the right and coastline to the left.

~ weekend getaway ~

 

Supplies:

Paper:CTMH, Kaiser Craft

Mist:Tattered Angels, Ranger

Modeling Paste:Liquitex

Stencil:Crafter's Workshop

Gems:MME

Jute:Stash

Vellum Title:DCWV

Medallions:Bo Bunny

Border Punch:Kreaxions

Liquid Pearls, Ink:Ranger

Laser Cuts:Blue Fern Studios

Paper Clips:7-Gypsies

Staples:Making Memories

Sequins:Made in China

Brads:Recollections

Washi Tape:Made in Japan

Rub-Ons:7-Gypsies, Fancy Pants, Kaiser Craft, Making Memories

Stamps:Ink-a-Dink-a-Do, Pink Paislee, Elmer's Glue Cap

 

Sketch:

Karen Gerber

 

~charity~

Beach House

SWAT turns 1 year this month!

To celebrate we are starting off with a

Black and White +1 Challenge.

I chose lime green as my +1.

~ beach house ~

It's been two and a half years since our trip to the beach house with my Sister and her family, but we are still reliving the fun times there!

 

Supplies:

Paper:Pink Paislee, Recollections, Fancy Pants

Star Punch:The Paper Studio, Recollections

Wood Gears:Prima

Ink:Color Box

Stamp:Ink-a-Dink-a-Do

Embossing Ink:Ranger

Embossing Powder:Zing

Title:Silhouette

Washi Tape:Recollections

Border Punch:Kreaxions

 

~charity~