Practical Scrappers - 7 Items Challenge

This week at Practical Scrappers, the challenge was to use at least 7 different items from your stash. So, in order to pile on 7 different items, I decided that a 12x12 scrapbook page was in order. I'm not so sure about the pink as an accent for a picture of my son but I thought I'd keep it in to add contrast. The title is "Sometimes I Wonder What He Is Thinking" because he looks so thoughtful in this photo, but the title was too long. I just could not figure out where to fit in the rest of the words without it looking unbalanced.

I managed to get more than 7 items on my page. Most of them are from Making Memories, but some are from Paper Daisy, Thickers, and DCWV. So here are the items I pulled from my stash.
1. - The Title Stickers
2. - The felt stickers in both Pink and Red (bottom left corner)
3. - The shiny handmade white paper (the background)
4. - The patterend paper that is on the right side - I die cut them with Bigz dies and Nestabilities
5. - The scallop circled birds die cut
6. - The gold bird die cut
7. - The drawing of the 2 boys with the umbrella (top right)
8. - The faux mini library card on the bottom right
9. - The blue-green ribbon with the crystal on the right
10. - The little paperclip on the top right corner

Practical Scrappers - Stash Challenge

These cards were made for this week's challenge over at Practical Scrappers which is to use something in your stash that you've had for over a year. Well I've been looking at these Groovy Guava Carouself Notes for well over a year. And this DSP is from the same year. Thank goodness that Wild Wasabi is coming back. I started by carefully cutting out some flower and butterfly images from the DSP. I sponged the edges and popped them all up on dimensionals to add dimension. I used the beautiful wings embosslit and some chocolate chip satin ribbon to finish out the card. Oh yeah, of course the circles were made using my Circle Scissor plus.
Here's the first card.

Here's a side view to see the layers. The vellum butterfly was cut using the Big Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die for the Big Shot.

Here's the second card. The larger butterfly is cut from DSP from a retired Simply Scrappin kit.

and another look at all the layers.

Here's the third card, and my favourite of the 3. I love alllll the butterflies and flowers on this one. Plus I sponged around the circle with chocolate chip ink to add interest.

And a peek from the side...

And finally a look at the inside. As there is no Groovy Guava marker, I stamped the flower on the ink pad, then I added the Chocolate Chip with a marker, to the flower centres directly, and then used baby wipes to rub the ink off the leaves, and added the Wild Wasabi with my new markers.

Practical Scrappers Sketch

I used My Digital Studio to create this page. These photos are from my nephew's 1st birthday and my Brother's 40th birthday party. Last year, my nephew was born on my brother's 39th birthday. One of the games my sister-in-law organized for all the toddlers was a pin the nose on the clown game. All the kids got these clown noses. I couldn't resist making this page. The kids were having so much fun.

Practical Scrappers - Cartoon/ Animation Challenge

This week the challenge over at Practical Scrappers is to use Cartoons or Animation in your sample. I dug out these glittery Mickey Mouse stickers. I pulled the colours for the card out of the stickers themselves. The new colour Daffodil Delight worked perfectly with the yellow, Real Red and Basic Black were the other colours used. The sentiment came from MDS (my digital studio) and it's from the Once Upon A Time stamp set. I tried something new for the background. First I ran the Daffoldil Delight paper through the Big Shot with the New Lattice Textured Impressions Folder. Next I used a brayer and ran it over Summer Sun ink and then lightly ran it over the cardstock. This contrasting colour really highlights the texture on the card. I added a black satin ribbon from the current catalogue.

Practical Scrappers - Border Punch Challenge

This card is for the current challenge over at Practical Scrappers. This week the challenge is to use border punches or decorative edged scissors. I saw a layout in CK magazine which inspired this card. In the magazine the page was done in Kraft coloured paper and the entire 12x12 page was covered in border punch outs of the same colour. For my card I chose Bashful Blue as my background. What I did was punch the edges first and then trim down the strips to a narrow size. The stamp is from the Oval All set and I used my SU punches to cut out the sentiment. Pacific Point is the blue of the scallop oval. A few buttons and brads and ribbons later and we have the completed card.

Practical Scrappers - Flowers Challenge

For this card I used a digital image from Squigglefly. I printed it out 2 copies on Whisper White and then coloured them in with Stampin' Write markers. I cut out the flowers on one copy and popped them up on dimensionals over the other image. The colours I used were Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Pale Plum, and Summer Sun.

Glitter Ritz - Practical Scrappers

This week at Practical Scrappers the challenge is loose glitter or flocking. I pulled out my Glitter Ritz. If you aren't familiar with Glitter Ritz, it is a fabulous product. It's an ultra fine glitter which can be used to make glittered patterns such as on my card below.

You can click on the sidebar link for my new Glitter Ritz Tutorial. Or click here. It is so easy, and sooooooo effective. When my paper was fully 'glittered out' I trimmed it down to fit on the frame I made with the Scallop Trim edge and corner punches. The whole thing was mounted on textured chocolate chip cardstock and wrapped with satin Old Olive ribbon. The sentiment is from the Lovely Flowers Bundle level 3 hostess set.

Practical Scrappers - Eyelet Challenge

I was working on my project for this week's Stampin' Royalty challenge when I pulled out these old layouts that I had started a year ago. I had so many photos from that day at the park, that I pulled out another 2 page layout and added more detail. The eyelets added a lot of puch to each page. I used the jumbo eyelets and evenly spaced them over a strip of Old Olive cardstock. Most of the paper and embellishments came from the now retired Hoppy Memories Simply Scrappin' Kit. The colours used were Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White.

Practical Scrappers Sketch

I made this page for this week's sketch over at Practical Scrappers. This page was made with the blog in a box I bought from Zoe Pearn. You may recognize that it matches my blog header. When I saw this week's sketch I knew that this design fit the pattern. This fabulous sketch is from Sasya. Hop on over to Practical Scrappers to check out what other Design Team members have created.

Practical Scrappers - Felt Challenge

This card was made for this week's challenge at Practical Scrappers. We were to use felt, or fabric, or tulle. I used some of the recently retired Sweet Pea Stitched Felt flowers. This card was cased from the fabulous Mary Fish. I changed up a few little things, but really liked the simplicity of Mary's design. The colours in this card are Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, Rose Red, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip. Punches used are Modern Label, Word Window, Scallop Trim Border and Corner punches. The leaves are stamped from the Petal Pizzaz set and the sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.

Practical Scrappers - patterned paper challenge

This week's challenge is patterned paper over at Practical Scrappers. I dug out this fabulous 'To The Nines' specialty paper from Stampin' Up! I really wanted to use it up because this paper has the colour Sage Shadow on it and it's one of the colours that will be retiring at the end of June, so that means this paper will be retiring too. This paper is great because it is of cardstock quality. Because this paper is double sided the inside of the card has the same paisley pattern as the cover panel on the card. I attached a piece of Whisper White on the inside to allow for a message. The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. I stamped it in Sage Shadow and then mounted it on a piece of Chocolate Chip. Then I mounted that on one of the Kisses die cuts from the Sending Love Notes cards from the last Occasions Mini. I added some Chocolate Chip satin ribbon and popped the sentiment up on dimensionals.

Practical Scrappers Punches

I got a picture of this little mermaid from somewhere and I'm afraid that I can't find the source of this idea. Anyway, I was able to figure out how to reproduce this lovely mermaid from the original picture. If you look at the photo above, you can see more details as to how she went together. The body is made from the large and small oval punches. I covered them with Fine Supernova glitter. The head and arms are made out of 2 circles of Blush Blossom punched with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch. The hair was made by punching Apricot Appeal with the Scallop Circle punch. I trimmed one circle to make the fringe. The flower in her hair is made with the Boho Blossoms punch. I covered it with Fine Cosmo glitter. The rhinestone is her hair is from the Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads.
I mounted the mermaid on a Hugs Sending Love Note. The background is made from 2 colours of the Chunky Glitter. I scooped the green and blue into my hand and spread them out on the glue. The sentiment was stamped from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set and mounted on Certainly Celery cardstock. The scallop shells were made as below.
I started by punching the scallop oval punch and cutting it into 2 pieces. Then I scored it with a bone folder as below.

Then I trimmed the edges to form the shape below.

I added small pieces to make more detail on the bottom.

Practical Scrappers Sketch

This page was made using My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! I made it for Friday's Sketch Challenge over at Practical Scrappers. The backgroud paper is from The Sweet Pea paper pack. The stamp (brush sets) used Baroque Motifs, Greatest Moments and Greatest Moments II, Frames With A Flourish, and Medallion. I used the torn edges brush to make the photo border, the ribbon and stitching are embellishments from the program too. The flowers are from the Sweet Pea designer pack and the grey button is from the Corduroy Button pack.

Practical Scrappers - stickers challenge

Here's my first sample for the design team over at Practical Scrappers. The idea behind this challenge blog is to use up the supplies you have on hand. This week's challenge is to use stickers.
Well I have a ton of stickers in my stash. I think I originally became obsessed with paper when I started collecting stickers back in Elementary School. The stickers on this card are the butterfly and the flower. I bought them waaay back a few yeras ago. I was immediately attracted to these stickers because they are my favourite colours (purple and green). The tiny pearls on each corner are also stickers from my stash.
This card is made mostly with Stampin' Up! product. I tried to match the colours to the stickers as best as possible. I don't think that they show up well in the photo, but I thought they were pretty close in real life. (new camera coming soon...) The colours from SU are: Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White and So Saffron. Stamps - Tiny Tags, Accessories are So Saffron Grosgrain, tag punch, ticket corner punch, top note die, linen thread and buttons from SU.