Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Blog Hop Winners

Here's the winners from all of our blogs and Practical Scrappers!

Christine: Brenda Ragsdale
Practical Scrappers: Heather
Krissy Clark McKee - Rachelle
Cathy Harper-www.alteredplayground.blogpsot.com- Sharon
Kerri Yarus - Heather Walker
Jenny: Gram Cheryl
Ann: Cheryl Leong
Carolina: Me-Ma Kim
Amber: Patricia Flores
Caz : AMYJMAR
Michelle: Heather
Christa: Krissy Clark McKee
Brett: croppinmama

If you see your name hop on back by that blog, you can find them in the sidebar, to catch up with the blog owner and claim your prize. The Practical Scrappers winner and all questions can be directed to practicalscrappers@gmail.com

Thanks for playing along!

St. Patrick's Day Layouts and Crafts

As the Irish would say, "top o'the morning to ya!" Hope everyone is having a a wonderful start to their "hump" day. Today, we continue with our St. Patrick's Day theme and share some very green projects to get you all in the Irish spirit.  After seeing all the inspiration our designers have shared with you today, I'm sure your going to start feeling quite lucky that you stopped by to see what we have!

 

Fresh Face Designer Monika Wright
Fresh Face Designer Monika Wright



Pin It **Designer projects are not always linked in our posts, but you can always find their blogs in our sidebar or in the staff tab**

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Challenge Me Tuesday: Polygons with 5+ sides.

This week we wanted to see projects using pentagons, hexagons and other shapes with more than 5 sides (technically stars count too). Hexagons and honeycomb patterns seem to be a hot trend this year, and it's easy to see why! They can be used as traditionally as grandma's quilt pattern, or as boldly as a traffic sign.
Check out the interest these shapes create on the projects below!
( read to the end of the post for our next challenge!)

 
Practical Scrapper Erin cut octagons and mats from Cosmo Cricket's 2wenty Thr3e line, using dies from Lifestyle Crafts.


Heather Peterson 
used her Cricut Imagine to print and cut her hexagons.

Practical Scrapper Kerri  used the Creative Memories Cutting System and Crate Paper to cut her hexagons, and added some textural detail to them with an embossing folder.

What's your favorite product using hexagons, or similar shapes, your favorite way to create yours?

**In honor of the new CHA releases starting to arrive now in stores, our next challenge is for you to combine something old and something new on your projects. Use one of your newest purchases ( new for you- it doesn't have to be a new release), and something you've had for a really long time, on a project. Send us a link to your project with "CMT: Old and New" in the subject line for your chance to have your project featured here next Tuesday.  Please include what your old and new items are, along with a link to your personal blog if you'd like us to link back to it in our post.

Happy Tuesday!


Pin It **Designer projects are not always linked in our posts, but you can always find their blogs in our sidebar or in the staff tab**

Sunday, March 4, 2012

St. Patrick's Day Cards


Today we've got St. Patrick's Day cards to get you inspired!  Get ready for some green fabulousness!
Practical Scrapper Christine



Fresh Face Designer Monika Wright

Fresh Face Designer Donna Bryant 

Fresh Face Designer Donna Bryant 



Fresh Face Designer Donna Bryant 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Linking with Love - It's blog hop time!

Welcome to the Practical Scrappers "Linking with Love" Blog Hop!  We believe it is important to always give credit when it is due to another crafter.  For this unique hop all of our design team members used the same inspiration piece to create their project.  Each of them will make an example of themselves as to how to properly "Link with Love" and credit the inspiration.  We'll be running the hop thru Noon EST on Sunday - so you have plenty of time to get thru it!

Liz Qualman created this beautiful layout and we have all used it for inspiration.  Each of us will tell what part we took our inspiration from.  The whole hop will culminate at Liz's blog where she'll provide us with a new sketch for inspiration.


Many of the designers are providing prizes at their stop and Practical Scrappers is providing a prize for one person who becomes a follower at each stop. 
Blog Hop List 
Practical Scrappers YOU ARE HERE
Christine Meyer Go HERE NEXT
So I bet you want to know what the prize is!  
My Scraps and More store is our sponsor and they are offering up a prize of the Happy Days Collection from Echo Park.  International participants are welcome to enter but will have to help cover shipping (above what it would cost in United States). And as an added bonus they are offering a COUPON CODE for the duration of the blog hop!  The code is PSBLOG312 and is good for 25% off the entire order excluding gift certificates.  
Here's how to get an entry for this prize:
1-Hop along to all the blogs and become a follower at each (including here)
2-Come back and leave a comment telling us which project/s you loved!
3-For a bonus entry go become a follower of the My Scraps and More Blog (make sure we know you did that too!)

Okay, all the details are done!  Now hop on over to Christine's blog and get started!

LINKwithlove

Practical Scrappers prides itself on being a source of inspiration for crafters everywhere. As a source of inspiration, we recognize that that inspiration has been created with time, effort and love. It is with that in mind that we lend our support to the Link With Love movement. This philosphy asks that we give credit to those who inspire us and advises us on when, where and how we might do this.

Did you know that there is particular ettiquette when using other's ideas as inspiration online, in print or in person? That the protection of intellectual property is everyone's concern?

Whenever you use any of the following you should  provide a link to that person and website:
-A sketch
-A design of a card or layout (no sketch was provided but you did something based on the design)
-A unique technique specifically taught by one person
-A color scheme you are intentionally copying
-Anytime you know you are using something that was inspired by someone else.

Every crafter deserves credit for their unique work; if in doubt...give credit.
You can also follow  LINKwithlove on facebook and at their site for more information on how you can support this movement.  They provide regular updates thru their facebook page on current events on this topic to help keep us all well informed!

 Starting at midnight tonight we will be hosting a weekend long blog hop on this topic...you won't want to miss out on all the fun!  We'll see you soon!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Linking With Love - Projects inspired by others





In this day and age where it is so easy to grab sooooo much inspiration, it is also so important to give credit for your inspiration.  There are a lot of gray areas in this but at the end of the day, if you know you got the idea from somewhere else you should give that person a shout-out and a link to their blog. Today we specifically made projects that are not 100% our own unique ideas.  We've linked you to the original projects. You may want to take the time to look at our blogs to and see how we documented more our journey.  Tomorrow we will explore this topic way more in depth and we hope you will join us as we all work to be the kindest internet scrappers we can be!
Practical Scrapper Christine
Background Inspired by Nicole Wise


Practical Scrapper Caz





Inspired by Izzy Anderson, Scrapbook Trends, February 2012 page 97

 

Inspired by: Debbi Tehrani


 

Inspired by Allison Waken



Practical Scrapper Audrey Yeager
Inspired by Jen Jockish

Creative Scrappers Sketch #192
Color Inspiration from Design Seeds


Pin It **Designer projects are not always linked in our posts, but you can always find their blogs in our sidebar or in the staff tab**

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Challenge Me Tuesday: All Inky

Our next challenge will be to use shapes with 5 or more sides on your layouts and cards. Pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons etc. If it has more sides than a square, but isn't a circle, it qualifies! Send your project links to practicalscrapperslayouts(at)gmail(dot)com, to be considered to be part of our feature next Tuesday.

 Last week, I challenged you all to break out the ink. I wanted to see all kinds of fun uses, and more than anything, I wanted you to all get your hands a bit dirty. By the looks of it you did! I'm blown away by the creativity, and inspired to do some inking of my own this week!

Created with Ranger Glossy Card Stock, Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks and Canned Air


Practical Scrapper Lynn Shokoples


Kim Martin
check out Kim's blog to see how she applied the ink to her background on this page based on a Brenda Ragsdale Sketch for GrandDiva's Creative Corner

Practical Scrapper Brett
 turned chalk ink pads upside down and stamped them directly on the page. She did the same thing with another color on a second sheet of white cardstock and then used her Silhouette SD to cut her title from it.

Wendy Antenucci
Wendy actually has 2 great examples up on her post, so check them both out!


used Tim Holtz Distress Ink and a Crafter's Workshop template (chicken wire) to create the beautiful texture on her background sheet. 


Practical Scrapper Christa used Tim Holz Distress ink to cover the chipboard title and added some to the background crosshatch stamp from Stampin Up! in the lower and upper corner. She also added it to all edges and the button.

I splattered a bit of Tim Holtz distress stain, then layered it in a few spots, and used it to colour the wooden bird and tag.  I then used a Pitt artist pen to doodle around the "farm" letters before removing them, and added more doodles around the photo. 

Thanks to everyone who participated and sent us their projects, keep them coming!

Happy Tuesday!

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