Flowers and Twine...So Divine!

Hi Bev here today at Practical Scrappers. I am excited to do my 1st feature

to share with you. Over time I have learned to make many

flowers to add to my pages and here is just another one but

with so much twine available today here is my florals with added twine.

The above photo shows on the left the twine florals that I purchased

and on the right are the florals I made that were inspired by the others.

All different sizes and layers.... added twine and some buttons.

Twine on the bottom, middle, on top or through the buttons..

so many amazing options.

I took it one further on this layout with more integrate punched bases, fun

twine around and through along with the centre french knots on one.

They made a great cluster here with added buttons and bling.

This piece was much larger with single base and twine

and put a metal button on the centre.

On this section is a circle cut with a large centre circle cut out so I

could wind the twine around and around until it filled the full circle.

And this section I am sharing to show the twine flight path and the twine bow

that was tied around the matted piece behind my photo.

Thanks for joining me today and hope you'll try this method

of making your own twine florals. So easy and it allows

you to match to your paper collection.

Thirteen Things You Can Do with Washi Tape

There's almost nothing I love more than washi tape.  It's hard to believe that two years ago it was just barely emerging in the industry.  Always on the lookout for fresh ideas on how to use it, our ten things team is back today with some more ideas for you!

Practical Scrapper Charity used the June sketch for this layout and embossed the camera image on top of washi tape.

Practical Scrapper Charissa used washi tape to create a background square to build her layout on top of.

Practical Scrapper Linda made banners using four different washi tapes.

Practical Scrapper Lee-Anne Thornton made rosettes with washi tape.  

Practical Scrapper Karen used washi tape on her beach themed shaker card to seal the edges in order to create a pocket to enclose confetti and couldn’t resist adding a string of mini bunting flags.

Practical Scrapper Wendy used rubber bands to pleat the washi tape ruffles she used to fill the background of this card. You can see a closeup and a tutorial on her blog.

Practical Scrapper Stephanie used washi tape for both the her banners and for her punched flower (over white cardstock).

Practical Scrapper Kelly Jean adhered strips of washi tape on a piece of cardstock and then die cut the word 'truly' for her card.

Practical Scrapper Lisa Peeples covered tiles with bright colored washi tape to make fun coasters for her scrap room. After adhering the different strips of tape to the coasters she used modge podge to seal the tape and make them water resistant.

Practical Scrapper Deborah Johnson used a variety of washi tapes to create these adorable gift tags.  She used stickers, stamps and almost every one of her washi tapes.  Check out her blog for more samples and close up shots.

Practical Scrapper Jennifer Campbell used washi tape and faux washi tape with her new stamp set "Tape It" to add to her This and That Smash book!

Practical Scrapper Brenda Ragsdale used a sheet of 12 x 12 of washi paper and her Cricut to create diecuts to personalize the cover for her IPad!

Practical Scrapper Leslii Wagner used washi tape to cover a chipboard wall hanging.

Getting Messy with Masks, Mists, and Splatters

Happy Monday, Practical Scrappers!  Remember how fun (and messy) fingerpainting was when you were a child?  Well today, our On Trend team is showing you the grown-up equivalent of finger-painting fun to create beautiful layouts.  How?  By getting down and dirty with masks, mists, and splatters!   

Practical Scrapper Wendi Robinson used gesso over her mask.  She then created a second layer by misting over her mask.

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat applied her mists onto a Studio Calico mask to create the large sunburst on her layout.

Practical Scrapper Jenn C used digital splatters on her layout to create a water effect!

Practical Scrapper Charissa used white mists over a triangle mask to create a subtle background on her page.  She then splattered an iridescent mist to add a water droplet look across the layout.

 

Practical Scrapper Julie used modeling paste with her mask to add dimension to her layout.  She then misted her layout with Ranger dylusion ink.

Practical Scrapper Caz Hancock used a Studio Calico mask to make her back ground.  She achieved her colour by mixing an iridescent medium with silver metallic Martha Stewart paint. She then added spatters using her Mister Huey mists from Studio Calico.

Practical Scrapper Malika Kelly used a mask and two different-colored mists.  Then she splattered drops of ink in a third color onto her layout.

Practical Scrapper Audrey Yeager used a mix of watered down mists and dripped them from a sponge brush onto her page.

 Practical Scrapper Nicole Laha went crazy with ink splatters to create the appearance of rain. She also sprayed a bit of mist onto a craft mat, using a paint brush to pick up the ink and color in the stamped image.

Practical Scrapper Danielle de Konink applied a yellow mist to a confetti mask by The Crafter's Workshop to create the background of this layout. This mask has splatter and heart shapes.

Practical Scrapper Marcia Dehn-Nix applied distress ink to jar lids and bottle caps and stamped rings on her background. The grass background was also stamped using the same distress ink. Then she splattered misting spray by uncapping the spray bottle and flicking the ink off of the plastic tube.

Practical Scrapper Lanette used Dylusion  mist with a mask to create her background.  She then added a few splatters to accent the page.

June Layout Sketch

It's time for another fun layout sketch from Liz!  It's a fun one and we hope that you are inspired by what we have created!  Feel free to hop on over to the Designers blogs using the link under their layout and leave them some love!

Wendi Robinson

Jennifer Campbell

Lisa Moen

Bev Code

Practical Scrapper Julie

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Deborah

Practical Scrapper Dawn Rene

Claude Campeau

Practical Scrapper Liz Chidester

Practical Scrapper Brenda Ragsdale

Practical Scrapper Danielle de Konink

Practical Scrapper Nicole Laha

Practical Scrapper Kristy MacKeen

Practical Scrapper Jennifer Haggerty

Practical Scrapper Kim Ryden

 

Practical Scrapper Alison

 

 

We can't wait to see what you come up with as well!  Play along and post your layout to our facebook page so that we can all oooooo and aaahhhhh!

A Little Bit of Digital

Hi everyone.  Practical Scrapper Michelle here with a post about digital.  I started digital scrapbooking in 2010 when I decided I wanted to teach some digital classes at my store.  The best thing I ever did was purchase Patty Debowski's book about Photoshop Elements.  You can find her latest book at thedigitalscrapbookingteacher.com.



I wanted to learn Photoshop Elements instead of purchasing a company digital scrapbooking software program.  I knew I would use it for many other things like Wedding Invitations and cards.  I wanted the program to be versatile.  Not just for scrapbooing.  If you do not have Photoshop Elements you can get a free 30 day trial through Adobe.  I use version 7 of elements but I believe they just came out with version 11 not too long ago.  So, many changes but I am happy with the version I have.

Here are a couple of pages I have created digitally.

Cute don't you think?  I love them.  These kits are from Digital Scrapbook Studio.  

The best way to get started is to take some classes.  If your LSS offers digital classes by all means go there.  We need to support all of the local stores.  But if they don't, then check out Patty's site, thedigitalscrapbookteacher.com and jessicasprague.com.  Both have awesome classes you can purchase and fun products and kits too.  

The last couple of years I have even designed my Christmas card digitally, printed it and sent it out.  This one is from two years ago.  

Front:

Back:

This was from last Christmas.  Front:

Back:

When I started teaching class I wanted to have a kit to offer to my students to use in class that they could take home with them.  I believe there are all sorts of rules to use other designers kits in this way so I designed my own.  I created this kit using pink, green and brown, the combined favorite colors of my friend Peggy and me. So, this is my Micheggy kit!  I am very new to designing kits. But I had a lot of fun doing it.  I came up with ICI Designs (Imagine, Create, Inspire) because that was the tagline from my store.  So, if you would like to try your hand at digital scrapbooking please feel free to download this kit and make a page. I think you will have just as much fun learning digital scrapbooking as I have.  

Download Micheggy Papers Here

Download Micheggy Elements Here

Also included with the elements are a paper clip and two bookplates not shown in the picture above.

I hope you have enjoyed my digital post.

  

Until next time,

Michelle