Inspiration for the Week-end.

If you are in need of some sketch inspiration, check out Practical Scrappers every Friday for some great card and layout sketches by design team members. 

Here's a layout I did following this week's sketch by Pia. It's not my usual style, but that's because I used a digital stamp from Squigglefly to make the file for the Elephant. All I did was import the image into SCAL,  resized and cut away on my Cricut. I opted to hand cut the patterned paper for the ears and feet, as well as the toes, just to save time and paper, but I could have done them on the cricut too. I then added a bit of shading using my Copics.

Can you believe that I haven't scrapped any ultrasound photos yet of Ethan or Parker? I have tons of them too, as I usually get one or 2 per visit from my doctor. Let's hope I can still find them! 

I embossed the felt flowers with a Cuttlebug folder, and was surprised at the definition I got in the texture. I also needed something on the top flower to mimic the Flair, so I stuck an American Crafts sticker to a white brad.

Materials: 

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Digital Stamp: Squigglefly ( Baby Elephant) 

Flowers: Jillibean Soup, American Crafts

Thread: Gutterman

letters: American Crafts, Basic Grey

Sticker: American Crafts

Flair: American Crafts

Brad: Unknown

Markers: Copics

Salvaging scraps

Not only do I find myself saving all kinds of paper and do- dads these days in the name of scrapbooking, my insanity has moved into the realm of clothing. Yep that's right, I've been saving several well used sleepers that were worn by both boys, in hopes I may be able to use them somehow.

Who doesn't love sleepers with the feet attached? I have a weakness for them, especially for a bunch I got from Costco. They had such great colours and designs, I had bought some in more than one size.

Here's a layout for this week's challenge at Practical Scrappers using fabric/felt or tulle. It's all about my favorite pair ( ok! one of fave pairs) of jammies.

I couldn't really save much of the fabric because of the stains, but this embroidered patch was too cute to throw away. I stamped a plain piece of cardstock with the repeated word "dinosaur" to make it mimic the actual fabric.

Materials:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Bo Bunny
Chipboard: My Little Yellow Bicycle
( covered in Glimmer Mist and Bic Mark-It permanent marker)
Ink: Studio G
Stamps: Technique Tuesday
Letters: American Crafts
Buttons: Doodlebug Design Inc, American Crafts
Felt: Fancy Pants
(Jammies by Pekkle)

I Tubed!, you Tubed! , we all tubed...

Well I finally got brave and made my first video tutorial for Practical Scrappers. I'm still feeling my way around Imovie, but I think it turned out ok. No genius concepts were divulged in the making of the video, but you can brush up on a simple way to make mitred corners on a layout.  If I feel like I've ever got anything else of value to share with my crafting community, I may just break out the camera again ( This time I'll try and wait until the kiddos have gone to bed, so my soundtrack isn't so Fisher Price inspired).

Patterns are everywhere!

Another goofy title for this week's post I'm afraid. I had a little revelation while lying in bed the other morning half asleep. I'm in love with pattern. I'm thinking I have to do a scrapbook page all about it. It started when I was really little, and loved examining the bathroom tiles in our house for pictures in the abstract patterns. It was reinforced by the crazy wall papers my mom had back in the 70's, and the beautiful quilts made by my grandmother. The designs, the quilting, and the patterns of the fabrics themselves. I remember vividly the pattern on the entryway floor of my paternal grandmother's house, and the flower pattern on her tea mug.

It's no wonder I now have such a hard time refraining from buying beautiful patterned fabric, and have an insane collection of patterned papers. Perhaps I should have continued my courses in textiles and fiber arts, and completely lost myself in a world of pattern...


Or maybe I'll just keep scrapbooking!

Here's this week's challenge page for Practical Scrappers. We had to work with patterned paper this week. I grabbed a few sheets that were still on my desk from a not so recent shopping trip, and this is what I got:

 I'm not really a fan of die-cut titles, but I love the way the stamped images ( bunny and carrots) turned out on patterned paper. What I'm even happier about is having scrapped some photos of this Easter THIS YEAR! lol!

Materials:
PP: WRMK Hippity Hoppity collection
ribbon; Cosmo Cricket
Stamps: Stampendous
Ink: Memento
letter stickers: Sassafras Lass
Font cut with Cricut and SCAL: Howser
pens: Staedtler triplus, Uniball signo