August Layout Sketch

Happy Wednesday Everyone!  It's time for another layout sketch.  This one by Liz is just AWESOME!  The Design Team had fun playing with it and I'm sure you will too!

Practical Scrapper Julie

Practical Scrapper Wendi Robinson

Practical Scrapper Jennifer Haggerty

Practical Scrapper Kim Ryden

Practical Scrapper Patty

Practical Scrapper Charity

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Lee-Anne

Practical Scrapper Brenda

Practical Scrapper Danielle de Konink

Practical Scrapper Kristy MacKeen

Practical Scrapper Lucy Kelleher

 

 

Don't forget to visit each of the Design Team member's blogs to see more details on their layouts and leave them some comment love!  You will find a link to their blogs just below their layouts!

 

AND...if you play along, and we hope you will, just link up in the comments below or share you layout on our facebook page! 

Frugal Finds: Toothpicks

We are back this month with another fun frugal finds feature.  Today we are going to get picky...toothpicky that is!  This month we challenged a few of our design team members to get creative with toothpicks.  For me personally, I had a lot of fun with this one.  I stepped away from my normal style and took a chance which is always a good for a creative mind.  I will admit, I ripped apart (for the the first time ever :O) a layout.  Yet, I was please with the end result.
After I had my ripping apart meltdown, I sat down and wrote a list of some other ways I could use toothpicks.  Here are some of those ideas I came up with ...

                             *make a fence -how cute would that be with some twine wrapped around it

                             *make a campfire/tee-pee embellishment

                             *use them as a tool to apply those detailed rub-ons

                             *make some Valentine's day cupid arrows 

                             *frame a photo

                             * use them for snowman arms

I'm sure I could go on , but let's take a look at what our designers did!

Practical Scrapper Brenda painted some toothpicks white, trimmed one end on each one, and then used them to outline a diecut star for this 4th of July page.  She used micro glue dots to adhere the toothpicks.

On this layout, Practical Scrapper Kerri, placed two round toothpicks together and wrapped a double layer of Martha Stewart twine around them to create her flagpole.

 

Practical Scrapper Liz Chidester used toothpicks and a doily die cut to make this cute umbrella.

Not only can you use them to embellish, but you can use them as a tool! Practical Scrapper Kerri took a stab at quilling on this card.  She used her toothpicks to roll her pattern paper to create her flower petals and leaves.  Not only did they do the rolling, but she used them to apply her glue to her rolled petals and leaves.

Hope you enjoyed our newest edition of Frugal Finds!  What frugal item would you like to see us use in an upcoming feature?  Leave us a comment below to let us know!



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Baby cards

We haven't featured baby projects in a while and we know what a great source of inspiration they can be.  If you don't have baby pages to scrapbook, you probably know someone you could make a baby card for.  If you would like to contribute a layout or other baby project to Wednesday's post...shoot us an email with a link or attachment at practicalscrapperlayouts@gmail.com!

Practical Scrapper Christine created this simple card using goodies from Momenta

Practical Scrapper Laura

Practical Scrapper Lynn

Practical Scrapper Christa

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Brenda created this beautiful card...it seems to want to not be centered though and hang out to the left (:

Practical Scrapper Liz

To check out Michelle Battitori's mini album in it's entrirety follow this link

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Quilt Inspired Cards

We had some technical hitches this morning but as promised we're back today with a few quilt inspired cards to share with you!

 Practical Scrapper Christine

Practical Scrapper Brenda

Practical Scrapper Christa

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Sarah

 Practical Scrapper Christine

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Cards Inspired by Quilt

Carrying on with our quilt inspiration from Monday, today, we have some cards inspired by all those lovely quilting patterns.  I love the feeling I get from looking at those quilts.  They make me feel all comfy, cozy.  A perfect sense of  "good ol' home" is what I get and these projects reflect just that...

Practical Scrapper Brenda

Practical Scrapper Christa

Practical Scrapper Cathy

 

Practical Scrapper Sarah

This is another layout we had! Due to some technical problems it wouldn't load, but you can check this one out from our reader Maria!  Thanks for sending it in Maria!

 

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Using clustering on layouts and cards

Clustering has become so popular and a go to technique for many crafters.  It requires a careful eye to know just how much you need and if you want just one cluster or several on a project.  It can fit in all kinds of styles from Clean and Simple to Artsy.  Today we've got a wide variety of samples for you from our designers and readers showcasing clusters.  

Practical Scrapper Christine

Practical Scrapper Michelle

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Brett Quinton

Practical Scrapper Aymee

Practical Scrapper Brenda

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Aymee

Practical Scrapper Ann

Practical Scrapper Sarah

 Practical Scrapper Jenny 

Practical Scrapper Krissy

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