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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Travel mini part 2

Hey ladies its Caz again back with the 2nd part of my holiday mini album. I hope you liked it as much as i had fun putting it together.

I love mini albums so so much , they are so easy to make and a great way of documenting a big event.
Anyway without further ado here is my second half :)

Hope my mini inspires you to get stuck into one :)

Friday, June 15, 2012

Travel Mini album

Hey ladies, it is Caz here and today i thought i would share the first mini i have completed for my trip to LA in May. Actually after looking at the pages i think i will do this over 2 posts as there are quite a few pictures :)

I decided to take my albums and pivi printer with me along with some supplies and i was going to work on it in the evenings, well i did not try out my printer with our new camera and of course it didn't work so i carried all this stuff for nothing LOL ah well we live and learn. If you want to see what i did take with me then check this post here. So instead of coming home with my albums completed i am now behind aaaahhhhhhhhh

Anyway have fun having a nosy :)

If you are still here i want to say thanks so much and i will be back with the rest next week :)

Monday, May 28, 2012

Machine Stitching on Cards

Good Monday morning fellow scrappers! Today we're featuring Cards with machine stitching. I love the added texture that machine sewing adds to a project. I sometimes break out the machine for a layout, but realized that I don't often think to do it for cards. Whether you choose a straight, zig zag or decorative stitch,it's a simple thing to do, and really makes an impact.

Check out these beautiful examples:

Practical Scrapper Caz used her sewing machine to sew on all the layers she used in the card

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat Siehl used the sewing machine to sew around the edges of the card and around the heart.

Practical Scrapper Cathy used her sewing machine to add a decorative border stitch on both cards!

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

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Misting with Caz and a give away

Hey ladies, its Caz here and i just want to thank you all for joining me today. For my post i have chose to talk to you about misting, i LOVE it and i just think it adds so much to a page. The reason i thought i would do this post about misting is that so many people are scared to try it but it is so so easy to do.

First of all i would love to share with you my mist collection. I have a wonderful friend who has an equally wonderful husband who was nice enough to build this awesome mist holder so that i can have my mists all in front of me at all times, i love how handy they are and that i do not have to go through them all to pick a colour.

Isn't it fabulous, I love it so much :)

Back when i first tried to mist i hated it, my page always warped or was super wet and it just didn't look nice, Then Studio Calico brought out Mister Huey's and wow they are amazing, they have a lesser water content so they dry super fast and also the page does not seem to warp like the previous brands i tried, so if you are having the same issues i did then honestly go try out the Mister Huey's.

Remember before you mist you should put your layout inside a box or take it outside otherwise you will have a mess LOL I use an old Studio Calico kit box to do this as its free and free is good right, more money to spend on supplies. I just leave all my masks in the bottom of the box (far to lazy to have them organized though i have something in mind to do this)

Here is my box, beautiful huh!!

Here are a few ways to use mists

1. spray - You can do one colour or maybe mix lots of colours, you can see that there is heavier spray in some places, this is where i misted up close whereas the thinner coverage is from holding the mist about 12 inches from paper

2. splatter - I find i do this on about 99% of my layouts, it is great for filling in some white space but not over crowding if you know what i mean? To do this you just give the bottle a shake then remove the lid, i then just use my index finger to tap it, I really LOVE this effect.

3. masks - I use masks all the time, i make my own from my punches or my cameo but the ones i use the most are my Studio Calico masks, they are fabulous. One of the things i like to do is once it is dry i will sew around the outline to help it pop of the page, though if you are not a sewer then faux stitching is also great and so so easy.

Mists are also fabulous for using with wood veneer, ribbons, doilies, chipboard and they work really well on the new Heidi Swapp Colour Magic papers and embellishments , just so many different options.

I thought i would leave you with a couple of my layouts that i have misted on, thanks for joining me for my first post on the blog.

So to say thanks for joining me here on my first blog post i thought it would be nice to have a give away, don't you agree?? Well the lovely ladies over at Studio Calico have given me some silver mist and beautiful exclusive hexagon thickers for one lucky lady to own. All you have to do is like us on our Face book page and leave a comment on this post telling us what you love to do with your mist. I would also really appreciate it if you could maybe go say thanks to Studio Calico over on their Face book page for just being so amazing

A peek at the prize package

I don't have a picture of the hexagons as they are not for sale but i can tell you they are awesome for stamping and misting on

THE GIVE AWAY WILL CLOSE ON MAY 8TH AND I WILL POST THE WINNER ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE SOON AFTER
THANK YOU

Monday, April 16, 2012

Cloudy with a chance of Cards!

I love to use clouds as an embellishment on my cards and layouts. Since it has been about a year since we last featured them, I thought it was time to share some projects with them again. Today you'll get to see cards with fussy cut clouds, embellished clouds, and more....perfect for the cloudy days we often see in April!

Practical Scrapper Christine featuring Momenta goodies

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat

Practical Scrapper Caz Hancock

Practical Scrapper Christa

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Ulrika

Practical Scrapper Laura

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Baby Layouts

Whether your layouts are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice" or "snips and snails and puppy dog tails", one thing is for sure...those pages of your little bundles of joy are some of the most fulfilling scrapbooking pages you will ever complete. My children's baby albums were three of the first albums I ever started as a scrapbooker, but they are yet to be complete (I need to get a move on since my children are now 12, 7, and 5). Why is that you ask? Because I create so many baby layouts with the same photos that I never get any further. At the rate I'm scrapping my kids baby albums, I may be lucky to finish them by the time they graduate from college. After seeing all this baby inspiration it may even take me a little longer ...