A Happy Scrappy Holiday

Hi everyone!  Practical Scrapper Laura here, with a couple of ideas for
Christmas/Holiday scrapping!

For this LO I used the new Echo Park Tis' the Season collection.....
Here is page one:
  

And a second page....it makes a nice two page LO or each could stand alone:
  

One of the best things about scrapbooking is layering!  You can add a lot
of interest and make your pictures pop using embellishments to create
focal points near them.  If you choose a few embellishment sets from one
collection....that way they are all coordinated for you...it makes layers
much easier to do!

Here are a few close ups of the embellishment clusters--foam tape gives this
added height and texture.  I also added a few Want2Scrap pearls....can't
resist a little "bling"--it's the bottom right corner:

Top right:
This one has a journal card tucked under sideways, with the chip letters
added on to that.... 

Top left of second page:
A little Trendy Twine finishes off the ornaments....the Merry and Bright
is another journal card piece: 

Bottom right of second page:

Are you ready to scrap your holiday pics?  They're coming......hope you've
gotten a little inspiration to get those creative juices flowing!

Thanks for stoppin' by Practical Scrappers today! 

Easy Holiday Ornament and Gifts

Hi All!  Practical Scrapper Laura here today!  I absolutely
love holiday crafting.....don't you?  One of the things that
I'm a fan of is taking simple items, and creating gifts or home
decor.  This ornament is super simple, but would make a great
gift, package decoration, or pretty addition to any tree:

To think it started out with grabbing a dollar store type ornament and
a few random embellishments from my stash:
  

I added an American Crafts rhinestone brad to the Tim Holtz
metal charm, and then wrapped it with a small bit of tulle:

I punched circle from BoBunny paper, and inked around the edges
with Black Soot Distress Ink, then I glued the circle to the snowflake,
and the deer to the paper using Glossy Accents:

In this pic above you can also see how I strung the tulle thru the
crystal bead charm, and also used it to attach the "25" to the
ornament as well.  Here is another view of the attached pieces:

The finishing touch at the top was a pretty bow, with some tinsel
twine, and an American Crafts sparkly button.

Don't be afraid to pull out some miscellaneous items from your
stash and just create....you never know what you'll come up with!

Happy holiday crafting.....and thanks for stoppin' by!