On Trend- Let it Snow!

One of the prettiest things about a Northern winter has to be the snow; from each tiny individual crystal masterpiece, to the soft blankets of drifting snow on the ground, or outlining the trees. It's no wonder that snow as a topic for scrapbook pages, and snowflakes as embellishments are such a popular theme. Want to add instant wow to your winter projects? Just add snow!

Practical Scrapper Kylie Symons
This layout is based on a sketch designed by Sara Noendeng at STUCK.

Practical Scrapper Danielle de Konink
 used the December kit of Gossamer Blue for this layout, because the bright colors go so well with the bright colors in the photo and the white of the snow.

Practical Scrapper Audrey Yeager

I love the stunning starburst and layering Audrey used!

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat Siehl
used the Moxxie collection Winterland as the background paper with the snowflakes. She added a SOG winter stamp and some bling to mimic like ice.  

Practical Scrapper Wendi Robinson

uses a traditional blue palette for her snow page, but spices it up with splashes of hot pink.

Practical Scrapper Nicole Laha

keeps her theme subtle with a trio of snowflakes to allude to the ice fishing trip featured on her page.

Practical Scrapper Erin Morehouse

layers a mixture of stencils (Prima) , diecuts (Maya Road), wooden snowflakes (Studio Calico)  and Gems (Robin's Nest) to give her page a frosty feel. 

So go on, add as little or as much snow to your projects as you want...remember you don't have to drive in it, or shovel it!

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Winter Layouts

It's winter...or so I hear...our Illinois weather has been dry and mostly warm :).  Kinda hard to get into a snow layout when you've barely had any!  Maybe you've had a lot and you are ready for some inspiration!  Here's some fabulous layouts from our readers and designers to get your creative juices flowing!

Practical Scrapper Sue

Practical Scrapper Christine

Practical Scrapper Pia

 Addie Otto

Practical Scrapper Christine

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrappers Christa

Practical Scrapper Fern

Jen Fletcher

Practical Scrapper Michelle

Practical Scrapper Christine

Practical Scrapper Dyane

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Winter & Snow Card Inspiration

Now that we've made it thru the holidays we are going to be back to a more normal schedule.  Each day will be filled with inspiration from both our designers and you, our readers!  Check out our current call list and send some projects our way!  To kick things off we're zoning in on Winter/Snow inspiration!

Practical Scrapper Dyane

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Kristy

 

Practical Scrapper Carolina (this card is acrylic!!!)

Amanda Bodine

Practical Scrapper Cathy

Practical Scrapper Julie

Practical Scrapper Rachel

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3-D Snowflake Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Fern here with a tutorial on how to make a 3-D snowflake out of med/heavy weight paper...  You can make these any size you want.  They would be great on your tree, hanging in the window, decorating a Christmas package or hanging on the staircase, as you will see I've done.

Materials you will need...

Double sided Pretty Paper..  I used My Mind's Eye ~ Lost & Found Collection

Stapler

Glue

Tape

Scissors

Ruler

Pencil

First cut 6 squares.. They can be 3", 4", 5" or 6".. Mine are 6 inches so I used 1 1/2 pages of 12" x 12" paper... This will make a (large)12" snowflake..   Now fold each square and make a triangle... If it doesn't match exactly along the edges... trim it until it does..

Now line the bottom of the triangle along the ruler and make a mark at 1", 2" and 3".  This will not work on the other sizes..  If you use the smaller squares just use your pencil and try to get the strips as even as you can.. 

Now take your ruler and pencil and very lightly draw a line at the 1", 2" and 3" mark as shown below.. 

Now fold it over again to make a smaller triangle..  Don't crease it...

Now cut through all layers on the straight lines you just drew.. but not all the way through...leave about 1/4th inch+/-..

This is what it should look like when you unfold it....  Now do the remaining 5 squares just like this one..

Now turn them all over

This photo actually shows 2 of the squares folded and glued..  For the first one, take the first (smallest) square and bring the tips together and tape/glue.  Then turn your 6" x 6" square over and bring the 2nd square tips together and tape/glue.. See photo below...

Now turn it over and do the same with the next square and turn it again and do the last square the same ...  Should look like this..

Do the remaining 5 the same way... They should all look like this...

Take 3 of  these and put the bottom points on top of each other and staple..  Should look like this..

Now do the same with the other three....  You should have this...

Now take these and put them together where you stapled before, and staple them together.  

  Now glue/tape each section where it meets with the one next to it.. This holds the shape together... 

Now it should look like this..

And here it is on my staircase...

These are really fun to make and I hope you give it a try...

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Snowmen, Snow Horses and Snow Fun!

I feel so lucky to live in a climate that offers snow in the winter months ( not so happy when the white stuff overextends it's stay into spring however). The best part about snow has to be when it reaches that magical "sticky" consistency, and can be transformed into snowballs, and snowmen. I would be upset if I didn't get at least one snowman made with the kids every year; and if the kids aren't into it, I've been known to go it alone.  I love scrapping snowy photos too, as you can add the boldest colours to a layout, when your main subject is as white as, umm-well...SNOW!
Whether you're looking for ideas for layouts featuring snowmen, snow horses ( just like Pia) or snow in general, here are some great layouts from our design team and our readers.

 Claude

Emily

 

Pia 

 Debbie Burns

 Pia

  

Bev 

 Brenda

 

Erin

Debbie Burns

Don't these all just make you want to get outside and play in the snow, or at least get cozy inside and start scrapping some of those snowy pictures?