Guest Designer: Sandy W

Sandy

I have been in awe of what Sandy can do with plain old cardstock for quite awhile. She can take a flat layout and give it such incredible dimension. Her flowers, have been the inspiration for many of my own - some of which you have seen on projects here. She offers a fresh, creative approach to scrapbooking and I am so excited to have her play along with us for these two weeks! You can check out Sandy's blog by clicking on her name under her picture.

Here's the layout she created for us this week!

Sandy used paint on all the edges, on the primas to change the color, and on the large flower (created with the leaf from A Child's Year on her cricut). The butterflies were cut from transparencies and she used a permanent black marker to add the out lines and then painted over that with the bubble gum pink paint. Topped it off with some pearl paint and stickles.

Here's a couple other layouts Sandy has done using paint. She was gracious enough to share these with me earlier in the week - even though she hadn't specifically created them for Practical Scrappers - I wanted to make sure you got a great view of the inspiration!

We asked Sandy the same questions we asked Aymee and here are the answers she gave us.

My three fave products under $20....

1) K&Co mini frames

2) Stickles

3) Bling of any kind

How often do you scrapbook?
I honestly try to scrapbook everyday....sometimes it's not quite possible but I'm creating in my mind constantly and usually cannot wait to get home to try something that has come to mind while at work.

Fave adhesive: My fave adhesive is the Zig pen!

Fave paper line: K&Co....I adore the vintage paper stacks!

Fave ink: I cannot say I have a fave ink....though I do use them on occasion....I really love craft stain for distressing my edges...you can buy it in lots of wood tones and it lasts forever...they are easy to use and add a great look to vintage projects.

Fave punch: my MS doily punch.

Fave Cricut Cart: Hmmmmm that's hard...I usually use so many different carts on a project.....I love the font and all the fun winter cuts on Winter Woodland right now....I'm sure that will change next week....LOL

Fave markers: MS writing pens are awesome.

Fave color to use in scrapping: I love pink....in everything!!!! I use it every chance I get....as the mom of 4 boyssss I look forward to sneaking it in in a butterfly or flower...LOL!