Snowflakes**Flying Unicorn**Sketchabilities**Practical Scrappers

I will call this my multipurpose layout. It started off towards one challenge at the Flying Unicorn then headed towards another when I realized I was using transparencies in the form of snowflakes! Which is one of the 10 challenges for February you'll find at the The Flying Unicorn. Sandi C is hosting the transparency challenge. I needed a sketch to start me off and found Sketch #64 at Sketchabilities to help me out! Which initially caught my eye as Practical Scrappers was having a banners without triangle challenge. So I decided to use snowflake brads and a combo of snowflakes and buttons for one banner and mittens and buttons for the other banner. Now I worked very hard on this page, lots of distressing, layering, punching, using transparencies and embossing, die cutting snowflakes yes it was a process. But what can I say, I guess I was in a mood.

So here I did some embossing with one of my snowflake stamps. Added some stickles and well you can see where I made a boo boo with my spritzing. I recently took a class at Miss Art's Demystifying Mist with Sarah Webb, and wanted to give it a go! Great Class.

close up of one of my banners. In the sketch it looked like one circular doily so I decided to use my die cut snowflakes instead. Julie Winks also had a class on layering which I tried my hand at. Also clustering! My bigest challenge I love the look but never know how to completely achieve it. Alos never knew what to do with those sticker letters but after Alyssa McGrew class Cluster Muster, I added those letters with dimension to all my layouts!!! Whooo Hooo

My second banner with the buttons and mittens. 

using one of my corner stamps did some embossing. 

Here one of my transparencies tucked behind my layering of snowflakes. 

and on my picture another snowflake transparency. It was a really funny moment when I realized that I could participate in the challenge at Flying Unicorn because I didn't realize I had transparencies! 

My last transparency snowflake that I added a little stickles to. You can also see my snowflake brad used to hold up my banners. Thanks for stopping by! Can you tell I am not a football fan...I'm catching up on all my blog posting.

Practical Scrappers - Life is good

Although I did not make it further than the 2nd round I had prepared this sketch just in case I made it to the next round. I used Echo Park paper. Inking my edges, making flowers with my CTMH cartridge. Adding Pebbles embellishments and pieces here and there from my stash.

Practical Scrappers: Second Round of the Layout Contest

Practical Scrappers: Second Round of the Layout Contest


I am thrilled to have made it to the second round! Please stop by to cast your votes!

My page is the last one on the list! :) Help me make it to the end!

Practical Scrappers- I made the first cut...

Practical Scrappers

I was so thrilled this morning to receive the email that I made the first cut for round one of the layout challenge. Clicking the link above you can check out all the details! So my friends, I am asking you to keep an eye out for my layout and help me get my little hands on some scrapping goodies!!!!

Practical Scrappers: Time for the Layout Contest!

Practical Scrappers: Time for the Layout Contest!

Here is my entry :)

http://linnie79.blogspot.com/2012/01/yes-i-cheated.html

Yes I cheated!!!!

Okay, Okay...I cheated!! I know! I know! I cheated on myself with my own resolution. I said I would use my scraps first before digging into my paper stash. But I couldn't help it! Plus I did use a few pieces from my stash on my page!!!

It all started a couple of days ago when I put my New Years resolution into place. I cleaned up my scrap area, sorted all my papers by manufacture. organized my scraps, placed everything nicely. Then realized I was a paper hoarder. Yep. I always thought that I didn't have that much....ahhhh but..... then when putting it all together discovered this was my cardstock stash.

Then I sorted through the rest of my papers and found that this was my patterned paper stash....{gulp}You know when your husband sees these stacks on the table...it is so hard to say or dream of saying "I really need that new paper line!!!"  So I made the resolution that I would use my scraps and deplete my stock... I am not going to dare show you my two boxes of scraps. Which led to another big wow. this was my BoBunny stash...

Well this is kinda my BoBunny stash I also found not pictured...two {all un-opened} packs of their Forever Fall Collection, and Gabrielle, Timepiece, Enchanted, Et Cetera, Garden Girl, Welcome Home, Zoology, Vicki B, Midnight Frost and a Cambridge pack too.... ! Yes you have read right! So now you see my need to use or go through some of my paper.  Anyways, I was company coding my papers and realized that some paper companies that I didn't think I was a big fan of...I guess I am because I have tones of their paper. And well I discovered that I am a big fan of Echo Park! Well then I came upon the Practical Scrappers Sketch site and saw this sketch...and decided to play along with this sketch. Plus I still had not scrapped our family pictures taken by Barb Weir Photography. We had a great time with Barb and Cherie.

Practical Scrappers

I did lots of distressing and tried to stay true to the natural look of the paper. So I didn't ink. Loving all the layers.

Cut up the tickets in half and used them for a border. Loved the title so I just kept the Title of the page and worked around it.

Love my layers! And added a few pieces here and there of my stash. Such as buttons, bling and misc pieces I had. 

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