Thursday, August 4, 2011

It's an Anniversary Blog Hop!

Hello friends! I'm so glad you're joining us in celebrating the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Practical Scrappers with our weekend Blog Hop! All of our designers have created some amazing projects relating to the number two since it's our second anniversary, and here's my take:

We have an extremely talented group of designers, I know you'll enjoy checking out their blogs.
Erin
Jessica YOU ARE HERE!

Now, how about a chance to win? Two of you will be very Lucky Girls when you play along!

Tell me your TOP TWO favorite things about this week's anniversary celebration at Practical Scrappers for a chance to win one of two RAKs from Lucky Girl Crafts!

I'll draw a winner on Monday, August 8th.

Thanks for joining us in the big celebration! Please head on over to the lovely Pia next!

First Day / First Grade

:00Hi friends & happy weekend! I had some down time last night, so I popped in Grease and took over my kitchen table to get some crafting done. Not before I spent an hour or so browsing for new inspiration, though! My cyber travels took me to Got Sketch?, Page Maps and Scrapbook & Cards Today blogs, and combined inspiration from the colors, layouts and embellies to create this fun layout to enter for the American Crafts 5 Photos Facebook challenge:

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This layout combines three paper lines from American Crafts: Letterbox, Botanique, and Dear Lizzy Enchanted. I added my all-time favorite Thickers along with some altered Dear Lizzy Enchanted ribbons from this month's Lucky Girl Crafts kit.

I took the seafoam green and white velvet ribbon and cut it down the middle, then gathered it for a ruffled look. I also took one of the blossoms from the coral rose ribbon and added some bling and vintage buttons in the center, and a ribbon "leaf" for my central flower.

My layout was inspired off of this sketch from Scrapbook & Cards Today. I took my favorite elements from the two page spread and altered it to fit my needs on a single page layout:



Thanks for stopping by!