Practical Scrappers - Smash Journal Feature

Today at Practical Scrappers I have the opportunity to feature my "Smash Journal", so I thought I would share the post with all of you too!

Happy Friday Everyone! It's Practical Scrapper Lynn here this morning and I wanted to share one of my latest projects with you. I was out one day and decided to buy a "Smash Journal". Not sure what to do with it, I brought it home. Let me tell you....this is one fun project! The possibilities are endless. It's a great way to use up all those little scraps of paper, those stamps that have been hiding in the box, the little mementos that have been tucked away. I now have a basket on my desk full of little bits and pieces to use for my journal. Here is an example of a few pages that I've done.

 Here is the Journal when I bought it

 This is what I did with the cover. Too much fun! I used embellishments that have been hidden away for years.

I had some left over Graphic 45 from a layout, so I did the cover page with it.

 This is a page about my daughter. She wrote the little green sticky note and left it on my desk one day. That is how this page started.

 A page about my son. Don't forget to bring out the masks and stencils. 

 I love pigs so I thought I would print out a contact sheet of some of my favorite photos and do a page.

 These next two are a memory page for my little Tessa. A great way to use up those pieces from a 6x6 paper pack!

The possibilities are endless. I love doing this because I feel it just lets your creativity run wild. Anything goes! So if you are "Smashing", have fun, and if your thinking about getting one..take the step..you will be amazed at what you can do with it! Enjoy your day everyone, and thank you for letting me share my journal with you.


Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Misting & Inking with Lynn

This is my showcase day at Practical Scrappers. It gives everyone on the design team a chance to show some of their work or share a technique! So here is what I've done.....

Good Morning Everyone! It's Practical Scrapper Lynn this morning to show you a few projects that I've used some inking and misting techniques on. I find ink really adds definition to your patterned paper or cardstock. I always think it makes a layout "pop" off the page. With a little distressing and ink, you have a vintage page in no time. Misting is another fun thing I love to do. Using stencils or masks you can add a little touch of something to your background. There are so many different products on the market today to try.  So go ahead and have some fun! 

 On this layout I used flower stencil and my Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I started with just a little corner to add a "little something" and before I knew it, the whole background was done!

 For this layout I again misted some flowers on my winter layout. Just a touch here and there added some color. I distressed and inked my layers and ribbon for that little bit of "shabby"

For this one I used my ink pad and a dauber to do a chicken wire background. I didn't want to spray all of my paper, so I just used my Tim Holtz Distress Ink and daubed all the little hexagons for a softer look. By the end of the day I'm usually covered in ink, sparkles and some stickers, but what I've learned is...Baby Wipes are the perfect thing to clean up with!! 

So off I go to play with my sprays, so I hope you all have a Scrap Happy Day!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

I'm So Lucky To Have You In My Life

Good Morning, Good Morning...(my attempt at singing) lol. Today at Practical Scrappers we are featuring Birthday Layouts! The design team is just so talented. They are all unique and such a beautiful group of women. I also took inspiration from the amazing sketches at Scrapfriends. For my layout I did a few photos of my sister and myself on our birthday. We have birthdays three days apart, but we always say we are twins, lol. We are the best of friends. My sister and I call each other every morning to talk about what's new on the blog feed, what we are scrapping, and what's new since last night's coffee!! We live really close together so we get to see alot of each other. Our kids are more like siblings than cousins and we are always celebrating something, lol. So Sis...this one's for you! Love ya, miss ya, so CALL ME!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn.

Supplies: Prima Doodle Deux Collection "lucky charms", 6x6 paper pack, Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut", Misc. Buttons, Prima Resist Canvas

Practical Scrapper Design Team Call

Practical Scrappers is looking for New Designers to join our team. The term for this position would run from July 1st to January 1st. Designers need to contribute three projects per month. We have extraordinary talent on our team, just check out of Designers Extraordinaire Tab, we would love to add you to that mix. If you are looking for a place to get your feet wet and get more exposure we are it!

To apply send a brief paragraph about yourself, your style, and your current design team commitments to practicalscrappers@gmail.com - Please include a link to your blog. Applications will be accepted thru June 27th midnight CST. International applicants are welcome!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Good Morning everyone! Today at Practical Scrappers we are featuring Birthday Cards. I had some Echo Park goodies on my desk and decided I should make a card for one of my boy's birthdays in July. All three...Clint, Ryan and Christopher are all July b'days! Momma's gonna be baking alot of cakes!! Come by and see what our designers did today, great ideas!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Echo Park "Note To Self" Collection

Life is Better with Friends

Today our theme at Practical Scrappers is "stitching on your layout". I'm a huge fan of sewing, so this was perfect for me. I'm really trying to use up my stash and with this Echo Park line, I have the whole collection, so it was an easy choice what to use. It's perfect for boy layouts. This is Noah playing with Daisy and Jax on Mothers Day. The puppies just follow him around everywhere. They are quite the little threesome. That's why...Life is Better with Friends, even if they are puppies! I used a sketch from a new site I found called ScrapFriends for some inspiration. Hope everyone is having an awesome scrappy day!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Echo Park Note To Self Collection, " Borders", "Stripes","Grid Dots", "Admit One","Quotes","Inventory", "Numbers", "View Master", Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut", The Crafters Workshop "Mini Splats" Stencil

The Onesie

Today at Practical Scrappers we are featuring humorous layouts. I didn't have to put alot of thought into this one. I've wanted to scrap these pictures for a long time. This is my son-in-law Christopher. On a trip to Banff he found his "dream outfit"...THE ONESIE. He didn't take it off for weeks. He even wore it to the New Years party. He tells me he is 'bringing sexy back"...un huh. My daughter says "it's a good thing I love you", lol. I guess I should start looking for matching onesie's for father and baby if they have kids, lol. So come by and see what our designers did , there are some funny layouts on the blog today. Since I was using Authentique products, I thought I would use their latest sketch for my layout. I had fun making the three dimensional stars and I even made the little envelope. It was hard not to put on some flowers, lol.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Authentique "Loyal" Collection, "Faithful", "Devoted", "Honest", "Euphoria"

Friends - Practical Scrappers

Today at Practical Scrappers we are featuring cards using a white background. I loved this challenge because I don't make alot of cards and I like to have a stash on hand. I used the Little Yellow Bicycle "Saturdays" collection that I won. I've done a few layouts and had just enough to make a card. Hope to see you over at Practical Scrappers!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Little Yellow Bicycle Saturdays Collection " "Reverie Garden", "Pick-a-Posy", Paper Flower Kit, Dimensional Stickers, Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut"

Practical Scrappers - It's A Girl!

The challenge today at Practical Scrappers is a baby card! I just found out a few weeks ago that my niece was expecting a baby girl! This was the perfect day to make her a card! Her two year old son Noah kept saying "Momma having a baby sister for me to play with"...I guess he knew all along!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Practical Scrappers - Disney

Our challenge today at Practical Scrappers is "Tags on Layouts". The Bazzill "Wayfarer" line was just perfect!  On one sheet there was a mixture of postcards and tags that I cut out. To me it was perfect for doing a travel layout. This is Ryan, Chris and Nicole when we were in Disneyland last year. I've never seen three kids have that much fun. Our whole family got to be kids again for an entire week. We even went back to the kids part and took photos in the same places we did when they were 6 & 10. It was a trip I will never forget!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies by Urban Scrapbook: Bazzill Basics Wayfarer "Gadabout", "Traveler","Knockabout" "Tourist". Jillibean Chipboard Alphabets, Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Vintage Photo", CTMH Stamps "Enjoy Life"

Urban Scrapbook / Practical Scrappers "Daisy Day"

I know what your thinking...here come the Daisy layouts, lol! This is my pretty little girl! She makes me so happy. She is the calmest little girl. Yesterday I was visiting the girls at Urban Scrapbook and Pat gave me this adorable line of paper from Prima to work with. I was so excited to do my first Daisy layout with it. Being part of the design team at Urban is like a dream come true.

I did this layout for the "Polygon 5 sided" reveal at Practical Scrappers. I decided to use hexagons..and took inspiration from one of NikkiARNGwife's layouts at Scrapbook.com. She is an amazing digital artist, and I wanted to try doing it the traditional way.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies all from Urban Scrapbook

                                       Prima Songbird "Sunrise"

         "Jotz"

             "Lineage"

          "Title It"

                      Alphabet Stickers

                    Vinetta Flowers

       Art Tiles

Pretty In Pink

I did this layout for Practical Scrappers where the challenge was to be "Inky". Me and Ink? No...lol. Oh did I ink, lol. I inked the doily, the banner, the photo, the layers, the flowers...I inked it all I think. The challenges there are just so much fun! I'm so glad to be a Fresh Face Designer for a few months with this amazingly talented group of ladies. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Fancy Pants Wishful Thinking Banner, Memories,My Party, Pretty Plaid, Momento Ink, Tim Holtz distress Ink, Forest Moss, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Sweet Clover, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Victorian Velvet, Prima Flowers, Prima Resist Canvas

Whooot Whooot Top 3!!!

This is it...click HERE to cast your vote!

I'm so excited...I'm so excited...I just can't hide it...I know, I know...( yes I'm singing). I made the TOP 3...at Practical Scrappers. Yes, my friends, it's voting time again, lol. This is for the top spot. If you vote, I won't ask you again...really this is the last round, so the votes are going to really count!!!! I appreciate each and every one of you who took the time and voted to get me this far! Your the best friends a girl could ask for! For this one we got to just showcase our own unique style...and this is mine! The stitching, misting, inking, and of course flowers, lol.

This layout is all about my little Godson Kooper. He is laying in his daddy's hand when he was just a wee baby. I'm in LOVE with this boy. I was so honored to be asked to be his Godmother. What a blessing this little boy has been in my life. http://www.practicalscrappers.com/2012/02/this-is-it-cast-your-vote.html

 Here are some close up's!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Bo Bunny Etc Cetera Stamped, Geography, Mail Room, Flowers, Prima & Recollections, Bo Bunny Combo Stickers, American Crafts Thickers, Magenta Chipboard, Wilton Doilies, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Partridge in a Pear Tree, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap Distress Stain, Kaiser Craft Clear Stamps Grunge, 13th Hour

Follow Your Heart

 This layout is for Practical Scrappers to showcase Love layouts.  I love doing anything love or wedding, as you all probably know by now, lol. I just loved this photo of Nicole, she is just happy and in love! I also am entering this in the layout challenge at C'est Magnifique. Their sketches are perfect for my wedding layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Bo Bunny Enchanted Whispers, Moments & Enchanted, Flowers, Prima, Recollections, Offray, Forever in Time Glitter Swirls, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Dusty Concord. Photo's by Pink Sugar Photography

Please Girls..I need your help!

My friends...I'm really excited to be in the TOP 5...and now that I've made it this far...I'm rallying once again for a few votes to get me to the FINISH LINE! Please if you can..stop by http://www.practicalscrappers.com/2012/02/5th-round-layout-contest.html and lend me a vote, or two, lol. I've come this far...and I really want to make it all the way to the end. I appreciate all of your support this far. Thanks to everyone that has re-posted for me on Facebook and Blogger. Love you girls!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Wohooo I made the TOP 5

Hello my friends!!! I have made the Top5 at Practical Scrappers! Now I'm asking for your votes to get me to the Top3! The Top 3 people all get prizes, so now I'm IN IT TO WIN IT, lol. The race is close, so I really need your votes. Please if you can stop by Practical Scrappers and cast your vote for Lynn!!! Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the support! I'm also entering this over at Frosted Designs for the Love Challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: Basic Grey Lucky: Jade, My Minds Eye Love Me Numbers Grid, TPC Studio My Funny Valentine, Making Memories Heart, Making Memories Je t'adore Paper,Wilton Doily, Color Me Crazy Flowers, Craftie Metal Embelishments, Craft Fabric Hearts, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Mel's Diner, Abominable Snowman, Delta Rubber Stamp

Mr & Mrs Disney

This is Mr & Mrs. Disney! When we were in Disneyland the kids were having so much fun trying on hats at the different stores. When we found a Minny Bride and Mickey Groom we knew we had to have them for the wedding. This layout is for a call at Practical Scrappers for quilt inspired layouts. Make sure you stop by and join in the fun! I got my inspiration for this from the amazing sketch by Janice at Sketches With A Twist where you have to do the sketch and the twist is "green".

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn

Supplies: My Minds Eye Kraft Fun Day Front Page News, Happy Days, Good Times,Countdown,Patchwork Party,Streamers. My Minds Eye Fun Day Layered Stickers, Jillibean Soup Journaling Sprouts,Forever in Time Alphabet Medley, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut, Distress Stain, Aged Mahogany, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Butternut Squash, American Crafts Brads, Prima Flowers

Woohoooooo I made the Top 10

I'm so so so excited to make the TOP 10 at Practical Scrappers. The prompt was black/white with a pop of color! Is that right up my alley??Yes my friends, I need you votes to get me to the TOP 5!!! I hate bugging you all, but now that I've made it this far, "I'm in it to WIN it" as they say on American Idol. ( I know I'm Canadian, but I do watch it on t.v. lol). So thanks in advance, I appreciate you all going on this journey with me!

So here is the link...http://www.practicalscrappers.com/2012/02/round-four-layout-contest.html 

I got the inspiration from sketch #193 at Creative Scrappers, I swear they give me just the right sketch to work with everytime!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn


Supplies: Bo Bunny Enchanted, Romance, Cut Outs, Prima Flowers, Recollections Flowers, Offray Bows, Basic Grey Eclectic Embellishments, Bridal Bling Butterflies, Tattered Angels Blitzen Mist, Perfect Pearls Grape Fizz, Prima Say it in Pearls, Wilton Doily

Wooohoooo I made the Top 15!!

This is just too much fun! I just made the Top 15 at Practical Scrappers . This is my new layout for the next round. It's your support and votes that are keeping in this competition, so once again I'm going to ask ( I know I'm getting to be a pain, lol) for you to take a moment if you can and stop by and vote! The link to vote is http://www.practicalscrappers.com/2012/01/3rd-round-layout-contest-vote-here.html  Our challenge was to use these beautiful photos of quilts. I chose the design of the quilt rather than the color.

I got the inspiration from the sketch at Stuck on U Sketches which to me had a quilt feel to it and the title inspiration came from the challenge at Bird Is The Word.

Supplies: Creative Imaginations, My Minds Eye Paris & Co, Michaels Ribbon, Misc. Buttons, Dusty Attic Chipboard, ColorBok Vellum Quotes, Prima Flowers, Prima Resist Canvas, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut & Frayed Burlap, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Partridge in a pear tree.

Yeahhh!!!! My layout was chosen for Round #2 at Practical Scrappers

I just found out that I made it to Round #2 at  Practical Scrappers. Yeah!!! I'm so excited! Thanks to all for voting for me, I really appreciate it. This is my next layout up for vote! Now......another favor...can I please ask you to pop back over to their blog and lend me some more scrappin support for Round #2?? Thanks so much my friends!


Supplies: Bo Bunny Et Cetera Stamped, Geography,Symphony, Et Cetera. Prima Artsy Flowers,  Bo Bunny Stickers, Cut outs and Chipboard. Tim Holtz Distress Ink