Doodlebug Mini For Practical Scrappers

Hi everyone and welcome to the October Hop for Practical Scrappers.  You should have arrived from Majken’s blog.  For the hop this time we were challenged to use the theme of Fall or Halloween.  I wanted to use up some of my old Doodlebug Halloween paper, but didn’t have enough embellishments so I mixed two older paper lines and some new stickers and Doodle-Pops.
All the edges are inked with black ink to add to the Halloween feel, but I also find when using a pre-made chipboard album inking can help hide if your paper isn’t cut perfectly to size.  Another tool I like when using pre-cut chipboard is Creek Bank Creations Sanding Sticks.  They allow you to file the edges of any paper that may be hanging over for a clean edge.

     Since the pages were so small to begin with I tried to keep the embellishments fairly simple so there was still enough room for a real photo.  I think what ended up being my favorite embellishment was the candy corn cut out.  I coated each of the corn with crystal laquer so they are shiny and raised…looks like candy behind a glass case. Which page is your favorite? Leave me a comment, and become a follower, and I’ll pick a winner on Sunday for a surprise gift..
    I thank you for hoping with me today, and I’d love if you became a follower!  Until next time…Keep Scrapping and head over to Jennifer’s page for more inspiration

Challenges:
Scrapbook Challenges – Mood Board – used all the colors except ivory
The Craft Place – Halloween

Fall Memories Layout

 Welcome to another reveal for Paper Crafter Anonymous.  I am playing with the papers from my recent haul.  This is the Pathfinding paper as well as a few chipboard stickers and accessories. The banner and words are from Simple Stories.
     I loved this photo of my mom and son when he was about ten months old, but I didn’t want to overwhelm it with patterns since the background was busy.  The orange leaf paper from the Pathfinding collection was just interesting enough.
    The heart banner behind the photo was actually the strip of paper you cut off the bottom of a 12×12 sheet.  If you’ve followed my blog lately I’ve been loving finding ways to use these in layouts to extend the paper pack.
     I hope you’ve enjoyed what I’ve done with the paper. I’d love to see what you’ve done with the collection if you purchased it.  Until next time…Keep Scrapping!

Challenges:
ScrapMuch? – Color Challenge
That Craft Place Challenge – Girls, but no pink
Color Me Scrappy – Color Challenge #71
Paper Issues – Fall

Child’s Play Challenge Reveal

     Hi Everyone, and welcome to my first DT reveal for Child’s Play Challenges. I loved participating here, and am honored to have been chosen to be on the team.  
    My first assignment was Colorforms.  I don’t remember having these as a child so I had to go another direction.  
   The original toy was just shapes in red and blue.  Since we are revealing two days before Fourth of July I went that direction and then used blocks of paper to mimic the squares in the toy after I saw this awesome sketch from Creative Scrappers.  I left the photo and journalling spot blank because my Dad’s birthday is Fourth of July so this page is all ready for a photo of him and our little man, and some journalling of what we did that day.
    All the papers are from Doodlebug Designs.  The stars are modeling paste mixed with pearl medium and then topped with crystal glitter…it gives a really nice depth to the page.   
  I hope to see you enter our challenges – they are so fun.  Until next time…Keep scrappin!

Challenges: