Friday, February 14, 2014

Practical Scrappers-Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop

Happy Friday, the team at Practical Scrappers is having a blog hop!  A big thank you to Kiwi Lane Designs for being our sponsor.  The challenge this month is to use your Valentine themed stash!  My Valentine stash is right up there next to my Christmas stash!  The collection that I used is Crate Paper's Fourteen.
 I used several prints from the collection as well as the chipboard.  I distressed all of my paper edges using a bone folder.  I did a little sewing with my sewing machine.
The wood veneers are from Studio Calico.  The ink splats are from October Afternoon Midway Collection Mist-Token.  I took a plain shipping tag and my trusty old Olivetti Typewriter (XOXO) and typed up some journaling and snippets for the hearts.
 I used a couple of punches from Jenni Bowlin "file this & tab".
 Now for my little trick, I had three photos that I wanted to fit on this layout.  I cut a strip of kraft card stock and folded accordion style to fit the dimension of pictures leaving a small edge on the very last part of the strip for a pull tab.
 I adhered the strip to my photos using very strong adhesive, I used scor-tape.  I used one of the wood veneers on the edge as a pull tab.  Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my Valentine themed layout.  I can't wait to see what the other team members have done with their Valentine themed stash.

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop List
                          Bobbi Smith *you are here*
                            Michelle Johns*head here next*

Thank you so much for playing along!  If you become a follower on my blog and leave me a comment telling me you did so, I will enter you into a drawing for an Echo Park 6 x 6 Yours Truly Valentine paper pad and matching bakers twine!  I will announce the winner on Monday!  Don't forget to go to the Practical Scrappers blog and sign up for Kiwi Lane Designs great prizes too.  Happy Valentine's Day and have a great weekend!



19 comments:

  1. Love it - as always you r lay out is super. Especially love the pull out technique !! Thanks!!

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  2. Fourteen was one of my favorite Crate Paper collections, and I absolutely LOVE what you did with it! This is gorgeous!!!

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  3. Gorgeous layout, and I love the folding tip for the photos.

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  4. Great layout - love all the added bits and pieces. I now follow you via email.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  5. Your style is amazing! Love the distressing!

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  6. Such a sweet layout! I just love how the photos fold out!

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  7. Really Sweet layout! Love all the layering and the hearts!
    ~Kim
    new follower

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  8. Very sweet layout--I like the XO banner.
    I am a follower.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  9. Super, super cute. You lead and I follow. thanks for the chance to win a great prize!

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  10. What an adorable layout!

    I am a new follower!

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  11. Wow, I love the fresh clean look of your layout. Wonderful use of white space! I'm a new follower

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  12. LOVE your sweet layout with all those cute layered embellishments! I am a beginning scrapper so always looking for ideas. New follower...and thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  13. Your layout is SO CUTE! I love it!!! And I love that little trick with the hidden pictures!

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  14. I LOVE the layout. I can't wait to follow along and see what else you create. Just signed up. :)

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  15. I am a new follower and I really love the way you clustered your embellishments on this layout. So clean and fun looking!

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  16. Oh my -- so pretty!! Love your layered clusters. :)

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  17. Beautifully layered layout! Love it!

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  18. Thank you SO much for all of the wonderful comments!

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  19. love!! the layers and colours, and the fold out of photos!

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