Friday, March 2, 2012

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop! LINK WITH LOVE

Welcome to the Practical Scrappers "Linking with Love" Blog Hop!  We believe it is important to always give credit when it is due to another crafter.  For this unique hop all of our design team members used the same inspiration piece to create their project.  Each of them will make an example of themselves as to how to properly "Link with Love" and credit the inspiration.  We'll be running the hop thru Noon EST on Sunday - so you have plenty of time to get thru it!


Liz Qualman created this beautiful layout and we have all used it for inspiration.  Each of us will tell what part we took our inspiration from.  The whole hop will culminate at Liz's blog where she'll provide us with a new sketch for inspiration.



Many of the designers are providing prizes at their stop and Practical Scrappers is providing a prize for one person who becomes a follower at each stop (for all the details head over to Practical Scrappers). 
Blog Hop List 
Practical Scrappers
Christine Meyer
Liz Qualman

For my page, I decide to stick with the general design of the layout.  But I was also feelin' the Spring theme, so I used some outdoor photos that we took from a recent trip to the playground! It has been such a mild winter, and we have been enjoying the outdoors a lot!  Kyler has been getting his first experiences with the swing at the playground!
I used this months kit from Birds Of A Feather featuring Authentique Genuine line.


Instead of using circles around the edges I used some strips of paper and then popped it off of a corrugated cardboard background.  I loved Liz's use of banner stickers so I used a lot of them on my page.



I also lifted her placement of butterflies and machine stitched their paths.


Hope you are enjoying the blog hop!!!!

27 comments:

Cheryl Leong said...

Pretty project you have there Audrey!!!!

cheryl131091 at yahoo dot com

Me-Ma Kim said...

I am hopping along today!I am a new follower. Have a GREAT Day,
Me-Ma Kim
kimnsammy at gmail dot com

Christa said...

Audrey, this has so many great elements. I love the strips as a frame especially and that photo is DARLING!!

Shaunery said...

Absolutely incredible! Thanks so much for the inspiration jolt!

Ann said...

Nice page and that corrugated paper background really adds a lot of texture!
- Ann
www.lovestnpaper.com

Donna said...

What an amazing layout

KrissyClarkMcKee said...

Audrey, everything about this layout is gorgeous!!!

Amy Martin said...

I like that you chose to go with some different colors....You layout is beautiful and What a cute baby. I am now a new follower and I hope to visit you again soon for more inspiration. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

Anonymous said...

I love the patterns and colors your chose. And such a cutie in the picture!

Amber Sheaves said...

Love this layout and that new Genuine line. I can't wait to get some and play with it!

Rachelle Olaridge said...

Beautiful projects. Love the creativity and colors. Time to hop along.

Cathy said...

Audrey..this is gorgeous, breath taking! Love every bit of it!

Diana Waite said...

BEAUTIFUL take Audrey--just LOVELY!

Stephanie U said...

I love the strips of paper. They make a stunning frame to the page.

Laurel Geisbush said...

this is a beauitful layout! love the colors and your lil guy is adorable. thanks for sharing!

Caroline said...

This is stunning, i love your layers :)

Teresa Jaye said...

oh Audrey, I just love this layout! Everything about it is fabulous and the picture is completely adorable! I am a new follower!

Christine said...

I love what you did with this line - I had a hard time working with it but I think it's gorgeous!

Laureen said...

Hopping around and I have became your new follower! Your LO is beautiful!

Sherri said...

I really like that wooden butterfly

Sarah said...

Absolutely Gorgeous!

Liz said...

Hi Audrey - Love how you took the design and turned it into a masculine theme for your little guy. It's a really striking page :)

Patricia said...

BEutiful layout Audrey! Great color choices!

Anonymous said...

I just love all your embellishments on your layout. I'm a new follower :)

scrappin_mom3 said...

Audrey,

All I can say is I LOVE what you do with every piece of paper you pick up! Sometimes I feel like a stalker cause I visit your blog so much!

Hugs,

Kerri

Liz Chidester said...

Sooo cute, Audrey!!! I love the papers!

Renuka said...

That's a very pretty project. Thanks for the inspiration