Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone! I challenged 24 of our designers to create an "All About Me" layout, giving us a peek into a little part of their lives. Each of them also answered five quick scrapbooking related questions. We will be sharing these 24 layouts throughout the day. So sit back, grab a snack, and get to know our designers just a little bit more, and hopefully their projects will inspire you the next time you go to create!
"All About Me 2013
Ed.", by Jenny Evans.
I'm not sure if many of you
have noticed on my previous layouts, but I do not journal very much. I like to
do big, long titles that tell the story of the page. But, for this layout, I
decided to tackle the journaling aspect and really go for it! I love the idea
of documenting my favorites for the year, and may have to start doing something
like this yearly for myself, and for my boys!
Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Smokeys In Love, Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits Stickers; Engaged At
Last: Bachelorette Party, Bachelorette Extras; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace
Punch; Simply Simona Chipboard Numbers: White; High Five Alpha Stickers:
Brown-Cream, Blue, Pink-Red, Piggy-Punch; Designer Tape: Ice Stripe; Button
Market: Zebra, Neutral Mix; Feathers: Gulf Feathers
And now for some scrapping Q&A's:
1. What
are your top 5 supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
Patterned paper, alpha stickers/chipboard,
Fiskars paper trimmer, ATG gun & Foam adhesive
2. What do you listen to while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your
best working in silence?
Sometimes the
TV, and sometimes music, but never in silence.
3. What snacks and/or drinks are beside you when you're scrapping?
Either coffee or water to drink, and I love
having a bowl of almonds and dried cranberries next to me!
4. When
do your do your best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night
scrapper, or do you find time during the day?
All of the above!! Mostly throughout the day, but sometimes I can
really get going at night and not want to stop!!
5. Be
honest. Where do your layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in
piles, or shoved in random places?
I
save my pizza boxes from my kits I receive, and all my layouts go into them! I
have an ever-growing pile of filled pizza boxes that need to make their way
into albums!
“This Makes Me Smile”, by
Sheri Reguly.
I have so many wonderful
blessings in my life, and so many precious people who make my heart smile on a
daily basis. Then, there are those little things...the simple pleasures that
brighten my day and instantly put a smile on my face. I wanted to create a
layout sharing just a few of those special occurrences. My list ranges from
discovering love notes written to me in my daughter’s lunch bag, to finding
that little gem on the shelf at Home Sense, to enjoying sunshiny days, and
surprise Ice Caps, out on the back deck. Some may consider these things
ordinary, but to me, they are like the whipped cream and cherry on top of my
sundae. They make my days extra special.
Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Borders;
Sand & Surf: Alpha+Bits Stickers; Baby Boy: Momma’s Boy; Winter Wonder:
Blizzard; Sophisticates: Sprinkles & Lace Oyster; Birthday Girl: Alpha+Bits
Stickers; Designer Tape: Pickle Juice Chevron, Piggy Pink Stripe; Button
Market: Checkers
And now for some scrapping Q&A's:
1. What are your top 5
supplies/products that you cannot scrap without?
It’s hard to narrow it down
to five, but I’d have to say definitely cardstock and patterned paper...I use
both on every page I create. I also love buttons, washi tape, and enamel dots.
2. What do you listen to
while you scrap? TV, music, or do you do your best working in silence?
Generally I scrap in
silence, but if the kids are home and making a lot of noise, I might just put
some music on to drown them out a little bit.
3. What snacks and/or
drinks are beside you when you're scrapping?
I never have a drink by my
side while I’m scrapbooking. I’ve had more than one beverage related
accident in the past, so lesson learned. I save my beverages and snacks
for break time.
4. When do your do your
best scrapping? Are you a morning scrapper, a late night scrapper, or do you
find time during the day?
I find that I’m most productive when scrapbooking
during the day. If I do scrapbook into the very late hours, I won’t permanently
adhere anything until the morning when I get the chance to look at things again
with a fresh set of eyes. This helps prevent mistakes, sloppiness, as well as
those “what was I thinking?” moments that can often occur while I’m feeling
tired.
5. Be honest. Where do your
layouts go once you're done with them? In albums, in piles, or shoved in random
places?
If I’m being honest, for the last year or so they’ve been going into
piles. I desperately have to purchase some more albums...many, many albums.
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It's also time for our first of two giveaways! For our first one, we are giving away our Freestyle Sophisticates collection to one lucky reader. Just leave us a comment on THIS post, letting us know how you are spending National Scrapbook Day. Comments will be left open until Sunday evening, and we will announce a winner on Monday.
