Color Combo Challenge #69

(04/28-05/04)


Please welcome our Guest Designer this week, Lisa Dickinson!

I'm a thirty-six year old momma & wife who used to work in advertising, but now I stay at home with my kiddos and do freelance graphic design. I am married to my high school sweetheart, Mike, and started scrapping in 1998 right after we got married. I fell in love with the hobby because it indulges my love for story telling & photography all in one. But most of all, I am amazed by the way it has brought new friends into my life - all of us sharing a crazy passion for paper & glue! My first publication was in Simple Scrapbooks in 2004, and since then I've been lucky enough to have my pages published in Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbooks Etc., Scrapbook Trends, and Simple Scrapbooks. I'm currently serving as a Simple Gal at Simple Scrapbooks magazine and it has been an incredible, inspiring opportunity to learn more about this industry and the amazing people involved in it.

In my free time (when I'm not scrapping) I love running, interior decorating, knitting, and reading. Some random favorite things of mine include: antique stores, Lyle Lovett songs, fresh snow, a cold beer on a hot summer night, front porches, convertible Mustangs, down comforters, and hugs from my kids.



Thank you so much Lisa! What an honor to have you with us this week!!


Now let's play!!
Can't wait to see what you create with these colors!

Color Combo #69seal brown - carmine red - tiffany blue - buff

Now for some inspiration!
Check out these fabulous pages from our designers!!!

(Click on the layouts for a larger image)
(Click on the names for a link to their layouts)

Lisa's page

Janet's page

Amanda's page

Debbi's page

Suzanne's page

Lilly's page

Janelle's page

Don't forget to link your layouts!
THE PLAYERS GALLERY

Color Combo Challenge #68

(04/21-04/27)


Please welcome our Guest Designer this week, Nicole Harper!

Hey everyone out there!! Nicole Harper here, checking in as the Guest Designer for the week. (thanks to Janet for thinking of me...and the rest of the team for working with these ‘what was she thinking?!’ colors, lol)

I have been obsessed with paper and glue since elementary school...my heart would race every August when the new school supplies would come out. So I suppose my start in this hobby came as an ‘adult’ way to satisfy my creative urges, while still getting to play with paper and glue. (lol)

I most often scrap about my family...more specifically, my daughter Allison. She is a huge part of why I enjoy this so much...whenever I catch her paging through my scrapbooks, poring over every word and asking questions about whatever she finds in them, my heart soars. She and my husband Mike are my constant reminder that nothing is more important than family, time is fleeting and that laughter really can be the best medicine.

As far as my ‘style’, I don’t know that there is a name for it yet, lol. I guess I would say that I’m ‘clean’, but not ‘simple’. I don’t buy into the whole acid-free thing, and I believe that without journaling, all you have when you finish a page is a really pretty way to display a photo. I love to use ledger and graph paper, paint, alphabet stickers, patterned paper and a vintage element here and there on my pages. I shoot straight from the cuff and wear my heart on my sleeve...and my journaling pretty much reflects that. I guess in the end, my style is just simply ‘me’.

Hope everyone has fun with this color combo...it just really makes me smile.!!


Thank you so much Nicole! What a thrill (and such fun) it was to work with you this week!!


Now let's play!!
Can't wait to see what you create with these colors!

Color Combo #68seal brown - (pale) mustard - celadon - pumpkin

Now for some inspiration!
My GOODNESS!! These girls ROCKED this challenge!!!

(Click on the layouts for a larger image)
(Click on the names for a link to their layouts)

Nicole's page

Janet's page

Debbi's page

Amanda's page

Lilly's page

Suzanne's page

Janelle's page

Don't forget to link your layouts!
THE PLAYERS GALLERY

Winner for Challenges #65 and #66

Our team chose.........STACEY!

Congratulations!
Check out her layout for Combo #65!
So pretty!

and here is what you won!

EMail me your address so I can send out your RAK!

Color Combo Challenge #67

(04/14-04/20)


Please welcome our Guest Designer this week, Chris Dodaj! She is actually the first PEA I have met and she is a DOLL!

Hey! I'm Chris Dodaj (pronounced dough-dash). I am super excited to be this week's guest designer.
I have been crafting in some way shape or form for as long as I can remember. My Mom had a little business making gorgeous dried flower wreath's and arrangements and I used to love staying up late with her in our basement just creating away.
My Mom introduced me to the world of stamping in the fall of 1999 just after my wedding. I fell in love instantly. It wasn't until 2003 that I caught the scrapbooking bug. I can still remember the time and place when I saw my first CK (which I still have) at Michaels. I have been hooked ever since. I would say that the biggest (and most shocking) compliment is that people say they love my handwriting. I could never just write script or just print - it's always been a mix. As far as my style, I am a little romantic/vintage/artsy, but hopefully still evolving.
I am a scrapbooker for so many reasons; my little girl Brenna, my hubby, Jeno, my family and my friends. I love that scrapbooking brings so many of my interests....my passions together. I love materials, journaling and photography and scrapbooking allows me express myself, my feelings and keep track of our own personal family history, but most of all those "everyday" not so perfect moments. My mission to record the stories and make it look beautiful in the process.
I have been published in a Scrapbook Trends Magazine Books and magazine, Legacy and Stampington & Co. I am also on the design team for Creative Cafe and have recently found my true calling......teaching scrapbooking classes.
If I am not scrapbooking I am probably on eBay or cooking or somewhere with my Nikon around my neck. I have actually tried to plan vacations around visiting scrapboooking stores - It's worked........once!!


Thank you so much Chris! It is great to have you with us this week!!


Now let's play!!
Can't wait to see what you create with these colors!

Color Combo #67coral pink - wheat - orange - orange red

Now for some inspiration!

(Click on the layouts for a larger image)
(Click on the names for a link to their layouts)

Chris's page

Janet's page

Debbi's page

Amanda's page

Lilly's page

Janelle's page

Suzanne's page

Don't forget to link your layouts!
THE PLAYERS GALLERY

Color Combo Challenge #66

(04/07-04/13)


Please welcome our Guest Designer this week, Emily Pitts !

I have been described as an "everyday scrapper," one of the greatest compliments ever in my opinion. My hope in spending all this time and money is that my kids and husband will be able to look at the pages I make and remember the everyday in our house. I usually start my layouts with kraft, it just always feels better. I like bold bright designs, balanced with a nice amount of white space (expect for this particular layout!). I don't embellish much. I love to use my own handwriting when I journal, and I love to journal. The story is what I always start with! I love scrapping about myself as much as my family, I figure if I don't tell my story, no one else will be able to do it justice. I've been lucky enough to be published a few times and have won a couple of contests. I've also been blessed to make some amazing friendships through this hobby. I think that's been the icing on the cake.



Thank you so much Emily! So happy you are with us this week, you ROCK!!


Now let's play!!
Can't wait to see what you create with these colors!

Color Combo #66saffron - auburn - azure - pear

Now for some inspiration!

Emily's page - Guest Designer

Janet's page

Amanda's page

Debbi's page

Lilly's page

Suzanne's page

Don't forget to link your layouts!
THE PLAYERS GALLERY