Guest Design Team Member

Meet Brittney our Guest Design Team Member for May

My name is Brittney, I'm 24 from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. When I was asked to be the guest designer for May, I was beyond thrilled. I mean, what a treat! I started scrapbooking about 4 years ago. My inspiration is definitely my boyfriend Josh and my dog Brodie. They're good sports, too - always willing to pose for a photo (or seven!). Currently, my favorite thing to do on a layout is some hand-stitching. I love the texture that it adds, and not to mention that I just love the way it looks!

I love to travel (although I do get homesick after about two weeks), so I have more than enough vacation photos to scrap. Because of this, I tend to make a mini album or two for each vacation, and then I display them proudly for everyone to flip through when they come over. I'm leaving for another vacation in June, and I can't wait to share with everyone what I come up with!

Here's a layout that I made about a week ago showcasing my dad's trip to Rome! I used some yummy Studio Calico and October Afternoon papers, as well as some American Craft's Thickers.

Be sure to come back in May to see what Brittney offers to the May Challenge!

April Guest Design Team Member

Meet our last, but not least April Design Team Member.

Hi, my name is Mardi Davis! I live in Temperance, Michigan with my husband, Jim of 28 years. He is truly the best thing that has happened in my life. We have three furry kids, one pooch and two kitties and tons of nieces and nephews to spoil!

I have been scrapping since the early 90's. I went to one Creative Memories party and have been hooked ever since. My style has changed since then, but my love for this creative outlet has not, well maybe gotten a tad stronger! I love creating gifts to give to friends and family. One of my current favorite gifts to create are framed family layouts! I have created many personal albums for family members. I am in the process of creating two albums, one for my Godson, and the other for my friend's son graduation!

I love using my stash and I am so happy I found this blog!

Attached you will see one of my favorite layouts! It is so special to me because it is of my brothers and sisters and I recently lost my oldest sister.

April Guest Design Team Member

Meet another of our Guest Design Team Members for April:

Hello, I'm Laurie Marmon from Mountain View, California. I'm originally a Midwest girl from Iowa but came out here in 2009, the same year I married my best friend. Together we have one furbaby, Hannah, who likes to star in many of our photos and ultimately my scrapbook layouts. I've been scrapbooking since 2003 after accumulating too many good pictures to just be kept on my computer or stuck in albums. I now enjoy expanding my craft skills with a good layout sketch and trying new techniques with stamping. I love putting lots of photos on a layout, the more the better! I definitely have quite a stash, so coming across this Scrap Our Stash blog has been great in making me use what I already have, especially my neglected embellishments. My current project is my honeymoon book for my trip to Peru.

My project: This is a small 8x8 of Hannah that I did recently. I'm making Hannah her own 8x8 book since she has so many cute pictures. This layout uses one of the first pictures I took of her in our new place in California. She instantly took residence on the windowsill in the living room due to its great vantage point in overlooking both what we do and the outside world. I kept the photo the main focus but had a little fun using some of my kitty embellishments I've gathered specifically for her book: the paw print punch and the "Mischief Maker" tag.

April Guest Design Team Member

Meet our April Guest Team Member Stephanie Gruss. She lives in Butte, Montana and has been crafting since she was a little girl. She stated that until recently, she was too scared to share her creativeness with the world. After living with Laurie Marmon (also on this design team) for a Summer internship in 2009, she felt inspired to start a blog and share her craftiness. In addition to scrapping and card making she also crochets, cross-stitches, sews, and pretends to be artsy! This is her first stint as a Design Team Member and she's happy to be a part of the SOS team! This is one of the project that she submitted which won her a place on the Guest Design Team.

Birthday Card - by Stephanie
Meet our April Guest Team Member Stephanie Gruss. She lives in Butte, Montana and has been crafting since she was a little girl. She stated that until recently, she was too scared to share her creativeness with the world. After living with Laurie Marmon (also on this design team) for a Summer internship in 2009, she felt inspired to start a blog and share her craftiness. In addition to scrapping and card making she also crochets, cross-stitches, sews, and pretends to be artsy! This is her first stint as a Design Team Member and she's happy to be a part of the SOS team! This is one of the project that she submitted which won her a place on the Guest Design Team.

Meet our April Guest Design Team Members

Meet Rachel Hawkins Guest Design Team Member for April. She has been scrapping for as long as she can remember; collecting stickers and hoarding birthday cards and pictures from a very young age. She is a full time graduate student studying Professional School Counseling and Expressive Arts Therapy. Her favorite subjects to scrap about are her relationship, her family, and herself!

This is the layout that won her a spot on the Guest Design Team. This was her submission for the Special Valentine Challenge. She wanted me to be sure and note that the flowers were created with patterned paper, brads, ribbon, and a lot of patience!

We're looking forward to seeing what Rachel will be contribute in April.

Be sure you come back and check out all the Design Team, Guest Design Team and Readers' contributions in April. And how about playing along!

It's not to late to enter the March Challenge for your chance to become a future Guest Design Team Member. Check out all the details below.