Tabla de contenidos para No 21-4 en Scrapbooking Memories

Fact File Age: 46 Family: Married to Geoff and we share our lives with Bear, a Kelpie x Heeler who basically runs the house. Scrappy style: Mostly mixed media and a little experimental. Other hobbies/interests: Dog obedience and agility with Bear, going to the movies with Geoff, taking Bear to the beach in summer, catching up with friends, a little quilting and decorating our home. Favourite techniques: Anything that involves getting messy or trying new things. Fun fact: I love colour, sunshine and summer. Our new home has huge windows to let the sunshine in and so far we have feature walls in red, orange and blue, with more to come in green and yellow. I hibernate in winter as I can’t stand the cold. Blog: http://alzcreativemadness.blogspot.com.au Hello BY ALISON…

Fact File Age: 41 Family: Wife to Chris. Mum to Oliver (8) and Samuel (4), plus Ebony the dog. Occupation: Optometrist but taking the longest maternity leave ever! I will go back to optometry once my youngest starts school. I teach at my LSS, Tomorrow’s Memories, and also have a Madeit store where I sell handmade cards and other goodies. Scrappy style: Mostly clean and simple with lots of white space, but I do love to splat ink around and machine-stitch everything down. Other hobbies/interests: I crochet most nights in front of the TV, and I also love cardmaking and art journalling when I want to get messy. Favourite techniques: I’m not a ‘technique-y’ scrapper but lately I’ve been using my spray inks with stencils on my pages and using…

Fact File Age: 49 Family: Hubby and four kids – three boys (19, 13 and 10) and a girl (17). Plus a cat, chickens and ducks. Occupation: Small business office manager, mum, volunteer (at school and an art gallery). Scrappy style: Variable, I like to create my own backgrounds and don’t tend to use a lot of embellishments or layering. Other hobbies/interests: Reading, knitting, mixed media. Favourite techniques: Layering mists and using stencils with a variety of mediums. Fun fact: I collect hand-painted tea pots and antique poetry books. Blog: pegsplaytime.blogspot.com.au Glam BY PEG HEWITT, NSW Materials: Cardstock – Canson; Embellishments – Cherry Arte and Kaisercraft rub-ons, Queen & Co flowers and brads, Gauche Alchemy punchinella, Motex labels, Prima Marketing Inc stencil, Ranger Dylusions ink spray and Archival ink, Art…

Fact File Age: 37 Family: I am married to a very understanding man, Brad, and we have two boys, Ben (10) and Jack (8). We share our home with our beloved Blue Heeler, Max. Occupation: Fulltime Mum and part-time admin assistant. Scrappy Style: Shabby/vintage with a modern twist. Other Hobbies/interest: Cooking, being involved with my boys sporting clubs and schools, hanging out with family and friends. Favorite Techniques: Using texture pastes, inks and sprays and embossing chipboard. Blog: http://traceyfowler.typepad.com/basketofmemories/ Believe BY TRACEY FOWLER, WA Materials: Paper – MajaDesign, Prima Marketing Inc; Cardstock – The Scrapbook Store chipboard; Stamp – Tim Holtz; Embellishments – Prima Marketing Inc flowers, resin, tags, crochet icon, stencil and Color Bloom, Manor House Creations flowers and title, Tim Holtz arrows and Distress Ink, Scrapmatts chipboard, washi…

Fact File Age: 42 Family: Husband, Shane of 22 years. Son Cameron (21), daughter Kaitlyn (19) and a ADHD Fox terrier x Jack Russell called Xander. Occupation: Director and early childhood educator of a child care centre. This experience has given me an insight to the importance of the process of creating rather than only focusing on the end product. Scrappy style: Art-based with lots of texture, paint, mixed media and mess. Other hobbies/interests: Camping in the wilderness. I even scrapbook while I’m camping. I call it Scramping! Favourite techniques: Using watercolours and acrylics to create backgrounds. Fun fact: Many years ago, I stated at a scrapbooking party “I will never be a scrapbooker. It’s just not my thing!” I bought a black ink pad, a stamp and some patterned…

Fact File Age: 43 Family: I have been happily married to Don for 23 years.We have two awesome kids, Leonii (21) and Wil (19). We live on 13 acres with two dogs, three cats and three chooks. Occupation: I have my own business, Studio M desiGns. I also run weekend ScrapMedia workshops in Mackay and sell kits and mixed-media supplies online. Scrappy style: Mostly earthy with lots of detail and dimension. I love creating extra detail that you don’t always see until the second or third look. Other hobbies/interests: I love the beach; it would have to be my favourite place to hang out, swim, snorkel, kayak and spend time with family. I also love exploring art, learning to draw and developing my artistry. Photography has also been a long…

Fact File Age: 43 Family: Married for seven years and my husband and I have three children between us. Currently at home with us is my son Jordan and his diva cat Eevee, our princess pooch Miss Coco Chanel and the baby of the family, puppy Miss Willow May. Occupation: Customer service at Department of Human Services Scrappy style: I’m a 12in x 12in scrapper and my style chops and changes. I love creating a mixed-media page, with lots of texture and mediums, and at the same time I love creating clean pages. As long as there’s lots of layers, that’s my style. Other hobbies/interests: Reading. My husband bought me a Kindle in 2009, as soon as they started shipping them to Australia and I can’t go a day without…

Fact File Age: 34 (when did that happen?!) Family: I’m married to a great guy, Matt, mama to three gorgeous girls who are 6 (Isabella), 4 (Charlotte) and 1 (Olivia). We have 2 fur babies (dogs). Occupation: I’m a stay at home mother but I have degrees in Japanese studies, marketing and primary teaching! Scrappy style: It really varies, but lately I tend towards a mixed-media style. I love big portions of white space but I also love huge amounts of glorious colour. Other hobbies/interests: I’ve just learnt to crochet, and I love it. I try to spend some time studying Japanese whenever I can. I’m also very interested in nutrition and I’ve been spending a lot of time cultivating our new vegie garden! Favourite techniques: Using Gelatos as paints,…

Fact File Age: You never ask a girl her age! But I on am the wrong side of 40. Family: I live with three teenage boys (one of those being my husband...he has never grown up). We also have a dog and two rabbits that complete our happy family. Occupation: Retired Physical Education teacher. Scrappy style: I don’t think I really have a style as such but do love all things messy, so I guess I am a mixed-media scrapper. I do a lot of masculine pages due to the lack of females in our house...it’s me or the dog! Other hobbies/interests: I dabble in a bit of photography (don’t we all as scrappers?) much to my family’s horror, love a good book (can never turn my brain off to…

Fact File Age: 36 (eeek!) Family: Husband, Tony, and sons, Mitchell (12) and Lachlan (9). Occupation: High School teacher of modern history and English, farmer’s wife, mother, taxi driver to sports-mad boys. Scrappy style: Photo-focused, clean layers. Other hobbies/interests: Reading, photography. Favourite techniques: Layering, hand-written journalling, splatters of mist, inking the edges of everything with brown ink. Fun fact: Scrapbooking almost didn’t happen for me. I initially refused to participate in the first workshop I attended, only to walk out at the end of the afternoon with an armload of supplies. Blog: http://ascrappingoodlife.blogspot.com.au/ The sum of us BY SARAH HEMMINGS, QLD Materials: Paper – Elle’s Studio, Teresa Collins Designs, Heidi Swapp, American Crafts Amy Tangerine, October Afternoon; Cardstock – Bazzill; Punches – Martha Stewart, Stampin’ Up!; Embellishments – American Crafts…