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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Meet April Guest Design Team Member - Kelly Shults 6 comments

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Screenname: kellyshults
Name: Kelly Shults
Blog: Envisages

A Bit About Kelly: Hello Cherries! I have the honor of being the Guest Designer for April. (Whoo-hoo!) I am so thrilled and excited! I hope to provide you with some fun and some scrappy inspiration over the next month!

I am blessed to be called Mom by Andrea, Ericka, and Tristan. I am also the VERY proud Mimi of a 6 month old princess, named Emery. I recently moved back home to Texas, after living in Oklahoma for 15 years. I am engaged to my very best friend and soul-mate, Keith. During the day, I am an Early Childhood Educator, teaching 4-5 year olds. At night, I turn into the mad scrapper! :)

I have been a traditional scrapbooker since 1998. I began Digital Scrapbooking with Photoshop early in 2004. Yes, I am bi-scraptual. :) I have called ACOT my scrapping home and have been a Digital Designer here since January 2006. I love this creative community and have gained so much inspiration here!

Q&A Section:

Favorite Color: This is tough, because I love color! If I had to narrow it down to just one, I would say aqua-blue. I have been using that alot lately when I scrap.

I mostly create: I mostly create 12x12 layouts of my children, fiancé, cat, and grandbaby. I mostly create early in the morning, because it seems that is when I am most productive and fresh. At the moment, I mostly create using traditional scrapbook supplies. I go through phases between being inpired by paper products and digital products. Although I love both equally, I am in a paper product phase.

Guilty pleasure: Other than the obvious --buying too many scrap supplies-- my guilty pleasure is downloading apps, music, & books on my IPAD2. Eeeekkk! I am really bad!

Layout #1: A Lovely Day

We recently took an RV trip to New Braunfels, Texas during Spring Break vacation. I took tons of photos! I am a nature lover galore and knew I had to scrap some of my favorite nature shots. This first layout features some photos I took while on an early morning walk on the Guadalupe River. It was so peaceful and serene. I loved the arch of the bridge and the reflection on the water. It was truly a great start to a very lovely day.

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Layout #2: You Make Me Smile

The majority of this layout was created using the Jenni Bowlin's new Magpie collection. I love the hexagon shapes! They are so versatile and really add something new and different to a layout. As you can see, I used lots of pattern papers and layers. I like the dimension It gives the page. The grid pattern makes layering easy and it helps me keep my lines straight. (Which is always a challenge for me!) I used Jenni Bowlin's (Fiskars) butterfly punch and pop dots to add another layer of dimension. Another element in this layout that creates a little texture is the sewing machine stitching. Here, I added three rows of stitching to the upper right corner and bottom left corner to create balance and to add some texture. To create unity, I like to ink my edges. I really think it helps bring the page together. Lastly, I felt this layout needed a little something extra before I could call it done. I used a light green PrismaColor watercolor pencil and outlined the edges of the background paper and went over it with a damp paintbrush.

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Layout #3:

This layout is of my grandbaby, Emery and me. My nick-name for her is squoosh, because, well, I just can't resist squooshing her! :)

I love the look of layering! It adds so much dimension and interest to a layout. I know this style is not for everyone, but if you haven't tried it, you should give it a whirl! :) You might find that it is, indeed, for you! One of my new favorite products is twine. I like to create loops and staple them to the page here and there. I really like that little extra "umphh" it adds to the page, not to mention it creates some texture on the page.

Journaling Says: My sweet little emi-pie. You are so kissable and squooshable! I just can't resist loving on you. You are a job bringer.