Hi!  My name is Becky Olsen, I live in Cottonwood Heights Utah and I am a craft-a-holic…

Thank goodness I have a very understanding husband, four fabulous kids (that are often the subjects of my craftiness), and a special room all to myself for all of the tools and goodies that enable my passion. I have been lucky to have lived a very creative life – from making clothes for my Barbie dolls as a young girl, keeping very important pieces of my teenage life in a magnetic album (gasp, the horror!!) to crocheting more blankets, hats and scarves than I can count. Making a layout from one of my favorite pictures or a card for a special occasion is often how I can be found exercising my creative muscles. Finding beautiful color combination’s, fantastic pattern pairings, delicious textures and elaborate dimensions on each new project makes me giddy with joy.

When I am not in my craft studio making a mess I am usually either playing tennis, on a long walk with my husband and dogs, or carpooling the kids.

I am so excited to have a chance to share my love for Pink Paislee and maybe inspire a few fellow craft-a-holics along the way. Many thanks to Rebecca and the Pink Paislee team for the opportunity to play with the stunning Parisian Anthology line.

Becky’s Designs For Pink Paislee (featuring the Parisian Anthology Collection)

What we are about to show you is an amazing display of versatility with our Parisian Anthology collection. When we asked Becky to create 3-4 projects for our blog we had no idea she would send back so many gorgeous creations to show off here today.  She completely outdid herself and as we reviewed her work we realized just how far she pushed these products!  Becky shows us just how fun and “inky” you can get with this collection while making them unique to her very own designs and creations!

We are going to start off with a mini album Becky created using the re-usable corrugated box that contains the Parisian Elements as her album container.  It will be impossible to see every page but we are going to show some highlights here for you!

Project #1 – A Hike To Remember

Tip: You can re-purpose and re-use the corrugated box from our Parisian Alphabets and Elements.

Tip:  Ink these papers and then die cut them into shapes like Becky did with these fall themed leaves.

The color combo in this entire album is breathtaking!

Loving how Becky used the Parisian Elements as accents throughout her entire album.

Project #2 – 19

This time Becky went with some cool tones to play off of her black and white photo.  We love how she added color behind the clear molds from the variety pack.

Project #3 – So Lucky

Becky really shows us how these papers come to life when you add inks and misting sprays!  Music notes, butterflies, text and more. Make them bold or soft….your choice!

Project #4 – There was this one time…

Well I have to admit…this is one of my favorite projects.  The inked circles that are stitched and placed on this page to create a background pattern just blows me away!   We are in awe of what she has created visually on this layout.

Tip:  Go ahead and ink the edges of the corrugated elements too!  They dry quick!

Project #5 – Feel Better Soon

Project #6 – Flower Fun!

Tip: Create Wearable art using the soft chiffon flowers from this collection.  Just add velcro to the back and position them on a headband!  Hmm….I wonder if she is selected that grey shirt just to match these gorgeous flowers???

Whew…I am on inspiration overload!  Becky….THANK YOU SO MUCH for designing with such passion and creativity for us this month.  We are delighted to feature your work here on the Pink Paislee blog.

To learn more about Becky please visit her blog HERE – I am sure she would be happy to hear from you!

Hello Pink Paislee fans!

October is a doubly exciting month for me because not only do I get to be Guest Designer here at the Pink Paislee HQ, but earlier this month our family welcomed a new baby boy! Baby Lucas is doing really well and now he’s making his debut on my scrapbooking pages using a fabulous mix of Pink Paislee’s Parisian Anthology and Sweetness Collections.

Just a little bit about me: I’m passionate about scrapbooking, reading, travelling and spending as much time as possible with my family of four. I married my high school sweetheart and we have two children, Lara and Lucas.

I’m always looking for ways to be creative and adding that bit of fun in our lives. Scrapbooking is my way of recording the precious memories and stories that we create in our daily lives and I’ve delighted myself in the role of storyteller of my family’s adventures. Our family has been blessed to have lived in different countries across the world including Canada, Norway and now Scotland – and our lives are colored by the cultures and traditions of the places we’ve been and the people we’ve met.

My scrapbooking style evolves constantly. I love trying different things, but I often go for elegance, simplicity, a bit of daring and a lot of fun. I currently serve on the design teams for Cocoa Daisy and The Studio.

Thank you so much to Rebecca and Pink Paislee for letting me create for them this month! It has been so much fun!

xoxo.Sue.

Sue’s Pink Paislee Designs:

Hello Lucas

Hello Lucas – Close Up!

XOXOXO

Door Hanger

Door Hanger – Close Up!

I love how Sue makes white space look so darn good!  I for one struggle with this design style but after seeing Sue’s fabulous layout where she gets to meet Lucas for the first time I am definitely inspired to give it another try!

Thank you Sue for taking time to share these precious moments with us through your art.  We know you were a busy girl this month and you still managed to crank out some gorgeous projects for us to share here with our fans!

To learn more about Sue we encourage you to check out here blog HERE

Hi! My name is Kim Arnold.  I live in Wollongong, New South Wales (Australia) with my husband Gary and my son Benson.  It truly is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

I started scrapbooking just over 5 years ago when my son was born.  My first project was his birth announcement cards.  I was so proud of them then, but now I look at them and think of what I could have done!

Before I started scrapping I was a quilter and could never understand the passion for scrapbooking – now 5 years on and I am obsessed!  I LOVE patterned papers and combining them to create my own little pieces of art.  Scrapbooking to me is a wonderful combination of creative release and memory recording.  I do something scrapbook related most days.  I also enjoy reading, going to the gym, eating out, spending time swimming at the beach and playing in the park with my son.  I do not enjoy housework – but I do that too!  I am lucky to work part time which gives me time to be with my family and also have time to scrapbook.

I am blessed to currently be serving on amazing design teams for American Crafts, Jillibean Soup, GCD Studios, Inspired Blueprints (an online sketch challenge site), Scrap the Boys (an online challenge site) and Storyboard Kits.  I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Pink Paislee.

Kim’s Designs For Pink Paislee (featuring the Sweetness Collection)

I Never Knew

Those glitter element stickers are so cute!

The yellow glitter alpha is also one of my new faves!

So Happy To See Her

These cute metal badges are stickers which makes them super easy to use!

These kraft alphabet stickers are perfect for this line and will match any paper perfectly!

My Favourites

The metal adornment frames are so thin they can be added to layouts and cards easily!

pre printed and die cut banner stickers are so much fun and they are all the rage right now!

Sweet 3

I already love these papers but cutting up the smaller 6×6 sheets into squares was fun too.

Thank You Kim!

We are completely blown away by your designs.  You have shown off this Sweetness collection more than we could have ever asked for.  The layouts are completely stunning.  Thank you so much for inspiring us today.

To learn more about Kim and to see more of her fabulous projects visit her blog HERE.