We have a surprise for you today on our last day of the Basically Bare blog hop… a new team member to introduce to you. Please help us welcome Stacey Young to the Pink Paislee design team!

A little bit about Stacey: Hi, my name is Stacey Young and I am totally thrilled to be joining the Pink Paislee team. I am wife of 9 years to Tim and a stay at home mummy to our 3 little boys, Cooper, 5, Kobi, 3 and Mason, 10 months. We live on the sunny Central Coast of Queensland, Australia. Life is pretty busy in the Young household, but in my down time I am truly passionate about scrapbooking and paper crafting. I love to create beautiful layers and textures in my work and I also love to be creative with mix media and colour!!

How did you get started in paper crafting? I have always had a background in Art and Painting. I started scrapbooking 8 years ago. My first page consisted of 3 photos and 3 pieces of ribbon. I became more addicted to the craft as my eldest son was born 5 years ago. I haven’t looked back since and my style has evolved incredibly over the years.

What inspires you to create? First and foremost my 3 adorable boys. Just taking those cute pictures of them gets me creative. I love browsing through blogs and websites, so many amazingly talented papercrafters and artists out there. I really adore looking at products, papers, embellishments and colours to get me in the mood for a project. I will sit and procrastinate over a photo and which products I am going to create with. Though, once I start the process most of the time it comes together quite quickly for me, anywhere between 2 and 3 hours.

Do you prefer layouts, altered projects, cards…or all of the above? I absolutely love to create layouts and tell a story through my art. I love to create scenes within my projects. I love the fact that no two pages are the same, the possibilities are endless. I have in the past 12 months been more creative with off the page altered projects and cardmaking. It is fun to work with a different medium and gets me out of my comfort zone.

How would you describe your style? Perhaps Collage-like. It’s very busy and involves layer upon layer. I love to embellish and white space is pretty much non-exitstant on my pages. I adore colour and lots of it!! I would definately consider myself a Mixed Media artist. I love paint, inks, different types of pastes and fibres, everything gets altered on my creations. I am also inspired by “shabby” at the moment, it’s very beautiful.

A fun fact about you? Before having my family I worked as a receptionist in a four story motel for 6 years. I completed a certificate in Hospitality Accommodation Services. After giving up those early morning starts and shift work I found myself working in the stress free environment of ladies retail. Then my little Cooper came along and being ‘in fashion’ took a back seat to me just being “Mummy”. I wouldn’t change it for the world!

Any other hobbies? I love taking photos and editing them. I will never ever scrap the amount of photos that I have of my boys. I love spending time with my family, going for bike rides, going to the beach, having family outings at the park, playing games and reading books with the boys. It’s just super fun being a Mummy!

What is your favorite Pink Paislee product? Oh definately the Mistable papers. Amazing possibilities with that collection. I am also in love with the new collection Spring Jubilee, so much beautiful colour and sweet motifs.

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Stacey created this fun project for the blog hop today! Here is what she said about the project…

“I really enjoyed creating with these fun chipboard and felt pieces.  I tried to use as many as I could within the design of my layout and when paired with the Prairie Hill collection I really loved the end result.”

“Here I covered the Basically Bare Blossoms with coordinating paper from the Prairie Hill collection.  I layered the blossoms and topped it off with a chipboard pop.  I altered the leaves with some Gesso and misting.”

“I really wanted to create a shabby fence like the one in my picture.  I decided to cut up the Bare Basic Gears and transform the chipboard pieces into my fence.  Here I also covered a Fanciful Frame with Prairie Hill paper and used it as a mat for my photo.”

“Lastly, here was my favorite part of my creation.  When I saw the felt clouds, I knew I  had to have those cute little kites jumping out of the sky with them.  I misted the edges of the clouds and run my finger around the edges with a scraping of Gesso.  I misted the whole of one cloud and flipped it over, as I loved the effect it gave from the back view.  I also hand stitched around the edges to make it stand out and to give it a little more texture.  I layered my kites and made 2 of my own, layering the diamond shapes, distressing the edges and adding twine.  I also popped up the edges of the chipboard butterflies to add to the 3D look.”

“So as you can see, there are endless possibilities with teaming up these products.  I hope you have enjoyed our blog hop this week and it’s given you lots of ideas on how to use Basically Bare Alterable items with your Pink Paislee products.  Please visit the Basically Bare blog to see more ideas on how to use their products.  Don’t forget to leave your comment here to be in the running to win this awesome prize pack.”

Pink Paislee Products:

• 00596 Prairie Hill Chipboard Pops
• 00600 Priarie Hill Bitty Blocks
• 00591 Prairie Hill Hill Top
• 00587 Prairie Hill Flight Pattern
• 00590 Prairie Hill Sun Spot
• 00592 Prairie Hill Spool

Basically Bare Products:

• BB012VR Bare Basics Celestial Shapes
• BB003VR1 Bare Basics Gears Set #1
• ES006VR Fanciful Frames set
• BB011VR Bare Basics Blossoms & Leaves

Thank you, Stacey! We welcome you to our team and can’t wait to see what else you will create. Please visit her blog My Boys, My World to see more of her work.

We hope you enjoyed the blog hop this week!