Sherri's back!

Welcome back Sherri Funk to the Marketing Team!

Hi I'm Sherri Funk, from Winnipeg, Manitoba.  I am a married to the sweetest guy I know, and together we have three girls.  It has been 6 years since I discovered the art of documenting my family's story with pretty paper.  I enjoy mixing product and playful elements to create projects that are vibrant with a touch of whimsy.  Patterned papers, buttons, ribbon, chipboard, doilies, and mists are my go to products when creating pages that reflect the little moments of my life.  Scrapping is my way to ensure my girls have access to the real me: the mother, the wife, and the friend.  When I'm not scrapping I can be found singing in the band at my church, volunteering in my girls' school, working part time at my LSS, dancing in an Adult Competitive Tap Class, or designing for an on-line challenge site among other things.  I have enjoyed guesting here over the past couple of months and am very thankful to Tanya and Nicole for allowing me to stick around a while longer.  I look forward to getting more involved in the forum and getting to know you all a little better. 

I invite you to get to know a little bit more about me, my family, and my scrappy style at my corner of the web http://faithandscraphappiness.blogspot.com

Check out a sample of Sherri's work:

Papers & Tags: Dear Lizzy Neapolitan

Tiny alphas: Lily Bee Design Double Dutch Collection

Foam alphas: American Crafts

Butterfly Punch: Jenni Bowlin

Brads: Echo Park This & That

Tulle: Bazzill Basics

Heart Punch: Fiskars

Glossy Accents

I just love the details that Sherri puts on her pages!

Welcome back Sherri!

Welcome...

Kate Vickers back to the LCOM Marketing Team!

I am a wife and mother of 3 small children, ages 7, 4 and 2. I live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. I have scrapbooked seriously for about 6 years now, but I have been interested in arts and crafts since I was old enough to hold a crayon. My scrapbooking style is kind of eclectic and a bit cluttered. 

My other passion is horseback riding, and I'm in my 25th year of riding! I owned 2 of my own horses, both thoroughbreds, but I don't have a horse of my own right now. I competed in Eventing, Dressage and hunter/jumper. My oldest daughter has started riding and loves it as much as I do. We will buy another horse someday, but for now, we just ride other people's horses.

My real job is part-time freelance Web Project Manager, Designer and Developer. I have my own small business – Vickers Media. I have also been lucky to be able to do freelance work for some other major Canadian marketing firms. My specialty is open source content management systems like Joomla and WordPress. What I love most about my job is that I make my own hours and I still have a lot of free time to do the things that I love, like spending time with my family and scrapbooking!

Check out a sample of Kate's work:

look at the detail on that ribbon!!

Welcome Kate back to the team!

Meet the MT week!

Our Marketing Team wrapped up a few weeks ago - and this week, we will reveal our Marketing Team to you! You will see some familiar faces and a few newbies too!! We know that you will all be inspired and maybe even learn a trick or two too :) 

We asked our MT members to share a page all about them for reveal week!

First up, is veteran MT member Michelle Gallant!

Hi everyone, my name is Michelle Gallant and I live in NB Canada with my hubby of almost 12 years and 2 beautiful kids. I'm very lucky to be starting my second term as part of this amazing marketing team. I have been scrapping for about 6 years and I've recently started to get interested in photography as well. I try to scrap at least a few minutes every day (sometimes on my lunch hour). It truly makes me happy!

Feel free to visit my blog: http://scrapsandpixels.blogspot.ca/

Check out a sample of Michelle's work:

MME Miss Caroline - Fiddlesticks paper, brads and embellishments; thickers; ZVA pearl flourish; Prima flowers; Prima butterfly; Prima resin ornament

Just look at the detail on those flowers! How pretty!

Please help me welcome back Michelle to our Marketing Team!

Sunshine & Happiness

Hello again! Nicole here with one last Bella Blvd page this month using the Sunshine & Happiness collection for Let's Capture Our Memories!

I really love the bright colours in this collection - and mixed it up a bit with another Bella Blvd collection from the store Baby Boy

 There are so many fun prints in both collections and I just love how they mix together ... and even with older lines too! The yellow sun was made from the Family Dynamix line! Look how great it works with one of those CUTE Bella Blvd flags and some of the stickers & chipboard from the Sunshine & Happiness line!

 I can't get enough of those Bella Blvd diecut stickers either - I love to layer a bunch of them, along with some diecuts too! Load the back with some foam squares to add dimension!

Can you believe that May is almost over!!! Yikes, pretty soon school will be out and summer vacation will begin!!!

Make sure you come back to the LCOM blog on June 1st when we reveal our first new Marketing Team Member who will inspire you all summer long :)

While you are waiting, why not check out all the new stuff in the store - Simple Stories Summer Fresh, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook and more are in stock now!!!

Cosmo Cricket Pre-School Layout

Hi everyone! It's Kate here today. I would like to share my latest single page layout done with Cosmo Cricket's Baby Jane line. This line is so versatile, not just for baby layouts. I used it for a layout documenting my son's second year of pre-school. I will likely use it again for a layout focused on my youngest daughter's first year of pre-school.

I started off this layout by cutting out the middle of this Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane paper. I backed this paper with some Bazzill Kraft cardstock and machine stitched the two papers together with a zig zag stitch.

I misted the Kraft cardstock with some Mr. Huey's mist and a Crafter's Workshop template. I stamped on top of the Maya Road canvas button with a chevron stamp. I used the Baby Jane paper as my title by cutting out each individual letter and inking the edges. I used the zero for my extra '0'. For my last hat trick, I applied some Versamark embossing ink around the edge of the Maya Road wood doily and then applied Wow embossing powder on it and heat embossed it. I love the effect this gave me. ... and that's all that I have up my sleeve for today...

Here is the completed project. Let me know what you think!

Here are the close ups.

Supplies

• Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane Element Deck
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane papers
• Maya Road Canvas Buttons
• Maya Road Vintage Wood Doilies
• Crafters Workshop Template
• Mr. Huey's mist
• Brads by My Mind's Eye
• Red embossing powder by Wow!
• Inks by Versamark & Stampin' Up
• Chevron stamp by Christie Tomlinson/Unity Stamps
• Ribbons by American Crafts, Stampin' Up and Hug Snug
• Adhesives by Helmar
• Other: thread, vintage milk bottle cap and pen 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Rockin' The Hill

Happy Saturday friends!

It's Sherri here with my last post for this month.  As you may remember I've been working with Pink Paislee's Prairie Hill collection. It has been one of my favorite collections to work with from the last CHA releases.  I've always loved the bright bold look of Pink Paislee, despite the fact that I would struggle to make it look great on my own layouts.  This collection, was a different experience for me, however.  I love all the yellows & blues and the slight rustic feel of the papers. As soon as I saw it, I was sold.  It didn't take much for me to burn through the papers, buttons, and chipboard pops.

I have only bits of the line left to work with, but managed to put together a little something for you today.  I decided to go with a pretty simple layered design.  I knew that I wanted to try and use up all my remaining chipboard pops and buttons, so I designed the layout around them.

After putting everything together I felt like something was still missing, so I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch and layered a couple of butterflies with an Echo Park This & That brad in the center and called it a day.  I like that the simple design keeps the focus on the sweet photo of my friends.  I've made it easy for you to find the supplies I've used in the store by hyper linking them.  The extras from my stash are the American Crafts alphabets, an old Jillibean Soup journaling spot, and my Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

I hope today offers you a little time to be creative.  I know there is a lot of inspiration to be had over at the LCOM forum.  You can join in the fun here.  If you are more in a shopping kind of mood today, I highly suggest you head over to the LCOM store and check out all the new product that has recently been added.  Amy Tangerine, Crate Paper, and Studio Calico just to name a few. 

Hope your weekend is turning out to be a great one!

That's My Girl! and more

Hey there everybody! Deanna here with my last guest post for May. It's been such a fun month designing for you all. And again I want to thank Tanya and Nicole for having me. Today I have 2 more layouts to share with ya. This first one is using one of my new favorite manufacturers, Simple Stories. I fell in LOVE with their "Fabulous" collection, it's so perfect for pictures of my girls!  Here's another layout I created with it.

 "That's My Girl"

 

 

 

To draw attention to my photo, I chose embellish this layout with a burlap banner from Canvas Corp. It's dominance draws the eye in to the photo. I also like how rustic it is, which makes it perfect to pair with the distressed papers. To finish it off, I used some old Crate Paper brads, Thickers and a couple of tags from Elle's Studio.

The other collection I worked with this month was Lily Bee's "Double Dutch". I was able to squeeze out one more layout using my leftovers and here's what I came up with.

"A Simple Moment like this"

I used portions of the Lily Bee sketch #9 as a jumping off point for this one. I used the Lily Bee stickers for a place to journal, and as another saying on the page. I also used the pennant stickers to make a banner. Some of them weren't the exact color I envisioned, so I covered 2 of them with blue gingham washi tape. I also repeated the banner motif at the top of the page using only washi tape. Burlap and canvas flowers finish off the design.

Thank you again for allowing me to share my creations with you! I've had a wonderful time guest designing for you all!