GSO Interview with Lorianne

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Angie

Hi everyone! It’s been awhile since we’ve had a GSO interview, but good things come to those who wait! :) I have a fantastic interview for you; our previous GSO pick from three weeks ago, Lorianne, agreed to sit down and answer a few questions for us. So grab a cuppa and enjoy! Thanks again Lorianne for letting us feature you and your gorgeous layouts!

How long have you been scrapping for? (digi or otherwise) I’ve been scrapping for well over 10 years! I still paper scrap with hybrid projects and cards, but I have been digiscrapping since 2007.

Are you a dog person or a cat person? I am a dog person. I have a really old and cute lab named Bruno, and I couldn’t ask for a better dog for my family!

What is your favourite AnnaBV Designs kit? Hmmm… This is not an easy one! But I must say my favourite one is Dreams Never End… I absolutely love how versatile it is!

Who or what is your favourite person/topic to scrap? Easy one! My children! I sometimes deviate (depending on the challenge) and scrap about other family members and friends.

Do you have any scrapbooking tips for newcomers? Oh yes! Master your shadows! You can have as little clustering on your layout, but I find the shadows make everything so realistic!

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Mix and Match 02/19/12

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Angie

Hello everyone! It’s Angie here and I’m back with this fortnight’s Mix and Match. I hope you all loved Karen’s turn at Mix and Match last fortnight – she picked some gorgeous kits to showcase and I really enjoyed mixing and matching them.

This fortnight I felt like going with something soft and whimsical, and what better kits to choose for this than Rock Around the Clock (the new) and Sweet Home (the old)? Some of Anna’s CT eved mixed and matched these two kits with the One Fine Day alphas.


As always, Anna’s CT rocked this and created these stunning pages:

Aren’t these layouts simply beautiful? If you feel like giving this a try for yourself, be sure to upload the layout to Anna’s gallery at Scrap Orchard – we’d love to see it! :)

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5 Great Layouts Scrapper Bowl Edition

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Karen

Hi guys!  How many of you participated in Scrap Orchard’s Scrapper Bowl last week?  There were so many fun challenges and games and lots of awesome prizes.  For the blog post today I want to highlight 5 layouts I found in Anna’s gallery that were created for one of the Scrapper Bowl Challenges.  If you missed it stick around the Orchard for a while and there will be another fun event before you know it.  Now, on to the pages…  :)

First we have one by Lorianne, I love the dotted heart on the background and that amazing cluster.  Super cute picture too!

Next we have one by defordj.  I absolutely love her picture and the two little clusters around it!  I love how she incorporated the song title in there.

Next is one from Scrappiejackie.  I love the large scalloped mat and all the fun flowers, leaves and stars.  They work will with the fun pictures of that adorable little one.

And look at this one from Aurian!  She used a template by Anna and bunch of other stuff.  I love the papers she used on her sunburst and the garden cluster with all the photos is so fun!

And last, but certainly not least is a page by one of Anna’s very own CT members, Angiepangie.  I love how she used the paper strips and the puzzle pieces tucked in are just perfect with her photo.

 

As always I loved looking through Anna’s gallery and seeing all the amazing pages there.  Don’t forget to upload your pages to her gallery and you just might see one of your pages highlighted on Anna’s blog.  Have a great day!  :)

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February Valentine freebie

Posted on February 9, 2012 by scrappingramma

We all Love Valentine’s Day and we want to help make it special for you, have a little hybrid you can print for your honey.

The whole set was made with Anna’s New kit

Owl You Need is Love

the download includes

3″notecard and envelope

cookie box

cupcake rings and circles

click image or DOWNLOAD HERE

Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day

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It is time for Mix and Match!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Karen

Hi everyone.  Karen here to bring you this addition of Mix and Match.  Anna has so many amazing kits in her store and I mixing them together to get a new look.  This time I picked Music in Your Heart (collab with SuzyQ Scraps) and Live Like You Mean It.

Look at the pages Anna’s team made, they are just stunning!

by Ronda

by Angie

by Lenka

by Ellen

And here is one from me

 

As usual Anna has been so generous to give coupons if you guys want to play along to.  If you do, come back and post your page, we’d love to see!

Coupons:

Music in Your Heart, 25% off, expires 2/15/2012, only valid on Music In Your Heart:  abv_MM_25music

Live Like You Mean It, 25% off, expires 2/15/12, only valid on Live Like You Mean It:

abv_MM_Febg1

That is all for this Mix and Match, I hope you all have a great weekend.  :)  Karen

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Owl You Need is….

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

All You Need is Love and maybe this kit to scrap a sweet page about someone you love!
Both the kit and the qp pack are 20% off for one week, and buying the kit, you automatically get the quickpages FREE!

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January 30th GSO pick

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Angie

Good morning everyone! It’s Angie here and I’m back with this fortnight’s GSO, yay! It was yet another tough call, however there can only be one. This fortnight’s pick was created by…

*drumroll*

Lorianne! Isn’t her page simply stunning?

Nos belles tuques

The composition of Lorianne’s page is fantastic! I just love that the beautiful picture pops right out at you, even with all of the gorgeous clustering surrounding it. The shadowing is spot-on and I LOVE her titlework! Simply beautiful!

Lorianne used Anna’s gorgeous winter-themed kit, Dreams Never End:

Congrats Lorianne! You’ll be receiving a $10 coupon to Anna’s store at Scrap Orchard shortly. If you’d like the chance to have your own layout featured as GSO next fortnight (and win your own $10 coupon!), just upload your creations using one (or more!) of Anna’s kits to her gallery at Scrap Orchard. We can’t wait to see what you create! :)

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5 Great Layouts

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Karen

Hi everyone, Karen here with another edition of 5 Great Layouts.  This time I don’t have a theme, just 5 amazing layouts that I discovered in Anna’s gallery.  There is some great inspiration in there!

This first one is by KalaMae and I love just about everything about it!  The first thing that really stuck out to me was the fun banners with different papers and how they are stitched down, so creative.  I also love the composition of the page and how it flows from left to right.  And the colors are just perfect.  Such a beautiful layout!

The next page is this beauty by Lorianne.  She managed to capture an amazing picture of these little cuties on the snow.  I love how she journaled right on the picture.  And then her clustering tucked under the photo is excellent and the shadows are just perfect.

Look at this one by VanillaDesigns.  This page has such incredible depth and the colors are so soft and dreamy, they go great with those cute pictures.  The composition of this page is very visually pleasing too.  I love the two word strips over the two smaller pictures and how the large picture on the left balances it out.  Gorgeous.

Next is an adorable and fun page by ScrappieJackie.  I love the strip of paper down the center right that ties all the colors together on this page.  And that fun grid paper mat that looks like it could have been splattered with baby food is perfect.   The use of the polka dot paper adds such a fun touch with these cute photos.

 

And last, but certainly not least is this page by Blues.  It is truly an example of “less is more”.  Her simple and delicate design really draw your eyes to the fabulous pictures of that old tower.  Wow!  I love the paper cut outs and swirls and the string going across really ties it all together.

 

All of the images in this post are linked, so go give these talented ladies some love in the gallery!  Keep posting in Anna’s gallery and you never know, maybe your page will show up here next!  I hope you have a great one!  <3 Karen

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New Valentine Hybrid freebie

Posted on January 25, 2012 by scrappingramma

Anna has a gorgeous kit released.
This is the first of all matching Valentine hybrid’s made with the kit.
The first is a valentine basket–instructions included in the download–next we will have cupcake holder, valentine cards, cookie holders. So check back to get it all

and here is the gorgeous kit I was talking about
and it’s on sale at Scrap Orchard right now

new hybrid freebie printable download with instructions

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Have a great week!! keep smiling

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Meet The Crew – Sheri

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Karen

Today we get to know a little bit more about Sheri, also known as Scrapshabby at SO.  She has some absolutely stunning pages in her gallery, here is one of my favorites.  The photos are incredible and the colors and placement of the elements is just perfect.  And that bottom cluster is just perfect!

 

Tell us a little about yourself:

I am a SAHM with two teenagers still at home. I also have a grown daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons. Yes.. I am getting older (almost 50), but I have to brag and say I have three of the greatest kids ever (knock on wood)! LOL

When/how did you get involved with digital scrapbooking? Did you paper scrapbook first?

Yes, I paper scrapped for about 15 years before I tried digi. I actually avoided digi for quite a while because I knew I’d get addicted and sure enough, my paper supplies are gathering dust big time!

What is your favorite subject to scrapbook?

Whatever goes with the current favorite kit I just bought!

How long have you been on Anna’s team?

Since April 2011.

What is you favorite kit by Anna?

I’m not sure I could answer that one because I love her style and there are so many I love!

How would you describe your scrapbooking style?

Clustery for sure! If there isn’t a few flowers and leaves to play with, I’m kind of lost!

What is you favorite page made with a AnnaBV Designs kit?

If you had $2000 how would you spend it?

I know I should say that I’d save it or pay bills with it, but since I can gratefully say I don’t have much debt, I must admit that I’d probably spend it on digi supplies and a few new computer gadgets I’d like to have.

Do you snack while you are scrapbooking? What do you eat/drink?

Oh yeah! I drink way too many Cokes and I generally have sweets laying around (as is evident by ever-growing tummy)!

Thanks for sharing with us Sheri!  I really enjoyed getting to know her better and I hope you did too.  I’ll leave you with another page from her gallery, be sure and stop by and leave her some love.  I love her clustering and the delicate flowers.

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