May's Featured S.W.A.T. Girl!

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May's S.W.A.T. Girl!!

Lee-Anne

I am very honored to be a S.W.A.T. Girl for May 2013.

Thank you for having me!

Hi, my name is Lee-Anne Thornton and I'm known in the online scrapbooking world as Scrapperleeanne. I am married to my biggest fan Rick and have three children Brandon 28, Shannon 25, and Clayton 13. My youngest is still at home but my two older kids are married and have left the nest.

We wanted to get to know Lee-Anne so we asked her a few questions:

1. How long have you been scrapping and why do you love it?

I started scrapbooking back in 2002 when a friend of mine asked me to go to a "crop". I was a cross stitcher and didn't have the slightest idea what she was talking about. Back then, it was all about stickers but it has evolved into so much more the last few years. It really became a passion when I starting attending scrapbooking conventions, retreats and last year a scrapbooking cruise to Hawaii. It has just been the last two years that I have really taken this passion to the next level and started getting published and being on some design teams and getting to know such lovely, creative people that share the same passion.

2. What are you favorite tools and manufactures?

My three favourite tools are my Silhouette Cameo, my ATG gun and my Making Memories Paper Trimmer.....I love all the manufacturers as long as they have pretty papers.

 

3. How do you usually get started with a layout?

The photo is usually my starting point and I go from there. I love colour, layers and texture but most of my layouts are clean with bright colours.

Next we asked her to share a few of her

favorite projects and here they are:

Make sure you stop by to see Lee-Anne's Blog!

Love the Journey

Make sure you come back for Drill #7 I can't wait to see what 

Lee-Anne has in store for us this Saturday!

April's Featured S.W.A.T Girl!

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April's S.W.A.T Girl!!

 

Michele

AKA Belle

 

Being invited to be featured on the S.W.A.T. blog was a big honor!!! I am so excited to share a little about me and a couple of my favorite projects with you. So here we go...I am known on line as by belle but my name is Michele. I am from Michigan and I am on the design teams for CropChocolate.com and Scrappy Chic. Here are a couple of questions the girls at S.W.A.T. asked...

 

1. How long have you been scrapping and why do you love it? 

 

I have been scrapping as long as I can remember... I have ALWAYS loved making stuff. When I was young is was cards and that has been my staple but a couple of years ago I really LOVED altered items and home decor. Layouts are my latest obsession and I really want to learn more about minis. I have to be creating all the time! It is a huge part of who I am! It relaxes me and I just LOVE being in my scrappy space cutting, stamping, folding, inking...

 

2. What are you favorite tools and manufactures? 

 

My favorite tools are my Big Shot and my punches. I use them all of the time on most project but really I don't think there isn't a tool that I don't like or won't use.

I have different favorite manufactures for different items...paper-MME, stamps-Viva Las Vegastamps!, tinkets and dies-Tim Holtz and my most recent favorite for chipboard pieces and shapes-Um Wow Studio.

 

3. How do you usually get started with a layout?

 

First I like to have an idea of the design of the layout I want to do. Then I pick the picture(s) and next the paper. All the rest just falls into place once I get started.

So, thanks so much for visiting today, I hope you will come back and enter the challenges posted here at S.W.A.T.

Here are a couple of my favorite projects, I hope you like them.

 

Make sure you stop by to see Michele's Blog!

 

Stuff by Belle

Thank you for stopping in today!

Make sure you come back for Drill #5 I can't wait to see what Michelle has in store for us this Saturday!