I currently live in Rolleston (just outside Christchurch), New Zealand, with my husband of almost 31 years. We have a son born in 1993 and a daughter born in 1996. We moved to New Zealand from South Africa in 2010. I started scrapbooking over 20 years ago, where a friend decided to open a scrapbooking store from her home – literally 3 doors away from me. Very convenient, but not on one’s budget …..because I found myself just quickly whipping down the street for supplies!
It was through scrapbooking that I made my closest friends in New Zealand.
Since moving to New Zealand, I have been on a few design teams for some of the local businesses here on the South Island, and for some of the challenge sites such as White with 1, Sketchabilities and Let’s Get Sketchy. I am now currently on the design teams for 49 and Market, Dusty Attic, and Embellish It (Scrapbooking store here in Timaru). I was also on the design team for Kaisercraft 2019 and 2020. I have also taught a number of classes.
My go to is usually “pretty” - I love flowers. I also work alot with ephemera, chipboard and die cut pieces. I love fussy cutting (my friends say I am mad!) and love layering fussy cut images and flowers as part of my layout. I will dabble a little with texture pastes, paints, inks and sprays.
I am very honoured to be a guest designer for My Creative Scrapbook.
Hi paper lovers, Claudia here with a layout I created with the May Creative Kit. All the papers and ephemera are very bright and cheerful, and although it is more travel-themed, you can easily adapt it to other design themes:
For this mixed media layout, I chose the color combo red-green which I normally only use around Christmas. Here, I used it for a birthday/wedding party theme. As I wanted to go with a diagonal design, I started tearing diagonal strips from red-patterned papers and some vellum for added interest. I adhered these in a sunburst fashion on white card stock before stenciling in the background with green distress oxide. I also used some molding paste with the same stencil for added texture. As title, I chose a journaling card next to the photo before putting both down toward the lower right corner.
Below is out New Team Members. I wanted to present them to you so you can get to know them all better. Please help us give a warm welcome to all our new girls.
My Blog http://natsukoslittlecraftroom.blogspot.com/
Instagram @natsukoslittlecraftroom
I come from Switzerland, where I live with my husband and my two lovely sons. I am a mother, businesswoman and passionate scrapbooker. I am addicted to coffee ;), love DIY projects, photography, traveling, music and books.
Paper crafting is part of my life. I use different techniques and I love to try out new things. In my layouts and mini-albums you can find parts of traditional scrapbooking, which meet mixed media, brush lettering and DIY. In life, for me what counts are the little moments in everyday life which make me smile and I capture exactly these moments in my layouts. Little stories of daily life, creatively rendered with paper, embellishments, pens and colors.
I am happy to share my works with you and hope to inspire you to create your own, which reflect your world and make you smile when you think back to these precious moments that life gives.
(Coming Soon)
Marie Hirst
