Meet Dena

This is always so sad...saying farewell to one Guest Designer so we can make room for a new one. Thanks so much for sharing such personal and creative pages, Dani! We loved having you on the team and we hope you stick around and participate in our challenges!

We will be reviewing all the entries in the Scraplift contest of Dani's pages shortly and we're starting another one for November's designer. Speaking of whom, meet Dena Coe. I found her when reading updates on my FB for Webster's Pages (I think it was Websters pages??) and instantly fell in love with her work. She has graciously answered our standard Guest Designer questionnaire below and has also shared three of her favorite layouts. We invite you to scraplift her layouts and upload the link to your version in the comments section below. You have ALL MONTH to share your version so don't delay! Get your work in the running for a wonderful freebie!

So here she is, Dena Coe



Q:Tell us a bit about you and your family.

A: I am a stay at home mom to my 8 year old daughter Zoe. She keeps me ever so busy and on my toes. My man works hard in an office during the day and plays drums in a heavy metal cover band at night. I get to help be his roadie sometimes!

Q: How long have you been scrapbooking and where did you get your start in this craft?

A: I started scrapbooking when Zoe was about 3 years old. My sister dragged me to my first class at a now defunct local scrapbook store. I always giggle when I look at those first layouts with their star shaped photos! I was immediately hooked though and have been head over heels in love with scrapbooking ever since.

Q:What inspires your creativity when you are scrapbooking?

A: I am inspired mostly between my photos and my paper. It starts with those two things for me. But I love to glean inspiration from wherever I can. From websites to billboards to CD covers. It also helps to have some amazing friends who inspire you creatively on a daily basis!

Q:Describe your creative style

A: I would say I am all over the place. I can scrap shabby chic and muted tones one day and the next day switch it up and use bright funky colors and be throwing paint everywhere. My pages tend to reflect my mood.

Q:What are your three favorite products/techniques right now?

A: 3 favorite products would have to be Shimmerz Tuscan Sun Spritz, Webster's Pages Postcards from Paris line and anything Prima!

A: I am all about spritzing my products right now. I love the funky iridescent look it gives to your pages and embellishments. And I am hopelessly addicted to my craft knife and Cutterbee scissors. I love to cut intricate designs out.

Q:What project(s) are you currently working on?

A: I just finished up 4 projects for Scarlet Lime Kits and am going to be working on some fun stuff for Webster's Pages.

Q:Describe your perfect day

A: I get to sleep in til noon. Wake up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee and bacon. Get to stay in my jammies all day and curl up with a blanket and a good book. And a back massage somewhere in there would be nice!

Q:What are your three favorite layouts of all time that you’ve created (published or not)?

A:

Geez that is a hard one! But here are some that make me smile!

Challenge 148

Hello! :)

We are challenging you with a sketch this week. If you would like to play and don't know all there is to know about our challenges there is a post here to fix that for you. :)

If you are a speedy scrapper you still have a day or so to lift Dani's layouts here. There are prizes :)

And last, but certainly not least, we have a Design Team call out. If you would like to join our team and push your art to the limit, then this is for you. Here is the call and all it's glorious details! :)

Ready?? Here's the layouts from our wonderful Design Team.

Tania
Vanessa


Carol

detail, Carol used glimmer mist on her lace, it was white before.

Gudrun

Tania D

Keely

Keandra made a mini album

Marit

detail

Dani

Challenge 147

Well, if you are like me, you love ribbon of all sorts. And if you love ribbon of all sorts, you very likely hold on to all those pretty ribbon scraps thinking one day you will use them for something brilliant. Well, guess what? Now's your chance. This week we challenge you to actually

use your ribbon scraps!

We still have just over a week to lift Dani's layouts as well. If you are new to our challenges or just need more info here's our FAQ page to help you along.

Tania

Vanessa

Gudrun

Carol

detail
Keely
Marit

detail

Keandra

Tania D

Dani

Challenge 146

Oh how exciting. I am heading off for a delicious weekend with 13 other ladies where we'll scrapbook, laugh, probably drink a little and scrapbook some more! Oh yeah, I'm talking about the weekend retreat at Sundog. It's only 10 minutes down the road from my house but it's so serene and the cabins are beautiful and the food - my god, the food!- it's such a great couple of days away from our regular lives and the result of such a weekend is a happy, mellow, creatively-recharged mom/wife/sister.

But before I head out the door, let's talk about this week's challenge. We've got a super awesome sketch (see below) as well as a few contests.

We've got Dani with us this month as our Guest Designer Check out this post to find out more about her and to see her three favorite layouts. You're invited to take some inspiration from those layouts and share the link to your scraplift in the comments section of Dani's introduction post. You have until the end of the month to get the link uploaded. Go on, you can do it. Let's see your stuff!

If you want to participate in the challenge below but are new to our challenges, please go to our FAQ page to learn more about how we roll!

So now, without further ado...

Vanessa

Tania

Gudrun

Tania D

Marit

Carol

Keely

Keandra
Dani

Challenge 145

Well hello there Friday. How are you? Things have been soooo busy since the last time we were together. I'm happy to see you again...you always make me feel mellow and ready for a little R&R. Thanks for coming :)

The week was so full of stuff. I had this long list of stuff to get done and I feel like I hardly touched it. But. Today is a new day. Time to re-write the list and make room for new (fun) tasks. The snow is falling and that just makes me wanna hunker down inside with a fire roaring and yummy food bubbling away in the slow cooker. Yum.

This week we've got a super fun challenge. Check it out. All you gotta do is

Use a little color in hand-journaling

That's not too hard, right? I loved taking the time to color in my letters. I wanna see how you guys rock it this week...


Oh, and let's not forget all the other goodness that's afoot right now...like scraplifting Dani's killer layouts which you can see here. Leave the link to your lift in the comments section of that post so we can find it, okie doke? You have all month to upload your creative genius to that post, btw.

And, if you haven't already joined our Lotus Paperie Network (it's a little like FB) please do so. It's super fun to see your layouts and all that jazz!

IF you are new to our challenges, please read this stuff so you know how it all works. You can upload your challenge layouts to your profile on our network but if they're not in the Flickr Pool, they might get missed (one day we'll just do everything in the same place).

Alright. Let's get to it!

Vanessa

Tania

Gudrun
Tania D


Keely
Carol
Marit
Keandra

Dani
(don't forget to scraplift her layouts before the end of the month!)