From the Daisy Patch

As a third grader, Emily Pitts aspired to be a bulletin board designer for elementary school teachers. When she learned that such a career was not really plausible, she was crushed. Years later, when she discovered scrapbooking, she realized it might just be the fulfillment of her childhood dreams. Emily lives a mile high in beautiful Denver, Colorado, enjoying the 300 days of sunshine for which the Rocky Mountains are known. She is married to her perfect match, Kelly, who is patient very patient with her need to create and take photos. They have two near perfect children, Annie (15) and Ethan (almost 12). Together, they provide endless inspiration for Emily’s scrapbooking needs. Influenced by collage artists of late, Emily hopes her style would be described as handmade and fun, she likes to hand-cut things and use stitching in her designs. She’s been published in various scrapbook magazines worldwide, and has the pleasure of writing a regular column on trends for Scrapbook and Cards Today. She also happily designs for Studio Calico–a kit club and manufacturer, and the online inspirational collective, Write. Click. Scrapbook. So while bulletin boards are no longer her genre of choice, she has found her place in the world of design.

I love Emily’s style and the way she’s used the kit!  I love her “homemade” titles and I love her use of patterned paper!  Particularly the way she’s incorporated the Chatterbox filigree papers into her layouts.  And who wouldn’t fall in love with her beautiful tree wall art?  Thanks so much Emily!!!

Lisa Truesdell lives in Omaha, NE, in a midtown neighborhood filled with big trees and old houses. When her mother started scrapbooking, Lisa was surprised to see how far the hobby had come, and quickly fell in love with a craft that allowed her to experiment with color & patterns, words and photographs. She’s now been scrapbooking for 5 years and her pages are detailed and whimsical. She loves to mix and layer bits of patterned paper with lots of sewing. Lisa finds inspiration in quilt patterns and decor magazines, and loves to record the small moments in her family’s life that would otherwise be forgotten.

Lisa has been married to Matthew for 12 years and is a stay-at-home mom to their three boys – Alex, Ben and Sam. When she’s not making pages or chasing her boys, she is slowly teaching herself to use her sewing machine on fabric. She also subscribes to too many magazines and is useless from the moment she starts a new book until she finishes it.

Lisa was a Creating Keepsakes Honorable Mention winner in 2006, and has had her work published in BHG Scrapbooks Etc, Creating Keepsakes, Simple Scrapbooks, Scrapbook Trends and Cards Magazine. She is currently designs for Fiskars and Studio Calico.

Lisa Dickinson is a 37 year-old wife, mama to two, and graphic artist. Whenever she gets a break from those jobs, she can usually be found scrapbooking, running, blogging, shopping online, and avoiding housework at all costs.

She’s currently a designer for KI Memories, Jenni Bowlin Studio, and Write.Click.Scrapbook.  She has an extraordinary love of white space and effective typography, both of which she tries to include on all her scrapbook pages.

Lisa has been published in Simple Scrapbooks, Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbooks, Etc., Scrapbook & Cards Today, and Scrapbook Trends.

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