Design Team

   • Emily  Bond
   • Kaylee Bond
   • Chris Cuthbert
   • Deb Watkins
   • Janine Berlin
   • Lisa Jackson
   • Sandra Shaw
   • Sandy Parrott
   • Traci Severson

Design Team Questionnaire—Traci Severson

1. How long have you been scrapbooking?  
   I have been scrapbooking in some form or fashion since I was in third grade.  Unfortunately, my very first scrapbook was lost when my childhood home flooded.

2. What are your favorite products?
   Hands down Tim Holtz products (all of them), with a close second to rub-ons, the Bind-it-All, and then Prima flowers. And obviously paper. 

3. Who are your favorite manufacturers?  
   My favorites are JBS Mercantile (Jenni Bowlin), Sassafras Lass, Bazzill, 7 Gypsies, Prima, Teresa Collins, Glitz, Creative Imaginations Narratives by Karen Russell.

4. How would you describe your style?  
   My style changes with each layout I create. I really try to follow what I feel the photos are saying to me, and I flow from there as I am pairing paper with embellishments.

5. What are your favorite colors and combinations? 
   I tend to be a girly-girl, so I really love pink and lots of bling. On a more serious note, I lean towards vintage color combinations such as leather brown, lemonade yellow and that beautiful old-time blue.

6. What type of projects do you usually make? 
   I will try to cover anything with paper, especially nut containers. I also like to make gifts for friends and fun, funky albums with awesome “found” items. I also enjoy making embellishments with my Cuttlebug dies.

7. What’s your favorite scrapbooking tool? 
   Singular – only one tool?  My Tim Holtz sanding block. 

8. Where do you look for inspiration?  
   I have a blog that I consistently go to for inspiration, but I also enjoy browsing Target, Anthropologie and Pottery Barn for color, texture and patterns. Billboards and menus are sort of interesting, too.

9. What advice do you have for beginning scrapbookers? 
   Don’t be afraid to use all that beautiful paper. I will admit that I still have this fear, the fear of using all the beautiful paper I have stashed away so I’ve found that cutting through it or cutting out elements from it is the best remedy for convincing myself to use it. If I never use it, I will have lots of beautiful paper just sitting around looking at me and not one stunning project to show for it.