Guest Designer - Monica Brady

Good morning!! Today we have our first Guest Designer, Monica Brady, who was given an assortment of Purple Pumpkin goodies to play with. Before I share a few of her GORGEOUS layouts, here's a bit about Monica...


I love Purple Pumpkin embellishments! I think my scrapbooking style is "simple" I like to play with lots of patterned papers and add just a touch of embellishments to my layouts. I have been scrapbooking for 7 years now and love it more and more everyday! With 4 children, I'm kept busy, busy, busy during the day. However once they are snuggled in their beds I get out my scrapping supplies and have a little bit of "me" time.

Here's the first layout Monica created...


The pink button is one of our medium sized buttons, and the white one is one of out NEW colourful spotty buttons, on an XL button. Using two buttons of varying sizes next to each other on a layout creates interest on the layout, and can have a lot more impact than just using a button on its own. And how cute is that little bow?


And how perfect is that Pink Felt Flower on this "Pink" layout?


For her next layout, Monica has created a gorgeous boy page...


Spotty Buttons, and Spotty Denims are the perfect fun embellishment to finish of those boy pages! We all know it can be tricky finding embellishments to suit boyish layouts, but these add just the right handmade touch without looking at all girly...


And I love how Monica has used the Twine in this layout, what a great look!


Now, I'll be back tomorrow to share some more of Monica's gorgeous layouts with you, but in the meantime, make sure you check out Monica's Blog! There's lots of scrapping inspiration to be found over there. And do you know what? Everyone who leaves a comment on both this blog and Monica's blog for today and tomorrow, will go into the running to receive a mixed pack of 10 picture buttons. The winner will be announced on Friday!