In the Spotlight - Mindy Miller

Every wednesday for a month we are shining a spotlight onto some designers that we think are brilliant and perhaps undiscovered! The Design team are scraplifting these designers and displaying their work on their own blogs. As a result we are holding a blog hop each week with a few prizes along the way!

Well its week 3 now and this week we are shining our spotlight on a sweet designer called Mindy Miller.


Mindy is originally a small town girl from north central Kansas who now lives in Topeka, KS.

"I graduated in 1999 from Washburn University and subsequently attended Washburn School of Law. I became a licensed attorney in 2002 and dabbled in politics and government, but ultimately found a niche in the insurance industry as in-house counsel and later as a compliance officer. In May 2009, I took a gigantic leap of faith and left my job of over seven years to seek new professional opportunities. So, in the meantime, I’ve been doing a lot of scrapbooking!"



Mindy as been a devoted scrapbooker since 1997. While in college, she took numerous graphic design courses, which she believes has influenced her scrapbooking style.

"I approach a scrapbook page using the rule of thirds and describe the result as graphic and simple, with a focus on typography and clean lines."

As you can see from Mindy's layout she has a love of kraft paper and Thickers!

"My greatest desire is to travel the world and then scrapbook my adventures"

Check out Mindy's latest layout - Scrapwhispers challenge #38

Mindy set the scrapwhispers Design team a little scraplift / sketch challenge this week. She created this sketch:
and layoutand challenged all of us to create a layout based on the sketch. To see how we got on you will need to blog hop... starting with......

NANCY

leave comments as you go and there is a prize again at the end! Oh and dont forget to check out Mindy's blog and leave her some love.

Challenge 38 - Squiggle Challenge

This fortnights challenge has a very exciting sponsor. Squiggle Stamps! Squiggle Stamps are brand new UK based stamp company - launched in Summer 2009. Their premiere collection of general occasion images are available now with the arrival of the very cute Oscar & Daisy due very soon!

All stamps are untrimmed red rubber - giving you the option to attach to a mounting cushion or simply re-trim and attach to an acrylic block using adhesive. Whats more they ship internationally too so everyone can enjoy this adorable stamps.

You can visit their website here.

Squiggle Stamps have very generously offered one lucky person the following prize for this fortnights Scrap Whisper challenges.

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great pack is to participate in challenge 38 and/or 39.

Which leads us nicely on to challenge 38. This week, we thought we would honour our sponsor with a squiggle themed challenge!

We challenge you to create a layout, card or altered item using rik rak ribbon (thats the squiggle bit) and a stamp! Here is what our DT came up with:

Georgina

Helen
Karry

Nancy

Nancy did another card too

Nilsa

Telah

Link us to your layouts in this post or upload to our gallery by midnight on Saturday to get your name entered into the drawing. We can't wait to see what you create.

Challenge 36/37 Winner

Its that time again! All names of those who entered challenge 36 and / or challenge 37 got put in a hat and shook up a little bit. The person who's name was randomly drawn from said hat this week is..........................



KATHY!


Congratulations Kathy, you have won that awesome gift voucher to spend at Memorable Seasons and a BIG thank you again to Jill for donating and sponsoring this fortnights prize.

In the Spotlight - Blop Hop!

Hi there and welcome to another fabulous Scrap Whispers "In the spotllight Blog Hop". This week we would like you to meet a very talented scrapper -

Nadrah Maidin

Nadrah is an awesome scrapbooker from Malaysia and she has an amazing eye for colour and embelishments.

Check out her layout for our latest Scrap Whispers Challenge (challenge 37 Home Visit) and how she has created an eye catching piece of work.

Nadrah describes her life as " somewhat obsessed with scrapbooking. To me, everyday is a page waiting to be created and being immersed in paper, photos, embellishments and all things scrap related is my life and what makes me happiest…"

Nadrah has been scrapping for years now and even says it is an obession in her family. She even opened a store in her area to provide products & services to other obsessed scrappers out there.

"I’m so obsessed with scrapbooking that I always have to have the latest idea book and I'm always checking out ads for inspiration and new fonts or looking for new suppliers with great new products...or thinking of great colour schemes and designs for my next project.My family’s resigned to the fact that their daughter, wife and mother come in a package…and that scrapping is part of me….and what I will always love to do….my poor family has been endlessly photographed and used for my various layouts too..... In a nutshell, I do what I do for the love of the craft and the joy of teaching it to others!"

Nadrah has recently been accepted onto the Design Team for a new scrapbook paper line - Nikki Sivils and you really need to check out what she has been doing with this cool paper.

She has some cute little projects on her blog - you can find that here. Go and check it out and leave her some love.

When you have done that, we have a little blog hop in honour of Nadrah this week- you need to follow it all the way through the Scrapwhispers DT and then at the end we have another chance to win a prize - simply by leaving some comments as you go! :) The deadline for winning the prize is midnight next Tuesday.

So to start you off - head on over to.....

NANCY

nb - you will need to bear with the scrapwhispers DT as we may not all post at the same time as we are all in different time zones (it depends on how blogger preposting treats us!) If you cant follow the hop through immediately then please be patient and come visit again later on!! :)

Challenge 37 - Home Visit

This week our newest DT member Helen is setting your challenge - and what a great challenge it is (even if we are slightly biased!)

Choose an area of your home where lots happens. Could be a kids' bedroom, play area, kitchen sink, computer table. Somewhere or something that will have changed ten years from now, and which you want to remember. Scrap that. Oh yeah, and don't tidy it first!!

Here is Helens layout for inspiration

and this is what the rest of the DT created:

Georgina

Karry

Nancy

Sarah

Telah

We want to see inside your lovely homes! Link us to your layouts by midnight on Saturday 25th July on either this post or by uploading to our gallery.

Don't forget, you are playing for that awesome voucher from Memorable Seasons - this is a prize you won't want to miss out on!!

In the Spotlight

We are very excited to share with you a months worth of special guest designers! Each week, every Wednesday, for the next 4 weeks we will be shining the spotlight on someone who we think has lots of talent and creates some wonderful layouts. There will be lots of prizes up for grabs and the Design Team are scraplifting some of these wonderful designers too.

This week we are showcasing the talent of Jamie Elmore.

Jamie is an avid scrapper from Alabama - "if I am not actually playing with my pretty papers and ribbon - you will find me either taking photos, reading about scrapping, or perhaps even on occasion dreaming about it. Ha!"

Jamie has been enjoying her scrapbooking hobby for 10+ years and her absolute favorite part is capturing the everyday details of our lives and telling the stories behind the photos.

She is married to her hubby Josh and they have 3 sweet babies - Caleb Davis (4), Nate (2), and Emma Lee (1). Jamie is a full time wife and mommy but you will also find her homeschooling her little ones, trying her best to stay organized, healthy, and on top of life, as well as participating in various activities at church.

"All in all, I am just a Southern gal who loves God, my family and friends, having fun, and scrapping along the way"


As you can see, Jamies layouts are adorable. There are lots more where this came from too on her gorgeous blog - go and check it out and leave her some love!

We thought we would have a special Scrap Whispers DT blog hop in Jamies honour - all of the DT scraplifted one of Jamies layouts and are showcasing it on their own blogs right now! You can check them all out starting with the awesome

NANCY

Simply click on the link to her blog (above) and then follow the links through each of the DT blogs leaving comments as you go. At the end there is a special prize up for grabs! Have fun and happy Wednesday!

Challenge 36 - Make a splash

Wow, summer is certainly here for most of us now ! We hope you are all enjoy the sunshine. This weeks challenge has been set for us by our fabulous DT member - Sarah!

Sarah challenges you to create a layout centered around water. Could be swimming in the pool, enjoying the view of the lake/ocean, or just splashing in the tub!

This is what our DT came up with:

Sarah

Telah

Nilsa
Nancy

Karry

Helen

Georgina

You have until midnight on Saturday to either link us to your layouts on this blog post or by uploading to our gallery!

If you take part in challenge 36 and/or 37 then you will also be entered into a drawing to win a $15 gift voucher from the awesome Memorable Seasons online shop.

Memorable Seasons stock all kinds of great products. They have monthly sales, and about every 2 to 3 months we have a major blow out sale. As a whole, their prices are lower than most so you get more for your money! They get some of the older classic lines from manufacturers, but also have a large percentage of the new releases. Jill, the owner let us into a little secret too - she has already made several purchases for CHA!

Right now, through the end of July, they have a Going,Going...Gone Sale, and prices are very low. They are having a clear out to make room for the new stuff, and what doesn't sell is gone from the store.

Due to shipping prices, memorable seasons only ship within the United States. Our challenges are open to international participants however, so if you are not from the States dont worry - we will substitue the gift voucher for a prize pack of equivillant value.

Go and check the store out and see what bargains you can grab... before theyre all gone!

And.. as a parting comment this week - come and check out the scrapwhisper blog on Wednesday! We have a special surprise and prizes up for grabs!

The winner is....

The winner of challenge 34/35 is................



DANIELLE


Congrats Danielle, you have won the basic grey paper pack! Please email georgina - GH26@SKY.COM with your address details so we can get it in the post to you.

Challenge 35 - Red, White and Blue

Well, here we are with another challenge! We have a very special treat for you this week too in the form of additional inspiration from another very talented design team.

It seems that the internet is flooded with the colours red, white and blue this weekend and who are we to buck the trend?! Your challenge this week therefore is to create a layout or card using the colours red white and blue!

The team we have been joined by this week is the amazing Scrapbook Calls and Contest Crew. If you havent checked out their blogs you really must. They have a regularly updated list and calender of all the up and coming scrapbook challenges, contests and design team calls across the internet. This really is your one stop shop for everything scrapbook related. The girls do everything voluntarily and its a massive undertaking - go and check out their sites here and here and spread the word.

Here is what they came up with for this weeks Scrapwhisper challenge (click on their names for a direct link to their personal blogs):

Anam

Candy

Cheryl

Lucy

Suzann

And this is what our wonderful DT came up with:

Nancy

Nilsa

Sarah

Telah

And there you have it - jam packed full of talent and inspiration. We hope that gets your creative juices flowing ad can't wait to see what you come up with!

You have until midnight on Saturday to enter by either linking us to your layouts in the comments section on this blog post, or by uploading to our Ning Gallery. Don't forget the prize up for grabs is a fab paper collection pack from Basic Grey.