Over the next eight weeks, we will be spotlighting a different Simply Scrappin’ Creative Team member every Monday.

I choose Nicole Petersen as our first designer.

Hello, I’m Nicole Petersen. I live in Houma, Louisiana in Cajun country with my husband of 16 years and our daughter. I am an elementary school teacher by day and a die-hard scrapper/altered artist by night and weekend. Reading and junking are passions of mine that roll-over into my style of scrapping. Eclectic, vintage, meaningful, and artsy are great words that describe my style. Lately, I seem to reach for mediums, paint, mists, and sandpaper. I have taught scrapbooking, make and takes, and altered projects for eight years at local scrapbook stores and events. Besides Simply Scrappin’s Design Team, I am also a current memeber of Glitz Design’s Altered Art Team.
Here are a few projects from Nicole’s kit this month.

“sweet love grows here:” this layout features: the queen bee collection from pink paislee. this is a very subdued, soft yellowish- green palette with a lot of browns. love it!

“sweet love grows here” layout:  I cut the die-cut shape from the collection into smaller pieces to frame the bottom portion of the picture, added a little stamping, and topped it off with great cork buttons and huge jewel brads.

I used paper cupcake holders to make the flower with a mixture the small and large flower cut-outs from the pattern paper of the queen bee collection. of course, there is a bit of misting involved and pop dotting!

“my 10 current favorites” : this layout features  : cosmo cricket and coordinations cardstock. love how this came out! easy, easy layout. I made the clouds at the bottom by punching out a scallop circle and cutting it into a semi-circle. fun.

then, I hand-rolled the flowers and gave them a little stitching on the back. for the yummy background, I inked the entire page with some distress ink from ranger. it really made the wood grain pop off the page!

“enjoy the journey of two” canvas: this is a gift that I am giving my daughter for her new home. it is also a project featuring the queen bee collection. notice the green – love it with yellow.

first I painted the canvas with studio paint from ranger. then, I distressed it with staz-on ink and a sanding block. I made the flower using the new pleated ribbon from pink paislee, but I added some mist to help the color pop off the canvas.

the dangly jewels were super cool to play with for hours. I first backed a tim holtz charm with pink paislee paper, added pearls, a charm, another tim holtz charm, and held it all together with another queen bee brad. sweet project!

Check out Nicole’s blog for more inspiration: http://aplaceformescraplog.wordpress.com/

Well, not today! Bummer! But, soon!  Really really soon!

Keep crossin’ those fingers and keep those prayers comin’!

Rebecca and I had a great weekend at the Scrappin’ with the Chicks event in Baton Rouge.  I can’t believe we didn’t take one single picture of the event.  Just imagine 42 creative women busy at work!  It was so nice to do a small event where we really got to know all the ladies!  I love to see everyone’s different styles and hear there stories.  It’s simply inspiring to be surrounded by all that talent and creative vibes.  Simply Inspired… good name for an event, don’t ya think?

Just a quick note on the online store… I know you are all so ready for some online shopping and trust me, I am too!  It shouldn’t be much longer now!  I’m think by Monday! Yes, this Monday… that’s my plan! Keep those fingers crossed!