pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

Our next guest is the glamorous Lory—welcome to the party! Lory used the photography printables on this project in a way that was unique I had trouble finding them for the longest time, then it hit me! She printed them large on transparency and used the negative frames for the actual background to her page. Very cool idea. See more on her blog, Love Scrap Life.

Lory is from Italy and is big into stamping, as she designs projects for both Banana Frog and Magenta! Much of her blog is in Italian, but her projects still translate to beautiful!

Some Lory trivia for you, without making you break out your traveller’s essential Italian: at what event will you find Lory from the 26th to the 28th of March, 2010?

Thank you for partying with us Lory! Ci vediamo!

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This sneak peek is so sneaky that I am extra curious about the rest of the project! I spy butterflies punched from dotted cardstock – hello, oh yes. It must be good. Check out Leanne’s blog for the full project!

Leanne is one of the most crop-productive scrappers I think I have ever met. She has the uncanny ability to keep right on rocking the pages while talking, unlike some lesser humans like me who have to pause one to activate the other. I love her super-cute, chillaxed style. {And you must know I just can’t get away with saying ‘chillaxing’ but Leanne? She owns that word, I tell you.}

Here’s your Leanne trivia: Who did Leanne want to win The Apprentice final?

The answer is somewhere on her blog—leave your guess in the comments here!

xlovesx

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Welcome to the lovely Emeline, our next party guest! She’s made a very pretty minibook you can see on her blog here.

Emeline lives in Singapore, a place that struck me for how you can find scrapbooking stores without even trying! We had a few days in Singapore during our honeymoon last autumn and I had never been somewhere so tropical—I quickly found my lungs were not fans of the hot, thickly humid air! What a lovely excuse to often duck into an air-conditioned shopping centre as we were walking! (And if you’ve never been, there are plenty of places to stop and shop.) On three different occasions we were walking along just to be out of the sun for a bit and what’s this?! A scrapbook store! So there must be a great crowd of happy scrappers nearby, and I love their unique style. Definitely check out Emeline’s blog to see more of her artsy projects.

A bit of Emeline trivia for you: what will Emeline bribe you to say? (I don’t think she would really have to bribe you, for the record!)

Thank you for coming to the party, Emeline!

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A quick break from the prettty projects for this consumer awareness message.

Did you know that we put a free gift in every order we send from the shop? We do. And that’s just on an ordinary day. The free gift could be reels of ribbons, bundles of flowers, packets of chipboard—but always a little something extra to surprise you!

Today is not an ordinary day. It’s a party day! So here’s the deal: all orders placed today will be filled to the brim with extras. So your £10 kit may come with another £10 of goodies. And you can’t beat that, can you?

Right this way to get shopping!

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Well, hello there Trish! Thanks for coming to the party! You can see this full project over on Trish’s blog, Doodles and Swirls.

Super sweetheart Trish is on the design team for Banana Frog and she has her hands full with a teeny little one born earlier this year, so I was extra excited that she could join us. Head over to her blog to see lots of cuteness!

Trish trivia for you: How much did her son weigh when he was born?

Find the answer on her blog and post it here in the comments!

Thanks for waking up early to party with us, Trish!

xlovesx

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Welcome to the party, Miss Julie! She’s showcasing this project on her blog, Notes on Paper. Go check it out!

Julie deserves a medal for understanding strange notes I send her when she’s working on a layout for a project. I send her notes like “I like this frame. Only I don’t. Can you make me like it, like for real?” And what do you know…she’ll create a layout that makes me love it. She’s appeared here before—she wrote this guest post as part of The Month of Colour.

Some Julie trivia for you: What is the name of Julie’s dodo?

Find the answer on her blog and post it in the comments here!

Thanks for putting on your party frock this weekend, Julie!

xlovesx

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And up next, it’s Cleo from Bristol. You can see the full project on her blog, Undomesticated Scrapplng Bliss.

I met Cleo for the first time (I think!) last March, when I sat next to her for a weekend of cropping. She is the one responsible for the now infamous Thicker photo shoot and I don’t think I ever stopped laughing while she made a layout that is seriously called Hello, it’s a Banana Phone. This is the kind of entertaining girl she is—a natural for a party then!

So Cleo’s trivia question is a bit partyish indeed! Name just one of the fancy-dress costumes that made an appearance at her sister’s 21st birthday party.

The answers are on her blog – find one and post it here in the comments! Remember, at the end of the weekend, all the trivia answers will go into a prize drawing.

Thanks for partying with us, Cleo!

xlovesx

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Say hello to our next lovely party guest—Miss Katherine. You can see her complete Paris project on her blog, Scraps, the City and Me.

Katherine’s blog is highly likely to crack you up, as this girl tells it as she sees it, and then spices up the stories with bold-but-graceful layouts. Right now she seems to have a zillion projects on the go, with crafty things and the reconstruction of her flat at the moment. She is one busy girl!

Some Katherine trivia for you: what piece of crafty machinery did Katherine receive for her birthday?

Find the answer on her blog and post it in the comments here!

Thanks for partying with us, Miss K!

xlovesx

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