Our Inspired by Ads Guest Designer is none other than Tegan Skwiat!
Short bio: Hi! My name is Tegan Skwiat and I absolutely love scrapbooking and paper crafting. I can't imagine life without it now really! I live in Northwest Indiana with my sweet hubby and two fur kids. I enjoy creating everything from layouts, to mini albums, to cards, to altered projects, and beyond! When I am not scrapbooking, I enjoy searching for vintage treasures at antique stores and watching football with my husband. One of my favorite scrappy techniques right now is using embroidery floss on my projects. I have also been known to buy a collection first and THEN take the pictures to go with it. And I may have suggested for photos that my hubby wear a shirt that matches my scrapbook paper once or twice 🙂
How did you get started scrapbooking? About 12 years ago, my younger sister suggested that she and I try this thing called "scrapbooking" that her friend's mom was doing. She said it looked like fun and we might like it. We bought some things here and there for a few years, but we really got into it once we started going to scrapbook conventions about 6 years ago. Now I can't imagine life without scrapbooking! Who would have known what a huge part of my life this hobby would become?!
What is your favorite American Crafts product? Thickers – they add the perfect finishing touch. A girl can never have too many Thickers! 😉
SO HAPPY YOU'RE IN MY LIFE by Tegan Skwiat
I love the clean lines in this ad and wanted to use the block effect. Also notice that I used the twine to finish the border of my main page element.
Supplies: Globetrotter Paper (35772) – Ready Set Go, Lunch Break Paper (35771) – Ready Set Go, Around Town Paper (35767) – Ready Set Go, Get Cozy Paper (35774) – Ready Set Go, Dress Code Paper (35784) – Ready Set Go, Charmed Paper (35780) – Ready Set Go, Fabric Stickers (42256) – Ready Set Go Remarks, Dimensional Embellishments (85591) – Ready Set Go Details, Stamps (59224) – Ready Set Go, Paper Leaves (85592) – Ready Set Go House, Premium Ribbon (89429) – Soho Garden, Stickers (42358) – XOXO Remarks, Decorative Tags (85599) – 5th & Frolic Bits
I HEART YOU CARD by Tegan Skwiat
I
love the repetition in this ad and so I decided to cut out a number of
hearts using my Silhouette Cameo. Notice that the very middle heart
says "heart"! I really wasn't trying to cut out any words at all. But
what a fabulous surprise when I noticed that "heart" was perfectly
readable!
Supplies: 6×6 Pad (35901) – XOXO, Fox White (53415) – Thickers, Stickers (42358) – XOXO
On this layout, I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the circular rainbow element on my page. I cut a number of circles, increasing the diameter by 2 inches for each new color.
Supplies: Gramercy Park Paper (35829) – Soho Garden, Park Avenue Paper (35834) – Soho Garden, Tribeca Paper (35836) – Soho Garden, Canal Street Paper (35837) – Soho Garden,
West Broadway Paper (35839) – Soho Garden, Good Morning Paper (35764) – Ready Set Go, Around Town Paper (35767) – Ready Set Go, Me & You Paper (35895) – XOXO, Funny Valentine Paper (35899) – XOXO, Decorative Layered Tags (85607) – Soho Garden, Layered Embellishments (85606) – Details, Premium Ribbon (89429) – Soho Garden, Boho Gold (53422) – Thickers, Fabric Stickers (42256) – Remarks, Flair (85590) – Ready Set Go, Dimensional Embellishments (85591) – Ready Set Go Details, Letter Stickers (42267) – Dear Lizzy, Gold Fox (53415) – Thickers
This ad reminded me of Tic Tac Toe and what better way to celebrate the upcoming Valentine's Day than with X's and O's (kisses and hugs)?!
Supplies: Kiss Paper (85396) – XOXO, Love Note Paper (35898) – XOXO, All My Heart Paper (35889) – XOXO, Hugs & Kisses Paper (35894) – XOXO, Dear Begonia (53444) – Thickers, Die Cut Shapes (85616) – XOXO Bits, Layered Embellishments (85612) – XOXO Details, Layered Embellishments (85606), Soho Garden Details, Leaf & Feather Details (85605) – 5th & Frolic, Fox White (53415) – Thickers, Stamps (59224) – Ready Set Go, Premium Ribbon (89429) – Soho Garden
This project is inspired by the dreamy color palette of the ad. Here I decorated two large clothespins that I have had laying around waiting for the right project to come along and the DREAM banner was the prefect fit!
Supplies: Lunch Break Paper (35771) – Ready Set Go, Cartwheel Court Paper (35806) – 5th & Frolic, Lovely Lane Paper (35816) – 5th & Frolic, Around Town Paper (35767) – Ready Set Go, Little Moments Lane Paper (35808) – 5th & Frolic, Fox White (53415) – Thickers, Phrase Banners (85603) – 5th & Frolic, Leaf & Feather Details (85605) – 5th & Frolic, Decorative Tags (85599) – 5th & Frolic, Premium Ribbon (89429) – Soho Garden
Visit Tegan's blog and Pinterest boards to find out more about her and see what else she finds inspiring!