| Tamar Bostock | Melissa Goodsell | Ngaire Bartlam | Nic Howard | Jill Geraghty -Groves | Gigi Kennedy | Rachel Tucker
Pacific Pines, Queensland
Hello. I am Tamar - wife to Richard and Mumma to Talia and Sofia my gorgeous twin daughters. I started scrapbooking when the girls were just 4 months old. I used to be a patchworker and a stamper (oh not very good at either mind you...) I had seen scrapbooking and had warned myself not to go there. One day as I was looking at the photos piling around me of my daughters I allowed the whole scrapbooking thing to flick back through my mind - so I bought some paper and some stickers and a pair of decorative scissors and signed on at 2 peas.You can guess the rest.
My style is shabby - I think I am shabby in real life too - the way I cook, the way I throw things together in the kitchen and when I read recipes its all just bit of this and a pinch of that for about that long - My scrapping style is the same. I actually speak and write the same too! Scrapping is so wonderful for me as it pulls together all the creative things I have always loved. It's like I searched my whole life through hobbies waiting for this to be found - learning all these skills so I could be a scrapbooker. Surprise packages, sneak peaks of new things, the sound of the doorbell ringing and the word parcel being called out, unwrapping boxes, the feel of bazzil and smell of new papers - all so incredibly yummy - this is what excites me. The thought of uninterrupted scrapping hours stretching out ahead of me with all my new things around.
The amazing women in this industry who continue to push the boundaries and forge ahead in creativity is what keeps me heading back to the photos and the paper. Some of those women are found right here at Tarisota Collections- I am so lucky to have them in this adventure and to call them friends. I hope we inspire you to scrap and that you share the anticipation of the next collection of goodies arriving at your door.
Favourite Products: Stamps, Inks, Paint and Sandpaper
Blackmans Bay, Tasmania
2005 Scrapbooking Memories Master ; 2005 & 2006 For Keeps Magazine Design Team Member
I live in the friendly beachside suburb of Blackmans Bay, Tasmania. I have been married for 14 years to Richard and we have 2 beautiful children – James (12) and Isabella (7). I wouldn't really say that I have a style, I love simple/elegant layouts right through to collage. One of my favourite techniques is to use stitching on my layouts, either by hand or using a sewing machine. My main inspiration for my scrapbooking would have to be my family. It's wonderful being able to document all of our memories in my scrapbooks to treasure for years to come. I am so thrilled to be part of the Tarisota Design Team. Working with the Tarisota Collections is a breeze! Tamar does such a great job putting all the bits together . I hope you are inspired by what you see here.
Favourite Products: Ribbons and Stitching
Tarragindi, Qld
Hi, I’m Ngaire! My little family and I live in beautiful Brisbane Qld . My husband Paul and I have two beautiful girls, Georgia, who is 12, and Isobel, who is 9. We also have a weird little hairy dog, Dougal, and two cats , Rueben the magnificent, and Boo Boo, a delusional little old lady cat . We love them all!
I guess I am a bit of an “old lady’ myself when it comes to scrapping. I have been in love with this art since 1999, when I started scrapping after a CM party.( I wanted to add more than two triangles to my page.. I was a rebel even then!! LOL) I have never felt a passion for any “craft’, like I did, and do, for Scrapbooking.
It is simply a part of me now.
Where have you seen my work? I have over the years, been published in all the Aussie magazines, as well as Creating Keepsakes. ( so actually its been kinda hard to avoid me!) I work regularly with Scrapbook Creations Magazine, as well as Scrapping Clearly and Fiskars. I wrote my first book, Lumpy Bumpy in 2002, ( yup still am the “LUMPY BUMPY” lady to many girls.. you have no idea how delightful it is to be known as such.!), and published my second book "It's All About You" in 2006. This year I will be teaching in Brisbane , Rockhampton, in Sydney and m Melbourne. Totally cool, and I can't wait to meet more of the wonderful women that make this art so divine.
What’s my style? You know I find this question really hard to answer.. I think my stuff is easily identifiable.. so I must HAVE a style. But finding a word for it is difficult. The one I usually come back to is overloaded eclectic. I love to try new things, I love to push boundaries, I love colour and texture and humour, and fun in my art. I adore sparkles, ink and paint, rubons, and ribbons ( hey, who doesn’t??) and unusual colour combinations. My favourite products:
jeepers , how long do you have? I love7gypsies, Basic Grey, textiles of all and any kinds, and chocolate.
So…How LUCKY am I to play with the fabulous goodies that Tamar finds for us every month ?? Thank you so much Tamar, after two years with Tarisota.. I am still thrilled each and every month with my pizza box of gorgeousness.
Favourite Products: Heidi Swapp Basic Grey, Textiles - Chocolate!
Pukekohe, New Zealand
I have been a scrapbooker for 9 years. I have blue tabs littering every corner of my home, I have small handmade paper items in every nook and cranny in my house. My children know exactly where to find me if they call and I don't answer. I find joy in the small things that used to pass me by, and I have my camera ready to photograph them.
As a scrapbooker my main drive is the ability to create. I'm not so good at getting my creations in albums, it seems to be the thrill of finishing a project that satisfies my spirit. My layouts line up on shelves waiting for their permanant homes .
My children are 9, 7 and 4. As is true with many other scrapbookers, they are the focus of many of my pages. My husband Paul is extremely supportive, we make a great team really, he is often the one that tells me to"just stick it down, it's finished!" and in return I work hard at keeping the officework up to date within our home construction business.
I've always found the challenge of magazine briefs and freelance assignments enthralling.
In 2004 I won my first big contest, with the USA Memory Makers Masters competition. Prior to this I had won several smaller competitions and been published in several books and magazines - this only challenged me to go further.
In 2005 I was awarded a place on the 2005 For Keeps Elite Team. I have since joined the Queen & Co, Scenic Route paper company, Big Picture Scrapbooking and Aussie Scrap Source Design teams.
To date my largest and most fulfilling accomplishment is the completion of a sole authored book, released in 2007 through F+W publications. It was through writing this book I learnt to appreciate the little things that make me a scrapbooker - and I learnt to create pages about them. Those blue tabs I mentioned? Yep, they even gained a page of their own. It's amazing what defines us if we really look around.
Favourite Products: Chipboard
Springfield, Queensland
I have been scrapbooking now for just over 2 years and am completely addicted to it. Prior to that I did not even know that I had an "artistic" flair or could take a fairly decent photo! I have always done some sort of craft though, making mohair bears, mosaic and just collecting "bits" it knew I would use one day!
As the mum of three boys, 13yo Zane and 5yo twins, Levi and Jonah, I have no shortage of photo opportunities. I love to document their antics and am enjoying watching them grow. I do hope that one day they enjoy going through their albums as much as I have enjoyed making them.
I'm not sure that I have a developed a definite "style" as yet. I basically tend to go with the photo - some photos really call for a bright layout and some are more subdued. I do love the challenge of putting it all together.
I am currently on the DT for Paper Trunk and Magistical Memories (both US manufacturers).I am lucky enough to have been published in all three Australian magazines as well as a couple of US and UK publications.
I cannot tell you how honoured and thrilled I am to have been asked to become part of the Tarisota team. The Tarisota collections are the most beautiful and versatile collections I have ever worked with....I have never seen anything like them before and it is a joy to be creating with them. My congratulations to Tamar for putting them together...what a gift she has!
Favourite Products: Patterned Papers
New York, USA
"Hi everyone!! My name is Gigi Kennedy. I live just North of New York City with my husband, Mike, my three little
kids: Kelly (6), Ryan (5), and Kate (3), and my boxer, Ryatt. Other than being known around pre-school as the "crafty mom", I make the best spinach salad and love the outdoors.
I began scrapbooking back in 2003 after seeing and marveling at a friend's scrapbook. I was so drawn to recording and artfully displaying my own and my family's history and what is important to us. My mother is an artist, so I've always been drawn to creative crafts of all types. In addition, I've always been a "journaler", so I was over the moon to have found a hobby that could incorporate both. My first pages were more event centered & contained basic factual information with a catchy title. I have since embraced the artistic and expressive facet of this wonderful hobby where I can share my perspective of our everyday life and I relish in sharing precious bits of our own everyday story. I no longer pull out the camera for just birthdays and vacations, but have become a bit of a paparazzi and am passionate about trying to capture those little things life that truly make my heart sing.
Recently, I have really been enjoying creating "beyond the page" and using all of my favorite scrapbooking and craft supplies (and maybe even the box they were packaged in) to create items for around my home and gifts. I also have discovered a love for all things vintage and now thoroughly enjoy finding ways to re-purpose vintage ephemera and bits and bobs in my work.
I have been fortunate enough to have been a member of the Creative Team at One Little Word since its beginning and to have my work published in Simple Scrapbooks Magazine. But really feel my ship came in when asked to be a Designer for Tarisota. I have long admired and been inspired by this team of amazing women, as well as the gorgeous collections revealed each month, and am thoroughly looking forward to working and creating with them both.
Favourite Products: patterned paper, ribbons, buttons & paint
Havelock North, New Zealand
Hi I’m Rachel Tucker and I live in Havelock North in the north island of New Zealand.
Five years ago a friend took me into a scrapbooking store and I came out with a couple of magazines and a passion for scrapping that has grown into an obsession. There is not a day that goes by that I do not scrap in some way shape or form.
For me scrapbooking is not so much about the memory or the recording of an event but the creativity and design process that goes into a layout or project. It is just an added bonus that what I create also contains memories of the special people in my life.
I tend to use a lot of product on my pages and am forever saying “more is more” which actually means that I don’t really know when to stop. I like a layout / project to surprise with lots of layers and texture so that when you look at it for the first time you don’t necessarily see all it has to offer.
I can’t tell you how much of a dream come true it was to be asked to stay on as permanent member of the Tarisota design team. The amazing talent of the girls I will be working alongside and the most gorgeous box of product that I get to play with each month. I hope that my projects will inspire you to get the most out of your Tarisota box of beautifulness.
Favourite Products: patterned paper, ribbons, buttons & paint
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