Laura Vegas

Hey everyone! I was very honored last week when the extremely talented Kim Jeffress tagged me to be part of a scrappy blog tour that's been going around. I've been a long time fan of Kim's work, and was lucky enough to have her on our Bella Blvd design team last year. She's as sweet as can be and she works wonders on any and all projects she designs!

 

As part of the scrappy blog tour, I will do a little Q&A and then tag three scrappers who inspire me. I just wish I could list more than three, as there are definately tons of scrappers that I follow for inspiration.

 

  

What am I working on right now?

I haven't been doing a ton of scrapping lately. I had a little break in assignments the last few weeks, but am getting ready to start back up with some new assignments. These photos give you a little peek at what's on my desk right now. A peek of the planning stage of this layout, and a peek at all the cuts I made with my Cameo yesterday. And soon, this will all magic itself into a layout for Kerri Bradford Studio. I am also about to start a layout for Scrapbook & Cards Today, and will be working on the October project sheet layout for Bella Blvd as well.

 

  

 

I've also been working with lots of fabric lately. I even ran some fabric thru my sewing machine, which is something I've never done before. Lol. I'm not a sewer at all. But Riley Blake Designs recently released a new fabric collection, Snapshots, for Bella Blvd (left photo), and I'm going to be doing something fun with it to share at the end of the month. The fabric on the right is for a little something I've been putting together, with Alyssa's dorm room in mind. If it doesn't work out there, I'll be using in her bedroom here at home.

 

That's a tough one to answer. It varies, project to project. Sometimes, I can sit down and create a layout, start to finish, in an hour or so. That's usually when I've planned out what I want to do (just like the layout above that I'm working on), and have products all pulled out and ready. Sometimes, I push paper and photos around for hours, or even days, at a time. I will keep walking away and coming back, over and over, until finally something clicks and I get it done. And then there are the times when I know what I want to do, and have products pulled out and ready. But I just keep getting pulled away from the project, or there's too many distractions that keep me from doing what I want to do.

 

What are my favorite things to create with at the moment?
Definitely my Silhouette Cameo. I never thought I would grow to love it as much as I do. But I think I could honestly be happy creating with my Cameo, cardstock and patterned paper, and a small assortment of basic embellishments. As much as I love the wide variety of embellishments out on the market these days, I don't find myself "needing" them to scrap. Don't get me wrong. I love to use all those things too. But give me some buttons, brads, flowers, enamal dots, etc, and I'll be perfectly content.

 

I usually start my layouts with either the photos or the product. I might have some new photos that I can't wait to scrap with, or I come across some older photos that I really want to use. Or I might get a hold of some new product that I want to dig into, or pull out some older products that I really loved, but never had a chance to use. I usually start with any die-cutting I want to add, especially my titles. I assembled the base of the page: cardstock, patterned paper, and photos. As soon as the base of the page is done, I'll add my machine stitching. Then I'll add in my title and any embellishments. And my journaling is always the very last thing I do.  

 

     

 

  

  

What is my signature style?

I've never really thought about what my "signature style" would be. But I think there are definitely re-occuring things you'll see on my layouts, over and over. Lots of photos. Quite often arranged in photo collages put together in Photoshop. Lots of colorful patterned paper. White cardstock backgrounds. Die cutting, especially backgrounds and titles. Buttons and brads. Small amounts of misting. And I'm not scared of two page layouts, and do them quite often.

 

And now, I'd like to tag a few of my Bella Blvd designers: Jennifer Chapin, Katie Rose, and Kay Rogers. Each of these designers is super talented and I just love when I find projects from them in my inbox. And more often than not, you'll hear a "why didn't I think to do that?" come out of my mouth when checking out what they've created. Make sure and visit each one of their blogs to be inspired. They'll all be continuing this fun scrappy blog tour next week!