Knock Outs Guest Designer: Sophie Crespy

I'm excited to announce our latest and greatest guest designer: Sophie Crespy! She created a handful of layouts, a card, and a few pages of her project life - all featuring Knock Outs border punches!

Short bio: I am a 33 year old part-time teacher, mother of two very lively kiddos, and I live in the French Alps. I never ski, but I spend a lot of time scrapbooking and way too much time on the internet! When I am not scrapbooking, I am trying to learn a bit more about photography and sewing. I spend a lot of time playing with my kids and I really enjoy crafty Wednesday activities with my girl! My blog is bilingual as I lived in England for four years during my studies. It was in another life now (10 years ago!) therefore I don't absolutly master the English language! but I love to connect with English and American speakers.

How did you get started scrapbooking? I started scrapbooking four and a half years ago in order to record our daily life and to preserve our family memories. I heard about it from a friend and after a quick search on the internet, I was hooked! Journaling is an important part of my creative process as I would like my children to know how important they are to me when they grow up.

What is your favorite American Crafts product? There is no great layout whithout some American Crafts Thickers! They are just perfection. But I am also in love with Delights and all stickers! And last but not least, I am a great fan of Dear Lizzy collections and I have bought some items up to five times! I can't wait to play with the new collections! 

Bright by Sophie Crespy

On this layout I used the punches to create layers under the main photo. I added ribbon in the layering for more texture. I also punched the sides of the layout to create a "mask" effect. The Daydreams papers were perfectly fit for my subject! I punched out some circles to balance with the straight borders.

Supplies: Taffy (71022) - Cardstock, Wishful Day Paper (35610) - Daydreams, Fine Day Paper (35606) - Daydreams, Sunny Day Paper (35608) - Amy Tangerine, Work in Progress Paper (35546) - Amy Tangerine, Oh Happy Grey Paper (35565) - Amy Tangerine, Is it Any Wonder Fabric Paper (35556) - Amy Tangerine, Enjoy (89417) - Delights, Sunny (72025) - Delights, Epoxy Brads (85568) - Elements, Hi Friend (42214) - Remarks, Smile (42227) - Remarks, Shaped Paper Clips (85566) - Elements, Goodness Slate (53249) - Thickers, Shane Letter Stickers (42221) -  Remarks, Slickwriter Fine Black (62001) - Pen, Border Starter Kit (63013) - Knock Outs

It Runs in the Family by Sophie Crespy

These photos crack me up! My boy loves getting artsy and very dirty in the process! The punches were perfect to create two fun rosettes and to give a notepad look to my borders. I machine stitched on my page to create an "artsy" look that fits the photo!

Supplies: Vanilla (71041) - Cardstock, Wishful Day Paper (35610) - Daydreams, Fine Day Paper (35606) - Daydreams, Good Company Paper (35557) - Amy Tangerine, Yes Peas Paper (35549) - Amy Tangerine, Wanderlust Paper (35548) - Amy Tangerine, Rose Ave Paper (35551) - Amy Tangerine, Oh Happy Grey Paper (35565) - Amy Tangerine, Work in Progress Paper (35546) - Amy Tangerine, Sunny (72025) - Delights, Wonder Black (53262) - Thickers, Wonder Pool (53265) - Thickers, Shaped Paper Clips (85566) - Elements, Border Starter Kit (63013) - Knock Outs

Warm & Cozy by Sophie Crespy

I created frames with the punches for this layout. It is a simple layout but it took me ages to figure out how to make the frames properly all around! I think a little tutorial will be soon up on my blog!

Supplies: Black (71082) - Cardstock, Hello Doily Paper (35558) - Amy Tangerine, Good Company Paper (35557) - Amy Tangerine, Wishful Day Paper (35610) - Daydreams, Oh Happy Grey Paper (35565) - Amy Tangerine, Love Struck (59151) - Clear Stamps, Goodness Slate (53246) -  Thickers, Shane Letter Stickers (42221) - Remarks, Fabric Brads (85572) - Elements, Epoxy Brads (85568) - Elements, Alex (72023) - Delights, Enjoy (89417) - Ribbon, Slickwriter Fine Black (62001) - Pen, Border Starter Kit (63013) - Knock Outs

Hello Friend Card by Sophie Crespy

This is just me playing with layers of punched out paper and my sewing machine! Nothing is straight but that is on purpose. I made this card for a crafty friend of mine who loves clouds.

Supplies: Stars, Stripes & Stitches Paper (35550) - Amy Tangerine, Oh Happy Grey Paper (35565) - Amy Tangerine, Yes Peas Paper (35549) - Amy Tangerine, The Good Life Paper (35543) - Amy Tangerine, Smile (42227) - Remarks, Love Struck (59151) - Clear Stamps, Border Starter Kit (63013) - Knock Outs

Project Life Week 2 and 3 by Sophie Crespy

I found that it was so easy to create fun and easy Project Life layouts with the product I recieved. The small letter stickers are perfect for quick titling and journaling. The punches are great to embellish photos. Using only American Crafts products helped me to give some personality to my project because the collections work really well together.

Supplies: Oh Happy Grey Paper (35565) - Amy Tangerine, You Are Golden Fabric Paper (35563) - Amy Tangerine, Stars, Stripes & Stitches Paper (35550) - Amy Tangerine, Great Day Paper (35602) - Daydreams, Scatter Sunshine Paper (35554)- Amy Tangerine, The Good Life Paper (35543) - Amy Tangerine, Woodness Gracious Paper ( 35555) - Amy Tangerine, Sign On The Dotted Paper (35553) - Amy Tangerine, Tim Paper (35577) - Chap, Is it Any Wonder Fabric Paper (35556) - Amy Tangerine, Live & Love (77257) - Pathcems, Love Struck (59151) - Clear Stamps, Shaped Paper Clips (85566) - Elements, Hi Friend (42214) - Remarks, Smile (42227) - Remarks, Enjoy (89417) - Ribbon, Fabric Brads (85572) - Elements, Wonder Black (53262) - Thickers, Wonder Pool (53265) - Thickers, Shane Letter Stickers (42221) - Remarks, Goodness Slate (53249) - Thickers, Hello Ash (53246) - Thickers, Slickwriter Black Fine (62001) - Pen, Border Starter Kit (63013) - Knock Outs

Make sure and stop by Sophie's blog to see more of her incredible work and see what inspires her on her Pinterest boards!

Comments

[jennifer]

Sophie rocks! Fantastic projects today, girl! And those beautiful kids just make me swoon!

[Emily Halliburton Muto]

Wow, gorgeous layouts and cards! I'm loving her use of the borders around the photos and paper on the "Warm & Cozy" layout!! I may have to get some of these :)

[isabel]

rho Sophie!!! tu m'avais caché ça !!! tu ne m'a pas dit que c'était maintenant !
Whaou, je suis super impressionnée... c'est magnifique... tu peux être fière de toi, tu as plus qu'assuré !!!

So happy for you!!!

[Diana Waite]

LOVE all the creations Sophie they are AMAZING!!

[Ann Cicilie]

Love your creations, SOphit, thanks for the inspiration :)

[Rebecca W]

Wonderful layouts! You card is fantastic!

[Amy Jones]

Love Ur projects.

[So.Creative]

Wouaaah c'est génial, je suis complètement fan!! Bravo Sophie c'est magnifique!!

[Alexa]

So great to see Sophie Guesting here, I love her style. Especially like what she did with the punches on the 'warm and cosy' layout.