6x6 Mini Paper Pads Guest Designer: Angela Gutshall

Our guest designer showing off mini paper pads this week is Angela Gutshall!

Short bio: I’m a stay at home mom of four blessings: Faith 7, Ty 5, Noah 3, and Hannah 1. I live in James Creek, PA with my wonderful husband of 11 years, Brian. I have been scrapbooking for six years, since my first baby was born. I wanted to capture her memories and fell in love with scrapbooking then and I never want to stop. I enjoy capturing moments and preserving them in my own style of scrapbooking. I prefer traditional scrapbooking so I can use my hands, my own ideas, and create my own layouts. I feel I have more of a creative outlet this way. I like to hand stitch on layouts. Another favorite is playing with mist/paint on layouts. I prefer to handwrite my journaling so my kids can know how personal it is. I also enjoy making mixed media projects!

How did you get started scrapbooking? I first got started when my younger sister had a Creative Memories party eight years ago. I was pregnant with my first child and I thought this was a great way to capture her memories. And here I am still scrapping and love every minute of it!

What is your favorite American Crafts product? This is such a tough question because I think you need them all to make great pages! But if I had to pick one it would be the Thickers because they are great for titles which you need for a page.

WHERE IS YOUR... by Angela Gutshall

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (35658) - Neapolitan, Printed Chipboard Shapes (78070) - Bits, Parakeet (42234) - Remarks, Fair Ribbons (78066) - Ribbon, Muse Woodgrain (53343) - Thickers, Vanilla (71041) - Cardstock, Glue Dot Runner (61713) - This to That

I had fun layering all the papers and elements for this layout. The embellishments work so well together that they are easy to stack and look great together!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY by Angela Gutshall

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (35658) - Neapolitan, Printed Chipboard Shapes (78070) - Bits, Fair Ribbons (78066) - Ribbon, Muse Woodgrain (53343) - Thickers, Borders, Accents, and Phrase Stickers (42235) - Remarks, Robin's Egg (71063) - Cardstock, Glue Dot Runner (61713) - This to That

I really love that pink piece of paper and wanted it to be my main background. I then decided to make blocks and stack my embellishments.

WITH LOVE by Angela Gutshall

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (35658) - Neapolitan, Printed Chipboard Shapes (78070) - Bits, Parakeet (42234) - Remarks, Ephemera (78065) - Elements, Muse Woodgrain (53343) - Thickers, Robin's Egg (71063) - Cardstock, Glue Dot Runner (61713) - This to That

I love that the 6x6 papers have the same patterns as the 12x12 papers but my favorite thing is the patterns are smaller. So when you use the flower paper it's not so busy because the print is smaller.

FISHING LESSON WITH DAD by Angela Gutshall

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (35696) - Sketchbook, Splendid Black (53294) - Thickers, Parakeet (42234) - Remarks, Serendipity White (53291) - Thickers, Palette (42240) - Remarks Books, Doodle (42243) - Remarks, Printed Chipboard Shapes (77290) - Bits, Paint (42241) - Remarks, Kraft (71464) - Cardstock, Glue Dot Runner (61713) - This to That

For this layout I wanted to capture the sweet picture of my two boys fishing together. So I gathered some papers that made the picture stand out then layered some embellishments. I love white space, so the 6x6 papers are perfect for me.

FISHING MY WAY by Angela Gutshall

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (35658) - Sketchbook, Printed Chipboard Shapes (77290) - Bits, Doodles (42243) - Remarks, Paint (42241) - Remarks, Splendid Black (53294) - Thickers, Scene Taffy (53342) - Thickers, Scene Cascade (53341) - Thickers, Smoke (71080) - Cardstock, Glue Dot Runner (61713) - This to That, Slick Writer Black (62001) - Pen

For this layout I wanted to play with all the fun embellishments so I created this cute banner using a little here and there. I then loved how the glitter Thickers made the page pop.

FAITH CANVAS by Angela Gutshall

Supplies: 6x6 Paper Pad (35658) - Sketchbook, Doodle (42243) - Remarks, Paint (42241) - Remarks, Value Pack (58817) - Premium Ribbon, Slick Writer Black (62001) - Pen, Stamp Garden (59150) - Clear Stamps; Other: Canvas

I love to create mixed media art and the 6x6 pads are prefect for that. I love the bold colors in the new Sketchbook line. And the Slick Writer pens are great for doodling!

Stop by Angela's blog to find out more about her and get a glimpse of her fun and unique style!

Comments

[Lisa Swift]

Angie, you really rocked the AC. So many wonderful projects and details!

[Andrea Winbigler]

All great! Love that you scrapped her identifying parts of her face, i would have never thought of that.

[MeganM.]

So many cool ideas!! Thanks so much!

[Mimi]

I really love "Where is your". I have a little one that is just learning all of those and this will be something great to create in my craft room from http://roomstogrowusa.web12.hubspot.com/hobbyrooom/.

[Sarah Webb]

Awesome creations Angie! Well done!

[Vanessa Gutierrez]

All creations are so gorgeous! Love them!

[Court's Crafts]

I LOVE that first layout of "Where is your..." SOOOO darling!

[Dorina D]

Loved these layouts. Great job. They are so cute and colorful and a great use of 6 X 6 pads. Thanks for sharing.

[Brenda B.]

Fun layouts and beautiful cards! So colorful and cheerful.

[kazoulis]

"WHERE IS YOUR" LO is adorable!