Guest Designer, Kerry Lambourne

I feel very blessed that my Etsy shop and scrapbooking has led to making friends around the world, including my guest designer today, Kerry Lambourne.

Kerry lives in the Yorkshire, England with her husband, 4 children and 2 dogs. She discovered scrapbooking when her youngest child was born in 2004 and has been hooked ever since. Her favorite way of working is from sketches. She also does a lot of knitting and has recently rediscovered sewing.  You can find her blog here. I sent Kerry the April Sampler, "Little Emmy", and she created these beautiful layouts:

Kerry, thank you so much for the inpsiration!  Many April Samplers have already sold and only a handful remain.  To read more about the sampler, see the reveal post here, or visit the shop.

Have a wonderful day! Tessa

Designer Friday

Have you taken a peek at the April Sampler, available now?  I have some fabulous project ideas to share with you today, courtesy of the very talented Anna.

Anna took a simple tote, sewed ribbons from the sampler across the bag, and then embellished with flowers.  I would LOVE to take this shopping!

Even though Anna usually does single-page layouts, she thought these photos and embellishments deserved a two-page spread.  Isn't her Nan cute? This is her 90th birthday tea party :).

And last, Anna embellished an album with the silk rolled flower and the pink sheer ribbon:

And can you believe that Anna still has more product left, even after all these beautiful projects?  Anna, thank you for sharing your talents with us and supporting Precocious Paper :).  You can find the April Sampler, "Little Emmy", here.  Have a fabulous weekend! Tessa

April Sampler - "Little Emmy"

Any moment now, I could have a niece!  At the latest, I will be an auntie (blood-relation) for the first time by Saturday evening!  I can hardly contain my excitement :).  I decided to honor Emmy's arrival with a sampler inspired by new, fresh, sweet life.  Introducing the April Sampler, "Little Emmy":

"Little Emmy" includes:
♥ 1 "Geranium Dot" Fabric and Felt Flower
♥ 1 Light Pink Silk Rolled Flower
♥ 1 Floral Lollipop Flower with Pearl Center
♥ 1 Misted/Textured Crumpled Lollipop Flower
♥ 1 Light Blue Lace and Felt Flower
♥ 2 Rolled Fabric Flowers in Cream and Pink
♥ 3 Spiral Felt Flowers in White, Light Blue, and Shocking Pink
♥ 3 Leaves
♥ 3 Ribbons on Clothespins
♥ 1 Decorative Stick Pin

I am so lucky to have wonderful customers who come back for these samplers month after month.  I would like to say "thank you" with a special offer for encore sampler customers - when you purchase this month's sampler, you will receive a special promotional code.  When the May Sampler is launched, you will be able to use this code to receive free shipping on the sampler, as well as free shipping on anything else in the shop!  And believe me - you are really going to want to be an encore customer - May's Sampler is fabulous!

When you are picking up "Little Emmy", be sure to add the coordinating Sweet Spots to your cart:

Design team member Mandie created this oh-so-appropriate and sweet layout using three of the embellies:

Everyone on the count of three - 1, 2, 3... *sigh*.  You're going to see layouts like this from me very soon!  Thank you for stopping by today!  Stay tuned for another post with more from the current design team, and be sure to go back a post for the new design team reveal :).  Happy shopping! Tessa

The April Sampler can be purchased here.
The Sweet Spots can be purchased here.