Hi everyone! I am so excited to introduce you to this week’s Guest Designer Nicole Samuels. Let’s get to know Nicole a little better …
Describe yourself in 3 words … laid back, sometimes quiet, always playing catch up!
My guilty pleasure is … shopping by myself!
You’ll never find me without … my iPhone.
You might be surprised to know that I …dislike talking on the phone. (strange given the answer above!)
My least favorite chore is … cleaning toilets! Hello … there are 4 boys in this house!
I started scrapbooking in … 2002.
My favorite thing about this hobby is … the creative outlet it provides.
If I were a Pebbles product I would be … the mini letter stickers. They can multitask on a page … title, sub title, journaling. They do it all, just like all moms!
Nicole created so many amazing projects for us today including this sweet layout about her daughter and her youngest son. Here’s what Nicole had to say … “As soon as I saw that title chipboard sticker I knew I wanted to use this photo with it. My 6 year old daughter and 2 year old son are best buds. She was the “baby” for a few years and I think she really enjoys having a younger sibling to play with now. Or boss around … not sure which! 🙂 Anyways, I also love the tags and wanted those to be a focal point of the page.”
Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Front Desk (751187)
Fresh Goods Simple Joys (751188)
Fresh Goods Come Again (751191)
Fresh Goods Freshly Picked (751193)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Phrases & Icons Stickers (732076)
Fresh Goods Embossed Borders Stickers (732077)
Fresh Goods Chipboard Flowers (747155)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Toothpick Flags (747153)
Fresh Goods Mini Clothes Pins (744278)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
Here’s what Nicole had to say about her next project … “This is a pretty random page for me! I just started spelling out the kraft words on the kraft background paper without pre-planning too much (which I often do!). I LOVE the Pebbles kraft designs! To add some color I layered some of the chipboard stickers and buttons.”
Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love ABC Stickers (732081)
With Love Dimensional Word Stickers (732083)
With Love 12″ Border Stickers (732084)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love Hearts Candy Dots (744279)
Nicole also created a project to go along with our “inspired by” theme this week. Nicole found inspiration for this layout from one of the shapes available in the Silhouette store. Here’s what Nicole had to say … “This page was initially going to look much different. But as I was looking through my Silhouette library I found the circle/butterfly design and knew I wanted to use it somehow on the page. On a whim I decided to cut it really big to see if it would look neat almost as the background to the page rather than a small accent. And viola … the page design went a totally different direction.”
Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Flower Basket (751183)
Fresh Goods Signage (751186)
Fresh Goods Mom & Pop (751194)
Fresh Goods Denim ABC Stickers (732074)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Chips (744118)
Fresh Goods Fabric Brads (744277)
With Love ABC 2 Stickers (732082)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
Talk about inspiring! Thank you so much Nicole for creating so many amazing projects with Pebbles! And now for a GIVEAWAY! To enter simply leave a comment on this blog post telling us which of Nicole’s projects was your favorite. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a prize pack full of Pebbles goodies. Submit your comments by Monday at midnight (EST). I’ll announce the winner Tuesday morning. Good luck!
nice to meet you Nicole! pretty lady. 🙂
Love her layouts, simple and sweet.
Thanks for sharing!
Cute pages! … think my fave is Wonder. love how you did the title 🙂
Gorgeous pages Nicole! My favorite is the first one – love grid-based designs and it’s amazing. 🙂
I love Nicole’s first layout! The colors, especially the textures, and the sweet photo of her children. Very nice!
I love Nicoles work…my favorite of this bunch…the craft paper layout with all the words. The red just stands out and brings your eyes to the pictures. Love it!
I really love the Bee Mine project! I love the design of this and the use of all the words!
My favorite is the one with the big butterfly cut out. But all gives great inspiration. Thanks for churning my creative juices!
My favorite is the layout with the red ric rac! TFS!
Nice to meet you Nicole and welcome on being the GDT! Your work is amazing, I love each of your projects and how much love you put into them too!
e.
These are all fabulous! I always love Nicole’s work!
beautiful layouts Nicole!
love, love, love your valentine layout!
What beautiful projects!! I really love the last one with the butterfly…very creative. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
– April W
GREAT work Nicole!! I LOVE the one with the craft words on it! Stunning! and fun!
I love the way the red pops off the page of the second one 🙂
Congrats on your guest designer spot, Nicole! Your work is totally gorgeous! I love that second page!
Oh man – the last layout with the butterfly cut out of the middle of the circle is gorgeous!
They are all beautiful!! I love the Valentine one:)
Love what you did with the kraft letters on your valentine layout, cute!
love the kraft valentine page!
Such fabulous projects! My favorite is her layout!! Love it 🙂
Tanya
I love the wonder project!
Cheryl131091 at yahoo dot com
Amazing work, and I love that second page!
all of the pages are incredible. Love the kraft page with all the kraft words. Gorgeous page.
I love the kraft-on-kraft Valentine layout! It’s beautiful.
Lovely projects! i like the first one the most, nothing compares to Fresh Goods <3
That butterfly layout at the end is just stunning!!!
I love Nicole’s work! My favorite is her second layout. Thanks for the giveaway!
I really like the Valentine LO. Bold but simple. Very nice!
Awesome layouts, My favorite is the Valentine “Sweet Pea” layout. So cute and fun.
All the pages are beautiful, but “Wonder” with that big silhoutted butterfly… Oh. My. God! First, I love butterflies. Second, I love C&S. Third – I’m *so* gonna scraplift that one. 😉
Nicole… your work is fabulous! I really enjoyed the Be Mine layout…. adorable!!
barb 🙂
I love all the details of Wonder. You can tell the love put into the layout. 🙂
Nicole Samuels is one of my favorite scrapbook page designers! Her work always has the best details and is never overdone. My favorite that you show here is the “wonder” page – love the butterflies, the colorful buttons, the touch of stitching. Gorgeous page, which I’ve come to expect from Nicole. Thanks for sharing, Nicole, and thanks for the chance to wiN!
My favorite is the be mine LO! So pretty!
Ra6352 (at) gmail (dot) com
I absolutely adore the big butterfly cutout in the Wonder layout. It is fantastic!
LOL-I can’t choose just one! But, I really love the last one, its different-in a very good & unique way!
awesome stuff (as always) Nicole!!
I love the Wonder layouts. Butterflies are my favorites! Awesome work on everything.
Let me first say that Nicole is crazy talented and I love ALL of these!!! BUT since I am being put on the spot here…….the valentine layout just made my heart skip a beat! LOVEEEEE it!!!!!!
The love layout in the middle is my fav, it is just so sweet!
All the layouts are adorable but I will say the Valentine one really stood out for me. 🙂
My favorite is the Valentine layout. Awesome job on all of these projects!
love the kraft page!
Kraft and red are a perfect combination for the adorable Sweet Thing layout. Love everything about it!
Awesome LO’s Nicole, Nice having you around is my favorite!!
I love the first layout and how she used the tags to kind of frame the picture.
I really like Nice Having You Around LO. The idea of a clothesline of tags and photo is fab with that patchwork background
love the be my valentine layout. Gorgeous.
I like them all! The top one with the grid design is the type of sketch I can see myself using over & over in different ways!
All gorgeous pages and I simply love the design of Nicole’s Valentine page 🙂
They are all pretty but I like the circle page the best. Thanks
All of them are so pretty but I’d have to say the Valentine page is my favorite. I love the words combined with the stickers!!
I love the Valentines layout it is so cute!
kaylynn_0419atyahoodotcom
WONDER was my fave—love the butterfy!
tfs
Especially love the Wonder layput – such a clever design!
Great pages Nichole! My fave is the Valentine page!
DeniseB
hard choice, but i think the be mine one, love it 🙂
Just one?? That is a toughie! I love the “Be Mine” LO, it is so sweet!
I love the second one!
It’s super tough between the lovey one and Wonder. I find Wonder so unique but I’m in such a lovey mood right now! 🙂 Welcome Nicole!
My favorite is the valentine layout but the other is pretty dang cute too!!
I like the Valentines layout best. I like the colors, the photos, & the layout w/ all the text.
OH! Super wonderful getting to know the GDT Nicole:) LOVE her LOs–esp. that Vday LO! LOVE LOVE LOVE:) THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com
Love all the layouts especially the first one!
Nice to know about nicole… I love how clean ur LO’s looked… I luv the first one, the tags, stichings but most of all the photos… such lovely duo…
Very pretty pages – sweet and simple. That’s my kind of scrapbooking!
I love your guilty pleasure! As far as your projects, I like all of your projects, but I really like the “Nice having your around” layout. It’s so nice to meet you.
Lovely pages and what a great chance to win! Thanks!
The Valentine page with the kraft letters is just awesome!! Love all the projects, tho’! Congrats on being a GDT member!
I love your valentine’s project – those are the cutest pictures!! She looks like a happy girl!!
They are all great projects but I like the Wonder layout the best. Great job!
they’re all wonderful, but luv the colors on the valentine’s one! thanks for a chance to win!
I love all the project, really, but the “random” valentine LO really struck me! I love how it’s “left-justified” and then just flows out from there from the top of the page to the bottom! 🙂 The colors are great, the pictures are definitely still the focal point, and you can always “get me” w/ red ric rac! 🙂
Lots of layers w/out being distracting, too! Great LO! 🙂
I adore that butterfly, amazing
while they’re all great I like the 1st one best w/the patchwork like squares.
I like them all but wonder is my fav!!
I LOVE the valentine page. The kraft letters on the kraft background just looks so yummy! Great projects, Nicole!
I love the middle one that you called kraft designs. Great job layering without pre-planning. It worked out wonderfully!
love that first one the best!1
Ohhhh that Be Mine Valentine page is so fun!! I am IN LOVE with the craft letters and now must go find them in mass quantities 🙂 Thanks for sharing
What gorgeous projects. I just love Nicole’s style!