Hi everyone! I am Kathleen Taylor. I live in West-By-God Virginia. I am originally from a little cow town in Maryland, but moved here 10 years ago. I am married to a goofball of a husband (love that about him!) and have 3 children. Jet and Kaileyne are my 6 year old twins and our new arrival Quinn is now 6 months old.
I have been scrapbooking for over 10 years. I was introduced to it when a friend of mine had a CM party. I was instantly hooked. I think I bought every scrapbooking embellishment that I could find at my local craft stores ( remember all those punches and plain die cuts? I had them all! LOL).
The stuff out there sure has changed a lot in the past 10 years and it is so hard to have it all. But I still try. :)
My children truly are my inspiration. I love taking photos of them. And they love having their pictures taken. So, I always have something fun to work on.
When people ask me what my personal scrap style is, I often don't quite know how to answer that question. When I sit down to do a layout, I have an "anything goes" kind of attitude. My style constantly evolves and I don't tend to use the same patterned paper, embellishments, or techniques more than once on a page. I feel more comfortable doing two page layouts than one pagers. I also like the fact that all my layouts look different. And it is not unusual for me to spend hours and hours on one layout. Actually, it happens more often than not.
Scrapbooking has really changed my life. Not only has it given me a lot of joy, but it has also lead to many opportunities . I have been published in several publications, teaching classes and I am also fortunate enough to be on two Manufacturer's Design Teams.
I started designing with Homegrown in 2006. I was so excited to be working with Stephanie and her kits. And I was even lucky enough to meet Stephanie early on while I was at CHA in Chicago. We have been friends ever since. I love that girl!
I was so excited when Stephanie started the Survival Kits. What an awesome concept! I am honored to be a part if it. And it has been so much fun.
Hiya, I’m Audrey. I’m live in the United Kingdom although I’m originally from Singapore. I’m married with 2 boys, Oliver, 7 and Zac, 5, both of whom form the basis of inspiration for my pages. They are probably fed up with their paparazzi mom taking photos of them constantly to use on her pages. I re-discovered scrapbooking in autumn 2004, via card making. I attended a class and was instantly hooked. I realised it was something I used to do 16 years ago. Each time I went on vacation, I would take endless photos and keep souvenirs, all of which would be decorated and journalled in a photo album. At least this time, materials are of archival quality and much more interesting!
I’ve been with Homegrown since 2005 when Steph gave me my first opportunity to be on her design team. Since then, things at Homegrown have changed tremendously. This year’s Summer Survival kit marks the first anniversary as I was designing with SSK 07 last year. However, you would have seen my work in the form of sketches as I’ve been doing all of the Survival kits sketches since its inception.
I’m definitely looking forward to playing with the Fall Survival Kit and hope to be able to inspire with my creations. I would like to thank Steph for creating the Survival kits and coming up with such delectable goodies that make creating a sheer joy!
PHASE 10: In the game you need to be the first to complete all 10 phases. For out challenge - you get 10pts each time you use all 10 of these manufacturers.. (use as many layouts as needed).. here are the 10 manufacturers (you may recognize them.. as they were in the summer kit and are coming up in the fall kit!)
Hi everyone! I am Kathleen Taylor. I live in West-By-God Virginia. I am originally from a little cow town in Maryland, but moved here 10 years ago. I am married to a goofball of a husband (love that about him!) and have 3 children. Jet and Kaileyne are my 6 year old twins and our new arrival Quinn is now 6 months old.
My children truly are my inspiration. I love taking photos of them. And they love having their pictures taken. So, I always have something fun to work on. 
Scrapbooking has really changed my life. Not only has it given me a lot of joy, but it has also lead to many opportunities . I have been published in several publications, teaching classes and I am also fortunate enough to be on two Manufacturer's Design Teams.
I started designing with Homegrown in 2006. I was so excited to be working with Stephanie and her kits. And I was even lucky enough to meet Stephanie early on while I was at CHA in Chicago. We have been friends ever since. I love that girl!
I was so excited when Stephanie started the Survival Kits. What an awesome concept! I am honored to be a part if it. And it has been so much fun.
What’s more taboo than putting a little Basic Grey with SEI.. they aren’t suppose to be together! But it’s ok, mix manufacturers.. matter of fact.. don’t use the same manufacturer twice on the same layout.. 1 pt per layout (You can even have one “unknown” manufacturer per layout, because honestly I don’t know who made my black brads anymore than most of you do..)
Scrapbooking to me is such a passion. I want the “small” stuff to matter, to be remembered, because too quickly those “little” memories can fade. Through scrapbooking I can preserve all those memories for future generations. I also NEED that creative outlet!!!
My scrapbooking style? I still haven’t figured that one out. My layouts are usually linear with a little bit of clutter, lol. Is that a style?!!! I usually like the focus to be on the pictures and journaling.
I am beyond thrilled to be here at Homegrown Scrapbooks, these kits are AMAZING and absolutely FULL of scrapbooking goodness!!!!
Ooh remember this game 8 was the magic number.. it still is! 
