Featured PrimaDonna...

ELIZABETH HICKS

Tell us a little about yourself:

I live in beautiful Southern California, with my husband James and our three sweet kiddos. I am a stay at home mom, who enjoys anything artistic. Besides scrapping, I love to read, sing, cook, blog, and go on adventures with my kids.

How did you get started in scrapbooking?

I have always had a hand in something creative. I actually started when I was really young collecting wallpaper samples and paint chips from Sears and taking them home, pasting them on to paper and pawning them off as masterpieces to my family who so graciously complied, even though it was scraps on paper. Now I have evolved, to my own little masterpieces, even though it is still, scrap on paper... I try hard to make it work! I officially started mainstream scrapbooking in 2001 when my husband, yes my husband took me to my first scrap store. In an attempt to archive our relationship, we bought stickers and paper and took many pictures, but they never made it to a page until after our first son was born. From that moment on, I was hooked.

How would you describe your style?

I would call my style evolutionary. Because it is always changing. It has a little fancy, chic at some times, modern here and there, and definitely eclectic. I am all over the place when I scrap, but in the end my projects come together, just as they are supposed to. I don't really plan how it is going to turn out, I move with my emotions, grab what catches my eye, and rarely mess up since I never have a plan! I just enjoy pushing my style envelope to the next level, and if I try something new each time I scrap, than that is good enough for me!

My inspiration comes from my kids, commercials, magazines, furniture, nature, and just every day stuff. Random through out the day, I will get ideas and jot them down in my book. The other day I was at Starbucks and saw their Hand Crafted Coffee ad, and came home and BAM! I made it work. So, inspiration is everywhere when you have scrappers eyes!

What do you love about Fire and Ice designed products?

I love that all the pages coincide together to create an album, giving the user more creative possibilities.

Where can we find you?

When online I frequent Creating Keepsakes message board, (those ladies are great!), So Cal Scrap, Faith sisters, Prima Hybrid, Scrapbook Dimension, SIS and I am sure there are some other great sites I am forgetting, but I go where I can when I find the time. Some of my local stores I have upcoming classes at are, Strictly Scrapbooking, Paper Pansies, and Scrapbooking Heaven.

If you'd like to keep up with me, you can find me at my blog.

This album will be available as a class, that is jammed pack with ideas and techniques with using acrylic, I am sharing a few here but be sure to check it out again here, in August.

LIFE

an album recording random moments of 2008, not yet recorder

Ariel view

Tip #1

Use protective coating or stickers to mask while coloring. I tore off strips of the protective coating on one side, and on the other side I tore of the same size strips going the opposite way. I then used alcohol inks to create and argyle effect.
On the yellow page, I put down circle price tag stickers from the office supply store and applied paint, and then removed them to give the polka dot effect.

Tip #2

Use alcohol inks and glimmer mist to color your album. Alcohol inks give a quick overall color. Glimmer mist takes a little longer to dry, so light layers for a glittery effect.

The two together give a swirled effect.

Tip #3

Puncture your project and add a little tulle or ribbon. I randomly punched holes to give another dimension the the page and then added some tulle for texture.


A Challenge for you!

Take a look at ALL (and I know there are lots!) the pics that you have taken in one year but have never scrapped, and make a mini album . Jot down why they were important to you, and embellish. Hopefully this will give you some type of sense of accomplishment, knowing that you have scrapped them and have recorded how you feel about them.