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Stacey Wakelin

Tell us a little about yourself:

I live in British Columbia, Canada (near the Washington Border). First and foremost I am Mom to Evan, 5 years & Taylor, 3 years and Wife to a wonderful hubby, Scott. Scrapbooking has been a huge part of my life for the past eight years. I have had the privilege of working with some wonderful Manufacturers and have seen my work in several publications. Being a part of the Primadonna Team is certainly a highlight!

How did you get started in scrapbooking?

My motivation was certainly creating keepsakes for my son after he was born. I just fell in love with the craft and loved the chance to be creative.

How would you describe your style?

I have a hard time defining my style. I think my style tends to suit the project and the feeling I want to create. I love it all—I am certainly drawn to a more distressed look. I love distressing inks. I am not afraid of color though, like I said all depends on the project.

Where do you gather inspiration from?

I believe inspiration is found everywhere. I find inspiration while reading magazines, watching a movie, and surfing Blogs. I like to say shopping in my favorite Scrapbook store is my top source of inspiration. Just touching the product and seeing the ideas on the packaging have given me many ideas. I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by many creative people and it all rubs off. I love visiting Home Décor Blogs and websites for color combo ideas.

What do you love about Fire and Ice designed products?

Certainly the Clear albums are my fave. I am all about the Mini album and I love the versatility of these products. Anything goes!

Where can we find you?

Online you can find me at my blog. In my professional setting you can find me at my Local store that I teach at Clipper Street, and at the Prima site.

Some tips you can share with us:

I feel this album has a lot of texture but I wanted the focus to be on the photos. My album features some of my fave photos of my family. What I love most about the clear album is the chance it offers you to give a glimpse of the next page of the album. I believe this adds to the texture of the album and adds dimension.
I added rub-ons directly onto the album pages and like doing this because it adds text but does not get in the way of the transparent nature of the album. One thing that I find is most important is to plan, plan, and plan when creating with these albums. Since they are clear pages you can see it all. I used all Prima paper in my album and encourage you to use double sided paper—that solves a lot of problems since there isn’t a bad side.