hello september...

and welcome to our first jack in the new studio.....

Lets bust into this because there has been so much talk on the blog so far and not much in the way of layouts and ideas. So without further ado here it is from a wonderful, inspiring lassy from South Australia......

My name is Natalie May.
I am a 30 something mum to a gorgeous 9 year old daughter, Jessica {otherwise known as Happydaks} and a wife to a very supportive hubby.

I am a full time paper crafter, working in Adelaide's best Scrapbooking shop, Seriously Scrapbooking,  teaching around 15 classes a month and designing chipboard for Imaginarium Designs. I am also an Intermediate Certified Copic Designer and love everything inky & color based.

I have been a card maker for about 16 years and discovered Scrapbooking late 2006. It’s such a brilliant creative outlet, with no restrictions as to what you can do and VERY addictive! {but hey ... you already knew that!}

I don’t believe have a particular style - I let the paper guide me ...  I love to experiment and try new things ... and I create what my students are asking for too!   My theory is…. “ If it looks good – Stick it down!” 

I love working off sketches and I am heavily influenced by all the amazing talent in this industry.

I love using a variety of techniques on my pages from dry and wet embossing, stamping & masking, Glimmermist, inking and more recently I have enjoyed adding Mixed Media techniques to my scrapbook pages. I like to experiment with Gesso and Texture Paste and I have a very soft spot for chipboard.

I have been published in all 3 Australian Scrapbooking magazines and have recently been part of the Scrapware Design team as well as a couple of online DTs. Currently I am the Design Team Co-Ordinator for Imaginarium Designs Chipboard, Sassy Scrapper and have just finished with Once Upon A Sketch plus design kits for Blue Bazaar in my spare time!. 

I have recently taught at a couple of Australian fairs and in the next 12 months, have a couple of retreats and conventions coming up that I cant wait to teach at! I am also heading to New Zealand to teach at the country’s  biggest Scrapbooking retreat, Autumn Escape in October!

I love this industry … the opportunity to teach a new technique…. Meeting so many amazing people…..and to be able to CREATE everyday is quite a blessing.

You can see more of my bits & pieces on my blog .....www.happydaks.blogspot.com

Hmmmmm.... just another little thing I hijacked.
unbeknownst to Natalie. Such a cute photo of you and your happydaks...Nx

I am so proud to have Natalie be our first Scrapjack... she is a wonderful ambassador for our australian scrapbooking industry. Scrapjack will be looking into Imaginarium designs more this month as we do our best to support australian businesses.Thanks Natalie for being apart of this months jacking....

Here are some more snippets of her beautiful layout..

I hope you enjoy our first jack, so get those mists and paints and colours out of the stash and get to work... Tune in tomorrow as I unleash the Design team's take on the layout and a few little surprises too....

And don't forget to look in at our Pintrest page for more inspiration bases around Natalie's layout

Cheers Nx and the team

play hard