To see more photos from Stacy’s mini book, visit our Gallery.

Stacy, who is the mastermind behind Big Picture Scrapbooking, is well known for her work at Simple Scrapbooks Magazine and her speedy approach to scrapping …

Her official bio says, “Stacy Julian is a life and scrapbook enthusiast who thrives on attempting to do more than she ought to. She is an early riser and a student of the scriptures. She bakes brownies frequently and jogs multiple times a week (so she can eat said brownies.) A fairly recent convert to yoga, Stacy now admits to liking downward dog-something she thought she’d never say.  ‘I’m also color enthusiast, but I’m running out of neutral walls in my home to paint. It’s a good thing I have a stockpile of beautiful paper to turn to.’

Stacy has authored several books on scrapbooking, with the goal of helping other scrapbookers let go of unrealistic expectations and embrace the joy of telling personal stories. When Stacy is not working at Big Picture Scrapbooking or blogging at stacyjulian.com, she is mothering five nearly perfect children (wink), starting a new project her husband will have to finish or organizing a closet with her Dymo labeler.” 

 We are super excited to see what Stacy does with our May 2010 Main Kit.

When I got these pictures from Heidi Swapp, I about fell off my chair. What she did with our April mini book and kit is fabulous. I love this mini book and am so thrilled to see your kit with Heidi’s magic touch applied. You really must get this kit.

For a few more photos and a look at the layouts Heidi also created with the April 2010 Main Kit, visit our April Guest Designer Gallery.

If you haven’t purchased your April Kit yet, you can get yours here.

If you place your order for a 6-month subscription by midnight PST, March 31 and put “Heidi” in the comment field of the order, we’ll send you a free April Mini Kit.

Check back tomorrow for an easy tutorial from Mara and the “Where in the World is Crazy Daisy” giveaway winner.

A close up of a mini book Heidi Swapp created with the April 2010 Main Kit

Happy Wednesday! There are great things happening at Crazy Daisy right now and we have exciting news to share with you all.

Heidi Swapp is our guest designer for our April 2010 Main Kit and tonight she’ll be featuring this very kit as part of her live Web show.

See what Heidi did with the kit and check out the cool House of 3 download that will be available to Crazy Daisy subscribers.

In case you haven’t check out Heidi’s show before, it’s awesome. I love watching her show. I haven’t missed a week yet. I’ve watched it on my iPhone and I’ve even watched from 30,000 feet while traveling back home. Here’s all the information you’ll need to find Heidi’s show:

Heidi Swapp Web Show Info

Check out tonight’s Live Web Show from Heidi Swapp and see all the awesome things you can do with the April 2010 Main Kit from Crazy Daisy. The show starts at 7 p.m. MST and can be found here.

April 2010 Main Kit info

If you haven’t purchased your April Kit yet, you can get yours here.

If you place your order for a 6-month subscription by midnight PST, March 31 and put “Heidi” in the comment field of the order, we’ll send you a free April Mini Kit.

We think we’ve made you wait long enough. Here’s a sneak peek of the April 2010 Main Kit.

This kit has goodies from Webster Pages, GCD, Jenni Bowlin, Melissa Frances, My Little Yellow Bicycle, Tattered Angels, Dear Lizzy, Prima …. just to name a few.  There will also be an exclusive download from House of 3 as well. You can pre-order yours now! If you order No Expiration Kit by March 31, then we’ll throw in an extra present with your first kit. You can get your kits here.  

Here are a couple of wonderful layouts from our guest designer of the month, BeckyNovacek. There are more pages coming, but I just couldn’t wait to show you some fun pages from Becky.

I know I say this every month, but I think this is my favorite kit. It’s so festive. I just love, love it!

Merry & Sparkly

Mia

We are super excited to welcome Becky Novacek  as our December Guest Designer.

She’ll be whipping out December Main Kit into some fabulous layouts and we can’t wait to show you all her creations.

Here’s a little bit about Becky to tide you over until we unveil her crafty goodness.

“about 8 years ago, i started really getting into scrapbooking. i mean i really got into it! i loved looking online at layouts in galleries and found myself wanting my scrapbooking to be more than just documenting birthdays and holidays. i wanted to document the every day happenings….as well as my feelings. it became my way of expressing myself not only visually, but i also felt like it was almost therapeutic for me to express my feelings toward my family and loved ones. the empty nest season of life hit me pretty hard at first….but as i created pages about my children as they became more and more independent, it helped me to feel better about what i had done with the child rearing season of life. deep, i know but it is true! i still love it as much, if not more than i did in the beginning. i love to spend time in my studio making pages about us. i also have a passion for photography, so it’s the perfect combination of interests for me.”

-Franklin D. Roosevelt

Go be creative today. Use these amazing layouts from our November Guest Designer Layle Koncar to inspire you. Thank you Layle, you rock!

Don’t forget … we have a special dealing running. If you order anything at all between now and Thanksgiving, we’ll give you $10 off your order. You don’t have to do anything, just put the scrapbooking goodies in your cart, check out and you’ll see a $10 discount! Happy crafting to you.

“Layle Koncar has been scrapbooking in one form or another for the past 11+ years when her first son was born and jumped at the chance 3 years ago to take on scrapbooking as a real job! She recently accepted a new job with Basic Grey and is thrilled to be working for such a great company with such yummy products!

Layle has been teaching for the last 5 years and truly enjoys the travel and the connections with other scrapbookers that comes with it. Her work has been published in Creating Keepsakes, Better Homes and Gardens Scrapbooks Etc., Memory Makers, Paper Crafts, Legacy, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends and Pinecone Press. She authored and contributed to the book Memory Art and is a regular contributor to Paper Crafts books and special issues.

In addition to scrapbooking, she loves interior decorating, skiing, reading, traveling, shopping, going to flea markets and spending time with her hubby Nick and 2 rambunctious boys Jack and Sam. “

You can read more about Layle on her blog at http://laylekoncar.typepad.com

Check back next week to see all the wonderful things Layle does with our November 2009 Main Kit.

October's Guest Designer, Celeste Smith

“I live in Connecticut with my wonderful husband of ten years, Terry and our two cute boys, Adam (7) and Sam (5). They are my primary scrapping subjects and my sometimes unwilling models.

 Scrapbooking is my creative outlet. As a full-time competitive analyst at a large insurance company, my days are filled with details and numbers. My evenings are filled with patterns, color and design. A real stress reliever!

My style has been consistently clean and graphic with a bit of funkiness thrown in for good measure. I love clean straight lines and lots of color. Don’t get me started talking about scrapbook product – I am a collector extraordinaire!

I’m excited to have the opportunity to guest design for Crazy Daisy Kits! “

And now for the really exciting part. Here’s what Celeste did with our October 2009 Main Scrapbooking Kit.