Vuoroin Vieraissa Marsha!

Tällä viikolla meille tyylinsä esittelee Marsha! Osalle meistä Marsha tuli tutuksi viimevuoden Intohimona skräppäyksestä, jossa hän oli yhdessä Birgitin kanssa opettamassa.

This week will get to know Marshas style. She was teaching workshops here in Finland earlier this year. I hope to see you soon!

When Emmo asked me to contribute to Vuoroin Vieraissa, my first thought was ‘Do I even have a scrapbooking style?’. Well, of course I do: all scrapbookers add a certain personal touch to their pages. And I know when a page ‘feels’ like ‘me’, but I had to think long and hard about what it is exactly that ‘makes’ my pages ‘me’…

I went to my albums to look for clues and as stated in the video: some of my go-to-elements were there from the very beginning. 

Scrapbooking is like fashion in a way: trends come and go, but the basic elements that define your style are likely to stay the same.

Here’s what I came to conclude about my personal style:

Basics: Photos (a lot of collages) and journaling (handwritten or typed), patterned paper, white or crème cardstock (sometimes kraft), machine stitching, (dimensional) letter stickers, (date) stamps, (spray) inks.

Design: My favourite lay-outs are leaning towards clean simple scrapping. I’m what I would call a graphic scrapper at heart: clear lines and balance please my eyes and even if I don’t consciously think about design principles when I create, I’m aware that quite a few of them are always present.

Colours: I have a huge preference for bright colours and colour combinations. You will definitely not find a lot of pastel combo’s or murky, dark colours on my pages.

Patterns: I love patterns! I prefer patterns with a retro feel and I’m especially drawn to polka dots, stripes, chevrons and flowers. I’m not a fan of themed papers.

Embellishments: Ah, the accessories of the scrapbooking world! If you would have told me years ago that I would grow to love pearls and bling… I would have laughed! I guess the embellishment is one of those trend-based elements of scrapbooking. Buttons are an all-time favourite and I’ve been using quite a lot of washi tape and stickers recently. In general: I don’t use a lot of (store bought) embellishments and if I do, they are often of the generic kind.

Combo’s: I hugely prefer combining papers and embellishments from various product lines over scrapping with just one complete scrapbooking line.

Brands: I took inventory of the paper brands I used most in the last two months. Recent favourites: Basic Grey, Crate Paper, Echo Park and My Mind’s Eye. 

And now over to my VV-experiment: am I still capable of scrapping in my good old travel album/A4-spreads-style? I don’t know… Let me know what you think!

I’m definitely not used to these proportions anymore. Between the amount of photos I need to fit on one page and the journaling, there’s just not a lot of room left to play. I’m determined to keep this experiment going for a little while longer though: my goal is to release this project from it’s UFO-status (UnFinished Object) before the end of the year!

Kiitos Emmo for hosting Vuoroin Vieraissa and for inviting me to join in! It’s been interesting and fun!!!


Thank you so much Marsha, and what a great Video! This was a great journey to your style, thank you for sharing. And everybody, tomorrow will be challege, so stay tuned!

Kiitos paljon Marsha, erityisesti hauskasta videosta jossa päästään hienosti sukeltamaan tyyliin. Vuoroin Vieraissa virallinen osuus päättyy huomenna julkaistavaan haasteeseen. Kannattaa kuitenkin jäädä taajuudelle, sillä jatkoa on luvassa!