Joyeux anniversaire!

Or shall i keep it in English?? :)

Happy B-day to our blog!!It has been a year since we started our inspired by Amelie blog,and the time just flew by!It has been an amazing journey with a lot of wonderful and inspiring designers.Many thanks to our blog followers who kept us going for such a long time.We hope to inspire you and bring you more fun challenges in the future!

It is going to be a fun day with lot's of cool challenges,fun and prizes to win!So join us today,to make this the best B-day ever!!

We have a winner!!

But before announce the winner,i wan't to give a huge shout out to our girl Valerie for our fantastic blog make-over!I think it looks fantastic,what do you think?Let us know!!

We also have some exciting news to share...Our girl Penny is expecting!!!!!How cool is that??Happy times :)

Only 7 day's left untill our 1 year anniversary,and we are planning some special things for you.So don't forget to check mark it on your planner: March 8,inspired by Amelie party!!

Congratulations to benulun,she wins the Bad Girls kit by making this fantastic page!Love the gnome picture made into a polaroid!!Please send your info to:inspiredbyamelie-owner@yahoogroups.com
Happy Scrapping!

Challenge 10+our new girls!

Whaaaaaaa crazy busy as alway's!!And the worst of it all...I didn't have internet connection!!!I was going crazy!!I was planning to post 2 day's ago since i kinda like to kick off the new challenge on the 10th of each of month.Unfortunately there was some delay...but from now on our challenge goes up on the 10th. :)

Before we explain the new challenge,i wan't to introduce some of our new girls.They are AMAZING! Please give them a warm welcome!And a HUGE thanks to everyone who applied for the call.It has been really hard since there were so many great submissions!Please tell us something about yourself.
I am Safo,23 years. I have a little girl called Ange,who is 4 years old and we live close to Paris.I have been a scrapbooker for over 3 years now.I like photography,music, the exits between friends and candies… And I Love to be a part of this great adventure :))

Where can we see your work?

http://safo.typepad.fr/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/safoscrap/

Can you describe your style?
My style is colorful, freestyle.

How does Amelie inspire you?
I have seen the movie two weeks ago. I really love one universe psychedelic and the music,it's so gorgeoussss...

Anything you would like to add?
Thank you Fauve for a very quick new challenge.

Please tell us something about yourself.
Hello girls,I'm Severine Sorbier or "Les Elucubrations de Severine"
I live in South west of France in Lacanau <http://www.lacanau.com/webcams.htm> a city near the ocean, with my husband and my daughter Zoe … my two dogs and my cat !!! lot of people in this house :-) .I began scrapbooking since December 2004.And I love photography, especially “cheap photography”, I have a lomo with color flash and filters and an old folding camera date from 50’S … I very much love the results with these cameras.
I design stamps for “Katzelkraft” and collaborate to create a line of paper kraft with “la compagnie du kraft.”Sorry for this short bio but writing in English is not easy for me but I am working on it.

Where can we see your work?
blog : http://www.leselucubrationsdeseverine.com/
gallery : http://www.flickr.com/photos/leselucubrationsdeseverine/

Can you describe your style?

A mix with Freestyle and Mixed Media ... It's my style :-)At first, I did traditional scrapping, and then I did more freestyle and mixed media. Now I do a mix of all techniques with MY photos or vintage photos and specially "les baigneuses".

How does Amelie inspire you?

I Love Montmartre, love style of this film, love colors, love vintage tone of the film and love the gnomes.

Anything you would like to add?

I'm really happy to join this Design Team and hope my creation inspire you.

Please tell us something about yourself.

Well there is a 30 year old girl who lived in thesouth of the netherlands with her king michel en prince mexx.. She loves to travel around the world cutting hair and make people beautiful.Her other passion is scrapbooking.She loves to do these things and she lives happily every day....

Where can we see your work?

You can find my work at http://www.karinkreijen.blogspot.com/ and sis gallery sisname; Mexx

Can you describe your style?
Hmmm not easy to discribe your own work,i find it very hard but i'll try to explain... I think it's freestyle with a sense of humor story in it.Very colorful and i try to use not scrapbook related products in it.

How does Amelie inspire you?

Well,do i have to explain that?Come on!Watch the movie,it is awesome..I love everything about it,and i love Paris ....Oooh what a lovely city...and those colors...and her style...I like,like,like it!And then the gnome!I love gnomes and everything that has something to do with the fantasy world i live in...And that's why this movie inspires me so much.Love every bit of it.

Anything you would like to add?
Well just wanne thanks the girls here for picking me to be on this wonderfull design team and that i will and can inspire others.Love it ...

Please tell us something about yourself.

I am a lover of all things quirky.I love to sew but I am not very good at it.I have been scrapbooking for 8 years and seriously love it.I collect junk.I believe chocolate is the food of the gods.I am a passionate yet inconsistant mother.I married the right man.I really think there is nothing better than a strong cup of good coffee and an interesting book.I like to plan trips even if I know I won't be able to go.I dislike nail polish on my finger nails.I love to sleep but never get more than six hours.Turning 40 was awesome!

Where can we see your work?

I have a gallery on Scrap in Style TV.I am lucky to be on the design team of the challenge blog OLW and I also have a blog.

Can you describe your style?

Oh I think basically random.I love to just do what I feel. My favorite styles to admire are simple and vintage but I rarely create that way.

How does Amelie inspire you?

In so many ways. The colors, the wonkiness of the characters. I liked Amelie's shyness, her rock skipping.I really felt that this was a story that represents magic in little things...in simple kindness and imperfection. It is a movie that leaves me content and hopeful.

Anything you would like to add?

Yes. I am excited to be here!

So,our new challenge is all about Gnomes!We adore the traveling Gnome from the movie,and hope he insires you to create something and get's you into a Gnomie mood :) We would love to see you use the Gnom pictures we added,but we mainly just like to see some Gnomes on your project.Easy one right?Some come on,and play!!

Our price is a kit from the fabulous...bad girls kits!Deadline is the 25th of February!

We found a fantastic guest designer for this month!I seriously love her unique work,she is a huge inspiration.Pleased to introduce Mandi Graber .

Please tell us something about yourself.

I'm a 23 year old college student with a stud of a husband, which makes it totally easy to scrapbook, generally. :) I'm also a nanny and I have an online vintage clothing shop. I love taking photos and playing with all things crafty.

Where can we see your work?

At the galleries at my blog: http://candimandi.typepad.com/

Can you describe your style?

I would say I like a mix of warm and funky craftiness with a bit of minimalism mixed in.

How does Amelie inspire you?

To look at the world from different perspectives.

Anything you would like to add?

Nothing I can think of! :)
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Our first new designer! Mandy Starner

Please tell us something about yourself.
I love to spend as much time as possible making, baking, painting, learning, smiling, and laughing. I eat way too much chocolate and I never get enough sleep. I love my dear husband, and our 3 beautiful girls, more than anything in the world. I am really good at wasting time and spending money. And I'm excited to be a part of this wonderful team!

Where can we see your work?
http://mandystarner.blogspot.com/

Can you describe your style?
random.
I like to mix it up. Some days it's clean and simple, some days it's quirky and fun, some days it messy and deep...

How does Amelie inspire you?
Amelie from the very beginning of the movie inspired me to look at life with fresh eyes everyday, to find the beautiful side of everything, and to seek adventure.

Anything you would like to add?
nope.

Designers Wanted!!

Since we are wanting to start off fresh,we are looking for some designers to add to our fab team.If you are interested in being a part of our Amelie group,please send some examples of you work to inspiredbyamelie-owner@yahoogroups.com

Anyone can enter!From beginners to die-hard scrappers :) And if you already applied for our last call,please try again.We got a lot of amazing entries the last time!

Thank you all for supporting us! Regards,inspired by Amelie team

winner challenge 9 and the Amelie make-over!

First of all we wan't to congrat the winner for challenge 9.She made a fabulous layout using the printables!She wins a fantastic kit by Create My Keepsake.Thank you,please send your addy to; inspiredbyamelie-owner@yahoogroups.com and we get your kit out to you.Okay so it's a new year,and we are making a fresh start with the Amelie blog.After a little break we decided we love our blog very much and we don't wan't to give up on it!So we are doing a little blog make over and added some new designers.

We wan't to thank our girls Dina,Celine,Lindsay,Lucy,Sally and Sofie for playing with us for all this time.We wish you all the best.

Don't forget to check out our new girls,we will be introducing them one at a time in the next couple of day's!Don't forget to check them out and leave them some love...

Happy Scrapping

Hello, everyone! Sorry the callenge is so late this month. I'm sure you all know how it is...life just gets really crazy sometimes! Speaking of life being crazy, two of our Amelie girls have had to say goodbye. Lindsay and Lucy, we'll miss you and all the inspiration you brought to the challenges. Best of luck to both of you.

This month the challenge is a little different. We want you to make a project or layout using the Amelie colors (red, green, and yellow), and also integrate some Amelie storyboards. You can use the storyboards in any way you can think up. Get creative. We can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Since we are late we will set the deadline for this challenge on the 21th of December.Out sponsor is Create My Keepsake.And they have amazing kits!

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