We are so excited to be sharing with you our next guest design team member, the gorgeous Sonia Thomason from Perth, WA. Design team member for the fabulous Scrapmatts chipboard, previous DT for a LSS, an online store as well as having been on the Addicted to Craft Wholesale design team. I had the pleasure of meeting Sonia up at the Brisbane Papercrafts Festival in June thanks to the wonderful Angella Peardon, and how lucky are we to now have Sonia creating with some of the FWAB range!
Sonia is a Mum of two beautiful girls, Alex born in 2003 and Isabella born in 2005 and married since 1994 to husband Kym. Sonia’s family are the love of her life but scrapbooking is her ‘me’ time. Sonia loves creating memories for her family to look back on and enjoys being part of this wonderful craft.
With Sonias vintage/shabby style of scrapbooking and OTP projects, you will be sure to fall in love with each and every one of her creations. Sonia’s attention to detail, layering, distressing and love for butterfly’s, will leave you wanting to see more and more…and lucky for you, Sonia is regularly published in Scrapbooking Memories magazine, Scrapbook Creations and has also been published in an e-magazine called Scrapstreet..
Here is Sonia’s first layout for us and ooohhhhhh we are so excited to be sharing them with you – Sonia has used the FWAB Lee’s Tree and grass, olive green Jack Vine, and toadstools from the Taylah’s Toadstools pack – so stunning, and what an adorable photo of 2 little fairies.
I asked Sonia a few questions about her time spent in the industry and this is what Sonia had to say –
How long have you been scrapbooking and how did you get started?
I have been scrapping since my oldest daughter was a year old. I was invited to a Creative Memories party at a friend’s house and at the time I had no idea what scrapbooking was. I went along hoping to have a nice afternoon tea and a good gossip but little did I know it would lead to such a fabulous addiction! I had a wonderful time playing with photos, shape cutters and some stickers but I kept asking if there was more to the craft. Feeling a bit excited by it all I went looking for some more information the next day and walked into my first scrapbooking store and that was it!
My two daughters Alex (8) and Isabella (6) love sitting with me for creative ‘girlie’ afternoons and it’s a wonderful way to spend time together talking through different memories. I love seeing how they remember certain moments and how they capture them. I’m sure they will have many wonderful times looking back over their creations in years to come!
What is your favourite tool or technique at the moment?
I can actually answer both of those questions together as they relate to one thing – distressing! I adore vintage / shabby pages and I’ve spent many hours with ink stained hands tearing and rolling back the edges of my papers to get just the ‘right’ look. I have just discovered the new Comfort Distressing Tool by Prima and I am in love! It distresses paper with minimal fuss (and no mess on my hands!) and also has an edge scraper and a bone folder – what else could a girl want. There’s nothing like a new scrapping toy to put a smile on my face!
What is the most exciting thing that has happened to you in this industry?
One of the highlights would have to be my first cover on a scrapbooking magazine. I remember walking to the newsagency stand on the day it came out and tingling with excitement. It was wonderful to see Alex’s gorgeous face peering back at me however I kept the jumping up and down until I got home! It was priceless to take my girls to the shop after school and watch Alex’s reaction – I think she stopped every shopper in the store and showed them her picture (which is exactly what I’d felt like doing earlier LOL!)
Who is the one person in this industry that you would most love to meet and create with?
There are so many fabulous and creative people I’d love to meet but I guess Tim Holtz would be at the top. I am constantly amazed at the different techniques and projects that he comes out with. While his grungy style is different to how I create I find that a lot of what he does easily translates over a lot of different styles. I guess that is the reason he is so popular!
On this next layout, Sonia has used the FWAB teal Jasmine laser flourish and the olive green Jack Vine…..so stunningly beautiful.
This next fun summery layout is using the sun from the FWAB Up in the Sky pack and the banner and beach hut from Nicky’s Beach Huts.
For the beautiful frame below, Sonia has used the FWAB Adam vine, a white puffy Jasmine flourish, one of the fences from the Trent’s Fence pack and a flourish from the silver Bella rhinestone pack. What an absolutely adorable photo…precious moments indeed.
I hope you’ve enjoyed finding out a little bit more about the gorgeous Sonia Thomason and seeing the fabulous work Sonia has created for us here at Flourish with a Bling. If you would like to see more of Sonia’s work, please check out Sonia’s blog here and her DT work for Scrapmatts here.
A very big thank you Sonia for making the FWAB products look absolutely stunning and for joining us as a guest DT member, it’s been fabulous having you with us and we hope you’ll join us again soon.
Happy Scrapping,
Maggie and the FWAB team
*****Liz Weber*****
****Jane Clark****
***Angella Peardon***
***Lauren Matthews***
***Melanie Forbes***
**Jennifer Hodge**
with her layout titled Precious …and what a precious photo and layout it is too. If you could email us at flourishwithabling@yahoo.com.au with your address Pam, we will get your FWAB prize pack posted off to you as soon as possible.
