Meet the Team: Elizabeth Carney and Jill Cornell

Design team member Elizabeth Carney lives in Spokane, Washington with her husband Dayv, their daughter Alyssa, and their 3 dogs Jake, Kira, and Gracie.  She began scrapbooking 10 years ago and considers her style clean with pops of color.  Elizabeth recently left her supervisor position at Starbucks to head back to school full time this fall.  We are thrilled to have Elizabeth join our team! 

Describe yourself in 3 words … energetic, happy, creative.

My guilty pleasure is … purses.  A girl can never have too many!

You’ll never find me without … Chapstick.

You might be surprised to know that I … am a percussionist.  I've played in some sort of fashion since 1981, that's a long time!

My least favorite chore is … cleaning the fridge.

I started scrapbooking in ... 1998.

My favorite thing about this hobby is ... that it is an outlet for creativity.

If I were a Pebbles product I would be ... a dimensional butterfly.  One with many layers, but the one you see the most is the outside due to its colorful nature of showing you everything there is to know about me!

Here's what Elizabeth had to say about her project ... "Keeping this layout simple and clean was a must because I wanted to use a larger photo of my friend and I to showcase just how much being friends with her means to me."

 
Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Chips (744118)
Floral Lane With Delight (751124)
New Addition Girl Dimensional Border Stickers (732060)
New Addition Girl Pink ABC Stickers (732057)
New Addition Girl Layered Embellishments (747121)
Vanilla Button Candy Dots (744276)
Lollipop Button Candy Dots 9747113)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Punches (Fiskars)

Design team member Jill Cornell lives in Windsor Heights, Iowa with her husband of 8 years and their 2 year old twin daughters.  Jill has been scrapbooking and papercrafting for 8 years and considers her style "soft and shabby chic while incorporating linear design elements."   We are so happy to have Jill as part of our team this year!

Describe yourself in 3 words … enthusiastic, tenderhearted, sentimental.

My guilty pleasure is … coffee and chocolate!

You’ll never find me without … a bottle of water. I just always like to keep one handy.

You might be surprised to know that I … wanted to be the next Katie Couric (at the time, she was the host  of The Today Show) when I was in high school. I went into broadcast journalism in college and it wasn't until I had an internship at a local TV station that I decided it wasn't for me. A career in public relations became the solution to me being able to have a family and work too, although now I am a stay-at-home-mom and I LOVE it! :)

My least favorite chore is …does cleaning count? :) No really, I despise dishes and laundry the most as they are never ending.

I started scrapbooking in ... 2003, right after I was married. I took a break from creating layouts for a while and made a lot of cards and altered projects until my girls were born. Then, I had plenty of material to scrapbook!

My favorite thing about this hobby is ... two things - the chance to have a little "me" creative time makes me a better wife and mother (keeps me sane!), and I also love watching my girls look through their scrapbooks and identify themselves and their family. It will only get better as they get older!

If I were a Pebbles product I would be ... the toothpick flags - such a fun addition to a project!

Here's what Jill had to say about her project ... "My husband and I frequently get pouty faces from our twin daughters - they are just two, after all - and we are usually the recipients of the pouty face when we bring out the camera. I love the Fresh Goods collection and it matched the girls' dresses perfectly. I created a fun mis-matching banner from a variety of patterned papers and used a couple of the pieces to house my journaling. I printed my photo in both color and black and white which I think is a cool way to highlight an eye-catching photo."

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Simple Joys (751188)
Fresh Goods Front Desk (751187)
Fresh Goods Flower Basket (751183)
Fresh Goods Daily Special (751185)
Fresh Goods Window Display (751185)
Fresh Goods Mom & Pop (751194)
Fresh Goods Embossed Borders Stickers (732077)
Fresh Goods Chipboard Buttons (747152)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Chips (744118)
Fresh Goods Clothes Pins Natural Wood (744278)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Thickers (American Crafts)
Punches (Martha Stewart)
Pearls (Melissa Frances)
Mist (Studio Calico)
Ink (Clearsnap)