Hi everyone, I’m Ann Costen from Ontario, Canada! I’m an IT project manager by trade and scrapbooking is my much needed creative outside of work. I love to scrap my family: my husband Kevin who is a wonderful stay-at-home dad (or as  he likes to say, a retired engineer) and my kids Kael and Kira who provide endless fodder for my scrapbooks.  Scenic Route products almost always find their way onto my pages so I’m very honoured to be this month’s guest designer!

Enjoy these layouts Ann created using products from our Sonoma and Providence lines!  Click on each image for a larger view as well as instructions.  


We asked Ann a few questions to get to know her better -

What's your favorite Scenic Route product and why?  It's a tie between the paper and the letter stickers (great fonts, colors and most importantly plenty of each letter)!

What's your favorite Scenic Route line?  I love Sonoma, I've been able to make so many layouts with it.

What's your favorite technique?  Hand cutting from patterned paper.

Tell us something most people don't know about you.  I'm really, really, really afraid of heights!  Surprisingly, I managed to cheer my way through University and then coached the team for a few years before I had kids!