Anne Jo Lexander's Scrapbook Resume

About me

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Hello,
I'm Anne Jo Lexander, also known as Ania to my friends and on the web. I'm currently a 28 29 30 I-give-up y.o. dazed&confused scrapbooker living at the westcoast of Norway in Bergen with my two kids and husband. I currently work at the local newspaper as a journalist, and freelance as a photographer in my spare time. I have been scrapbooking ever since I decided I wanted to do something special with the photos from my youngest childs christening, which was in fall 2005. The minute I found scrapbooking I was hooked and have never looked back since.

My scrapbooking style varies dependant upon my mood - personally I am fond of calling myself jack of all trades - master of noone. I try to go with the flow and am inspired by my photographs and the stories they have to tell. I also love how the products I use often speak to me and inspire my creativity - using a wide variety of product means that my style is often defined by the direction the product takes me.

To me scrapbooking is just not one thing - I scrap due to a multitude of reasons as to why even take up the photos and papers. One day it's because I want to preserve a funny story about my kids, the next day it might be because a special photo speaks to me and I just want to make a pretty page around it. Sometimes I just feel the urge to create whatever - as long as I am creating. Sometimes things on my mind just needs to be put on paper. And let's admit it - sometimes gorgeous papers and sassy embellishments just scream "use me!" to you. To me all of the different reasons and combinations of those are why I scrapbook and what keeps the hobby so interesting to me over time.

I have experience in teaching scrapbooking classes, both independently and having been a Prima Marketing and Tattered Angels endorsed educator in the past. For more information on teaching-experiences and classes, please see this post.

I also wrote for "Vi Scrapper", a Norwegian Scrapbook-magazine for about a year until they closed down feb 09.

To have a look at samples of my actual Design Team work, just scroll down this blog or click on the links below to get to a specific Design Team. You'll also find my latest creations at my personal scrapbookblog here.

Guest Design Samples

Past Design Teams:

Crate Paper (Summer 2010- summer 2011)
Pencil-Lines Sketch blog (2007-2011)
Pink Paislee (January 2010-December 2010)
Elle's Studio (July 2010-December 2010)
Fancy Pants Designs (2008-2010)
Hambly Screenprints (2008-2010)
Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker LLC (2009)
Luxe Designs (2008-2009)
Bad Girls Kits (Sept 2007-January 2009)

You can find a box with links to my previous guest-design-gigs in the column to the right.

Additionally you can just look at the slider to the right, or click on any of the links to my external Online and/or Design Team Galleries (also found in the sidebar to your right).

Thank you for dropping by :)

Design Team Sample: Maya Road

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Design Team Sample: Craft Origine

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Design Team Sample: Prima Marketing

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Design Team Samples: Glue Arts

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Design Team Work Samples: 3ndypapir

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Guest Design Stuff

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ScrappeHuset, December 2011:

That's Just So Cute, July 2011:

Words and Perspectives, April 2011:

Mission to Create #40, April 2011:

January 2011 guestdesigner - My Scrapbook Nook:

Guest Garden Girl July 2009 - Twopeas in a Bucket:

Bella Bvld, June 09:

Skissedilla - guestdesigner April 09:

3ndypapir - April 09:

Scrap in Japan - January 09:

Prima Marketing Inc - March 08:

Design-Team Work Samples: Fancy Pants Designs

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Design Team Work Samples: Pink Paislee

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Design-Team Work Samples: Hambly Screenprints

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Design Team Work Samples: Crate Paper

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Design-Team Work Sample: Pencil-Lines Sketches

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Design Team Work Samples: Elle's Studio

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Design-Team Work Sample: Bad Girls Kits

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Design-Team Work Sample: Luxe Designs

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Design Team Work Sample: Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker LLC

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Teaching Experiences

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I've been teaching scrapbooking-classes since fall 2006, starting with classes for deaf and hard of hearing newbeginners in Bergen, Ålesund and Oslo over the course of 2006 and 2007. I have also taught deaf at weeklong courses at Ål Folkehøyskole in Ål in 2006 and 2007.

In fall 2007 I had my very first class for hearing during an annual event/convention called Papirfesten in Stavanger. I had much fun and it sparkled my interest for holding regular classes.

I became a PrimaDonna around Christmas 2007 - that is - affiliated Prima Marketing Inc Teacher, and a Tattered Angels Educator fall 2008. I have been teaching scrapbooking for both deaf and hearing all over Norway - Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Ål and Ålesund.

Personally I enjoy creating altered and minibook-classes, but the most popular classes are the layout ones. I usually base my classes around a few different techniques and try to include at least two styles in one class (i.e. romantic vs funky), and enjoy giving the students the flexibility of adopting and making the creations their own. Past classes include sewing-on-layouts classes, shadowbox-classes, classes based on layering and clustering and minialbum-classes.

These days I am not an active scrapbook-teacher which means I have resigned from my active positions with the aforementioned companies. I am however still available on case by case requests - just feel free to contact me for more info.

Teaching Experiences:
2006:
a number of beginner classes for deaf in both Oslo and Bergen
November - week-long course in Ål

2007:
a number of beginner classes for deaf in both Oslo, Bergen and Ålesund
November - Papirfesten (convention/retreat), Stavanger
November - week-long course in Ål

2008:
April:
Scrappejungelen (LSS), Stavanger - 2 classes (sewing-on-layouts and shadowbox)

November:
1.-2. Papir i Hjertet (LSS), Porsgrunn - 2 classes (layout: layers/clustering and minialbums)
17.-19. Bikuben (LSS), Oslo - 4 classes (layout: layers/clustering, shadowbox and minialbums)
21. Familieminner (LSS), Ålesund - 1 class (layout: layers/clustering)
21.-23. Deaf Club, Ålesund - weekendclass (mischellanous including a basic photography-class)
23. Familieminner (LSS), Ålesund - 1 class (shadowbox)
24. Familieminner (LSS), Ålesund - 2 classes (layout: layers/clustering and minialbums)

December:
2. Hobbykroken (LSS), Bergen - 1 class (shadowbox)
6. Hobbykroken (LSS), Bergen - 1 class (shadowbox)

2009:
March:
Stavanger - minialbumclass
Bergen - demonstrations for Scrappers Choice

2010:
November - PACS Paris