This just in! The Scraps Matter Gang announces it’s LOTW!!

This week’s fabulous LO comes from One Happy Mama, titled My Boy. Click the image to go leave her some love!

Good Morning all! Mary (littlehiccup) here with your Sunday Spotlight! I hope you are having fun with all the birthday celebrations! Today we are spotlighting a ScrapMatters devotee, Heather (tuttle). She’s a fantastic scrapper, you can check out her GALLERY here!

1. Your screen name? Your real name?

tuttle, Heather

2. What is your main job/career?

I’m a new SAHM - I taught high school Chemistry & Physics until the day before my daughter was born this past May.

3. Are you married/children/pets?

Yes, four years now with 2 beautiful children, Jed & Stella also a 3-toed box turtle named Scooter, a.k.a. Pete Turtlinger by my students

4. Where is home for you?

Western Wisconsin

5. What are your 3 favorite foods?

chocolate, pesto anything, fresh baked bread

6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

vanilla, drenched with hot fudge & dry roasted peanuts

7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet?

Sweet

8. Beverage of choice?

Fountain Coke or water

9. What’s your least favorite food?
I’m not really a big fan of Mexican/tex-mex. I think I may have overdone it at some point in my life . . .

10. PC or Mac? What program do you use?
PC, PSE6 (I would LOVE a MAC someday - I got hooked at school)

11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started?
For about 4 months over a year period of time. It all started when one of my best college friends moved across the country for her husband to attend seminary. We both started blogs to share our lives with each other and our growing families. She would post her newest LOs. So finally last year, I broke down, emailed her and got started. I used a trial version of PSE5 to it’s fullest. It ended as inservice began and teaching took over my “free” time again. In Nov, my DH gave me PSE6 for my birthday and I purposely didn’t load it on the computer until winter break - I knew I was addicted already. Turned out that our computer needed more RAM for it to work properly, so my scrapping went back on hold. This summer, we put in more RAM. My DH and I anxiously sat, waiting to see if PSE6 would work. It did, so I guess the rest is history.

12. What was your 1st LO about?
It’s about a 102+ degree day in July. We were all trying to keep cool - my husband and I decided to wash the cars and we put Jed in his bathtub outside. It was before we had a swimsuit for him - so he was wearing baby girl bloomers that I found in a bag of hand- me-downs. It was just a silly situation - to have our 5 month old son in girls bloomers, in a baby tub, on the lawn in the shade. But he loved it!

Credits for Beating the Heat

13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)?
Is reading considered a hobby? I love to read and I’ll read almost anything. I think cooking and baking too. I do want to try quilting . . .

14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you?

It changes with every LO I do but overall, I have problems using patterned papers. I just can’t seem to make them work. Also titles using alphas.

15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking?

Being a better wife & Mom.

16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows?

Movies: Pride & Predjudice (the 6 hour A&E version!) also Batman Begins as well as all the STAR WARS (especially the original ones) TV shows: The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, LOST

17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where?
Our computer is in an what we call the “office” - but it’s more a play room full of toys that just happens to have a desk and computer in it. Sometimes music - online radio and sometimes TV since I can see it from the computer. I usually have water, sometimes a coke or coffee and as soon as the cold sets in, I’ll have either tea or hot chocolate! I’m terrible about the snacks - I’ll have M&M’s in a bowl or goldfish crackers. I also have a baby on my lap 90% of the time - she’ll sleep longer if she’s on my lap or cradled in one arm.

18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be?

Stitches and frames.

19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…?

I’d rather play a midnight game of Ultimate Frisbee than sit around and chat with the women . . . I’m still a tomboy at heart.

20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style?

I think I may still be working on that . But if I had to say . . . sentimental. Wait . . . is that a style?? If not, then minimalist, but I’m trying to branch out.

21. Favorite LOs that you have done?

Credits for 6 Minutes

Credits for Stella Lynn

22. How long have you been a member at ScrapMatters?

Since the end of June

23. Do you have any suggestions for kits you’d like to see in the SM store?

I love the SM store - it has such a variety of kits to choose from that I can’t ever make a decision! This may be a bit picky, but one thing that I would LOVE to see is a kit dedicated to a little boy who loves trains. (I have tons of ideas for elements & wordart!)

Thanks Heather for sharing a little bit about yourself (or a lot…we ask a lot of questions!) It was so great to get to know you a little better. Here are a few LOs that I LOVE from tuttle’s gallery! Check them out and leave some love!

Credits for I Knew

Credits for Mommy in the Middle