Hello it’s Heather (snowdrop) from SMG here to bring you another great spotlight. This week we have the pleasure of getting to know one of our SM members.

1.Your screen name? Your real name?
My real name is Meredith. My screen name is merank, which is a
combination of my first and last names.

2.What is your main job/career?
I work full-time as a consulting civil engineer and on most days, I
actually enjoy what I do for a living. It can be boring at times but
it can also be very challenging and sometimes, even rewarding. The
only down side is that I can only scrap at night and on weekends!

3.Are you married/children/pets?
I have been married since February 2006. We have two cats but no kids yet.

4.Where is home for you?
Central New Jersey

5.What are your 3 favorite foods?
Anything chocolate, meatloaf (my mom’s recipe), potatoes (cooked any
way you can think of)

6.What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Umm, chocolate!!!

7.Snacks…Salty or Sweet?
Depends on my mood but I usually tend to go for something sweet.

8.Beverage of choice?
In the morning I drink orange juice (I don’t drink coffee), and during
the day I usually just drink water.

9.What’s your least favorite food?
Brussels sprouts and lima beans

10.PC or Mac? What program do you use?
Mac and I use PS CS.

11.How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started?
I started digi-scrapping in February of this year. I was always
intrigued with paper scrapping but never got into it because I thought
I didn’t have the time. I came across digi-scrapping completely by
accident while I was searching for info about creating photobooks
online. Of course, I was immediately hooked!

12.What was your 1st LO about?
My first layout was about my cats but it was really terrible. I have
since re-scrapped the photos that were in the layout and I actually
deleted the original a few months ago when I came across it on my
computer.

13.Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there
other hobbies)?
I do have a few other hobbies – I like to read and I have been
letterboxing for a few years now.

14.What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you?
Deciding when a layout is finished. I keep looking at it over and over
again, adjusting shadows, moving or rotating elements slightly, trying
to decide if something’s missing, or if something can be improved,
etc. Sometimes, I drive myself nuts. I hardly ever finish a layout in
one sitting. I like to walk away for a while (or even overnight) and
then go back and look it over once again before posting/printing.

The only time I don’t do this is at speed scraps. I still have a hard
time finishing, but I give up because of the time limit. I always tell
myself that I’ll go back and change this or fix that after the speed
scrap, but I never do. Once it’s posted and I read some comments, I
realize that I’m being too critical. Some of my favorite layouts have
been from speed scraps.

15.What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to
scrapbooking?
Play the piano. I used to play a little bit when I was small (my aunt
had a piano and she taught me) but then I stopped and now I don’t
think I could play if my life depended on it.

16.What are your favorite movies/TV shows?
I like lots of different kinds of movies but I don’t really have a
favorite. As for TV, I am completely addicted to Heroes, Lost, and
CSI.

17.Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the
background? Drinks? Snacks? Where?
I have a laptop so I scrap all over the place – at my desk in our home
office, on the couch in the living room while I watch TV, in bed while
my husband sleeps, or at the dining room table with a cat on my lap.
Sometimes I listen to music when I’m in the office and I usually have
something to drink but I don’t usually have any snacks while
scrapping.

18.If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be?
This is hard…I think I would choose a frame and a ribbon.

19.Would you like to share a little known fact about you…?
I never realized how boring I was before! I cannot think of a single
interesting thing to share about myself!

20.Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style?
I don’t know that I really have a style – I guess I would say my
layouts are simple but fun. I like to use templates and I like to
browse galleries for ideas. Sometimes, I scraplift but sometimes, I
just like to take one little idea from many different layouts and
morph them into something my own.

21.Favorite LOs that you have done?

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Aren’t these LOs amazing! Check out Meredith’s full gallery here. Thanks for letting us get to know you a little better and thanks for being apart of Scrap Matters.