I choose Wild about by Kelly.  I just LOVE the tiny pictures her composition and how she used all the animal elements.  It is too cute for words!

For this weeks interview, I talked to Jennamy82 (Jen).  I love her amazing clusterwork and thought it would be fun to find out more about the girl behind those fabulous layers!

1.   Your screen name? jennamy82 Your real name? Jennifer Hasted

2.   What is your main job/career? Insurance Broker/Office Manager

3.   Are you married/children/pets? Not married, I have lived with my boyfriend, we consider ourselves married just without the certificate We have 1 Dog. A Rottweiler, named Kaluha, she’s 11 years old.

4.   Where is home for you? We live in Barrie, Ontario Canada but I grew up in Whitby, Ontario… which will always be my hometown.

5.   What are your 3 favorite foods? Pizza, Lasagna & Caesar Salad

6.   What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

7.   Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Sweet

8.   Beverage of choice? Pepsi or Water

9.   What’s your least favorite food? Chinese Food.

10.  PC or Mac? What program do you use? PC, & I used Photoshop CS4

11.  How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started? I have been digi scrapping for 2 years. I tried to do one Paper Scrapbook Album and gave up I couldn’t get organize and I knew that Digital existed, and from that point on I was determined to learn.

12.  What was your 1st LO about? My very first layout was a layout I did of my twin sister.

13.  Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? Reading & going for walks if those count as hobbies.

14.  What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Extractions. I really want to get better at that but I find it so time consuming to learn.

15.  What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? I would like to learn how to sew, I am horrible at it!!

16.  What are your favorite movies/TV shows? Favorite Movie is Con-Air. I have a few favorite tv shows: Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, House, Dexter & Prison Break

17.  Describe your “scrapping” environment.  Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? In the basement in the office, listening to music

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

19.  Is there one element you hardly ever use on your LOs? Shapes, if that counts as an element.

20.  Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? Only thing but some already know is that I have a twin sister and I have twin brothers that are 11 years younger than my sister and I.

21.  Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style? I love to scrap with 1 photo, I love to cluster elements and I love to layer. I also love templates.

22.  Favorite LOs that you have done?

Laugh with Jennifer Barrette’s Sweet Summer Melodies Kit:

I Hope you Dance with Verena Karolyi’s Feeling Green Kit:

Tracie Stroud the Art in Me Kit & a Template by Denise Beatty Originals:

Thanks Jen for letting us learn more about you.  Check out Jen’s fabulous gallery HERE.

-Amanda (panders77)

Hi, Andrea here. Our guest designers Minna, Mira Designs, and Amber, Stolen Moments Designs, have been delightful to get to know. It’s been really fun to see their fabulous designs in the shop and their designer galleries knowing that there are even more fantastic products and layouts to come. Every Friday this month, Minna and Amber will release at least one new piece of digital goodness. Summer is such a busy time for everyone, there is usually so much going on, that it almost seems like too much fun. Places to go, friends and family to visit, make it hard to squeeze extras in and yet Minna and Amber managed to fit us into their busy summer schedules. Thanks again girls.

Time passes really fast. I always heard that, but never really believed it until now. These past two years have flown by at warp speed. The SM 2nd birthday bash is coming next weekend and I can hardly believe it. The entire SM team has worked so hard to make it a celebration to remember. Treats include a huge Mega kit with purchase, another one of SM’s famous blog trains, hybrid goodies, a sale (of course) and just hangin’ with the wonderful girls that make up our big SM community. I don’t know everybody and it continually amazes me that ScrapMatters has grown so large the past two years that I don’t know everybody. But I would love to meet you. So please make sure you take time to introduce yourself in the welcome forum. I try really hard to welcome everyone back–and as part of our birthday celebration, you just really might want to make it a priority–hint, hint!

There is also a new birthday celebration kit, for you on your birthday, a little treat from us to you on your special day. You need to register in the SM forum and put your birthday–the day and month are just fine. Then watch your mail on your birthday for a no-calorie treat.

There are going to be TONS of speed scraps. I hope you all have pictures to scrap, if not go get busy! Take some everyday moment type pictures–what you do on a typical July day. Whether it’s your summer or your winter, you owe it to yourself to capture the seemingly unimportant events that make up your days, for they are what make up your life. I usually take tons of pictures, but don’t get them scrapped until I do a speed scrap, so I am looking for the multitude of speed scraps to make a small dent in my picture file.

Well I’m through rambling, hope to see you around SM, it’s a fabulous place to call your digi-home.