Hello, hello, hello! Hope everyone here in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving and (if you dare) Black Friday as well! Today, I’m excited to bring you an interview with Linda, Scrapporreia.
1. Your screen name? Your real name?
Scrapporreia, but I walk around in public as Linda Correia
2. What is your main job/career?
I manage a team of designers (print and web), freelance copy writers and the promotion department for the media arm of a major national company as the Associate Director of Creative Services. (Gosh, that sounds so boring in writing!)
3. Are you married/children/pets?
I have one amazingly supportive, patient husband and a 4 year old son – our one and only. 
4. Where is home for you?
I live in NJ, but I grew up in the deep South and still have a love for all things Southern – food, people, even that annoying accent that we all have.
5. What are your 3 favorite foods?
Type or regions? I’ll answer both: Regions: Southern (that was a gimme. lol), Asian (ditto to before), oh boy, now I gotta narrow? hmmm… ok, I’ll say Italian.
For Types, I’m a carnivore, I love steaks – meat Good. And I’m a carb girl, too. So, rice and pasta. They’re bland on their own, but you can do so much with them.
6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
I don’t really like ice cream. Don’t really know why. But, once a month, I guess Creamsicle.
7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet?
Salty, but again once a month, I like sweet AND salty. lol
8. Beverage of choice?
Water. Water, water, water. I’m a big fan of water.
9. What’s your least favorite food?
Region: I’m gonna go with Medditerranean as a generalization, but I do love some of their stuff. Heck I really love most foods.
Type? Probably cheese. I don’t like it when places add cheese to my salad or sprinkle parmesan on my soups.
10. PC or Mac? What program do you use?
I grew up a MAC girl, and still hold a lot of loyalty to them. But I’ve come to embrace the PC. I’m on one now. I use the entire Design Creative Suites; InDesign (tho I was a Quark lover until we had to switch), Photoshop (almost when it first came out like 15 years ago) and Illustrator. I used Image Ready – but they folded that into PS the last upgrade. I also dabbled in Flash and Dreamweaver, but not in ages.
11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started?
I think I started in June making my first layout. I started shopping in about the end of April or May. But I spent like a month just organizing the freebies and stuff I bought. Then Jenn (online, jk703, and IRL friend) pretty much smacked me and said, “make a page already!”. So I did. Now I’m obsessed.
Jenn (JK703) started me on it when she showed me this AMAZING paper album she made from her Caribbean vacation. I was so in awe. I toyed with asking her if I could pay her $100 to make me one, but then she went and got pregnant, so I figured she’d have her hands full. Then she told me that you can do it on your computer and not have to cut and paste and stitch and staple, etc. I loved the thought of that! Plus my house is the size of a school bus, so I don’t have any storage for crafts like I’d like. And the rest is out there in digiland for all to see.
12. What was your 1st LO about? My first layout was a mini-kit Challenge for another site.
13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)?
lol, right? ARE there? Well, I love to read – or I did before I had a kid. I actually had a lot of different hobbies before I had a kid – like: writing, roller blading, biking, hiking, traveling, photography, cooking, baking, origami, crafts, sewing, sculpting, sketching, watercolors, interiors, ID design and the list goes on. But now, I do things like Disney on Ice, Thomas the tank engine and play with trains and cars on the floor.
14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you?
Being a newbie, I’ve found a lot of challenges in the digi-scrap world but not with the craft itself. More with the language (RAKS, ISOs, etc.) I had no idea what anyone was saying or what they meant. lol.
But in terms of scrapping, I’d have to say: ORGANIZING and downloading – mostly cuz of the organizing. Lol. On a pc when you download a file, you have to extract it, then it saves it into a folder within that folder , so I have to open the two folders, move the one into the other. Its so tedious.
15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking?
Oh man, there is so much. I’d like to improve my creative and promotional writing. I’d love to get a voice coach and learn to really sing – and develop the presence to perform. I would love the time and resources to go to culinary school.
16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows?
I’m a horror, crime drama fan. I love the gory shows like the SAW series, I love Criminal Minds, CSIs, NCISs, Bones, Castle, etc. But my must watch is GLEE. Love that show.
17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where?
I have 2: one is on the NJ Transit commuter train to and from NYC. Its an hour long so I get some uninterrupted scrapping time.
The second one is in my oversized yellow armchair with my laptop on a pillow on my lap. My husband is usually on his laptop or watching TV on the sofa next to me, we’re usually talking or watching the DVR. Most nights he crashes and I keep on scrappin’.
And… sometimes, I bring all my stuff over to Jenn’s house and we scrap and chat. That’s always fun, even if we don’t chat too much. Our husbands don’t get it ‘cuz they think we should be talking the whole time since we want to do it together. lol
18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be?
String (or ribbon) and something natural like leaves or something. But, even if I don’t use a bunch of them, I like to have the choice of a lot of elements.
19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…?
Ha ha, I feel like I already have! But here is one more: I secretly wish I could stop working and be a stay at home mom… well, when my DS starts school … but have the same income I do from working. Lol
20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style? I think I am still trying to find my scrapping style. I prefer less photos to a bunch on a page. I like looking at clean layouts, so I like to make them as well. I like to read people’s journaling, so I’ve been trying to journal on every layout.
21. Favorite LOs that you have done?
22. How long have you been a member at ScrapMatters?
Since I started back in July
23. Do you have any suggestions for kits you’d like to see in the SM store?
I’d love to see day camp kits, zip lines, stick ball, picnic tables, color wars, Swimming lessons, go carts, school bus, carnival, field day type stuff, costume day, bubble day, sidewalk chalk, etc. There are kits that have some of each of these things but not a kit that has a whole bunch of things related to these types of activities.
24. If you could be a superhero, which would you pick and why?
I’m a mom… what do you mean, I’m NOT already as superhero? 
He’s not from a comic book, but I’d love to have Peter Patrelli’s powers on Heros. He absorbs the powers of anyone around him so he gets to have all the powers. Greedy, I know, but if I’m going to get to choose, I want it all.
25. Can you describe yourself in 5 words?
Mommy, wife, friend, sister, designer.
Thanks so much Linda for letting the rest of the scrapping world get to know you a little better! Be sure to stop by and check out Linda’s gallery here at ScrapMatters.
-Jenn (jk703)
Hello gals!! Wendy here with the last Tuesday Template of November! As always, there is no specific theme or set of rules for today’s template, just have fun!! Use the template as is, or switch it up…it’s all up to you!
