This week I got to interview one of our very own Scrapmatters Girls, Michelle/Msbrad.  I am sure you know her, she leaves the best comments on your layouts in the gallery!

1.     What is your first name? Michelle ( I also answer to Michi and usually sign everything as ‘m’)
2.    What is your screen name? msbrad
3.    How long have you been at ScrapMatters? September 2008
4.    How long have you been digital scrapbooking? 2005
5.    Did/do you do paper scrapbooking? I was an obsessive paper scrapbooker. I have/had more supplies than some stores.
6.    What got you into digital scrapbooking? I was trying to use the computer to create text and titles on my paper pages. I used Print Shop, and Journaling Genie. From there, I tried to use the computer to make my photos into shapes or with a soft edge. Then I attended a PSE 3 seminar, and I was hooked.
7.    Describe your first digital layout? Oh dear! Very first was done in Print Shop and Microsoft Word. Not the easiest way to attempt to layer. It was blocks of photos of DH and his golf friends. I didn’t even use a kit.
8.    What is your favorite layout that you’ve scrapped? It is difficult to select one. I’m placing 2 which I did totally myself- no kit items.

9.    Can you share your ScrapMatters gallery with us so we can leave you some love? My gallery is here.
10.    Who’s gallery do you go to for inspiration? Too many to name. I love going thru galleries.
11.    What do you suggest when you find yourself in scrappers block? Read the challenge threads, Scout the galleries, Grab a template.  What do you do? Listed in the first half of this question or… Get up and walk away from it for a little while.

12.    What kind of scrapper are you?  (Clean lines, paper girl, cluster, etc) It all depends on what style I want on the page. One thing I’m not…is artsy-fantasy.
13.    Do you have any other hobbies? Anything crafty- done it all  If so, what are they? Mostly today…photography, digi scrapping and sewing.
14.    Do you participate in any of the challenges at ScrapMatters? Yes- I love them!
15.    How long have you been on the SMG? I think March, is my 1st SMG-a-versary
16.    Finally, is there anything else that you would like to tell the readers? I was the biggest ‘dodo’ ever when I started with the computer, and then digital scrapbooking. I could probably star in a “digi comedy hour” of all the ‘duh’ things I’ve done.  I am also very literal.
I love to teach digital scrapbooking to newbies. So many helped me when I started, I feel I am paying it forward.

Thanks Michelle for letting us get to know you better!  We love having you on the Scrapmatters Girls Team!!
-Wendy (Neverlandscraps)

For this week’s interview, I decided to chose a familiar face from ScrapMatters who a lot of us know and love… Liz (mommy22girls)! Liz always inspires me with her fabulous clustering and titlework- I can always go to her gallery and find a fresh new design that catches my eye! It was definitely fun learning a little more about her!

1. Your screen name? Your real name? My screen name is mommy22girls and my real name is Liz Moss

2. What is your main job/career? I am an attorney.  I own my 1 person law firm.

3. Are you married/children/pets? I have been married to Jon since April 2007 and we have 2 daughters Carrie (3 1/2) and Molly (2).  We also have a Westie named Spock who is currently at my MIL’s being shown.

4. Where is home for you? Sunny Arizona, specifically the Bullhead City Area

5. What are your 3 favorite foods? Just three?  I guess 1) Fresh Fruit 2) Italian Food and 3)  BBQ brisket

6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Irish Cream Coffee by Bringham’s but I can’t get it here so I would say runner up is Strawberry

7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? It depends on my mood but mostly salty!

8. Beverage of choice? Either Coke Zero or Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade

9. What’s your least favorite food? Onions!  They are the food of the devil.

10. PC or Mac? What program do you use? I’m on a PC and I use CS4 to scrap and I use a Wacom Bamboo Touch.

11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started? I have been seriously scrapping since May 2009, I did digiscrap briefly in 2008 but I don’t count it.  I got started by want to do signatures on a mommies board and I got hooked into freebies and then I just loved the creative process.  Queen of Scrap cinched it for me.

12. What was your 1st LO about? It was about my oldest daughter.  My first ever is long gone, but this is my first at SM:

13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? Other hobbies?  What are those?  I do like to read and watch TV and I have dabbled in writing. I also like to cook and bake. I’m a girl of limited interest.

14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Knowing when to stop! Honestly, I love the elements in kits sometimes so much I want to put all of them on my page and then I get cluttery.  I have to tell myself to not put that flower on the page sometimes.

15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? I would love to learn how to quilt and sew (I have a sewing machine that I barely know how to use!) and woodcraft.  My ultimate goal is to make my girls a custom dollhouse!

16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? I am addicted to Netflix!  TV: Glee, Bones, Top Chef, and anything on Food Network   Movies: Singin’ in the Rain, Star Trek (the new one), and Up!

17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? My environment:  Chaos!  My desktop is in our living room.  The TV usually has on Nick Jr. and my girls are constantly interrupting.  I usually have some sort of drink and mostly likely a collection of things I have confiscated from my children.

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

19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? Little known, I’m pretty open about my life.  I did just take the Jeopardy quiz online to come eligible for an interview to be a contestant.

20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style? Eclectic color cluster explosion.   I love bright colors and patterns and I love put alot of elements and alphas on my page.  I usually mix and match my kits, although I try not to when do a CT layout.

21. Favorite LOs that you have done?

Thanks so much for taking the time to let us learn more about you, Liz! Check out her wonderfully talented gallery here!  Head on over and leave some love! Have a great day!

-Whit (whitneyt)