The winner this week is Pencil Box by loucee! I thought this was such a cute project and great use of this kit!
Congrats loucee!! The image is linked so head on over to the gallery and leave her some love!!
-Vicki (longhorn)
This weeks winner is Be Beautiful by Roxxygirlie! I loved her amazing cluster work, the bright yellow and green and what a gorgeous photo! I can’t stop staring at all the details!
Congrats Roxxygirlie! The image is linked so head on over to the gallery and leave her some love!
-Vicki (longhorn)
2. What is your main job/career? Oh lordy. That’s a sore subject. ha ha. I am currently an unemployed bum or a scrap bum as I like to call it.. Sadly, I enjoy it. IRL, I have been a few different things, a dental assistant turned veterinary assistant/dog rescuer. Eventually I took a job working as an administrative assistant at the local University which is where I fit well for a “job” but sadly budget cuts and woes led me here. I’m thinking of going to school to study photography and graphic design. It’s really my passion, but I do have to get a new IRL type job to make that dream happen. I have a couple interviews coming up so say a prayer for me or send good thoughts my way… I miss that extra income!! My husband won’t let me spend nearly as much on scrap stuff, ha ha!
3. Are you married/children/pets? Yup, Yup and Yup. My husband and I met in 1995 and moved in together 3 months later. We finally were married in December of 2006. So we’ve been together 15 years now, married for 4 years. We had one son, Christopher, who would be 5 years old this September but he passed away at birth from prematurity. Our time with him changed us for the better so there are no regrets even though we wish he could be here. We have a houseful of pets. 4 cocker spaniels and 5 cats. I ran a breed specific rescue for cocker spaniels for 6 years. Our 5th dog, Azure, an Akita/Blue Heeler mix, passed away in September last year. She was our first dog we ever helped rescue and continues to be our guardian even though now it’s in spirit.
4. Where is home for you? We live in Arkansas… in the Northwest Corner near the Oklahoma and Missouri border. Fayetteville, Arkansas, home of the Razorbacks and the University of Arkansas. We really like it here for now but you will see me sometime living somewhere cold and somewhere near the beach, and hopefully get to spend some time living in Italy and Australia.
5. What are your 3 favorite foods? Mac and Cheese (Memaw’s kind), Mashed Potatoes, and chocolate…
6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? I love chocolate ice cream or vanilla with milk chocolate hard shell over it. The bad news is I am allergic to dairy products.
7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Both!! I love Kettle Corn for that reason!
8. Beverage of choice? Dr. Pepper!!, Silk Chocolate Soy Milk and MARGARITAS!!
9. What’s your least favorite food? Pickles, they stink! No literally, they stink… LOL
10. PC or Mac? What program do you use? PC… but I have MAC envy. Don’t buy Gateway and I’ll leave it at that. LOL.
11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? I started digi scrapping in February of 2007. How did you get started? I blame Kim (kimbytx) and JenLin (Jenn Lindsey Designs). We were on a forum board with a few others making siggies for other people. Jenn originally encouraged me to try my hand at siggie making. I really enjoyed that type of work so when Kim told me she had started scrapbooking, I gave it a shot. I fell in love with the hobby instantly. (Thanks Kim and Jenn!)
12. What was your 1st LO about? My very first layout was just a simple layout about my husband and I. We’d been married a few months prior so I made a layout with one of my favorite wedding pictures and titled it “Soulmates”.
14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Photos, for sure. I feel like my husband and I lead a pretty basic life. We have our dogs and cats, we spend time on the college campus, we attend all the home baseball and football games (Go Hogs) and that’s about it. We live about an hour from all our family so we see them just once a month (give or take) and I don’t see my niece nearly often enough. So my pictures get repetitive and boring. Sometimes I scrap the same pictures in a different way several times.
15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? Photography, well, I guess that’s kind of related. I also want to play the guitar and learn to cook better.
17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? I scrap on my laptop with a mouse. So you’ll find me just about anywhere. When my husband lets me, I’ll scrap in bed when I can’t sleep. I do my best pages in the middle of the night. Mostly, you’ll find me in the recliner. It’s my comfy spot. I usually have the tv on with King of Queens, Raymond, or a movie depending on my mood. I always have a Dr. Pepper and am known to eat dinner in front of a scrap screen but I’m trying to break that habit so I don’t get greasy finger marks on my laptop.
18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be? A flower and a metal element.
19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? I don’t hide much about myself, but I don’t think a lot of people know that I am a super sensitive person, I get my feelings hurt really easily over the dumbest things sometimes. I try not to complain too much though, however, my husband might disagree with that comment.
20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style? I love white space layouts. Sometimes I like a lot of clustering (that’s a newer thing for me… thanks to Melissa).
21. Favorite LOs that you have done?
Disney in the Rain shows my more recent style of clustering until the cows come home. It also represents much of our first trip to Disney World in May 2009 (aka lots of rain) and really gives me a good, happy feeling when I see it.
With The Stars is a simple yet powerful layout and reflects my favorite layout style of white space combined with simplicity while sending a powerful message.
Our Wedding Vows is a layout I did to remember what my husband and I said for vows on our wedding day. We somehow lost the piece of paper that had the original vows on them so when I found these vows online, I knew they were close if not exact and I’d better scrap them before I lost them too. It’s another example of simple, plus powerful message, with a bit of clustering. All is well fitted into my scrap style.
Our Story in Words is my top favorite layout ever. I really went outside the box on this one and pulled in everything I could think of at the time to represent the story of my husband and I. After close to 16 years together (4 married), we have quite a story to tell.
Thanks Kat for letting us get to know more about you!!
-Vicki (longhorn)
2. What is your main job/career? I stay at home with my two boys Clark and Kent. Before motherhood I taught English as a Second Language in a middle school.
3. Are you married/children/pets? I’ve been married for almost 7 (gasp!) years to my best friend, Jason. We have our two superboys Clark and Kent and a dog Cutlass. We also have a slew of fish and a baby snapping turtle named Snappy.
4. Where is home for you? We live in the suburbs of Chicago.
5. What are your 3 favorite foods? Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, mashed potatoes, and green beans
6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Vanilla
7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Sweet, sweet, sweet and a little more sweet.
8. Beverage of choice? Diet Coke
9. What’s your least favorite food? Seafood – all of it.
10. PC or Mac? What program do you use? PC – PSE 8
11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started? I started digiscrapping when Clark was 6 months old. I had PSE 5 in the package for about 6 months and never touched it. One day I started to google tutorials about this strange hobby with all of its strange language. I did my first challenge that day, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
12. What was your 1st LO about? My first LO was of my graduation from my Masters’ program at DePaul University. I was 7 months pregnant in my cap and gown.
14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Finishing and album and actually PRINTING it! One of my goals this year is to finish our 2009 vacation to Maine.
15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? I’d love to learn how to make awesome sugar cookies…decorated all beautifully and super yummy to eat.
16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? TV: Bones, CSI:NY, Criminal Minds and AFV Movies: Return to Me, Despicable Me
17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? I scrap in our family room. Sometimes the kids are around and it is noisy and sometimes they are asleep and it is quiet. I almost always have a drink (Diet Coke or water) and a snack.
19. When did you start designing? What is your favorite product that you’ve designed? I started designing just before the first Design Star competition. I think my favorite product to date is Serendipity or A Photo A Day
20. How would you describe your design style? I have no idea. I think it is still evolving. I have yet to really feel my niche.
21. Where do you get your inspiration/motivation? I’m always looking for new ideas. I look around a lot when shopping and I browse through magazines. A walk through the library is almost always inspiring.
22. What is your favorite color scheme to design with? I tend to shy away from pinks. While it is my favorite color, it just doesn’t look right on my boys. 
Thanks Mary to for letting us get to know you better! Check out all of Mary’s awesome designs here!!
-Lynett (lynett_rock)
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