The border frame and random buttons on the background circles are perfect touches! And the kite placement is awesome!

Congrats to gracelikerain on getting LOTW!  This image is linked so head over to her gallery and leave her some well deserved LOVE on her beautiful layout!

-Dolores (Dolores)

I had such a hard time choosing from all the fabulous layouts in the gallery this week! I finally decided on Bliss by May S. The clustering and shadow work rock!

The image is linked so head over and leave her some love!

-Carrie (Carrie1977)

Our winner today is Wish by Browneyedsusan!  I love the cut out dots in the background/ the simplicity of the layout as well – so pretty!  And the crops on her photos are Excellent!

Congrats on the awesome LO!  The image linked so head on over to the gallery and leave her some love!

-Susan (froggie)

My winner this week is Love by mommy2boyz!  I love her sweet photo along with the tender journaling! Great mix of papers and wonderful clustering!

The image is linked so head over to the gallery and leave her some love!

-Kim (kjrogers01)

Hi all!  Checking in with my pick for LOTW!  As I was going through the gallery, I was just drawn to this layout.  We had a pretty gloomy week here and I love the bright colors!  Such a fun font for the title work… and just look at those beautiful photos… gorgeous, with those beautiful balloons and the clear blue sky!  Nice job, scrapshabby!

Congrats on your awesome layout Scapshabby!! The image is linked so head on over to the gallery and leave her some love!

-Kris (photonut71)

Our winner this week is 100% Silly Boy by JodieLeigh!  This layout just “popped” out of the gallery!  It is so much fun.  I love the bright green background with the stripey paper on top, the fun wordstrips and that amazingly sharp photo!  The doodled arrow and border around the scallops just adds to the fun.  An absolutely stunning layout!  Congratulations on LOTW!

The image is linked so head on over to the gallery and leave her some love!

-Carolyn (calliclaire)

Happy Sunday Everyone!  I hope everyone had a great day and maybe enjoyed some football!   I am excited to bring you the layout of the week, Dear Ava by zackanddavasmom!  I love the sweetness of that photo, and the soft colors! Love the clustering and the layered frames around the photo! The little footprints in the corner are adorable and I love the flow across the page! Beautiful job!

Congrats Zackanddavasmom!  Head on over to the gallery or the forum to leave her some love!

-Dawn (aussiegirl)

The gallery is so full of fabulous creations this week! After having having about 20 tabs open and flipping back and forth, I finally narrowed it down to this one by kass_23! This is just beautiful!! I love the green and the blending… I find myself just gazing at the photo itself! Gorgeous!

Congrats kass_23!  Head on over to the forum or the gallery and leave her some love!!

-Kris (photonut71)

Wow, so many awesome layouts in the gallery again this week! Choosing just one of them was very tough. In the end, though, I had to choose this great layout, Poppins by Kathleena. I just loved the bright green background and other bright colors with the black & white picture. The clustering across the page is so fun, too.

The image is linked so head on over to the gallery or the forum and leave her some love!

-Amanda (dznyscrapper)

My pick for this week is  Your Eyes by LauraLea! Isn’t it awesome?!  I love the close-up of the eyes, I love the shadowing. I love all the little detail placement of the elements yet how it is all centered on the page. I love the color combo mixed with the black and white photo. She makes me want to grab my camera and take a close up of my own children’s eyes!

Congrats LauraLea!! Head on over to the gallery or the forum and leave her some much deserved love!

-Wendy (NeverlandScraps)

1. Your screen name? Your real name? My screen name is Mye and it’s also my nick name. My real name is Myrlyn De Leon.

2. What is your main job/career? I am a digital scrapbook designer and I go by the name Mye De Leon.

3. Are you married/children/pets? I am married for 5 years to Kris and have twin daughters, Scieszka Raine and Elysia Raine. We also have 2 dogs named Yuna and Bea.

4. Where is home for you? For me, home is where my family is. Well I have 2 types of families, my real family and my digi-family. Scrap Matters family is one and this big happy family is something I love and treasure.

5. What are your 3 favorite foods? I love spaghetti despite my age and I prefer cake over ice cream. And of course, barbeque!

6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? I am simply happy with Vanilla

7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? I prefer salty

8. Beverage of choice? Juice or tea are my best choices

9. What’s your least favorite food? Carbonara and Kebab

10. PC or Mac? What program do you use? PC. Have always owned a PC but still dreaming for a Mac LOL! I use Photoshop CS3 extended both for scrapping and designing.

11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started? I have been digi-scrapping since 2009. I got fascinated with it when I saw my friend posting a lot of layouts in her blog. I asked her how she does it and she introduced me to Photoshop. I started learning the program and there, now I am totally addicted

12. What was your 1st LO about? Oh my gosh – I think I haven’t even posted my first LO in any galleries. But they are of my daughters baby pics. I started making an album of their first year but didn’t really like it and thought of repeating all of them. I have these LOs though made using Happy Scrap Girl’s Berry Licious kit

13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? I used to love playing volleyball but I haven’t been out much really so most of the time, I am just in front of the PC or watching my little girls play.

14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? The journaling. I really really need to improve on that. I seldom have layouts with journal. It’s really a challenge for me as it just doesn’t come to me naturally. I feel like I am always obligated to put something appealing to those who will look at the LO.

15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? I wanted to learn how to cook better. I know how to cook but MIL still knows best and I wanted to surpass her cooking prowess!

16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? I haven’t watched TV for a long time and I can’t say it’s my favorite but I used to like Supernatural and So You Think You Can Dance (are these even being shown now?)

17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? Oh I want to scrap in a quiet place. I don’t even want background music. When others can’t scrap without snacks or coffee, I’d prefer nothing. It will distract me really LOL! Call me weirdo!

18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be? A twig and a flower. It’s a challenge for me without them.

19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? A little  known fact about me? Hmm, I design too but I still have my very own favorite designer by the name of Connie Prince

20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style? I love to have simple clusters in my layouts. I want it clean and less cluttered

21. Favorite LOs that you have done?


22. How long have you been a member at ScrapMatters? I have been a member of SM since April and I just love being here – the girls are friendly, the designers are awesome! It’s a community filled with good people who cares for each other.

23. Do you have any suggestions for kits you’d like to see in the SM store? So far, I have seen a lot and I shouldn’t ask for more in the store but it would be nice to see a couple of new Asian kits in there

24. What is one thing you tend not to use on layouts? Buttons. I rarely use them. It’s weird because I have a good friend who can’t stand without a button in a kit! LOL!

25. How long have you lived in your city? We’ve been here for more than 20 years already, though I had to spend 5 years in another city when i was in college.

26. What is your favorite childhood memory and have you scrapped it? Oh I guess I won’t be able to give you some LO about this but my favorite childhood memory is being able to play in the farm. I haven’t had a single photo though to scrap it with and it’s a pity.

Thanks Mye for letting us get to know you a little better!! Check out her full gallery here!

-Melanie (scrappymelly)