Featured Scrapper 1/21 – Rebecca Sinclair
Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! I hope everyone is enjoying our challenges this month. This week’s Featured Scrapper Friday we’re featuring an amazing layout artist – Rebecca Sinclair (becca1976). Her gallery is gorgeous so let’s get to know her a little better:
I have been paper scrapping since my son was born. I always looked at digital and said, “No way! I’d never do that!” But I was wrong. A couple of years ago I dug out a Creating Keepsakes digital program and began to play with it one day. It was so much fun and I found that paper scrapping didn’t even interest me anymore! I quickly upgraded to Photoshop 7 because I wanted better control of my shadows, and about a year later I upgraded again to CS3. I’m now hooked and never have any plans to return to paper and glue.
1. Tell us about your scrapping “style” if you have one.
My scrapping style is all over the map! Haha! I love to lift layouts, utilize templates, and try out new techniques. My goal in digital scrapping is to preserve family memories and have fun doing it!
2. Are you a kit scrapper or more of a hodge podge scrapper?
I’m definitely a one kit scrapper. Not to say that I never mix and match, but I most often stick with one kit for the entire page.
3. Describe your scrapping environment.
Wherever my laptop is. Usually in the living room, with my feet propped up, but sometimes in the kitchen when I’m cooking, or in the bedroom when I’m watching tv with my hubby. I scrap wherever and whenever I can squeeze a moment in.
4. What do you do in real life?
My husband and I, along with our four children, are church planting missionaries in Cameroon, West Africa. My role is obviously different from that of my husband’s with my primary responsibilities being the home. I home school our four kids and most of my days are spent keeping up the home front. Life is definitely a challenge. Cooking is a time consuming project and we are often without water and electricity which adds to my workload. Thankfully, we have a generator that we run quite frequently to help with the power outages. I know I make it sound like we are living out in the bush in a mud hut, but we rent a beautiful home, with mountains and waterfalls as our front yard view! It is really breathtaking! While Cameroon is still a 3rd world African country, technology is advancing quickly. We are so blessed to have an internet connection in our home that helps me stay in touch with my family and of course all of my digital scrapbooking family as well!
I also asked Rebecca to share a few of her own favorite layouts and tell us what she loves about them:
My precious little nephew! What’s not to love? He is seriously the most adorable thing ever! My brother and his wife live in California so I haven’t had the chance to meet my newest nephew yet. Scrapping him is the next best solution. The picture definitely makes this layout, which is why it is one of my favorites.
I love this shot that I got of my daughter Emma. We took some pictures on the first day of school and she was so excited. You can see it in her eyes! I love how the page turned out too. I can’t say why really. It just makes me smile. Probably because when I look at it, my adorable little girl is smiling back at me!
My beautiful girls. I never had any sisters and I want my girls to know how blessed they are. On the technical side of this page, I love how the blocking turned out with the building block templates, and I think the photo actions by Sarah Cornish really make the page.
Featured Scrapper Challenge (Bonus #3) for your January 2011 Scrapper’s Portfolio
Your challenge today is a traditional Sweet Shoppe Cookie-Decorating Challenge. Download the cookie, decorate it with your own goodies and then upload it to the SSD Gallery. (don’t forget to edit your Portfolio with your layout)
**please note this challenge is worth 1 point and cannot be combined with other portfolio prompts except for NR bonus point for a total of 2 points.**
and some fabulous examples from our Sugar Babes:
by Tracy
Credits: We’re all Waiting for Something by Lauren Grier and Shawna Clingerman
Credits: Winter’s Wish by Traci Reed and Meghan Mullens
by Stephanie
Credits: New Year’s In by Traci Reed
by Kresta
Credits: Unofficially Me by Traci Reed
and by Nikki
Credits: What’s Happening? by Fee Jardine
Don’t forget to edit your Portfolio with your page for this challenge!
NOTE: These Bonus Challenges are EXTRA on top of the Posted Portfolio Challenges. They CANNOT be combined with any other challenge and stand alone (except New Release bonus pt). Please feel free to PM me with any questions – nikkiARNGwife. Thanks!
