Meg here with a spotlight on one of our QT’s, Mel!

Mel took the time to answer some of my questions:

1. Your screen name? KSCroppyChick
2. Are you married/have children/pets? I have been married to Tod for almost 14 years, we have 3 kids; 10 yo Quentin, 7 yo Tyler, and 4 yo Teanna. We also have a shih tzu named Nitro
3. Where is home for you? A small town outside of Wichita, Kansas; now, though thanks to my husband’s job; there have been several little Kansas towns that have been home in the last 14 years.
4. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Depends on my mood, activity, or cravings, usually chocolate, gummy bears, pretzels, or dill pickle sunflower seeds when scrapping!
5. Beverage of choice? Diet Pepsi with Vanilla, Diet, Dr. Pepper, or Iced Tea usually, sometimes I am boring and go for water!!
6. PC or Mac? PC, I want to be a Mac Girl, but compromise means I am a PC Girl!
7. How long have you been digi-scrapping? I started digi scrapping about 5 years ago. After keeping scrapbooks all my life, and loving playing with paper; I swore that I wouldn’t go digi, I resisted it for a while, but here I am.
8. How did you get in to digi-scrapping? I was on the design team of a paper scrapping site, and during an event at the site, we had a digi challenge. I created my first layout then. I wasn’t very  impressed and didn’t do another layout for months. About a year later, my mother in law asked me to create a gift album for her mom, I decided that with the time constraints I had, it would make more sense to do it digitally. 5 years later, I do more digital layouts than paper layouts.
9. What is your favorite Suzy Q Scraps kit? I can’t really say that I have a favorite kit; if I had to pick, I would say that it would be the Journey 365 because of the versatility. Of the themed kits, I would probably say Roughin’ It since my family spends many summer hours at the lake!
10. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? When I am not scrapping (either digitally or paper), I enjoy cooking and baking, reading, photography, camping, hanging out with friends, spending time with my family. Most of the activities still have some scrapping thoughts attached since I am always taking pictures!
11. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Stopping and going to bed at night! I scrap throughout the day when time and kids allow, but in the evening I scrap while Tod watches TV and I don’t usually want to stop, I tend to stay up WAY too late!!
12. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? I am not a huge TV and movie watcher, but my can’t miss TV includes True Blood and American Idol. My favorite movies are mostly older than me; Gone With The Wind, The Wizard Of Oz, and Grease are among my favorites. I also enjoy a good chick flick, or 80’s flick when the movie mood strikes!
13. What is something unique about you? Honestly I can’t think of anything, how sad is that? I was raised hanging out on my grandparent’s dairy farm and at their bait shop and fish ponds. Girly girl that I am, I can clean a fish and milk a cow with the best of them!

Here are some of Mel’s layouts.  Aren’t they amazing?  Click each image to see layout credits.

In honor of Mel’s awesome layouts, Suzy has created a free template inspired by her So Sweet layout.  Click the image or link below to download!

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The possibilities are endless with this template, as shown by the QT’s!

Have fun with your new template everyone, and thank you for the inspiration, Mel!

It’s Thursday, and you know what that means!  I’m here with a sneak peek of Suzy’s latest kit!

Check out some beautiful inspiration from the creative team!

Now to the really fun part!  Do you want a chance to win this kit?  That’s right, you can win Suzy’s newest kit simply by leaving a comment on this post, sharing your favorite way to travel with us.  Is it by plane or by car?  Or maybe you’re a bike person.  We’d love to hear from you!

Want more chances to win? Share this post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, then come back here and leave another comment letting us know where you shared it.  All comments must be posted by 9 pm Eastern tonight!

Even if you’re not today’s lucky winner, remember to stop by Suzy’s store tomorrow to pick up this new release for 20% off.

Enjoy!

Meg here with the reminder that TODAY is the LAST day to grab THE DIGI FILES #12, which features Suzy’s fabulous kit, Sunshine.

Here’s some beautiful inspiration from the QTs:

The best part is that with a payment of just $5, you get this kit, and six more kits from some great designers!   That’s SEVEN kits for less than the retail value of ONE kit!

Make sure that while you’re there picking up this fantastic deal, you take the time to read a little more about Suzy, in a feature post they wrote about her!

Enjoy your goodies!

It’s Thursday, so you know what that means!  Here’s a sneak peek of Suzy’s newest kit, a fun collab with Jady Day Studio, which will be in the Scrap Orchard store tomorrow!

Isn’t it adorable? How’d you like to win it? Share with me an experience you or a loved one has had with either a sickness or an injury — your comment will enter you into a drawing to win this kit. Want another chance? Share this post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter and then come back and tell me where you shared it and you’ll be entered in again. And how about one more chance? Go over to Jady Day Studio’s blog and leave a comment, ’cause she’s giving one away too! Comments must be posted by 9 pm EST. Thanks!

Happy Thursday!

Meg here with a color challenge!  I’m in the middle of an office renovation at home, and I’m working with some wonderful warm tones that I just had to share!   Here’s your palette:

Here’s just one kit from Suzy’s wonderful designs that you could use:

Here’s a simple layout I made with Thankful Hearts, and a few elements from Heavenly Peace:

The prize is a $10 coupon to SuzyQ Scraps’ store. You don’t have to use SuzyQ products on your layout, but we love it when you do. You have until 11:59 pm EST on February 28th to submit your layout!

Happy scrapping, everyone!

In the wake of what has happened in Haiti, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about purpose.  Whether you believe in a higher power or not, I think we all can agree in the power of doing good for others.  48 designers came together and made a gorgeous kit.  Now to some, that might not mean much, but to the people of Haiti, who will benefit from the proceeds of this kit, I’m sure it means the world.

This crisis has gotten a lot of attention in the media, but lately as I’ve been watching and reading coverage, I can’t help but think that there are people who are going through tough times every day.  This doesn’t minimize our attention to the plight of those in Haiti, but it helps us to become more aware of our world and our place in it.

Today I want to encourage you to start looking for ways to help others.  Whether its a financial, spiritual, emotional or basic need, if you’re in the position to help someone, do it!  Get involved with local charities and foundations.  Participate in events that raise awareness for causes that matter to you.  Help someone load groceries into a car.  Hug the people you love.

Helping others is contagious.  When you do it, others will want to help too.  Get your family and your kids involved.  And when you start on the local level, it will naturally spread, and you’ll want to spread some good to people across the world.

If you feel compelled to give to Haiti, do it.  Whether its a monetary donation or a care package, I guarantee you that the people on the receiving end will be forever grateful.  Every quarter, every dollar helps, and more importantly their spirits will be uplifted when they know that we are standing with them.

Purchasing the One Love kit is a fantastic start.  The profits from the sale of this kit will be donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.   The bonus is that you will have a beautiful kit (and I mean spectacular, these designers have outdone themselves!) but the reward is that you will have done something to help others.  Here are some examples of gorgeous pages that people have posted in the Scrap Orchard gallery, embodying this united spirit.

The journaling on this one by Nzingha really moved me.

Check out this gorgeous page from Ola.  What a beautiful message!

And this great one by Eressea, which features a fantastic song by TobyMac.  Check out the lyrics and credits for the page here.

SuzyQ jumping in to make a quick announcement!

Love to digi scrap? Want to help Haiti? Be on the lookout for an awesome opportunity.

Back to Meg!

Hi everyone!  This is Meg, here to bring you a spotlight on one of our very own QTs, Kate!

She took some time to answer a few questions!

1. Your screen name? knlchevys (Kate and Larry chevys-we like them!)

2. Are you married/have children/pets? I’m married with 2 boys and my little girl.  We have shepp in the backyard and a K-9 police dog, Bruno.

3. Where is home for you? We live a little West of Ogden in Utah.  We are in a small rural community.  I grew up here and love it here.

4. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Sweet

5. Beverage of choice? I would love to say Coke but I’ve tried to quit. So I will say Water.  Boring I know

6. PC or Mac? PC

7. How long have you been digi-scrapping? About a year

8. How did you get in to digi-scrapping? I swore I wouldn’t do it.  I would say a friend got me into it.

9. What is your favorite Suzy Q Scraps kit? Many More, Bold Kit

10. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? I’ve been making banners to hang for the holidays.  I love to read, cook, bake, and play with my kids.

11. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Shaking it up.  It seems I want to keep doing the same LO.

12. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? Any Reality show, almost. 

13. What is something unique about you? My pregnancies really taught me about myself and who I am.

And here’s some of my favorite designs from Kate’s gallery:

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Thanks for the inspiration, Kate!

Hi everyone!  Meg here bringing you two fantastic sneak peeks!   You can pick them up in Suzy’s store starting tomorrow!  Don’t forget that Fresh Fruit is 20% off for a week!

Enjoy!

Can you believe December is almost over?  2010 is almost here!  To celebrate, I’ve made a little gift for you.  This desktop wallpaper was created using Suzy’s beautiful new Journey 365 Jumbo kit!  There are 3 different sizes in the download, so enjoy!

DOWNLOAD HERE

I hope you all enjoy the desktop!  Have a safe and happy new year!

Hi everyone!  Meg here with a spotlight on Ellie, our Creative Team Lead!

Check out what Ellie had to say…

1. Your screen name? Ellie80

2. Are you married/have children/pets? Married for 6 years with two children, Caitlyn who is 3 & Zach who is 2. The only pets we have are some tropical fish

3. Where is home for you? I live in a small town called Bexhill which is on the south east coast of England in the UK.

4. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Definitely sweet!

5. Beverage of choice? Orange squash – I’m not keen on tea or coffee. The only hot drink I like is hot chocolate YUM!

6. PC or Mac? PC although I must admit I’m curious about trying out a Mac

7. How long have you been digi-scrapping? since Jan 08

8. How did you get in to digi-scrapping? I had a brief go at paper scrapping when I was pregnant with Zach, but in the end it was a question of space & either my scrapping space or his cot. I didn’t think anymore of scrapping what with a newborn but when things settled down a bit something lead me to do a search on Google and I discovered the world of digi scrapping!

9. What is your favorite Suzy Q Scraps kit? Hmmmm…tough question! I’ve been with SuzyQ since she held her first CT Call – she’s produced some awesome stuff but I think right at this moment my favourite has to be Bundle of Boy.

10. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? lol I absolutely LOVE to read. I’m another Twilight fan but I also like books by James Patterson (he’s my favourite auther) & Jill Mansell who is another Brit. I also loved the Harry Potter series. As for other hobbies I also like playing computer games on our Wii & my PC (The Sims 3 is my fave at the moment)

11. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? The most challenging part of scrapping for me is knowing where to start on a layout for example the positioning of photos etc – that’s why I like templates so much! Other times though if I’ve really got my creative mojo flowing it’ll all just come together nicely & I’ll be much happier with the end result knowing that it was all my own work.

12. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? I love all the disney films except the ‘2 movies’ which I hardly find to be as good as the originals. My fave tv shows are all the CSI series, Lie To Me & also Bones (David Boreanaz – YUMMM!!!)

13. What is something unique about you? This’ll probably freak you out but I can’t think of anything else at the moment lol – I had the start of an extra finger when I was born on my left hand next to my little finger. It didn’t have any bone in it (hence the start of) so it got tied off & now I just have a little lump which hurts like mad if I accidentally knock it or catch it!

And here is a layout that Ellie has made that is her personal favorite:

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And  I took the liberty of selecting two of my personal favorites from Ellie’s gallery!

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Thanks Ellie!  You’re an inspiration to all of us!