Posts: 655

Title: Veteran

Joined: 25 June 2008

Loc: Maryland

Gender: female

B-Day: 05 May

Interests: the internet, music, school, Spanish, friends, the college search, scoring highly on the SAT, writing, reading, watching the news, politics, debate, social issues and current events

Work: Student - High School

Bio: QUICK FACTS
Name: Sarah
Age: 16
Sex: female
Race: biracial and proud! (black/white)
Favorite Color: Brown, Orange
Favorite Food: homemade mac & cheese

SCHOOL FACTS
Grade: 11th (Junior)
GPA: 3.8 (4.3 weighted)
Favorite Subject: Spanish
Best Subject: English
PSAT score: 198
SAT hopeful: > 2000
Dream School: University of Pennsylvania
Match School: Pennsylvania State University, University Park (Main Campus)
Safety School: Syracuse University
Othere Interests: NYU, Cornell, UNC Chapel Hill, Temple

SCRAPBOOKING FACTS
Basic Tool Set: Making Memories
Distressing Tools: Making Memories
Trimmer: Making Memories
Favorite Patterned Paper: BasicGrey
Favorite Cardstock: Colorbok Textured, Bazzill
Favorite Stamps: Technique Tuesday, Autumn Leaves, Kelly Panacci
Inks: Technique Tuesday
Favorite Embellishment: Chipboard!
Adhesives: Adtech, Elmer's Craft Spray, the Essential Glue Pad
Subscriptions: Memory Makers, Creating Keepsakes
White Pen: Sharpie Poster Paint, fine tip
Black Pen: BIC Ultra Fine Point permanent marker
Scissors: Cutterbee
Scoring tools: Making Memories Bone folder, $7 Cricut Trimmer + scoring blade

MY STYLE
I'm a product based scrapbooker. I know that a scrapbooker supposed to "focus on the pictures"-- which I do, don't get me wrong-- but I love scrapbooking for the hobby that it is. Creating and recording memories is awesome, but I like to scrapbook for the paper, the glue, the glitter, the chipboard, and anything else I can think of. I like to make cards, but I haven't yet ventured far into the realm of altered items-- can't wait to get material for mini books and mod podge to play with!

I love sketches, especially PAGEMAPS. My layouts are usually very linear. My favorite thing to do is play with chipboard-- paint it, glitter it, cover it, ink it, leave it alone. Whatever there is to it, but I don't want it preprinted! That's no fun. I like to play with paint and I love to stamp.

I am anxiously awaiting the release of the Making Memories Slice die cutting machine. They changed the release date to October, which is actually better for me because I am almost forced to wait until Christmas instead of buying it with my savings (yes, I thought about it-- I'm so bad!). I am so pumped for a small, affordable digital die cutting machine. I don't need to cut something 24" long, don't want to spend $80 on a cartridge, can't hook it up to my computer, and needn't spend $8 at a time on dies! And an added bonus? Making Memories is my one-stop company for tools. I love their customer service and all of their products. I hope I'm not disappointed.

Right now I'm working on a number of projects. I make cards year round, but I know I have to start my Christmas cards soon or I'll never finish them in time-- I have enough time when school starts, but I feel much less crative after a long day of biology and U.S. history. I'm making a 2009 calendar for my mom. I'm working on albums for my summer camp experiences and for my "becation" to Assateague Island. I've long been working on filling a mini album for my two little cousins, and my Barack Obama speech pictures are still waiting to be showcased! I like to have a variety of projects going all at once so when I sit down, I have a lot of options and I'm not constricted by what I "have" to do. Unfortunately, it doesn't result in a lot of finished work very quickly!

 

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