Featured Scrapper 11/12 – Gemma Crane
Hello again Sweet Shoppers! I hope everyone is having a fantastic November so far. Today our featured scrapper, Gemma Crane (Gemma) has a gallery FULL of gorgeous inspiration to help you add another easy point to your November Portfolios. So let’s get to know a little more about Gemma:
My name is Gemma and I’m from UK but dream of living in the US! I’m a stay at home mum to 2 fabulous little boys, Jack and Harry but now they are both at school all day I want to practice my photography skills so I can (hopefully) become a sports photographer! Apart from scrapping I can be found baking goodies in the kitchen, reading books or watching television.
I first got bitten by the scrap bug in late 2008, but as I used to design message board signatures I didn’t scrap often, then in mid 2009 I got well and truly addicted. Since then I’ve tried to scrap at least once every few days but lately it’s at least one page a day! I’ve always used CS3 to scrap, I tried CS5 but couldn’t get used to it so stuck with what I know best. I take my photos either with my D40 or iPhone which isn’t the best but it does the job sometimes!
If you could use only 1 SSD kit from now on, what would it be?
Just 1 kit? That’s mean lol, I think if I had to chose it would be Press Play by Jenn Barrette and Meg Mullens, just because I’m a HUGE music fan so could happily reuse all the elements in this kit all the time!
When and where do you scrap? Are you an early morning or late-night scrapper?
I normally make myself comfortable on the sofa when I’m scrapping, the dog lies beside me and I get on with my scrapping, I usually have my earphones in too, when I have music on through the earphones you know I’m scrapping! I tend to do most of my scrapping in the morning once the boys have gone off to school, it’s the only time I get to sit and do a page or 2 without being disturbed!
What kind of color scheme do you find most challenging to work with?
Being a mum to 2 boyish boys pink has to definitely be the hardest scheme to work with, when I have to work with pink I usually use a photo of me, or a photo of a friends little girls!
Describe your scrapping “style”.
I’ve never thought of myself as having a style actually, if I had to pick one I’d say I’m more of a white space scrapper, I have trouble filling a page so tend to leave a lot of space on most pages I make!
The following are three of Gemma’s favorite layouts including the reasons why she loves them:
I LOVE how this one turned out, it totally suits the photos and his little personality shines though, the kit is awesome and just what I was wanting when I took the photos!
I spent hours on this one trying to get all the layers looking like they fit, and I’m so happy with how it ended up, I love when a page comes together like this one did, it makes all the time worth it!
When we went to the fair I couldn’t really get my DSLR out so had to use my iPhone for the photos and they weren’t the best quality but I loved how they showed the kids having fun so I knew I needed to scrap with them, after converting them to B&W and putting them with this awesome kit I was amazed at how good the finished page looked!
Featured Scrapper Challenge (Bonus #2) for your November 2010 Scrapper’s Portfolio
Your challenge today is a traditional Sweet Shoppe Spin-A-Lift. Choose a layout from Gemma’s gallery, rotate it 90 or 180 degrees, flip it or rotate it and then scrap!
**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.**
Here are some examples from our very own Sugar Babes:
by Aly
Aly lifted Gemma’s layout, Addicted To using Here Comes Trouble by Kristin Cronin-Barrow
by Teresa
Teresa lifted Gemma’s layout Last Weeks of Being 4 using My Other Loves by Traci Reed and Heather Roselli
by Shannon
Shannon lifted Gemma’s layout Last Weeks of Being 4 using A Wonderful World by Kristin Cronin-Barrow & Meg Mullens
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!
