Featured Scrapper... 7/9...Audrey Neal! :)

[angedawn]

The new "Featured Scrapper" is Audrey Neal! I've seen her work around the web quite a bit lately and have become a big fan of her style! She already has quite a few layouts in the DST gallery. You can find her awesome gallery

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=198

right there! :)

I love these two layouts especially! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/angedawn/aneal2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/angedawn/aneal1.jpg

OK Aud... if you would answer these questions for us... so we can all get to know you a little bit better, that would be awesome! :)

GETTING TO KNOW OUR FEATURED SCRAPPER

1. What program do you use to scrap?

2. What camera do you use to take photographs?

3. What are your 3 favorite fonts at the moment?

4. What kind of digital products are you a sucker for?

5. What was the last digital product you bought (give us a link please!!)

6. What creative teams are you on or would you love to be on?

7. What movie could you watch over and over again?

8. What show can you not miss on tv every week?

9. Do you have a favorite cd that you like to listen to when you scrap?

10. What other hobbies or crafts do you love?

[Andrea C.]

Great pick! Audrey has an awesome style both digitally and on paper :) Congrats on being the featured scrapper this week!!

[Darcy Baldwin]

Congratulations, Audrey! I'm looking forward to getting to know your work!

[TracyAnn]

her work is amazing... love it.

[wyowomanKristin]

those two layouts ARE amazing - off to check out her gallery~!

[HeidiD]

Aud ROCKS! Plain and super simple. :) Congrats, girl! Love everything you've done!

[Rose Farver]

Congrat Audrey you are racking in the accolades girl! I think this month you have designs appearing in DMM too right?

[AmyK]

Great pick! I became an Audrey fan after seeing her incredible work in the Ultimate contest! I'm looking forward to seeing more. :)

[aneal]

wow. I'm totally surprised and honored by this!!! I'll get right to bid'-ness though and answer those questions, instead and rambling on and on about nothing. ;)

1. What program do you use to scrap?
I am still stuck in the dark ages. I use Photoshop Elements 2.0 to make all my layouts. I have CS, but I haven't gotten comfortable with it yet, so it takes me forever to use. That's why I keep going back to PSE 2.0.

2. What camera do you use to take photographs?
I have a digital Gateway actually. I don't remember the model number, but it has actually been a great camera -- it's a 5.0 megapixel but small enough to fit in my jeans pocket. I'm saving up for a Panasonic Lumix, which I've just fallen in love with.

3. What are your 3 favorite fonts at the moment?
For a good handwriting-type font, I've been using Vaguely Repulsive a lot. I love Jailbird Jenna for a mismatched, grungy, stamped look, and AL Modern Type is another go-to of mine.

4. What kind of digital products are you a sucker for?
Anything that looks real. I started as a paper scrapper -- I still am a paper scrapper, so one of my goals is to keep that style alive in my digital pages. I love things like strips of duct tape or torn cardboard, things that are grungy and unique. The same sort of stuff I use on my paper pages -- I never want to create pages that are slick magazine-type pages. I have nothing against those pages -- I've seen gorgeous work like that -- but it just isn't me.

5. What was the last digital product you bought (give us a link please!!)
love these date stamps at Designer Digitals -- always find lots of little goodies for my pages there
http://www.designerdigitals.com/ecom/product_info.php?products_id=1235

6. What creative teams are you on or would you love to be on?
I think everyone will hate me when I list the CTs I'm on. However, I scrap like a madwoman, so it only makes sense to me that if I'm gonna be scrapping, I might as well help someone push their work.

I used to be on The Digi Shoppe's CT, but when it dissolved, I was lucky enough to be picked up by several of the girls to be on their teams: Janel Kretschman, Misty Mareda, Suzy Nunes, Rose Farver, Corina Nielson and Lauren Reid, all from Plain Digital Wrapper now. I also design for Emily and Angela Powers at the Sweet Dreams Shoppe. I design as well for Holly McCaig, Zoe Pearn, Summer Simmons, Paula Duncan, and Jan Crowley. These girls are all amazing to work with, so it's not hard to get my required layouts and more done each month!
Now...I do have to admit that there are two other teams I would love to add. Jen Wilson and Tracy Ann Robinson -- both do some of my very favorite work. In fact, I just bought tons of their stuff and as soon as I'm finished with CHA assignments, I'm gonna be digging in and scrapping like crazy!!! :)

7. What movie could you watch over and over again?
Without a doubt, Say Anything. I LOVE Lloyd Dobbler. In fact, I usually show this movie to my high school juniors when we are studying Transcendentalism (Emerson, Thoreau) because the ideas on non-conformity and self-reliance are so very very similar.

8. What show can you not miss on tv every week?
I'm not a big TV watcher. It all started back when I was finishing college. Our TV didn't pick up any channels and we were too broke to afford cable. So we got used to it. We'd get movies every now and then, but nothing more. That was 6 years ago. Since then, it's just become a total habit not to turn the TV on except to watch movies. However, if we had cable, I know I'd be a total reality TV junkie, I'm afraid. There are shows that I make time to watch when we are staying with family (they have cable - ha!) I LOVE That 70s Show and am working my way through it on DVD. Same for Lost, waiting to get season 2 now. Um....okay. Guilty pleasure here that you can TOTALLY tease me for, but I love that show Dog, The Bounty Hunter. You know what I'm talking about? I can't help it -- I just love it! LOL

9. Do you have a favorite cd that you like to listen to when you scrap?
Usually I'll put on iTunes, since I do all my work in the dining room at the table or at my computer desk, which is next to my husband's. It's got a huge mix of music on it -- really eclectic stuff. Some of my favorites are Better than Ezra, Ani DiFranco, Seven Mary Three, Fall Out Boy, Blue October, Taking Back Sunday...I'm a big fan of punk, I've discovered, as I get older, which makes me laugh for some reason. Oh, and I love the new Kelly Clarkson song, Walk Away. The Dixie Chicks song is another guilty pleasure -- sometimes I just want a good song that I can belt out loud and proud, even though I'm totally tone-deaf. So yeah, it's fun, but not particularly good listening for anyone else, lol.

10. What other hobbies or crafts do you love?
Scrapbooking is the first craft that I've really stuck with. I loved art growing up, but had a lot of misconceptions about what was good and what was art and all that. So I never pursued it into high school and on into college. I enjoy photography -- I'm still learning tons and tons about it, mostly through experimentation. I'm dying to get my hands on some lomograph cameras and play around. I'm also a huge huge reader -- love books, love the weight, the feel, the smell. I'm a big fan of the urban fantasy genre, what others call mythic fiction. Authors like Jonathan Carroll, Terri Windling, Charles de List, plus more traditional fantasists like Patricia McKillip and Robin McKinley.

Whew....hope you're still with me. Feel free to ask any other questions -- I'm just loving this!!! :)

[Rose Farver]

Say Anything! I LOVE that movie it's one of my all time favorites! Especially the song "In Your Eyes...!" How cool girl!

PS! I am so prvilidged to have Audrey as part of my team! Thanks Audrey!

[angedawn]

I was just going to say the same thing... I love "Say Anything"! :) One of the all time greatest movies! :) It was fun to read all about you Audrey! :)

[lindse]

Congrats - love your work!

[Welli Designs]

congrats Audrey. Your work is awesome !!

[Holly]

yay Aud!!!!

Man, this girl does rock the layouts ya'll - and she can CRANK them out! It's amazing!!!

[nina]

wow, great layouts! congrats to you

[diannerigdon]

Audry is a very impressive scrapper. She first came to my attention during the Ultimate contest. Needless to say, I was very impressed with her style and HOW ADORABLE IS THAT "dis means" layout?!?!

[Keely~B]

Your work is just breathtaking! I'm a big Lloyd Dobbler fan too lol.

[Tara18]

wow, so inspiring! congrats!

[LauraKaye]

Wow Audrey! I've been a big fan of your work since the Ultimate contest too. Love your layouts!

[~Margie~]

Congratulations Audrey! Your layouts rock!

[aneal]

*blush* Thanks so much, all of you! :) And I had a blast with USD! So much fun!!!

[suvel]

Oh my gosh...I just LOVE LOVE those layouts....superb!!!

[Hom74]

Aud's amazing! I've even lifted one of her paper LOs for a challenge. And this girl can crank them out.

I didn't follow the ultimate contest but was lucky to be a fan of her work before then.

[chris]

I just love your nice and easy style Audrey. I can see you're one I will be stalking a lot so watch out!
The two layouts shown are just delightful to look at, now I'm off to find the rest of your stuff!

Chris

[drgnfly]

Beautiful gallery Audrey. i will have to do some scraplifting.

Ange, thank you for letting us get to know Audrey. :)

[Jeannie]

awesome Audrey! Congratulations! :D

[Kim Mauch]

Beautiful work, Audrey. Congrats on being featured scrapper! Enjoy! :)

[InLoveWithDOTS]

Woohoo! Audrey rocks! Great choice!

[stampnbug]

Great work!

[mrs2a50]

Wow Audry! I honestly can't pick a favorite. You haev such a great sense of color and texture, I almost think I can "feel" your layouts! Gorgeous, gorgeous work!!

[Misty Mareda]

YAY AUD!!!!! I'm so happy for ya girl!!!! :D

[sausan]

Congrats Audrey !!!

[jomi]

Big congrats Audrey! Love your work!

[suzy]

Aud's work really does RAWK!!!! I first discovered her work when she applied to be on the CT at The Digi Shoppe - I am so lucky to have her as part of my CT at PDW!!!!! Congrats Aud - you so deserve this!!!!

[Sandra Boddington]

Wow your work is amazing. Congrats Aud.

[Dustybear]

Awesome LOs!! You're quite the creative lady :)

[Mechelle C]

Wow~ you have some really beautiful layouts. Definately some I want to scraplift. Congratulations on being the Featured Scrapper.
((hugs)) Mechelle

[maybeyousee]

Hey fellow Hog-Girl, I didn't even see this until today. Huge congratulations!!!
I love your style!

[sarahbcmc]

Audrey!! Congrats :D
I thought I didn't *know* you until I saw your username. 'Course I do!!! Love your work and boy can you scrap fast!!!

[elizzylee]

Congrats Audrey!! Love your work. :)

[LemonaideLinda]

You do some beautiful work! I enjoyed looking through your gallery. Could have spent much more time there, but something I wanted to see was coming on tv.
And I think the teensy bit of tv viewing you do has gotta be one of the reasons you manage your time so well.
Congrats on being featured here.

[jencaputo]

Audrey's work is incredible!!! Fantastic pick!!

[thequeenofquirk]

congrats, aud!! you are so freakin fabulous and i am so lucky to have you!!! :D

[Ashalee Wall]

Wow fantastic style and Congrats. How wonderful!!!

[kellyshults]

Gorgeous work and I really enjoyed reading your Q&A! You are a very interesting and talented lady! ;)

[laurieg]

love your style Audrey!!!!!
I first "discovered" you during the UDS contest also. :)

Man- I can't believe how fast you crank out so many awesome LO's!

[angelbq]

Congrats Audrey. Love your pieces, and I am just amazed how many team you can rock. They're lucky to have yah! And that did means LO really is eyecatching!

[daly]

congrats! digging your style!

[d2vasquez]

Oh I so love Aud's stuff......way to go and great pick!!