Meet the Team Monday – Kari and a Special Sale

It’s time for another installment of our Meet the Team Monday. This week we introduce you to one of the newer members of the Blue Heart Scraps Creative Team: Kari. Let’s get to know her now.

Basic Bio:

Hello everyone! I am Kari! I am 29 years old and from Wisconsin! I am married to the man of my dreams, Raymond. Together Ray and I have three beautiful children. Bianca is our oldest..she is smart, perky and not scared to tell you what is on her mind. She just turned 8 in Dec and is in the second grade. Kai is our only boy and is five. He loves cars and trucks and is very into Batman right now. Kai has Autism and Speech Apraxia amongest other special needs, but that doesn’t get in his way of being a wonderful little boy! Asia is our youngest. The Doodle (as she is known) is three years old. She like her big sister is quite smart for her age and very vocal! She loves Dora, Abby Cadabby and baby dolls!

I work part time at a children’s store called Crazy 8 and I totally love it! I love customer service and helping others and I love all my fellow co-workers. They are all like family to me!

In my spare time I love spending time with my family and close friends. We do a lot together as a family. We love spending time at local parks, pools and just having family nights in or cook outs with our friends. My grandmother and I have a very special bond and she is my best friend. I talk to her daily on the phone and if she doesn’t hear from me she sends my grandfather over to check on me! She is my best friend and I tell her almost everything.

I love to take photos of my children and try to take at least a photo of them a day. My camera is always attached to me! I of course am into digital scrapbooking! and spend a lot of time scrapping my family moments. I also love to cook and experiment in the kitchen! My kids are wonderful co-chefs and love to help me come up with new things for our family to try! We are really into casseroles right now.

How long have you been on the Blue Heart Scraps CT?

I am a pretty new member…I was just added to the team in Feb. and I am loving it!

Tell us about your scrapping experience: Did you ever paper scrap? When did you start digi-scrapping? How did you get started?

I been scrapbooking since middle school. It started out as paper scrapping, I had a pretty large scrapbook. I got into web design my Freshman year of high school, before digital scrapbooking was really big. I was really into web design and creating webpages. It hit me I could also create scrapbook pages using web kits. I started and became hooked. I still did a lot of paper scrapbooking though. It wasn’t till I had kids that I became a full time digital scrapbooker, just due to the time factor. It is a lot easier now to sit down at a computer and create a scrapbook page then pull out the big box of papers when you have kids around!

What program do you use?

I started out using Paint Shop Pro 7. I still use it time to time to edit photos and create templates, but now I am a huge Adobe Photoshope Fan. I use Photoshope about 90% of the time now and have two different versions of it saved on my computer that I like to use for different reasons.

Can you share a tip or a piece of advice for your fellow digi scrappers out there?

There is no wrong way to digital scrap. Seriously don’t be scared to go out and use those bold papers or be creative. Scrap what matters most to you and your layouts will shine!

When journaling, I never edit. I write as if I was writing in a diary. Write what ever comes to mind and just let your ideas flow. Journaling is a lot more real and heartful that way, when it is not scripted.

Tell us something different about you:

I am really into rights for special needs and helping the special needs community out. Not only because my son has special needs (Autism and Speech Apraxia amongest other issues), but also because I am deaf. I am not scared to educate others on special needs or stand up for rights. I am a huge part of the special needs community in my area and also online.

What is your favorite layout you’ve made using Blue Heart Scraps products?
This one called I love You Monster Much

What is your favorite Blue Heart Scraps kit?
that is a hard one, because I love them all! But if I had to choose one right now, I would probably say
My Cake Day because I love the bright bold colors!
and my all time favorite Alpha is the Clear Acrylic Alpha ! HUGE fan of those clear letters.

JoyLynn REALLY has a special treat for you all this week! Not only is Kari’s Favorite kit: My Cake Day onsale but so are ALL the add-on packs!!!

How AWESOME is that!! For one day only you get all these great products for JUST $1 each!!!

Hurry over to GingerScraps TODAY only to grab all these great packs for just ONE DOLLAR each!! You definitely don’t want to miss this deal!!