Design Team

   • Emily  Bond
   • Kaylee Bond
   • Chris Cuthbert
   • Deb Watkins
   • Janine Berlin

Design Team Questionnaire—Janine Berlin

Janine’s work was recently featured on My Little Shoebox’s blog! See it here:
http://mylittleshoebox.typepad.com/my-little-shoebox/
   

1. How long have you been scrapbooking?
   I have been scrapbooking/papercrafting for 9 years. I began to scrapbook when I realized that all my children's photos were in a cardboard box. 

2. What are your favorite products?
   I absolutely cannot scrap without pop-up dots, chalks, tape runners and of course, any type of embellishments.
   

3. Who are your favorite manufacturers?
   The products I seem to use the most are Maya Road chipboard, Color Box chalks, 3L adhesives, My Little Shoebox Alphabet Stickers, and great paper.
   

4. How would you describe your style?
   My style is eclectic. I usually let the photo dictate the style of the layout or project. I love to mix patterns with ample embellishments.
   

5. What are your favorite colors and combinations?
   My favorite color is pink. I love to mix it with lime green and brown. There is something about pink and lime green together. . .it always makes me smile.

6. What type of projects do you usually make?
   I generally scrapbook 12x12 pages. Recently, I have been doing more mini-books and altered projects. I’ll cover anything in paper from paint cans to Pringle cans!  I also like to create greeting cards.

7. What’s your favorite scrapbooking tool?
   My favorite scrapbooking tool would have to be my X-acto knife.  In my life before kids, I was a graphic designer and designed layouts and ads for a number of businesses. I was trained the "old fashion way" . . . cut and paste.  I always had an X-acto knife in my hand.
   

8. Where do you look for inspiration?
   I look for inspiration from monthly publications, blogs, and websites.  I really enjoy Scrapbook & Cards Today, a magazine from Canada, Scrapbook Trends, and Cards. I enjoy shopping for supplies and always seem to be inspired by new products.
   

9. What advice do you have for beginning scrapbookers?
   My advice to new scrappers is to start out simple. Don't lose the main focus of your layout. . .your photos. It is important to capture the memories. Everything after that is like icing on a cake. . .and who doesn't like icing?!!

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