Scrapblog profiles Kaeli “Meetkatiebrown”
We’re pleased to profile Kaeli, also known as Meetkatiebrown.
1. Give us a little bit more info about yourself (where are you from, work, school, family, hobbies etc…)
I live just outside of Portland, Oregon with my husband Jeff, my 2 year old son Maddox and our dog Katie Brown. Until about 5 weeks ago, I was a stay at home mom so my world has turned upside down the past few weeks as I am trying to get used to the transition.
I enjoy cooking , traveling and I am somewhat of a computer nerd. But the one thing I am passionate about is photography, and of course my favorite subject is Maddox. I am sure you will see he is the star of most of my Scrapblogs!
2. How did you find out about Scrapblog?
I belong to a parenting forum and someone there posted the link. As soon as I got the mechanics down, I was hooked!
3. Are you involved in any other creative activities (online & off)?
I love to take photographs, which is why I started using Scrapblog in the first place. I am trying to get a little more creative with my picture taking and I love looking at other peoples works for inspiration. I used to work for a home interiors store which was another creative outlet for me.
4. Which one of your Scrapblogs describes you best?
I am not sure that just one would describe me, but all of them revolve around the most important things to me in life, which are friends and family.
5. Who is your favorite Scrapblogger & why?
I think it is hard to just pick out one, there are so many creative people in the Scrapblog community! But I would have to say that Karen (Little-M - featured here) has been one of the most inspirational people I have met on here. She is amazing with her techniques, in fact it was because of looking through some of her Scrapblogs that made me start to experiment with the different features.
6. What’s the one Scrapblog feature that makes you happy?
Oh gosh, I think one of my favorite features is the maintain proportions check box. I love that I can uncheck that and stretch a sticker to make it work how I need it. A good example would be in my “Moon” Scrapblog, I used a lot of layering of the cloud stickers, but I changed the proportions and rotated them so it wouldn’t look like I used the same sticker over and over again.
I do have to say the opacity slider comes in a close second on my favorite features! Oh and the color picker too! How can you ask me to just pick one feature!? =)
7. What is the most creative technique you’ve used in Scrapblog?
I would say using the shapes to create my own stickers, like in my “Winter” Scrapblog I made a family of snow people using shapes. I also did a Christmas tree from shapes in my “Christmas Tree Farm” Scrapblog. There is so much you can do with a little imagination. Be sure to check out “Did someone say icecream?” I made a cute little ice cream cone.
8. What keeps you coming back to Scrapblog?
Firstly it’s the community! Everyone is so supportive of one another, it’s very refreshing! And secondly, the fact that it is so easy to do! You guys have made being creative easy for any level user.
9. What would you like to see next for Scrapblog?
I would love a few more features like a magic wand cropping tool, or more shapes to crop with. Also, some more background art that can be dropped into the shapes. I think that is a fun feature that gets overlooked a lot. Also more coordinating backgrounds for themed Scrapblogs, like for a beach theme some palm trees, then maybe an ocean shot, things like that.
10. Can you share one tip for new Scrapbloggers?
I actually have two tips! First, don’t be afraid to experiment with the tools. They are so easy to use and if you mess up, then just hit the undo button! Secondly, is to utilize the forum! There is so much information there and if you get stuck there will be people there that can answer your questions. It’s also a place to get your voice heard on what new features you would like to see!
What are people saying?
Hello Kaeli!
I loved reading your profile! It’s nice getting to know the people who use Scrapblog and it always makes my day to see another friend featured!
You probably don’t know this, but it was because of you that I discovered the maintain proportions feature! I had no idea that feature was even there, until you mentioned it in the Forum one day… and I agree with you, the Forum is a great source of information! Whenever I run into a problem, I immediately go there for assistance!
I don’t think anyone on Scrapblog can match you when it comes to using shapes! You always think outside of the box and you have a vision I admire… and I’m also glad to consider you one as of my best friends here on Scrapblog!
Lots of love to you, Kaeli!
Karen
Correction: I meant to say, “I consider you to be one of my best friends on Scrapblog!!!!!”
Hugs to you!
Karen
There were several interesting points made in this profile. I’ll have to try out that ‘maintain proportions’ feature-I don’t think I have ever used it!
I also agree with Meetkatiebrown that the ‘Forum’ should be better used-I’m not sure if everyone knows about it! It’s a good place for ’scrapbloggers’ to help each other with problems as well as a place to get expert advice from the Team!
Kaeli,
I’m so glad to see you profiled! I’ve had you as a friend, and I love your Scrapblogs of Maddox. I thank you for telling me/us in this profile about the “maintain proportions”. I hadn’t figured that out yet. Congratulations!
Thank you all for your kind comments! I was really excited when I was approached about being profiled!! I love this place and you all have taught me so much, I am glad I could return the favor with the “maintain proportions” box! It is one of those little tools that gets overlooked!
BTW Karen, You were one of my very first friends here and I consider you to be a great friend as well! Your comments were really sweet, thank you so much. I ment what I said that your Scrapblogs are the ones that inspired me to try new things!!
*HUGS* To you all!! And thanks again Scrapblog!
I loved reading your profile. I absolutely adore your “Moon” Scrapblog.
In your answer to Question #9 you said “background art that can be dropped into the shapes” can you explain how to do that? I see the results as in your ice cream cone but can’t figure out the steps how you made that happen.
Thanks
Hi Betty!
Thank you for the nice comments about my Moon Scrapblog! That has to be one of my favs as well because it was the first one I did with really using the tools in different ways to create a look I wanted. =)
On my ice cream cone, I actually didnt drop the back ground on that one. Let’s see if I can explain how I did this..
First, I used the sticker that was the rattan that you see as the ice cream cone. Then I used the triangle in the preset shapes. I took off the maintain proportions (which is under the properties tab up towards the top right of your builder). After I did that, I could make the triangle with any angle I needed. So I layered my triangles over the rattan and created the cone look. I then filled in the rest of the area with rectangle shapes from the shapes tool and filled them in with the color I wanted.
If you look at my Morning Walk scrapblog, The oval that says “Our Morning Walk” was where a dropped a background (the stripe) into a shape to coordinate with the background I selected. To do this, make the shape you want, then drag the background you want into that shape. It doesn’t work with all of them, but it does with a few!!
If you go back and look at the ice cream cone Scrapblog, I made a little tutorial on how to make the “cone”. Let me know if you need more detail!
And thanks again!
Kaeli
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