Guest Artist - Kristi Carman
Scrapbooker Kristi Carman is a mother of 5 busy children ranging in ages from 3 to 15. When she’s not busy remodeling her house in one of Fort Worth’s beautiful historic neighborhoods, she’s working with and loving children and young women in the inner city who struggle with poverty or are working their way out of it. Kristi began scrapbooking 3 years ago with the Fortress Scrapbooking Ministry, which she now helps direct. One of the greatest things that has come out of her scrapbooking hobby is that it’s allowed her to contribute financially to the adoption costs for her youngest son. Kristi sells her custom-made paper bag scrapbooks and kits at craft fairs, Canton Trade Days, and on eBay. She uses 12×12 albums for her family scrapbooks, and scraps in 8.5×11 for each of her children’s books.
When you hit a creative wall, how do you work your way around it?
So far, I can’t say that I’ve ever really been in a slump!
What influences have made you the scrapper you are today?
Stacy Kocur, first of all, number one. Probably #2 is magazines and the internet. They all inspire me.
How do you approach a layout once you’ve chosen the photos?
Sometimes I look in a magazine for inspiration. Sometimes I’ll go through my scraps and try to use up as many as I can before cutting up more paper.
How would you describe your scrapbooking style?
Hodge Podge, free-for-all, scrappy. (LOL) ‘Cause I like my scraps. Wild. I’m not simple by any means.
What is your best organizing tip?
Stay organized and don’t let it get out of control. Be creative with your organizing. You don’t always have to use stuff that’s meant for scrapbooking. I have my grandfather’s tool cabinet in my scrap area. The flat drawers that were for saws and wrenches now hold my papers and pages. The small drawers that were meant for screws and nails now hold everything from paper clips to tape to brads and eyelets, fibers, buttons, etc. All of my embellisments fit in the 20 little drawers. I put labels on the outside of each drawer - I’m so proud of myself! lol!
How do you find time to scrap?
I don’t find time. It’s never there. I MAKE time. In the afternoon during naptime or in the evening during TV time is when I scrap the most.
What’s the biggest obstacle you face when scrapping?
Journaling. I’ve never been a writer. I had an English teacher in school who always wanted to hear a certain specific thing in our papers and I never seemed to write what she wanted. So now I’m sorta hesitant about writing, even when it comes to journaling. Except that you always say to write anyway, that it doesn’t matter how it sounds, as long as I write it.
I still haven’t gotten the hang of…
OH. The computer, definitely. I’d like to print some titles or journaling, but I’m computer illiterate! I hate the computer!
Favorite page and why?
Ooooh. I don’t know. That’s a hard one. You know I have a lot of favorites. I always like the ones where I use a lot of torn paper and layering. There’s one of Faith that says “Future Scrapbooker”. It’s at one of my first crops, and she’s just sitting there with paper and scissors, and concentrating on cutting. Totally in her element. It was probably one of my first really good pages. Because it says “Future Scrapbooker”, I was able to really use a lot of different elements. Different letters, brads, etc. I was able to really be free with it. It’s all orange and pink. I love the expression on Faith’s face. The pictures are just really good.
Projects on the horizon?
I’m excited to make a scrapbooking calendar that I saw in a magazine recently.
Tell me about your first page.
It was one of Faith’s. It was titled “I be-leaf in you.” The journaling says “Faith has been fascinated by dirt and leaves since the time she could crawl.” That’s it. That’s all I wrote! It’s plain and ugly - a piece of white cardstock glued on a piece of orange cardstock. i just stuck the pictures on and stuck a bunch of leaves everywhere. Its’ not too bad, I guess. LOL
Besides the obvious gift that scrapping is for your family, why do you enjoy it?
It’s therapy. It’s calms me. It’s the one thing that takes me away from the everyday grind and let’s me be creative.
January 24th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
It was fun to read a little more about Kristi! My FAVORITE thing she said was from when you asked her “How do you find time to scrap?”
I don’t find time. It’s never there. I MAKE time.
This should be engraved on a plaque and hung in every scrapper or wanna be scrappers home.
January 24th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
I really liked learning more about how Kristi approaches scrapbooking. I am going to have to get off this computer and MAKE time to scrap more too!
Thanks for sharing this with us.
January 29th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Kristi, thank you for sharing your insights. MAKE time. Definitely should be on a plaque.
~Heidi
January 29th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Guest artist- what a great idea! Enjoyed your stuff Kristi.
January 30th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Kristi, you should definitely enter the CK Hall of Fame contest. You are one talented lady!
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