meet tonia!

Happy Wednesday! Today we are going to get to know Tonia Rhodes, our scrappy Etsy seller and Sketchy Thursdays sponsor for this week!

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Hi! I'm from North Carolina and I miss it! I do love living in Tenn., too, though!

My favorite thing about paper crafting is color! I love to create drama with different, and sometimes unexpected, color combinations. I like to keep it fresh and funky. You can really convey emotion with color.

I like the freedom to create, as many of us know. Sometimes scrappers start out thinking that matting the photo and "stickering up" the page is what to do. (I know when I started out, I did!) What's perfect about this scrapping thing is the ability to personalize every page or every project. Beyond that, even using your own vision to utilize store-bought items and really make them your own, or to even make handmade items for your own work. A great color palette is what draws my eyes to a page.

I started scrapbooking several years ago, but over the past year or two, I feel as though I have honed my craft. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how artsy scrapping has become. I love that pages don't have to fit some standard of perfection to be great. I'm a big fan of stamping, and I'm absolutely adoring the mini-album right now.

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Thank, Tonia! Here are some great items from Tonia's Etsy shop.

And, here is what tomorrow's winner will receive from Tonia. Just a quick peek at the cover of the fabulous mini she made for Sketchy Thursdays!
Pretty sweet, huh?!

Don't forget to get your entries in for this week's Sketchy Thursdays challenge. Upload your link to Mr. Linky in the sidebar. Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Don't forget about the DT Call for Sketchy Thursdays. Also, I have some VERY, VERY big prizes and announcements coming in Sept., so you'll want to stick around here the next few weeks and see what I have cookin' for ya.