I’m excited to finally introduce Just Jaimee over here at RLS! Jaimee is a popular personal use and commercial use designer — I personally can’t get enough of her brushes! She sells at both Pixels & Co and Sugar Hill Co, and she’s guesting at The Lily-Pad right now.

Jaimee’s been super generous and has both a special promotion for RLS readers and a freebie at the end of the post!

        

Tell us about yourself!
My real name is Jaimee Kaiser. I’m a mom of 3 girls (Sydney 14, Alexandra 9 and Zoe 3). I have been married for almost 12 years. Together we live in a cozy little nook in the black forest of Germany. We are surrounded by nature and beauty, we are very lucky! I moved here in 2008. Before that I was born and raised in Stratford, Ontario, Canada and last lived in London, Ontario. We also have a very frugal and lovable cat named Büsele (pronounced Booze – ah – lay).

Aside from scrapbooking, what really fulfills you? What else is it that you absolutely love to spend your time doing?
My passions other than designing and scrapping are reading. I am nuts for reading and I cannot go a day without burrying my head in my kindle. I feel that with all the craziness and pressures of everyday life – I can depend on my little daily getaway every night before bed where I can feel like I am at Hogwarts or in post WWI New York City or in the arena of the Hunger Games. I love the adventure and get away to end my day and open my mind for a good night sleep!

What’s one random fact about yourself that most people don’t know?
Well what most people don’t know about me in digiland is that I have 10 tattoos and I’m a vegetarian

How did you get started in scrapbooking? How did you stumble upon digiscrap?
I had a friend who I was doing business with selling scrapbooking stickers (I was SO addicted!). She introduced me to it and I never looked back.

What is one tool of the trade that you can’t live without?
Other than the obvious Photoshop – that is a hard one. ONE thing? hmmm. My tablet. I made a bigger investment from the bamboo to the intuos5 and I can’t believe I waited so long. She’s my special gal. I also depend on my scanner.

What got you into designing? Did someone urge you to start designing, or did you decide to take the plunge yourself?
I plunged into the design end before I started digital scrapbooking. I’m a little odd for that but I was doing web design before that. We all like to make pretty things right? I thought – hey, I could do that. But I actually really sucked in the beginning and am really grateful for all the influences I had during my growth as a designer.

What inspires your products?
A lot of things inspire my designs. First and always the driver are the colors. I like things lively, bright and bold. I am fairly versatile and can also work with monochromatic colors and soft pastels but I’m still picky about them. Colors often shift my mood and that is also a big contributing factor. I look at the color combination and I normally get an immediate mood response from them. How does this make me feel? If I could create something with these colors what would they look like and say.. and there I go..

What do you love most about designing and/or digiscrapping?
I love how it has no rules and I design the way I like to. No boss. No one to answer to – complete freedom to create the way I feel I want to. For some, scrapping is like a therapy. Designing is that for me. Designing for me is like gambling for some people – it gives me a high and my endorphins are flying everywhere. I love the process and watching it start as nothing and come together to the end.

What is your favorite thing to design or make?
That is a hard one lol – Brushes and Papers are real close. Elements are sometimes difficult for me to start but when I get going, I find it difficult to stop.

Who would be your dream designer to collab with right now?
I would really love to collab with Creashens. I love her very unique and whimsical style and would really love to bend my own normal design style and combine it with hers. I don’t think there is any designer out there like her. She really is a designer with a distinctive style with a character of it’s own!

Tell us about your workspace! What do you love about it? What would you change?
I have a few workspaces depending if I am designing on my computer or painting. I have set up my designing space at the long kitchen table in our 1 room main floor which includes the kitchen, dining area and living room. This way I can multitask and be present for the kiddos instead of being at my desk in my room.

What are some of your favorite products?

I put a lot of effort into making this set which I did in combination with my silhouette cameo, paint and micron pigma pens. I think they give scrappers a real fun way to mix and match different elements and layer the doodles on them like a real paper layout.

For my CU products – I think vintage paper styles turned out really cool -I kept their texture / color as they were printed to make them authentic.

I collected and purchased a number of old magazines, music sheets and cards to grab the textures from them to make into styles. When you apply the styles to your elements / text – it looks like old vintage paper. It’s cool!
I made this ticket set using the styles exclusively.

Let’s check out some awesome layouts with Jaimee’s products!

Made with the Storyteller January 2013 Digital Kit Collection

Made with the March Storyteller Collection.

Made with the March Storyteller Collection.

Made using the Rockabilly Digital Scrapbooking Collection.

Made with the Secret Crush Collection.

Ready for the free gift from Jaimee??

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Today I had the pleasure of meeting Edeline Marta from Oscraps. Edeline creates whimsical kits with lots of bright colors and some lovely vintage collections. I first discovered her designs when she was at Two Peas In A Bucket and have always loved her “clean” designs. Before we learn more about Edeline’s current addiction and see a sneak peek, be sure to grab a special coupon code for Real Life Scrapped readers, good through May 30th! And don’t miss out on her new release, The Perfect Day – now on sale for 30% off!

        

Edeline, can you tell us a little bit about yourself outside of the scrapping community?
I was born in Indonesia, and then I met my husband, John, while I lived in Beatty, Nevada with my mom. I have been living here in Sweden with my husband for almost 13 years. We have 3 beautiful children – Charline 10 years , Marcel 8 years and Baby Michael 10 months old. I live in a small town called Halmstad, which is famous for its beautiful beaches.

I have been digiscrapping since 2002. I started as a creative team member to some designers and decided to design my own kits. I had tried to do paper scrapping for a while but its really not my style, I prefer digiscrapping instead :D

You mention on your blog that you’ve been designing for about five years. How did you get into digi scrapping? Were you a paper scrapper?
I was a scrapper before I went into design world. Mindy Terasawa talked me into designing.

What inspires your designs and how would you describe your style? Do you have any designers that have influenced you or ones that you admire?
My children are my inspiration. I guess my style is kinda mixed vintage, whimsical and realistic. I love Lorie Davison, Shabby Miss Jenn, Ju Kneipp, Mindy Terasawa & Jen Wilson … those are my favorites.

What tools do you use to design?
My Photoshop CS, Illustrator and my 3D scanner.

Being a mother of three children, when do you find time to design?
Well I normally design when I am not working. When the kids are in school and while my baby is taking a nap in the morning, I do sit 1 hour to design.

Where do you design? Can you describe your work area or share a photo with us?

Which of your products is your favorite and why?
Almost all are my fave because I had fun creating them. I have to say You’re Amazing. I dedicated the kit for my kids cause they are amazing ;D

We would love if you would share some of your favorite layouts made with your products.

By Nadia using Be Mine

By Emily using Girls Just Want To Have Fun

By Jacqueline using La Boheme

By Maike using You’re Amazing

By Deb using The Perfect Day

Do you have time to scrap or is most of your time spent designing products? If you do scrap, do you have a favorite page of yours that you’d like to share?
Well I do try to scrap with my own kits right now. :D  Here are a couple:

By Edeline Marta using The Perfect Day

By Edeline Marta using You’re Amazing

What are some fun facts about yourself?
I love to take photos, but right now I’m on break … probably will start again when my baby is 2 years old. ;D My other hobby is watching Korean dramas. :D … it’s so addicting!!

What famous person would you like to meet and why?
Lady Di … I adore her so much.

What do you love most about being a part of the scrapbooking community?
I love it! I can get to know lots of talented & creative people out there by online.

Lastly, what are you working on now? Can you share a sneak peek?

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Thank you so much, Edeline, for joining us today! Along with a coupon (see the top of this article), Edeline is offering the freebie, Dreams! (Remember, this freebie is only available for three weeks.) And, be sure to stop by Edeline’s Facebook page to leave her a little love and thanks for her generosity!

Don’t forget – we take applications for Designer Focus features! Tell your favorite designers you would love to see them featured here at Real Life Scrapped!

Today we’re sitting down with Tracy Martin Designs from Oscraps.  Tracy Martin is a kit designer with a traditional style — her kits are filled with bright & fun colors, and lots of whimsy! I love how her kits are also shabby, but the bright colors set them apart from the shabby kits we’re used to.

Tracy has generously provided an exclusive coupon for our readers! For 30% off use the code “RLS30″ — it’s valid for one use per customer until May 31st!

Shop Tracy Martin Designs @ Oscraps

      

Tell us about yourself!
It’s just Bella and I living in Paradise … AKA Papamoa Beach in New Zealand. No pets, we cant even keep cacti living so it’s a public service really lol.

Aside from scrapbooking, what really fulfills you? What else is it that you absolutely love to spend your time doing?
Apart from spending time with my amazing and goofy girl…. cooking… I just LOVE to cook, it’s one of my passions.

What’s one random fact about yourself that most people don’t know?
I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis when I was 19. It’s the reason I changed from paper to digital, I can’t hold scissors or a pen! lol

Tell us about your workspace! What do you love about it? What would you change?
Oh it’s so messy! I sew my own clothes, so it’s not unusual to have a half made skirt over one of my monitors! I have Bella’s school artwork behind my monitors to remind me to play more.

How did you get started in scrapbooking? How did you stumble upon digiscrap?
I started when my Dad was very sick, it was important to me to do a family heritage book so I wouldn’t forget anything important! I then fell into teaching at my local scrap store, and then digital.

What is one tool of the trade that you can’t live without?
Paint. Messy sticky paint lol. I can’t even make a kit without a junk load of them!

What got you into designing? Did someone urge you to start designing, or did you decide to take the plunge yourself?
Not being able to find that perfect paper, I made it myself. Then a flower etc etc. Thanks to Michelle and Cindy at FPD who really got me started and “refined” me :) lol

What inspires your products?
Oh colours definatley. Colours always set me off. I’ve been known to make people sit still so I can photograph their skirt or belt before!

I love your little girl logo!! Is that you or Bella? What inspired you to use that as your logo?
Oh that’s very much Bella and everything I hope is me, that shines through with my kits. Bright, playful, and full of fun. Not for the faint hearted!

What do you love most about designing and/or digiscrapping?
Being able to get wild and wacky with colours. Making combos that paper companies never put out lol

Who would be your dream designer to collab with right now?
Oh tough one, Peeps & Milo, Val Wibbens, Allison Pennington and Creashens are def. my digi-idols! I love how they play with colour.

What’s one of your favorite products?
Shine Like It Does – I just love the colours, the bling and the shabbiness.

Now let’s check out some wonderful layouts with Tracy’s products!

Using “Butterfly Kisses” (and some other items)

“Free Fall Papers” “Get It On Overlays” and “mon Petit“

“Free Fall Papers” and “Get It On Overlays”

“Sugar Britches“

I hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know Tracy & her designs better! Remember she has an exclusive discount for RLS readers!!!  For 30% off use the code “RLS30″ — it’s valid for one use per customer until May 31st!

Shop Tracy Martin Designs @ Oscraps

Don’t forget – we take applications for Designer Focus features! Be sure to tell your designers! Also we’ll have a new freebie up on the RLS fanpage later this evening to go with the Get Real Challenge No. 8, so be sure to grab the Cherish papers before they’re gone!

Today we’re sitting down with Jen Maddocks Designs who has shops at Oscraps and Scrapflower.

Jen has a bold and unique artistic style, punctuated with grunge.  I have been privileged to be a part of Jen’s creative team for over two years, and the designs just get better and better, more and more versatile.

New releases are always 20% off at Oscraps and Scrapflower.

 Tell us a little about yourself.
I never like this question cause I don’t know if people want to know about me personally or about me professionally.  Ah…I see the next question is about digi scrapbooking.  So let’s do personal.  I like chocolate, the smell after it rains and clean sheets.  I like warm weather and murder/mystery/psychological thriller novels and movies.  I have fat stubby thumbs and I hate them and my mother always used to say to me, “At least you have thumbs.”  I love being an artist and I’m very introverted but wish I wasn’t.

How did you get started in digital designing?
I started digital scrapbooking about 5 years ago…this would be 2008.  I loved digital vs. paper.  But I couldn’t find products that I felt represented me.  So I taught myself all I could with every tutorial online.  I read books on Photoshop and just poked around and pressed buttons.  I’ve always said the delete key and I are friends!!!

How would you describe your style?
I guess you would say artistic.

I love your kit names!  How do you come up with them?
I have the worst time coming up with names to kits.  I guess they just come to me as I’m working on parts of the kit.  Sometimes I’d just like to call kits “Kit A” or “Kit B”.

What is your favorite thing to design?  Have a least favorite?
I like designing masks the best.  I feel the most creative when I’m working on them.  I don’t feel intimidated.  I feel very creative.  I love adding and taking away using the brush and eraser tools.  My least favorite is alphabets.  Just don’t like them.  I don’t tend to use them myself and I don’t find them that interesting. ;D

What inspires you to create?  Do you ever have creative block?  How do you get out of it?
Life, creation and being outside in nature inspires me the most.  Art inspires me.  I’ve been frequenting the Denver Art Museum lately and have found LOTS of inspiration there.  I have art books that I look at for inspiration.  I do go to Pinterest for inspiration.  Sometimes I see ads in magazines or ads on tv that inspire. I hate to say I get creative block a lot.  It is an extremely frustrating part of being an artist.  Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to it and then other times it hits if I have a lot of stress in my life.  I have all these ideas swimming in my head but the more I try to hash them out when I’m going thru stress the worse it gets.  To work thru it I have to completely stop doing art.  And that is extremely hard for me to do because it is something that is who I am at the core.  But I’ve lived long enough and gone thru this enough to know if I try to work when I feel “off” it only compounds the problem.  I clean house.  I work on administrative parts of my business or I cook.  Sometimes I don’t do anything.  This is hard for a driven, goal-oriented person to do.  Eventually I come out of it.  But that doesn’t mean it is easy!!!!

Where do you design?  Can you share a picture?
I am fortunate enough to have my own office.  This was not always the case.  For years I was relegated to the kitchen table. ;D

What is your favorite product and why?
My favorite product is my Urban line.  The kit and the brushes I’ve made before that.  Also the This way Masks that match.  This kit was in my mind for a long time before it came to be.  It has just had a lot of great success and it was a challenge for me for it was a bit different from what I had created at the time.  I’ve also had the most creative layouts from my team and others come from it. 

Can you share some of your favorite pages made with your designs?

I love the way Tinkelbel uses my products.  I can’t help it.

From Diane, San Francisco Urban:

From Hondachicc – Signs of a Bad Day:

From Twinsmomflor – Grand Canyon:

From zwyck – Unforgettable:

Share 5 fun facts about yourself.

1. I like to read the last page or chapter of a book to see how it ends.  I’d like to know up front if I’m going to like how a book ends.
2. I don’t like surprises.
3. I like routine.
4. Most of my clothes are black.
5. I have a secret stash of candy in my office.

What are you working on now?  Any sneak peeks for our readers?

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Don’t forget – we take applications for Designer Focus features! Be sure to tell your designers! I hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know Jen better!

Today we’re sitting down with EHStudios from MScraps! I’ve been friends with Elisa for years now, and I love that she’s still producing wonderful templates and designs. Her style has changed a lot over the years, but it has always had something “unique” about it! Join me in getting to know more about Elisa — both her life and her scrapping addiction!

Also — Elisa has this special coupon for us all to use! It’s for use at both her MScraps shop and her guest shop at Oscraps! The free minikit is after the interview ;)

    

Tell us about yourself!
Hi hi! I’m Elisa, or Lisa outside of the internet & my office. I’m a self employed photographer & designer in my SMALL hometown in Indiana. I’m not married yet nor do I have any kids. I’m scrapping & creating for me that includes a lot of my family as my subjects and my puppy Charlie, (who is now 2). I’m still a person that hates to write about myself, but I KNOW scrapbooking is giving me a better voice & better understanding of myself. In other news, I’m coming up on my 27th birthday at the end of this month!

Aside from scrapbooking, what really fulfills you? What else is it that you absolutely love to spend your time doing?
Photography! And family really. I love when I get to spend time with them. Whether it’s hanging out at the house watching movies or visiting my grandma or having my twin cousins up. I just love doing things with them & love that I live so close to the majority of my family. Also playing with Charlie :-)

How did you get started in scrapbooking? How did you stumble upon digiscrap?
I’ve written this one a lot & can never make it sound more interesting than it was, lol! I started scrapbooking back in 1999 when I was 13 when we had to create a project to go along with the career that we chose. I picked photography for a career & scrapbooking as my project. My twin cousins were born this year too so my focus was on them. From there I was addicted to scrapping with my sister & mom & family. Then I went to college in 2004, took stuff with me, & didn’t have time for scrapping. So I didn’t. A year after graduating, in May 2009, I stumbled upon Digi, during iNSD weekend, and KNEW it was a fit for me!! Coming up on 4 years doing digi! Also I added back in some paper as I’ve been doing Project Life since December 2011.

What is one tool of the trade that you can’t live without?
Photoshop of course! And pretty patterned papers! And Wordart!

What got you into designing? Did someone urge you to start designing, or did you decide to take the plunge yourself?
It was just something I knew I could do & really wanted to try. I was already making my own wordart for my pages & creating my own page designs in layouts that could be turned into templates. So I just took the plunge myself about 6 months after finding Digi.

What inspires your products?
The Every Day. I want products that can be used for any kind of scrapping by any kind of scrapper. Coming from a no kids point of view & still having so many memories & photos to scrap I like creating something versatile & less thematic.

Who would be your dream designer to collab with right now?
Always has been Liz of Paislee Press. She’s been one of my absolute favorite designers since I found her work. A close tie would be with Peppermint. I’d also love to collab with Anna Aspnes & play more with my artsy side.

Tell us about your workspace! What do you love about it? What would you change?
My workspace is where ever I am since I use a laptop. A lot of times it’s my desk as work, (like I said, self-employed). Typically it’s pretty cleared off with just a few stacks of papers. If I’m at home I have a long card table that I set up near the TV to work. I like having the background noise which I don’t get to have at my office during the day.

What’s one of your favorite products?
One of my current favorites is “My Head In The Clouds.” I had a lot of fun with the colors & patterns & I always love kits about daydreaming & the power of imagination. It was just a happy kit to create.

Available at Mscraps and Elisa’s guest shop at Oscraps

 Let’s take a peek at some awesome pages made with Elisa’s goodies!

So Beautiful by Cynthia made with My Head in the Clouds & The Space Between Bundle 2.

Save This Moment by Ona using: A Clearer Road Vol 5, Between the Lines No 4, and This Photograph of You.

Thank For by Helen using Here With You.

Daydreaming by Giny using Color of the Sun.

Curiosity by Soco using This Photograph of You. and In This Moment.

 Ready for the freebie?? Remember that our Designer Focus freebies expire after three weeks, so grab it now!! This freebie also coordinates with another freebie that expires on April 19th (in two days!!!) as part of Elisa’s challenge at Oscraps.

{ click here to download }

I hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know Elisa a bit better, as well as her designs! Remember to use her coupon to get 40% off any EHStudios Product @ Mscraps or Oscraps with code: ehs-RLSl0ve40 until April 30th! 

Don’t forget – we take applications for Designer Focus features! Be sure to tell your favorite designers!

Today we’re having a virtual cup of coffee with Terese from t for me designs, found at Scrap Art Studio! t for me designs products include many artsy, hand-painted papers and elements – great for art journaling pages, although they can be used for other types of pages as well. Before we learn more about Terese’s everyday life, who she would meet for a cup of tea, and see some of her pages, I need to tell you about a terrific sale currently running in the t for me designs shop!

          

Terese, I’ve seen your designs and even pages you’ve scrapped, but I know relatively little about you personally. Can you share a little bit about yourself outside of the digital scrapbooking world?
I live in Sweden, with husband and four kids. A couple of my own and one extra! There is nothing more special about my days than making breakfast, taking kids to school, work, take kids home from school, take care of our home, pick toys, put kids to bed, read a bit, and then – DESIGN or SCRAP! LOL! And I LOVE this everyday-life. I treasure everyday-moments.

What led you into the world of digiscrapping and designing your own products?
I began digiscrapping in 2005 when I was looking for a “My First Year-Book” for my son. I realized I could make one myself! I also started playing around in Photoshop and Illustrator and ended up giving away templates and wordarts on my blog. One day I took the step and asked a store-owner (Miss Tiina at Sugarhillco) if she was interested in having me in her shop – and she was! So happy!

What inspires your designs and how would you describe your style? What designers have influenced your style?
I get inspired mostly by colors and stories I want to share. I would like to say my designs are a bit artsy and a bit classy and a bit playful and a bit peaceful. Let´s say Mixed. I adore lots of designers – and scrappers! I´d rather say I get very much influenced by a layout than a kit.

Are you a Mac or PC person? What is the one design tool you can’t live without?
I am a PC-girl. And I can not live without my tablet! I use it ALL the time! It is a Bamboo Fun – wishing to upgrade sometime – it works really, really well, but you know, I am a technique-junkie!

What’s your favorite part of the design process? When’s the best time for you to create?
The favourite part is when I am in the middle of a kit. I love making papers, and I love discovering new ideas along the way in my design process! The best time for me to create is ANY TIME, just need the kids to be occupied with something else! Being busy with kids, house, work, exercising, designing, scrapping, makes you effective and taking care of each minute!

Describe your creative workspace/area. Can you share a photo with us?
Here is my corner! (The digi-corner). The art-corner is the kitchen-table and that is not very artsy at the moment! More filled with dinner!

Which of your products did you have the most fun creating and why?
That is so funny – always the latest kit! Love being absorbed with a new idea and feeling so pleased when ideas turn into art.

We’d love it if you could share several of your favorite layouts made with your products.
Life Journaling Flowers by DaraGolden, using Color Play 7 – Bundle. Love the simplicity here! And the photo is beautiful!

My Loves by whitefrost using Art Play – Free newsletter gift! Such a great picture and love the clean and simple look!

Tend Your Garden by Elysah using The Muse – Bundle. A very creative use of this kit – love the Art she is making here!

Tranquility by mystampin using Tranquility Minikit. A peaceful page and love the format!

Express Yourself by caroline using She Loves To Dance – Bundle. A fun way to use the journaling cards! If you – like me – LOVE journaling cards and think it´s hard to pick one for your page!

When you have time to scrap, what are your favorite subjects to scrap? Do you have a favorite page (or two!) of yours you’d like to share?
I love to scrap and take a lot of time to do that! I love to scrap pages to capture our life – our family. Also, I am just gotten into this Art Journaling-stuff. Love that too! Here is a page on Everyday Life and one from my Art Journaling Book!

Now using Document Life and some parts from Spring Breeze, ScrapArtStudio Store Collab

Follow Rhythm using She Loves To Dance

What are 5 fun facts about yourself?
1.  I love the color blue.
2.  I love watching Modern Family (the TV series).
3.  I exercise with kettlebells.
4.  I can play the guitar and the piano.
5.  I cannot eat food with curry!

What’s your ideal vacation (if you didn’t have to worry about the cost)?
That is somewhere sunny. The winter has been extremely long this time… I long for sunshine and warmer weather.  And I´d love to take my family with me – to experience a new culture together! In the sunshine!

What famous person would you like to meet and why?
I´d like to meet Dalai Lama and have some tea together – bet he likes Green Yogi Tea, like me!

What do you love most about being a part of the scrapbooking community?
Being able to connect with new people, meeting new friends, from my living room to theirs, in just a blink! I love to share and to be inspired by others! There is so much creativity out there! So happy we can share this together – all over the world! That is really cool when you really think about it!!

Lastly, what are you working on now? Do you have a “sneak peek” for our readers?
I have a couple of new things in the pipes – always something to work on, and sometimes things get piled up…! Ok, let´s pick one! What would you say about the title: Painted Memories? Sounds nice, huh?! This will be in store in early May – so keep that on your list!

However, Terese does have a new minikit releasing on April 10th - Still Hoping!

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Wow! I learned a lot about Terese today, not to mention I am in danger of spending more money in her shop because of some of the kits she highlighted! Thank you, Terese, for taking the time to chat with us and give us a little glimpse into your life!

If you like what you’ve seen so far, don’t miss the special sale going on now until April 13th! Terese is also offering a couple of freebies! Sign up for the t for me designs newsletter and receive the Art Play minikit!

And, if you are a t for me designs Facebook fan, you can grab The Muse – Add On!

Don’t forget: we take applications for Designer Focus features! Be sure to tell your favorite designers you’d like to see them featured here!