I think my 23-year-old daughter was almost 5 when I discovered digital scrapbooking. I had done some paper scrapping previously with creative memories but found it soooo limiting to my artistic nature. I already knew photoshop & illustrator so transitioning to it was a natural for me. It didn't take me long to start designing but I think it really took me quite a few years to solidly find my style. Through my years I sold at:
Scrapbook Elements
Plain Digital Wrapper
Funky Playground (they closed)
ScrapMatters (they closed)
a very short jaunt at Mscraps
9th & Bloom (they closed)
Oscraps
and when my sister died i simply settled in at Gingerscraps simply not pushing myself and even turning down a great offer from a really good store at the time - I just didn't have it in me.
Almost all the ladies who ran these stores were great people!
Finally, feeling emotionally stronger and with my daughter away at college, I came over to Sweet Shoppe Design and I love it here as a designer being surrounded by other wonderful and inspiring designers - wanting to constantly improve and sometimes try new things - and again, another amazing woman running a store.
So an early layout...
An early digital layout...
A layout I posted today:
