We thought you’d enjoy learning a little more about JennCK, MyPicTales’ featured designer for March. So, here are a few questions, both silly and serious, that Jenn answered for us.

Tell us a little about yourself, your design career, family, etc.
I am 36 and live with my boyfriend and kitty. I’ve worked in technical development and project management for over 15 years, but left the field over a year ago. I’ve officially been designing since September 2009 and am a long time paper crafter. I am also a dedicated digital layout artist and am creative for many teams and publications in addition to designing.

Do you create your own layouts? How do you share them? (digitally, traditional albums, photobooks)
I create my own layouts and I share them digitally about 95% of the time. I do print brag books and other gift items using my designs (such as blankets, mugs, t-shirts, calendars).

What is your favorite MyPicTales product?
I love the calendars!

What is your favorite creation?
My favorite kit I’ve made is Shimmer. It speaks most to my personality.

What is your favorite product by another designer?
That’s really tough because I truly love so many things. Since I have to chose, I’d say INDUSTR*E: Full Kit By Flergs. That is my go-to kit when I make gifts for my boyfriend. I’ve made cell phone backgrounds and special desktops for him and he constantly shows them off.

What is your favorite color?
Green

Who is your favorite author, musician or artist?
My favorite author has long been Jane Austen. Her stories are timeless and I love the sarcastic wit.

What hobbies do you have apart from scrapbooking?
I love to travel and we do so frequently. I’m also very passionate about animals and have a little rescue shelter in our backyard where we take care of animals people left behind.

What type of computer do you design on? What programs do you use?
I have an HP desktop and laptop that I use. I’d say I do 85% of my designing on the desktop, though. The monitor is much larger and better calibrated for truer colors. I use Paint Shop Pro x2 and Photoshop Elements 8.

What is your favorite restaurant?
Hands down, The Melting Pot!

What is your favorite holiday?
I enjoy them all, but I look forward to my Christmas Tree every year.

What is on your desk right now?
A very long to-do list and a root beer.

What is your favorite TV show or movie?
We don’t watch much TV and don’t even want or have cable. I usually catch TV shows only once they’re on DVD. We watched season 1 of Lost and had to buy the entire series. We also stream Top Chef.

What is your favorite font?
Goodness. This one is tougher than the favorite kit by another designer. I literally have over 1000 fonts. I think Ray Larabie creates the coolest ones!

What is your favorite sports team?
I don’t watch sports or have a favorite team.

Share your favorite recipe, quote or song lyric with us.
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

What was the last thing you ate?
Pizza

What is the last photo you took?
I took a couple photos of my crafting workspace.

What was the last kit you downloaded?
One that I’m sure will become my new favorite… Clementine by Shabby Princess.

Thank you Jenn for telling us a bit more about yourself! Stop by the Design Center to purchase Jenn’s kit Wish while it is still on sale!

JennCK comes to us from Scrapbook Bytes, Inspiration Lane and Scrapable. Her digital scrapbook designs range from deep rich colors, to soft and sweet. A little shabby here, a little whimsy there. It all adds up to beautiful pages. This month, JennCK is offering MyPicTales customers her kit “Wish” for just $3.99.

This full size kit is great for all of your everyday photos. Everything is created at 300dpi for quality printing. I know you’ll enjoy the many unique elements (listed below) and touchable papers. This kit is for personal use and is scrap for hire/other friendly.

This kit is sure to make adorable brag book albums or scrapbook pages. We’ll learn a little more about JennCK and her designs in the coming days. In the meantime, check out her blog!

It’s always fun to get to know more about designers, so we asked Darcy a few questions.

Tell us a little about yourself, your design career, family, etc.
I’m a homeschooling mom of two little boys who love to geek out like their parents. I got into font designing about 3 years ago, and love being able to provide this service for folks to help them record their memories, their own way.

Do you create your own layouts? How do you share them? (digitally, traditional albums, photobooks)
Yes, I create my own layouts and do them in standard scrapbook form - print and put into traditional items.

What is your favorite MyPicTales product?
Print service, definitely.

What is your favorite creation?
DJB Angel Baby. Definitely - it was done in collaboration with the So You Think You Can Font Contest winner last year (look for that contest to reappear in March @ Sweet Shoppe!) It’s the hippest thing I’ve ever created. But then I also have a lot of love for my Stick*It Dates and use them on pretty much everything that I do now.

What is your favorite product by another designer?
Tough one…the Stuck Together frame series by Karah Fredricks @ The-Lilypad.com I spend most of my creating time doing a layout just trying to figure out how to layout the photos. I don’t always want a template, but I need help with photo placement, and those are my go-to’s when I’m stuck!

What is your favorite color?
Blue.

Who is your favorite author, musician or artist?
CS Lewis, Phil Keaggy and Frank Lloyd Wright. He’s not an artist, but I consider his archecture to be art

What hobbies do you have apart from scrapbooking?
I’ve just taught myself to crochet over the holidays, and I love reading and cooking.

What type of computer do you design on? What programs do you use?
I use a built from scratch windows machine (Hubby is a genius) and PSCS to create.

What is on your desk right now?
Everything in the world. I’m a terrible piler.

What is your favorite TV show or movie?
West Wing for TV.

What is your favorite font?
mine

Share your favorite recipe, quote or song lyric with us.
“The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things.” - Rich Mullins

What is the last photo you took?
My guys doing their science activity for the week.

MyPicTales is lucky enough to have Darcy Baldwin as our Featured Designer for the month of February. She’s offering to make your handwriting into a font that will work on Mac or PC computers! Simply purchase the script or print font from the Design Center and download the packet with the details you need to turn your handwriting into a font. Fonts come in either exclusive (only you get to use it) or non-exclusive (able to be sold in Darcy’s shop). See the complete list of custom font options at the MyPicTales Design Center. Fonts make great gifts for the teachers, techies or scrappers in your life too!

Not sure if you want a custom font? You can get a great deal on Darcy’s bestsellers in this fun bundle (includes one free bonus font)! (Each of these fonts is currently available as a single font in the Sweet Shoppe.) These have been bundled for greater value. DJB A Bit of Flaire, DJB Angelbaby, DJB Another Mandy, DJB Jenna, DJB Liz, DJB Lizzy Fizzed Out,  DJB Poppyseed (CU OK & Euro Ready) DJB Sissy, DJB Smartypants, DJB Tweenybopper; Bonus font: DJB Joan. This product contains 10 True Type fonts with full alpha, numbers and common punctuation. Most, but not all, of the fonts contain European characters. This product is a commercial-free font product - no license purchase required. Read the complete terms of use

Thanks for checking out Darcy Baldwin Fontography with us this month!

Darcy comes to us from Sweet Shoppe Designs where she is known for her fantastic handwriting and script fonts. We asked Darcy to tell us a little about herself, and her is what she said. “I am a homeschool geekish mom of 2 boys, married to a wonderful man who loves to help folks get their memories on paper in their own style through capturing their handwriting digitally.”

Not only can you order your own custom font from Darcy (a perfect gift for yourself, a teacher, scrapbooker or loved one) but, Darcy has created two fun fonts exclusive to MyPicTale’s Design Center for the month of February! All of Darcy’s fonts will work with our TaleWeaver software, as well as with any other programs you have installed on your computer! And, they are Mac and PC compatible!

Bestseller Bundle: Here is the chance to grab my 10 bestselling fonts (plus one free bonus font) in one fell swoop! If you’ve never tried my fonts, this is the ultimate pack to grab! (Each of these fonts is currently available as a single font in the Sweet Shoppe.) These have been bundled for greater value. DJB A Bit of Flaire (CU OK) DJB Angelbaby (CU OK & Euro Ready) DJB Another Mandy (CU OK) DJB Jenna (CU OK) DJB Liz (CU OK) DJB Lizzy Fizzed Out (CU OK & Euro Ready) DJB Poppyseed (CU OK & Euro Ready) DJB Sissy (CU OK & Euro Ready) DJB Smartypants (CU OK & Euro Ready) DJB Tweenybopper (CU OK & Euro Ready) Bonus font: DJB Joan (CU OK & Euro Ready) This product contains 10 True Type fonts with full alpha, numbers and common punctuation. Most, but not all, of the fonts contain European characters. This product is a commercial-free font product - no license purchase required. Read the complete terms of use

Custom Fontography

Whether it’s a fun journaling font, or a custom handwriting one, Darcy Baldwin Fontography has what you are looking for!

Are you enjoying this blog?  Be sure to check the archives and tags for previous posts!  Did you see the awesome kit by January’s featured designer?  One lucky poster will win a copy of Kari’s City Girly Girl kit.  Read more here.

My daughter’s daughter loves pink!  She’ll love pages created with Kari’s kit (she’s in preschool and in a dance/gymnastics class).  My goal is to complete at least one book a year for my granddaughter containing special events and every day events — each delightful adventure, from Nana’s perspective.

One of the bestest parts of digital scrapbooking is that you can print as many copies of your pages as you want!  You don’t have to go out and purchase more scrapbooking papers, buttons & bows — you can reuse your kit again and again.  Kari’s kit can be used directly in the Taleweaver software, or in your own software to create scrapbook pages, cards, calendars or other fun projects.

I’ve featured one of my own pages again today; I just love sharing the possibilities with the kits offered.  And I love sharing copies of my printed pages with others– you’ll love the quality of the prints you order from MyPicTales!  The fonts used in my layout are JaneAusten and Papyrus for the title and Calibri for the journaling.   I used a page map (October 2005) to help with the design of my page.

Happy Scrapping to you!

As Ever,
Pam

This month, Kari, aka. Relocated Dixi Girl is bringing us a girly girl kit to satisfy any princess or diva. It’s available in two parts: the papers and the elements. At only $2 for each pack, it’s a great price for some sweet graphics.

Use the graphics directly in our software, or use them in your own software to create scrapbook pages, cards, calendars or other fun projects. Thanks Kari for bringing us this fun kit!

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