
This weeks LOTW is Good Night Fairies by kathleena. It was chosen for the whimsical and vintage feel! I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it!! Congrats kathleena! Make sure you leave her some love in the gallery and in the forum!

Now on to our…

This week we have the pleasure of learning more about one of our Designs Star winners…Rachelle aka maryzmom & Chelle’s Creations.
1. Your screen name? Your real name? I have a son with special needs. For eight years every doctor, nurse, specialist, therapist, teacher, etc called me Marky’s mom, so it seemed natural to call myself markyzmom, I go by Chelle, but my real name is Rachelle
2. What is your main job/career? My husband and I own a financial services company. We do insurance and financial planning. He does the selling, I manage the office.
3. Are you married/children/pets? We have six children ages 22 to 8.
4. Where is home for you? How long have you lived there? I live in a small community in northern Utah. I live 300 feet from the home my parents lived in when I was born and 250 feet from the home I was raised in (where my parents still live). Other than college, I’ve only NOT lived here for six years. How’s that for boring?
5. What are your 3 favorite foods? I LOVE homemade wheat bread, a nice juicy steak, and plump red raspberries
6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? I like the fruity sherbets best
7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet? Neither, my favorite snack is plain almonds. LOL! But I do have a sweet tooth.
8. Beverage of choice? WATER I keep a water bottle on the floor next to my computer.
9. What’s your least favorite food? Vegetables!
10. PC or Mac? What program do you use? Yes. I have a desktop PC with elements on it and a Macbook Pro with Photoshop CS4 and elements on it.
11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started? I’ve been printing hardbound “scrapbooks” for five years, but while I was recovering from surgery last summer, I talked my DH into bring the desktop downstairs so I could work. I was browsing the internet and discovered that you can BUY digital scrapbook supplies! Woo Hoo! I was in heaven!
12. What was your 1st LO about? My first hundred or so layouts were just a border with pictures and words-like a regular book. But this is my first Speed Scrap: 
13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)? Thread crochet. Spending time with my family (immediate & extended). Playing games. Watching basketball.
14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? Composition! I LOVE layouts with a vertical composition, but I scrap 11×8.5 horizontal and keeping a variety in my layouts is a challenge. And white space! I can’t help but think I’m wasting space! LOL!
15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? Draw. Paint. I would love to improve my artistic skills.
16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? I really don’t watch TV. Ok, I have a LOT of SpongeBob, Hannah Montana, and Suite Life of Zach and Cody memorized, but not from watching it. My favorite movies are Sneakers, Hunt for the Red October, Miss Congeniality,…
17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? In the office, at my desktop. Waterbottle next to my feet (where it can spill on the carpet, but NOT on my keyboard) and a handful of almonds on the desk. My daughters in the room working on homework or chatting with friends on gmail.
18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be? I LOVE stitches and ribbons
19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? I have a master’s degree in mathematics.
20. Can you tell us a little about your scrappin’ style? I like my layouts to look like a photograph of a “paper” layout.
21. Favorite LOs that you have done?
Love this one because of the colors:

Love this 2-pager:

Loved this pic, and LOVE how the LO turned out:

22. When did you start designing? What is your favorite product that you’ve designed?
I started designing last fall, but my first attempts were laughable. I got serious and started asking for feedback so I could learn and improve in January. I became an official designer at the end of the design star competition. My favorite product? Probably the Let’s Camp S’more kit. It’s been so fun!
23. How would you describe your design style? I like my elements and kits to look like you could’ve bought them at a paper scrapping store.
24. Where do you get your inspiration/motivation? There are buttons, photographs, magazine scraps, and pieces of ribbon stuck to a corkboard next to my computer. That wall is my source of inspiration for designing. I like to look in the gallery or in printed scrapbook magazines for scrapping ideas.
25. Which of your kits showcases you style the most? Let’s Camp S’more - lots of realistic elements
26. What is your favorite color scheme to design with? I LOVE blue, so I usually end up with some blue in each of my color schemes.
27. Favorite kit you’ve designed? It’s usually the most recent kit I’ve designed. But I’ll always have a fond spot in my heart for Make a Splash - I learned so much from the design star competition and this kit really shows it.

Thanks so much for letting us get to know you better. We sure love your LOs and your designs. Check out all of her kits HERE!