Hi my name is Katie. I’m a new CT member, and I am having a blast. My most recent assignment was to do a spotlight of a designers at ScrapMatters. I chose Brittney.

I really love her work. Look at these products…

Of course this isn’t all of her products. You’ll need to go check out the store to see everything.

And this is what we all ever wanted to know about Brittney…

What is your main job/career? I work part time at screen printing shop as an artist, doing the graphic design work for each order we print. Then the other half of my time is spent on my other design work from home. I have a little business called “Blessed Events” (blessedevents.blogspot.com) where I sell digital images for birth announcements, wedding announcements, holiday cards, etc. I do some freelance design jobs and then of course a TON of my time working at home is spent on digi-scrap business - designing, running this Team Blog, etc. etc. etc! I love it!!!!!

Are you married/kids/pets? I am married to my best friend Josh. We’ve been married for 2 and a half years now I we couldn’t be happier! We don’t have kids yet, and aren’t planning on any for a while. We are REALLY enjoying being newlyweds. No pets that live with us. Josh has an Alaskan Malemute named Dante, but since we rent he can’t live with us yet. He lives at Josh’s parents house.

Where do you call home? Born and raised in Utah. American Fork, Utah is my hometown.

What are your three favorite foods? Hmm . . . tough one. BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad from California Pizza Kitchen, anything Italian, and soups. I love soup!

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? I’m so boring. Vanilla Bean!

Do you prefer salty or sweet snacks? salty

What is your favorite beverage? Dr. Pepper!
What is your least favorite food? Sloppy Joes
PC or Mac? Mac!!
How long have you been digi-scrapping and how did you get into it? I was actually doing a little design project in March of last year and was looking for some “scrapbook” type elements to use in it and did a google search for “digital scrapbook” and BAM this entire world fell down upon me! I was already into graphic design and paper scrapping so combining my two worlds was incredible!! I keep waiting for this obsession to cool off or fizzle out and there’s NO SIGN of it!! I am totally addicted.

What program do you use to digi-scrap with? Photoshop CS3

What are your hobbies besides digi-scrapping? My problem is I have too many hobbies!! I love to read, I love to travel, I love beading, and art. Love to see it, create it, learn about it.

What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you? I know this is probably not the answer you’d expect, but for me its finding balance in the time I spend on the computer with the time I spend doing other things. I love to scrap, and if I could, I would be here all day scrapping away. But I have to find a balance between not neglecting my other responsibilities and my sweetie. So for me, the hardest thing about scrapping is finding that balance.

What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? Cooking. I’d love to be a better cook.

What are your favorite books/authors? Adiana Trigiani is probably my favorite author. ANYTHING by her is amazing. And, like millions of other people, I can’t get enough of the Twilight series. Oh man, just thinking about Twilight gets me all jazzed!

What are your favorite movies? I LOVE MOVIES!! So this is a hard one. Some of my top favorites are: “Sleepless in Seattle”, “You’ve Got Mail”. “Something’s Gotta Give”, Baz Lurhman’s “Romeo & Juliet” and “Only You”. Total chick flicks I know!!!! I also love the Bourne movies, “Rent”, and my newest favorite BIG TIME is “Enchanted”.

What is your favorite quote? As a HUGE Walt Disney fan, I have many favorite “Walt” quotes. One I really love goes: “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Another really good one from Walt goes: “You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” haha. Love that one!

What is one of your goals for 2008? To keep caught up and do another digi-journal like last year, and to continue losing weight and being healthier, and of course to expand and continue my digi-scrap design work.

What inspires you in your designing? I’m inspired by art, other designers, ads, products, fabrics, nature almost anything. I start with a color scheme and a basic “look” idea in my head and then things just pour out.

What is your favorite kit (that you’ve created)? Gosh that’s a hard question!! I really have a soft spot for “Accidentally In Love” cuz it was my first kit, my first attempt to design! But I guess I’d have to say “It’s Christmas Time in the City” is my favorite kit. It’s so ME! But its really hard to say its my favorite. I love all my kits! HAHA

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I think we love all of your kits, too. Check out the awesome things other scrappers have done with some of Brittney’s kits…(click on them to go to the gallery for credits)