Sunday Spotlight – Guest Designers!!!

Happy Sunday one and all! Hope you are all enjoying some wonderful fall weather. I’m super excited to bring you our two guest designer interviews today…Mye DeLeon and Studio Flergs!

First up, I’m going to let you get to know Mye DeLeon.

1. Your screen name? Your real name? My screen name is “Mye” but my real name is Myrlyn De Leon

2. What is your main job/career? I used to be an Infrastructure Lead for a teleco project. I was in the IT world for almost 10 years until I decided to leave the corporate world and devote my time with my family and my designs.

3. Are you married/children/pets? I have been married to Kris for almost six years and we were blessed with twin daughters, Scieszka Raine and Elysia Raine. I gave birth to them at 31weeks and now very proud to see that they have grown so much and now in Kindergarten. We also have 2 dogs who have been with us since the day after I got married.

4. Where is home for you? Like the overused cliche goes,  “Home is where the heart is.” I find home whenever I am happy and I feel accepted. Being with my family, friends and being with my digi-community. That is “home” for me.

5. What are your 3 favorite foods? I love spaghetti, cake and salad *wink wink*

6. PC or Mac? What program do you use? I use PC and Adobe Photoshop CS 3 extended. I already have CS 5 but I still don’t have the confidence to use it. I will install it soon and will try to grasp everything new in there.

7. What is the most challenging part of designing for you?  The elements. Each of the pieces in a kit should go well together and sometimes, even if I have completed a whole kit and felt like the elements aren’t complementing well, I scrap it and will have to redo everything from scratch.
 
8. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? I want to get better at cooking and be able to play volleyball. I used to play volleyball during PE classes in highschool and college but I have always wanted to get better at it and enjoy it more. I love watching cooking shows too and learning a lot of recipes. I still aim to be a good cook so DH won’t complain about my cooking again lol!

9. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? I watch cooking shows some times but I am not a TV fanatic really. My favorite movie is The Lord of the Rings. I used to be so in love with the character of Legolas that I even have a photo of him in my wallet haha! Oh I have it until now!

10. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? I want a clean environment when I am scrapping or designing. I don’t want clutter in my desk. I sometimes play music but mostly are Japanese anime themes. I don’t understand the songs but I love them. I need to have a cup of coffee at least once a day (since 3 weeks ago?)

11. If you only had 2 elements to use in a kit, what would they be? I would say a flower and a leaf branch. I can already make a cluster with those.

12. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? A little known fact about me? Hmm, I am not the usual me if I release a product without additional packs. I used to hate clustering but now it has been one of my regular kit add ons. I have learned to love and include frame clusters and element clusters in my releases.
 
13. When did you start designing? What is your favorite product that you’ve designed? I started in August of 2009 but was given a break at a store in October that year. My favorite product so far is the “The Magic Is Here”

and “That’s My Kid”

 I enjoyed creating both of them and I just love the colors.

14. How would you describe your design style? I don’t really know what to call it though some call it eclectic. I’d say more on the traditional? I love using realistic elements on my kits. Recently, I started drawing and I enjoyed it so most of my new creations include some hand drawn elements. I also want to explore out of the box sometimes and play a little shabby-ish.

15. Where do you get your inspiration/motivation? I get my inspirations from almost everything around me, DH included. He give names to some of my palettes and I work on them. I also love to use the colors that my kids combine on their coloring books. And very recently, I started playing with colors! I love using realistic elements in my kits with a touch of hand drawn ellies and doodles from time to time. I love creating my papers too! I sometimes start a kit with just papers and get more inspiration after previewing them .

16. Which of your products in the ScrapMatters store showcases your style the most? I designed “The Magic Is Here” with my own style so that is basically me.

17. What is your favorite color scheme to design with? I love green, pink, teal, orange and brown.

18. Favorite kit you’ve designed for ScrapMatters? The Magic Is Here

Last but certainly not least, I have the pleasure of letting you get to know Studio Flergs.

1. Your screen name? Your real name? Flergs. Megan or Megs.

2. What is your main job/career? Hairdresser part time. Mainly Mum & Digi Designer.

3. Are you married/children/pets? Married for 13 years this year. Have 2 loud dogs.

4. Where is home for you? I live in a small country town in Victoria Australia.

5. What are your 3 favorite foods? Hard to narrow down to three. So Subway, Kettle Chips (Golden Honey Chicken flavour), Donuts.

6. PC or Mac? What program do you use? Definitely a PC, I’m not a MAC sucker. I use CS5 for everything and sometimes artrage as well.
 
7. What is the most challenging part of designing for you? Time. I have a lot of deadlines to meet and little time to meet them. I don’t work during the day while my kids are at home, so I only get time from their bedtime (7.30pm) till I go to bed. Sometimes I get time during the day if they are with my Mum or at kinder/school.
 
8. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking? I’d love to learn how to play the drums like Tommy Lee

9. What are your favorite movies/TV shows? WOW ok how much space do I have? I am a MAJOR TV & Movie addict. IMDB is my fave iPhone app even to look up trivia lol. Anything Vampire related, True Blood, Twilight, Vampire Diaries… fave show EVER is Supernatural. I love Project Runway, ANTM, HIMYM, Big Bang, Glee, Rush, Medium, Modern Family…. crikey I can’t list them all. Love Rocky Horror, Tootsie, Grease, Step Brothers… lots of weird humour that I love to quote.

10. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where? Usually a nice quiet house because the kids are in bed. I have my iPod on very loud and yend to listen to one song on repeat when I am in the ‘zone’ and I try to not eat anything. I have a work PC that is only for designing, no yahoo or any distractions. Then a laptop for during the day to check email & facebook lol.

11. If you only had 2 elements to use in a kit, what would they be? Paper & a flower I guess

12. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…? Ummm very shy, I get anxiety trying to talk to new people and that is the same in the digi world too. Why I never ask people to collab with me lol, fear of rejection & all that.
 
13. When did you start designing? What is your favorite product that you’ve designed? I started in 2007 doing bad blog freebies. I always think the latest kit is my fave, so I don’t really have a favourite but I like boy kits best.

14. How would you describe your design style? No idea! I just do what I do lol. I try and stay true to paper scrapping I guess. Not fantasy at all. I try to make everything as real as possible and look like it could be for traditional paper scrapping.

15. Where do you get your inspiration/motivation? Definitely from fabrics & clothes more than anything. A piece of fabric can give me colour ideas & start a whole kit. And my kids clothes also are a big source of inspiration. Most of my kits I can remember exactly what inspired it.

16. Which of your products in the ScrapMatters store showcases your style the most? You’ll have to wait until I have more in store! lol

17. What is your favorite color scheme to design with? I love contrasting colours, not all variations of the one colour. Love orange, brown & teal the best. Oh and cream is usually in every kit.

18. Favorite kit you’ve designed for ScrapMatters? A collab I am currently working on with Amber is looking like a fave.

Thanks so much Mye and Megan for letting us get to know you both a little better! Be sure to stop by both Mye’s store and Flerg’s store and check out the amazing goodies they have available this month here at ScrapMatters!!!

-Kelli (kellig)

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