Featured Designer 6/11 – Shawna Clingerman
Hey Sweet Shoppers! This week it is so exciting to share with you our Featured Designer – Shawna Clingerman! I think you all know how fabulous Shawna is already…but let’s get to know her a little better…
1. How did you get started designing?
In late 2005, my hubby showed up after work with a new graphic tablet for me. I’d been drawing little doodles and scanning them in from time to time to give away on my blog, so I was just thrilled to actually be able to actually doodle on my computer. After that I really got in to drawing little swoopeis and what not and giving them away, when the owner of NDISB asked me to come sell them in the shop. I took the big dive into selling and I slowly started designing more and more things and putting them up for sale. In November 2006, I scored the best gig in town and started selling a the Sweet Shoppe. And the rest is history!
I started just with my wacom and Photoshop Elements and I (ever so slowly) saved all my pennies to buy the full Creative Suite. Today I am working in Illustrator and Photoshop and I’m amazed to still be learning new tricks 4 years later!
2. What is your best selling product?
My best selling kit to date is You Don’t Know Me
3. Where do you get inspiration for your designs?
I get them really randomly, sometimes from things I want to scrap with for my boys, and sometimes it will be when I see a window display, or a little sign at starbucks, or when I run into a set of colors online that I just LOVE. Really I keep waiting to run out of ideas, but what do you know, they are still coming, 4 years later!
4. What is your designing “atmosphere”?
I design in my living room, on my hot pink Dell laptop. I am either on the couch with a lap desk for the lappy and the wacom. Or I will sit at the desk we have and plug into our monitor and keyboard so that I can design with an extra monitor (and goodness gracious I love me a 2 monitor set up!). I do a majority of my designing at the crack of dawn before the boys are awake, or on Fridays, when the hubby is home and I can sneak away to work at our awesome local library.
I also asked Shawna to share 3 of her own favorite products and let us know why she loves them:
The 4 My Boys Collection is easily my favorite set of kits because, well I made it for my boys. Each one of these kits reflect the kids, their favorite colors, and their own little special and unique personalities. I love how each of them are so wonderful and yet so different – this collection is all for them.
This kit is one of my absolute favorites. It is bright and fun, and I love that. Also, it is pretty meaningful to me, I made this kit when I was feeling myself getting dragged down by depression and frustration. I decided what better way to fight it than by actually creating something to kick start some feelings of hope and happiness. It was totally cathartic, and what do you know – it totally worked!
Super you is one of my favorites because it is just such a fun reflection of my life. I have four little amazing super hero’s running around here, and it’s an action packed adventure after adventure with these kids!
Featured Designer Challenge (Bonus #2) for your June 2010 Scrapper’s Portfolio
Your challenge this week is to scrap using MOSTLY Shawna’s products on your page. It’s okay to add other designers but most of your layout should be done using Shawna’s products.
**please note this challenge is worth 1 point and cannot be combined with other portfolio prompts except for NR bonus point for a total of 2 points.**
And now some examples from our very own SugarBabes! (and one designer 🙂 )
by Julie
Credits: Beautimous Spring by Shawna Clingerman, Kickstart by Shawna Clingerman, Cindy’s Templates Set 52 by Cindy Schneider, Oodles of Tags 2 by Julie Billingsley, DJB Fonts: Brittany by Darcy Baldwin
by Dana
Credits: Happy Happy Joy Joy 2 Scoops by Shawna Clingerman and Lauren Grier
by Aly
Credits: Sweetiekins by Shawna Clingerman, I’m the Princess by Shawna Clingerman,Template Set 58 by Cindy Schneider (available 6/12)
by Cindy
Credits: Kickstart by Shawna Clingerman, It Starts In My Toes Alpha : Neutral (retired) – Shawna Clingerman, Bad Sewing Machine 18: Kinda Kleen by Traci Reed, Cindy’s Templates: Set 57 (available 6/12)
by Nikki
Credits: My Little Mister Perfect Pairs by Shawna Clingerman and Micheline Martin, Cindy’s Template Set 55 by Cindy Schneider , DJB Fonts: All The Cool Chicks by Darcy Baldwin
Don’t forget to edit your Portfolio with your page for this challenge!
NOTE: These Bonus Challenges are EXTRA on top of the Posted Portfolio Challenges. They CANNOT be combined with any other challenge and stand alone (except New Release bonus pt). Please feel free to PM me with any questions – nikkiARNGwife. Thanks!
