Sponsor Spotlight – Kellybell Designs

This is our first Designer Spotlight and I thought it would be great to meet one of our sponsors: Kelly from Kellybell Designs.

Kelly is a designer and store owner of Kellybell Designs.  She started digital scrapping in 2008 and has combined her love for Disney with her designing talents.  Her kits are inspired by Disney parks, characters, rides and events, but they are extremely versatile and can be used for so many non-Disney layouts.  Her store is chock full of amazing kits, page starters, paper stacks, alphas, pixie dust trails, date stamps and frame clusters.  Kelly’s layouts are always filled with gorgeous clusters and fabulous stackings of papers, ribbons and flairs.  And if you’ve been following Kelly, you’ve seen her 3 beautiful girls which are the focus of all her layouts.

So put on your favorite Disney tune, grab a snack (I’m dreaming of a Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar) and read along to get to know Kelly.

Where do you find your inspiration for designing?

My inspiration of course comes from Disney! And a lot from everyday life too. I like to mix the whimsy of Disney with some real life elements like buttons flowers and foliage. It makes for a kit with a lot of dimension.

What got you started in designing?

Well I got my start designing over on the DIS forums making customized T-shirts for people. Then I stumbled on to the digital scrapbook thread over there  and was totally blown away with the whole digital scrap-booking idea! But I couldn’t find that many Disney related kits to work with so I decided to take my knowledge of designing T-shirts to making digi-kits. And poof Kellybell Designs was born.

What’s on in the background when you’re designing?

Usually the TV. I watch NCIS a lot. I love me some Mark Harmon! 🙂 or if it’s baseball season, a Yankee game. lol

Is designing your full time job?

No I am a single mother of 3 girls. My oldest is 9 and the twins are 5. I also work part time out of the house as a Certified Professional Coder (coding medical visits for a successful local gynecology practice).

What do you find to be the biggest challenge with designing?

Landing on a color scheme. This is usually the first step to making the kit and sometimes takes me the longest to accomplish.

How many hours a week do you spend designing? scrapping? community surfing?

Usually about 60 to 70. Thankfully the girls are in school full time so I have that 8hrs free to work, if I am not at the Dr.’s office, and once the kids are all tucked away in bed I get down to business again. I am a night owl so most of those hours are late at night.

How do you balance your time?

Very carefully lol. As a single mom the kiddos come first, so once the mom duties are all tended to, I can spend every every minute working on my designs.

What is your favourite kit?

Wow that’s a tough one, hmm… right now I would have to say Magical Beginning. It has a super fun color scheme and it is so versatile.

http://kellybelldesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=37

Who would you love to collab with?

Wow there are so many great designers out there, but if I had to name names, Keystone Scraps, Chelle’s Creations, Brittish Designs, & Crossbone Cuts.

What is a piece of advice you have for those that are trying their hand at designing?

Design what you would use to scrap with. Approach each kit or theme idea with that in mind and the kit will take a great shape.

Who are some of your favourite scrap artists?

There are so many in the Mousescrappers community! Every single one of my CT members and guest too. They do an amazing job week after week and I love what they turn out, they are definitely some of my favorites! But I would also like to give a shout out to Susan(Susan0326), Andrea from Little Green Frog, Jan(QuiltyMom) and Fiona(fioojtne).

What is a piece of advice you have for scrappers?

Don’t forget to journal, it is so important to solidify those memories. It makes a huge difference when you look back on the pictures and have the story to go along with them too!

Besides scrapbooking, what is one thing you are passionate about?

Well besides vacationing in Disney World, and my daughters I would have to say Baseball! Go Yankees!!!!!

Hope you enjoyed getting to know Kelly and you can find her blog, store and gallery at www.kellybelldesigns.com. Go browse her store and check out for her lastest releases as well any scrapping goodies you need to add to your stash.

Here is small sample of what’s in her store.