CD Muckosky is a wonderfully talented artist using markers, paints, watercolors, and other real art supplies to create her work and then digitize it so we can use it on our digital layouts! I know I’m not alone in saying that her doodles are some of my favorites! CD’s alphas are so fun to use and really add an artistic flair to any layout! CD is as sweet as she is talented and we are so happy to welcome her back to The Digi Files this month. Let’s take a closer look at “Winter With You and Inkpot” that is included in The Digi Files this month:
This is ONE of SEVEN collections you get when you become a member of The Digi Game this month. You also get an interactive Playbook (in PDF and iBooks formats) that has lots of ideas for using the supplies including techniques, tips, and tricks! All of that, including access to exclusive collaborations every four months you are a member, for only $7.50 total per month! Here are some layouts created using CD Muckosky’s contribution:
Layout by Ronnie. Supplies: Winter With You and Inkpot by CD Muckosky.
Layout by Jacki. Supplies: Winter With You and Inkpot by CD Muckosky; Dream Papers and Naturel frame by CD Muckosky; Font: A Little Pot.
Layout by Anne. Supplies: Winter With You and Inkpot by CD Muckosky; Happy Lille Bluebird by Sugarplum Paperie.
Layout by Katie. Supplies: Winter With You and Inkpot by CD Muckosky; Kate Hadfield sketchbook paper.
Layout by Tara. Supplies: Winter With You and Inkpot by CD Muckosky; Font: District Thin.
You can see more layouts created with this kit on our “Team Inspiration” page.
I’m CD Muckosky (CD is short for Christie-Dawn…I get asked all of the time) 
I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; married to my high school sweetheart- Cam, and we have 3 little girls- Emilea 11, Tiara 8, and Kaiella 5…they keep us laughing and make everyday a fantastic adventure!
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The best tip I can give is to encourage you not to limit yourself…So often we admire each other’s work and say “WOW I wish I could do that!” The thing is, you can! But only if you get in there and try new things, believing that YOU CAN.
Whether it be designing , scrapping, or photography…I have found that just being open to reach farther than I think I can go, and spending my creative time trying new things and learning along the way, has been the best thing for my artistic growth.
Go For IT, be bigger than you thought you could be!!!
I have Loved making any kind of art I could get my hands on and collecting photos and memory bits all of my life, so naturally I started scrapbooking with paper about 4 years ago. I was super slow and the things I made were not very attractive at all LOL! When I saw how much of a mess I was making I decided to try digital pages just so that I could hit save and walk away without the wild Art spread every time. I Loved it right away, loved the freedom to splash down paint and then change my mind, to use odd sized photos in a single click…Loved everything about digi scrapping…mad mad Love.
In the Fall of 2006 I was named Creating Keepsakes’ first “Scrapbooker of the Year” and given a 2 year exclusive contract with the magazine that included a monthly column called “CD’s Playground”. Because most of our readers at the time were paper scrapbookers, I always encouraged ways to try a hybrid mix, although I found myself getting more comfortable once again with my Art mess in order to share my fun techniques in the column. Although I made a lot of my own scrap products and sometimes offered bits as free downloads and fonts for CK, my contract didn’t allow me the time or freedom to explore “designing” beyond that.
As soon as the two year contract was up I began working on some digi collections and my friend Michelle invited me to join her store. I LOVE the new adventure that designing offers me. As much as I do enjoy travelling the world to teach about my passion for creating, I also reeeeally Love that designing offers me the ability to share my creativity from right here at home with my family.
I am inspired by the world around me…a cool bit of packaging at the grocery store, a funky building, or the recycled bits that find their way into my little creativity basket are about all I need to get going and then I just let it unfold as I play!
Computer: I Have an HP Desktop PC with an nice Big apple cinema display screen, It has an extra couple of terabyte drives for plenty of memory space, and I think that it has about 6 gigs of ram…I love this machine, it’s screamin’ fast even with all of the hundred tabs I usually have open. Oh and I have a confession to make…I only restart every couple of months…sigh…I know; BAD.
Then, for travel and the other bits I need it for, I have a macbook pro 19? laptop…I know, I am the crazy girl who is both a mac and a PC but that’s just how I roll!!!
Program: I use Photoshop CS4 EVERY day; it’s one of my BFFs, I also use Bridge, Camera Raw, and Illustrator for all of my “digifying” needs. Most of my product design is done with a good old fasioned set of watercolor paints, some pencil crayons and my favorite black pen though…I am always tinkering with something.
Camera: My camera is a Canon 40D, and right now my most used lenses are my 50mm fixed lens, my 10-20mm wide angle, and my 28-135mm everyday happy lens.
Anything Else: I do have a Wacom Graphire 4 tablet, It is so much more sensitive than a regular mouse and gives me way better precision for designing. Love It.
Gosh, that’s a hard question…they are like my babies, each one has a bit of my heart in there… how can I pick?!
I guess I would have to say that I still Love my early waltercolored canvas pack, Enchanted Garden.
My Alphabets seem to be the best seller in my shop.
Here are some of my favorite products by CD Muckosky:
Here are some more inspirational layouts using CD Muckosky’s products. All of the layouts are linked to the originals with credits.
Enter coupon code PlayWithCD and receive 30% off everything in CD Muckosky’s store through January 31st, 2013 (one per customer).
Go have a look in CD Muckosky’s store! We will randomly select a winner from the comments to win $10.00 in product from her store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST to qualify)!
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So glad to “meet ” up with CD again. It’s been years, great to see so much creativeness in one place! You still Rock CD!!!
Love CD’s authentic and artistic creative style! Beautiful, beautiful use of color!
I’ve been following CD since Creating Keepsakes and my own paper scrapping days, so I was beyond excited when I found out she had started selling digi. Her alphas are some of my most-used!
I bought that Free Spirit alpha soon after I started digiscrapping and I still love it and use it often! Thanks for the chance!
CD’s work reminds me a lot of the doodles my mom used to make on envelopes or the phone book when she talked on the phone. I always loved the letters she’d create.
CD is truly unique! I use her alphas all. The. Time. Thanks for the chance!
I used her last DigiFile contribution to make what has become one of my favourite layouts!! Love the creativity of her products. So glad she’s back this month!
I am excited to try CD’s art -it is different than I would normally choose. That’s the great thing about the daily Digi.
I’m a doodlin’ kind of a gal…..thanks for introducing me to CD!!
I’ve never used any of CD’s stuff yet and am so excited to give it a try. Thanks for “broadening my horizons” again!
CD’s designs are so much fun – I was very happy to see her set in this month’s Digi Files. Thanks for the coupon and for the chance to win.
ohhh… I just love cd’s stuff!!! Soooo talented
I love The Enchanted Garden too! Thanks so much for your contribution to this month’s Digi Files and also for the coupon and the chance to win a gift certificate! I LOVE The Digi Files!
LOVE the inkpot alpha and just realized it’s exactly what I was looking for to use with my 2013 OLW project! Thanks to CD for being in TDF this month!
I seriously love CD’s work. Thanks so much for the chance!
I Love CD’s stuff! Tia’s Joy is a fav, as is the In the Meadow Pack. Thanks for the chance to win!
i love cd’s alphas! thank you for the chance!
Love CD’s style. I can spot layouts using her product a mile away and would love to be able to create the art magic she makes myself.
I discovered CD Muckosky when I fell in love with her Markerific alpha. Since then, I’ve acquired most of her alphas (still some on my wishlist). Her alphas always find their way on my pages
Thanks for the chance to win! Off to browse her shop with her generous coupon! 
I love, love, love CD Muckosky designs!!! So excited to have her in the Daily Digi this month!!! Woo-hoo!!!
Love her stuff! Would be perfect for my Project Life 2013!
I’ve never seen CD’s stuff before and am now in graffiti love! Her Graffiti Spray: Fairytale and Softly falling snowflakes are on my wishlist!
Oooh… Love her alphas! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love CD’s alphas!
I love her word art and doodles. Her alphas are awesome, too!
(First, just a note that the facebook link took me to Sugarplum Paperie’s wall instead of CD’s.)
I love CD’s “stuff” — all of it. I first found her at Little Dreamers and fell in love. I love all the alphas, the doodles, the pretty colors, the “free spirit” of her designs. Thanks for including her this month and for this nice interview.
CD is amazingly talented and I have loved reading more about her! Thanks for the chance to win!
I LOVE CD’s alphas. They’re just about the only ones I take the time to use!
Whimsy World and Birds of a Feather are on my CD Wish List. One of my favorites that I use frequently Circle Werx. And I love her Mini Journal Krafted, it’s perfect to give me a jumpstart if my mojo’s not quite ready to start playing when I am. Thanks for tha chance to win
Love, love, love CD’s unique style!!! So exciting to see her at the Daily Digi!
CD is new to me…and I’m in love!
Fun stuff! Great alphas and word arts! Thanks for the intro, coupon and chance to win!
I’m so exited to work with her products this month – will be a new style for me to try and explore!
Such fun kits!
I have loved CD work forever! I already have a nice collection of her alphabets and tidbits. I would LOVE a chance to add to my collection. I’m eyeing “sketchy skool”, “cabin flight”, and “Sketchy skool numbered”. Plus a whole bunch of other ones too!! I would love her whole store!! Also thank you for the adorable new kit for the digi files! Top notch!
I love her unique style! She has some awesome alphas!
love all the alpha’s and she has a great style!
These are the items that I added to my Wish List @ The Lilypad: Divided, Life Recorded: Stamps and Labels, Be Your Best, Love in my Lens, – Possibility Journal and ALL of the Journal Junkies – one day I want to have an Art Journal that looks like these – beautiful stuff. Thanks for this month’s contribution to TDFs.
I’m so happy she’s a part of the Digi files this month, she’s by far my favorite designer out there! I love her stuff, and her artistry is so whimsical and fun. There’s nothing about it I don’t love!
Oooooo, fingers crossed! Thanks for the chance!
This is exactly why I love the digi files … being introduced to fun and unique digi designers and styles … love the “artsy” stuff … thanks for a chance to win … mj
Love CD’s art journal feel! Thanks for the chance.
I’ve admired C.D.’s work ever since she was Scrapbooker of the Year and I was excited to see her here again! Her Instagramables Mini Books looks right up my alley. I also like Kinda Nerdy and Sketchy School. Thanks for the coupon and the chance to win.
ohh, i just love cd’s stuff! she’s an amazing artist with such creative and unique products. thanks for featuring her – she’s the best!