I am so excited to have CD here with us this month and I know you are too (based on the requests from our reader surveys)! I have been a huge fan of CD’s for a long time and was thrilled when she started selling her designs. Her signature doodled, hand-colored, and hand-painted style is easily loved and recognized. Here’s a closer look at CD’s contribution to THE DIGI FILES this month:
Here’s what our team did with these goodies:
Layout by Steph, supplies: heart, divider, sweeter doodle from Sweet Love included in TDF12; paper, Au Natural; alpha (recolored) Happy Dance, by CD Muckosky.
Layout by Janet, supplies: Sweet Love by CD Muckosky for THE DIGI FILES 12; FREE SPIRIT ALPHA by CD Muckosky; Paper by Michelle Coleman from WITH LOVE; Stitching by Michelle Coleman from LIGHTER SHADES OF PALE; fonts are CK Ali’s Writing and Typewriter Scribbled
Layout by Katie, supplies: template by Janet Phillips; Papers by Michelle Coleman, Seeing Stars
Layout by Ana, supplies: Sweet Love, CD Muckosky (TDF 12); Dreams Take Flight (papers), CD Muckosky; Bitty Stitchies 2, Lauren Reid; Template pack 15, Kaye Winiecki; Font, DJB It’s Meeegan, Darcy Baldwin
Layout by Rachael, supplies: Sweet Love by CD, Part of TDF12; Lollypop Paper Pack by Dana Zarling at LDD; Template Set No. 12 by Mushy at LDD
Project by Steph, digital supplies: Sweet Love by CD (TDF 12); other supplies: ink for inked edges on tag, cellophane bag, ribbon and candy.
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!!!
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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.
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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!
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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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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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 packs Enchanted Garden and In the Meadow Mega.
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My Alphabets seem to be the best seller in my shop.
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Here are a few of my favorite products by CD:
Here’s some inspiration using CD’s products (layouts without credits are linked to originals):
Layout by Ana, supplies: CD Muckosky: Dreams Take Flight, Divided Frames, Bubble Magic, Free Spirit Alpha. Other: Bitty Stitchies, Lauren Reid. Font: DJB It’s Meeegan, Darcy Baldwin
Layout by Jacki, supplies: Dreams Take Flight by CD Muckosky (LDD), JellyBean Toes alpha by CD (LDD), Collection 26 template by Janet Phillips
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THANKS so much, CD, for being with us this month and sharing your talents and insights, we really appreciate it!!
Go have a look in CD’s store and come back and tell her what you like, we will randomly select a winner from those comments to win a $10 GC to CD’s store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST and must include a product name to qualify)!
As a THANK YOU to our readers CD has this coupon for us:
code: CD-spotlight
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For me CD´s is im my TOP 5! I just love her stile!
Its difficult to choose one product!
But my favourite is Puddle Parade!!!! It´s very cute!!!!
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1484&cat=0&page=2
I love JM’s style!!! I have used her”Camping” page kit. The Backgrounds are to die for! And the little doodle tent, campfire, lanterns, etc are too cute! She’s awesome!
How fun! Enchanted Garden is pretty cool!
I love love love the Word Up: Time of Warmth – they are so cool. I love it all but that’s my favorite. Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
Everything CD does is beautiful, full of joy! But my favorite is “In the Meadow” series.
i love the CD items i have. i think i have pretty much all the alphas, but my fav is the free spirit alpha. thanks so much CD for creating beautiful things.
all her stuff just looks so good!
I’m going for Naturel: The Essentials
I am in looooove with Dreams Take Flight.
I totally love your style. So original. I love Meadow Mega Pack. It is so eaily you. Easy to identify your designs.
Happy Dance Alpha
Birthday Booya is just fabulous, but Free Spirit Alphabet takes the cake for me!
Love the designs! Wasn’t an easy decision but Oh Happy Day Alphabet caught my eye!
That Circle Werks is a d o r a b l e! I really like her stuff, thanks for introducing me to her!
I drooled a lot looking over the store (CD’s store always has that effect on me…heehee)…Foliage and Home is Where the Heart is really float my boat.
I already have several of her great designs, but I would still like to get Circle Werks and Bubble magic….
All amazing, but I love Enchanted Garden and Circle Werx.
I like all of her alphas and the Circle Werx set. Very cool!
What a great style. Very different.
Too easy! In the Meadow Mega Pack is just gorgeous.
I love CD’s products! The Enchanted Garden pack is my favorite. Thanks for the coupon!
Her products look so fun! I love the In the Meadow series.
I am loving Jellybean Toes Alpha!!!
wow, what a bunch of creative stuff! I would love to play with Dreams take flight, it is so different from my usual style!
I love Jellybean Toes Alpha as much as I love CD!!!
I am a self confessed CD alpha addict….TY for the coupon I picked up a few alphas I didn’t have!
My fave I think is the good ole Free Spirit Alpha..I <3 the brushes and it works with any layout!
I looooooove her sock hop alpha!!!
I love most of CD’s work and love looking at her layouts. The kit I would most like right now is Dreams Take Flight!!! Wonderful!!!!
Jelly Bean Toes alpha is WAY TOO CUTE
Wow, there is some lovely stuff in CD’s store,
I just love the Puddle Parade, the animals in Wellis are so cute!
Thanks for the chance to win a coupon!
Hugs
Kerri
what the world needs now… is more C.D. goodies. It makes it a happier place, for certain. I know her wet paint alpha, suzy-q alpha and bubble magic just makes me smile – thanks for the great interview and thanks to y’all for the gift chance!
I just love CD’s stuff! I love the Story Starters and I could always use another one of her awesome alpha sets!
I’m a huge fan too! I’d love to have her free spirit alpha!!
Great interview – I’m a HUGE fan of CD’s. Thank you!
I love “Bookish Garden” and all the alphas looks really great!!
Thanks for the chance!
I just love everything in her store. I owned a few of her products, but is never too much. My fovorite that I can not afford right now is “In the meadow:mega pack” Thanks!!
I just love all of CDs designs!!
The first thing I bought was Puddle Parade, I think, and I loved it!
Another favourite is Luv Song Alphas! I have used that alpha a lot:)
I have a bunch of her alphas already. Love ‘em! I really like Home is Where the Heart Is from the In the Meadow line.
I love wet paint and conversation piece. LOVE them!!
Hmmm….hard to choose, I love all of CD’s stuff, especially the alphas. I think my favourite is Jellybean Toes. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love CD’s products!!! My all time favorites are Teeny Type mini stamps and the Birthday Booya. Thank you so much the chance to win
WOW, cool stuff!! Thanks for a chance to win! I think the circle werx are my faves-lol, hard to pick a fave from all the awesome designs!
I have to admit I love her Enchanted Garden.
I LOVE everything in her store (and have been collecting her designs for a while now!) Still on my wishlist is the In The Garden pack and Meet the Chickie-D’s… they just make me smile when I see them.
Thanks for this wonderful chance to win!!
Hands down, my all time fave is Free Spirit Alphas. OF course, anything she creates is awesome. With this generous coupoon, I’ll be purchasing a couple of things I’ve had my eye on for awhile like Birthday Booya and a couple of alpha packs.
I don’t know, i am brand new to digi so still learning. I think i like the Splatz mats. All of her files are amazing. Hard to pick!
I like Graffiti Spray Art font – very cool.
I have loved CDs stuff since I saw some of her stuff here last year, I think it was the Luv Song Alpha or the Birthday Boola – both of which I purchased already. The stuff in this months digi files looks great! As far as her other stuff, I love the alphas and I think my next favorite is the Jelly Bean Alpha.
My absolute favorites are Free Spirit and Serendipity. I’ve used both multiple times.
I also adore SuzyQ!
CD
I love your exuberant heart and zest for life. It is
so obvious in your work. I appreciate your comments
“Try new things…Believe you can”
I too am loving digi (4 months of it!) but my pages are just missing something…I call it the Artist’s zing! Maybe DD will feature this idea in the future!
Thanks for your amazing creativity. I like swirls….especially Windy, Steamy, Whirly Dreamy.
Your Little Puffies Arrows are cool too!
That’s tough to pick “one”.
Dreams Take Flight is *so* cool!
Thx for the chance.
The Feb Digi File is the best so far! I love CD’s work. Bubble Magic is perfect for my son’s bubble pages and I’m already making plans for the Divided Frames.
I would love to have the In the meadow: Mega Pack!
How’s a person to decide what is my favorite! So many amazing things. I love the Flannel Jammies Alpha, but the Circle Werx & Bubble Magic are such fun doodles!
My favorite is the Free Spirit Alphabet. (I’m already coming up with layouts in my head!)
Thanks for the chance to win!
I LOVE her alphas! I use them all the time!
Oh my goodness, I love it all! But if I have to choose just one, it would be the Enchanted Garden pack.
I love her Enchanted Garden Mega Pack found here:
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1196&cat=0&page=2
It was hard to decide though. I love the “real-ness” of her designs.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Soooo cute!
Oh, you have super cute stuff. I think I like Hoopla :: Birthday Booya best, but it was a hard choice!
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1505&cat=0&page=2
well, her alphas are simply amazing!! I’m crazy about this one: http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1111&cat=0&page=4
thanks for the chance!!
I LOVE everything too!! I use all the of circle werx, wax werx and art splatz ALL the time–seriously! and the alphas, what can I say, they are my favorites too–free spirit, jellybean toes, mixed bag–I love it all! thanks for spotlighting her!
Wow…what a treat just looking at her designs. I totally love how each one is packaged just a bit differently!
I had never seen her designs and ohhh…I will be going back to look more!
Love the Circle Werx and the Love Song Alpha!
I did not even have to go to her store and look…OH MY,she is the doodly queen! I adore Word up and Bookish Garden is on my wish list…sigh…I could grab everything! You are sooooo going to have tons of responses on this one! The Digi files is looking awesome for FEB…as usual!
I am always looking for unique alphabets-so I would choose the mixed bag alpha stickers
Beautiful work 
Omg! Where should I start? I think I’m in love! Did you see these swirls?
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1273&cat=0&page=3
How cute is this teeny type?
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1254&cat=0&page=3
I like these story starters
http://www.littledreamerdesigns.com/newshoppe/product.php?productid=1771&cat=0&page=1
Pick me, please, I think I can come up with some things to buy!
I love CD! The whimsy and bright colors just get me. I have been dying for Dreams Take Flight and Happy Dance Alpha!
Thanks for the coupon, y’all rock!
I love her alphas, my favorite is Serendipity Alpha Brushes
How to choose a favorite, seriously! I LOVE her alphas, and use SuzyQ all the time. I love Circle Werx too, and have used it over and over and over…thank goodness for digital!!
I love CD’s fun and free artitude! My favorites (though it’s pretty tuff to pick) would be the Word UP and her Serendipity Alphbet.
I already own some of CD’s alphabets and they are sooooo fun! I would have to say Word Up and Dreams Take Flight are my next purchases. Thanks for the coupon!
These products are great, and so is her DigiFiles contribution. My faves from the store were Flannel Jammies alpha and Circle Werx, so I will probably be getting them if I don’t win!
I have always loved CD and her designs. They are so unique and beautiful and make my pages that much better. I think one of the few things I don’t have yet is her In the Meadow Mega pack. Thanks for the chance!
I was just back at her store and i own so much of it it i hard to talk about one product i love the free spirit alpha which i use again and again, all of her word art can be used again and again and i found i dont own words of warmth, so i might have to go shopping with that super coupon, thank you so much
Oh wow, thanks for introducing us to her. I love her stuff – my favorite thing is her Mixed Bag Alpha Stickers AND the Artsy Stencil Alphabet (I couldn’t just pick one).
I love all the alphas but my favorite is Oh Happy Day! And I’m with Tamara – I’ll have to use the coupon code after I don’t win!
I love all of her products! But right now, at the top of my list is Dreams Take Flight
All of her alphas are wonderful. I think my favorite is Free Spirit. Love Enchanted Garden too. Will have to use the coupon code after I don’t win
Thanks!
So nice to see this profile – and I love that we share a few things in common … we’re both Canadian, have the same camera, she has three girls and I have three boys. Hmmm… sounds like we’re both cool chicks!
All her work is so unique and dripping with coolness – hard to pic a favourite! But if I have to, the Teeny Type Mini Stamps are pure awesome!!!
In the Meadow (mega kit) – enjoyed looking at the wonderful kits!
Thanks so much for the introduction. CD is so talented! I love Dreams Take Flight but Hoopla: Birthday Booya looks like such a great birthday kit.
Her stuff is so cool! I just started digi scrapping and would love to add it to my collection!! I love it all, but if I had to pick, I’d say the Dreams Take Flight collection.
I love, love, love her products!! I’d have to say that my favorite is the Free Spirit alpha!
ooooh i looove looove this girl… she is amazing. i really adore everything she does… but i think the free spirit alpha is one of my all time favorites
All I want is MORE CD! I cannot get enough for sure.
I love your Jellybean Toes Stamps, the Suzy Q alpha, free spirit…okay, I cna’t pick just one. I love your style, your layouts, your daughters, your husband. No, no, I’m getting ooc, I’ll stop now.