IN THE DESIGNER’S STUDIO WITH MARI KOEGELENBERG
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I am so excited to have Mari here with us this month! She is a very talented digital designer, but she is also an amazing hybrid artist. Her hybrid projects are always top quality and so FUN! Here is a closer look at her contribution to THE DIGI FILES this month (there are also some hybrid/printable projects included in The Digi Files and pictured below):
You get this kit AND 6 other digital scrapbooking collections valued at a minimum of $5 EACH for only $5 in THE DIGI FILES!! That’s over $35 worth or product for only $5! I know that it sounds too good to be true, but it’s not at THE DAILY DIGI!! Here’s what our team did with this fun kit:
Layout by Steph: supplies “I Luv U” by Mari Koegelenberg, The Digi Files 12; fonts Susie’s Hand and Howie’s Stamps Lowfat.
Layout by Rachael: supplies, “I Luv U” TDF12; Aqua Paper (Sunshine kit) by Suzy Q Scraps; Template by Janet Philips; all included in TDF12
Layout by Karen, additional supplies: Janet Phillips template (Collection 35)
Layout by Amy W, additional supplies: font-pea donna
Layout by Jacki, additional supplies: template by Leora Sanford
Layout by Melissa, additional supplies: Font is DJB How Cute Am I
I’m Mari and I am from South Africa, but my husband was transferred to the USA for work in April 2008 and here we are living in sunny California.
My favorite subjects to scrap are my kids – Chrismari (5) and Christian (1). I am blessed to be able to spend each day with them.
Currently I am a designer at the Digichick and also a contributing editor at the Hybrid Chick and Digital Artist Magazine. You can find my designs HERE and view some of my Articles HERE. You can stay updated on news and events for MKC on the My Digital Art Studio Blog or visit my Journal for my everyday life and happenings.
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The printables for these projects are included in Mari’s TDF12 contribution:
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In Photoshop you can select your freeform path tool. Select the drop down menu and set the curve fit to it’s maximum of 10px. Use your pen to draw, you will see that the patch automatically smooths your curves making for smoother writing. Remember to select a sharp brush (hardness set at 100% and spacing at 1) and you can handwrite your own journaling!
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I have always loved creating, painting, drawing, needle crafts and even woodwork! ![clip_image001[6]](http://thedailydigi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/clip_image0016.gif "clip_image001[6]"){kind=small}
In August 2004 I stumbled upon my happy medium – Digital Scrapbooking. It was not long before I started designing and creating Digital Scrapbooking Elements.
Fast forward a few years later and a fateful visit to my local scrapbook store where I met Belinda. She introduced me to Traditional Scrapbooking and all of the wonderful ways you can incorporate Digital Scrapbooking with Paper, I was hooked!
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I get inspiration from so many sources but I love colors! Color sets the mood and theme for me.
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I have a entry level Acer Desktop which we upgraded with 5 GB of RAM and a 500GB External Hard Drive. I use Photoshop CS3 Extended, ACD See Photo Manager 2009 for my Designing and I am saving up for Illustrator (which I totally love!). I also use MOZY to back up my files! VERY Important!
I have a Nikon D40 with a 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens. I also use a Wacom Bamboo Tablet for everyday and design work. Also as a Hybrid Scrapper a good printer is important! I have a Epson Stylus NX415 with a single ink system. No more wasting cartridges.
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My Bestseller is my 2010 Calendar Template:
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My Favourite product so far is the Golden Harvest Collaboration with Danielle Engebretson (which has several coordinating printable products you can purchase separately).
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Here are some of my favorite Mari products:
Here’s some inspiration created using Mari’s products (layouts without credits are linked to originals):
Layout by Katie, supplies: Mari Koegelenberg Studio 365 February Grab bag. Template by Janet Phillips
Layout by Karen, supplies: Mari Koegelenberg Snow Much Fun bundle, Metal Bits, Stamped Alpha 4; Natalie Braxton string
Mari, THANKS so much for being here to share your talents with us, we really appreciate it!
Go have a look in Mari’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 Mari’s store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST and must include a product name to qualify)!
As a THANK YOU to all of our readers, Mari had this coupon for us to go shopping with! 
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Love her products. Right now I am doing a lot of P365 scraps, so I would love the Studio 365 February Grab Bag or the Remarks: The Collection journal bits. Thanks for the coupon!
*yay*.. Maris goodies really ROCK!!! I’m totally in awe with her designs. Everything is of high quality and I love making hybrid projects using her kits!
Wonderful kit in The Digi Files this month, also!
I love Mari’s products. I looked through her store many times this morning, and had so much trouble picking out a favorite! I suppose if I had to name one, The Sky is the Limit, or Back To School Collections would be my favorites. Love all the different choices and add-ons! Now I’m going back to shop with my coupon! Thanks!
I love the Cupcake kit. Thanks for featuring Mari- it’s nice to explore new-to-me designers.
I love the Tropical Escape and the Snow Day kits.
(lots of snow pictures to scrap…dreaming of somewhere tropical!
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For the hybrid side of things, would love to have her banner kit.
Thanks!!
Another Mari fan here. She’s my favourite designer at the moment. I LOVE her Noel: A Vintage Christmas kit, it’s just to die for. I used it to do Shimelle’s Journal Your Christmas class last year. And now I think I’ll treat myself with this coupon! Thanks!
Great post today! Since it is STILL snowing I would have to say ‘Snow Much Fun.’ It looks like a lively kit that might just lift our snowed-on-again spirits.
Great post; I luved hearing about the girl behind all these awesome designs! I’m a total addict of her designs, and have quiet a few already, but don’t have her February Grab Bag. Please count me in! Thanx! And happy Monday!
I love the “Sky is the limit collab” kit! What a talented designer!
I am so amazed! Gosh you guys pulled out all the stops! The Layouts is just so gorgeous! Thank you sooo much for this!
I would have to say Snow Much Fun. I love the papers!
I love Mari’s design. My favorite is the Noel – A Vintage Christmas Kit. I made hybrid Christmas card with them in December. And i also love her ‘I luv you’ kit in The Digi files this month.
Thanks this coupon! I’ll use it.
Well, I liked her stuff so much I headed over to the store and bought Snow Much Fun and A Touch of Magic before I even finished reading this column! But I still want to get A Vintage Christmas, Sweetie Pie, Berry Crush and Snow Kisses. I think I’ll be using that coupon, thank you so much!
Wonderful, this is my favorite part of this site, finding new designers! I am in love with morrocan sunset kit. LOVE the colors and style!
Wow great stuff. Tons of stuff. I like the Vanilla Kraft Paper and Just the Basic Frames 2. Sensory overload. Thanks.
I loved the Back to School kit. There were so many great things though. I love finding new great designers!
WAHOO! Mari’s stuff is just so amazing!!
Beautiful kit this month, too
I love Monsters in the closet… (Super Cute) Just the Basics Fancy Swirls… And Morrocan Sunset… And Remarks the Collection…
I just love her cute little Happiness kit!
She’s one of my new (to me) favorite designers!
WOW! I just love her stuff! It was hard to choose but I really love Tropical Escape! I’m in need of some warmth right now!
I loved looking at her items. I too had a hard time choosing, I would have to pick either the Berry Crush collab with Erica Zane or Morrocan Sunset.
I was there forever! How do you pick just one?? All of her things are wonderful!! But I think I love Vintage Christmas the most. Thanks for the chance to win!!
I love Sky is the Limit and the Back to School kits.
I love Cupcake, Noel, and Snow Kisses. Really I just like your designs. You are very talented. I’m glad that you participated with The Daily Digi.
I love Mari’s designs. Thanks for the coupon! I’ve been eyeing the Back to School Collab Collection since the Fall.
As the mom of a new baby boy, I’m loving LoveBug! Too cute!
Where in the world do I begin?! I love Snow Much Fun, the Small Dates, and her stamped alpha! Thank you for the coupon!
I don’t even have to go look LOL! I love Mari’s whole store, but I really, really love her Luv Bug kit and it’s girly counterpart Sweetie Pie. As soon as the baby comes, I’m buying the appropriate kit!!
Snow Much Fun is a kit I haven’t picked up yet. Make sure you run to the store and pick up Mari’s February Grab Bag – it is full of awesome goodies!
Oh! I love Cupcake and Luvbug and Sweetie Pie and Happiness, and really, just about everything! Mari is one of my favorite designers, and I adore everything she does. Thanks for the coupon, Mari, and the chance to win!
I’m in love with her Vanilla Latte papers!
Mari’s one of my favourite designers, and I’m looking at XOXO The Valentines Kit now, thanks for the coupon and chance to win!
Love the Monster in the Closet kit. I can see a huge number of LO’s of my adorable monster
I’m in love with her sky is the limit collab kit and heck her fonts are all amazing! I am going to have to go back and look through her stuff more. Glad you had her featured on here.
Mari is not only a fantastic designer…but an absolutely wonderful friend and woman! We love her as part of family at The Digi Chick