Cathy Zielske Scrapbooking Expert Tells All

Today marked a superb day for ScrapbookingDirections.

This morning I was able to chat for well beyond any imaginable time period with Scrapbooking Design Expert Cathy Zielske.

Cathy is the former Art Director for Simple Scrapbooks Magazine (one of my all time favorites while learning how to scrapbook).  She is now a contributing scrapbooking class instructor at Big Picture Scrapbooking and she is a contributing designer at Designer Digitals.

All again, fav’s of mine.

After reflecting on our interview this morning I do have to offer a very sincere and publicl apology to Cathy, that our interview went over the originally anticipated time to.

She was just so facinating and so amped up herself that I literrally became immersed in what she had to say as if we were college buddies getting caught up after years of not connecting.  Thank you Cathy for making it that enjoyable.

Fellow Scrapbookers, you really have to listen to it for yourself, you will understand what I mean right away.

Cathy revealed some very thorough answers to the tough questions I asked.  Here’s what we discusssed…

1. For all scrapbookers out there: How often do you scrapbook?
2. What do you love most about what you do? Why?
3. What do you struggle most with as a scrapbooker and how do you overcome it?
4. Where do you get the majority of your inspiration and ideas from?
5. How do you come up with your layouts?
6. Which do you prefer: single or double page Layouts? Why?
7. Clean and simple scrapbooks really are your forte and we don’t see a lot of excess embellishing in your pages, is there a reason behind this?
8. For aspiring designers: Can you elaborate on your design background?  Schooling, career choice etc? Primary softwares you use today?
9. What special training would you suggest that aspiring designers (of scrapbook papers and elements) should look into?
10. How did you land your position as art director for Simple Scrapbooks Magazine?
11. How different is your role with Big Picture Scrapbooking now?
12. How did you team up with them?
13. For your fans: Apart from your classes with Big Picture Scrapbooking, Your Designs @ Designer Digitals and Your Live Chats on Renee TV, Twitter and Facebook – where else can people find you, see more of your work or learn more from you this year?
14. Do you have any big projects planned for 2010 that you can let us in on today?
    

From Your Fans:

Marie Edouard  asked: I like my scrapbook pages out of an album because of the amenities i use on the pages.

What’s the best way to display your scrapbook pages other than putting them in an album?  – If they are not in an album or have a page protector i am afraid they might not last. What’s the best way to maintain them from dust and from getting damaged? I have seen people use shadow boxes or small looking easel stands.

What’s the best way to frame them?

Linda Maffeo; I am new to scrapbooking and am not sure where to start.There is so much information and ideas out there.

I have my pictures, have purchased tons of pretty paper, (I feel like a little girl again…it’s all so pretty or cute or…) embellishments and tools, but it seems a bit overwhelming when I know it should be simple. Once I get started I am sure the ideas will flow but until I can complete the first page I am stuck.

How do I start?

Her answers were nothing short of inspirational and so well addressed!  Especially to her fans.

Marie and Linda I sincerely encourage both of you to take a listen.  Her closing remarks were fantastic!

You can listen to the entire interview by clicking the link below.  (Please note it may take some time to load as it was 45 minutes long; it all depends on your internet connection and computer processing speeds).

Click below to listen:

www.scrapbookingdirections.com/podcasts/Cathy-Zielske-Interview-Nov-2009.mp3

Happy Scrapping!