Featured Designer Grand Opening and MORE

CUDigitals is pleased to announce the addition of One of a Kind Design Studio to our design team. She has a grand opening sale and is our featured designer! Let’s get to know a little about our newest designer:
What is your real name if different than your design name?  Christine Schultz (Soon to be Christine Beers!)
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family. I'm a 47 year old mom of a sweet, smart, and artistic daughter Danielle, who is 22 and out on her own and doing great! I am so proud of her. I am engaged to a wonderful man, Darryl, who is a semi-retired professional photographer and former yoga teacher (that's how we met). We live together in NE Wisconsin in a cozy little apartment and plan on getting married in a year or so. We have two cats, Sam (a black and white lazy fella) and Sofie (an energetic tabby girl who keeps Sam on his toes!).
How long have you been designing CU products and how did you get started? After my daughter enrolled in kindergarten, I enrolled in college as a returning adult to study graphic design. After graduation I got a job at our city's local newspaper. I loved it and was there for almost 5 years when I became very ill and was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called Chiari Malformation. I've had to have three surgeries so far that have only made my symptoms worse. As a result, I'm no longer able to work and now use the limited time I'm able to spend on my computer to design digital art and scrapbook kits. I feel blessed that I am able to do this because it helps distract me from my pain and other symptoms. Some days I think it's what helps me keep my sanity!  :) 
Here are some of my favorite products that Christine has made.



Do you design PU products as well? I love to design both, but am unable to keep up with both of them at this time. Hopefully in the future I will be feeling well enough to do so again.
What programs do you use to design your products? Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator
What is your favorite time of the day to design? Whenever I am feeling up for it! Often right after breakfast and lately it's been in the middle of the night when I'm unable to sleep.
Can you give us a great tip for using one of your products to create digital scrapbooking kits? Yes! Try using my new watercolor overlays with two papers from your own stash. Use one of your papers as a background, and use the watercolor overlay as a mask with your second piece of paper. You will end up with a unique and beautiful new piece of paper. You can find more detailed, illustrated instructions HERE on my blog!
What are a few of your favorite products that you’ve made? I LOVE overlays and am always excited to find ways to reuse them with different colors, textures or styles. Sometimes I leave layers out or try inverting or reversing them. 

Do you have plans for your next set of CU products? I'm thinking of doing some word art. I just purchased an enormous collection of CU fonts and cannot wait to put them to good use! 
What do you love to do when you are not working? Besides digi-scrapping, I love to create designs for t-shirts and other products to help raise awareness and funds for a local animal rescue in my city called Green Bay Animal Rescue. I have a real soft-spot for cats and dogs especially!
What is your favorite beverage? Diet Pepsi - although I've been trying to avoid it and stick to water because it's supposed to be better for you. (Blah!)
If you could learn anything what would it be? To sing and dance! I just don't have it in my DNA and it looks like so much fun! In my next life maybe. :)
Christine has generously provided our customers 2 freebie overlays – be sure to try them out to sample how fantastic her work is and then shop the rest of her store for fantastic designs at a huge discount!