Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

• My work is fresh and clean. I love pops of color, strong typography and beautiful photo crops. I have a very classic, yet retro style that speaks to a modern eye. My design philosophy is less is more, white space is king and details are everything. I am inspired by all things beautiful but in particular I obsess over pattern, color and type. I have never met a stripe I didn’t like.

How would you describe the style of most of your designs?

• I would describe my design style as being fresh and clean, with classic details. That being said my style is always evolving and ever changing.

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions of what it will be like in the future?

• My illustration style has grown tremendously and I am finding myself using it more and more in my designs. I come from a fine arts, abstract painting background, but my design tendencies have been very graphic so working illustrations into my design work has been a challenge that I have enjoyed. As for predictions, I definitely see a lot more hand lettering and water color brushes in my future.

What made you decide to work with pingg?

•  I was introduced to pingg by another designer who was working with them and had great things to say. Plus, I covet all things paper and what better way to translate that love to a bigger audience than through the internet.

If you had to choose a favorite invitation you have made, what would it be?

• This is a recent photo birth announcement I did for pingg that I’m rather fond of. It has both a girl and boy color way. I love it because it isn’t overly delicate but it still feels very warm and welcoming because of the handwritten details. And what says baby more than a scalloped edge?

Special Delivery Pink Birth Announcement designed by Stacey Meacham

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• The Internet has provided me with so many benefits I can not even begin to account for them. The biggest benefit it has allowed me has been to grow my business from my home where I can be with both of my boys all day long.

Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

• As a graphic and web designer working full time at LadyJDesignStore, I come across various projects, each of which brings lots of excitement, different motives, inspirations and ideas. At the very start it is enough for us to think about the pallets and our sketches that are there. Inspiration is my favorite process of making art, and that comes from those first few minutes when you push your limits!

How would you describe the style of most of your designs?

• In my perspective, modern vintage style is most adequate for my vision of art. I pay a lot of attention to details; I like when my art has details which pop out and attract the observer.

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions

of what it will be like in the future?

• My style has grown through many of my projects, and it keeps growing with new projects. I like to work with packaging, developing and creating new packages for various products. Each invitation and greeting card comes with fantastic packages which incorporates all of that. I would like to learn more about 3D programs, since I already work on some projects as a texture designer, painting different materials. It is such a pleasure to see self made illustration in 3D.

What made you decide to work with pingg?

• By discovering pingg, we discovered a very creative community in which we spotted an opportunity for collaboration or exchange of experiences. We would like pingg users to enjoy our design by sending it to their friends, or by celebrating one of their occasions. pingg has given us an opportunity for new markets.

If you had to choose a favorite invite you have made, what would it be?

• It would be the winning design “Summer Party”, which we made for the summer design contest. The motive-rose is a universal sign of attention, love and respect. Illustration itself is presented in a different and a unique way.

Vintage Summer Party designed by LadyJDesignStore

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• A variety of people may discover the work of LadyJDesignStore on a daily basis. It is also very simple and easy to get in touch with artists from all over the world, which has a positive effect on our work.  Nowadays, everything is easier and quicker to get to over the internet. Possibilities are there and they should be used properly.

Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

• I am a fan of digital art. The reason being is that I can start with an idea, a hand-drawn sketch, vectorize it, and end up creating something totally unique and a lot of times unexpected. In the digital world, the possibilities are truly endless! My designs can be described as colorful, detailed and fun. Since I became a mom, my fountain of inspiration has been my two kids. A lot of times, I get an idea while playing or spending time with them. For example, my Pumpkin Farm invite was a result of a trip we made to the Pumpkin Farm last fall. Many of my favorite designs are the direct or indirect result of motherhood and other life experiences!

How would you describe the style of most of your designs?

• Most of my designs have a whimsical/modern flavor. Color plays a huge role. I tend to create designs with a three dimensional effect; something that can pop out of your computer screen. I am constantly experimenting with color, patterns, typography, shape and depth. I believe that this leads my designs to be varied and very different from each other.

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions of what it will be like in the future?

• I think I’m open minded about the way I design. Most of the time I’ll see that creativity just catches me one day and that’s all it takes. I am constantly learning and changing, so definitely in the future my designs will be a reflection of that. I’m also a believer that practice makes perfect. The more I do this design “thing”, the better I’ll get.

What made you decide to work with pingg?

• It’s an incredible opportunity to create unique designs for an online service that is truly professional in every way. I started using pingg to email personal ecards and invites to friends and family and loved their modern and super user-friendly platform. pingg has provided me with a one-of-a-kind venue to display my artistic ventures and a freedom to offer people in the world wide net whatever I am truly inspired to create.

If you had to choose a favorite invite you have made, what would it be?

• In my collection you’ll see variety, so it’s hard to choose. You’ll see anything from a first birthday, to a bridal shower, to a smoky BBQ invite. One of my most beloved designs would have to be the very first card I designed for pingg: “On the Farm“

On the Farm designed by Jeannie L Dickson

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• Besides the collection I’ve created exclusively for pingg, I also display many of my other designs at my online Etsy Shop. The internet provides me with a fantastic opportunity to share my work and is one of the best places for my designs to gain exposure while I spend time with my family. I can launch my latest and greatest design while my youngest one takes a nap in the next room  -Now that’s worth it!

Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

•  As a graphic designer, I watch trends in colors, fashion, photography, logo design, film posters and a few other unusual inspirational ideas. I am at my computer all day for my day job. Designing for pingg is my creative and fun outlet. I am really inspired by photography and nature. I like to use the shapes and textures from my own photographs and develop them into design ideas. By combining photography, illustration and design software I develop designs that are original and unique.

 How would you describe the style of most of your designs? 

• I tend to be pretty straightforward and graphic, with a little humor sometimes. I’d like people to smile when they send and receive my designs.

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions of what it will be like in the future?

• As a Fine Art major in college, I painted with acrylics, palette knifes, brushes, often hand rubbing to create vague images. I prefer the cleaner digital approach that I have developed today, although I can also have fun with some scanning, PhotoShop techniques and images! In the future, I’d like to combine these techniques more, as well as develop more themed inspirations for my cards and invitations.

What made you decide to work with pingg?

• As designers and artists, pingg gives us the freedom to create. They make it very easy for us and give customers simple ways to choose and send! I love the simple image uploading, flexible messaging, standard sizing and promotional ideas that make a very unique approach to a new means of social communication.

If you had to choose a favorite invite you have made, what would it be?

• For some time now I have admired the designs, motifs and colors of India. Fabric, architecture and design, influenced by these themes, have inspired the Indian series in my pingg collection.

Paisley Pattern designed by Nancy Cole

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• I can spend more time creating, can easily research for inspiration, use websites for promotion, and post new ideas and designs quickly and easily.

Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

• The main focus of my work is to capture scenes of dramatic mood and atmosphere in monochrome. My subject matter varies but I definitely have an affinity for the natural world and it is where I feel at my creative best. Although my images are mainly of the landscape, they are very much inspired by emotion. I photograph scenes based more on how I respond to them emotionally rather than the particular subject matter or the mere esthetic.  For me, it is important to feel connected to a scene and then be able to covey that feeling through the photograph.Inspiration comes to me in many different forms.  A lot of my work is actually influenced and inspired by the music that I’m listening to at the time. Other times it is purely visual and can be something as simple as a unique quality of light.

How would you describe the style of most of your designs?

• I’m not sure I could categorize them as any particular style. I just hope that they are expressive and impactful in some way.

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions of what it will be like in the future?

• My work has evolved quite a bit. Although I’ve always preferred black and white photography over color, I spent my first few years shooting in color. As time went by and I learned to see more in terms of light, shadow and contrast, I made the move to black and white and have been working this way for about ten years. As far as style, I have been veering more towards minimalism lately and really look forward to exploring it more. I think it would be very difficult to predict what my work will be like in the future. I never try to force anything, I just let the work evolve naturally as my creativity and vision grows.

What made you decide to work with pingg.com?

I just love the concept and the creativity. pingg has so many fantastic artists and designers. It truly is inspiring and great company to be in.

If you had to choose a favorite invite you have made, what would it be?

• “Tranquil Lake” – I like the simplicity of it and think the composition worked really well for incorporating text.

Tranquil Lake designed by Nicholas Bell

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• Without a doubt it is the exposure.  Being able to have my work seen all over the world has been invaluable and provided many opportunities that otherwise never would have been. Another great benefit has been the challenge of not getting lost in the crowd.  It really requires a lot of work and vigilance to maintain good visibility. For me this has been a great motivator to work harder and more creatively in promoting my work.

Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

• I didn’t set out to design stationery. In fact, I accidentally fell in love with it while finishing up my degree in Interior Design and simultaneously planning my January 2007 wedding, when I ended up designing many of the paper items I used. Inspiration is everywhere – a commercial on TV, a flower outside, a font on a greeting card (I love typestyles!). A lot of times, ideas just seem to pop into my head, and then grow and develop as I work on them.

How would you describe the style of most of your designs?

• Modern whimsy – my own personal style is more modern, but somehow whimsy just seems to find its way into my designs!

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions of what it will be like in the future?

• What has changed the most is probably the level of detail and depth. When I first started out, I was printing myself, which meant most of my designs were on a white background to save on ink costs. When I began designing for other companies, I was able to move into full color and my personal style really took hold. One thing that has always been there, however, is the use of shadows and depths, which has sort of become a signature of mine. As I move on, I see my designs continuing to become more layered and detailed!

What made you decide to work with pingg.com?

• I met a couple of the pingg girls at the National Stationery Show in 2010 and when they expressed an interest in my work, I was flattered! pingg was the first place my designs were featured on a website other than my own, and I love the freedom of design and time I get working with pingg. I also love the fact that the customers decide which designs are hits and which aren’t, which doesn’t always line up with my predictions when I publish them, but keeps me on my toes and on the hunt for new and unique ideas!

If you had to choose a favorite invite you have made, what would it be?

• That’s a tough question, because I seem to fall in love with each design as I complete it (or develop it). One of my favorites would have to be my Coffee Cake design, which I continuously go back and work on! I also love my Martini Pink card, which was one of my most popular sellers when I got started on ebay!

Coffee Cake designed by The Stationery Tote

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• Since I got started on the Internet, the benefits are priceless. I actually cannot draw by hand, much as I wish I could, so all of my designs have taken shape digitally and then were published via the web. I would not be able to do what I do without the Internet!

Could you tell us about your work? What inspires you?

• I am a graphic artist and I create digital scrapbook papers and embellishments for scrapbookers, cardmakers and small businesses. My experience as an interior designer greatly impacts my graphics- there are hints of fabrics, wall treatments and decorative trim throughout my collections. I am also greatly influenced by nature, my travels and my family. Many of my designs incorporate flowers and objects I photograph while traveling through my day to day life.

How would you describe the style of most of your designs?

• I would describe my style as shabby chic and romantic.

How has your art changed over the years? Do you have any predictions of what it will be like in the future?

• I began my design career as an interior designer, though I always loved the graphic arts.  In order to stay home with my children, I decided to go back to school to become a graphic designer.  Instead of touching paints and fabrics, I now create them with keystrokes!  I imagine in the future, I will incorporate more video into my work.

What made you decide to work with pingg.com?

• I like working with pingg because I love sending and receiving cards! pingg makes it easy and fun!

If you had to choose a favorite invite you have made, what would it be?

• I would have to choose my newly designed Christmas Carousel invite. This summer,  I photographed a wonderful hand carved wooden carousel horse. I just had to turn it into a “jewel” for one of my cards.  Christmas and Carousel horses—-what a perfect combination!

Christmas Carousel designed by Brigitte Baer

What benefits have you found the Internet has for your work?

• Because of the Internet, my customers stretch from California to New York.  I am able to work from my midwestern suburb, while wearing my pjs!  What could be better?