Sunday Spotlight – Vivienne and Vanessa of ViVa Artistry

This week we have TWO Interviews to share with our ScrapMatters members!!  First up we have Vivienne and Vanessa of ViVa Artistry that are guesting at SM this month and we have Cheri of Dream Big Designs!! So, grab some coffee and get to know these fabulous designers a little better! =)

1. Your screen name? Your real name?

Unica: Vanessa

Vivie:  Vivienne 2. What is your main job/career?

Vanessa: SAHM
Vivienne:  Marketing/Writing

3. Are you married/children/pets?
Vanessa: married, 4 girls (8, 5 and 1 yo twins), 2 cats, 3 fish and a shrimpVivienne:  married, 2 girls (12 and 15 years old)

Vanessa: Florida though I’m originally from Brazil
Vivienne:  Denmark (Europe) but American from Southern California

5. What are your 3 favorite foods?

Vanessa: steak, beef green curry and brazilian style strogonoff
Vivienne:  Fried rice, Indian (any), roasted corn on the cob

6. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Vanessa: coconut with chocolate
Vivienne:  Chocolate/Peanut Butter or Baskin Robbins’ Tax Crunch

7. Snacks…Salty or Sweet?
Vanessa: salty then sweet then salty again…
Vivienne:  salty and sour (vinegar chips, yummy!)8. Beverage of choice?
Vanessa: green tea
Vivienne:  black coffee9. What’s your least favorite food?

Vanessa: watermelon and bell peppers
Vivienne:  Boller i karry (Danish giant pork meatballs swimming in curry sauce)

10. PC or Mac? What program do you use?

Vanessa: Mac. Photoshop and Illustrator CS3
Vivienne:  PC, Photoshop CS3, Inkscape, ArtRage

11. How long have you been digi-scrapping? How did you get started?Vivienne:  My background is in traditional scrapbooking, doing it almost my whole life but I went thru CM phase, Stampin Up, etc. Our family moved to Japan in 2006 and there were no scrap supplies and I was looking online and there it was digital…duh!  I had worked with Photoshop at work and had done all my journaling and printed it but never did layouts in it.  Found Vanessa on one of the forums and there ya go!12. What was your 1st LO about?

Vanessa: Alissa’s (my oldest) birth.
Vivienne:  my girls…ROFL ROFL…I deleted a lot of my first layouts…I have my first ones for Christina Renee from when I was on her CT…

13. Do you have any other hobbies besides digi-scrapping (are there other hobbies)?Vanessa:  Reading… I could spend hours at it and forget about the rest of the world.Vivienne:  Are you you ready?  Reading, writing, sewing clothes, papercrafting, jewelry/beading, embroidery, quilling, battenburg lacemaking, ribbon embroidery, crochet, and cooking.14. What is the most challenging part of scrapbooking for you?

Vanessa: These days finding the time…
Vivienne:  So many ways to layout a page!!!  which way is best????

15. What would you like to learn to do (or do better) not related to scrapbooking?

Vanessa: I would love to take some deep sea diving lessons, skydiving is also on my “after the kids are grown” list.

Vivienne:  Fly a plane (hey, cool, I’ll take Vanessa skydiving and STAY in the plane). 16. What are your favorite movies/TV shows?

Vanessa: not big on TV right now… love movies though… among my favorites would be “The Godfather I & II”, “The Devil’s Advocate”, “The Usual Suspects” and “Mary Poppins”

Vivienne:  TV:  Bones, Castle, Big Bang Theory, CSI Las Vegas, the Killing (both danish and american versions),  Modern Family, Babylon 5Movies:  Blade Runner, 5th Element, Memoirs of a Geisha 17. Describe your “scrapping” environment. Music? TV in the background? Drinks? Snacks? Where?

Vanessa: anywhere, anyway… whatever I can figure out at the time with the dynamics of the house.

Vivienne:  Dining room table in view of TV (for when I’m doing boring work), very quiet, no music, curtains drawn to keep sun out! 18. If you only had 2 elements to use on a LO, what would they be?

Vanessa: a flower and a nice brush.
Vivienne:  Paper and Paper

19. Would you like to share a little known fact about you…?

Vanessa: I really, really dislike talking on the phone
Vivienne:  I hate vacuuming

20. When did you start designing?

Vanessa and Vivienne: About 3 years ago (October 2008)

21. How would you describe your design style?

Artistic. A bit vintage, a bit altered, a bit graphic…

22. Where do you get your inspiration/motivation?

Mostly the art world. We love to look for different art styles, medium, etc. We also love to find inspiration in different cultures and eras.

23. Which of your kits showcases your style the most?

Probably Misfit. It has a little bit of everything we stand for there.

24. What is your favorite color scheme to design with?

Clear brights… all over the spectrum.

25. Favorite kit you’ve designed?Vanessa: Vogue and Otaku
Vivienne:  Otaku and MisfitYou can find their guest store at ScrapMatters right HERE!  Thanks ladies for guesting and for letting us get a sneak peek into the ViVa Artistry duo!!  You ladies make a great team! =)

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