Welcome New Designer: Melouise!

I'm super excited to announce that we have a new designer joining us here at DigitalScrapbook.com. You've probably seen her around as one of our super-duper moderators, Melouise Vrijhof! I'll let her tell you a little about herself:

Hi, my name is Melo. Actually it is Melouise, but nobody uses my full name. I live in a small historic town in the Netherlands. In just a few days I will be celebrating my twenty year anniversary with my husband. Together we (try to) raise our two young children, a girl and a boy. Our cross-eyed cat completes our family. I work (and have worked for the past twenty years) in the graphic design industries, as an allround graphic designer at first and a web designer for the past four years. I came across scrapbooking on ‘just another day at the office’ googling ‘scrap’ pictures (the metal kind) for a design we were working on. My screen filled with colorful designs that instantly made me happy. I opened one of them, emailed the word ‘scrapbooking’ to my home address and spent a few evenings at home reading up on this wonderful thing I had never heard of before. I was hooked instantly! That was three years ago…

I started scrapping, with freebies at first - there were so many beautiful freebies around. But making freebie-only layouts made me feel like a fraud when visiting forums and galleries, since the majority are shop-related and exclusive to paying customers. I never dared to 'join in the fun' however much I wanted to. Then DigitalScrapbook.com launched their new site a year ago. They offered a scrapbooking community for everyone. I signed up quite reservedly, but soon found myself in the forum so frequently that I decided to take on a moderator-job. I made some great friends here at the DigitalScrapbook.com community, who have given me the courage to start designing. I joined the February 2013 Retrokitchen Blogtrain and never skipped a blogtrain since. Making my own designs was never planned. And offering my designs as a DigitalScrapbook.com Designer… oh wow! I am still pinching myself daily, just to make sure this is really happening! I am simply over the moon!

She has a fun bundle to kick things off. I'm sure you will love it!

Here's some inspiration from our great creative team!

Rain Fountain by Tiffany

Rainy Days by Nadia

Rain by Elif

Vatican View I by Sharon-Dewi

Vatican View II by Sharon-Dewi

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Recent Comments

Pichi Sockenbart Mon, 07/06/2015 - 01:49

beautiful design!

Donna Bell Tue, 03/25/2014 - 20:05

Looks like a great kit for April showers!

Annu Salman Tue, 01/28/2014 - 02:54

Welcome Melo :) love the colors in your Rainy Day kit

Deanna Patterson Sun, 01/26/2014 - 20:27

Welcome to designing. Your Rainy Day papers are beautiful. Keep up the good work!

Maddy Knight Wed, 01/22/2014 - 07:06

Welcome Melouise and congratulations :-) You are so talented!

Samantha Navarrete ♥ Tue, 01/21/2014 - 16:21

Congratulations Melouise ^_^

Lou Anne Hazel Sun, 01/19/2014 - 20:45

Congratulations! I've admired your work and am so glad you are going to be part of DigitalScrapbook.com.

Judy Salerno Sat, 01/18/2014 - 21:30

Congrats, love the kit

Marie Hargis Sat, 01/18/2014 - 20:33

First things first, welcome and hello, Melo. I have been a fan of your work since the first kit of yours that I saw on one of the blog train here at PS. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future. Good luck to you and I hope you will love it here.

Kathie Gray Sat, 01/18/2014 - 09:30

Your kit looks so lovely, I am off to download it!

Janet Kemp Fri, 01/17/2014 - 20:11

Yay, it's finally official!! I'm so glad you're here and sharing your fantastic talents with all of us. Love it!! :)

Jiovanna Aceves Fri, 01/17/2014 - 11:00

Welcome ^_^ DigitalScrapbook.com is such a great community!! ♥ ♥

Mersija (Mer-see-ya) Simon Fri, 01/17/2014 - 09:34

Welcome to the group sweetie!!
Can't wait to see what you have in store for us around here.

Sheila Reid Fri, 01/17/2014 - 08:16

Welcome again Melo:) Can't wait to see more of your awesome designs!! I LOVE this bundle. Rainy days are my
favorite weather, the bundle is perfect!!!

Christil Liebregts Fri, 01/17/2014 - 06:36

A kit that fits a Dutch designer. Because it often rains in the Netherlands. Hopefully get some more Dutch items.

Tiffany Johnstone Fri, 01/17/2014 - 06:18

This is AMAZING news! I'm so excited to see what Melo has in store for her fans at DigitalScrapbook.com!

Donna McVittie Fri, 01/17/2014 - 05:27

welcome Melo! I have only just subscribed to PixelScrapper last week and am enjoying looking around at all the wonderful scrapbooking elements and designs here. I look forward to all of the surprises you wonderful designers come up with. Beautiful designs!

Nadia Slegers Fri, 01/17/2014 - 02:05

Welcome Melo!! I love your designs, it's nice to have you in the team! Awesome designs!

Nathalie Granjon Fri, 01/17/2014 - 02:00

Congratulations ! Your kit is so nice !

Lorey Lyons Thu, 01/16/2014 - 21:26

Congrats! Gorgeous design work!

Penny Garver Thu, 01/16/2014 - 19:38

Awesome news, Melo! You do beautiful work.

Lizanne Killian Thu, 01/16/2014 - 19:20

Congratulations, Melo!

Eve Care Thu, 01/16/2014 - 18:31

Edit: I'm really looking forward to using the kit here in my upcoming layouts, and also looking forward to all the kits you would bring to DigitalScrapbook.com! :)

Eve Care Thu, 01/16/2014 - 18:29

I'm so happy to hear that you have joined the design team here! Congratulations on your success :) I love this kit ~ it's so completely adorable and I LOVE the color palette you used. Some of my favorites, I'm really looking forward to using the kits in my upcoming layouts and all that you would bring to DigitalScrapbook.com! Many Blessings and continued success!! xx

Vanessa Deneen Thu, 01/16/2014 - 16:52

So awesome to see you on the design team! Congratulations! =D

Violet Irisovna Thu, 01/16/2014 - 16:32

Yay Melo! You're so talented, this is a great fit, and I enjoyed getting to hear more of your scrapper's story. Beautiful colors for this first bundle!

Kimberlee Gerstmann Thu, 01/16/2014 - 13:58

What a great addition to the team! Yay!

Catherine Nonaka Thu, 01/16/2014 - 12:55

Yay, it's official!! Welcome Melo, very excited to work with your designs!

Harriett Humphries Thu, 01/16/2014 - 12:53

I'm so happy to see you as a PS designer. Your kits for the blog trains, etc, have been so cute and this new one is just wonderful. Thank you and congratulations.

Dawn McFadden Thu, 01/16/2014 - 12:47

Welcome Rainy Day is Jewel looking forward to seeing more of your designs

Betsy Bush Thu, 01/16/2014 - 11:54

Welcome Melo! I can't wait to see more of your designs. Rainy Day is lovely! Thank you.

Emily Silverman Thu, 01/16/2014 - 11:37

Yay! Love the new bundle!!

Lórien Rezende Thu, 01/16/2014 - 11:30

*Warm hug* Melo I love you :D In fact, I knew it for some (well, many) days from now (I entered on your profile to look for something and it was already showing as a designer) but I pretended I didn´t not to spoil anyone. Then, when Marisa came back from Mexico I was like "when they will anounce Melo as a designer?"

Also, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your first bundle not being centered on USA weather/colors/holidays - I miss it a lot. I´ll use this one for my PL page for this week, since there´s been a storm every day here this week...

Meg Bertapelle Thu, 01/16/2014 - 11:12

CONGRATULATIONS Melo!!! :D so exciting!!! and I LOVE the new kit, it is gorgeous!!! Love the layouts too Sharon! :)

elaine nowak Thu, 01/16/2014 - 10:13

Love you designs, and can't wait to see more. They are just wonderful.

Julie Cowan Thu, 01/16/2014 - 09:31

Wow WOW! Welcome Melo, and judging from this first kit, I can't wait for more! Thank you so much!

Glenda Mulac Thu, 01/16/2014 - 09:31

Welcome Melo! You're first bundle looks great!

Dawn Evans Thu, 01/16/2014 - 09:17

So pleased for you (and for us!!) - the new kit looks adorable!

Kaleena Farmer Thu, 01/16/2014 - 08:49

Awesome! Melo, designs awesome stuff.

Melo Vrijhof Thu, 01/16/2014 - 08:04

@Amanda: Haha, that's funny - our comments crossed each other the exact same minute!

Melo Vrijhof Thu, 01/16/2014 - 08:03

@Amanda: The bundle wasn't up in the air yet - it is now!

Amanda Lopez Thu, 01/16/2014 - 08:02

It's working now. :)

Amanda Lopez Thu, 01/16/2014 - 07:45

FYI - When I click on the bundle to get to the download page, I'm taken to an access denied page instead.

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Marisa Lerin

About Me

Hi There! I’m Marisa Lerin and you’ll see me around at DigitalScrapbook.com a lot. I started this site in 2010 soon after I discovered a new love in digital scrapbooking. DigitalScrapbook.com has gone through some significant changes since that time and it’s grown into this lovely community site you are seeing now. I am daily surprised by the turn of life’s events that has led me down this path. If you're new to the site, welcome! Here are a few tidbits about me that I hope will help you get to know me better!

I’m originally from Minnesota, USA, but spent a good chunk of my childhood living abroad (in Bolivia and Hong Kong). I returned to Minnesota to attend university, got married and then moved overseas again (Korea, then Jordan and 1 year of traveling). My designs are heavily influenced by these many nomadic years. I am currently back in the USA, now living in the great state of Oregon!

I have no official training for what I’m doing, since I decided very wisely (haha) to study physics in university. I am always learning new things about digital scrapbooking, and this community has been immensely helpful for that!

If I manage to stop digital scrapbooking you will probably find me watching TV, reading or baking. I also enjoy writing for the blog here at DigitalScrapbook.com where I talk about whatever happens to be catching my fancy at the moment.