{"id":38814,"date":"2019-01-25T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T20:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/?p=38814"},"modified":"2019-01-25T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T20:09:22","slug":"featurefriday-party-like-its-your-birthday-with-the-designer-of-the-happy-birthyay-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/2019\/01\/25\/featurefriday-party-like-its-your-birthday-with-the-designer-of-the-happy-birthyay-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"#FeatureFriday – Party Like it’s Your Birthday with the Designer of the Happy BirthYAY Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that it’s scientifically proven that the more birthdays you have, the longer you live? This is why a collection like the Happy BirthYAY is so important \u2014 birthdays are a good thing for everyone involved! The Happy BirthYAY collection is the ultimate tool for a scrapbooker who is commemorating a birthday, thanks mostly to the fact that it evokes a sense of everything we love about celebrations \u2014 fun, playfulness and joy. How was this essence so perfectly captured? We sat down with Alex, the designer and illustrator of this collection, to find out what inspired her when designing this collection. Let’s take a look!<\/p>\n

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Meet the Designer<\/h2>\n

\"Alex-Creative-Memories-Designer\"<\/p>\n

Alex has been working with CM as a product designer and illustrator for over a year now! Before working for Creative Memories, she was a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Now she happily spends her days making art for you fine folks.<\/p>\n

Other collections she has designed include\u00a0Bee Mine<\/strong>,\u00a0Full Bloom<\/strong>,\u00a0Sun-Kissed<\/strong>,\u00a0O Canada<\/strong>,\u00a0Lumberjack, Best in Show, Locally Grown, Essentials, Season\u2019s Greetings, Scrap Happy and Imagine That!<\/strong>\u00a0Outside of work, Alex enjoys pattern-making and loves to cook, travel, read nerdy sci-fi novels and snuggle with her pets, Larry (dog) and Alphonse (cat). And she just got married this last August!<\/p>\n

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What Inspired This Collection?<\/h2>\n

\u201cParty decorations, layered birthday cakes, sweet treats and rainbows… this line was inspired by birthdays and the colorful celebrations that surround them. It’s festive, bright, cheerful, youthful, friendly, positive and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How Would You Describe the Color Palette?<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt has the friendliest rainbow of colors! You’ll find melon red, sky blue, kelly green, cotton candy pink and a citrus lemon-lime tone as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How Would You Describe the Papers?<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe lead designer paper is probably the arched rainbow stripe. We have an icon
\npaper with party hats, gifts, balloons and cupcakes. There are two ombre papers,
\nwhich I like to think of as snowcones (one is definitely a watermelon-flavored one!).
\nWe have party decorations, confetti, frosted sheet cakes that have floral clusters, a
\nshining bokeh paper, splatter confetti and some simpler journaling papers as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What is Unique About the Collection?<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe embellishments are delightful; you can build your own cake or \u201cPinterest-
\nready\u201d party spread with the different die cuts.\u00a0The artwork itself is hand-drawn and
\ncovered in expressive texture to make it truly unique. Also\u2014everyone\u2019s
\nfavorite\u2014letter balloons<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n

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What Do You Envision This Collection Being Used For?<\/h2>\n

\u201cKids or adults\u2019 birthdays, or any kind of fun and cheerful celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tell us a Fun Fact About the Collection!<\/h2>\n

\u201cI was inspired by all the party planning tricks on Pinterest, so I modeled a lot of the
\nartwork after those parties. Decorations and sweets were definitely a focal point
\nduring my creation process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your birthday only comes around once a year, but with the Happy BirthYAY collection, you can make it feel like it’s your birthday every time you flip through the pages of your album! What’s your absolute FAVORITE part of the Happy BirthYAY collection? Let us know in the comments below! You can also comment below to tell Alex what you think or to ask Alex a question!<\/p>\n

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Shop Happy BirthYAY products by clicking your country\u2019s icon below:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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