Design Team Member: Joyce Mehrberg

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Joyce Mehrberg from Cards by the Sea

Currently...

• designing for CASology.
• have guest designed for Top Dog Dies.
• could not live without my Big Shot, my dies and impression plates.  And, my Wink of Stella and water brush have been getting a good workout lately!
• loving Paper Trey Ink, Hero Arts, WPlus9, Lawn Fawn and Avery Elle.

How did you get into card making?

I held my 14 year old's 11th birthday party at our local Paper Source, and was hooked at once.  It took me a while to discover clear stamps, internet shopping, challenges and blogging.  Once I started making card-making friends online, I was in it for life.

Why do you like Clean & Simple design?

I am drawn to clean and simple designs.  I find them most visually appealing.  I like the lack of clutter and the clean lines.  As I look around at my home, I see some of those same elements in the style of our furnishings.  Clutter in my house drives me nuts, so I guess it is not surprising that I like an uncluttered card.

Any advice for fellow crafters when it comes to finding their own design style?

Do what makes you happy and what looks good to you.  Look for designers to emulate whose style speaks to you.  Don't worry too much about how to label what you do and don't worry if every single card you make has a different style!  Enjoy card-making as a hobby and just see where each card takes you.

Is there anything else you think we should know about you?

Hmmm....are you sure you want to know more?!  My long-suffering blog readers know this, but I get most of my good card ideas when I am working out, especially in spin class.  Shocking, I know!  I think it is something about all that blood pumping around my body and into my brain & the need to find a mental happy place amid the torture of the task at hand.  I daydream on my bike about the cards I am going to make when I get home!  Some of them actually turn out just like I planned.  Others, not so much. 
I live in a small beach town just north of San Diego with my husband, two teenaged daughters, a puppy and a pet rat.  I spend a lot of time in the car driving my girls around town and watching them play sports.  When I am not doing the 'mom thing' I like to craft, read, exercise and just enjoy the outdoors.