Meet Jen Nelson!

Today we are getting to know Jen Nelson!  

Jen is the "sketch tech" for our team.

Everyone has sent her their sketch ideas and she has made them into graphics for us! I can't tell you how thankful I am that she took on this role! She has made the sketches look amazing!!!

Thank you, Jen!

Jen Nelson

What is the name of your blog? 

The Tiny Blue Butterfly

When did you begin paper crafting?

I had always been quite arty, but when I was about 14 mum took me to a local craft shop and bought me my first rubber stamp.... I still have it 20 years later. I've been hooked into some form of crafting ever since. I started blogging in Feb 2011 as a way to showcase what i had made... Since then I am more hooked than ever!

What are some of your favourite stamps?

I love stamps from the super cute Lili Of The Valley to more quirky stamps.  Some of my favourite brands are Clearly Besotted, Stampin Up, Uniko Studio and Magnum By Ladybyg Crafts Ink

What inks do you use and like the most?

Depending on what I am doing I cannot live without my Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine in Onyx and my Stampin Up markers and my distress inks.  I also love to use promarkers.

What kind of challenges do you enjoy the most for card making?

My favourite have to be sketch and clean and simple challenges although I am getting into colours challenges too!

Do you design for other teams or companies?

I also design for Lili of The Valley, Less Is More and I am the Sketcher over at Sketch Saturday

The sketches begin on Tuesday, August 6th!

Thanks for stopping by!

Meet Stacey Schafer!

Today we are getting to know, Stacey Schafer!!!

Here is what she shared!

Stacey Schafer

What is the name of your blog?  

Stacey's Stamping Stage

When did you begin paper crafting? 

I've always loved paper-crafting...as a kid, I spent a great deal of time playing and journaling with paper and stickers.  It wasn't until 2000, when my first baby was born, though, that I discovered the love of scrapbooking!  Shortly after, I went to my first stamping party and was instantly hooked on the magic that happens when ink meets the paper!

What are some of your favourite stamps?

I have SO many favorite stamps, it is too difficult to name them:)  

What inks do you use and like the most?

I use the heck out of Memento Tuxedo Black and Stampin' Up! inks, but love trying new brands!

What kind of challenges do you enjoy the most for card making?

If it weren't for challenges, I'm not sure I'd ever get a card made!  LOL!  I love playing sketch, color, and theme/inspiration challenges of all kinds!

Do you design for other teams or companies?

I am fortunate enough to design for Uniko Studio, The Alley Way Stamps, By LORi Designs, Colorbök/Making Memories, i {heart} papers, Seize the Birthday, Fusion, The Pink Elephant and recently started up my own challenge, Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

The sketches begin on Tuesday, August 6th!

Thanks for stopping by!

Meet Cathy Sante

Today we are getting to know, Cathy Santie! 

This is what she had to say!

Cathy Santie

What is the name of your blog?  

PapierGirl

When did you begin paper crafting?  

I started back in 2005 making paperbag scrapbook albums.  It didn't take me very long before I realized, I needed to change course and create something with instant gratification - cards!

What are some of your favourite stamps?  

Papertrey Ink, There She Goes and My Favorite Things

What inks do you use and like the most?  

PTI

What kind of challenges do you enjoy the most for card making?  

Sketches - it's a great recipe!

Do you design for other teams or companies?  

Seize the Birthday and Whimsy and Stars Studios

Thank you so much Cathy for sharing a bit about yourself!!! 

The sketches begin on Tuesday, August 6th!

Thanks for stopping by!

Meet Amy Tsuruta

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left a comment on Rose's introduction!! 

We are thrilled to be going to an all sketch challenge! 

The next designer I would like to introduce you to is Amy Tsuruta.

Amy Tsuruta

What is the name of your blog? 

Tsuruta Designs

When did you begin paper crafting?

It seems like I've always been creating but I'm guessing it officially started when I volunteered to be my son's co-op preschool scrapbook coordinator in 2001...um yeah, I had never scrapbooked at that point in time:)

What are some of your favourite stamps? 

Neat & Tangled, Avocado Arts, Fresh Squeezed Stamps and Jane's Doodles ;)

What inks do you use and like the most? 

My go to black is Memento Tuxedo!  

My go to brown is Memento Rich cocoa and all my other colors are Fresh Inks by Impress!

What kind of challenges do you enjoy the most for card making?  

I'm totally a sketch girl:)

Do you design for other teams or companies?  

Little Tangles

Avocado Arts

Fusion

Timeless Twine
Paper Made Bakery

Thank you so much Amy for sharing a bit about yourself!!! 

The sketches begin on Tuesday, August 6th!

Thanks for stopping by!

Meet Rose Miller

I thought it might be fun to get to know our design team by asking them some "crafty" questions! I asked each design team member the same set of questions and for the next couple of weeks, I will be introducing the team-one by one!

First up, let me introduce Rose Miller!

Rose Miller

What is the name of your blog? 

My Happy Place

When did you begin paper crafting?

I started paper crafting in 2007 as I wanted to scrapbook our month long honeymoon. Then I found card making challenges on line and have been making cards since and very few scrapbook pages.

What are some of your favourite stamps?

I don't really have a favorite. But I find I can't resist Christmas or Cat stamps! 

What inks do you use and like the most?

Memento brand is what I use the most.

What kind of challenges do you enjoy the most for card making?

Sketch Challenges as they give me a good starting point.

Do you design for other teams or companies?

365 Cards,

Inspired by Stamping,

The Cutting Cafe.

Thanks for sharing with us, Rose!!! 

We hope you will return on Monday when we introduce another design team member!

The sketches begin on Tuesday, August 6th!

Thanks for stopping by!

Welcome to Seize the Sketch!

Welcome to Seize the Sketch! As you may know, we have another challenge blog called "Seize the Birthday" and there we host a monthly birthday linky party...where you are welcome to link up any birthday project!! 

As a team, we have decided to try a new challenge called "Seize the Sketch"!! Here is how our challenge will work!

Seize the Sketch:
1. Each Tuesday at 5am (PST), we will bring a new sketch to you, created by one of our design team members.

2. The sketches may be used to create any type of card! The sky is the limit!

3. At the end of the week, the "sketcher" will choose the weekly winner and the rest of the team will choose one honorable mention each!

To find our more about our challenge, please click our page called "The Way To Play"!

Check out our FACEBOOK page...to learn more! 

Click HERE!

Our first challenge will be on Tuesday, August 6th!