I
love to stamp and make homemade cards and scrapbook pages. I
also like to make decorations for my house using my stamps and
craft supplies. I started stamping back in 1999 when I was on
a co-op in college in Florida and I was hooked from then on.
I have a real passion for everything to do with stamping and
am just now starting to dabble in the world of digital scrapbooking
as well. My styles very a lot with my creations. I love making
things very simple and alsovery detailed. I tend to steer away
from bright colors, but will challenge myself to use them on
occasion. I love to use cutesy stamps, but very elegant ones
as well. As you can see from my sample, I love the color pink
and I use brown to accent a lot.
I am actually
a civil engineer by trade and still work part time, just a couple
days a week. The rest of the time I spend with my little girl,
Ava. She is 3 and I am expecting a little boy in Nov. Our life
has been one heck of a roller coaster over the last couple years.
My oldest child, Ethan, who would have been 5 in August, died
in June from Neuroblastoma cancer. It’s been a long haul,
but now I am finally back into stamping. We miss our little
boy dearly, but I use my stamping as my outlet away from all
of life’s worries! I’ve been married to my husband,
Dave, for 7 years and we live in small rural town in Illinois.
Ethan received a horse through Make-a-Wish of Illinois so now
we have 2 horses, a miniature burro, 4 cats, and a dog. We enjoy
being outside and love to ride the horses.
The first
digi stamp that I ever really tried was Cowboy “Ethan”.
I was hooked from there. I mostly use MS Word to print my digi's
because it is quick and easy. All I do is open a new document,
insert a picture, and then print! I print on plain white cardstock
and I use an HP All in One Printer.
I’ve been married to my wonderful husband of five years
and we have a one-year-old toddler and an earthy tabby cat. Having
studied violin and piano intensively when I was young, I have
a great appreciation for music. When I have free time, I love
to read and take a yoga or pilates class. I love to travel and
our favourite place is Italy. Hubby and I’ve been studying
Italian on and off for the past eight years and we look forward
to our planned retirement in Italy, hopefully not too far off
in the distant future!
Staying at home the past year has allowed me
the freedom to explore and grow in the art of cardmaking. I’ve
been collecting rubber stamps for about 20 years but I’m
very new to digi stamps. I only started using digi stamps when
I joined the PCS Digi DT! I colour my digis with Copics and
sometimes chalks. What I love most about using digis is the
ability to resize and flip them to coordinate with each other.
I’ve tried a lot of different cardstock but now print
my digis via MS Publisher on Gina K 120 lb pure luxury cardstock
with a Lexmark inkjet printer.
Hi, my name is Inge
I am a working mom and married to my high school sweatheart
and we have two girls together. We live in the Netherlands in
a small town called Bovenkarspel.
As long as I can
remember I love being busy with “crafty” things.
I fell in love with stamping and the possibilities of stamps
in 2003 since then ,I must confess ;), I am a rubber addict!
A couple of years ago I discovered blogs and learned so much
from a lot of the stamping girls out there. Now I’m designing
for Card Art, Pink Cat Studio digi stamps, Wags ‘n Whiskers
and Magnolia. This is so much fun and a great chance to get
to know a lot of people from all over the world who are loving
to do the same thing…create something nice, share this
and have fun doing that.
I’ve
been using digi stamps since August 2009, and I’m using
Word as program to print the digistamps, sometimes I also resize
them when I want them bigger or smaller. I print them on just
plain regular (children’s)firm white sketch paper.
Hi! My name is Kerry Donovan-Casey. I am married to a
wonderful Irishman, named Patrick (no less!). We live in New England
with our three unique and amazing children: Declan, Orla, and
Maeve. We have a little dog, named Penny and 3 pet pygmy goats.
There is never a dull moment around here! For now, I do not work
outside of the home. I am very blessed to be able to be home for
our children.
I started scrapbooking in 2001, but never found
it
satisfying. Maybe because it was never "done". Then,
2 years
later, I was introduced to stamping/cardmaking/paper crafting
and fell in love. I got that instant gratification of having
a completed project.
I am beyond honored and humbled to have been asked by Melissa
to join
the extremely talented Pink Cat Studio Digi design team! I hope
that I
can "do right" by Melissa's enchanting and delightful
images and help to inspire fellow PCS lovers.
Thank you, Melissa for this amazing opportunity!
Wow, I am so excited to be a part of the new Pink Cat Studio Digi
DT. As you all know, the images (digi, and rubber) are so stinking
cute. I have gone Pink Cat Crazy (hehehe). I just can’t
get enough.
So, a little about me, I have been married to my High School sweet
heart for 10 years, and we have 2 amazing children. Abbey is 8,
and Ryan is 6. I am originally From Mass, and now live in New
Hampshire, where we call home. Not only am I a wife and Mom, but
I am a part time nursing student, and I work as Asst. Manager
at Gymboree. My life can be a bit “crazy” but I wouldn’t
know how to do it any different.
Eight years ago, I held my first CM show, and started scrapbooking
. I was immediately hooked. The stickers, photo corners, do you
remember those??? About 7 years ago, my BF invited me to a Stampin
Up party. I attended and even liked it, but I considered myself
a scrapbooker and not a stamper. Well, then I went to another
party, and played will all the ink and stamps and paper. You guessed
it, once again, hooked. I have been stamping since. I have a passion
for designer Paper, Copic markers and great images to color. I
feel blessed to be a part of such a great company and team, and
I have very thankful for such an amazing opportunity. Let the
coloring and creating begin!
June Cleaver by day and obsessive compulsive paper crafter by
night. I get to live in the best of both worlds. I'm lucky enough
to be a stay-at-home Momma of two munchkins, ages 6 and 8. When
I'm not busy baking cookies or being "Room Mom", I'm
in my happy place stamping my little heart out. The hubs may not
understand my obsession with this craft, but at leaast HIS hobby
is more expensive than mine!"
Printer - HP OfficeJet 6110 all-in-one
Paper - Stampin Up Whisper White and Very Vanilla
Program - I just use PowerPoint from Microsoft Office to resize
and print my digital images.
Digital Experience - I use my first digital image in June 2009
Hi, my name is Maria and I'm excited to be part of a team of such
talented ladies. I'm originally from Hawaii but moved to California
about 4 1/2 years ago. I'm married, have 2 kids, 2 cats, and 2
dogs. Professionally, I'm an RN specializing in women's health
although I'm a SAHM right now.
I've recently started on a journey towards a healthier lifestyle
which includes regular exercise, yoga, meditation and healthy
diet. Right now, it's my current obsession!!
I've been stamping for approximately 5 years and have been using
digital stamps for 8 months. I like to use Georgia Pacific card
stock with digi images because they work well with any type of
medium, especially Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils. When
it comes to printing my images, I use Microsoft Word and print
using an inkjet printer. I love digital stamps because they don't
take up a lot of space and are resizable.
I'm a WAHM
to 2 children and 7 furbabies and wife of 15 years to a wonderful
supportive husband who is also my best friend! I have been stamping
and scrapbooking for 8 years now, but only cardmaking for 2
years and I really enjoy it, for me it is the best kind of creative
outlet and is less stressful than scrapbooking, LOL!
My first digi stamp ever was about 9 months ago and I was very
nervous, but I like that I can change the image's to suit my
needs (ie. size, rotate, etc). I print my digi images on Gina
K Luxury cardstock (120 lb weight) which I love to use with
my Copics and my printer is an Epson Photo Inkjet R300 and I
set it to print on matte paper. I don't have to heat set my
images once they're printed, I can color with my copics right
away! And the best thing about digi stamps is the INSTANT GRATIFICATION--you
see it, you buy it and it's your's minutes later---gotta LOVE
that!
Hi! My name is Tori Hemingway and I have been paper-crafting since
2001. My wonderful husband and I and our 3 very busy children
live in sunny N. Florida!
When I am not stamping, I enjoy deep sea fishing and watching
my children play soccer and lacrosse.
I have been using digital stamps since the beginning of 2009 and
am in love with their ease of use! When printing my images, I
insert them into MS Word and resize them if necessary and then
print them on PTI Stamper’s Select White Cardstock using
my Epson Stylus NX515 printer. I love to color my images using
Copic Markers and find that this is the best paper to use with
them!
I'm so honored to be a part of such a talented team of designers!
A little bit about me, and what I do...by day, I work in Quality
Assurance at my local hospital, by night, I am a wife, and Mom
to two little girls (ages 2 and almost 6). By LATE night, I am
stamper and digscrapper extraordinaire - LOL.
Seriously though, in addition to stamping and digital scrapbooking,
my other hobby is music. I have been involved in fife and drum
for many years (about 15 or so) and it is how I met my husband,
and most of my in-laws are all involved too, it truly is a family
affair.
Now, onto the good stuff. I've always loved graphic design, though
I'm not a pro by ANY means, but I've messed around here and there.
WAY back when, before digital stamps were even popular, I created
a card by scanning in a page out of a coloring book, and tweaking
it in Photoshop elements until it was crisp and clear, on a white
background, so I could print it out and use it on a card. So I
guess I've been using digital stamps since 2005 maybe? Though
if you want to count the time with images that are actually 'marketed'
with the digital stamp name, I'd say about a year or a little
more.
I currently use Photoshop Elements version 7 for all of my photo
and image editing needs, and I find that it is very user friendly,
and perfect for me.
I have a Canon photo printer that I use, and I print my images
on either Papertrey Ink's select White Cardstock, or Gina K's
Pure Luxure Cardstock. I use Copics for coloring more often than
not, and have no real issues with smearing.
Thanks to Melissa, for giving me this great opportunity!
I am totally stoked to be on Pink Cat's Digi Team. I was blessed
to design for Melissa for the last year and am thrilled to be
sticking around! There is nothing better than playing with new
images every week!
I have been
an avid papercrafter for several years, with a penchant for
colouring! Copics, Prismas, watercolour, you name it, if it
can be coloured I'm in!
When I'm
not creating, I'm parenting an amazing teenaged boy, playing
guitar,reading and as of late I've become a bit of a gym rat.
I enjoy my career as a Correctional Programs Officer and find
that papercrafting is a great way to unwind in the evenings.
I enjoy
the freedom of working with digital images in that you can manipulate
the images (size, mirror imaging) which makes your ability to
create limitless!
Alicia
Weiman 
Emily
Leiphart
Inge
Groot 
Kerry
Donovan-Casey 
Kristen
Catalano
MacKenzie Bruckler 
Maria
Bell
Suzanne
J. Dean
Tori
Hemmingway 
Tracey
Cuccia
Vicki
Garrett