Meet our Art Impressions Design Team! These amazing members bring you an individual post every week and provide beautiful inspiration for our Thursday challenges.
Crystal Lopez - Illinois
I am a wife/mother to 4 children and 6 grandchildren, so boredom is not in the vocabulary. I have been a crafter of all medians for 28 years; I have done wood working, painting, and doll making. I have also done many o’ many of craft shows to sell my wares. My current loves include jewelry making and paper crafting; the cards and scrapbooking have now consumed me and I am a total addict at this point. I am very blessed to have a supportive husband who also created my blog so I could have an outlet to share my creations. The Copics markers are my newest favorite item to work with (I have lots of favorite, I like to share the love..lol). I am new to them but I am a learn as you go crafter, I will try something and if that don't work, I will try, try again. I came across Art Impressions stamps a year ago while on vacation in FL. The Golden Oldies stamps caught my eye and tugged at my heart and have been in love ever since. I am so proud to be on the Ai Design Team, I hope to inspire and motivate you through my designs to try paper crafting and these awesome stamps.
Hello, my name is Kerry Kung and I live in Southern New Hampshire. A bit about myself, I married my wonderful husband on April Fool day on a white sand beach in Aruba (and nope, it's not a joke). No kids for me yet, but I do have a 15+ years lovebird and a black adorable kitty. I started scrapbooking about 8 years ago and then 5 years ago... I found out about stamping and oh boy.... I'm so in trouble, haha!!! I work full time, so that I support my 'bad habit' buying craft goodies, hehe!!! I love all things related to paper craft, but my favorites are Ranger Distress ink pads, Copic markers, watercolor, paints, die cuts, washi paper tape, and much more. I'm super excited to be a part of the Ai team and have the opportunity to create with these variety of stamps. From the super fun Ai people which totally make me giggle and smile, to the stunning Watercolor series.
Kirsi Kamppikoski - Finland
Greetings from little further - from Finland. I'm a wife, happily married for 10 years, and we have two adorable but lively boys, ages 5 and 8. So I do have a fast paced life =) I have loved crafting all my life. I started stamping about five years ago and then I found Art Impressions. It was love at first sight, lol. My favourities were first the Golden Oldies (and still are) but then I noticed Art Impressions has so much more ... great categories of stamps for all occasions. My favourite coloring technique nowadays is Distress Ink refills or markers. I love flowers and especially roses, so I love to add them and other embellishments to my creations. I've been a part of AI's design team since summer 2009.
Piali Biswas - New Jersey
I’m Piali from Robbinsville, NJ. I’ve been married to wonderful husband for 15 years and together we have two adorable girls of age 12 and 7. I’ve been papercrafting for three years now. I’m a cardmaker, a stamp addict and a budding scrapbooker. I like to try new techniques and trends for my creations. I create in variety of styles. My personal favorite is CAS stamped cards. I’m a self-taught Copic Colorist.
I use Copics a lot for my coloring. I have been so fortunate to have my creations published in several Papercrafting magazines and have designed for some wonderful companies.
I absolutely love Art Impression stamps, the images are so fun to create with. I’m super excited to be a part of Ai Design Team!
Renee Matarese - New York
Hello, I'm Reneé Matarese and I'm from the upstate NY area near Binghamton. I've been married to Tom since 1995 and we have two children, Dominick (13) and Makena (almost 12). I started cardmaking in 2005. My cousin came over for lunch and gave me a card-making lesson. (I already was scrapbooking at that point.) I thought "well, that was fun but I just don't see myself making cards." I couldn't be more wrong. There was a family birthday shortly after my "lesson" and I decided to make the card. I haven't bought a card since. I always loved art growing up and took every art class possible in H.S. and one in college. My favorite thing to do was just sketch with a pencil...until I started making cards and now I'm obsessed! Something I couldn't live without is my Cuttlebug! My CB is so important to me because I don't think I'd know how to make card without a Spellbinders die or an embossing folder. I also LOVE my border punch collection and I'm constantly adding to that!! My one true weakness is paper. My paper collection is out of control. My favorite style to design in is vintage/shabby chic but I'm always willing to try anything which is why I love challenges! I discovered Art Impressions shortly after I started making cards. At the time I used to just buy whatever stamps were in my local craft store. The selections were not great and soon I had everything I wanted. I decided to go on line and look. I believe I Googled "funny stamps" (because I love sending humorous cards) and AI popped up everywhere. I took a look and was soon hooked!! I owned hundreds of AI stamps before I became a designer for them. My absolute favorites are the golden oldies!! I'd love to see some new ones added in that category... ; ) This is truly my "Dream Team" and I've loved every minute that I've worked for this wonderful company!
Soili-Maria Seppala - Finland
My name is Soili-Maria Seppälä, I am over 35 :) and married to a wonderful man named Heikki. I am the mother of two sweet children, a boy born in 2000 and a girl born in 2002. I am also the stepmother for three wonderful children, two boys born in 1993 and 1999 and a girl, born in 1994. We live in a small town in Western-Finland. I have always liked handicrafts, drawing and playing guitar...but just for my own fun! What I like most now is making cards. It was many years ago, when I started making cards by 3D-techniques. Then I found Art Impressions stamps and fell in love immediately! My favorites are the Golden Oldies stamps. They are so humorous!I still make cards by both techniques, but I enjoy stamping most. I like the idea that with one stamp you can make a variety of cards using different techniques, colors and embellishments. I like Art Impressions stamps because there are so many different kind of stamps. I also enjoy the way you can combine Art Impressions stamps together. I like to color images with pro markers and shading with color pencils and oil.
Soili-Maria Seppala - Finland
My name is Soili-Maria Seppälä, I am over 35 :) and married to a wonderful man named Heikki. I am the mother of two sweet children, a boy born in 2000 and a girl born in 2002. I am also the stepmother for three wonderful children, two boys born in 1993 and 1999 and a girl, born in 1994. We live in a small town in Western-Finland. I have always liked handicrafts, drawing and playing guitar...but just for my own fun! What I like most now is making cards. It was many years ago, when I started making cards by 3D-techniques. Then I found Art Impressions stamps and fell in love immediately! My favorites are the Golden Oldies stamps. They are so humorous!I still make cards by both techniques, but I enjoy stamping most. I like the idea that with one stamp you can make a variety of cards using different techniques, colors and embellishments. I like Art Impressions stamps because there are so many different kind of stamps. I also enjoy the way you can combine Art Impressions stamps together. I like to color images with pro markers and shading with color pencils and oil.
Trena Brannon - Illinois
Trena, A.K.A. Trena in Naperville, is a woman of Faith, a wife & mother, an artist, a business owner, a manager, a change agent and an encourager. She has a passion for people and a passion for color. She has always been a doodler and loves vivid colors. Trena's friend Marge introduced her to the art of stamping in 2002 and she has been hooked ever since! Trena is married to a wonderful man and they have two beautiful, bright children. She works in an office, supporting an awesome team of engineers and project managers who develop Methods & Procedures for telephone networks, and she colors whenever she has a moment!Her medium of choice? What ever she has in her hands - markers, ink pads, paint, chalks, pencils, and even wax! One of her favorite things to do with stamps, is to create scenes and Art Impressions gives her so many images to build upon - from the WC images to the AI People, bursting with personality and varying in age, size, and color. It's like an image buffet!
Zora Bergström - Sweden
My name is Zora. I was born in the Czech Republic but I now live in Sweden. I live in the Ugglum countryside and the closest town is Falköping, Sweden. I am married to my husband, Jörgen, and we have two children, a son who is 18 and a daughter who is 16. I began scrapping cards for Christmas in 2010 and I started my blog in January of the same year. I started my first DT at the same time. I use distress ink for coloring and some Tombow pens to complement. I can't work without flowers,
half pearls and stickles. I stare at a card an wonder what is missing :0). Art Impressions stamps makes me smile! They are playful/humorous, I hope the reciver will be happy when they see the card.
Zora Bergström - Sweden
My name is Zora. I was born in the Czech Republic but I now live in Sweden. I live in the Ugglum countryside and the closest town is Falköping, Sweden. I am married to my husband, Jörgen, and we have two children, a son who is 18 and a daughter who is 16. I began scrapping cards for Christmas in 2010 and I started my blog in January of the same year. I started my first DT at the same time. I use distress ink for coloring and some Tombow pens to complement. I can't work without flowers,
half pearls and stickles. I stare at a card an wonder what is missing :0). Art Impressions stamps makes me smile! They are playful/humorous, I hope the reciver will be happy when they see the card.
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