Meet our Art Impressions Design Team and Watercolor Design Team! These amazing members bring you an individual post every week and provide beautiful inspiration for our Thursday challenges and Watercolor Weekends.
Art Impressions Daily Design Team
Sharon Caudle - Nevada
(June 2014-Nov. 2020) July 2022-
Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest
Hi Crafty Ai fans!! I'm Sharon Caudle and I live in Reno, NV. I'm married to Randy, my amazing husband of 27 years, and he completely supports my addiction to creating cards for our family and friends. We are a blended family with five children between us, we are truly blessed with eight beautiful grandchildren! I have always loved making funny and cheerful cards, so when I first discovered Art Impressions so many years ago it was love at first sight. I originally joined the Ai Design Team in the spring of 2014, taking a break in November 2020. Now I'm super excited to be back and hope you will enjoy my creations I will be sharing.
Hi Crafty Ai fans!! I'm Sharon Caudle and I live in Reno, NV. I'm married to Randy, my amazing husband of 27 years, and he completely supports my addiction to creating cards for our family and friends. We are a blended family with five children between us, we are truly blessed with eight beautiful grandchildren! I have always loved making funny and cheerful cards, so when I first discovered Art Impressions so many years ago it was love at first sight. I originally joined the Ai Design Team in the spring of 2014, taking a break in November 2020. Now I'm super excited to be back and hope you will enjoy my creations I will be sharing.
Janet Axtman - North Carolina
Instagram - Blog - Pinterest - YouTube
Hello, my clever, crafty friends! I’m Janet Axtman, aka SugarShine Designs. You can find my work through YouTube and my blog as well as on the Eyelet Outlet and CutCardStock blogs where I am a Design Team member. My passion is to teach and inspire just as I’ve been and continue to be inspired by so many talented and beautiful creators. My style is whatever mood I’m in, but I am drawn to bright and energetic colors so often my creations tend to fall into the cute and happy category, My favorite mediums are Copic markers and watercolor. I especially enjoy making interactive cards and 3D home décor, but I’m always trying new things to expand my skills. I love options! I also like to get my hands dirty. You’ll usually find me with stained fingers from inks and other mediums. With Art Impressions, your creations are only bound by your imagination, and who doesn’t love that? I’m truly honored to be here with you to share what takes me to my happy place and hope I can pass a little of that happiness on to you!
Hello...it's Lynn Dionne here! I'm a paper crafter, altered book and mixed media artist. I enjoy making videos for each of my cards, and find mixing and matching stamp sets to be a fun adventure! I live in Connecticut with my husband, and I'm not much of a writer, so I'll keep it short and sweet. I'm so glad to be here and I can't wait to get started!
Reneé Matarese - New York
July 2011-
July 2011-
Hello, I'm Reneé Matarese and I'm from the upstate NY area near Binghamton. My husband and I have been together since 1992 and we have two grown children, Dominick and Makena. I started scrapbooking and cardmaking in 2002. My paper collection is out of control. We'll just leave it at that! I joined the Art Impressions DT in July, 2011. I now oversee the Ai Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Blog and both the daily Design Team and the Watercolor Design team. Art Impressions is just the very best company to work for and I love every minute I spend here!
Tasha Jorgensen - Wisconsin
Hi everyone, my name is Tasha and I'm from Wisconsin. I've been a crafter for as long as I can remember and I LOVE card making!
I also enjoy painting, drawing, scrapbooking, and mixed media. Playing with my stamps makes me happy, and I think it's so fun to try new techniques and just be creative!
In addition to paper crafting, I enjoy crocheting/knitting, baking, traveling with my husband, and watching movies.
I love Ai stamp sets and I'm so excited to be a part of the Design Team!
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Member since April 2024
Hello fun, crafty friends, my name is Dori Mendiola and I live in Reno, Nevada with my wonderful husband, Jay. We’ve been married 44 years and have four amazing children, one awesome grandson and a beautiful granddaughter on the way. Can’t wait! I have created annual Christmas cards since my children were little but I’d like to believe that I have grown in my style of card making since then. Have you ever gone back and looked at some of your creations from long ago? Yikes! LOL. Back in 2014, I was introduced to Art Impressions from my dear friend and DT member, Sharon Caudle, when I took a copic class from her at our local scrapbook store. I quickly found myself purchasing a variety of AI stamp sets and away I went coloring and creating cards for all occasions. I find making dimensional and/or interactive cards to be the most fun but creating them for the AI Design Team is the biggest thrill.
Art Impressions Watercolor Design Team
Karen Day - Ontario, Canada
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Diane Mason - California
Hello my talented Ai friends, I’m Diane Mason. I spent most of my life living in the Midwest, but in 2014, I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with my loving and supportive husband. I’m so fortunate to have my adult son and daughter living nearby as well. The three of them are some of my biggest fans, and I appreciate them so much. I have been crafting and creating for as far back as I can remember. I still fondly remember my very first 64-box of crayons with built-in sharpener. Oh the joy I felt – so full of possibilities! As a child, I loved watching my talented grandma and father get lost in their own love of creating things with their hands and then sharing their projects and talents with others. I wanted to be just like them. They instilled in me the joy to imagine, design, create and then share my crafty love with others.
I was first introduced to the Ai watercolor line of stamps while attending a stamping convention in 2017 with my fellow crafty and longtime friend, Shelly. We were amazed at what you could do with markers, rubber stamps, and a paint brush – watercoloring the Art Impressions way! At the time I was intrigued but still heavily involved in scrapbooking and card making using traditional stamping techniques and Copic coloring. Fast forward to March 2020 – I was watching the super talented artist and Ai founder, Bonnie Krebs, watercolor a scene on YouTube. Well, I was immediately hooked! That was the beginning of my watercolor journey, and I haven’t looked back. It has been a dream of mine to be a part of the amazing Ai Watercolor Design Team. I’m so happy to be here sharing my art and love of all things Ai with you!
My husband and I have been together since 1990. We have two grown, amazing children. We have one truly beautiful grandson that we absolutely adore and so many grand-fur babies that there are too many to count. I have always loved anything artsy or crafty. My current hobbies are Art Impression stamps, watercoloring, rug hooking, punch needle and baking. I found AI stamps at a stamp show many years ago. I was instantly obsessed! I find creating with stamps and watercoloring to be relaxing and I am always happiest in my crafting space. It was a dream of mine to design for Art Impressions and I am so happy to be here!
Gennette Houghton - Michigan
Member since June 9, 2024
Hello Ai Friends, my name is Gennette (Nettie) Houghton, I have been married to my husband and best friend since 1993. We have 2 amazing adult sons, and their better halves (bonus daughters!). We live in the “mitt” of Michigan in the middle of farm country. I have always had a crafty heart, but it took a long time to find the “ONE” that would make my heart sing. In 2020 I saw my first watercolor tutorial on Facebook and I have been smitten ever since. I found my happy place! Thanks to all the tutorials and support from an Ai crafting community not only did my heart sing, it soared! I am beyond humbled to become a member of the Ai Watercolor Design Team, I am so excited to be here!
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6 comments:
You all have a wealth of talent and a welcoming sense of humour...way to go ladies
This message is for Sharon C. I met you at your copics class as Bass Lake, at the "Great Stamp Escape". i thought you taught copics here in Reno at a shop. I cannot find you. I will be in Reno for three days. Please send me a response at mumseyme@gmail.com. Thank you so much, Pam Silva
hello !! i made a card with your oldies !!!! and wahhhhhh super !!!!
http://natalou031.canalblog.com/archives/2015/07/14/32356582.html
kissses and thank you for your ideas !!!
euh....i'm french !!
Very happy to read about each of you and the journey you took in the art field. I love watching all the beautiful and/or funny cards you make. I've been doing scrapbooks and cards for over 35 years and I love it, but they'll never be as good as the ones I see on facebook. Keep making them to give me ideas though. Hugs to each of you.
Edna Burgess
I enjoyed learning a little bit about each member of the Wonder AI Design team.
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