First of all: a special THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts
to everyone who auditioned!
We were amazed to see so many
talented people apply for our inspiration team!
We loved
seeing your work, visiting your blogs and learning about YOU!
If we could, we would accept everyone who tried out,
but alas we had limited spots open on the team.
In 2017 we are excited to show you how you can incorporate rubber stamping into a variety of mixed media designs! Our team will be challenged to think 'out side' the box.
This includes categories like: art journaling, scrapbooks, jewelry, fabric art, collage, mixed mediums and more!
We will
provide inspiration for you to use in your everyday life, home, office and gift giving idea's!.
Please help us welcome the new (worldwide) 2017 Sin City Inspiration Team!
Michelle Frae Cummings
is a mixed- media artist, instructor and
freelance writer.
She lives with her husband, Brian and son
Dyllan in sunny California.
Michelle has painted sets for local play
houses, created costumes, designed store front windows, taught at local
scrapbook stores, public groups, and sells her art locally and online.
Michelle’s passion is color.
Whether she is painting with it, sewing,
wire wrapping or planting it in her garden, she’s content.
It’s how she expresses her dreams and
inspirations.
Chris Pozzi
is
a avid scrapbooker, cardmaker and loves to dabble with mixed media. She is a
mom to 3 active kids, Meagan who just finishing college, Sarah a sophomore
in college and Alex in 8th grade. She's passionate about adding ink and
stamps to her projects! Chris loves thinking of multiple ways to use stamps and
strives to create projects that inspire others.
Irit Shalom
is an Israeli designer,
paper crafter, stamper and a Mixed Media artist. In her real life she is a part
time working Dentist, Mom of 4 grown- ups, Grandma of 3 adorable little people
and a wife of a retired high Police officer. She was back to crafting about 7
years ago when she became an empty nester and since then she is a visible part
of this industry. As she was born in Ukraine
and immigrated to Israel
in her early teens, Russian is her mother tongue, Hebrew is a language she uses
daily and English is her third language and she just hopes that you are not
going to laugh from her mistakes here and there.
is a designer/crafter from the state of Oregon. A mother of two and grandmother as
well. She began scrapbooking her children's photos when they were young
and soon progressed to cardmaking and stamping. She has studied many forms of
Art both personally and academically in college. In recent years she has grown
to love the use of stamps, stencils, and other mediums to create mixed media
projects of many types. A very versatile designer for sure and lover of all
styles from vintage to steampunk. One of her favorite quotes to live by is
Creativity takes courage..Henri Matisse
Sharon Rogers
has been
crafting for at least half her life and has dabbled in a range of crafty
escapades which explains why her husband feels she is a hoarder and can’t
possibly need anymore craft supplies – but you can never have too many - Right?
She loves anything quirky and out of the ordinary and loves to add humour and a
different “view” to her creations. She believes all stamps should be versatile
and have many uses – not just the subject they were necessarily intended
for!
Katie Lamb
is a mixed media artist and craft blogger based in
Birmingham United Kingdom. She lives with her other half Anthony and three
cats.Katie enjoys Sci-fi movies ,books, TV shows, Horror and always a good
mystery. She enjoys creating art journals and adding lots of layers and
textures.
Katie loves working
with versatile products that set your imagination and creativity free.
Shilpa Nagaonkar
enjoys experimenting with past and present techniques, working with various
mediums, styles and sharing her vibrant creativity with others. She loves
working with stamps, stencils and can't wait to inspire others with her
colorful idea's.
Karen Sessions
is an American currently living in London, England.
She has enjoyed a lifetime of creative hobbies including: sewing, ceramics,
jewellery making, calligraphy, and knitting. She began rubber stamping as
a teenager in the late 80's because drawing was never in her talent portfolio.
Her current loves are scrapbooking, card making, and mixed media. Karen
describes her creative style as embellished, girly, layered, and full of
textures.
loves the freedom to use all kinds of media in her art work.
Her style is mostly Dark Art, Vintage or Steampunk, and she is always looking
for new techniques to learn. Monique enjoys coloring art and travel journals.
She enjoys making tags and altering items.
Adam
Is a very
talented card maker and crafter. He has been a member of other design
teams and is looking forward to putting his talents and creativity to
work with Sin City Stamps.
He enjoys all forms of paper crafting. When pressed, he admits that
mixed media is his favorite but also loves card making, art journaling,
banner making and scrapbooking.
Do not be surprised if you see dark and steampunk one day, then bright and
whimsical the next, all using the same stamp set. Adam says it is all
in the embellishments in creating the mood of each piece.
We are looking forward to seeing what
new and creative uses he will have for our collection.
