P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Magazine Monday and day one of Stamp It! Week! We’ve planned a whole week of stamping fun on the Paper Crafts Connection and Moxie Fab World blogs! So sit back, relax and enjoy getting to know Miss Teri Anderson – our designer spotlight for the day, week and month!
For all of you subscribers out there, we sneak peeked Teri’s spotlight in our May/June “Paper Crafts Connection” column. Since we’re not limited to word count on the web (thank goodness!), we’re happy to bring you Teri’s complete interview here. And since she’s also a fabulous stamper, we’re gonna show off some of her great projects from Stamp It! Cards. She was also nice enough to contribute to our giveaway today, so make sure to leave a comment to win her gorgeous “Thank You” card set. Thanks, Teri!
Teri Anderson
1. What is your most difficult paper crafting challenge?
It’s using those “really special” pieces of paper and embellishments that were so cool when I got them. I always put them away for that “really special” project and then I can’t bring myself to use them because they are so cool.
2. What is your favorite paper crafting supply?
I love stamps. Clear and rubber. You name it. I love them all. I think they’re one of the most versatile tools because you can use one stamp and get a different look each time you use it. Change the ink color and get a different look. Use a technique like embossing and get a whole different look. I also have great appreciation for ledger paper and American Crafts letter stickers, which frequently find their way onto my projects.
3. Name three Paper Crafts designers whose styles you like and tell me why they appeal to you.
Kim Hughes. Kim makes a lot of cards and has such a cheerful, friendly style. She adds lots of doodles, inking and texture. I love that. Her projects never look the same to me, yet her style comes through time and time again.
Dawn McVey. Dawn is a stamper with great design skills. Her projects are always so clean and crisp. I’m really drawn to that. I hope to see a lot more from her in the magazine in the future.
Alisa Bangerter. Alisa just amazes me. Her projects really stand out to me as consistently well thought out, designed and put together. I often wonder how she comes up with the ideas for her projects.
4. You’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of different publications. How do you keep yourself organized?
I am a lister. I make lists of calls I want to submit to, products I want to work with and post-call follow-up work I need to do. I’ve also learned to set limits for myself. I don’t submit to everything. I am not on a lot of different design teams. I only try for things I really do have an interest in.
5. Do you have any advice for someone who’s never been published or who wants to try submitting for the first time?
- Don’t fuss over it. Just take the plunge and submit. You’ll never get published without taking that first step.
- Don’t feel like you have to do what the designers you see right now in the magazine are doing to get published.
- Stay true to your own paper crafting style and use the products and techniques that make you happy. Products come and go. And what is a hip technique today may not be so cool six months from now.
- Remember it’s not anything against you if your project is not picked up right away. Your project just may not work with others the magazine’s editors have chosen.
- I’ve never known a magazine editor who keeps a list of people to reject. Well, good ones, at least. Just kidding! In my experience, they just want a project that wows them and will appeal to their magazine’s readers.
6. What is your favorite thing to paper craft and why?
Cards are my absolute favorite thing to make. A card is just a great little canvas to try out a new design or technique on. I don’t feel bad if doesn’t work out because I can just throw the card out. That’s something I can’t bring myself to do with scrapbook pages. Cards also make people happy. I’ve never had anyone complain about receiving a handmade card. It’s like giving them a little piece of me. Even if I can’t be there to give them a hug in person, the recipients know they really were on my mind when I made their cards.
7. What design teams are you on?
I’m on Art Declassified’s team.
8. How would you describe your style?
Funky, yet simple with a few flecks of technique thrown in the mix. I deviate from my style once in awhile, but I find I am usually the happiest with my projects that are simple and haven’t taken hours to pull off.
9. What do you like about working with Paper Crafts magazine?
For me, Paper Crafts has helped me to become a better designer. I’ve had many projects picked up by the magazine that I’ve had to rework before they’ve appeared in print. That has helped me to become more confident in why a design will or will not work. It’s also made me think more about how products coordinate together, like when I’ve mixed together a bold green patterned paper and a solid green ribbon. In the past, I might have picked a wild, polka dot ribbon, which would have clashed more with the paper than complimented it. By the way, I’ve always felt strange calling myself a designer. It has always seemed a bit on the stuffy side. I’m really just a crafty girl who likes to make stuff that gets in a magazine every so often.
10. Do you have a blog or online gallery? If so, please provide the URL.
Here's Teri's "Never Give Up" card from Stamp It! Cards.
And here's Teri's "Perhaps" card, also from Stamp It! Cards.
So hopefully you’ve enjoyed getting to know Teri Anderson a little bit better. Please leave a comment below and you’ll be entered into a drawing to receive her “Thank You” card set and a copy of Stamp It! Cards. All comments must be received by midnight on Tuesday, March 17.
Leave a comment and win this card set by Teri!
And make sure you head over to Moxie Fab World! Cath is spotlighting some yummy Papertrey Ink sets and yes, giving a few of them away! And get ready for tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day post by our little leprechaun Susan Opel! I hear she’ll be giving away something green!
Kelly
P.S. Congrats to Felicia Archie! She won my stamped butterfly card and a copy of Stamp It! Cards from last week’s Freebie Friday – Countdown to Stamp It! Week! I’ll be e-mailing you shortly for your mailing address. Thanks to all who left comments and played along!
Great cards & thanks for letting us get to know you, Teri.
Loved reading these answers… Teri’s cards are beautiful!
Hi, Kelly and Teri! It was a pleasure getting to know Teri a little better! Your cards, Teri, are so pretty. I LOVE the one pictured with the trees and the saying about stars. Your designs are simple, yet elegantly perfect. And you sound like such a humble and sweet person!
What a wonderful and informative interview. Thanks, Teri, for sharing yourself and your style with us.
I’m just nuts about the thank you card set. It’s so classic and beautiful. Is the embossed white artisan label on the cards a die cut? It’s awesome.
Terri,
Thanks so much for sharing a little bit about you here in blogland. You have some amaZING and inspiring MOJO! Your cards are just beautiful and love your creative style. I hope I’m the lucky stamper to win your thank you cards and the Stamp It magazine. Thanks so much for a chance.
OH wow wonderful words Teri you’ve given me the courage to go again and try to submit again I get shy because I have never been published that is one of my goals in 09! GULP I tried in 08 w/no luck and everytime I hit the submit button my heart sinks! lol and the butterflies go flying! lol I have submitted only once so far this year I must admit.. BUT I am going to start again starting this weekend..So Teri.. HERE I GO… doing what I love to do stamp GULP…
Those cards are amazing! I like the inside to what you do and the process you take Teri. I have never submitted but maybe I should. Thanks for the inspiration.
I have always enjoyed Teri’s work in PC! It’s fun to learn more about those whose work you enjoy.
How fun getting to know you !
Terrific interview, Kelly! I went right away to ‘Art Declassified’ and to Teri’s blog–fab designs! I got so many ideas!
One thing I love about the card-making community is it’s availability, generosity and humility–Teri’s interview demonstrated all those traits! And our Paper Crafts ladies demonstrate them every day!
Thanks for a great piece!
Hi Teri! Love your “Never Give Up” card. I also checked out your blog and fell in love with your Frugal Friday technique & card – way cool!
Thanks for all the sharing, Teri! I think I appreciate your final lines the most… “I’m really just a crafty girl that gets her things published in a magazine every now and then” or something like that. SO humble! Love it!
LOVE getting to know you a little better Teri
Thank you.
you are the sweetest for mentioning me
I absolutely adore your creations.
It was fun reading about you Teri. Your work is so calming to me. It put a smile on my face and made me want to stop trying so hard to make my cards. It really is the simple things in life that make me happy. Thanks for sharing your words and talent with us.
Beautiful pieces, Teri–clean and fresh design!
Wow what a great interview. I couldn’t agree more on people for inspiration. Teri and I must have the same good taste!
Thanks for the great info on being published.
R
Hi, Teri! I’ve followed your work foryears through your many published cards. It’s nice to see you get the recognition you deserve!
I enjoy these stamper spotlights! Thanks for showcasing some great artists!
I’m also wondering about the white label shape and the stamp on the thank you card set? Very pretty!
Terri,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and work with us. Your work is inspiring to me. I could really relate to buy and hording special paper and all that goes with it. I am so quilty of that.
I also like the fact that you are a stamper. That is my favorite part of card making too.
Thanks for taking the time to share.
debbie peysen
I really enjoyed the interview. Maybe I’ll get up the nerve to submit something some day.
Thanks for sharing Teri’s beautiful work! I share her habit of saving the ‘special’ paper/embellishments for that ‘special’ project…. and then when I reach for them, I say they’re too ‘special’ to use! Thanks for the inspiration
Beautiful work, Teri! I know exactly what you mean about saving that “special” product for just the perfect project! That’s how I ended up w/ so MANY special things in my stash! *sigh* Great to read about you to – thanks for the chance to win your lovely card set – wow!
I love the thank you cards because of the elegant damask design.
Great projects Teri! Thanks for all the good advice and for letting everyone get to know you better.
Beautiful cards Teri! Thanks for sharing them.
Teri – Your cards are beautiful and elegant. I love your style!
Wow, some really lovely cards, an inspiration
Great interview! We’ve got a lot of things in common as most stampers do. I also put aside those one-of-a-kind embellishments that I just can’t seem to use. I’m getting much better though. I decided one day that they just might brighten someone else’s day as much as they have mine so gradually I’m letting them go. After a while you forget about them because there is always more to replace them!
I like the clean lines in Teri’s work and the fact that she appears so real, thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for sharing, Teri. i love the perhaps card. Thanks for the chance to win!
Nice to meet you Teri! Well, I see your name all the time, and I really admire your clean and beautiful style! I love your answer to the first question — why is it that we save the special stuff!?! I do that all the time! I just want to have it! If I use it, I won’t have it anymore! It’s great to get to know you better!!
Wonderful work, Teri! Thanks for the chance to win!
Beautiful work Teri. I LOVE that last sentiment. Thanks for the chance to win!
I really can relate to your comment about making the designs simple. I often find that the cards I fuss over the most are my least favorite. Thanks for sharing your ideas and most of all, your wonderful card designs!
Beautiful cards…..what a fun week this will be…great interview! Thanks for the chance!
Teri,
Great interview. I really liked the card with the Indian saying.
Janet
Great looking cards! Right now I have so much new stuff (and I keep seeing more that I want!!) So I really need to sit down and get to working and creating. I have quite a few gifts of cards that I want to put together.
Thanks for the awesome inspiration Teri!!
love the thank you cards, awesome! thanks for a chance to win!
What beautiful cards. Simple, yet elegant and classy. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win the Thank You card set!
I always watch for Teri’s designs in the mags, so it’s great to see an interview with her here. Hope to see lots more of her work in the future!
Teri, your work is so inspiring. I love the silhouettes with the soft and subtle tones behind them. You are a talented designer. I enjoyed reading this interview and BTW I love how this blog’s header opens, connection team!
What fun to meet the designers behind the card designs! It’s interesting to hear what appeals to you with other designers work. Love the thank you card design (and sentiment.) Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful cards and great advice from Teri. Love the interview and the cards.
I know exactly what she is talking about when she has special embellishments, I do the very same thing! What wonderful cards she makes as well.
Love your work. Thanks for the chance to win your cards.
nice to get to know you Teri!
Beautiful card set Terri. You are very talented! Thanks for sharing with us!
Oh great cards Teri! I love them all as usual.