Kerri Miller
One of our favorite things about working here at Paper Crafts is the opportunity we have to work with all you talented readers and designers! It makes our job so much more enjoyable!
As we continue our week of Holiday Cards and More Vol. 6, I get the pleasure of introducing you to one of our top designers for this issue. Kelley Eubanks had nine projects published in this issue, and I was excited to catch up with her to get to know her better. We correspond primarily though e-mail, so it’s always nice to put a little personality and face to an e-mail address!
Without further ado, here’s more about Kelley . . .
What is your favorite occasion to paper craft and why?
It is really a tie between two holidays. When the new products for Halloween and Christmas start to roll out, I want one of everything! I have always loved both holidays so it makes sense that I love to paper craft for both of them!
What is your most difficult paper crafting challenge?
Layers!! I love embellishments and patterned paper! I just have a difficult time putting several different elements/patterns together and making it look good!
What is your favorite paper crafting supply?
I would have to say stamps! I LOVE to add new stamps to my large collection!
How would you describe your style?
I usually just describe it as clean and simple!
What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
My husband and son have nicknamed me Feisty Girl! If you know me in real life… this is no surprise to you!
How do you keep yourself organized when it comes to submission deadlines?
I have a calendar that stays on my desk at all times. I write down the submission deadline, in the calendar, as soon as a new call comes out.
Name three Paper Crafts designers whose styles you like and tell me why they appeal to you.
Cristina Kowalczyk – I love her clean and graphic cards. Since I am a clean and simple girl… naturally I would love (be jealous a little bit of) her skills!
Julie Campbell – Julie and everything she creates puts a smile on my face! Julie comes up with fun and cute projects that just make my heart happy!
Betsy Veldman – I don’t know how she can come up with so many great ideas/designs! Betsy’s style is much different than mine but I want to make cards like Betsy!
Do you have any advice for someone who’s never been published or who wants to try submitting for the first time?
I would tell them to just give it a go if they have never submitted. You don’t know what you can accomplish if you don’t try! If you have tried but haven’t had any luck yet… don’t give up. Figure out which style you rock and stick with it. Try not to put so much pressure on yourself and just have fun with it!
Out of your 9 cards in Holiday Card & More, Vol. 6, which is your favorite and why?
My favorite card would have to be the Happy Winter card! I think it is the best example of my clean and simple style… one layer… just stamps and ink for the most part!
I got the color inspiration for this card from an old Better Homes and Garden issue. There were several pages of Christmas décor ideas with the yellow, white and green color scheme and I loved it. I looked through my stamp index and picked the set that I thought would make the best card using that color scheme!
Here are a couple of other wonderful clean and simple creations from Kelley found in this year’s Holiday Cards & More Vol. 6.
"Happy Winter"
"He is the Reason"
"Christmas Plaid"
Thanks, Kelley! We loved getting to know you a bit better! You can see other creations from Kelley at her blog, My Front Porch.
Leave a comment telling us your favorite paper-crafting supply, and one lucky reader will win this North Pole stamp set from PSA Essentials and a copy of Holiday Cards & More Vol. 6! Comments must be received by 5 PM on Wednesday evening!
North Pole stamp set by PSA Essentials
Good luck!
Kerri
P.S. PSA Essentials was generous enough to offer two more Halloween stamp sets for you guys! Why skip ahead to Christmas just yet?! Just like the Christmas set, comments must be received by 5 PM MDT on Wednesday evening.
My favorite paper crafting supply are die cuts. I love to use my cricut cuts on my cards.
Since taking the online card class, my favorite supply is my distress inks!
My favorite by far is Whipper Snapper Designs. They have the cutest stamps.
My distress inks are my favorite!
I love my stamps!:)
i love die cuts and chip board! thanks – lots of inspiration from Kelly!
I love using patterned paper!! I could buypaper all day…
I love both paper and stamps. Can’t have enough of either of them. Thanks for a chance to win that cute Christmas stamp set.
My favorite papercrafting supply is doublesided printed paper b/c I get to design w/ 2 patterns that absolutely go together. No brainer for me!
I can not live with out my spellbinders die’s. I use them for everything.From cards to treat holders.
Stamps by far!! I am addicted (i think i need therapy!)
Other than paper, which I cannot get enough of, I love all my punches – especially those that have coordinating stamps!
Stamps. Gotta have stamps!
stamps….clear, wood, mounted, unmounted….just love them!!!
I do love my rubber stamps!
My favorite crafting supply, hands down, is stamps.
My favorite supply, right now, is adhesives. I just can’t have too many different kinds of adhesive!
My favorite supplies are punches and stamps. Even better when they are coordinated together.
My favorite supply is ribbon. The card looks naked without ribbon in some format.
Stamps are my favorite crafting supply. So many different designs & styles to choose from. Just not enough time & money!
I have two addictions–paper and stamps! If only there was more time and money, I could invest in even more.
My favorite paper crafting items are my stamps — I can’t make a card or tag without them — they are an obsession!
My favorite paper crafting supplies are my stamps and inks.
I love my stamps, inks and dies…soooo addictive!
My favorite crafting supplies are definitely my stamps. Love those stamps!
Stamps are essential for me, colored pencils or my water color pencils, and chalk ink! But I really love everything! Great interview! Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
My favorite crafting supply is all the beautiful papers that I keep buying every time I walk into JoAnn and Michaels. Can’t have enough of it.
I have to say my favorite supplies are stamps and distress inks. Gotta have them.
My favorite crafting supply is scrapbook mounting squares. I can blow through 1000 of them in no time!
My favorite is paper. And stamps and spritzer tool and glitter spray and foam mounting squares and ribbon and punches and my Carl cutter and Versa mark and brads and did I mention paper? All kinds.
I have a few favorite supplies! 1. Patterned paper/cardstock, 2. Ribbon, 3. Embellishments such as: flowers, brads & shaped paper clips! I really want some PSA stamps, they have the cutest sets & I love the self-inking capabilities! Thanks 4 a chance 2 win some! The Halloween sets r awesome! prhmangel at gmail dot com
Pretty paper-it’s where it all begins for me.
Love my stamps! I have converted as I was a paper lover… well maybe I still like paper too, but it’s the stamps today!
Stamps are my favorite and I’ve got tons to prove it. LOL
You can’t do anything without beautiful patterned paper!
I love stamps and ribbon…there are many more but that is usually my 2 I go to first
thanks for the give away!!
My favorite paper crafting supply is my Cricut. I use it all the time….I just love it!
I have just started into stamping and die cuts and I am so hooked. I have been making cards using quilling and now I am incorporating it all together. I love making handmade cards.
My favorite supplies are embossing folders that can make so many plain items into textured delights and adhesives — I am obsessed with finding THE PERFECT adhesive. Thanks for the chance to win some of your fine products
Is there anything I don’t like? One of my favorite supplies is ribbon. I sometimes create cards around some ribbon I really like.
After paper, I would say that die cuts are my favourite paper crafting supply.
I love my paper and my glitter!!!
SOOOOOO wonderful getting to know Kelley better:) She is SUPER sweet and has amazing talent! LOVE:)
I love my cutterbee small scissors–I use them for paper piecing! LOVE:)
I love paper of any type and distress inks. With paper and ink I think you have the basis of just about anything you can imagine.
My favorite is my stamps!! Thank you for the chance to win!!!
My favorite tool is my last purchase….right now that’s my Cuttle bug folders.
~Shari
I love to use stamps to create cards!
My Spellbinders Nestabilities and Sizzix embossing folders are definitely my favorite thing to use for my cards… then would come the stamps and distress inks…
My favorite supply is paper… pretty fancy paper, patterned paper… all of it.
I can’t get enough paper!