Melyssa Connolly owner and illustrator
Hi my name is Melyssa Connolly aka croppixie. I live in Harmony (I love saying that!), Nova Scotia with my husband and 13 year old son. I’ve been drawing and doodling from the time I could hold a pencil. I started scrapbooking about 10 years ago when I would glue a photo on coloured paper and doodle around it. 2 years later I found the real art of scrapbooking when a local store started carrying supplies.
Four years after that I discovered digital scrapbooking and never looked back! Well that is until last year when I started card crafting. Now I have a new use for all my scrapbook supplies! Since then I’ve been on a few design teams such as ShortCuts, The Greeting Farm, Bombshell Stamps and currently for Whiff of Joy. You will find me in my craft room the majority of the time with a stamp in one hand, glue in the other and either listening to books on tape or bopping along to some really good music.
When I’m not drawing for Whimsie Doodles or paper crafting for DT gigs you’ll find me playing Wii sport with my family (I’m currently the hula hoop queen...LOL), biking (huffing and puffing the whole way) or going for a family walk that includes our dog Mirra.
Visit my blog here www.fantastink.blogspot.com
Four years after that I discovered digital scrapbooking and never looked back! Well that is until last year when I started card crafting. Now I have a new use for all my scrapbook supplies! Since then I’ve been on a few design teams such as ShortCuts, The Greeting Farm, Bombshell Stamps and currently for Whiff of Joy. You will find me in my craft room the majority of the time with a stamp in one hand, glue in the other and either listening to books on tape or bopping along to some really good music.
When I’m not drawing for Whimsie Doodles or paper crafting for DT gigs you’ll find me playing Wii sport with my family (I’m currently the hula hoop queen...LOL), biking (huffing and puffing the whole way) or going for a family walk that includes our dog Mirra.
Visit my blog here www.fantastink.blogspot.com
Nicole Anderson
HELLO! My name is Nicole Anderson (Mrs Nickel on SCS) and I live in Jasper, Indiana with my hubby and four children (19, 7, 6 and 4)! From college to pre-school, these kiddos keep me on my toes and make life crazy, but it is worth it! About my artsy fartsy self: My passion for art and crafts began with pom-pom animals and macramé at a craft store when I was a girl. Since then, I have enjoyed cross-stitch, needlepoint, painting and other art mediums. I began "stamping" about four years ago when one of my girlfriends introduced me to scrapbooking. Soon thereafter I found card-making and that was it!
I currently design for Whimsie Doodles, SheetLoad of Cards and just wrapped up being a Guest Designer for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps in September and I just added a new designer gig, too! I am now a 'Sugar Baby' designer for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamp's sketch challenge blog called The Sweet Stop! My love for Copics and digital stamps is pretty obvious on my blog, but I still have a hankin' for rubber and clear stamps! And, did I mention I am a ribbon addict? Please visit my blog HERE anytime to get to know a bit more about me and my family, see my craft room and also so I can get to know you! I love being inspired by other artists and crafters from around the world! So be sure to comment so I can check out your blog, too!
Whimsie Doodle's images are what made me take the plunge and give digital images a try!! Besides being adorable, they are versatile and top notch in quality, as well! A special Thank You to Melyssa for giving me this opportunity to design for Whimsie Doodles! I really love 'working' {IF that is what you can call it!} for Melyssa and being surrounded by the family of the Doodlelicious Design Team is such a blessing, too! I look forward to sharing more with you and hope you share your creations using Whimsie Doodles, too!
I currently design for Whimsie Doodles, SheetLoad of Cards and just wrapped up being a Guest Designer for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps in September and I just added a new designer gig, too! I am now a 'Sugar Baby' designer for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamp's sketch challenge blog called The Sweet Stop! My love for Copics and digital stamps is pretty obvious on my blog, but I still have a hankin' for rubber and clear stamps! And, did I mention I am a ribbon addict? Please visit my blog HERE anytime to get to know a bit more about me and my family, see my craft room and also so I can get to know you! I love being inspired by other artists and crafters from around the world! So be sure to comment so I can check out your blog, too!
Whimsie Doodle's images are what made me take the plunge and give digital images a try!! Besides being adorable, they are versatile and top notch in quality, as well! A special Thank You to Melyssa for giving me this opportunity to design for Whimsie Doodles! I really love 'working' {IF that is what you can call it!} for Melyssa and being surrounded by the family of the Doodlelicious Design Team is such a blessing, too! I look forward to sharing more with you and hope you share your creations using Whimsie Doodles, too!
Thanh Vo
Hi there! My name is Thanh (pronounced ‘tan’). I reside in the Metro Vancouver area of B.C., Canada and it’s a gorgeous place! I have a full-time job during the day and enjoy my creative time in the evenings and weekends. I started scrapbooking in 2002 and found a quicker and more satisfying way to enlighten my creativity by making cards and other paper crafts in 2004. I normally dwell on scrapbook layouts for weeks! I have been published in magazines such as Just Cards, Scrap and Stamp Arts and Stampington’s Take Ten.
When I’m not paper crafting I also enjoy yoga, watching movies, baking and cooking! Mmmm... food. I’m lucky enough that my boyfriend (the Beau) is also an artist and engages in the occasional project with me. I’m also lucky to share in my creativity with the ladies of this design team and feel so privileged each time we share our pieces of work. Visit me at my blog here.
When I’m not paper crafting I also enjoy yoga, watching movies, baking and cooking! Mmmm... food. I’m lucky enough that my boyfriend (the Beau) is also an artist and engages in the occasional project with me. I’m also lucky to share in my creativity with the ladies of this design team and feel so privileged each time we share our pieces of work. Visit me at my blog here.
Joni Wilson
Aloha everyone! I am originally from Hawaii, born and raised on the island of Kauai (where Jurassic Park was filmed, if that is any indication of how beautiful it is). We are a military family, having moved away from home and to great states like Texas, Washington, and now Virginia in the DC Metro area. Amongst many other hobbies that I have, cooking is one of them so I thought I would share the happy recipe of my own life:
1. Start with a wonderful DH of 15+ years
2. stir in 6 awesome and fun loving children
3. add chaos and plenty of faith
4. Blend well, removing any clumps Patiently wait for it to all simmer, then sneak off into the craft room. ;) I have had the privilege of being on several design teams and I can truly say that being a Doodlelicious has taught me so much as a crafter! These ladies are so incredibly talented and funny, Melyssa is a designing genius, and I am so grateful for this 6 month experience. Mahalo for letting me be a part of it all!
Visit my blog here.
☼ *Love and Aloha* ~*Joni
1. Start with a wonderful DH of 15+ years
2. stir in 6 awesome and fun loving children
3. add chaos and plenty of faith
4. Blend well, removing any clumps Patiently wait for it to all simmer, then sneak off into the craft room. ;) I have had the privilege of being on several design teams and I can truly say that being a Doodlelicious has taught me so much as a crafter! These ladies are so incredibly talented and funny, Melyssa is a designing genius, and I am so grateful for this 6 month experience. Mahalo for letting me be a part of it all!
Visit my blog here.
☼ *Love and Aloha* ~*Joni
Alicia Akermans
Hello! My name is Alicia Ekermans (a.k.a. crafty_al) and I am thrilled to have been chosen as a Doodlelicious Diva! Up until now I thought I had to create my own design teams to be on one (SheetLoad of Cards & SheetLoad ShortCuts) – hee hee.
I am currently a stay-at-home-mom to my 3.5 year old daughter and, as of October 31, 2009, I have been married to my husband for 10 years. To make some extra money, of which I spend most of it on new stamps, papers, inks, tools, etc., I am a contract print production artist for a local printing company.
For a long time now I have considered myself ‘crafty’. From cross-stitching with my mom as a child, to taking my very first scrapbooking class in 1999, to my cardmaking (and craft-supply-buying) addiction I have now. Being able to get up to my craft room and create is like therapy for me.
I look forward to sharing my creations with all of the current and soon-to-be Whimsie Doodles fans out there. Feel free to visit me at my blog.
I am currently a stay-at-home-mom to my 3.5 year old daughter and, as of October 31, 2009, I have been married to my husband for 10 years. To make some extra money, of which I spend most of it on new stamps, papers, inks, tools, etc., I am a contract print production artist for a local printing company.
For a long time now I have considered myself ‘crafty’. From cross-stitching with my mom as a child, to taking my very first scrapbooking class in 1999, to my cardmaking (and craft-supply-buying) addiction I have now. Being able to get up to my craft room and create is like therapy for me.
I look forward to sharing my creations with all of the current and soon-to-be Whimsie Doodles fans out there. Feel free to visit me at my blog.
Nikki Tanner design team coordinator
Being crafty is in my genes...literally! My granny has always been crafty and spending afternoons after school and summers with her as a kid totally rubbed off me (except for expert seamstress part--LOL!) I've always had the "I bet I can make that mentality", but I didn't really find my niche until I began scrapbooking my oldest son's baby book. Well, I thought it was my niche until it was time for his second birthday party and a good friend of mine introduced me to stamping! It has been a paper, ink and now digi lovefest ever since! I love participating in online challenges because it gets my creative wheels turning. But most of all, I love giving someone something I made myself! When I'm not papercrafting, I enjoy spending time with my husband and two little boys, watching all of the shows I DVR and doing crafts with the first graders at my son's school.
Visit my blog here.
Visit my blog here.
Donna Espiritu
My name is Donnabelle Espiritu, 32 years old from Manila, Philippines. I am married to my childhood sweetheart of almost 13 years and now hubby for almost 4 years. We're still waiting to be blessed with a little angel of our own, we're hoping and praying someday SOON.
I started as a traditional scrapbooker more than 4 years ago when my niece was born. I wanted to make her a baby album and that's when I stumbled upon scrapbooking over the internet. As a scrapbooker, my style evolved but I would always have paints, doodles and distressed look in my layouts. I also dabbled into digital scrapbooking for a while, just went full blast just last year and got into several Creative Teams early this year. Later on I was asked to be on CTs as a Hybrid member. I try to create cards once in a while but not as elaborate as my traditional layouts. I admire a lot of card makers out ther who can whip up CRAZY and AMAZING cards in no time. So getting into Whimsie Doodles when I tried out was like a dream come true, never expected myself to be accepted. I was really shaking inside while browsing the blogs of my co-Doodlicious DTs! :D They're so talented and like I said, amazingly crazy card-makers! ;D
I am so thankful to Melyssa for giving me the opportunity to create using Whimsie Doodles digi-stamps. You can check out my blog here and read my very jumbled creative outlet :)
I started as a traditional scrapbooker more than 4 years ago when my niece was born. I wanted to make her a baby album and that's when I stumbled upon scrapbooking over the internet. As a scrapbooker, my style evolved but I would always have paints, doodles and distressed look in my layouts. I also dabbled into digital scrapbooking for a while, just went full blast just last year and got into several Creative Teams early this year. Later on I was asked to be on CTs as a Hybrid member. I try to create cards once in a while but not as elaborate as my traditional layouts. I admire a lot of card makers out ther who can whip up CRAZY and AMAZING cards in no time. So getting into Whimsie Doodles when I tried out was like a dream come true, never expected myself to be accepted. I was really shaking inside while browsing the blogs of my co-Doodlicious DTs! :D They're so talented and like I said, amazingly crazy card-makers! ;D
I am so thankful to Melyssa for giving me the opportunity to create using Whimsie Doodles digi-stamps. You can check out my blog here and read my very jumbled creative outlet :)
Kelly Landers
Hello everyone! My name is Kelly Mahany Landers, aka kmahany on SCS. I make no qualms about being an addict when it comes to all things related to stamping and card making. This passion for me began about six years ago when I decided to make my Aunt her birthday card instead of buy it. Sixty dollars later I had the beginnings of what would become my ever growing collection of things to hoard!! I am a gadget girl and like all the tools. In my previous life I ran an online business with my girlfriend selling digital cutting files for electronic die cutting machines. We loved the business but because it kept us too busy to find the time to craft for fun, we decided to shut it down. I still own a Klic N Kut, Wishblade and Cricut, but mostly use my nesties to cut out shapes!! LOL!
I am a remarried mother of four beautiful children (three girls and one boy) who give me such pride and joy. Two have moved out already and two remain at home! To afford my children and the supplies I hoard, I am a practicing Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. I feel blessed to have a job that allows me to see babies being born nearly everyday. I am fortunate to be on-call for my job from home, so many days I am able to spend time crafting while waiting for the hospital to call me in.
I am a challenge junkie!! Give me a card challenge and I am a happy camper. I like all kinds of challenges; sketches, color, technique or themed. I find they inspire me to tap into my creativity and force me to see things or try things that I wouldn't have otherwise. Coloring with Copic Markers is one of my favorite techniques to use on a card. It is a goal of mine to some day be Copics certified. I also enjoy paper piecing, using ribbons and sewing on my cards.
I can't thank Melyssa enough for choosing me to represent her wonderful digistamps. It is a pleasure and honor to work with her and the talented DT she has chosen. I would love to hear from you so please feel free to contact me through my blog.
May your bucket always be overflowing! Visit my blog here.
I am a remarried mother of four beautiful children (three girls and one boy) who give me such pride and joy. Two have moved out already and two remain at home! To afford my children and the supplies I hoard, I am a practicing Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. I feel blessed to have a job that allows me to see babies being born nearly everyday. I am fortunate to be on-call for my job from home, so many days I am able to spend time crafting while waiting for the hospital to call me in.
I am a challenge junkie!! Give me a card challenge and I am a happy camper. I like all kinds of challenges; sketches, color, technique or themed. I find they inspire me to tap into my creativity and force me to see things or try things that I wouldn't have otherwise. Coloring with Copic Markers is one of my favorite techniques to use on a card. It is a goal of mine to some day be Copics certified. I also enjoy paper piecing, using ribbons and sewing on my cards.
I can't thank Melyssa enough for choosing me to represent her wonderful digistamps. It is a pleasure and honor to work with her and the talented DT she has chosen. I would love to hear from you so please feel free to contact me through my blog.
May your bucket always be overflowing! Visit my blog here.
Kelli Caslow
Hi! My name is Kelli and I have been addicted to paper for 12 years....Its been two days since I stepped foot inside a craft store... (oh, wait...wrong bio...)
I live in the Pacific Northwest (USA) with my Husband, two crazy toddlers and our guard-cat. By day I am a dental technician (I make pretty porcelain teeth!), and by night I am covered in ink and glitter. I am trying to pass along my interests to my girlies, but so far they just like to cut things up with their safety scissors.
I have always considered myself to be a little artsy, I took various art classes in school and dabbled in graphic design in college. But it wasnt until I ventured into the online papercrafting world three years ago that I really began to explore the world of rubber stamping. As all hobbies do, my interest evolved to include more digital mediums.
Visit my blog here.
I live in the Pacific Northwest (USA) with my Husband, two crazy toddlers and our guard-cat. By day I am a dental technician (I make pretty porcelain teeth!), and by night I am covered in ink and glitter. I am trying to pass along my interests to my girlies, but so far they just like to cut things up with their safety scissors.
I have always considered myself to be a little artsy, I took various art classes in school and dabbled in graphic design in college. But it wasnt until I ventured into the online papercrafting world three years ago that I really began to explore the world of rubber stamping. As all hobbies do, my interest evolved to include more digital mediums.
Visit my blog here.
Dawn Burnworth
Hi my name is Dawn Burnworth and I am so excited to be a part of Whimsie Doodles DT. I am mom to 4 kids and have an amazing husband that is so supportive. I grew up in the Midwest and now call the warm Southeast my home. I began stamping about 4 years ago and have loved every minute of it. What a great way to start my new year with this awesome opportunity.