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
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.
Joy Stagg
Hi! My name is Joy Stagg. I've been stamping for approximately 5 years. In addition to crafting, I am a full time mental health and addictions therapist (how appropriate, right!?), I love to travel, read, watch movies, and spend time with friends and my JRT- Polo, and my husband. I am so excited to be a part of this team!
Andrea Budjack
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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.
Kelli Caslow
Hello!! My name is Sheri Gilson (aka PaperCrafty) and I am so excited to be part of the Whimsie Doodles DT. I have been married to my best friend and high school sweetheart for 16 years. We have an 11 year old son and I am a SAHM.
I started stamping and paper crafting a little over 11 years ago and have never stopped!! Currently I design for Whimsie Doodles, A Crafty Little Place, Bee Crafty, Claudia & Company, and The Pink Elephant. I could not live without my Copics, Nesties, and embossing folders to name a few things!! Feel free to visit my blog here.
I started stamping and paper crafting a little over 11 years ago and have never stopped!! Currently I design for Whimsie Doodles, A Crafty Little Place, Bee Crafty, Claudia & Company, and The Pink Elephant. I could not live without my Copics, Nesties, and embossing folders to name a few things!! Feel free to visit my blog here.
Linda Cummings
Hi, I am Linda Cummings, and I am so excited to be a part of the Whimsie Doodles family.
I am a retired educator, wife, and mother of a grown son. I have always enjoyed crafts and have designed and created clothes for myself and others, cross-stitched, tole painted, and scrapbooked. I began my card making adventure in 2008 and discovered Whimsie Doodles in 2009. I am looking forward to creating with the awesome designs and working with the team. I am grateful for this opportunity.
I am a retired educator, wife, and mother of a grown son. I have always enjoyed crafts and have designed and created clothes for myself and others, cross-stitched, tole painted, and scrapbooked. I began my card making adventure in 2008 and discovered Whimsie Doodles in 2009. I am looking forward to creating with the awesome designs and working with the team. I am grateful for this opportunity.
Shannon Tuebner
Sorry this will be updated soon.