I've been reading the threads around here for a few weeks now, and I thought it was about time to officially join and say hello to everyone.
My name is Elle and I'm a wife and a mom to two very clever and creative kiddos. My torrid
love affair with card-making started about two and a half years ago, when I decided to create hand-made cards for Christmas. It's a tradition for me to try and make something unique and hand-made each Christmas and cards sounded like a fun idea. That's when I naively jumped down the rabbit hole, way, way down. Since then, card-making's become a true passion and one of my only hobbies.
I love patterned paper (it never fails to inspire me), coloring with my Copics and I'm currently working on using up the mountain of treasures I've collected in my crafty stash. I've put myself on a spending freeze so I can actually make use of all the stamps I've collected over the past 2 years.
My card style tends to be relatively clean and simple, though not always minimalist. I'm drawn to bright colors and cute or whimsical images, with a more modern flair (though I love the aesthetic of vintage, I just can't pull it off on cards). I can't pick a favorite stamp or paper company, but I do have a few stamp illustrators whose work I follow closely.
I try to blog about my creations on a somewhat regular basis, and I occasionally share cards from my blog to Facebook and Flickr.
It's great to be here and I hope to get to know you all better!
Hello everyone!
