Our Featured Winger for September is Vicki!

What Vicki has to say about herself:

Hi my name is Vicki Hook and I’m a stamp-a-holic.

I live in east central Illinois with my husband Rich, three children (Colby 15, Braden 7, Aubrey 6), a Beagle/Dauschund named Sadie, and lots of dust bunnies. I worked part time as a Financial Coordinator for an Optometrist for 8 years up until last Summer when I quit to be a stay-at-home-mom. So now I’m even busier, LOL.

My adventures in paper crafting began in 2000 when I was pregnant with my son Braden. My mom gave me a starter kit as a baby shower gift. I had heard of scrapbooking but had never seen any, didn’t even know how to do it. But I dove in and had fun with it. And you can really tell at the beginning of my first scrapbooks that I was a definite newbie, LOL! I started out with a plastic box of supplies that fit under our bed. But as we all know, it doesn’t take long to outgrow that! In the last year or two, I discovered digital scrapbooking and really got in to that. It was much cheaper and less mess. But I don’t even take the time to do that any more.

My main passion is card making. I first discovered stamping around December 2004, so about 3 1/2 years ago. Went to my very first stamping party in January 2005 for Stampin’ Up. I really liked the idea of creating cards but couldn’t afford very many of the stamps, although I did purchase a set at that party and some more from ebay. I began searching for a way that I could possibly make a little money to pay for my hobby and that’s how I disovered TAC. I found a demo in the city where I worked at the time, Terre Haute, IN and went to her house on my lunch hour one day to see the stamps. I didn’t even place an order. I just signed up under her right away on April 15, 2005. She has since quit, and my upline now is Heidi Abel of Vincennes, IN. And I have one downline, Laura O’Shea of West Hartford, CT.

I started out doing workshops but now consider myself a hobbyist. I do have one hostess club that meets monthly and I’ll keep doing it as long as these ladies want to keep buying!

I’m honored and thrilled to be a part of the Wingers Design Team - I love to inspire other people and help create those “a-ha!” moments. Thanks for having me!

Want to see more Winger creations? Join Paper Cuts and see new, inspiring projects like Vicki’s every month!

Our featured Winger for the month of August is Mary!

Here is a little bit about Mary!

I have been crafting pretty much all my life. Always trying to make something out of anything else. I started stamping about 10 years ago but kind of got out of it and into scrapbooking, then back into stamping a couple of years ago. My goal is to incorporate my stamping more into the scrapbooking and looking at this new catalog I don’t think it will be too difficult!!! I became an Angel in May of last year and thanks to PW I feel like I really can make this into something successful besides just a hobby!!

Interested in seeing more of Mary’s creations, check her out in the Paper Wings gallery!

This weeks featured Winger is Pam! Pam has been a member of the Wingers Design team since it was born! Each month her amazing projects add a creative spark for all of us!

This is just one of her many projects that you can see as a member of Paper Cuts!

Here is what Pam has to say about herself!

I’ve been crafting in one way or another since I was a child. My parents fueled my artistic passion by giving me all sorts of crafting kits for Christmas and birthdays. Although I still have several crafty interests, my main infatuation is with paper crafting, and stamping in particular. I’ve been stamping for many years now and there is always more to learn!

I live in Harvest, Alabama with my husband of 8 years, Kim. We lived in Oregon before that where we had our own business raising alpacas. Kim has his own crafty hobby - all things fiber (particularly alpaca). Since he has his obsession, he fully supports me in mine! We enjoy browsing craft stores together and don’t hesitate to enable each other with potential purchases.

I joined TAC in August of 2007, and I continually work at stretching my artistic boundaries and learning more. I love learning new techniques and then teaching them to my customers. It’s so much fun to enable others to get excited about stamping!

If you want to get to know Pam a little better and be inspired by her creations, come on by and check her out at Paper Wings!

This month’s featured Winger is Joani! Joani joined Paper Wings and wasted no time jumping into all of it! She is an amazing Angel always full helpful advice and encouragement to other Angels. Her talent and enthusiasm was recognized by other members of the design team and she was invited to join them, June is her first month as a Winger!

All about Joani!

Hi there I’m Joani and although I am new to TAC I am not new to stamping. I’ve been a paper crafter for most of my life. It all started back in school when I’d write notes to friends I had to come up with different way’s to fold the paper. And don’t forget the art classes in high school.

Then a fellow co-worker came to work one day about 12 years ago bringing Easter goodies with cute little stamped bunnies and that did it for me, I was hooked! Lots (and lots) of dollars later I find myself here among many other talented people and I’m having the best time of my life.

I am a SAHM of a wonderful teenage girl. Just 3 short years ago I married my soul mate and picked up and moved across country. It was the best decision I’ve ever made!

So make sure to stop by and say hi to Joani and check out her creations in the gallery!
This is just one of the amazing projects that she has made for the Wingers and Paper Cuts!

This month’s featured Winger is Angela Kelley! Angela was recently asked and accepted to become the Winger Design Team leader! Angela is full of enthusiasm and ideas and we see an amazing future for the Winger Team!

I live in N. California with my wonderful husband of 10 years, and our two amazing children. I’ve had a love of art and crafting for as long as I can remember. Growing up my mom tried everything from oil painting, embroidery, sculpture, to beading and jewelry. She included me in everything. It was a real gift that always encouraged me to use my imagination and creativity.

A high school job at a local florist, led to a 17 year career in floral design which include 3 years designing in Europe. Back in the USA, working in a shop that specialized in wedding and custom work was so rewarding to see the look on a customers face when you had created their “dream”. After having our first child and becoming a stay at home mom, I needed a creative outlet. I started crafting again, and doing craft shows with a girlfriend, we had so much fun. With our second child came a move to a new area and no more craft shows. But I just couldn’t stop creating. I have tried quilting, embroidery, beading, and I make a lot of jewelry.

I have always had a love of all things paper. I have collected it, not knowing what to do with it, but I had to have it. Then I discovered scrap booking, a reason for the beautiful paper and a creative outlet!!!! Along with scrap booking was an introduction to stamps. Down the slippery slope of obsession I went. Then I found The Angel Company and loved the idea of unmounted stamps and became an Angel. There were not a lot of Angels in California, and none that I could find in my area. Not knowing much about the company was tough, but my upline half way across the country was very helpful. In early 2007 I was asked to teach some classes at a local scrap book store, as only a hobbyist it scared me to death. After a few months I started getting more and more questions about the stamps, and people signing up for Fun Shops one thing lead to another and now I have a couple of monthly groups.

In June ‘07 I found Paper Wings and I love it here!! This is a wonderful group of creative, talented artists, sharing ideas and business tips, answering questions and having fun together. When I saw the “Call for Talent”, I thought maybe I could contribute to this wonderful site. Similar to teaching classes it scared me a bit but I had to try. I sent my submission in at the last minute (literally), and was chosen. I am proud and exited to be a part of this talented and creative group. I still sweat a little each month hoping that my creations will be up to par and that my nonexistent computer skills don’t prevent me from getting them uploaded.

Here is just one of the wonderful projects that Angela created for this months Winger gallery!