This month we have a special guest: Norma Lee
I admire her work for years and when I
asked her to be my guestdesigner she immediately said yes, so I was very
honored.
Here is the first card she made for
Crealies:
To get to know Norma a bit more here are
some questions I asked her. After that you find the card when it is open…
Guest designer questions
Name and
other information about yourself:
My name is Norma Lee. I
live in Vancouver, Canada. I started by
blog (shortly after I bought my first computer—I’m a late starter...LOL) and
did my first posting about 3 1/2 years ago.
Blogging has kept me busy every since, but I’m loving it!
What
inspires you to create?:
I am inspired by my fellow bloggers--their creativity and talents
amaze me. I am continually learning from them. I like to
think that we inspire each other.
Describe
your style:
I like to be very precise with my paper cutting, so I don’t use a
paper cutter but use a ruler and a kraft knife. I ink-distress the paper edges of my designer
papers and then frame them with thin borders of darker-shade cardstocks.
And if appropriate, I like to add my favorite embellishments of flowers and
pearls.
Favorite
color:
Blue
Favorite
technique:
Distressing the paper edges using Tim Holtz distress ink stamp
pads and blending tool. It's both my
favorite technique and my not-so-favorite technique...LOL, because my arm gets
tired doing this! However the DP's don't
look quite finished if I don't do this, so it's like I have to do it!
Favorite
way of coloring:
My favorite colouring medium is alcohol-ink based markers. I use Letraset Promarkers, Letraset Pantone
Trias (now discontinued) and Shin-Han Touch markers. I also love to colour with my coloured
pencils (Faber-Castell Polychromos, Derwent Coloursofts and Prismacolor
Premiers). It takes me longer to colour with the pencils than the
markers, but I think I have better control. My favorite images to colour
are from Magnolia.
Favorite
Crealies product:
The Creative Flowers dies are my favorites as I simply love making
paper flowers.
Tips for creating with Crealies products:
My tip has to do with making paper
flowers. I like to precut the flower die cuts ahead of time—lots of
them! As I don’t know what colour flowers I will need, I make the die
cuts out of white cardstock. Then I use Tim Holtz distress ink (from the
stamp pads) to give the flowers the desired colours.
You
can find a tutorial written by Norma on her blog: http://frommycraftroom.blogspot.ca/2012/05/wrinkled-flower-coloured-with-distress.html
When you open the card:
Crealies
products:
