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Meet Our
Designers!
Stamping Design Teams
Hot Rod
Scrampers
Advanced Scramping Team
Rita Ann Plummer
My name is Rita Ann Plummer. I am married to my husband, Tom, for
over six years now, and I have one daughter named Melissa who is four years old.
She is
my princess. I also have two silly dogs named Candy and Max.
My inspiration is my little girl Melissa as she is in my
muse, and I feed on her energy. I am a stay home at home mom, so I am able to
spend time with Melissa, and I have lot of time to do my artwork when she goes
to school. My husband loves my work and supports me in all of my projects.
I have always been interested in crafts, but never found a medium that I
liked to use until I fell in love with scrapbooking. I have been creating
scrapbooks since Melissa was born and recording every event in her life with
meaningful pages of scrapbook art. I have lots of photos waiting to scrap!
Scrapbooking was my whole world until I discovered rubber stamping when the new
The Scrappy Stamper store in Pinecrest opened.
Now, not only do I create with
scrapbooks and stamps, I also love exploring other techniques such as Altered
Art, Collage, ATCs, and Jewelry. Believe me, there is so much more going on in
the art field that I like! I love combining scrapbooking and stamps together so
I don’t think I will ever run out of ideas to use. Scrapbooking and crafts
quickly grew into a full blown obsession, and I love to try new techniques and
scrapping materials available.
I have been on the scrapbook design team for The Stamping Studio off and
on since 2004. I have been published in Scrap and Stamp Arts, August 2005 issue
on the front cover and three pages for scrapbook pages. I am very excited to be
part of Rubber Road Adventures’ unique team and look forward to sharing my ideas
with you!
Someone asked me, “Did you get your dream to be on a front cover and will
you do more?” I replied. “I am still chasing my dreams, and I will never stop
chasing them, even when one of them comes true.
I am so thrilled and honored to be part of the Rubber Road Rubber
Adventures Design Team. Thank you Elizabeth!
 Beki
Ward
I am Beki Ward; wife to Myron for 30
years; Mother to Nick (28) & Thad (24); Mother-In-Law to Crystal & Jennifer;
Grammy to Will & Izzy, my prides & joy; and
last but not least Human Mom to Savannah & Star my two miniature dachshunds.
I have lived in “Southside” Virginia for 13 years and love it
here. My home is in a very small, rather rural town on a large man-made lake.
Although it’s fairly “out of the way” from most stores and restaurants, we’re
relatively close to several cities where I can shop for stamping and scrapping
supplies. Slowly but surely, I’m convincing friends that they, too, NEED to
stamp, scrap, and create with paper…their husbands all hate me!
I’ve done all kinds of arts & crafts throughout my life. I
learned to sew at eight years of age and made most of my clothes when I was in
high school. I still sew occasionally. Does sewing on paper count? I worked in a
ceramics shop on the base where we lived when Nick was a baby. I poured my own
molds, painted and fired pieces. I did many counted cross stitch projects and
kept most of my patterns, fabric and floss. Did you know floss is a great
embellishment on cards and pages?! I also loved Tole painting and did many
pieces until surgery on my right wrist and elbow left me unable to grasp a paint
brush very long. That’s when I learned about rubber stamping…
Nick’s friend came for a weekend visit with his Mother (we
had recently moved). She was a stamper and I didn’t know a thing about stamping.
That weekend she wanted to learn Tole painting, but she brought two large stamps
she had just acquired to show me. I was instantly interested, so she told me
about the process of using stamps. We went to Wal-Mart that weekend where I
purchased a few stamping supplies.
Sunday evening came and it was time for our guests to go back
home. On the way out the door, she mentioned she hadn’t shown me how to stamp. I
assured her that given her description, I could figure it out. She wouldn’t hear
of that and walked back in the house to the table in the kitchen, took one of
the stamps, pigment ink, an index card (I’d forgotten to buy cardstock!), and
the embossing powder. She inked that stamp, pressed it onto the index card,
sprinkled on the powder, tapped it off, then lamented “Oh no, I forgot to bring
my embossing tool.” You could almost see the light bulb go off in her head as
she said, “The oven vent will work!” I was cooking supper at the time. She held
the stamped index card over the oven vent then showed it to me. I was SO excited
that I instantly got on the internet to find more about stamps. And the rest, as
they say, is history.
When Nick moved into his own place, I commandeered his room
as my studio. It’s an amazing sight to see how much “stash” one can acquire over
ten years.
Although I was resistant to scrapbooking at first, when Will
& Izzy were born I became inspired! They are my favorite subjects to scrap…the
pages I create with pictures of them inspire me to do pages of Nick & Thad.
I don’t have a method to scrapping; meaning, I don’t usually
scrap chronologically or specifically for an event…I usually scrap whatever I’m
inspired to scrap…or whatever the subject/topic happens to be for a design team.
I am always happy to share my creations with anyone at any
time, but am honored to be chosen as a designer for Rubber Road Adventures.
Although I don’t feel worthy, I am thankful for this opportunity. My goal is to
create elements on my creations that will inspire folks to create, even if it’s
only one person!
 Cindi
Bisson
I enjoy experimenting with mixed media and creating unique,
textured/dimensional layouts, embellishments, jewelry and home decor items. My
motto is "Dare to be Different." My style is diverse - vintage, modern,
clean/streamlined, collage, mini books, tag books, altered art....I love to try
it all! I am always seeking new opportunities to share my creative abilities and
work with new and exciting products. The first sets of my new line of rubber
stamps premiered in July of 2006 at The Stamping Studio. I, also, design
hand-made scrapbook papers, teach and design project kits. To learn more about
my design team experience, published works, and see more samples of my artwork,
please visit my Scrapbook Resume via
www.scrapbookresumes.com/CindiBisson
Becky Chabot
Becky is a proud wife, mother and retired US Marine. She has successfully built
a business in the crafting industry as a full-time “Work At Home Mom” (WAHM).
She is involved with designing, teaching and consulting for the crafting
industry in varied fields of paper crafting, mixed media art, and general
crafting materials. One major highlight of her journey was an appearance on HGTV
"That's Clever!" She hopes to do more TV and video appearances in the future so
stayed tuned!
A self-taught artist, Becky continually seeks education and
training opportunities that will forge new creative inspiration and build
lasting business relationships.
Recently elected the VP of her local art association, Becky is
becoming more active in promoting Creative Arts within the local and online
communities. This endeavor includes art activities, events, and education as
well as devoting her time to online teaching and awareness.
www.beckychabot.blogspot.com
www.scrapbookresumes.com/BeckyChabot
email Becky:
becky@keepsakedesigns.biz
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