Creative Blog Tour
Last week Alice Boll of Scrapbook Wonderland ask if I would like to participate in a different kind of blog hop and given that I am always up for something a little different I said "I'm game!" What makes this blog hop different? It really is more of a blog "tour" and the idea of the tour is to answer four questions, then introduce three
fellow creative bloggers who will continue the tour the following week. And so on and so on. Fun!
Before I answer my questions I wanted to thank Alice for the opportunity to play along. Please check out her blog, as I find it to be full of very useful information! She is wonderfully creative and most definitely has a true passion for scrapbooking.

Before I answer my questions I wanted to thank Alice for the opportunity to play along. Please check out her blog, as I find it to be full of very useful information! She is wonderfully creative and most definitely has a true passion for scrapbooking.
On to the questions!
1. What am I working on?
2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?
I'm not really sure if my work differs all that much from others in this genre. Being an Independent Consultant with "Close To My Heart" most of my work reflects this, I love their products and as
I live rural it is wonderful to be able to order what I need and have
it show up at my front door a few days later. The fact that the
products are trendy, easy to use, a good price and of very high quality
is all just a bonus.
While creating I would say my personal style is probably best described as "clean and simple" but I love to try out new techniques and different ideas, it's fun to mix it up and learn something new. Turning a vague idea into something that I can hold in my hand and share with my family and friends is just extremely satisfying for me.
3. Why do I write/create what I do?
The simplest answer is, I like to. I like to do what I do and have always sought different ways to be creative, be it photography, baking, gardening, cross stitch, etc. I have always kept journals with bits and pieces of ephemera tacked in there. I decided to learn about "official" scrapbooking when my husband and I were living in Oregon. I wanted to do something special with our wedding photos and it all started there. A friend (Jackie!) took me to a huge craft store and helped me pick out a bunch of items to get me started but I found I was a little lost. Another friend invited me to join her monthly scrapbooking club where I could learn new techniques and ask all the questions I wanted. This friend is the lovely Wendy Coffman who's bio you will see later in this post. I refer to Wendy as my paper crafting mentor and when I need inspiration I just have a look at her latest work.
4. How does your writing/creative process work?
SLOWLY! As mentioned in question #1 I am great at getting projects started but can be a slow poke at finishing them off. I think this is why I hold classes/workshops, participate in blog hops and on design teams, it gives me deadlines and the push to be happy with what I have created right now and not second guess my choices.
Now on with the tour! (Each blogger will answer the 4 questions next week!)
Marilyn McLeod of Pink Paper Cottage
Marilyn of Pink Paper Cottage! |
Meet Marilyn McLeod, retired mom, wife, paper crafter, quilt
maker, book publisher, animal lover, and amateur photographer, who has never
outgrown her love and passion for color and creating things out of fabric
and/or paper. She resides in central Oregon
with her husband of 11 years (yes, they met online!), and two bird chasing
cats. Her past loves (horses and alpacas), and family of 3 sisters, two sons
and step-children take center stage in most of her scrapbooking, which she has
been doing in some form or other since she was 6 years old!
Marilyn loves to
craft the hours away, well into the wee hours of the morning, and keeps a
notepad by her bed for when she wakes up in the middle of the night with a new
idea. Marilyn says: “I love sharing my
passion for creating, so I give occasional classes on anything from card
making, to paper flowers, to sewing, to crocheting, to digital scrapbooking. I
especially love making paper projects that look like little miniature quilts
and that use paper folding. I really
enjoy sharing my newest projects and techniques on my blog”.
Wendy Coffman of Stamping Rules!
As I mentioned before Wendy is my paper crafting mentor/guru/idol! and I have greatly missed seeing her on a regular basis since we moved back to Canada. Wendy, husband John and their 3 boys recently relocated to Spokane, WA and if Facebook and Instagram are any indicators they are having a fabulous adventure and settling nicely into their new city.
Unfortunately Wendy is running a little behind in getting me here "official" bio. So once I have it I will update this post! Thanks for your understanding.
Patricia Manhire, Creative Corner
Hi my name is Patricia Manhire and I live in Lower Hutt,
Wellington, New Zealand. I have always done some sort of crafts since I
was a child. I come from an artistic and creative family. My
grandmother won a scholarship for her art but was unable to take it up
and she taught me a lot of crafts such as crochet, needleworking and
tatting. My mother did a lot of crafts from knitting, sewing, macrame
to leatherwork. My father does wood turning and makes some beautiful
handcrafted toys. My sister also does lots of crafts including
knitting, sewing and embroidery.

I am mainly a cardmaker, but I have also started scrapbooking in
the last few years as there are so many cards I can make. Plus I have
many photos to put into albums and when I had to give up work for health
reasons I decided that would be my job to do. I must admit to using the
How To Books from CTMH to do my scapbooking but I still put my own
twist on the layouts. I
am loving the CTMH range of products as they are so easy to coordinate
and my crafting has certainly gone up a few levels to include doing a
lot of other items such as 3D items like the pennant frames and boxes
from CTMH. I love making paper flowers and challenging myself to do
different folds of cards so show others what they can do. Because
I make so many cards I have opened my own shop selling all locally made
arts and crafts including my cards and boxes. I am planning creative
workshops in the shop to pass on my passion to other people.
Thank you for stopping by and I truly appreciate your comments. I hope you take a few minutes to check out all the blogs on this every expanding tour and once again I would like to thank Alice for the invite to play along. I would also like to thank Marilyn, Wendy and Patricia for allowing me to introduce you to them.
Happy Crafting!
Candra
Thank you Candra for the mention of me and my blog! It was so fun reading all about YOU and that you lived in Oregon! I also follow Wendy Coffman's blog. I am alot like you in that I'm GREAT at starting projects, but not so great at finishing them. I'm working on that. I also live an hour away from scrapbook/craft stores, so LOVE getting the CTMH stuff in the mail. I'm looking forward to answering my 4 questions next week.
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