My name is Debi Wind.  I am single and live in Louisville, KY.   I discovered stamping ten years ago and found it gives me the opportunity to express my artistic and creative side.  Since I no longer am able to work outside the home, I have the opportunity to use my time for my first love…rubber stamping and my other hobbies, taking care of my little dog, and doing volunteer work with children.

 

 I have been creating with rubber stamps for over ten years.  Currently I design for Ink Stamps, I Brake For Stamps, Stamp & Scrap Canada, and Sun Spirit Studios.  Each company has different styles of stamps which I find quite challenging.  I design projects using the company's stamps, submit designs for newsletter, and post to blogs write ups about different techniques.  Each company has a

different schedule for submissions but generally the requirements are every other month or every quarter.

I wrote and designed for SSReflections Ezine, http://www.ssreflections.com from July 2004 to August 2007.  Each month I wrote articles on various aspects of stamping and my articles were geared toward beginning stamping.  Many of the article covered background techniques, ATCs, card sketches, tags, etc. and can be found in the archives.  Part of the requirements of being a designer was to code my articles and samples into html documents and send them to the editor.  I belonged to several Yahoo groups (Team, Leader, Promotions, General groups) related to being a member of the writing staff and participate on a daily basis.  I was part of the management staff and participated in making managerial decisions for the zine.

 

Prior to the current design teams I designed for Time To Stamp September 2004 to December 2007, Raindrop Art Stamps January 2005 to June 2007 (company closed), Stampers Mall March 2004 to December 2005 and Hearts In Touch September 2004 to July 2006.  These companies led to my gaining valuable design experience and newsletter writing which I utilize even today.  I have been

published in Stampers Sampler, Take Ten, and Rubber Stamp Madness.  I have, also, been published on many stamping websites.

Over the years I have learned so many techniques.  I believe my favorite techniques to be Polished Stone, Heated Pearls, Baby Wipe

technique, working with the brayer, and creating a variety of backgrounds.  I enjoy working with many mediums such as ink, acrylic paint, Lumiere, Pearl Ex, Twinkling H2O's, Color Mists, etc.  My favorite is creating vintage looking projects.

 

I have very valuable experience to offer in the areas of writing, designing, communications, and being part of a team.  I, also, have experience in working with many art mediums, meeting submission deadlines, coding documents into html, communicating with editors, and working on special projects.  I have experience in scanning projects, resizing for publications, utilizing a digital camera for photographing projects, and send all via email to an editor or company owner.  I have extensive experience in working with the computer and being a part of Yahoo groups as well as message boards.