Meet Our Design Team

Wendy Elliott

Las Vegas, NV Hello, I’m Wendy and I live in Las Vegas.  I am married to a wonderful husband and we have a son (5) and daughter (3).  I am a mostly stay at home mom.  I spend some weekends traveling as an instructor for a rubber stamp company called DeNami Designs.  I have been an avid stamper and scrapbooker for 12 years!  Has it been that long? I have a simple stamping style but always try for that polished finished look. I am thrilled to be chosen as part of the design team for Stampers Ink – what a FUN store!

Laura Lauridsen

Baldwin City, KS

When I’m not at Stamper’s Ink, you may find me at home in Baldwin City where I live with my husband Scott and dog Junior.  We are semi empty-nesters as our three young “adult” sons go through college and establish themselves in life.   Teaching preschool is my occupation-it’s too fun to be considered a job.

I was introduced to stamping through a co-worker and it has turned into a passion.  My husband calls my craft room my upstairs apartment as I’ve been known to spend hours there.  Thanks to Tanya and her many classes and guest artists, I have learned so much in the past few years and look forward to the challenge of being on the design team.

Candy Colwell

Springfield, Missouri

Hello!  My name is Candy and I live in Springfield, Missouri.  I am a sister, a wife, a mother and a grandmother.  My husband Vic and I are high school sweethearts and married in 1975.  We are blessed with a wonderful son and daughter who are both married and having babies of their own.  I have three adorable little grandsons; a two year old and one year old twins.  Thankfully, they all live within fifteen minutes of us! 

I love all forms of art!  I really enjoy paper crafting because it challenges my creativity; not only cards and scrapbook pages but tags, books, canvases and even dabbling in altered art.  I love learning new artistic techniques using various media and elements that I can incorporate into my work.  I have found my niche in what I would call a “vintage” style with a little bit of edgy grunge thrown in.  I am influenced by artists like Tim Holtz, Suze Weinberg, Claudine Hellmuth and Wendy Vecchi.  It fascinates me to take something brand new and make it look really old or to figure out a way to alter something’s original appearance and intent into an eclectic piece.  It’s amazing what you can create with a little imagination, the right art supplies and some very cool stamps!!  That is why I love Stamper’s Ink!

I am honored and excited to join Tanya’s design team.  What a wonderful place for people who love paper crafting but want to take it a step further!  I truly LOVE Tanya’s store; her amazing classes, her products and her infectious desire for everyone to develop and expand their own creativity in everything they do.