Card-maker's Work Chosen for Catalog
Longview woman's designs created from rubber stamps
By ANGELA WARD, Longview News Journal
Sunday, July 20, 2008
A hobby has turned into a freelance job for Longview resident Lori Evers. Evers began stamping — the process of using rubber stamps to create personalized greeting cards or stationery — in 2001. Earlier this year examples of her colorfully designed cards caught the fancy of a stamp company representative, who asked to use some of the cards as illustrations in the company's upcoming catalog.
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Lori Evers of Longview talks Saturday at BStamps & Stuff about the greeting cards she created using rubber stamps and materials from Paper Inspirations that were used in the company's latest catalog.
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Stamps are generally applied with black ink and can then be shaded with a variety of different art implements, including water colors, markers or colored pencils, Evers said. She prefers to use pencils.
"Making a personalized card for somebody is, I think, a little more special than just buying a card or gift," Evers said. "I enjoy doing it and the recipients always seem to appreciate my cards."
Evers is a Pine Tree High School graduate who said she's always enjoyed coloring and drawing, but has no formal artistic training.
"Stamping and creating cards is very therapeutic," she said. "It's a lot of fun and you have something to show for it when you're done."
Bonnie Sanford, the owner of BStamps & Stuff, put Evers in touch with Paper Inspirations, the company whose catalog features Evers' designs.
"I was talking to some company representatives about their product line and told them one of my customers had created some delightful cards using their stamps," Sanford said. "They asked me to fax them copies of the cards and then immediately called back and asked for her phone number, so they could contact her about doing some work for their catalog."
Evers said she hopes to continue her association with Paper Inspirations and perhaps to do illustrations for the catalogs of some of the other stamp companies whose products she uses in her artwork.
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