Flatterday Saturday with Emily Candy

Happy Saturday everyone!!!!  It's Flatterday Saturday and today 

I am here to flatter another AMAZING

IPPITY CHICK,

EMILY CANDY from the UK!

Emily is one of the top UK Ippity Chicks and I loved learning more about her and I am sure you will love her interview as well!

So, here is a little bit about EMILY!

I am a stay at home mum to my two children who are three and five years old.  We live in Oakley which is a medium sized village in Hampshire in the south of England, it is a fairly rural area and we are lucky to have a home backing straight onto farm land.  Our house is also home to six chickens, two cats and two gerbils so its always a bit mad.

I am lucky to have a very understanding boyfriend who is happy to put my absent mindedness and complete inability to run a house down to me being 'creative'!

How did you first get involved with stamping?

I started crafting about three years ago and when I first started I did not get on with stamps at all.  It was not until about two years ago that I found unmounted stamps and I fell in love with them.  They were so much easier to use and offered such versatility it was the start of an obsession.  I have not looked back since.

What is your stamping style?

My style is always changing but it is always simple.  I am not a patient papercrafter so techniques that involve a lot of waiting around are not for me, I love stamps that give impact, be it a quote or an image, ones that shout 'Use me' from the packet.

What is your creative process?

I make quite a lot of cards for commissions from friends and family as well as some for a local shop.  I sometimes find this inhibits my creativity a little as I often have someone else's tastes and preferences as my primary concern.  However what ever I am making be it for fun or for a commission my fist call is always to choose which stamps I want to use and then to chose paper to compliment, I find when I have those two sorted the rest flows more easily.

What is your favourite {ippity} stamp set?

It is very hard to choose a favourite set... I love the quote stamps so at the moment I think my favourite set is 'Delightful Little Things' the stamp 'Be Realistic Plan for a Miracle' is my all time favourite stamp that is for sure - sums up things around here most days, lol.

How often do you stamp?

I like to do something creative every day if possible, I find it helps counteract the stress and rush of day to day life.

What is the name of your {ippity} sales blog?

www.ippityinspiration.blogspot.com

What made you decide to start selling {ippity}?

I have been a Unity fan for as long as I have been stamping and the day Angela and team announced the launch of {ippity} that was it, I couldn't think of anything else and signed up with a few days of the announcement.  I was very excited to be part of it from the start and for a while be the only UK {ippity} chick.

Tell us about your experience selling {ippity}?

I love the {ippity} stamps and I think that has made the process of selling them very enjoyable,  I sell a lot of stamps on line but I also sell through local craft evenings I run where I find the stamps really sell themselves.  When people have made a project they  never thought they could and it looks fabulous they want to go away and make more. 

I have been very lucky to meet some lovely ladies over the past six months who help me show off the stamps and spread the {ippity} message on my blog and on their own, without them I would not be here that is for sure.  I also have some amazing customers who always astound me with what they make and keep coming back for new stamps which is lovely.

If you were a super hero what would your super power be?

I think I would very much like to be able to freeze time... if there could be just a couple more hours in every day I may actually get everything done :)

And now here are a few of her BEAUTIFUL Ippity creations to feast your eyes on!

Aren't these just gorgeous creations!!!!  I am so loving her albums!!!  Well, I hope you enjoyed spending some time with Emily, just like I did!  If you would like to see some more beautiful work from Emily, please stop by her blog for a visit.

Have a fabulous Saturday!