Julie Ebersole

Once upon a time, I had no idea rubber stamps existed. *chuckle* Prior to staying home full-time with my children, and simultaneously becoming addicted to art-stamping, I was a high school Spanish teacher.

My cousin had always sent these beautiful hand-made cards. "I stamped it myself," she would say. I would look at them, marvel, and scratch my head. I didn't "get it". Then, one day, over 15 years ago, I walked into a stationery store and spotted some stamps. Hmmmm. On the racks were RubberStampMadness Magazines. Hmmmmmm. Yes, yes, I am a bit slow, but as I flipped through the magazines and kept looking at the stamps, I finally "got it"--got what my cousin meant!

Evidently, there was an underground movement of people--everyday people like myself--who were all making cards and whatnot with stamps--RUBBER STAMPS!!!

I have been fortunate to have many of my designs and several articles appear in popular trade publications, including Paper Crafts, Stamp It, Scrap & Stamp Arts, Stampington's Take Ten and Stamper's Sampler, Card Maker, Gift Maker (formerly Paper Works), and Cards magazines. Additionally, I've had the great privilege of serving as Design Team Coordinator for Splitcoaststampers.com from 2005-2008, and in creative/administrative capacities at A Muse Studio (formerly A Muse Artstamps) from 2003-2011.

Throughout all this time I've demonstrated and taught quite a few classes here in WA state, as well as various areas of the country.

I am always tickled to meet so many people who are just as crazy about the art of rubber stamping as I am--and cards are still my favorite thing to create!

Oh, and I do love a good appletini every now and then . . . *wink!*