Justin Adkins
Create that Holiday Wow-Factor with Foiling & Toner Sheets ~~ I will be using Toner Sheets & Foil to create approachable Holiday Cards that are a lot more easy to create than they seem!

I went to college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and studied advertising. While there, I was a Resident Advisor for 3 years at one of the University Housing Residence Halls. I think that’s where my knack for crafting really took place. I used to create decorations for my floor constantly… whether it be bulletin boards, decorations for each resident’s doors, or creating decorations for the rest of the building. I felt like I was constantly making stuff, and I really enjoyed it! Well, I graduated in 2014 and moved back to the suburbs and took a break from creating for a little bit. In July of 2016, I was browsing a local paper store that sold both pre-made cards and crafting supplies to make them, and looking for a card for my grandma’s birthday. I was looking at the rubber stamps, saw an easy example of an elephant carrying balloons, and thought “Hey, I can do that! And I can save money.” I learned 2 things from that instance:

Making cards as a hobby will never be less expensive than being able to purchase one from a big box retailer between $1-$4.

I absolutely loved this process and knew I needed to do it more.

So, for about 2 years, I made cards almost strictly with rubber stamps, ink, embossing powder and washi tape. I really didn’t think there was much of a card making world beyond that. However, in September of 2018, I started noticing more and more of these “clear stamps”, and makers were coloring them in beautifully. With some research, I found that I only scraped the cardstock surface of card making.