Meet the Artists
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ABOUT CHERYL
Cheryl Waters is a mixed media artist who enjoys sharing inspiration both on line and off through many creative avenues. She currently serves as lead crafting ambassador for Fiskars (the ‘orange handled scissor company’) with the title of Lead and Founding Fiskateer. She shares with the arts and crafts community unique ways using Fiskars tools. Cheryl teaches at local scrapbook and art stores across the nation and close to home providing shabby chic mixed media and creative projects. She has been sought out to teach at many upscale artistic events and gatherings. She is a self-taught artist that enjoys sharing her faith and life journey with others through her art and personal connections. Regularly published in many of Stampington and Company’s publications (Somerset Home, Somerset Memories, Handcrafted, Altered Couture, Take Ten, and more) , Memory Maker books and Creating Keepsakes, she makes it her goal to attempt to inspire others by using her art to celebrate life and share a personal meaningful message.
Cheryl has worked with several manufacturers teaching and creating with their product as well as being a guest designer. Some of those manufacturers include GCD Studios, Vintage Street Market, Tattered Angels, Art Glitter, Jenni Bowlin, Donna Salazar Designs, Unity Stamp Company, Pink Paislee and more. Cheryl loves her Chipart tools designed by Melody Ross and is always finding new ways to create and teach with them.
Cheryl serves as a teacher and instructor for these manufacturers teaching across the nation and locally. Cheryl teaches mixed media techniques, art journaling, creative projects concerning home décor, gift giving and for wear.
Currently Cheryl is the sole proprietor of Artsy Findings and is excited about sharing unique mixed media and dimensional artistic kits that can be created for your enjoyment or for gift giving. Cheryl anticipates that you’ll find treasures that will create meaning for loved ones around you. Whether starting out on your artistic journey or a novice, Cheryl aspires to provide fun eclectic collections of vintage treasures, mixed media collections, art ephemera and created handcrafted artwork and items for the artistic soul’s delight.
Cheryl resides in Portola Hills, California in Orange County with her husband (20 years) and 12 year old daughter Abigail who is a creative girl herself. Close to her family as well as her church family, Cheryl enjoys all the activities surrounding her beautiful life.
About Melody
Melody Ross is an arts and crafts industry icon, a scrapbooking industry pioneer, and an overall trend-setter. In addition, Melody has made an indelible mark on the hearts of her following through her inspirational books, public speaking, and personal blog. As a sought-after industry expert and designer, Melody’s following has grown worldwide year after year. With 20 years as a fine artist, 13 years as a commercial artist, and founder of one of the hottest and most sought-after international brands, Melody Ross is expanding her personal brand and message of “living a life filled with meaning” into several categories through exciting new licensing partnerships and her new women’s art retreat company and worldwide community, Brave Girls Club.
After 12 years of starting, running and being the lead visionary of her international company, Chatterbox, designing thousands of products that are worldwide collector’s items, and writing more than 10 books, Melody bravely stepped away to expand her work and start a new chapter of artful, joyful, meaningful projects that she has always felt compelled to do, focused on helping others to bravely live their dream life and find meaning in their stories, joy in their life purpose, and fun in every moment. Her starting message has remained consistent, “Make it Meaningful” and will continue to be a common thread as she launches licensed products into the gift market, the home décor market, the photo memory art market, and inspirational products market, as well as continued product development for the arts and crafts market, where she is and will continue to be an icon. Most recently Melody's artwork has been shown in a museum in Portland, Oregon and her first artshow a success.
Artsy Findings offers much of Melody's distinct and eclectic artistic paper collections as well as her innovative and versatile chipart tools.
Melody resides in rural Idaho with her adored husband of 20 years and their 5 wildly creative children.
About Donna
Donna Salazar is a wife, mom, artist, designer, teacher and kid at heart. Her playful nature tends to come across in her products and classes because she believes that art should be fun. She is known for blending contrasting elements to create what she calls her "Girlie Grunge" look. Her style is especially appealing to mixed media artists, however her love of flowers and all things sparkly appeals to crafters of all types and styles.
If you'd like to connect with your inner Girlie Grunge all you have to do is become a member on her Ning site. You can view and even add to the gallery (you might even be chosen to be a featured artist of the month), you can participate in Monthly Challenges, take an "e-Class", win prizes, and even link to the LIVE Tuesday Tutorials webshow! http://donnasalazardesigns.ning.com
