I am a stay at home mom of 4 and wife of 18 years to my best friend.  We pretty much do everything together and love spending time with our families.  We live in a small town in Manitoba, Canada and LOVE it a lot.

I also teach piano lessons and have a small “made to order” craft business.  I love spending my creative time doing magazine submissions and drawing stamp designs.  I am also on the Design Teams at Caardvarks, Odd Bird Planet, Triple the Sketch (by Patter Cross) and Salt Faith Challenge.

What got you started in the stamping/papercrafting world?:
I got dragged to a Stampin'Up! Party in 2003 and bought a stamp set just to “be nice”.  My first creations are.....”interesting”, but I have loved the challenge of finding my personal style and growing as a designer.  I love transforming random bits of paper and embellishments to make something that is my own little piece of art.

Favorite Sandwich: Reuben, hands down

When I go out with friends, we usually go to:  play hockey.

Favorite color(s): For crafting, I like browns with turquoises, oranges and greens.  I love fun and happy colours.

Favorite crafting tool: My Martha Stewart circle cutter.  I {heart} circles.

I am inspired by: my friend Lindsay, my favourite visual blog, printpattern.blogspot.com, and all the blogs I visit on a daily basis.

I can’t live without:  my Bible, my computer, my coffee and my pencil and paper.

My creative/scrap area right now looks:  YAY!!! I just cleaned my craft cupboard.  I am amazed how much stuff can fit into such a tiny space, but it does the trick for now.  I work at my dining room table, so everything needs to be cleaned up after each craft session (which is not a bad thing if it keeps me organized!).

You can follow Tanis (aka "The Paper Princess") at her blog here: http://paperprincessatplay.blogspot.com/