Hello crafty friends and family!
We hope you have a fabulous Christmas and New Year.
We want to start this year off by introducing you to
the 2014 Crafty Scrapper Design Team.
Some of these ladies are familiar to you and a couple are new.
Please make them all feel welcome by hopping by their blogs to say hi!
Amy
My name is Amy
Lanford and I live in Irving, Texas. I have been around crafting my whole
life. My grandma is a seamstress and my mom had her own ceramic business that
we helped with all through my childhood. I grew up with a love of
crafting and understanding the healing powers of it! I had been very into
needlepoint until I found out I was expecting my daughter. At that point
arthritis in my hands made hours of holding a small needle impossible! I wanted
to find a way to make things for my daughter Emilyann and that's when my love
of paper crafting began. When I married my best friend Fred in 2007, he came
with our two other kids - Amy and Lee. The magic of crafting gave me a bridge
through the world of step parenting. It quickly became something Amy and I
enjoyed doing together and it was exploring local crafting shops with her that
led me to my favorite store The Crafty Scrapper! This is where the real
addiction began and where I transitioned from 12 x 12 layouts into all the
other wonderful ways there are to paper craft! In late 2012 I realized I needed
to put my art out there as our home was overflowing with all my projects.
While working a full time stressful job and managing our busy home life I
started a blog and began taking custom orders for mini albums for friends. It
has been so rewarding! I am so excited to be a member of this year's
design team and get to share my art with others! www.scrappygirl0203.blogspot.com
Anita H.
I was raised in the
mountains of New Mexico, but I've also lived in El Paso, Morton (West Texas)
and San Antonio before settling down in Midland, after my husband, Rick,
graduated Law School. We were married right after I graduated collage from
Eastern New Mexico University in Portales in 1993, with a degree in Education.
I taught elementary school for 10 years, before quitting to help my husband run
his businesses, as well as spend more time with our family. We have three
crazy, smart, and gorgeous children, who pretty much run our lives, ages 16,
13, and 10.
I've been interested
in creating things ever since I can remember. The wonderful and vivid memory of
my first box of 48 Crayola Crayons still resonates within me whenever I see a
box. Pure euphoria of the box of 96 (With the ultra cool sharpener!) a few years
later, was the highlight of my 6th grade year! I took every craft oriented
style class I could in Junior High and High School...from Wood Shop to Leather
Tooling to Welding. Cooking, baking, and crafting with my talented Mother was a
way of life for me, and we participated in Craft Shows from my Junior High
years and on. We made and sold so many things for extra income, and I adopted
that philosophy all through college as well. I even took in a Jewelry Making
class, and sold my wares. If Basket Weaving would have been offered I would
have taken it too.
I'm thankful I have
the opportunity to pass my love for cooking, baking, and crafting to my
daughter, who also likes to create with me.
You can see my work,
tutorials, and video tutorials on my blog The Artful Maven Haven at www.artfulmaven.net .
Gena
My name is Gena
Glover and I have been crafting for 16 years and I love it all! I scrapbook
traditional layouts, but also enjoy creating chipboard books. I started with a
small card table in my living room and over the years in has grown into a
designated room full of scrappy goodness.
I have been a
customer of the Crafty Scrapper since Carolyn opened the store,
next became a member of the design team and then Carolyn took pity on me
and hired me to work part time. Now, I am the manager! I love my job
and I treasure her friendship and all the friendships I have made
with our customers along the way.
I have been
married to my best friend, Kris, for 16 years. We have 4 children... 3 grown
and on their own and 1 left at home. Kris also has an older son who is married
to a wonderful lady and they have 3 awesome little ones. So I have plenty of
scrapping subjects!
I look forward
to sharing and creating with you!
Ginger
I have been
scrapbooking for 10 years and I love each and every day that I get to scrap. I
have been married for 43 years and my husband Eddie is my best supporter. We
have four grown children, two daughters and two sons, and each one is married.
I also have four grandchildren, two boys and two girls. They are my greatest
source of inspiration. I have studied art for ten years and I find that
scrapbooking is a way to express one self. I have used many unconventional
methods and I hope each one of you enjoy seeing what I have created.
I was asked to join
the Design Team at The Crafty Scrapper which is such an honor. I look forward
to seeing comments and hopefully will have the opportunity to meet you. www.gingersnapsandbutterflies.blogspot.com
Melissa
Melissa Hines,
Business Analyst by day and artist by nite. She is a self taught
art nerd who
begain scrapbooking 14 years ago. She and Annette Prudhomme
formed 2 Scrappy
Chicks and were exclusive teachers at The Crafty Scrapper
when it first opened
7 years ago. Over the last few years she has focused on
digital art and art
journaling. She has a quirky style with a vintage flair mixing
vintage
elements, digital images, paper and every kind of ink, paint and paste. Design
team for Crowabout Studio, Hidden Vintage Studio, Tumblefish Studio, Craft
Attitude and The Crafty Scrapper
Patty
I am a big fan of
The Crafty Scrapper. I never mind driving here from Arlington because it is the
best scrapbook store in all of Texas! Believe me; I’ve been to many of them.
What a joy it is to see the latest supplies here and think of ways to use them.
My wonderful husband
supports and encourages my scrappy "addiction", and so do our two
grown children. My family is the joy of my life and the subject of much of my
scrapbooking. When I’m not working on layouts of my immediate family, I enjoy going
through my mother’s pictures of our ancestors. The stories and pictures that
she has shared with me make our family tree come alive.
Officially, I’ve
been scrapbooking for about twenty years, but my scrapbooking began while in
grade school, and I still have the first album that I made then! New techniques
and products are of great interest to me and I consider myself lucky to live
during a time when resources for scrapbookers are plentiful and ever-changing.
I rely heavily on the training I received at Texas Christian University, where
I majored in education and minored in art. The challenge of creating scrapbook
art that hopefully will be cherished by generations to come drives me to tell
the stories of my family and friends in an interesting and creative way.
Shelley
I live
in Mansfield, Texas, just a short drive away from The Crafty Scrapper in
Waxahachie. I love it there!
I began
scrapbooking around six years ago, and since then I have been thoroughly
enjoying the hobby. I love spending time with my family, and then scrapping our
photos. I scrap vacations, birthdays, sports, and practically everything else I
can get my hands on. I like to try new techniques and use the newest stuff! I
like making gifts for my family and friends. I have
been married to my wonderful husband, John for 12 years, and we have two
children together. Our son, Evan, is 11, and he loves to play sports, and I
love photographing him and scrapping those photos in mini albums. Our daughter,
Macy, who is 9, likes to play sports, and she also loves to scrapbook--go
figure! I also have a son named Blake, who is 22 now, and of course, he has
been the subject of many of my projects, as well. Professionally,
I teach Statistics full-time at UTA. Overall, I enjoy people, I am crazy about
my family and friends, I love to scrapbook, and I am super excited to meet you
at The Crafty Scrapper, hopefully in one of my classes!
Sonia
I’m Sonia Doneghue,
also known in the crafting and photography world as Ms. Ruin. Like so
many of you, I lead a pretty busy life and I’m blessed to have very few dull
moments. I work full time for a faith-based healthcare system and on my
spare time I enjoy community service, creating things, capturing the world
around me through my camera’s lens, spending time with friends, traveling with
my husband and I’m kind of a gym rat too.
I will be the first
person to tell you that traditional scrapbooking is not for me. In fact,
the sight of a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper sends me running in the opposite
direction. But when I do “scrap”, it’s simple. I let my photos tell
the story and try not to take too much away from the image at hand. I
have a knack for mini albums, canvas art, and other mixed media. You will
see a lot of raw emotion in my work, subjects that might make others
uncomfortable, but what fun is your work if you are catering to the comfort of
others? Art is irrepressible, we should be too! I have a motto in
my photography because I love to photograph abandoned places and spaces, and
that’s “I find beauty where most see atrophy.” I think the same can be
said with some of my own art.
Learn more about me
through my images and words on my blog: http://ms-ruin.blogspot.com. You
will also find links to my facebook art page, my photography pages, pinterest
and much more.
Tina
I have
been a rubber stamper and paper crafter for over 17 years. For 14 years, I
owned Imprints, a rubber stamp store in Fort Worth, Texas. I closed my store in
June 2009. My hubby, Gary, had retired from General Motors a year before I
closed my store. To downsize, we moved out to the country and now live on Cedar
Creek Lake. Not too long after moving, I found the Crafty Scrapper to be a
perfect spot to meet my friends for crafting, fun and fellowship. In 2010, I
figured I made more cards (at least 225 of them) than I had in the fourteen
years I owned my store. At every crop, I would bring a bunch of cards I had
made and that is how the teaching “gig” happened, as several of the ladies
really wanted me to teach and I finally said “yes”! And, I am so glad I did. I
look forward to sharing my card creations with you. Happy Stamping!
Anita S
Hi! I'm Anita Scroggins
and I am
a rabid scrapbooker! I am so happy to be the DT Coordinator for The
Crafty Scrapper this year~!! I love to make layouts and mini-albums, and
I dabble in
altered projects from time to time. I am a wife, a gardener, a Girl
Scout
Volunteer and a life long crafter. I keep busy these days redoing my
house
and yard, designing for several companies and teaching.
I have the
best husband ever - as long as there is dinner on the table and the cable bill
is paid he doesn't care. So far he
hasn't noticed the 2nd electronic die cutter setting on my counter- I just got
a Cameo on the mail last week! So far so good :o)
My style changes a
little here and there, but one thing remains the same - I am not a fan of
"less is more". Less is less and more is best, and white space is my
enemy.
WOW! What an amazing team we have!
I am super excited to be working with all of these ladies.
When you are in the store next, be sure to check out the new
projects they have made.
There will be lots of fun things happening here on the blog and on the
Facebook page
in the next few weeks, so be sure to stay tuned.
Thanks so much for stopping by to see us today!
See you again soon.
