WHO ?

Anna Aspnes

UK native Anna began scrapbooking digitally nearly five years ago and her design talents have been sought after by both digital and international-reaching paper scrapbooking companies.  She designs, teaches and educates, and is a Contributing  Editor for Digital Scrapbooking Magazine.  Anna is a full time mother of two children, five year old Ella and three year old Luke.

Blog : http://www.annaaspnes.typepad.com

 

Anne-Noëlle Pluzanski

Computer engineering graduate I am also fond of craft since my mom taught me knitting and sewing "art". Cross stiched, watercolors, photo, collage ... and I am also a silk painting teacher. But now with digital scrapbooking it's better than ever, because I can use my favorite tool (my dear computer) to get great effects in volume, aging, distressing and layering ...

I am married to François, the manager of CDIP (you know, Studio Scrap) and my favorite themes are my two children (4 and 2) and our travels.

I am one of the muse of Studio Scrap and I am a member of its design team.

Blog : http://www.lemondeduscrap.com/photopost/member.php?uid=1463&protype=1

 

Ariane Hervé

Ariane is the owner of Alyssiane. She also is the mother of two boys, Ulysse, 3 years old and Maxence 21 months. She met the scrapbooking road in 2004 during a Creative Memories workshop in Canada. Then she was a student at Céline H workshops in Montréal.
Then she came back home with a lot of great ideas in her luggage like Clearstamps of Stampendous and EZ Mount stamps from Sunday International. She even start with Céline H. a line of clear stamps and rubber stamps : French Touch et le Petit Monde Bizaroïde.
She is not an Artist but only a specialist with tricks in her bag to surprise you. Her goal : to proposenew stuff and techniques for your creative pleasure.

Blog : http://alyssianeleblog.canalblog.com/

Carolyn Peeler

A lover and collector of all things vintage, sparkly and pretty, Carolyn loves to rummage through antique shops and flea markets to find that perfect treasure.  Carolyn’s lifelong love of crafts, lead her to become involved professionally in the scrapbooking industry. She has been on the Chatterbox Design Team, a product designer for Rusty Pickle and for the past four years has been employed as the Senior Creative Director at Melissa Frances. It is her dream job and between designing product and teaching throughout North America and internationally, she's one busy girl! In addition to being published in the industry's major magazines and Idea Books, she is a contributing writer for the Canadian Scrapbooker magazine and has written articles for Legacy and Woman's Day. She and her husband live with their two Bichon Frise puppies in Vancouver, Canada.

Blog : http://www.carolynpeeler.typepad.com

Céline H.

Céline Hidalgo is a 32-year-old young mother of Enzo (3 years) and Maya (1 year). Project manager, she went to live more than two years in Québec where her passion for crafts changed her life. She owns her store and gives workshops in Montréal area, even be interviewed two times for Radio Canada, a national channel, to illustrate the growing of scrapbooking. Self-taught artist and back in France, she’s involved in scrapbooking development by teaching but mainly with the organization of Paper and co Show, an international scrapbooking convention.
She’s been published in “Mastering Scrapbook Page Design” from Michelle Gerbrandt from Memory Makers and she’s working as consultant in scrapbooking industry. She's a member of the creative team of Alyssiane. She's also the designer for French Touch and Le petit Monde Bizaroïde. She's a a contributer writer for Scrap Pour Tous and love demonstrations and workshops :)

Blog : http://celinehidalgo.canalblog.com

Denise Laborde

Denise has been scrapbooking since 2001 after attending a crop in Miami, Florida, her hometown. She has a background in design and worked as an art director in advertising until she moved to France in 2003. Her style changes from project to project depending on where she finds inspiration. Scrapbook product and techniques, fashion, music, a photo, a memory and even other scrapbookers inspire her creativity. Although she scrapbooks in just about any format, Denise makes mostly mini ablums.

She got her start in the industry in 2006 teaching workshops in Toulouse, France. She loves the entire process involved in teaching scrapbooking. From the conception of a project to sharing it with others and watching each person make an idea their own.

A stay at home mom to two energetic boys and a wife to her French husband, Thierry, Denise loves to travel, read a good book and host a great party!

Blog : http://deniselaborde.typepad.com/

Fanny Buisine

Few words about me ... My name is Fanny, I live in Lille (north of France) with my husband and my two daughters : Marie, 6 years and Elsa 2 years. I am a school teacher and I use my spare time for my family of course but also for my passion : scrapbooking. I discovered it at the end of 2004 and became the rhythm of my life. I scrap for me, for my family, for my several DT, for projects, for my classes ... I think scrap, I live scrap. I also founded a scrapbooking section in a northern association…
My style is quite "classic" but I am a very "details" girl. I love embellishments, ribbons, bling bling, doodlings, stamps ... the most important for me : find the right balance to make my pictures stay the main subject of my creations.                
My projects : travel all around Europe and even more far away to join scrappers and share my passion ...

Blog : http://lescrapdefanny.canalblog.com

Flo

43 years old, 21 years of marriage, 4 children, 2 daughters, 2 sons, 34 is my postal code, 1 husband, 0 lover, here are the main numbers of my private life.

12 years of scrapping, 5 as a professional, 2 years as designer for ATILOLOU, here are the main numbers of my professional life.

Second participation at the Paper and co show, 3 days of real happiness, more than 150 girls in classes, hundreds of contacts here are the most important numbers of this month of october.

Creativity, Creation, Create,  1 sole word that I turn in every directions….

Blog : http://tendance-scrap.over-blog.com

Ginger

In the real life, I'm Véronique, 37 years old and I live in Bordeaux but on the web I am Ginger !
End 2002, I started scrapbooking and thanks to the web group « scrapbooking en France » and her moderator Carole Eugène beautiful friendships were born. I teach scrap classes with Miss Marpple at « Maison des cinq sens » in Bordeaux for the last 3 years and I was in the organisation team of the 1st crop of Bordeaux with Xilbi and Isaora (Voyages au pays du scrap) in may 2006.
I particularly love the stamps world, different inks, distress ink (I am a fan of Tim Holtz), I realize my albums with cardboard and bookbindings.

Blog : http://gingerscrap.canalblog.com.

 

Irene Tan

I’ve been scrapbooking since 2005. But, I’ve stopped from early 2006 for more than a year and only started to scrap again in March 2007. A couple of months later, in June, I’ve discovered stamping and inking.

I think a lot of my blog readers would think that I'm kinda different in styles and ways of doing my scrapping. There are very limited supplies available here in Malaysia and there is not a lot of online scrapbook stores that delivers their goods here. So, these situation had actually kinda put me in a situation where I have to really put my thinking cap on.

I’m a mother to two of my most loved ones and I have a most wonderful family that had always support me to pursue my passion.
Scrapbooking to me is really about family and my life. There’s nothing more fun and inspiring than to scrap about photographs captured during everyday life with our loved ones. My motto  towards scrapping has always been "Scrap with your heart and remember, scrapping is all about having fun too!"

I’m a staff member to Scrapbook News and Reviews (a new scrapbooking e-zine) and a DT of ScrapbooksNStickers in Florida. I will be featured in ETT Trykk as their guest artist in their June 2008 issue.

Well, about my style. First of all, I’m kind of the ‘Ephemera’ style but then again, I would love to work with some fun colours at times. But there’s one thing I can be sure of, I’m all about distressing! There’s no one page of my work recently that has not involve inks.

Blog : http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com

Kah-Mei Smith

Hi! My name is Kah-Mei Smith and I am the creative principal/owner of FontWerks, a rubberstamping and scrapbooking supplies company based out of British Columbia, Canada.

For years, I worked as a welfare officer until I finally left my day job to run FontWerks full time. It is one of the best decisions I have ever made, not only because I love working at FontWerks, but because now I am able to drive my children to school everyday and am also able to go with them on field trips, for the first times in their lives.

I have been married to Rob for over 11 years, and have two children, Emily (8 years) and Cameron (5 years). They are the best and most supportive family anyone can ask for. I also have a very close extended family who I thank God for everyday.

My favorite stamping tool is the stampamajig. I love ink and paper and getting messy and using all kinds of products. My creative style is a mix of everything. Some days I will love linear work and other days my work is freeform. I use my handwriting on every page. I love to travel and teach and meet people as well as photography.

If you ask me how I envision myself as an old woman, I would say, “living in a cottage by the sea, with a vegetable garden and a creating studio. And with lots and lots of family and friends who live close by. »

Blog : http://www.kahmeismith.typepad.com

Lory Bucaria

Lory known scrapbooking in 2003 thanks a friend and a little journey in a  Funfair Park where she was actracted by a scrapbooking book full of colors and of die cuts ! Since then Lory made a long internet research about this hobby and she discovered a new wonderful world !
Since then her life is changed ! Scrapbooking helped her in bad moments, like here dad’s death, she met new good friends  around the world by internet , thanks to scrapbooking.
Lory loves scrapbooking because it makes she happy, free, with the scrapbooking she forgets all the ordinary  worries, all the bad thoughts and  only the page, the photos, the story about the photo exist ! She loves to close to door and be  in her scrapbook space with music to scrapbook her pages full of colors, of several and sometimes unusually materials. All for fun and for relaxing ! She teachs scrapbooking in Italy in many occasions, to some events and shops. She has a scrapbooking website with her good friend ,one of the most big scrapbooking community in Italy.
This may she has organized the first edition of the Paper and co Show ITaly !
She is glad to teach at the Pacs in Paris, you’ll find in her classes so many funny  materials , felt, wood, fabric , all that she loves !

Blog : www.lovescraplife.typepad.com

Michelle van Etten

AKA trendyscrapper on the scrapping message boards. She is 33 and lives in Valrico Florida with her husband Jim, her son James age 5, and Malia 20 months. She has a degree in Psychology but chooses to be a stay at home mom and loves it. Her children keep her very busy but give her every reason in the world to scrapbook!
She started scrapping in 2004 when a friend introduced her to creative memories. She quickly bored of that style of scrapbooking and quit. In 2005 she discovered the art of scrapbook design and was instantly hooked. It started as a way to showcase her family photos in a more unique way and tell the story behind the photos. It has evolved into much more than that. It is her creative outlet she is an eclectic shabby chic scrapbook designer. She enjoys thinking out of the box. Her staples supplies patterned paper, textile, and flowers. She is excited and honored to be a Prima Educator (Flower Girl).
She is a product designer for Prima and one of the creators of the Build-A-Book. A new concept that allows the artist the freedom to design their book based on a concept of mix and matching all the interchangeable pages.
  Her work has appeared in most magazines and she has worked on different book projects. She is a co-author of 2 books by design originals (Clearly Classy Albums and Clear Cards) Teaching classes have her traveling around the world from Canada to Germany and all over the USA last year. This year she will be teaching as far away as Africa. She taught at CHA and CKU for prima Marketing Inc. She is excited and honored to be included as an instructor for the PAPER & CO SHOW for 2008.

Blog : http://www.trendyscrapper.typepad.com/

Pascale Lavigne

I began to scrapbook 3 years ago to propose this activity to my high school students. They loved and I never stopped.

I used the nickname of Miss Marpple 2 years ago for the first time on the Scrapetpipelettes message board. Today I teach scrapbooking classes at " maison des 5 sens" in Bordeaux and at the association Voyage au Pays du Scrap at Pessac.

What I love the most with scrapbooking are the papers. My style is quite tonic. I love bright colors, patterned assortments and so I don't often use embellishments. I like very much mini albums for an entire event and for the liberty of creation I have with them.

Blog : http://les-ateliers-de-miss-marpple.over-blog.com/

Patricia Decaudin

More than 50 years old, married, one son, scrapbooking and me it's a beautiful story since 10 years. I'm lucky enough because now it's my job. I wrote for several magazines, taught at the School of Scrap of Paris and I am the author of two books.
I teach classes and workshops all over the year and also for the School of Scrap. Next september we will propose specific classes.
I love quite everything but I prefer the technics (make my own embellishments and backgrounds). I am not a talented photographer and my layouts come to embellish them.
I also think journaling is important and I'm used to write it with my own handwriting ... and hide it ! My country is my inspiration source, naturally with a lot of flowers and animals on my layouts.

Blog : http://lecoleduscrap.canalblog.com

     
Rebecca Sower

Rebecca loves creating with her hands.  Her favorite materials are textiles, paper and photographs, preferably vintage.  She teaches workshops worldwide on paper/mixed media arts.  You may see her work featured in these publications:  Somerset Studio, Somerset Life, Artful Blogging and Creating Keepsakes.  Rebecca is passionate about art, faith, beauty and simplicity.  She lives with her husband and children in an old restored farmhouse in rural Tennessee. 

Blog : http://www.rebeccasower.typepad.com

Sabine Vally-Thomas

A passionate scrapper and a real "I have to try", designer for Studio2Mers Créations. I am a professional photographer.

My style is more free style. I do a lot of mixed media too. I like to work on different supports, paper, wood, metal or even canvas, to switch with 2D and 3D.

Every month I organise « scrapsessions » where I explore many worlds following my inspiration. I also teach in associations. I really appreciate to share my passion during classes. And for me it's essential as much as the creation of products.

The other side of my activity is the creation of products for scrapbooking : papers, stamps… I love being in the move with the trends et see my drawings and creations come to life into the creations of the others. This is an occupation growing up each day and I plan new products for may.
My papers are going on the other side of borders with Italy and Norway. I also have some interests in USA.
I propose products which are like me and which I like to use.

Blog : http://nature-et-couleurs.blogspot.com

Sandra Charbonnel

Proud mom of Lena (almost 5), I do scrapbooks for several years. My favorite technique is stamping, which became a real passion through the years.
After several publishings in Idées de Scrap, I know teach those techniques all over France with Variation Créatives. I also published a book about the practise of stamping, called Scrap Tampons with Créa Passions Edition.

Blog : http://lescrapdesandra.over-blog.com

Sonia Borella

I always love to mess with my hands. After artistic studies and a job also artistic, I stay with my family. I start with the "european scrap" early in 2001, and then I move to a more free scrap.
I am eclectic, I love the blessing of difference !!! But I would say my style is quite graphic, without being completely clean.
I like to work with colours and materials ... scrapbooking covers all the fields I like for my creativity ...
Today, after 3 years working as a professional, I decided to take a bit of distance from scrapbooking. I continue to scrap, but more for myself ... and some projects are about to arrive ;-)

Blog : http://soniab.canalblog.com/

Tiffany Tillman

A passionate journaler at heart, Tiffany uses paper, pens, photos and pixels to share the story of her family. She freely admits she wants her pages to speak for her with southern accent and all. Tiffany started alternating between paper and digital scrapbooking in 2005 but felt the 'hybrid' tug once she discovered how to mix digital techniques with paper products. A Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame winner for 2006 and a finalist for 2006 Scrapbooker of the Year, she regularly contributes to the magazine as a 2008 CK Dream Team member. Tiffany, a beach girl in disguise, lives in south-eastern Virginia with her husband and young diva-daughter Carmelita.

Blog : http://www.simplytiffany.squarespace.com

Vicki Boutin

Vicki Boutin’s love for creating started at a very young age.  It began with crayons and through the years has evolved to include anything from flower arrangement to mural painting.  It was with the birth of her first child that her true passion was discovered.  Once she picked up those scissors and her first sheet of cardstock, she was hooked!  A scrapbooker was born.

By combining her love for paper and products and photography Vicki has been able to create a fresh and approachable scrapping style.  In 2006, she was honored to be added to the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame and she is currently serving on the Creative Team for Better Homes and Gardens Scrapbooks, Etc.  Her designs have been published in numerous industry magazines and idea books and Vicki loves to share her passion for scrapbooking through teaching and workshops.

With a love for life and laughter, Vicki enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends and in her spare time she can be found shopping or taking in a good movie.  She resides in St. Catharines, ON with her husband and two, sweet children.

Blog : http://vickiboutin.typepad.com/

 

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