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Julie Mead
(owner and designer of www.e-scapeandscrap.net)
Julie has a passion for creating. From her garden to her sketch pad, from the kitchen to her camera, she enjoys the process of creating at all levels. Julie has also been fascinated with technology and all the cool things it can do for her. Combining these two passions, creating and computer technology, has led her to discover the joy of digital scrapbooking. Julie began paper scrapping 10 years ago to capture the joys her children brought into her life. During the fall of 2003 she picked up a magazine that talked about a new hobby, digiscrapping. After surfing many sites, Julie discovered that she had a passion for this new and interesting hobby. Then, during the summer of 2004 her mind began to turn to thoughts of creating her own backgrounds and elements. She developed her first CD called "Julie Mead's From Girly to Grungy" and began to research how to promote her first product. On a whim, she decided to open her own website and see if she could sell her products online. Julie gave herself one year to see if her new site, E-scape and Scrap, would be a success. She has been thrilled at the the reception her online boutique has recieved in the digital scrapping world. But more importantly, she has enjoyed meeting people from around the world, many have become friends she keeps in close contact. The year, 2009, will mark the beginning of E-scape and Scrap's sixth year in business.
Julie has 2 grown children, a daughter and a son, and one grandson. She has been married to her husband for 30 years. Her family loves to get together as often as possible. Julie is a full-time kindergarten teacher in her small rural community. Running her online boutique is a challenge but one that she thorougly enjoys. You can also find her designs at www.acherryontop.com and www.cottagearts.net . She was part of a team of designers that created a memory book for the TV show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Her work has been published in numerous magazines. She has also had an article published in the Digital Scrapbooking Magazine. In the summer of 2005 she was a featured digital artist in the magazine, Simply Sentiments.
Julie currently serves on the advisory board for Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine, where digital and paper come together as hybrid scrapping. Julie also writes photography editing programs in Photoshop for Artisan's Notebook, an online magazine available at the E-scape and Scrap Boutique.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kay Eflin
(design team member)
Kay and collage were meant for each other combining years of creative hobbies into one expressionÑdigital scrapbooks. She discovered digital when converting 35mm slides into photos for her daughterÕs surprise birthday album. She prefers the paper scrap look in both her design work and digital layouts. Kay loves scrapping heritage photos of family because they have a tie to the past, and the pictures of her grandchildren point to the future. When Kay lost her husband suddenly, she began scrapping and journaling immediately to help her through the grieving process and discovered a way to assist others in honoring their loved ones. As a digital designer, sheÕs an idea person and works well in a team where she contributes to the overall success of a project. Kay is the proud mother of three adult children and four grandchildren. Her company, Kollage by Kay, creates digital scrapbooks for local clients and has become a satisfying home-based business. Her two daughters, Pam and Sarah, both share her love of scrapbooking and often contribute to her creative efforts. Her hobbies include reading, travel, creative writing and enjoying the beautiful mountains near her home in Denver.
Vintage Geneology Scrappers will want to check out Kay's Blog
http://everydaymemorabilia.wordpress.com/
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Erica Nunez
(creative team member)
Erica Jessica Nunez, 35 yrs old (12/28/1971), married to Pablo since November 2001; with three little angels, Francisco 8, Marina 6, Emily 4, She lives in Miami Lakes , Florida.
She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. While living there she worked for 10 years as an assistant manager in a company that sells generators and engines. While working there she met her husband. Shortly after that she came to the USA on March 10, 2002.
She has been digiscrapping since January 2005, but before that she was a paper scrapper. She developed this hobby when her sister-in-law, who was at the time a consultant for a scrapbooking company, gave her a present for her upcoming baby girl, Emily. It was a mini kit to make a little album, and she hooked up with paper for a while.
After doing some research on the computer about die cuts and new backgrounds she discovered a web site with the words DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING. It immediately caught her attention and she started reading and checking other sites. That's how her real passion was born. She didn't have any previous experience designing layouts on the computer , but she taught herself and did a lot of reaading and researching. She started designing with Microsoft Picture it 7.0, and a new hobby began. Right now she only designs with Microsoft digital Image Suite Edition 2006. It was an experience that she'll never forget. Her style is very simple and free. She likes to get her inspiration for a layout with the kit itself by using the colors or with the pictures too. For her, designing layouts is her PASSION.
Erica's fun, colorful, and inspiring blog can be found here:
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Judy Wolfram
(creative team member)
Judy and her husband Eric live in Texas and have two grown sons who are both married, one with a son and the other with a daughter. After several years of designing cards and invitations, Judy discovered the world of digital scrapbooking. It was a natural fit. Her favorite subjects include her family (especially the grandchildren!), her dogs and granddogs, and nature and travel scenes. She also loves the use of Scripture and other quotes to encourage people. While busy scrapping the grandchildren now, she hopes to one day get albums done of her children while they were growing up.
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Lisa Campbell
(creative team member)
Starting digital scrapping in June of 2005, after deciding to start paper scrapping and accidently picking up a digital scrapping magazine, Lisa (aka scoobie81) never even got out the paper supplies she had purchased! Lisa prefers simple, uncluttered layouts and works to try new techniques as well as some artsy looks.
Lisa's originally from Montana and now resides outside of Seattle, WA with her husband of 32 years. Her 2 children have provided her with 3 grandchildren (and 3 extended grandkids) that give her lots of material for scrapping! Always being creative, she's done all forms of painting, pottery, stained glass, ceramics, needle crafts, and sewing since 9 years old. Besides the creative side, Lisa also rides her Arabians, scuba dives, bike rides, loves to read and travel. She's been a real estate broker for many years and is currently also working on an e-commerce project.
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Lynn Weber
(creative team member)
Lynn is a hobby person. Through the years she has dabbled in a multitude of arts and crafts-quilting, furniture refinishing, cake decorating,candlemaking, counted cross-stitch, knitting, macramŽ (remember that?) quilling, all kinds of sewing, photo developing, paintingÉwell, you get the idea! She began paper scrapping about twelve years ago but, when she discovered digital scrapping in November of 2004, all the other hobbies were forgotten! Most of her layouts have a paper scrapped look but she likes to try new things too. She uses PSCS3 to do her design work.
Lynn has been married to Dick for 40 years! They have five grown children and eight grandchildren, none of whom live in their state, Ohio, so they travel a lot! Her laptop accompanies her all around the country so she can keep up with her scrapping! Lynn also recently acquired a Canon 40D and is hoping to improve her photography skills so she has better photos to scrap! She is a retired first grade teacher and has started a photo editing and photo restoration business and teaches photo editing classes.
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Joanne Paquette
(designer team member)
Joanne lives in Australia and feels very blessed to live in such a beautiful place. She has been married for 24 years and has 2 lovely girls named Naomi and Emily. Her husband is American and Australian (the best of both worlds!) They live in a small coastal town with a small population, They spend most of their free time in the great outdoors enjoying the beautiful coast. Everything they do involves water such as fishing, diving, and just being lazy on the beach. She has been digital scrapping for about a year and loves the freedom it allows such as changing things to suit the layout. She is also an artist and paints photorealism. She does color consulting for her job along with decorative painting. She loves her life and everything that is around her. She feels very blessed, indeed!
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Ruth Davis
(designer and creative team member)
I love art. All forms. I love to paint and pencil sketch, however both of these have really taken a back seat to digital art. I do still dabble and I like to incorporate my art into my digital creations. The day that I googled "digital scrapping" is a day that really changed my life. Quickly addicted, I began pouring myself into layouts. Layouts about my children, layouts about my past, layouts about me. Little did I know, that this would become a journey of self discovery, inner strength and freedom. Little did I know, that I would become a designer through wonderful support and encouragement from members of this fantastic team. And, little did I know, that I would create strong and true friendships. Grateful, I am.
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Terry Noonan
(creative team member)
Hi every one. I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and have been married for 21 years to my wonderful husband, Ken. I have two children Dylan and Brittney. I worked for 15 years as a Medical Laboratory Technologist and am now a SAHM. Being at home allowed me to dabble in many crafts but I found my passion when I bought a copy of PSE3. Originally I wanted to improve my photos for slide shows I created but soon realized artistic aspects of the program. In the fall of 2006 I discovered digital scrapbooking and was hooked. I love being able to showcase my photography in layouts and love the artistic expression it provides. I have had an article published in the Photoshop Elements Techniques (Vol 4 No. 3) and am currently working on another article to be published later in the year. I regret that I didnÕt know about this when my children were little; they are now teenagers so getting pictures of them is challenging.
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Carol Opalinski
(creative team member)
Carol and her husband, John, live in Chattanooga, TN. They have two sons, Alex, a student at Middle Tennessee State University and Michael, a high school student. They also have two cats, Kitty and Ping, who are often the subject of Carol's photos and layouts as they are slightly more cooperative than her sons. Carol started digiscrapping two years ago with a Scrap Book program from Walmart and was instantly hooked but outgrew the program in less than a month. At the urging of her sons she began learning Photoshop, an ongoing process to this day. Albeit with a little less head banging than in the beginning. Besides her family and digiscrapping, Carol's other interests include photography, cross stitching and folk art painting. To help support her crafting habits, Carol works part time as an administrative assistant in a small United Methodist church.
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Katherine Lent
(creative team member)
I have been digi scrapping since the beginning of 2006. I love digital scrapping because I get so much done and save so much money. It also gives me the freedom to experiment and I think my style has benefited from that. (Click HERE to visit her gallery at ESS)
IÕm a SAHM to my 5 year old Corinne, who is recently finished with her 2.5 years of Chemotherapy. She was diagnosed with with Leukemia at two and a half. I have been married to Adam for 6 years. I also have two older daughters from previous marriages. Annalea is 15 and Hali is 12. I love Horror and Sci-Fi TV & movies. I love music Progressive Rock, Gothic Rock and so much more, 80Õs, showtunes, and even Bluegrass. I love gardening, digi scrapping, and Facebook!
**My username in all galleries is 'scrapyardkath'**
Please see my blogs to learn more about me!
http://digigarden.blogspot.com
http://digiscrapmac.blogspot.com
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Ingeborg (ikscrap)
(design team member)
I am Ingeborg (ikscrap). I am married, have 1 son, 2 daughters (twins) who are all teenagers. We also have a dog, a cat and 3 hamsters.
I live near the water in a little place in Holland. With a large garden where I can take beautiful pictures.
I feel inspired by almost everything when I design kits or layouts.
I have been digiscrapping since 2003 and decorated my photo albums before I knew they called it scrapping.
In September 2006 I discovered all the sites on the internet and found wonderful friends.
From that moment everything went fast, I joined a few CT's and in January 2007 then I put my first kit in a Dutch shop.
I love to work with computers and be creative. I always have a thousand ideas
I love reading, writing and gardening. I find lots of things interesting and I never feel bored.
I hope you have some fun with my kits, I sure had fun making them.
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Carol Baumann
(design team member)
Designer Carol Baumann has been crafting and creating since she got her first box of crayons. She lives in Texas with a very patient husband who puts up with closets, drawers, boxes, and shelves full of art supplies. They have three grown children and one beautiful granddaughter who is the apple of their eye! Carol is a registered nurse who worked many years in Labor & Delivery but now is very happy to be caring for 600 little ones as an elementary school nurse. Her hobbies are collecting vintage books, cards, paper, and whatever else strikes her fancy. Many of her ÒfindsÓ have been included in her digital kits. She thinks the best thing about digital scrapping is the wonderful people you meet.
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Karen Halgren
(creative team member)
Hi everyone! I am SO pleased to be part of the E-Scape Creative Team !
I'm Karen, 52 mom of 4- Heather 29, Tammi 27, Robbie 25, Jayson12...we also have 5 grands with another due in March! I am happily
married to the love of my life, my rock and caregiver Jon. We live in Phoenix, AZ. and yes it is a dry heat! LOL.In my spare time I love
digital photography and camping! We camp several times during the summer and a few times in the fall during hunting season. I love to
travel, listen to country music, watching the AZ Diamondbacks baseball games, Heroes and American Idol!!!
I have been a scrapper since pregnant with Jayson back in 96. I was a paperholic back in the day but then in 2002 we were involved in a
hit and run motorcycle accident that left me a paraplegic. After a 7 mo stay in the hospital I came home and needed something to do while
recouping and getting used to a new lifestyle. I began searching online for crafts/scrapbook trends and discovered digi-scrapping! and
the rest they say is history! I LOVE the friendliness and helpfulness of the scrapping community! I've made some great friends along the way and look forward to this new adventure!
If anyone has any questions about myself , injuries or scrapping related- ask away! Nothing is off limits- well we might have 1 or 3
that are but we're an open book and I love to talk/type!!! I am really excited to be part of the team here, working with
and getting to know each of you.
Hugs, Karen
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AnikA
(creative team member)
I was born and raised in Munich, Germany. When I was 26 years old I met my husband at an Irish Pub. Saw him, loved him and married him after 8 months. We«re still together and on January 14 we celebrated our 14th anniversary of our first meeting. During this time we had 2 children, which are now 9 years old(my daughter Iman) and 13 years old (my son Djamel). My husbad is from Algeria and I visited there two times.
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Werinka
(design team member)
Hi, my name is Veronika Sÿugarov‡. I have been married for 3 years. I live in a small town in the Czech Republic. I have daughter, Nina. She is 3 years old and my second baby will be born in May.
I used to work as a social assistant in one sheltered workshop before my maternity leave.
Scrapbook is my hobby for 3 years. I began with scrapbooking when I become full time mother on my maternity leave . It began with creating layouts at first but than I started to create kits. It is a kind of relaxation for me.
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Laura Madden
(creative team member)
My name is Laura, screenname Art_Teacher. I have been paper scrapbooking for 14 years and digi scrapping for 3 years. I consider myself bi-scraptual, because I can never give up my art supplies! I am currently on the digi CT at A Cherry On Top and I am thrilled to be on the CT here at E-scape and Scrap! My favorite scrappy subjects are my spoiled golden doodle, Paisley, and my family. I have been married to my dh, Mike, for the past 19 years, and we have no children, but my teaching high school art for the past 16 years keeps me very busy with lots of kids. When I am not scrapbooking, I like to read romance and mystery novels, listen to a variety of music, watch way too much television and too many movies, and cook. I also spend too much time on the computer, where I have met so many new scrappy friends! Someday, I hope to actually catch up to my photos, but since I am a snap-happy camera-toter, that probably won’t be anytime soon!
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Jeanne Norman
(design team member)
I am a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) of two wonderful teenagers, DS (Darling Son) is 16 and DD (Darling Daughter) is 14. I started paper scrapping in August of 2007 because I wanted to keep all of DSÕs Football memories for him. Once I got started I was hooked. I bought everything in sight!
I completed my first Real Digi Layout in May of 2008 and I was instantly addicted. I've now converted to digi only. I mostly scrap my DD because she will pose for me on a whim. On the other hand, I have to fight DS for a pic, though he is getting better about it.....if I beg! I am a Lab Tech by trade but recently left my job to be at home with my kids for awhile. DH and I have been together for over 18 years now, I did marry the boy from next door. We have two German Shepherds, Pooch and Black Jack, Bella our house puppy, a mutt named Mia and a tomcat named Patches. I truly enjoy all forms of scrapping paper, digital, and hybrid. I am a member of 2 other design teams, Kreations for Kami (digital), and Amy Teets Designs (digital/Hydrid). I've held many guest CT spots and really enjoy the friends I've made though scrapping. As I dive deeper and deeper in to the digi world I've found a love for taking photos and even dabble in designing. I have to say that digi scrapping is my "calgon" to take my stress away.
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Sandra
(creative team member)
Hi, my name is Sandra and I live in NYC with my husband and 8 year old son. I have lived in NY my entire life and love raising my son here. My husband is a New Zealander who fortunately loves NY also. In our free time my family loves to travel together.
I have always had a love of crafting including cross stitching, jewelry making and rubber stamping. I have been scrapbooking for about 5 years. A year ago I discovered digital scrapbooking and have been completely hooked since. I still love paper scrapping and split my time between digital and paper. I also enjoy making cards and invitations.
I am an the CT for a couple of other designers and am thrilled to join the CT here with Julie.
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Sandy Lewis
(creative team member)
Hi, my name is Sandy and I live in Southeastern CT with my husband. I have two adult sons that I adore! Matt lives with me and Greg lives in NH with his lovely girlfriend, Ruby. I have 2 dogs, Jake and Sammy, and I have 3 cats that I adopted at 6 days old. Their names are Abbey, Emily and Isis and they are 3 years old now.
I have been drawing and writing for most of my life. I began scrapbooking after a trip to MichaelÕs one weekend 4 years ago, and I never looked back. I only wish I had known about scrapping when my boys were babies. About 2 years ago, I started digital scrapping and it is now my favorite Òcrafty thingÓ to do. I will never give up my paper supplies, as it is still fun to sit down and play with it. I also enjoy photography, knitting, writing poetry and making jewelry.
I am on two other Creative Teams and I am overjoyed that Julie invited me to be on her CT.
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Tania Ruiz
(creative team member)
My name is Tania, screen name koala1966. I live in hot and sunny central Florida. I have been paper-scrapping for 10 years and digi-scrapping for 3. I'm addicted to both! I work full time with computers and I need the creative outlet that scrapbooking allows in order to unwind. I was blessed to discover my true love in high school and we have been together for 19 years. We celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary this year. My husband and I love to travel and our vacations are often highlighted in my scrapbook pages, along with my nieces and nephews, friends and family. When Im not working, scrapbooking, or traveling, I love to read, research my family history, visit theme parks, and watch movies. I am the official photographer for my family (including my in-laws) and keep everyone up to date with each other via a family website. Im also a member of Katie the Scrapbook Ladys CT.
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Bernadette Hunt
(design team member)
My name is Bernadette but most people call me just 'B'. I met my DH later in life, so we don't have any children, but my two gorgeous cats have adopted him and love him as much as I do, LOL. I have 2 grown up nieces, and 2 little nephews who live in Australia, and a great nephew, so I am also known as Aunt B!
I have been an avid crafter for many years, I've tried everything from picture framing to jewelery making. I still make cards and I started paper scrapping in June 2005 with the aim of doing my own wedding album. I quickly discovered digi though and needless to say I got hooked. I did do my album but it became a little more digi than paper! It wasn't long before I started dabbling in designing and I just love it.
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Heidi Blankenship
(Creative Team Member)
Please visit my blog for creative inspiration
Heidi lives in Minnesota with her husband Eric and two children, Dusty (16) and Evan (7). Heidi has been involved with paper crafting for over twenty years. She was introduced to stamping in 1988 and over the years, has taught many classes at the local stamping and scrapbooking stores. Heidi loves to create a large spectrum of projects with a broad range of styles, but she leans towards the vintage, artsy style. She has also inspired others through being published in national magazines. The digital scrapping world is pretty new to Heidi but she is really enjoying the freedom it allows and is looking forward to this new creative journey. Heidi also currently designs traditional cards, altered arts and scrapbooking layouts for Spellbinders Paper Arts, Crafty Secrets and JustRite Stampers. In her spare time she also enjoys spending time with family and friends, photography, floral design, painting, gardening and jewelry making.
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Anne Amati
(Design and Creative Team Member)
I'm Anne (Gouzinette), 37 years old, married and proud mom of Nicolas who is 4 years old. I'm living near Paris (France !) and I'm totally digiscrap-addicted since August 2006. I love chocolate, Agatha Christie's books, Japanese food and Wile E. Coyote. I hate the pink color, spiders and hot milk. Please, visit my blog to see my digi-work: BLOG
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Sara Westhead
(Creative Team Member)
Born in New York City, Sara moved to Bermuda with her family when she was 8 years old, where she was raised. She began paper scrapping at the age of 15 with the help of a giant construction-paper, wire-bound Mead craft book, rubber cement and all the Hallmark stickers she could find, in order to create a memorable book of her first missionary trip. Her passion to record memories in book form only continued when she moved on to university in the US and discovered some of the earlier Pioneer scrapbooking products at her local Michael's.
Originally trained as a youth pastor, Sara went on to teach English in China, and then become a journalist, specializing in Religion and Special Features, at both of Bermuda's major newspapers. While working at one of those papers, she was introduced to ad design, using Photoshop and QuarkXpress on the Mac, which proved to be extremely useful when she discovered digital scrapbooking 4 years ago!
Now residing in West Yorkshire, England, with her husband of nearly 9 years, Andrew, and her sons, Tommy, 7, and Jonny, 4, Sara lives for creating. She teaches various paper crafting techniques at several local stores and also runs her own custom scrapbooking company, My Happy Scrapbooks (www.happyscrapbook.co.uk). She has been widely published within the UK, and works on the creative teams of several designers and websites.
In addition to digital, paper and hybrid scrapbooking and altering, Sara's other hobbies include teaching Sunday School at church, writing a regular column for the local newspaper, reading, playing on Facebook, and driving her boys wherever they need to go, and recently discovered jewellery making!
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Stacy Branson
(Creative Team Member)
My name is Stacy Branson. I have been married to my supportive husband for 10 years. We have two beautiful children, Haley (9) and Tyler (4). We also have 3 furbabies, one cat Minnie and two dogs, Scamp and Barney, all of which are the main subject of my scrapbooking obsession. I have always been creative, as far back as I can remember I was trying to manipulate one object to another, whether to make a card, for an art project or for home decor. My true love for scrapbooking began after I attended a Creative Memories Crop about 5 years ago. Digital scrapbooking came into my life after an online crop about a year ago, I was very intrigued. Although I still love to paper scrap, I spend the majority of my scrappy time on digital projects.
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Elaine Dennison
(Creative Team Member)
My name is Elaine and most often use Lainey as my online name. It's a nickname that my grandmother bestowed on me when I was a little girl in Virginia. Soon after my husband and I married we moved to North Florida and have been living here ever since. We live outside the state capital with our mini schnauzer Heidi and our six-toed calico cat Mittens. Our three granddaughters live near the Nation's capital and are the subject of most my scrapbook pages. I started making scrapbooks in middle school but stopped when our daughters were young. I started digital scrapbooking in 2006 when looking for a means to embellish my genealogy research with photos and family momentos. I do some design work, custom pages, and altered art as well as traditional scrapbooking layouts and participate on two designer creative teams. I've been working in Information Technology for the past 25 years and am currently working on a Masters Degree in Digital Security. I love all forms of arts and crafts and love mixing and matching media and techniques. Feel free to visit my E-scape and Scrap gallery or my blog, Crafting Rainbows, for more about my scrapbooking.
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Roxi Hardegree
(Design and Creative Team Member)
Hi, I'm Roxi, a transplanted northerner to the beautiful plains of west Texas. It's been a long time but I still feel like I'm on vacation! I created my first photo collages in 2003 with Elements and discovered digital scrap-booking in 2006. I love gardening, (used to make art quilts and teach), cooking, and learning everything Photoshop. My real job is being a hairstlylist 3 days a week (I have my own salon) and doing books for my husband, Blake's business. I love re-decorating my home and lately I've taken up learning photography the 'right way'. I also like creating my own digital designs and making my computer come alive.
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Kathy Brine
(Creative Team Member)
I am an Aussie mum of three who discovered traditional scrapbooking in March 2006, & digital scrapping in 2008. I scrap as a creative outlet; to record family milestones and our way of life (in case I forget); & to preserve "stuff" accumulated over a lifetime in a manner which requires no additional explanation (in case I'm not around to share it). I'm also a daily newspaper journalist, piano teacher, guinea pig breeder & princess warrior when life calls for it. IÕm 34 years old but somehow still feel 19 Ð until I walk past a mirror! I live in the country with a fair few pets Ð chooks, ducks, rabbits, guinea pigs, a dog, and a canary. I like getting textile every once in a while by creating something out of paper, but love the expediency of digital. It is, after all, more about recording the story and photo for me.
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Susanne aka Sus Designs
(Design Team Member)
My name is Susanne aka Sus, and I am 31 years old (born 1979). I live in Denmark, with my husband Jacob and our beautiful son, Xander and also our two cats. In real life, am I studying to become an optometrist, and there isn't that much creativity in that, so I love that I can have a creative outlet.
I have been scrapping for about 5 years, it started with our wedding and an online search for ideas, it was then that I stumbled on scrapbooking. That quickly changed to digital scrapping since that doesn«t take up so much room. I have been designing from the start, at first with very little luck, but with a lot of practice I have gotten the hang of it, and my style is mostly sweet with a hint of wear and tear.
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Betsy aka The busy Elf Designs
(Design Team Member)
Betsy lives with her husband and a multitude of animals in a small town in Oregon. Their two girls are grown; one married and the other just out of college. So except for the noise from the animals (yes, there is a parrot involved!), its gotten pretty quiet. A perfect time for Betsy to get back in the creative swing. She has sold one of a kind designer dolls before and got into the digital world a couple of years ago. Now it is a rare day when you donÕt find her tapping away at her lap-top.
She spends her free time reading, taking photos, and playing with her new ÔBabyÕ, the pup ÔIndiana BonesÕ. She is a lover of all things sci-fi and fantasy and conversely anything antique. She is brimming with new ideas for Digital kits, that she canÕt wait to share with you!
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Becky Alexander aka Lady Bug Designs
(Design Team Member)
My name is Becky and I'm a scrap-a-holic. I've been told that I have a creative side and that I should put it to good use. I love technology, so using the computer to create only made sense. Photoshop has unleashed my creative muse in so many different ways.
I have been married for 10 years and have 5 grown children from a blended family (3 are mine and 2 are my husband's). Together we have 8 beautiful grandchildren, They are the reason I began creating scrapbook layouts. It has become my way of preserving memories.
I moved from southern Ohio to Minnesota 10 years ago and wondered why I was doing this since I really don't like the cold! As it turns out, the long, cold, snowy winters give me the perfect reason to stay inside and create!
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Rose Thorn
(Design Team Member)
Rose has been working with computer graphics and other computer software for a number of years, having worked in the computer industry since the 1980's. She discovered the digital scrapbooking community in January of 2008 after searching for a way to speed up her work in creating a genealogical scrapbook as a wedding gift for her niece.
She has loved color, fabric, paper, nature and photographs, especially old and historical ones, for as long as she can remember. Growing up with parents and an extended family with many artistic talents allowed her a great appreciation for all things creative. She has tried her hand at a variety of hand-crafts throughout her lifetime and enjoyed the process of most all she tried but with digital scrapbooking she feels that she's finally found her artistic niche; this is the one that feels right.
Married over 20 years, mother of 2, when she is not designing or digi-scrapping, she volunteers her time creating memory photo gifts and managing a web site for a non-profit group supporting bereaved parents.
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Jan Walker
(Creative Team Member)
A writer, editor, photographer and designer, Jan is truly blessed to make a living doing what she loves. Pursuing a creative career was a natural choice for herÉ Jan’s father was an artist, so she grew up drawing and dabbling in various arts and crafts. She has worked as a newspaper writer and editor, a broadcast journalist, magazine writer, and even did a tour of duty as Managing Editor of Photoshop Elements Techniques.
An avid photographer, Jan has an eye for unusual detail and an eclectic artistic sensibility. She enjoys photo restoration and creating digital art with Photoshop and Illustrator. Jan is on staff at ScrappersGuide.com and is a contributing writer for the DigiShopTalk Insider. She CTs for Manuela Zimmerman, Studio Manu at ScrapbookGraphics; and Christine Mortimer, Digilicious Designs at Divine Digital. And in her spare time, she enjoys the creative community at Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild, where she met Julie Mead. Jan is pleased to join Julie’s Creative Team, and is looking forward to getting to know everyone here at E-Scape and Scrap!
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