Elizabeth Kartchner
Elizabeth Kartchner loves to celebrate life through paper and glue. In 2007, She was named Scrapbooker of the Year by Creating Keepsakes magazine which followed with her column, "Dear Lizzy."
In late 2009 she also released her first book titled, "52 More Scrapbooking Challenges."
Visit her blog: www.elizabethkartchner.
Margie Romney Asslet
Margie started her Scrapbooking career at a little scrapbook store in Mesa, Arizona, Scrabooks Etc. She loved working there and teaching her class Card Crazy! While working there Margie had the opportunity to be a contributing artist for 2 Bazzill books Bazzill Color and Eclectic!
While living in Arizona Margie worked for Deluxe Designs where she taught all over the country, was a contributing artist for the book Card Crazy and designed her first paper line, Margie’s House. In 2004 Margie’s family moved to Utah, where she grew up and went to work for Making Memories as a product designer and eventually as the Style Director.
Over the last several years working in the Scrapbooking industry, Margie has developed a keen sense of style and product design because she caters to what she knows ever “girl” wants. Margie’s first love is teaching! She has taught all over the United states and the world, including South Africa, Norway, Australia, France and Holland...Margie LOVES getting out and meeting other women who share her passion for Scrapbooking and Paper crafting. If you have ever taken one of Margie’s classes you know she is a “closet” comedian, full of fun and laughs!
Margie and her daughters Megan and Brooke own an online Kit of the Month Club the Girls’ Loft. Margie loves working with her daughters and loves that they have inherited her love for playing with paper. In 2010 Margie launched her newest adventure. The Girls’ Paperie with Advantus Corp.Margie is a hip hop Mom to 4 grown kids! Wife to Grant Aslett for 24 years. A friend to everyone she meets. Loves a good laugh, Drinks Diet Dr. Pepper like nobody's business. Makes stuff with paper, fabric, paint and glue. Glitter is her friend. The color pink is her favorite! Hates goodbyes. Margie has a passion for life and loves to share it Margie is just a girl loving life...
You can read her blog: “I’m just a girl" http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/
You can read her blog: “I’m just a girl" http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/
Donna Downey
Donna Downey is a bestselling author, instructor and all-around creative force in the crafting industry. In 2000, she got into scrapbooking as an extension of her paper product and photography addiction. This was only the beginning. From working as a popular columnist for Simple Scrapbooks magazine, to traveling the world inspiring women to push the boundaries of their own creativity, to developing her first fabric scrapbooking line with Prima Marketing Inc. Donna is consistently on the leading edge of all things cool related to memory preservation art.
As a craft-media artist, Donna is a born experimenter, blending and transforming both traditional and unexpected items into meaningful pieces of self expression. A former elementary school teacher, she has synthesized her first love of teaching with her passion for craft and brings this to women via workshops at scrapbook stores and events, writing books, and through her popular blog and website. Donna also hosts her own annual art and mixed media event called the inspired. Artist Workshop.
Donna lives in North Carolina with her supportive husband and partner, and is a mother of three exceptionally blonde children, and two dogs.
Visit her blog: http://donnadowney.typepad.com/
Julianna C. Hudgins
Julianna Hudgins is a well-known mover, shaker and influencer in the creative crafting community. As an innovative creative lifestyle expert, TV personality, author, and designer, Julianna has turned millions on to the joys of crafting through her first-hand experiences and applications of the hobby.
Julianna is recognized and adored by fans worldwide and has built a loyal followingthrough her television appearances. With regular guest appearances on the QVC craft and toy hours, Julianna’s sincerity and compassion and her genuine enthusiasm for the creative arts has built a loyal viewing and shopping audience for many years. Julianna became a household name in the creative industry with her thousands of appearances on shows such as TNN’s Aleene’s Creative Living, HGTV’s Carol Duvall Show, PBS Scrapbook Memories, DIY Scrapbooking, Discovery Channel’s Home Matter’s, Shop at Home TV, and the Home Shopping Network.
Julianna was selected by the Craft & Hobby Association to present the latest trends and techniques at the Japan Hobby show in Tokyo, has earned recognition as one of the “Top Eight Scrapbooking Authorities” by the DIY Network and has penned four insightful books on various aspects of crafting.
Tapping into her 18+ years experience as a business owner, manufacturer and importer, coupled with her production, design, communication and media expertise, Julianna has a keen ability to understand the needs of manufacturers and retailers in building consumer brand recognition and customer loyalty. As an International Product Spokesperson for many of the creative industries companies, including the Ellison and Sizzix brand products, Julianna travels the world teaching unique die cutting techniques using alternative materials for paper crafting, home décor, fashion and jewelry ideas.
Known by friends and industry professionals as “Jewels”, Julianna is married to Rich and mother to Josh and Billybob her boxer dog. She enjoys traveling, making
jewelry,shopping and spending quality time with friends and family.
Collen have over 25 years of crafting experience and over 15 years of certified teaching experience. She have worked with a variety of mediums - from inks and paper to paints and canvas - and have instructed both face-to-face workshops as well as on-line classes.
She have been a Copic Certified Instructor since October, 2008 and was recently was asked to join an elite group of instructors traveling around the United States teaching Copic Certification Classes. She is the Copic “go to” gal for the Southern Region and she is also a demo artist and educator for Copic at their annual trade shows.
She have worked with a number of companies over the years doing both writing and designing, and have been fortunate enough to have some of her works published. She's currently doing design work for Copic, GinaK Designs, and DRG Publishing.
Sharon lives in a tiny town in Colorado, where she works from her home as a designer for Little Yellow Bicycle.
When she’s not busy creating new collections, teaching or gathering inspiration, she enjoys gardening, photography, cooking, traveling and spending time relaxing with her family.
Scarlett Nelson Garcia
Scarlett is the EK Success Brands account manager and a certified Scrapbook Design & You (SDU) instructor. Scarlett travels the southeast representing the EK Success Brands family of products including EK Success, K and Company, Inkadinkado stamps and Martha Stewart Crafts, working with gift, craft and scrapbook stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Texas.
Scarlett has been representing EK Success Brands for over 4 years and has been using their products for twice as long. A lifelong crafter, her passion for scrapbooking began over 10 years ago while working and teaching classes at a central Florida scrapbook store. Scarlett & her husband Rudy, live with their new baby girl Charlie in central Florida where Scarlett is currently working on keeping up with Charlie's albums utilizing the theories and techniques she learned and teaches in SDU.
Glitz Girls
Laura, Erin and Virginia
Our company, GLITZ Design, started out with one idea that has grown into a full-fledged Scrapbook company! We carry original paper, stickers, rub ons, stamps, rhinestone strips (we like to call it “Frosting”) and much more. We, Erin DeSpain, Ginger John and Laura Funk, started this company because we wanted to CREATE Exciting and Fabulous NEW scrapbooking products. We love working with the store owners and their customers on a regular basis. The most exciting part of all is that we get to CREATE for a living. We scrapbook for our Job! What more could you ask for? Glitz Design has grown at a tremendously fast rate and we look forward to a very long and happy future together in the scrapbooking industry.
We love traveling to teach in stores and attend industry conventions to witness all the innovative new designs and products (and share our own, of course!) We always remember to keep it fun even though the work can also be quite grueling. We try to sit down together every now and then and JUST scrapbook. Every time we come out with new products they are our NEW favorites. We hope they’re yours, too! What really matters to Glitz is that when you look back on a layout it tells you a story. It doesn’t just look pretty…it makes you cry or smile, or maybe even burst out laughing! We hope Glitz can help you achieve preserving your precious memories!
We love traveling to teach in stores and attend industry conventions to witness all the innovative new designs and products (and share our own, of course!) We always remember to keep it fun even though the work can also be quite grueling. We try to sit down together every now and then and JUST scrapbook. Every time we come out with new products they are our NEW favorites. We hope they’re yours, too! What really matters to Glitz is that when you look back on a layout it tells you a story. It doesn’t just look pretty…it makes you cry or smile, or maybe even burst out laughing! We hope Glitz can help you achieve preserving your precious memories!
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