~ The Gone Scrapbooking Creative Team (July 2010-July 2011) ~
These six remarkably talented individuals provide top notch card-making and scrapbooking inspiration. I publish their projects in my National Scrapbook Column at Examiner.com. Gone Scrapbooking Creative Team members choose their own topics and products and are not limited to any particular themes or brands.
Here are the Gone Scrapbooking Creative Team Members in alphabetical order by last name:
Karen Garbacik
(Paper scrapbooking and card-making)
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Blog - Gallery - Store
I have been married for 20 years and have three daughters. I love paper-crafting and cooking as well as spending time with family and friends. I currently own and operate an online scrapbooking store that I hope to turn into a brick and mortar scrapbooking store in the near future. I find paper-crafting to be very relaxing, and the creativity involved is very satisfying.
Ashley Hamm
(Paper scrapbooking and card-making)
Kokomo, Indiana
Blog - Gallery
I started scrapbooking when I was 16 after reading Creating Keepsakes Magazine. I have been published online and in print over the years. I am a Registered Nurse and I work at a maximum security prison. I plan to return to school to get my master's degree. On my days off, I spend time with my amazing boyfriend. I could live at the lake in the summer and at the library in the winter. I am teaching myself to cook by trial and error. I like to stay busy, both at work and at play. I always carry my camera with me and I took a photography class in college. I am addicted to Orbit spearmint gum and planning vacations.
Amanda Sevall
(Digital scrapbooking)
Soledad, California
Blog - Gallery - Facebook - Stampin' Up Store
Back in 2005, I married my best friend and as soon as I saw all the pictures from the photographer I thought about giving scrapbooking a try! I have met many people, made the best of friends and traveled all over the country scrapbooking with them. Aside from scrapbooking, I'm a long time photographer, quilter, knitter, crocheter (is that a word?!) and art+craft enthusiast. You name the craft and I have no doubt that I have tried it! I am the daughter of a kindergarten teacher and engineer, which I suppose explains the need for perfect measurements and messy art projects! And I have one brother and one sister, both of whom drove us all crazy last year by getting married four months apart from each other! We have one adorable nephew who is a year and half old, another nephew or niece on the way, one cute Boston Terrier, Scarlet, and two cats, Nala and Darby, all of whom often become subjects of my scrapbooking layouts. My husband is an avid athlete and foodie, who loves torturing me with endless Law & Order marathons when he's not at work or riding his bike. Me? During the work day, you'll find me in administration for local government. After hours, I spend the rest of my time in endless pursuit of my never ending to-do list. At any given time I will have at least ten craft projects in the works, five or six books I'm reading, a pile of magazines on the end table in the living room, a couple dozen reality TV shows on my DVR (it's a sickness!) and a half dozen windows open on the computer. What can I say, I'm a multi-tasker! I don't tend to define myself by one type of scrapbook style either, I love them all: digi, paper, flowers, graphic, simple, complicated, glittery, distressed. I do not discriminate. And I am my worst critic.
Kathleen Summers
(Digital scrapbooking)
Roseville, California
Blog - Gallery - Facebook
I am married and have three children. I have been scrapbooking since 2001, and started digital scrapbooking in February 2009. I have been published over 90 times in print publications including Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, and Memory Makers as well as several idea book publications in the scrapbooking and paper-crafting industry. I have also written scrapbooking articles for magazines published by F+W Media, Future US, and Practical Publishing.
Keandra Perkins-Willis
(Paper scrapbooking)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Blog - Gallery - Facebook
I am a work-from-home mom of five guys and one girl. I'm married to a versatile guy who loves to scrapbook, too! I take way too many pictures and read too few books! I own Kreatorville Kraft Kit Klub.
Pat Yahner
(Paper scrapbooking and card-making)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Blog - Gallery - Etsy Store
I have three children, two of whom are in college and one who graduated last year. My husband and I recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. I am an accountant by day and spend my free time scrapbooking and making cards. I am a Copic Certified Designer and teach classes for a local scrapbooking group. I write about local scrapbooking and stamping events for Examiner.com as the Raleigh Scrapbooking and Stamping Examiner.