Welcome again to the weblog as we share our subsequent 4 crew members of our 2025 Artistic Group!
We’re so excited to welcome our subsequent returning crew member this 12 months, Nathalie DeSousa! Nathalie creates stunning layouts, playing cards, and extra—and we love all of them!
Let’s get to know Nathalie:
Hello there! I’m Nathalie DeSousa from Ecuador, but in addition a proud Canadian for over 30 years. I’m blessed to be a stay-at-home spouse and mother to our two grownup youngsters and 14-year-old pet. I’ve crafted my complete life, and memory-keeping has all the time been considered one of my favourite hobbies. Notebooks and photos have been a relentless since I used to be a baby, and now it’s my approach to go on our recollections to future generations. If I’m not behind the desk engaged on something memory-keeping, you possibly can all the time discover me studying a ebook with a cup of black espresso and a bit of darkish chocolate! I’m so glad to be right here and share a little bit of my concepts and life with you all!
What’s Nathalie’s favorite color scheme?
I’m a black and white with a touch of rainbow type of lady. I consider black and white are underrated colours that may shine with only a sprinkle of rainbow magic.
What’s Nathalie’s favorite challenge from 2024?
I really like easy, clear, and layered tasks. Combined media and paper layering are my go-to strategies, together with a black and white and a touch of rainbow—my favourite shade palette. So, with the ability to mix them makes this considered one of my favourite tasks!
Discover extra of Nathalie’s creations right here: Instagram | Weblog | YouTube
This returning crew member in all probability wants no introduction, however we’re so excited to welcome her again—say hi there to Mindy Eggen, and prepare to be impressed by her beautiful card creations this 12 months!
Let’s get to know Mindy:
Mindy has been working within the crafting trade for about six years by means of her weblog and YouTube channel. She loves sharing strategies and card inspiration utilizing a wide range of merchandise. Crafting has all the time been an outlet for Mindy, and she or he is grateful that she will do it full-time with so many superb firms within the trade. It’s an ideal match for Mindy since she turned a stay-at-home mother in 2013 for her autistic son. Mindy has a supportive husband and a teenage daughter.
What’s Mindy’s favorite sort of product to create with?
Layering stencils as a result of they’ll create fast and easy designs or I can take slightly additional time so as to add depth to the picture with a number of colours of ink.
What’s Mindy’s favorite challenge from 2024?
One among my favourite tasks from 2024 was created with Beautiful Flowers from Gina Ok Designs. It is a stunning stencil to create with. I beloved the picture, the comfortable ink mixing within the background, and the heartfelt sentiment that match properly on a panorama card.
Discover extra of Mindy’s creations right here: Weblog | Instagram | YouTube
Subsequent, let’s say hi there to a brand new crew member, Brianna Estrella! We have now featured Brianna’s work right here on the weblog and in our points, and have been wowed by her designs! We will’t wait to see what she creates this 12 months!
Let’s get to know Brianna:
Hi there! My identify is Brianna and I’m so excited to be right here! I’ve been scrapbooking for over 19 years and I like to create 12×12 layouts. We’re a army household presently stationed in our dwelling state of California. It’s so good residing near household once more after shifting away 15 years in the past! I’ve 3 youngsters, Noah, Elijah, and Annie and also you’ll see them on quite a lot of my pages. I really like espresso, studying, thrifting, and spending time with my household. I’m additionally a giant Swiftie and I’m a sucker for Swedish sweet.
What’s Brianna’s favorite software?
It is a onerous one since I LOVE my instruments… I’d should say apart from my beloved Tim Holtz 9.5 inch scissors, a misery software is my favourite. I really like distressing and roughing up the perimeters of my paper layers. It actually provides that additional one thing to all of my layouts.
What’s Brianna’s favorite challenge from 2024?
This was additionally a tough one! I had fairly a number of favourite tasks from 2024 however in the long run, this structure received as a result of there have been so many various strategies on one structure. Whereas I really like making playing cards, I don’t often make them that always. I do love to include some card making strategies into my layouts although! I did a little bit of ink mixing, stamping, warmth embossing, and die chopping on this specific web page. This structure was quite a lot of enjoyable to place collectively!
Discover extra of Brianna’s creations right here: Instagram | YouTube | Fb | Weblog
Our subsequent crew member is one we’re so pleased to welcome again, Paige Evans! Paige not solely creates for our points however can be our Artistic Editor, serving to us to plan our challenge content material! Paige additionally creates the perfect minimize recordsdata for us, and you’ll find FREE recordsdata to obtain from our weblog HERE and from our points HERE!
Let’s get to know Paige:
Paige has been scrapbooking since she was 16 years previous when she bought her very first job at slightly native scrapbook retailer in Redmond, Washington known as Yesterdays Scrapbooking & Stuff. She’s been scrapbooking for over 22 years and loves it as a lot at present as she did again then! Paige has 16 signature scrapbooking collections with American Crafts with two extra within the works. She loves instructing in-person and digital courses, displaying how one can create colourful and distinctive layouts & mini albums in addition to Coptic bookbinding programs. Paige lives within the suburbs of Denver along with her husband of 16 years, son Fox, daughter Jane, in addition to two cute cats and a bunny.
What’s Paige’s favorite product to create with?
My favorite product to work with is patterned paper!
What’s Paige’s favorite challenge from 2024?
I’ve hooked up a photograph of my favourite structure from 2024 which was made throughout a YouTube reside that includes my previous Bungalow Lane assortment with American Crafts. I blended patterned paper pennants with photographs additionally formed into pennants to create a banner-filled web page!
Discover extra of Paige’s creations right here: Instagram | Fb | YouTube | Web site
4 extra proficient ladies who’re certain to encourage us in 2025! We’re so pleased to welcome them, and share 5 extra crew members with you tomorrow! See you then!