Meet Our New Design Team

As we mentioned in our previous post, it was a tough call choosing designers for our blog. There were so many talented ladies who submitted their work and how we wish we can take you all! We hope that this won't stop you from trying out again for our next call in May 2009.

We are very excited to introduce to you our first Design Team! To get to know them better, here's a little bio of these lovely ladies.

INGRID DANVERS

Hi! I am Ingrid, a 40 year old mom to 2 gorgeous girls, living in the Netherlands and happily together with Eric for more than 12 years. I discovered scrapbooking in 2005, but didn't 'officially' start until April 2006. I have been addicted ever since. While I love to create scrapbook pages I think my heart lies with mini albums and cards. My favorite techniques are layering and stitching. I have been published in the Dutch magazines Cards Only and Scrapbook Magazine.
Ingrid's Blog

TRACY SCHULTZ

My name is Tracy Schultz and I'm a soon-to-be 28 year old tech geek. I've been making cards and paper crafting for just about a year. And, well, I'm addicted! I'm married to a wonderful man named Mike and together we have one noisy cockatiel named Kiwi and a horde of angry Cichlids.

I'm proud to be a senior staff reporter for Craft Critique and a design team member for i {heart} papers. When I'm not paper crafting you can usually find me making jewelry, gardening, or taking photos. I'm honored and excited to be a member of the first design team for Card Patterns and can't wait to share my work with you all!
Tracy's Blog


SONYA PICKLES
I'm a 42 year old mother to 3 and happily married to my partner of 19 years. We live in a small rural district in the south island of New Zealand. Four years ago, my husband fell off his motor bike and broke his neck. He has been left paralized from the neck down. During our 6 month stay at the Spinal Hospital, I was introduced to card making by a kind nurse. Once back home, I branched into scrapbooking and more recently altered arts. I am a member of Scrapbook Studios Design Team here in New Zealand. I have just had my first submitted scrapbook page accepted for the NZ Up2Scrap magazine.
Sonya's Blog


MICHELLE BERTUZZI
Turning 34 this year, I am married to my happily ever after Rick. We have 2 hyperactive young boys and we are residing in Alberta, Canada. I am the administrator of Card Patterns. From painting, fashion sketching and paper crafting (origami) came my passion for card making & scrapbooking. I'm a big fan of Photoshop and Illustrator. What I find challenging with crafts? I can't cut or draw a straight line longer than 5" so rulers and cutters are my best friend! What's yours?
Michelle's Blog


FIONA YEOH
I'm 27 young this year & share my life with my boyfriend and my shihtzu Teddy in sunny Singapore. I first started out with scrapbooking & later on fell in love with cardmaking. One day when I looked back, I realized that I've always been in love with all things paper [collecting stationery sets, stickers etc] hence my blog "Fetish for Papers"
I am truly honored to be a part of Card Patterns & look forward to having fun with everyone! :)
Fiona's Blog


KRISTEN SWAIN
I am a work at home Mom to two girls - Alizabeth(10) and Annalise(7) both vibrant, outgoing children. My hubby and I have been married for going on 14 years this year. I have been scrapping since I was 6 months pregnant with my oldest daughter. Card making was not a craft I did until just about 2 years ago, and now they are one of my favorite things to create. I have been published in many leading scrapbook magazines and also work for several manufacturers. I love being inspired by crafters and hope to inspire others as well.
Kristen's Blog


RAECHELLE BELLUS
I'm Raechelle (pronounced Rachel) and I am excited to be a part of this team! I have been making cards for about 4 years now and have been using sketches as a guide for a little over a year. I first began making cards as a way to use up all the scraps from my layouts and that has stuck with me since. I am a wife and a mom to 4 beautiful girls, 2 dogs and 4 cats. I enjoy reading and hanging out with my family in my spare time.
Raechelle's Blog

MARIE MC CLELLAN

I am married to the greatest man in the world, and I am so blessed to be able to stay at home to raise my three young children. In between all of the craziness of being a mom, wife, and single-parent when my husband is on missions for the Air Force as a pilot, I relax through stamping and paper-crafting. I found my love for stamping via Stampin' Up! and nothing makes me happier than giving cards and gifts to those I love and care about or teaching others how to stamp and paper-craft too. I also have really enjoyed my blogging endeavor and strive to provide inspiration and good tips and advice to my readers. In whatever spare time I have left (yeah right!), I enjoy reading, being outdoors and doing active things with my family, I love animals and I relish the time that my family does have together. I am so excited to begin this creative journey with the Card Patterns Design Team!!
Marie's Blog

We hope you'll join us with our first sketch live on Feb 7 (Saturday). CP team are looking forward to seeing all your creations! Don't miss out the fun!

Hugs,
CP Design Team