A big THANK YOU to all the people who applied to be part of Cut it Up
Challenge Blog's Design Team for its fifth term! There's so much talent
out there, it was a really tough job narrowing it down to fill the
available slots!
Here is the new Design Team! You can click on their names to visit
their blogs. While visiting, we'd love it if you became followers! The first challenge for our new team is next Friday, September 6th. We hope you come back then and check out their amazing projects and help us welcome the newcomers!
First, the returning members:
Hi, I’m Jessica from CraftyMrs
(http://www.craftymrs.blogspot.com). I am a teacher by day and crafter by
weekend. I have been married to my middle school sweetheart for 5 years. He just finished “crafting” me my dream home
this past year. I have a well-loved niece and nephew that tend to be the main
recipients of my craft creations. Paper crafting is my main hobby but I dabble
with other mediums as well. My favorite
tools in my craft loft are my cricut, cuttlebug, and sewing machine. I am
looking forward to sharing my creations!
Hello! My name is Karen. I am very excited to be on
the Cut It Up Design Team! I have been happily married to my husband for 21
years. Our oldest daughter is 20. She is in her 3rd year at college majoring in
Dance. My second daughter is 16. We love crafting together! My youngest child
is a boy who is 10. He enjoys playing flag football and baseball. I started
making scrapbook pages about 9 years ago. I still enjoy making them but when I
received my first Cricut I really got into making cards. I use my Silhouette
Cameo, Cricut, and Gypsy for just about everything I make. I also like making
altered items like notebooks, frames, and chipboard albums. I started my blog
in June 2011 and have loved every minute of it!
Hello
to all! My name is Migdalia and I am from New York. I am 42 yrs old and with a
background in Sales. This year my other half and I will be making our 15 years
together. We have a bird named Fred who loves to whistle. I have a younger
sister and a handsome nephew. I started crafting several years ago but on 2010
I had began with setting up my blog but never completed it. Then on 2011, I began to pick up where I left
off. My blog was set and I was introduced to bloggie world. Love it!
I use my Cricut and Gypsy all the time but I have been introduced to other tools like, the Cutttlebug, Spellbinders dies, and other crafting tools which I enjoy using on my projects. I love to make cards, especially for kids, altered projects, and I especially love to make any type of 3-d project with candy.Yummy! Oh! and I enjoy leaving bloggie love!
I use my Cricut and Gypsy all the time but I have been introduced to other tools like, the Cutttlebug, Spellbinders dies, and other crafting tools which I enjoy using on my projects. I love to make cards, especially for kids, altered projects, and I especially love to make any type of 3-d project with candy.Yummy! Oh! and I enjoy leaving bloggie love!
I’ve
always been crafty. I knit, was into counted cross-stitch for a few
years, made beaded Christmas tree ornaments. I’ve kept a scrapbook since
I was a girl. It included grainy, out of focus black and white photos
taken on school field trips and around my home, locks of hair from when I got
it cut, and paint samples from when I painted my bedroom walls (pink and
yellow.) When I discovered scrapbooking, I took that old scrapbook apart
and re-made it using all acid-free materials. I got frustrated with
alphabet stickers, though, because I was always running out of the letters I
needed. I wanted the Quickutz, then the Sizzix. While I was saving
my money to buy one, I found out about the Cricut. The rest, as they say,
is history! I now have two Cricut Expressions, a Gypsy, and a Bosskut
Gazelle, and use all of them to make scrapbook layouts, cards, and other paper
items as well. I'm honored and excited to be managing the Cut it Up
Challenge Blog!
Please warmly welcome the newest members of the Cut it Up Challenge Blog Design Team!
Here they are, in alphabetical order:
Hello! My name is Cindy Messer. I'm
blessed to have a wonderful husband and to be a stay at home mom to two
kids. I've been crafting in one form or another for as long as I can
remember. Cards, mini albums, and home décor projects are my
favorites. I love to learn new things and try different techniques.
I also love to cook and bake. And I'm very excited to be a part of the
Cut It Up DT!!
Hi! I'm Emily and even though my blog is Mollie's
Motif, my real name is Emily. I live in Saratoga Springs, Utah. I am
married to an awesome guy, he is my complete match. I am a SAHM to a son who is
almost 5 and a 15 month old little girl. I have always had a
love of paper and have done little paper crafts here and there, but I got
really involved after I got my first Cricut for Christmas 2010. Crafting
has become a big part of my life over the last couple years and I have loved
every minute of it! I added the Cuttlebug within the first few months of my new
hobby, and just last year upgraded to the Expression. I have found that
crafting is my escape and I have needed to escape many times over the last year
since having my baby and being the caretaker for my husband who was battling
cancer; he's cancer free now! I love making cards, wood crafts, home
decor, and fun goodie bags for friends and family. I also enjoy food - eating,
baking, cooking - it's all good :) I enjoy cross-stitch and sewing too. I
look forward to getting to know so many more crafters through this experience
and hopefully we can all inspire each other!
I
have been married to my college sweetheart, Doug Houck, for 22 years.
Doug is a wonderful husband and father and is completely supportive of my
paper and stamp hobby/therapy. He even knows a few crafty terms, like
vellum, acetate, card stock, and patterned paper (yeah, he's a keeper!)
Before we were married one of my students gave me two kittens (my first
set of twins LOL), and I named them Sadie and Skeeziks. Our furry
children lived to be 14yo and 22yo, respectively! We have had many happy
years when it was just us and our furry children, but also lots of fun when our
non-furry children came along. Our twin girls are 11yo. The only
thing I like better than paper play is our family time in the evenings and on
weekends.
Hi! I am Katie
Brooks, AKA kbstamps. I have been crafting for as long as I remember
always trying to peddle my wares...in Jr. High & HS, hemp necklaces and
beaded wares, college yeilded knited goods, and finally I found my one
true love...Paper Crafting. I can make cards quickly (relatively...) and
share them with everyone I love and relieve stress at the same time!
Cards are my big love but make scrap stuff and altered items occasionally too.
In addition to my addiction...er...hobby... have a wonderful husband of 7
years and a 5 year old sweetie pie! LOVE them! I also work full
time at a research center looking for a vaccine to HIV. My Big
Shot is my number one tool that I love to use. I am SUPER thrilled
to be joining the Cut-Up DT! I can't wait to get inky and cut-it all up!
I am a freelance artist and designer for the
craft industry and have been scrapbooking and die cutting since the purchase of
my first Cricut machine nearly 7 years ago. I have been crafting in one
avenue or another since I was very small - my mother dubbed me "The Queen
of make-and-do." In addition to scrapbooking I do mixed media art
work, crochet, beads, I do needlepoint and stitching, sew, dabble in quilting
and dollhouses/dollhouse minis. I teach
colored pencil and mixed media classes online and previously owned an online
papercrafts store, designed my own stamp line and started a crafting magazine
called Through the Craft Room Door which is still in production. I have 2
grown boys and a small daughter and spend a good deal of time working with a
rescue organization, Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation. I specialize in
rescuing pregnant cats and newborn kittens. I have degrees in Political
Science and Public Policy and live on the outskirts of the Washington DC metro
area. You can find my work on my blog Pezadoodle Designs - http://pezadoodle.blogspot.com.
Sarah
My name is Sarah. I am married and we have a 21 year old son, who is away at college. We live in Michigan, but I consider myself a Southerner. I work part time at a local public school as a cook.
I have been stamping for over 20 years. I do occasionally scrapbook but I mainly make cards. My style is more cutesy than anything with lots of layers and coloring. I also love different folds (easel cards, flip cards, rocking cards, etc.). I recently bought a Silhouette Cameo and I adore it. It makes card making so much easier.
I look forward to sharing ideas and getting to know everyone.
My name is Sarah. I am married and we have a 21 year old son, who is away at college. We live in Michigan, but I consider myself a Southerner. I work part time at a local public school as a cook.
I have been stamping for over 20 years. I do occasionally scrapbook but I mainly make cards. My style is more cutesy than anything with lots of layers and coloring. I also love different folds (easel cards, flip cards, rocking cards, etc.). I recently bought a Silhouette Cameo and I adore it. It makes card making so much easier.
I look forward to sharing ideas and getting to know everyone.
Hi
everyone! I live in Georgia with the
love of my life of 27 years. We have two
daughters; the youngest is in her freshman year of college so we’re new empty
nesters. I work full time as an
Administrative Assistant. I bought my first Cricut a little over a year ago and
now I own three! The crafting bug got the best of me. I love using my Cricuts, my Gypsy, and my
Silhouette Cameo.
I’m
fairly new to blogging. I started my blog in February of 2012 and it’s been a
labor of love. It’s nice to be able to share my creations with the crafting
community, while hoping to inspire and learn along the way. I also enjoy other
crafts, but found cardmaking to be my true passion.
When I’m
away from my crafting table, I’m either reading, visiting with friends, or
being a domestic diva. I’m honored to
have been chosen to join the Cut It Up Challenge Blog Design Team with such
fabulously talented crafters. For more info about me, my creations and my
creative journey you can find me at http://www.susiecrafthappy.com
Hi my Name Is Tania (although I usually sign my name on
challenges as Taniaj.) I am 48 (just,
August 1st) and live on the Isle of Man (The home of TT motor bike racing)
somewhere in the middle of the Irish Sea, with my husband and 2 sons. I have
been crafting since 2004 when I need something to keep me awake. I suffer from SAD in the winter months and
this is what I decided to do. I have dabbled in card making, scrapbooking,
ATC’s a bit of altered art. My favourite being card making; each card is a
piece of art work and a bit of me. My husband says I don’t need a craft room
because we live in a craft house!!!! I have recently found digital images which
are super with my love for Pro Markers and a lot easier to store. I can have thousands of digi images on a
memory stick and nobody is any wiser. When I'm not crafting, the day job is a teaching
assistant and tutor at a local secondary school which I love, although it can
be challenging and requires a lot of patience and empathy, so my down time is
crafting and I find it so rewarding. I am so looking forward to joining Cut It
Up as it will encourage me to use my and to work with some talented crafters.
Hugs txx
