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2007 Instructors
Angelia Wigginton
Angelia began scrapbooking 8 years
ago, after discovering scrapbooking supplies at a local flea
market. Since that time her love for all things related to
scrapbooking and paper crafting has
only grown deeper...her husband would say it was bordering on
obsession. As a computer engineer
turned stay-at-home mom, she has devoted many hours to this hobby.
She describes her style as
"linear, clean, and colorful". She loves patterned papers, brads,
buttons, and rubons, and delights
in finding just the right color scheme or pattern combo to "set the
mood" for her photos and story.
Angelia lives in Mississippi with her two daughters, Olivia and
Michaela, her husband,
Rich, and their two cats. When she is not scrapbooking or teaching
scrapbook classes,
she loves to see movies in the theater, read books, practice her
photography,
and hang out with family.
Angelia is a 2007 BHG Scrapbooks etc. Creative Team member. She is a
2006 Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame Winner, a 2005 Memory Makers
Master, and a 2004 PaperKuts Power Team winner. In the past she has
worked with some of the top manufacturers in this industry - Junkitz,
Li'l Davis Designs, Deja Views, and Me & My Big Ideas. Currently she
designs projects for K&Company. Her layouts, cards, and
altered items have been published in many scrapbooking and paper
crafting magazines and idea books.
Visit her blog
at
Angelia's Blog
Cheryl Mezzetti
Cheryl Mezzetti is an accomplished
designer and artist who has been working in the paper arts industry for
several years. She has been frequently published in scrapbooking and
paper crafting magazines including Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends,
Correspondence Art, Scrapbooking & Beyond, Paper Creations, Paper Works,
Better Homes & Gardens
and
Paper Art. Her designs have also been featured in idea books from
Paperhouse Productions and Making Memories. She is the current Design
Team Coordinator for Creative Imaginations, a design team member of Scenic
Route Paper Company, and a product designer for Magistical Memories.
As an instructor, she has taught at conventions and scrapbook stores
throughout the country.
Cheryl is a versatile crafter who has
made a name for herself as an altered artist. She turns flea market finds
into breathtaking works of art using a variety of media, but often
incorporating patterned papers and scrapbooking embellishments. Says
Cheryl: “I believe that each of us has a passion and dream that is unique
and the best way to succeed is to discover what we love and share it with
others. My dream is to inspire those around me through teaching and
designing using the art of scrapbooking and paper crafting”.
Cheryl and her husband Stephen live in
Massachusetts and have four sons. Keep up with Cheryl’s work,
adventures and travels on her blog:
Cheryl's Blog
Kathy Fesmire
Kathy has been scrapbooking for 10 years
and considers it her passion. She was named a Memory Makers Master in 2004 and
since then has been published in numerous Memory Makers Magazine issues and been
a featured artist in many of the Memory Makers books. Her work has been also
been published in Scrapbook Trends Magazine. She is a member of the EK Success
Creative Artist Team and has also done design work for Karen Foster Design,
Sandylion, Plaid, Creekbank Creations and Maisy Mo Designs. She teaches at
various scrapbook stores and events across the country.
Kathy is a mother of four children and
lives in Athens, TN with her husband where she teaches Pre-K and art classes
Debbie Turner
Debbie began scrapbooking at age 8 and it
has continued to be a source of tremendous joy. She is the author of Loving
through Lifebooks, a training for foster parents and social workers on how
to make lifebooks for children in care. Debbie has worked with thousands of
foster families in developing lifebooks and reaps the biggest reward in
seeing the children’s faces as their book comes together. Debbie has served
on the Debbie Mumm and K&Company design teams.
She has had layouts published in Designer Scrapbooks with K&Company, several
K&Company idea books and the cover of one of the QVC scrapbook product
guides. She enjoys teaching classes at
conventions, retreats and scrapbook stores both locally and nationally.
Perfect coordination is the hallmark of her designs and you can view her
creations at
Scrapbook Village
located in Glasgow, Kentucky. She is returning to Simply Southern for
her fifth year as an instructor you don't want to miss!
The Stampin' Sisters:
Julie Salva and Erin Stevens
You may know
them as the spunky “Stampin’ Sisters” from News Channel 5’s “Talk of the Town”
in Nashville,TN, but in reality, Julie Salva and Erin Stevens are just 2
stay-at-home moms! Julie has been married to Mark for 18 years, and they have
one son, 10-year-old Matthew. Erin is married to Todd, and they have Elijah,
Daniel, and Levi….alias “My Three Sons”!
Erin, a former business executive, and Julie, a former high
school English teacher, have combined their respective talents for a common
purpose…having fun and teaching a great new hobby to anyone who will listen! In
just 4 ½ years, they have developed a team of over 200 “Stampin’ Sisters and
Brothers”. They have been recognized by their company, “Stampin’ Up!”, as
Rising Stars, a Demonstrator of the Year, and a two time Advisory Board
member. Furthermore, Erin and Julie enjoyed a cruise to the Panama Canal this
year, courtesy of Stampin’ Up! In fact, they have already earned another trip
to Bermuda in 2008! In addition, Erin and Julie were featured presenters at
Stampin’ Up’s! leadership conference in Houston in January! Not to mention the
fact that Erin has been featured on HGTV’s craft show, “That’s Clever”, airing
nationwide. These energetic instructors have taught classes throughout the
middle Tennessee area, in addition to being regular guests on “Talk of the Town”
each month.
Julie and Erin are going to share the hobby of rubber stamping
with us….and no matter what, you can be sure you’ll have a GREAT time!
Lauren Ferguson-Nwachukwu
At the present time I am a member
of the Ranger 2007 Design Team lead by Tim Holtz.
I am a SAHM to daughter Chinyere (Chin-yeah-rey) aka Chi-Chi, which means God's
Gift, 4 years old - and twin sons Chinadu (Chi-na-doo) aka Mr. Du, which means
God Leads Me, and Chidozie (Chi-doe-zee-eh) aka Ziggy, which means God's
Blessing, 2 years old.
Prior to being a mom I taught
at an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Alabama and then
another HBCU in Tennessee.
I found scrapbooking about
6 months after my daughter was born. While watching the Carol Duvall Show, I
saw Tim Holtz altering "something", I have been hooked ever since.
If I had to describe myself
I would say that I am a right brained woman having extraordinary left brain
experiences. For me the devil is in the details.
Just remember, there are no
mistakes in art, just opportunities to embellish.
For more information about me and
my art please read my blog at
Lauren's blog
Michele Cochran-Wells
Michelle has been using her
eclectic style to teach hundreds of scrapbook students each year.
She has an unusual and unique style that all types of scrapbookers
can incorporate into their own. She is high energy and can't stand
to be still. An engineer by trade, Michelle decided that the
scrapbook business was much more fun than calculating numbers all
day. She is owner of
Scraps In A Box and loves teaching at
conventions across the country. Her signature scrapbook paper
line will also be debuting later this year. In addition to her
scrapbooking addiction, Michelle also enjoys spending time with her
wonderful husband Sean and their newest addition, baby Jack. She is
a competitive tennis addict, loves aerobics, antiques and anything
vintage, and can sniff out a Starbuck's a mile away!
Judy
Hardwick
Judy has been
scrapbooking for more than ten years and recently began teaching faithbooking
classes at crops and conventions throughout the Southeast. Her most recent
teaching engagements have been at CK Conventions, the Crop Around the Clock
retreat in Alabama, and the Mid-West Scrapbook Association St. Paul, Minnesota. She enjoys combining her gift of teaching with her love
of the Lord, photography, crafting, and scrapbooking. In her classes, Judy uses
a variety of techniques and embellishments as she encourages others to put their
faith on their scrapbook pages as they see God, face to face, in their daily
lives. She and her husband, Craig, own Faith Based Pages, an internet company
that pulls together faith based products for monthly scrapbooking kits.
Sandi Nezat
Sandi is the owner of It's Not Just Scrap located in Semmes,
Alabama. This is her third year to return to Simply Southern
as an exhibitor and an instructor. Their booth is always color
coordinated with employees to match!
Roxi Phillips
Roxi Phillips
is an award-winning paper and mixed-media artist who has dabbled in a wide
variety of arts and crafts all of her life. Her eclectic style and
diversity is shown in her work, from altered art projects to more traditional
scrapbooking.
Born
and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Roxi developed a love of art in high school
and had continued to nurture her talents by taking classes at local colleges and
from visiting artists as well as attending conferences and symposiums. She
taught preschool for many years, placing emphasis on learning through
process-oriented art, and shared her passion for encouraging creativity in
children with early childhood educators as a teacher trainer.
Roxi designs
paper art projects using mixed media and scrapbooking techniques for several
companies including Krylon®. Her work is featured regularly in national
magazines such as Scrapbooking and Beyond, Paper Crafts,
PaperWorks and Altered Arts and crafting books including Spray
Paint Paper Crafts: Creative Fun with Krylon (Sterling Publishing ©2007).
She is the author of two books: Make It in Minutes: Mini-books (Sterling
Publications ©2006) and Make It in Minutes: Party Favors (Sterling
Publications ©2007).
She is a
sought after instructor of altered arts, book arts and scrapbooking. Roxi
and her family live in western Tennessee.
Tiare Smith
Tiare Smith is the owner of Classy Coordinates
Scrapbook Club Classy
Coordinates. She has worked in the scrapbooking industry in
variety of roles since 1998. She
has taught classes for several stores in Illinois and Georgia,
including Kennesaw State University, as well as instructed and
showcased numerous techniques through the Classy Coordinates online
newsletter. Her work has been featured on the DIY network, HGTV’s
Crafters Coast to Coast and in many magazines and special
publications including Creating Keepsakes, Memory Makers, PaperKuts,
Ivy Cottage Creations, Scrapbook Trends, Club Scrap Idea Book and
Scrapbook Borders. She teaches a wide variety of styles and
techniques.
Tina Sutton
Tina
Sutton has been a professional scrapbook instructor for 13 years. She
became a Close To My Heart Consultant in 1996 and holds the title of Senior
Executive Director with over 2,000 active downline. Tina serves as a two
year Close To My Heart Advisory Board Member and has won scrapbooking
contests and awards, while her artwork has been published in
Simple Scrapbooks, Expressions
and I Love Remembering.
Tina, and sixteen team members of her “Scattered Hearts Team,” recently
returned from a Close To My Heart Alaska Cruise that was earned through top
sales and team building. Tina is one of two team members who have already
earned next year’s cruise to the Mediterranean!
Tina has
taught stamping and scrapbooking classes at both conventions and expos
throughout the United States, and her enthusiasm and passion for Close To My
Heart products have made her an appealing teacher to both beginner and
advanced scrapbooker alike. Let Tina and Close To My Heart help you create
your artwork pages in any style, theme or level of creativity!
Elizabeth Turney
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Elizabeth has been taking pictures and
making albums since childhood. Her first camera was a 110 model, and she
graduated to 35mm photography in high school. Twenty years ago she
“scrapbooked” her wedding pictures in magnetic albums, using cut outs from
gift-wrap, greeting cards, and calligraphy pens. When the current movement
of scrapbooking hit the scene she was in heaven! She loves creating album
pages that focus on the photos, and enjoys simple, colorful accents and
creative use of patterned paper. She also enjoys small projects such as tag
books and mini albums.
Elizabeth and her
family live in Huntsville, Alabama. After working as a neonatal ICU nurse
and teaching adult nursing education classes for many years, Elizabeth is
currently caring for her 6 year-old daughter at home. She is a night owl who
will often scrapbook into the wee hours! Elizabeth definitely comes
"alive" at night.
Candice
Windham
Candice Windham is a graphic designer and paper artist who studied art at
the University of Memphis, has 35 years experience in graphic design and has
received numerous awards for her design work.
She
also works in watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil and graphite and has
studied with many nationally known artists, including Joseph Fettingis,
Louise Cadillac, Jim Kosvanec and Doug Dawson. Her work is included in
international collections, and she has received awards in local and regional
art exhibtions, including the Memphis/Germantown Art League's Annual Juried
Exhibitions, the Helena Watercolor Exhibition, the Mid-South Fair and the
American Penwomen-Memphis Chapter art exhibitions. She is represented in
Memphis by the Rivertown Gallery at Pembroke Square.
Her
love of paper, fueled by a father who kept her supplied with paper scraps
form his printing job, led her to begin to explore rubber stamping and
altered and paper arts in the early nineties. She teaches a variety of
classes at Eclectica Scrapbook and Stamps in Cordova, Tennessee and is
active in several local stamp and paper arts groups.
Candice and her husband Larry, son Michael, and dogs Pete and Sam reside in
Brighton, Tennessee.
Leigh King
Leigh discovered
scrapbooking 8 years ago while looking for a summer project to do with
her daughter. The "project" quickly got out of hand and she has never
looked back. In an effort to share her passion with others, Leigh began
teaching in 2001 and has taught everything from beginning scrapbooking
and stamping to the more complex projects she is now known for. With a
clean, straight-forward style, Leigh's goal in any class is to empower
her students with the knowledge and confidence to create with their own
style.Besides
teaching, Leigh has enjoyed creating pages and projects for several
companies in the industry. She has been a designer for Hobby Lobby,
Creative Concepts book publishing, and the Fiskars website. You may have
seen her work published in Scrapbooking Beyond Your Imagination
and Scrapbooking Moments in Time by Creative Concepts and the
Hobby Lobby publication "Stamping, Stationery and Scrapbooking."
Leigh lives in Decatur,
AL with her husband, Sean, and 3 kids, Rachel, Collin and Cory. They
attend Wesley Memorial UMC, have 2 mutts and love just hanging out
together. Besides scrapbooking and family, Leigh's other loves include 1
year old nephew Jackson, going to the beach, and sitting by the pool
reading. She's a full-time wife and mom and part-time bookkeeper for the
local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity and Junior Achievement.
Joann
Wiemers
Joann has been a Stampin' Up! ® demonstrator for
eleven years and she’s never looked back! Her success as a demonstrator has
been recognized by Stampin’ Up! by being awarded status as a member of
Achiever's Club (top 50), as well as Founder’s Circle (top 10) - out of over
45,000 demonstrators nation wide – as a Top 10 Demonstrator of the Year and
has earned all 11 of the incentive cruises and 3 Founder's Circle Retreats - and her talents as a stamper were
recognized when she was a Main Stage Presenter at last year’s Stampin’ Up!
Annual Convention! Her passion is teaching women (and men) how to
make a hand made card or gift and loves the ‘ah ha’ moment when a new
stamper discovers her ‘talent’ or when an experience stamper re-discovers a
favorite technique from the past. She loves what she does and can’t
believe stamping is her job!
Visit her blog at
Joann's blog
Karen
Whitt
Dolores
Slusher
Pamela Wiedemer
Pamela
Wiedemer has been making and selling her arts and crafts items in local
shows and shops for over 30 years. Through her home-based business,
“Precious Wonders”, Pam has been focusing her talents on teaching classes at
various venues in small towns around middle Tennessee. Her classes cover a
variety of artistic fields including stained glass mosaics and several paper
folding techniques sought after by scrap-booking aficionados, such as the
Illusion Braid, Tea Bag Folding and Iris Folding. Pam’s love of teaching is
founded in the fact that each student who completes one of her classes has a
“Precious Wonder” to take home and enjoy.
Pam and
her husband, Mike, are enjoying putting down roots in Winchester, TN, after
over 30 years in the military. She fills her spare time with painting,
volunteering as an elementary school art teacher, and gardening.
Lynn Tandler
and Jessica Briecke
Time Flies is the loving combination
of the creative talent of Lynn Tandler and the sales and marketing savvy of
Jessica Briecke. Time Flies was born as the result of countless hours
dedicated to their addiction to scrapbooking.
Lynn and Jessica first met at RIT in
1989 and became fast friends. Lynn graduated with a Bachelors Degree
in Fine Arts, majoring in Graphic Design. She and her husband Richard
have been married for 10 years and after spending a few years in Tennessee
have now settled in the beautiful Hudson Valley region with their new son,
Owen. Being Owens mom has been the highlight of her life and Lynn
looks forward to scrapbooking every moment of his.
Jessica graduated with a Bachelors
Degree in Applied Sciences, majoring in Food Marketing and Distribution.
Additionally, following RIT, Jessica enrolled at the New Center College for
Holistic Healing, specializing in Massage Therapy. Today Jessica owns
and operates her own Massage Therapy practice. Not only have Lynn and
Jessica maintained their friendship since college, but joined families when
Jessica married Lynn's cousin, Chris more than 11 years ago. Chris and
Jessica have three beautiful sons, Gavin, Payton, and Koleton. All
Jessica's boys love Mommy's scrapbooking and anxiously await each and every
new page.
As diverse as their immediate
families are, Lynn and Jessica share an appreciation in the importance of
family and know all too well, time is far from abundant in today's hectic
lifestyle. This is the foundation for their creativity, which not only
aides in their designing of layouts for those special moments in your life,
but guides them in "keeping it simple". Time Flies kits come equipped
with pre-cut picture mattes, pre-printed reverse patterned paper piecing,
embellishments, and easy to follow instructions, making them them
easy-to-use for the beginning scrapbooker and wonderful to use as a base for
the more advanced scrapbooker, looking to alleviate the thought process
involved in putting together a layout from scratch.
Time Flies Paper and Kits
retail exclusively in scrapbook stores throughout the U.S., Canada, and
Australia. All Time Flies products are proudly packaged here in the U.S. by
local, work at home moms. Please visit us any time on the web at
www.timefliesdesign.net.
Crystle
Torvinen
Crystle and husband Michael, own and
operate Magistical Memories which produces unique, high quality chipboard
designs and products.
Crystle is a native of Connecticut
moved to southern California in 1999 and says that she misses the changing
colors of the leaves during the fall, but does not miss shoveling snow.
She is very devoted to her husband of 16 years and two sons, Justin and
Adam. She feels truly blessed with a happy, healthy & loving family
who enjoys hiking together whenever possible. Her true passion and
creative outlet is scrapbooking. Crystle enjoys creating on a daily
basis and loves making something for someone that shows how much she cares
about them. She has been able to collect, document and preserve her
family heritage back to 1917 and likes that she is leaving a legacy behind
for her family.
Peggy
Bridgeman
For the
past 10 years, Peggy has been the owner and manager of The Rubber Stamp
Lady, Inc., Alabama’s oldest full service rubber stamping and scrapbooking
store. She has been originating class concepts and teaching in the store
for those 10 years. Prior to opening the store, she had experience teaching
quilting, stamping, and other hand-crafts through a home based business,
local stores, national organizations and continuing education programs. Her
expertise has been in demand by numerous groups as a speaker and workshop
leader.
Michelle Granger
My name
is Michelle Granger and I have been scrap booking for about six years. I
have been teaching scrapbook classes for the last three years locally and
over the past year I began teaching at various Expos and conventions
for Quick Quotes Instant Journaling. I have had a few items published, won
a few convention contests and am a designer for Scrap-Mart. I am married to
my high school sweetheart and we have two daughters Chase (11) and Rhyan
(6). I do something scrapbook-related every day even if it is just trying
to organize my scrap room! I also love listening to music, seeing movies,
reading and going to the beach with family and friends.
Robyn
Phelan Sharpe
This artist and instructor is the
mother of a one year old son and wife to an archeologist. Robyn and her
family reside in Memphis, Tennessee.
Her work is regularly featured in
Stampers Sampler, Somerset Studio, Take Ten, and Somerset Memories, as well
as Paper Creations.
Robyn holds an MBA from the Walton
College of Business and works her "day job" as a project manager for
International Paper in Memphis, Tennessee.
She enables her right brain and
keeps her sanity through her mixed media art including rubber stamping,
assemblage, collage, and scrapbooking.
Get to know Robyn and her work at
Robyn's blog.
Sherry Rist
Sherry is
a Stampin’ Up demonstrator that loves to share her love of scrapbooking with
others. Sherry started stamping when heat embossing meant that you used the
burner on the stove to heat the embossing powder (yes, it was a fire hazard,
but a girl has got to do what a girl has to do). Scrapbooking came into her
life after the birth of her second son. The combination of stamping and
scrapbooking was another major revelation in the crafting realm of her
life. Now Sherry has many scrapbooks under her belt, but is always excited
about trying new techniques and ideas. One of her favorite past times is to
look through scrapbooking magazines making notes and turning down pages so
that ideas can quickly be found again to use in her scrapbooks.
Sherry
lives in Huntsville, Alabama with three handsome men: Mark her husband;
Tyler (age 14) and Justin (age 10), her two sons. When Sherry is not
scrapbooking she can usually be found on the soccer field with her two
sons. Sherry is very active in her church home and at school with the
boys. She loves a good “Chick Flick” and playing Bunco with her
girlfriends.
Charity Wright
Four
years ago, Charity was introduced to rubber stamping and that was it- she
was hooked! Having been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for the past three
years, she enjoys sharing stamping with others and teaching at various
events. Scrapbooking is also one of her passions and she enjoys the added
possibilities that stamping in her scrapbooks has offered.
Charity is a happily married, "on the go" mom (she rarely "stays-at-home"!)
with two sons. She taught high school math before choosing to stay home
with her boys. Today, she enjoys a growing business and continues to enjoy
sharing what she loves with others!
Marcy White
Though
Marcy is new to the team at The Rubber Stamp Lady, Inc., she is no stranger
to the classroom and education. Marcy is a yoga instructor and has
taught as well as written a text on childbirth. Whatever field Marcy
is currently working in, her creativity and originality have made her a much
sought after instructor. Her current position is designer and
instructor of RSL's original Recipe Book and RSL's own page classes as well
as unique and inspired special projects. Her work is instantly
recognized by its use of scraps, texture, embellishment, and the lovely look
of cherished and heirloom items.
Courtney
Doering
Courtney
may be the youngest of our team, but she is certainly no stranger to
creative endeavors and sharing them in an educational format. As a
flag corps captain and now instructor for a local high school, she has
originated routines for them and precious projects for us. Her title
as our "Glitter Queen" has been well earned by her work with our glitter
classes and fabulous chipboard boxes. "The Onesie Book", while not
being an original concept, has been completely adapted by her into a much
copied and highly demanded class. Whether you are creating for a boy
or girl, don't be surprised if Courtney introduces a tiny bit of "bling"
into your project!
Yazmin Carroll
Yazmin started
scrapbooking 9 years ago with the intention of just preserving
the photos from her recent European vacation. She got "hooked"
and today continues scrapbooking not only her vacation pictures
but also her family's celebrations and everyday moments. She
started teaching scrapbooking and stamping techniques when she
became a Stampin' Up demonstrator in 2004 and enjoys using her
creative talents to design trendy layouts and cards, and
applying scrapbooking and stamping techniques to create tin mini
albums, altered clipboards, lunch boxes and many other
unconventional scrapbook treasures. Her latest teaching
adventures include Crop 'Round the Clock and Cream of the Crop
in Huntsville, Alabama. She is part of the design team for
Once Upon a Scrapbook, a local scrapbook store in Huntsville. Yazmin
is also an electrical engineer and lives with her 3 children and
husband in Huntsville, AL. Her latest addiction is ribbon, paper
flowers and chipboard.
Laura Roberts
Laura began scrapbooking
11 years ago and considers it to be her creative outlet. She enjoys
spending time with family and friends, altering anything she can get her
hands on, reading, photography, and traveling. She is the manager of
Mommy and Me Scrapbook Store in Cookeville, TN where she teaches many
different classes and workshops on a regular basis. She is currently the
coordinator for the Mommy and Me Scrapbook Store design team. Laura is
currently a full-time college student studying business accounting. She
loves using the latest trends and products in her scrapbooking and looks
forward to all the exciting new products coming out. At the moment she
is addicted to using glitter, flowers, chipboard, and brads on her
projects.
Read more about Laura
at
Laura's blog
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