Hi there, my name is Stephanie aka Happyscraps and I am just so excited and honored to have been selected as part of the CX Design Team.

I have been married to Gary for 28 years and we have a 13 year old son about whom I scrap the most.  I have been scrapping for as long as I remember, but in those days “archival safe” products did not exist - we simply used construction paper and glue!!!!  Scrapping and card making has come a very long way and I am just so excited to be apart of this awesome craft and watch its evolution.

My scrapbooking style has changed over the years.  I consider my style as evolving - I adapt it to what I am working on at the moment.  I love the creative process and enjoy creating everything from cards to layouts to altered projects to home decor.  My layouts can be any combination of lumpy, shabby, eclectic, simple - it just depends on the photos and what I want to convey.

I have been a part of CX since the beginning and am am just so excited to be a part of the DT.  I am so looking forward to a wonderfully exciting year here at CX.

 Hello!  I’m Stacy Armstrong.  I live on the beautiful coast of  Georgia.  I married my high school sweet heart, Mark, 18 years ago. Since then, our little family has grown to include two cute and rambunctious kids and a Jack Russell terrier. Lucky for me, they’re very supportive of my hobby.

 
I jokingly tell people that I craft because, “its cheaper than therapy”, but if you’ve seen my little scrap studio you’ll know that’s a flat out lie…..there’s no way its cheaper.
My favorite scrapbooking tool is the Cricut Expression! I have Expression Obsession Fever!  I love to use it for scrapbooking, crafts, school projects and home decor.  It’s just amazing what this little machine can do. 

My style is much like a warm chocolate cake: Grand and traditional, simple but sophisticated, and full of down home goodness. lol!!

Hi,I am Nikki. I am a 29 years old, for the most part SAHM. I have three amazing children, Austin-7, Aidan-5 and Adriana Isabella who is 1. I have been married for almost 8 years now, to the love of my life, Dustin. We were both born and raised here in California but a couple years back moved to Idaho to try some place different and to be close to his father who lives there, we ended up moving back to CA last summer. Although Idaho was nice we missed all our family here and of course what anyone born and raised in California would miss….the BEACH! lol.

I have always been some what of a scrapbooker, I remember taking my camera to school all the time in grade school and up, and I always added my pictures to albums. I started “layout” scrapbooking in 2000 when I was pregnant with my first son. My mother in law agreed to let her sister in law have a CM party at her house, where we both learned about CM style scrapbooking. I loved it and was hooked. Shortly after I got my first scrapbooking magazine which had some AD’s for scrapbooking sites, I was hooked and never looked back.

My scrapbooking style has come along way since that first encounter with CM products and scrapbooking “layout” style. I love so many different things, lumpy, bumpy, shabby chic, clean and simple, bright and color POP. My style really just depends on how I am feeling at the time I sit down to work on something. One thing I love about my layouts and scrapbooking it’s self is journaling, you will find that about 95% of my layouts, have some kind of journaling on it.

I love reading the posts and looking through the gallery here at CX. This community of amazing women (and men lol)really is the best online. I am so honored to be apart of this amazing team of ladies for the second year now and such a friendly community of people on the MB.

Hi!  I’m Meridith, aka CouchDiva.  The name comes from being really good at sitting on my fanny.

I started scrapping when my oldest (now 15) was just 3.  I was introduced to scrapbooking at a Creative Memories party and was just amazed that you could do all those things with your photos! (All those things was cutting photos into shapes and decorating cardstock with die cuts and sticker sneeze.)

Since then, scrapbooking has become an obsession of mine, so much so that after I spend 8 hours teaching at a pre-school, I sometimes go spend 4 more hours working at the local scrapbook store.  I have enough in my stash to open a store of my own, and still break out in hives when I have to cut into my pretty paper!

My style is bold, bright, and colorful.  No pastels or shabby chic for me!  Most of my pages are fairly clean, but I’ve been enjoying experimenting with different ways to embellish them.

I am so excited for this opportunity to design for Creative Express…I have been here since the very beginning and just love the community and the great talent in the gallery.  CX is my favorite place on the web!

Hi! I’m Melanie and I live in Northeast Louisiana with my husband Jeff and 2 children, who have been very patient and supportive of my passion (not to mention enduring tons of photo shoots).  I was introduced to scrapbooking in 2003. Well, here I am over five years later totally hooked. I’ve always done something either in art (painting) or in crafts (sewing, cross-stitching, etc), so getting involved in papercrafting seemed normal.  I love taking photos of my family and love scrapbooking because I can do my creative thing with the photos and paper.

I’ve been fortunate to have had projects published in a variety of scrapbook and paper craft magazines including Papercrafts, Cards, Paper Trends, Scrapbook Trends and Memory Makers. I’ve made so many friends across the country and abroad through this wonderful hobby. I’m happy to be a part of this talented team at Creative Xpress.

 Hello there! I am Megan - a SAHM and big time card making and scrapbooking maniac.My favorite lil’ friends are my stamps and my pet Cricut Expression (affectionately called “Bugzilla”).You’ll frequently find me hanging about in one of my very favorite places- the CX forum.I run best on liberal doses of coffee, diet Dr. Pepper, and chocolate. When I am not busy in my stamp/scrap cave, I am out in the garden, reading, cooking/baking, and taking care of my two guys- DH Larry and  high schooler son Ian.(Or cleaning up after my 2 big dogs and 3 cats!)

I have been stamping and scrapbooking for almost 10 years now. I have learned so much and grown exponentially. I have met so many incredible friends through this hobby/passion. It has truly blessed my life. CX has been a daily part of my life for the past 3 years and to now be on the CX Design Team is  really just a dream come true for me.Thank you CX-I am looking forwards to a FANTASTIC year!

 Hi! My name is Laura Mendoza. I live in Utah with my husband of 9 years and my two young sons.
My oldest son, Boston is 5 and our baby, Quinton, is a year old.
A little bit about my scrapbooking obsession…I began scrapbooking in high school and like everyone else, have books with pictures of old boyfriends and high school dances.
However, it wasn’t until my oldest son was born almost 6 years ago that I became completely taken with the paper crafting hobby and I haven’t looked back yet.
It usually doesn’t take much to get me started. I get energized when I see a great photo or get my hands on some fabulous new product. I am constantly inspired by my day-to-day routine, the joy when my children laugh, the memories my mother shares, the flowers I planted last fall. It all has meaning and I’m happiest when I can capture  it.
I seem to be on a quest to get my life in a 12 x 12 book and I’m always happy when someone appreciates something I’ve created along the way.

  Hi, I’m Karen and I’m a part time bookkeeper and a full time mom. I live in central Louisiana with my wonderful husband, and two precious boys.
I started scrapbooking in 2001, when a friend introduced me to the hobby. My early pages were basically pictures cut into shapes, glued down on white paper, with tons of stickers thrown in for good measure. I like to look back on those old pages and see how my style has evolved over the years.
When I’m not scrapbooking, I love to ride motorcycles, fish, kickbox, and go to work (believe it or not!).
I’m so honored to be a part of the CreativeXpress design team, and I’m absolutely thrilled to be working with these amazing ladies!

Hi! My name is Kara Henry. I’ve been scrapbooking for 10 years now, but I became completely obsessed after my first son, Xander, was born 6 years ago. I enjoy each aspect of scrapbooking, the design, the photography, the journaling and especially the supplies. I’m pretty sure I would be in the loony bin if I didn’t have scrapbooking as a creative outlet. I also love to quilt, sew clothes, make jewelry, design cakes and play the piano. Back in college, I studied English, photography and graphic design, but I still haven’t quite managed to get a degree! I hate to cook and love chocolate.

I’m married to David, a wonderful guy who totally gets my obsession with scrapbooking and is incredibly supportive. We met at BYU-Idaho at a mutual friend’s barbeque and it was nearly love at first sight. We were married 90 days from the day we met, a whirlwind romance that turned out marvelously. We have now been married for seven years and we have three boys, Xander, Maxton, and Griffin and one baby girl, Aubriana. We had them all within 4.5 years, which keeps me on my toes and laughing and also proves I’m a bit insane (I wasn’t kidding about that loony bin).

I grew up all over the country, including stops in Texas, NY, and Ohio, before returning to my birthplace, Utah, where I headed off to Idaho for school. We now live in Orem, UT and love it here. When he can coax me away from my scrap desk, David and I love to bike, rock-climb, and see movies, and sometimes I even talk him into doing his own scrapbook pages.

In the past, I’ve worked on the Keeping Memories Alive design team and the MoBe’ Stamp team. My cards, mini albums and pages have been published in Memory Makers, Legacy, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Cards and Creating Keepsakes. I was a finalist in the 2005 Memory Makers masters contest. I had a running column in Scrapbook Trends magazine for over three years and created my own idea book with them, Journaling Your Stories which came out in January ‘07. I am currently a member of the American Crafts local design team and my work regularly appears on HSN and QVC. Most of all, this is my third year with CreativExpress, a job I adore.

Hello, I am Joy Hager. I am a SAHM to four boys Michael 17, Daniel 16, David 13, and Joseph 4. It was very interesting potty training and teaching a teen to drive all in the same year…actually the potty training is over but drivers education is not!? Very stressful and I find scrapping to be a GREAT stress reliever! I have been married to Chris for 21 years, we live in Arkansas. Which means I am surrounded by beauty! When I am not scrapping I enjoy being out and about enjoying nature. We have some very nice hiking trails in our area that I love to hike.
I have scrapped for as long as I can remember, before supplies were in abundance I cut things from magazines. It has really been amazing watching this industry expand, so many choices so little time! I enjoy doing mini albums and making gifts for family and friends. Friends tell me I amaze them with my ability to use flowers and ribbon on boy pages and the pages still look masculine.

I am so honored and excited to be a part of the CreativeXpress Design Team!