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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Meet the talented ladies of our Creative Team  

Get to know them a little better

Posted by Kimandasmo

 

Meet the talented ladies of our Creative Team: we are proud to have them as a part of ACOT!

 

 Creative Team Product Reveals  •  Creative Team Digi Reveals  •  Paper Crafting Tutorials

  Scrapbooking Tutorials  •  Hybrid Tutorials

 


Angie (Nun69)
Digital Scrapbooker

 

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I just retired from 20 years of service in the Navy.

I have 4 great kids (most of the time!)...DD Sam (18) DS Ben (10) DD Abby Lou (5) and little Peyton (3)...so if you're wondering, I am DONE...at 41, I KNOW I canNOT do it anymore!  I am sending 1 off to college {today} and I already sent one to 5th grade {Ben} and one to kindergarten {Abby}, while one is still in daycare!  DH and I have been married since Dec 19, 1992.

Most of my LO's are of little Abby Lou and Peyton...it's not that I am neglecting my other children, they don't seem to like the camera too well, but when I can catch them, I do scrap them...

I started digi scrapping in July of '06 and have never looked back.  I became a Stickers Galore junkie while I was overseas in Italy in 2000, but didn't become an active message board member until 2006.  The best thing I've discovered about digi scrapping is all the versatility with interchanginig elements/paper/alphas from different kits and designers.  I also like being able to downsize my pages and print them as 8x8.  If you can't already tell, I love to scrap my kids {especially Abby & Peyton}, my family and my friends. I became an ACOT Digi CT member back in May '07 and I LOVE being part of such a great creative team of girls.  I have also discovered hybrid and am LOVING all the fun things I have made!

Now that I am I retired I hope to work for awhile while researching how to have my own photography business.  :)  I went school full time for the last 6 months and am now venturing back into the work force while researching and learning as much as I can to have my own photogrpahy business.

 


Diane ( Dianedi)
Paper Scrapper

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View Diane's Articles:
Fancy Pants Beach BumLittle Yellow Bicycle TwigLittle Yellow Bicycle Cupcake LoveScrapbooking with Fancy Pants Hot ChocolateBo Bunny Midnight FrostFancy Pants TraditionsHappy Together With Fancy PantsHappy Hauntings Cricut CartridgeCindy Loo Cricut Layout Class  • Scrapbooking With The CricutScrapbooking With Fancy PantsMy Mind's Eye So SophieScrapbooking With October AfternoonBasic Grey Kioshi CollectionMy Mind's EyeDisney Cricut Reveal Part 2Disney Cricut RevealCreative ImaginationsOctober Afternoon Report CardIndian Summer • Merry Christmas with My Mind's Eye • Cricut Home Decor • School Scrapping • Sports Mania • GCD Studios • Jillibean Soup • My Mind's Eye: Bella Bella • Creative Imaginations Narratives • Prima Reveal • Fun With Prima Felt

My name is Diane DiTullio and I live in Massachusetts with my husband Dave and my 2 children, Lauren age 6 and Colin age 4. I began scrapbooking in 2000 and I haven't looked back! What started with a few sheets of paper has now become an entire craft studio full of wonderful supplies and photos that inspire me everyday. Not a day goes by that I do not do something that is craft related whether it is scrapping at home, teaching a class, taking photos, or playing with Photoshop.My obsession with photography has become as great as my love of scrapbooking!

I have been fortunate to have over 80 projects featured in Simple Scrapbooks, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Paper Crafts, Cards, GiftMaker, CardMaker, Paper Art Magazine, several idea books, catalogs and trade shows. Currently, I am an Endorsed Educator for Prima Marketing and Tattered Angels. Previously, I was a member of the Creative Imaginations, Imagination Project and Scrapworks design teams. I am thrilled to be a part of the A Cherry On Top design team and the online community here at ACOT!

For more information about me:My Blog: http://dianeditullio.typepad.com
My Resume: http://www.dianeditullio.wordpress.com


 
 Egle (FairyMouseMom)
Digital Scrapper



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 Peggy BrutcherSAS Supplies An Abundance of Digital Kits for EverybodyYou "Wanna" Take A LookDesigning With Julie MeadReverse HybridWintery White Splashed With Some Color  • Delicious Digital LayoutsTemplates At WorkDigi Scrapbooking Using the Color OrangeAren't These LOVE-ly?Title WorkWhat's Black and White and (Insert Color Here) All Over?Digital Pre-Made Albums RevealAre Templates Totally Tempting?Happy Leap Day 2008A Day In The Life  • PARTS is PARTSWe'll Make Paper...And Patterned, To BootSo Long, SummerWe're Keeping You In StitchesShadow Boxes: NOT Just for Your Walls Anymore! Hybrid Layout...Huh, What's That?From Desktop to Printer to Desktop! Digital Scraplifts PaperStep By Step Instructions To Creating Your First Digital Layout Part 3Step By Step Instructions To Creating Your First Digital Layout Part 2 Step By Step Instructions To Creating Your First Digital Layout
 

Hi. I am Egle (aka FairyMouseMom). I have lived in the Midwest my whole life. I scrap about and for my family (which includes my two beautiful children) and friends and even myself! I will admit it has been hard scrapping about/for myself...but it is something I started to help me in my life. I have started making "themed" albums instead of scrapping chronologically, as I did with my paper scrapping.

Nowadays, I am a digital scrapbooker! I have only made 2 paper and 1 hybrid layouts since I started digital scrapping on Mother's Day weekend 2006. I did so because I wanted to try out and learn something new. I used Photoshop Elements (for the Mac)...and have not stopped! I was the first Digital Guest Creative Team Member here at ACOT...and have been a Guest Creative Team Member for these following designers: Vera Lim Design (September 2006), Katie the Scrapbook Lady (January 2007), Natural Designs in Scrapbooking (mid-June to mid-July 2007). I have CTd for: Julie Mead, Lena Brandenburg, Tabatha Reed, Anita Stergiou, Michelle Bradley, and Di Hickman.

I would have to say that I am honored to have been chosen to be a Creative Team Member here at ACOT back in October 2006! Thanks, ACOT, for this wonderful opportunity! This site has been my "home" since around the time frame of October 2003! All the amazing people are like online family and they make me stay!

I had a layout accepted in ScrapStreet's online magazine (http://www.scrapstreet.com/magy2/gojuly ... /maps2.htm)

I have also been published in Digi-Scrappin' 103: Designing With Fonts (No. 5319), Page 22, "We Are Family."

P.S. If you want to know how to pronounce my name...it really is so much easier to pronounce it to you so you can hear it...than have me try to write it phonetically!!! :o)

 


Jennifer (Sarahwhithers)
Digital Scrapper



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 Creating With Alessandra DesignsThe Wonderful World of Tallulah MoonDesigning With Tempus FugitSing A Little Song For MeMerry Hybrid!Multi-Photo Up!May Digital Creative Team Spotlight

 

My name is Jennifer and I've been doing scrapbooking for over 6 years now and I absolutely love it! I joined ACOT back in Feb 2006 and have been a regular ever since! I joined the CT here in June 2009.

I have 2 adorable cats, Gwen and Link, who live at home with with me, and also 3 cats, Merlin, Sebastion and Pookie, who live with my parents. And I love them all like they were my own kids!

I'm 31 years old and live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I'm not married and no children, but I am dating a sweetie, AJ, who I love with all my heart. We've been together for 6 years now.

I love to do anything creative, so scrapbooking is another way to let that creativity out! I pretty much do digital scrapbooking, but I do once and awhile dabble in some paper stuff. I love it all!

 


Kristianne (MamaK321)
Digital Scrapper
 
 
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View Kristianne's Articles:  
   Designing with Kim HillDesigning With Silvia RomeoSay It With Word ArtCell Phone SnapshotsCelebrating Winter TraditionsSherri TierneyTallulah Moon DesignsScrap Beyond The ThemesCrisdam DesignsKim HillDigi Scrapbooking With Repetitive ShapesMan's Best FriendsAmy TeetsExpress Yourself in JournalingSilvia Romeo DesignsRed, White and BlueVacationsLet's Hear It For The Girls!Kay EflinTalking Up TextureHot Flash DesignsStop To Smell The FlowersM.O.MThe Rainbow ConnectionDistorted PhotosDigital Designer ShowcaseRound 'n' RoundFill Your Bucket ListPicture Perfect PortraitsHello Spring!  We're Going GreenJeanne Marie's ScrapsLift-a-LayoutChallengedWhen In Doubt Wear Red!Kelly ShultsTime To Get Your Heart On!Turn Back TimeWhite on WhiteShawnery's DesignsPlenty of PatternsSecond HelpingsSigns Of The SeasonHoliday WishesInspired By Black FridayCreative CardsNational Digital Scrapbooking DayDigital Scrapbooking IdeasMixing It Up With Digital Scrapbooking KitsHoliday Crafts and Scrapbooking ProjectsSpotlight on SAS DesignsCreate With TemplatesMonochromaticWhen It's Worth 1,001 WordsFeaturing Digital Designer: Kreations by KamiMega Photo • Digital Tools: Burn & Dodge
 

 Hi, my name is Kristianne. I am a SAHM to my two daughters, Rebecca & Samantha and happily married to my dh, Eric, who is a Korean Linguist in the USAF. With his job, we are shuffled around quite a bit but no matter where I may be shipped off to, I?ll always be a native California girl at heart!

I have been scrapbooking since 1998, encouraged by the idea of displaying my baby's' photos in a nontraditional way. I started back in the day with a purchase of a 14x11" post bound album, Fiskars deco scissors and all the generic sticker packs I could get my hands on! It wasn?t until 2003, with the discovery of ACOT (then)Stickers Galore, that I really fell in love with scrapbooking! What do I love most about it? That it?s a creative outlet! My weakness is creating altered projects. I love decorating pieces to display around the house and give as gifts.

In May of 2005 I was introduced to digital scrapping and only 5 months later I was hooked! You can call me a hybrid scrapper because I love creating layouts both paper & digitally. I started out with the ACOT Creative Team as a paper scrapper in April 2005 and when ACOT picked up the digital bug, I was thrilled to join the Digital Creative Team in 2006.

A Cherry On Top has been a huge influence on me. I was unaware of how popular the art of scrapbooking was until the ACOT Message Board opened its doors. I've learned so much and since then, I've been addicted to scrapbooking, it is who I am. I spend most of my time on the message board making friends and helping others. It is a joy to pass on the knowledge that I have learned, to my fellow scrappy friends. I have made some of my very best friends here at A Cherry On Top. It is unbelievable how a group of strangers can grow so emotionally attached by simply chatting via their computer! Joining the ACOT Team is a dream come true and I am truly thrilled to be a part of such an awesome team!
 

 Laura (Art_Teacher)
Digital scrapper
 
 
I began paper scrapping seriously in 1998.  In 2003, right after ACOT began the message board, I joined in the fun.  I have been hooked since then!  I began digi scrapping in January of 2006, right after ACOT started carrying digi products in the shoppe.  Although I will always be "biscraptual," I find myself doing more digi layouts due to the ease with which I can experiment, rearrange, and hoard products without taking up any more space in my home! 

I am a full-time high school art teacher, with 19 years of teaching experience.  I have always loved arts and crafts, and so scrapping was a natural outlet for my creative impulses.  At home, I have been married to my wonderful husband for the past 21 years, and I have one spoiled Goldendoodle (she's almost 4, but still a puppy in nature)!  In addition to scrapping, I also enjoy creating ceramic pottery, watching movies, and playing and listening to music of all kinds.

In May of 2008, I was thrilled to be asked to join ACOT's digi CT!  I love spending time here with all the wonderful ladies I have met, both in person and online.  I believe ACOT is directly responsible for the change and growth in my scrapping and I thank everyone here for the support and inspiration.

 


Megan (Megamay)
Paper Scrapper



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3 Bugs in a Rug AshtynAltered Mini ChestImaginisce Happy CamperWebster's Pages Ladies and GentsWebster's Pages Country EstateSweetly Smitten by Sassafras LassMisting and MaskingBingo!Wallet Mini AlbumPhoto Box TutorialGlitz HooplaWebster's Pages WonderFallWe R Memory Keepers FunfettiChristmas Card Stamp ClassPink Paislee SweetnessCrate Paper RestorationHambly Rub-OnsEcho Park Life is GoodGraphic 45 Hallowe'en in WonderlandSchool Project Keepsake BookBo Bunny SunkissedMy Mind's Eye So SophieThe Girls' Paperie On HolidayCard Set with Seed Paper FlowersBo Bunny SophieGypsy Sisters and La Di DaHippity HoppitySpectacular Sketchapoolza Continues Week 2Bo Bunny Snowy SerenadeWebster's Pages Christmas LinesSixxiz Texture Boutique Embossing Machine • Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire • Rough And Tough

I am a 30-something software engineer, wife, mother and almost compulsive scrapbooker. I live outside of Philadelphia, PA with my wonderful husband, adorable daughter, Eliana, and our growing variety of pets, which currently includes our 9-year-old Beagle, some fish and a lizard. I don't have a lot of time for hobbies other than scrapbooking, but I enjoy traveling-both local and remote- with my family, reading (or listening to audio books), and watching TV.

I got interested in scrapbooking after a backpacking trip to Europe. Currently, however, my favorite subject is my daughter, Eliana. My main motivation for scrapbooking is to preserve memories, since I have a really terrible memory. However, I also enjoy it as a creative outlet and a stress reliever. Oh, and I also just love the feel and the smell of the papers and all the pretty embellishments. I also love challenges. I never met a challenge that I didnt like! I have met some that I dont have time for, or that I dont have materials for, but that is usually what gets me going and excited to create. Although sometimes it is just a really great photo or new product.I have a hard time describing my style because I really love everything about this art and I like to experiment with it all - from digi and hybrid to paint and gesso. I love bright colors, clean lines and lots of layers. Almost all of my pages have sewing, and some sort of 'softness' like ribbon or fabric along with journaling and title work.

In addition to my (very best favorite) position here at ACOT, I am privileged to be a staff writer for scrapstreet magazine, and to have been published in Paper Crafts, Cards, Scrapbook and Cards Today, Scrapbooking Memories, ScrapStreet, Scrapbook News and Reveiw and Scrapbooking.com magazines. I also keep an active blog at http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/

 



 Pam (4peasinourpod)
Paper scrapper

 
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View Pam's Articles:
 Crate Paper FarmhouseOctober Afternoon Boarding PassEcho Park SplashSEI A Fair DayAmerican Crafts ThickersOctober AfternoonCrate Paper PortraitJenni Bowlin StudiosMy Mind's Eye Lush 2Basic GreyEcho Park Be MineWebster's Pages Sweet ShoppeBella Blvd SocialiteOne Line, Two WaysMaya RoadImaginisce ToolsJenni BowlinCore'dination Cardstock Part 2Little Yellow BicycleCore'dinations Impressions CardstockBasic Grey CapellaLily Bee LovelyPink Paislee BayBerry CottageReminisceJenni Bowlin StudiosLittle Yellow Bicycle Sweet LoveFancy Pants Designs FrostedMy Minds Eye Life StoriesMaking Memories Mistletoe • Pink Paislee Amber Road • Halloween • The Versatility of Vinyl • Vinyl's Revisited • Jenni Bowlin Front Porch • Basic Grey Wisteria • Doodlebug Designs • Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia • WeR Memory Keepers MVP • Core'dinations Cardstock • Pink Paislee Totally Fascinating • Jenni Bowlin Studios • SEI Bridgeport • KaiserCraft Acrylic Album • Daisy Bucket Chipboard Calendar  • 7 Gypsies: Savannah • Love Is In The Air • Daisy Bucket Designs
 
Hi! My name is Pam and I live in Wisconsin with my husband and my 4 children. They are age 12, 10, 8 and 6 and keep me very busy! They are so very different from each other, so I have some great chances to scrap them in different styles. They are my favorite subject to scrapbook, but I also enjoy altering items and making gifts. I am slowly starting to make cards, as well.

My first scrapbook was completed when I was eleven, and basically consisted of articles and pictures of my beloved Milwaukee Brewers. I have never lost my love of memory preservation, and was determined to document my children and their accomplishments. I came to A Cherry on Top a couple years ago, and quickly found an encouraging and supportive scrapbooking community. Being chosen for the Creative Team is a dream come true, because the other women on the team are so talented and have been a source of great inspiration.

My work has been displayed at Memory Trends 2006. I also design for a Kit 'n Kaboodles, an internet kit company. I also design a few of the bulletins boards at my kids' school, so they think I am WAY cool. ;)

I have recently become the Creative Team Coordinator for the Paper CT. It is a job that I love, as they are the best CT around!
 

 
 Ronny (Smiley-scrap8)
Digital Scrapper
 
 
Hi, my name is Ronny (and yes, that is my real name. I was named after my Dad.) My dh and I have been married for 5 years and we have 2 awesome children. Julie is 6 and just started 1st grade and Jonah is 3 and is the happiest little man you'll ever meet. We live in Georgia now but I was born in Louisiana. My family traveled around the world when I was a teenager and someday I hope to travel with my family too.
 
I am currently a SAHM after quiting my job of almost 12 years when Jonah was born. I am an artist at heart and one day when the kids are both in school I hope to return to school to finish the BFA I started too long ago.

A friend introduced me to paper scrapping back in 2000 and I quickly fell in love. I had unknowingly been digi scrapping since the fall of 2004 by making photo holiday cards. I never realized there were so many other people doing the same thing and so many products out there for digital scrapbooking. One day a woman came to pick-up some 12x12's at the photo lab where I worked. I was floored, they were awesome. They looked so real but were all digital. I asked her how she did it and ACOT was one of the sites she listed and I've been here ever since. I started making digital pages for my albums in 2007.

I also CT for Crisdam Designs by Isabel Mendez and the Designer Danielle Engebretson. I one day hope to have my work published and am honored that ACOT has asked me to be a part of their team and this wonderful group of women. 
 

 

 
Sarah (SarahA)
Paper Scrapper



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Off To SchoolCountry DriveEcho Park Dots and StripesMME Happy Go LuckyPink Paislee Daily JunqueEcho Park Little GirlSketch Reveal Day One!Echo Park Little BoyFancy Pants Love BirdsChristmas Mini AlbumDear Lizzy EnchantedCrate Paper Snow DayBella BlvdKaiserCraft LushSchool Year Pocket AlbumEcho Park Walk In the ParkFancy Pants Wishful Thinking 7Gypsies Victoria and AvignonFancy Pants About A GirlCosmo Cricket Material GirlJenni Bowlin HomespunBasic Grey Sugar RushSpectacular Sketchapalooza Continues!Bo Bunny Persuasion25 Days of ChristmasMy Mind's Eye Ooh La La 

I started scrapping in June of 2007, found ACOT in 2008 and joined the Creative Team in September 2009.

I love scrapping pictures of my daughter and son, our family and our every day activities. I think the little every day details of life will be some of the most interesting pages to look back on in later years. Through scrapping I have also developed a love of photography and can frequently be seen with my Nikon around my neck!

When I'm not scrapping, I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, pretending to know how to sew and thinking of scrapping. :)

 

 
Carrie (carrie123)
Paper Scrapper
 
 

 
 
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My name is Carrie and I am a stay at home mom of two beautiful children. My son Andrew is 16 and my daughter Alyson is 10. I have been happily married to my best friend and wonderful husband for ten years. I live just South of Chicago. I have been scrapbooking for about 14 years now. It started as a form of therapy for myself and turned into a full time hobby. I enjoy taking pictures of anything and everything. I never leave home without my camera.When I am not scrapbooking, I love to cook and bake. My style is pretty straight forward. I tend to go for the more clean look, but I am not afraid to step out of my little box and try new things.
 


 

Cassandra (mommybruno)
Digital Scrapper

 

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Natural Designs in ScrapbookingDesigning with Michelle BradleyDesigning with Danielle YoungBlack & White & Beautiful All OverMaking Holiday EmbellishmentsWonderful WordArtAnd What A Year It Was!Un-Framed!Recoloring Digital Kit ElementsCelebrating Women!

 

I started "officially" paper scrapping just after the birth of my son, Xander, in 2003. I took a trip on the dark side in 2007, trying out digital scrapping, and I've never looked back since then! I love digi scrapping! I'm so much better at it than I was a paper scrapping, though it takes me just about as long to put a page together. So many supplies!

ACOT has been my scrappy home right from the start. I haven't seen a better community of creative women anywhere, and the day I was asked to be on the Creative Team was a definite highlight in my life. Yes, I scrapped that! Anyone who has looked through my gallery knows two things about me - I'll scrap ANYTHING, and I love working in a grid. I'm a firm believer that all aspects of our lives - good and bad - need to be recorded for future generations. Especially if your memory is as hazy as mine always seems to be, LOL!

My scrappy dream continues to be being published in a scrappy magazine. I go through periods of heavily submitting pages to CK and Scrapbooks ETC. One day I'll see a LO of mine on one of those glossy pages! In the meantime I continue to try making meaningful LOs for my family. I've been getting a lot of books printed up and I love it when Xander will take one out and looks through it. That's the whole reason I do what I do!

My family - hubby Joe, son Xander, and cats Stuart & Grundy - live in Upstate NY, in the beautiful Catskill Mountains. I love living here all year, except in winter. LOL! We are actually planning on moving south next year because I'm so tired of snow. I'll be sad to leave, but looking forward to a new start. One of the good things is that I can take ACOT and all the wonderful people here with me when I go!

 


 

Brittney (milmomma)
Digital Scrapper

 

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Hybrid Mini AlbumsCrispy Juicy Fried Chicken The Ballerina Tea PartyEverywhere We GoReflecting On ChangesHybrid Halloween PartyDigi Scrapbooking Our Addictions


Hi I am Brittney. I am your average stay at home mom. I have been married for 5 years and love my husband so much. He is my solider and my hero. I have two children. Xander is 6 and Ali is 4. They keep my hands so very full of fun and laughter. I also have two dogs and two fish. I think I may love the number 2.

I love multitasking so I really enjoy scrapbooking. I have been paper scrapbooking for over 6 years now. I have done photography for 12 years now. I have taken many classes and even taught a few. So a lil over two years ago I really dived head first into the world of digital. I haven't thought twice and enjoy the world of hybrid with both.

I love Canon camera's and upgraded to the EOS T2i a several months ago. I have 4 lens I use regularly and I have my Canon PowerShot for my purse as well. I use Photoshop CS5 to create.

I enjoy baking, photography, traveling, rock climbing, photography, graphic design, volunteering and photography in my spare time.

 


Rachel (happayscrappay)
Paper Scrapper

 

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Echo Park Victoria GardensSew Easy, Too!It's Sew EasyA Stroll Through Elizabeth ParkAmerican Made By My Mind's EyeEllie's Tale By Sassafras LassCampfire By October Afternoon

 

Rachel started her scrapbooking journey in 1998 as a single woman after attending Creative Memories. It wasn't so much the party that got her hooked but that the party was immediately followed by a trip to the craft store for more paper, markers, stickers, and scrapbooking goodies. Times sure have changed since those days! Other changes Rachel has experienced along the way are becoming a chemistry professor, a wife, a mom, a rock climber, a knitter, a gardener, and a runner. These people and activities are the things that are showcased most often on her pages. She has been published in Cards, Scrapbooking and Beyond, and Paper Trends. She currently designs for Paper Trunk and Twisted Sketches in addition to the work she does for A Cherry On Top.

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