Paper Craft Secrets Challenge Team ~ An Introduction -

Today I am excited to introduce to you the Paper Craft Secrets Challenge Team! Over In the Facebook Group: Paper Craft Secrets ~ Creating with Confidence we have monthly challenges. Every month we have two challenges and the ladies inside the group enter their creative projects into each challenge. At the end of the month random winners are drawn and I send each of those winners a prize.

The Paper Craft Secrets Challenge Team was created to assist me with the running of the Challenges in the group. A lovely group of ladies volunteered their time and amazing creativity to create projects to inspire and share with others. Today I would like to introduce these beautiful ladies to you, so that you can get to know them a little better and enjoy their projects.

Carol Loftus

Hi there, I’m Carol and have been living on the beautiful Gold Coast for the last 10 years, but am originally from South Wales, having emigrated to Sydney 41 years ago. I have two sons aged 44 and 41 who have given me 3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter aged from 7 to 13 and who are the centre pieces of all my layouts. I was introduced to scrapbooking through a Creative Memories party about 13 years ago and was hooked starting with my Son’s weddings. Though looking back on those layouts I have to shake my head at my style ( totally non existent) about 3 years ago I attended a mixed media class and was converted to the “ dark side”. I fell in love with the many mediums and tend to use at least one of them in my layouts. I am definitely not a fan of fussy cutting and admire all those ladies who do it so beautifully. I started cardmaking just before Christmas last year and although still a novice, am enjoying being able to post my own handmade cards to friends and family instead of shop bought. What a gift this part of my life has been during the past few months. I’m thoroughly enjoying being part of Papercraft Secrets Challenge Team under the tutelage and inspiration of Alicia.

Find Carol’s work on Facebook here.

Maree Kerwin

Hi, I am Maree. I live in a small Country Town called Boonah in South East Queensland, Australia. I have always been interested in some form of crafting. I first discovered scrapbooking when my children were small. A friend of mine became a Creative Memories Consultant. After some years Creative Memories closed in Australia so I stopped scrapbooking. I didn’t do any type of paper crafting for quite awhile after that until my sister decided to hold a card making party and I discovered all these wonderful new products. I soon became hooked and started making scrapbook layouts again. I didn’t even know what fussy cutting was. I find my favourite techniques involve lots of fussy cutting and I love to create using my cutting dies. I also have discovered how much I enjoy hand stitching on my layouts too. I do enjoy card making too but I think I probably create more layouts than cards.

You can find my work on Facebook here.

Nicole Wilson

Hi my name is Nicole and I am a passionate paper crafter living in the Goldfields WA. I started my scrapbooking journey shortly after the arrival of my first son 15 years ago and it wasn’t long before I got hooked on card making too. I also enjoy making off the page projects like mini albums and small gifts. My favourite scrapbooking styles are Grunge, Steampunk and Rustic, I love the distressed look and usually tear and ink everything! I enjoy fussy cutting and layering with foam tape to give my projects a bit of dimension.

You can find my work on

Facebook

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Instagram

Debra Beer

My name is Debra Beer, I live Scone, in the beautiful Upper Hunter Valley of NSW. I am mum to 2 beautiful girls aged 33 and 31, who are both mums themselves. I have 4 grandchildren, 3 girls and 1 boy, ranging between 8 and 16 months. These beautiful people are often seen staring on my scrapbook pages. I have been scrapping for over 20 years and love every moment of it. I mainly do 12×12 pages, the occasional OTP item, and the occasional card. I love mixed media, fussy cutting, tearing, inks etc, generally just love experimenting with techniques. As well as scrapping I love photography and travel. We have been lucky enough to have travelled to lots of countries and have many wonderful memories of our travels (and photos to scrap). Thank you for the opportunity to work with this amazing group of ladies.

Find Debra on Facebook here.

Roxanne Smith

Hi, my name is Roxanne Smith and I am currently living in London, United Kingdom. However, I am an Australian! I was born and raised in Albury, New South Wales, but spent many years studying in Melbourne. I have always been crafty, making cards and albums for all my friends and family for birthdays and other occasions. While carrying out my PhD (in science), I was extremely lucky to obtain a weekend job at Kaisercraft, Uni Hill Outlet. It was here that I was introduced to the wider craft world and developed a strong passion for Scrapbooking. I initially fell in love with all the Kaisercraft products and learnt about the Kaisercraft Corner Facebook group. It was here that I found my two most inspirational crafty idols: Chrissy Tingey and Alicia McNamara! They inspired me with their amazing creations to improve my skills to a Design Team Applicant level. I was super lucky and excited to be asked to join the Merly Impressions Design Team in 2019 and now the Papercraft Secrets Design/Challenge Team 2020. To be part of these Design Teams is a long-time dream come true! You will often find me scrapbooking photos of my Fiancé and our Dalmation, family, friends and all their babies, including the furr-babys. My crafty style has been described as eclectic because I am always trying something new and combining different ideas. Most of my projects include fussy cutting, background stamping and layering. I also love to add a touch of mixed media!

If you want to see more of my work please check out my projects on:

Instagram

Facebook

Megan Flynn

My name is Megan I am a self taught passionate designer, I live in Ballarat Victoria Australia. I have been crafting for over 3 years following a large ischemic stroke in 2015. I’m always learning. I love pretty paper, love getting my fingers messy and just love creating, I feel accomplished that I have made something every time. I became a Kaszazz Consultant in my early days and have been a consultant now for over a year, I love the community, I love that I can learn new skills. I started to craft after a friend taught me how to make a couple of Christmas Cards one year, I did some research and quickly became addicted. It’s great to know if I am in a mess it’s a craft mess, which makes me happy these days. I sure hope you can join me and follow my journey.

Find my work here:

Blog

Instagram