Design Team 2022
Jenn Dubell
I have been a crafter since my children were little and I began scrapbooking back in the early 90’s. My crafting has expanded into paper crafts of all kinds, home décor, mixed media, cards, albums, and altered items. My favorite quote of all time is “Creativity Takes Courage” – Henri Matisse. I have a very mixed style and love everything from shabby and vintage to grungy and steampunk. I am a lover and collector of antiques and vintage items and often use them to inspire me in my work. I love to inspire others through my creating as well as doing live videos showing my process. I look forward to joining this new team and hope that I can inspire you!
Angela Weisbeck
Hi, I go by Angela and live in southern Idaho. I’ve been scrapbooking since my first child was little, which has been over 20 years. I have 4 kids: 3 graduated; 2 in collage & 1 married and my last is in jr. high. We do a lot of sports and stay really busy. I love spending my down time scrapbooking and trying new techniques. I am super excited to be a part of the new Creative Embellishments team!
Dana Tatar
My name is Dana Tatar and I currently live in Ohio with my husband and two teenage children. I started paper crafting about 15 years ago and have expanded from scrapbooking since then. I now create a little of everything including cards, tags, mixed media pieces, and small gift and home décor items. I have an eclectic style in terms of what and how I design, which makes chipboard the perfect medium as it works with everything and my changing moods! I frequently find inspiration in music, poetry, and pop culture. When I’m not creating art, I enjoy baking, reading, listening to music, and spending time outside with my family and basset hound Peach. You can find more of my work on my blog, They Call Me Tatar Salad. (
https://datatar.blogspot.com/)
Jessica Larios
My name is Jessica, preferably Jess, also known as Matter of Crafts, a mixed media artist. First off let me just say, I am honored to be a part of the team amongst such inspiring ladies. I am a mother to two fun boys, a wife to a wonderful husband and a full-time employee.
*Insider* Being a mother you’d think I’d be better about taking photographs but, I am one of the worst.. something I need to work on.*
In my spare time, I love to get lost in my craft room creating all different types of art pieces from scrapbooking, canvas, card making, to altered furniture. I pride myself in be able to up-cycle whenever possible. I love working with flowers and creating lots of interesting textures and layers. This is going to be an exciting year!
Lisa Moen
Hello! My name is Lisa Moen and I am excited to be back designing here at Creative Embellishments! My husband Greg and I have 2 adult children. Both are attending college, work and live at home. We live in central Wisconsin. I recently retired as the Food Service Director at the school. I am excited to have more crafting time! Besides scrapping, I enjoy camping, gardening and reading.
I am looking forward to working with Nicolle, the rest of the design team and all of Creative Embellishments products!
You can find me here on my blog:
https://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com
Heather Thompson
Hello, My name is Heather, I am a mother of 2 beautiful young children Olivia and Maksim, who are the inspiration to a lot of my art. I live on a small piece of my own heaven with my husband and the kids. Along with my gardens, ponds and crafting, I have been a trauma nurse for 20+ years. I am passionate about my family, my art and my nursing.
When I am not creating in my studio, you can find me outside creating in my gardens. Alongside my supportive husband Adam (both in the studio and outside) and the kids, we are enjoying time outside either on the water or out in the yard. I often bring my studio out in the gardens to create in my own serene environment.
I have dabbled in arts and crafts throughout my life, and started scrapbooking when my daughter was born in 2008. But I really dove into the depths of crafting and mixed media in 2014 when I discovered textures, dimensions, mixed media and alterable art.
Blog / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Pinterest
Nadine Carlier
Hello, my name is Nadine. I have been crafting for about 20 years now with scrapbook layouts, handmade cards/tags, mixed media, and altered art projects being my favorite things to create although I have done and loved all things crafty. I would say my style would best be described as eclectic with a mixed media twist. I love getting messy and trying new techniques. Inspiring others is something I love to do by creating videos and sharing how I create my projects. I feel crafting is an art that is supposed to be fun, to learn from others, to inspire others and to share our love of crafting with one another.
You can find and follow me on:
Laura Gilhuly
Hi! I am Laura and I am so happy to be returning to Creative
Embellishments as a DT member. I am a stay at home mom to 2 fantastic
and fun loving young men – Cody is 20 and is in his last year of
college and Ty is almost 19 and works as a welder. I am happily
married for 21 years to my best friend and awesome husband, Jon. He is
hardworking, ambitious, determined and loving…I am creative,
enthusiastic, emotional and passionate – together we make a great
team! We own our own transport truck and he is a long haul driver so
during the week, It is me and our boys, our two fur babies and my
scrappy stuff!!!
I started scrapping years ago when my sister took me to a Creative
Memories beginner class and I really enjoyed it, I just wasn’t a
Creative Memories scrapper and soon struck out on my own. I found a
few very helpful and friendly sites on the web and have been trying
new things and learning ever since. I really enjoy trying new things
and creating projects! I create mostly 12×12 layouts but I do really
enjoy creating off the page projects, cards and canvases…anything
where I can ink and paint and play and get my hands messy!
My family is the focus of my life, my inspiration, and my motivation
to scrapbook.
Sandi Clarkson
Hello, everyone! My name is Sandi Clarkson and I am excited to be a Design Team member here at Creative Embellishments. My husband and I live in north central Texas, USA and have 3 grown daughters, all married and blessing us with lots of grandkids. We love living life with our GoldenDoodle Georgie.
In 2006 my sister-in-law introduced me to scrapbooking and it’s been a whirlwind of fun and creativity ever since! Crafting of any sort has intrigued me since I was young, so scrapbooking and mixed media work have become a natural extension of my need to express my ‘inner artist.” An audiologist by profession, it’s nice to have a right-brain sort of hobby.
My “style” varies but most would call it romantic, shabby chic … usually with some sort of mixed media. At other times, I scrap a little cleaner but almost always, I go for “pretty.” I love lots of layers and am obsessed with mixing texture! The occasional girly grunge also shows up on my art table and I love when that happens.
Hopefully, my work will inspire you and give you some creative ideas about how to use your Creative Embellishments products!
Blog /
Instagram /
Facebook /
Pinterest /
YouTube
Debbie Burns
Hi everyone! My name is Debbie Burns and I live in Gaithersburg, Maryland, just outside of our nation’s capital. I have two adult children, a boy and a girl. By day I’m an assistant project manager for a commercial interior general contractor. I’ve been scrapbooking for 20 years, and I love to create layouts, tags and canvases. My style is shabby chic with a touch of mixed media. I love layering and mixing papers on my projects. I hope I inspire you to create. I’m excited to joining the Creative Embellishments team and can’t wait to share my projects with you. You can find me here at my blog: Love Life’s Little Pleasures.
Tracy McLennon
Hey guys! My name is Tracy McLennon and I am so very excited to be designing with Creative Embellishments. I live my crafty life in beautiful Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada. I’m pretty sure I have salt water in my veins, an east coaster to the core. I’m married to my partner in crime and talented band teacher husband Sean and I have 2 beautiful step-daughters. One living and working in Switzerland and the youngest is in University. Rounding out our little family is our crazy rescue pooch Kya.
I’m a life long crafter thanks to my Mom, and then started scrapbooking about 20 years ago, and MY have things changed!
My creative style evolves from classic, clean and dimensional to vintage, distressed mixed media. I have a background in photography, so I love to have the perfect photos for my scrapbook creations.
I just simply LOVE to create, and can’t wait to share my creations with all of our Creative Embellishments friends.
Doris Widder
I am a SAHM of 5 wonderfully active and creative kids who inspire me every day…when they’re not driving me insane.
I love everything to do with paper crafting and enjoy creating tags, cards, layouts, altered art and mixed media projects. I’m an eclectic scrapper and I vary styles regularly since I love everything from CAS to grungy and distressed. Some of my favorite manufacturers are Webster’s Pages, Prima, October Afternoon, Graphic 45, Bo Bunny, MME…the list could go on! lol
Nicolle Kramer
My name is Nicolle Kramer (part owner of CE) and I have been scrapbooking for around 16 yrs. I am a stay at home mom of 4 children. I have 2 boy ages 26,25 and 2 girls as well ages 22 and 16. My hubby Michael (other owner) .
of 26 yrs is extremely supportive of my hobby. We both love the arts. I enjoy creating layouts using many different styles of scrapping. The internet is where I look for inspiration through sketches, color challenges and browsing some really talented ladies blogs. I find it fun to learn new techniques and follow trends. I’d like to think I am an ever evolving scrapper who loves using bright bold colors, textures and lots of embellishments to enhance the story being told on my page in a unique and creative way that keeps the viewer continually discovering new details every time they see one of my pieces. I also love to alter different mediums and create tags. I also make the occasional card. I love everything paper or paper related.
I love everything to do with paper crafting and enjoy creating tags, cards, layouts, altered art and mixed media projects. I’m an eclectic scrapper and I vary styles regularly since I love everything from CAS to grungy and distressed. Some of my favorite manufacturers are Webster’s Pages, Prima, October Afternoon, Graphic 45, Bo Bunny, MME…the list could go on! lol
of 26 yrs is extremely supportive of my hobby. We both love the arts. I enjoy creating layouts using many different styles of scrapping. The internet is where I look for inspiration through sketches, color challenges and browsing some really talented ladies blogs. I find it fun to learn new techniques and follow trends. I’d like to think I am an ever evolving scrapper who loves using bright bold colors, textures and lots of embellishments to enhance the story being told on my page in a unique and creative way that keeps the viewer continually discovering new details every time they see one of my pieces. I also love to alter different mediums and create tags. I also make the occasional card. I love everything paper or paper related.