I live in beautiful Conifer, CO with my hubby Iain and our two kids, Natalie and Jamie, as well as 2 cats and a puppy. I’m a stay-at-home mom and part-time Criminal Justice student. Iain and I are originally from Scotland but became proud U.S. citizens in 2002. I have been scrapbooking and stamping for 7 years: the scrapbooking came first, then I discovered the world of stamps and I was hooked immediately!

In addition to paper crafts, I also love photography and reading.
 
My cards have been published in Paper Crafts, Card Creations, Simply Sentiments, Scrap & Stamp Arts and Stamper’s Sampler. I am a patterned paper addict and love to “play” as often as I can. My style is simple and I love to showcase the stamps in my work – they are, after all, the main attraction!

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Hi All!! My name is Ana Wohlfahrt and I am a stay at home mom of a beautiful and super active 2 1/2 year old son. I have a wonderful husband of 4 years and still going strong. I have lived in Houston, Texas almost all my life and aside from a few months of unbearable hot, humid weather I love living here. I started stamping about 3 years ago and have not stopped since!! I would describe my style as colorful and full of texture.

I believe that everything is in the details. I enjoy every step of paper crafting. Choosing from different textures and patterns of card stock, shades of colors and ink, and stamps are my form of thereapy. So when I was asked to join TCP's insanely talented design team I didn't think twice in saying "YES"! I can't wait to start this new exciting mission and I hope you will enjoy the many things I will have to share.

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I am currently a SAHM living in Bel Air, Maryland - our home state — after being in Chicago for four years. I live with my hubby of 12 years, Bill, and the love of both of our lives, , Kyle. And I should also mention, Tom, our 2-1/2 year old fuzzy furball of a cat. (Full disclosure of a feline friend should be required of TCP team members!) My best guess is that I've been a stamper for about 10 years.

I got the bug after living just down the street from a wonderful store near our first house in Crofton, MD. When we moved to North Carolina I decided that I should scrapbook. I shopped and bought and collected and organized tons of tools, stickers, paper, etc. but I kept going back to my stamps. (I never did start scrapbooking!) When we moved to Illinois that's when my habit really took off. Five years later, we need to have extra insurance to make sure that the craft room is covered in case of emergency. It's not just a hobby, right, it's a way of life!

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Hi All! I live in North Texas, Saginaw to be exact, with my wonderful husband and beautiful daughter. We also have 2 crazy dogs and a sly black cat (not Sprinkle), that we occasionally claim as our own. Before staying at home, I taught third grade in public schools.

I truly discovered stamping in the fall of 2004 when my neighbor’s son brought over a cute little Halloween treat. I had to know what it was, how it was made and how could I get my hands on the stuff…now! It’s been a few years since then and needless to say, I am now “in the know.” I love all things stamping! The paper, the ink, the embellishments and, of course, THE STAMPS!! What was once in one drawer of my house has now consumed an entire room…and I love it!

I describe my stamping style as clean. I love sharp edges, matted panels and bold images. There is always something else out there that I want to know all about, whether it be a type of stamp, ink or paper or a creative person.

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Hi y'all, it's me, Susan! I'm married to my best friend, Eric and we have three beautiful daughters—Shelbie who is in high school, Lindsie our second grader and Audrie our precocious preschooler. I'm a native Texan and we live northeast of Fort Worth, Texas in a little suburb called Watauga. I've been a stay at home mom for 5 years now, after having been in the retail banking business for 17 years. We have a 10 year old rat terrier named Hopper who we call a "grumpy old man" and he can bare his teeth on command to prove it.

I've always loved all kinds of crafts and remember always drawing, making gifts and learning to sew at the age of 6. So as I got older, I kept sewing all kinds of things, took up painting and then fell in love with scrapbooking in 1994. However, my time these days is mostly consumed with papercrafting; stamping being my favorite, which I've only come to LOVE in the last 6 years or so. I love going to garage sales and thrift stores to find new trash to turn into treasure! I'm addicted to designer paper (and coffee) and can't pass up anything sparkly! I love to play with color and adding a little something unexpected to my projects makes for some fun finishing touches.

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Greetings from Wisconsin! To be more specific, I’m from a little town called Ellsworth that is conveniently located about 50 miles east of the infamous Twin Cities of Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul). I can’t say much about me without first mentioning my family which includes my wonderfully supportive husband, Ed and three great kids—Kendra, Hank and George. The family pack keeps me hopping along with a full time career as a speech pathologist for a local school district (summers off, yeah!) and a part time job as church organist for the church in which I grew up.

The first stamping I did was for Kendra’s birth announcement 16 years ago, but I seriously started stamping about 7 years ago and haven’t been able to put down the stamps since. The women in my family are historically hand crafters by nature and I guess I was blessed with that “crafty” gene as well. I enjoy the friendships, both real and pretend, that I have formed through my paper crafting ventures and can’t imagine life without them.

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What started as simply a guaranteed girls night out with my friends has become a true addiction to paper crafting! By day I’m a stay at home mom and daycare provider, so I really look forward to a little time (okay, I’ll be honest, a lot of time...) to unwind and put my creative energies to good use! Through stamping, blogging and design team work I’ve made so many wonderful friends! I just love TCP’s fun loving attitude and hip style and I’m truly honored and quite honestly, tickled to be joining this sassy and outstandingly talented team!

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Hi there! My name is Sonja but I usually go by Sony and here's a little fun fact for ya: I'm a transplant. I was born and raised in Germany but when I was 16 years old my parents and I moved to the US and now I live in sunny California.
I'm currently single and I work in the oh-not-so glamorous film and tv world but I just started to go back to school for Visual Effects and Computer Animation so we'll see where that'll take me next. I'll keep you posted! :)

How did all the stampin' fun start? Well I guess you can still call me a bit of a Newbie because I really just started stamping in August 2009 but I was very eager to learn everything I could and I spent hours on the computer, googling different techniques, watching How-To Videos and reading Blogs. I love to experiment with different looks and I always try to come up with something unique and original but usually there's always a sense of whimsy to my cards and that's just me. :)
I'm beyond honored and really I think you need to pinch me because I still can't believe I get to be a part of this amazingly talented design team!

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Howdy, y’all! I live in Claremore, Oklahoma, with my husband Sean, sons (Truman, age 11 and Carter, age 3 – therein lies the mystery of my online screen name, TruCarMa), and the world’s greatest German Shepherd, Gretel. In my past lives, I was a lawyer, a fundraiser for a non-profit, a federal law clerk, and a university professor. For the past couple of years I’ve been a stay-at-home mom, though I seem to spend the majority of my time in a minivan.

Though I had dabbled with rubber stamps in the past, I became truly obsessed with stamping in the fall of 2006. As a result, I now consider myself a lapsed scrapbooker. Shortly after ditching the photos and stickers for all things inky, I began admiring The Cat’s Pajamas and Alma’s über-hip images. I’m a sucker for their retro feel and swingin’ vibe. I’m thrilled beyond measure to join the TCP family, and I vow to do my part in making the world a swankier place to live!

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Once upon a time, I thought money was to pay for things like food. Or clothing. Or shelter. All those things we were taught to believe were the necessities of life. So I took a job in the ad world, where I logged nearly 20 years as a designer and art director, creating work that other people liked, to pay for those things other people said were necessities.

Then I discovered rubber stamping and learned what money was really meant for. To buy more stamps.

So I left the ad world behind to create things that I liked, and I haven't looked back since.

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