Design Divas

Please meet our Staff and Design Divas!  These are the folks you will meet while in our store, and who make most of the example projects for the store, our kit clubs and classes! Our goal is to inspire, teach and help you take joy in creating your scrapbooks, cards, keepsakes and more! Don't hesitate to ask our help or just say hello!

Some of our staff and designers have blogs, you can click on their names to go to their blogs! 


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Kelly
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Beth
Tell us about yourself:  Family: I am very lucky to have a wonderfully supportive husband, Dean, and two beautiful girls, Kate and Emily, who are the subjects of 99.9% of my scrapbooking. We also have two miniature dachshunds, Chloe and Roxie.

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What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  I have a really hard time narrowing down my list of favorites. It’s really hard since we try very hard to order only the best companies and the coolest stuff! I guess I love it all!

How would you describe your style:  Simple. Usually one-page spreads.

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Alisa
Alisa is known as our heritage Design Diva, with her Preserve the Past scrapbooking class series.  
Tell us about yourself:  I am a single mom with an 18 year old boy who has gone off to college. Does that mean I get to change his room into a scraproom??? I would love to have a dog but between 2 jobs and a teenage boy I have no time.

How long have you been scrapping:  I have been scrapping for about 8 years. You will often say that this is my 'fun' job. I sit in front of a computer all day at my 'real' job.

What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  Kaiser Crafts, My Minds Eye, Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz. I am really loving Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 Stamps by Stamper's Anonymous.

How do you describe your style:  My style is leaning toward layered, vintage and lots of patterned paper. Junk It Up!
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Tracy
Tell us about yourself:  I have been married to my husband, Brian, since 1987. We have two beautiful daughters, Hayley and Rachel. I felt so sorry for Brian, being the only man in the house with 3 women with 3 different personalities, that we added a boy - JT. JT is a Yorkshire Terrier who is extremely protective of me and has a very dominating attitude. JT doesn't seem to understand that he is only 5 pounds.  

How long have you been scrapping:   I have been scrapping for 11 years. Between my real job at Micro-Surface Finishing, my family and my fun job at Scrapaganza, I don't have much time for anything else.
How would you describe your Scrap Style: SIMPLE - I scrap my photos for them to be seen and enjoyed. This way I try to stay somewhat caught up.

What is you favorite Scrap Company: My Minds Eye, Making Memories, anything that has coordinating embellishments so I don't have to think too hard. For tools - I can't live without my camera, Making Memories 12" cutter, and fun paper.
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Penny has been published in Scrapbook Trends many times, is a certified Ranger instructor and is currently on the Imaginisce Design Team. Check out her blog to see what else she's up to! 
Tell us about yourself:  I am married, with three energetic children, all under the age of 10! We have two long haired chihuahua's, and an african grey parrot. Besides scrapbooking, I like to be outside... playing with the kids, walking or riding my (pee-wee Herman) bike

How long have you been scrapping:
I have been scrapbooking for YEARS (since Mrs. Grossman stickers were SO cool! LOL!) I love to bead too, but rarely get a chance. I would LOVE to learn how to knit. And I am currently learning to sew-on paper! :)

What are your Favorite scrap companies or products: Sassafrass Lass, and Prima are my favorites... but there are many more that I really like to work with!

How would you describe your scrap style:
Ecclectic! I use what I love, when I want to, and I love to layer and junk things up!
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Michele is known as the "Cricut Diva" and likes to specialize in die cutting with the Cricut and Sizzix. Check out her blog to see what she is up to!
Tell us about yourself:  I'm married to a very understanding and supportive husband since 2003, and have a darling preschooler, Kevin. I am an obsessive hobbyist! If I take up a hobby, I throw myself into it with all my being. LOL!  I've been a confirmed sewer and fabric hoarder, jewelry maker, taught belly dance for 10 years and directed 3 troupes, and I'm not done yet!

How long have you been scrapping:  I started scrapbooking in September 2008, when I discovered Scrapaganza!

What are your favorite scrapbooking companies or product:  I love My Mind's Eye, KaiserCraft, BoBunny, We R Memory Keepers, Maya Road, Tim Holtz, Core'dinations, Making Memories, 3 Bugs in a Rug... I could go on and on...

How would you describe your style:  Whatever I want to do that day. I let inspiration guide me. Sometimes I get trendy and do what everyone else is doing. Sometimes I do a simpler style. Sometimes I junk it up. Sometimes I come up with my own thing. :)
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Megan is also a designer for Scrapaganza's online kit club, The Story Matters. Visit her blog to see what else she is up to! She has been published in Scrapbook Trends, Scrapbook MM {Sweden}, ScrapStreet e-mag, & has 3 upcoming pubs in Creating Keepsakes.
Tell us about yourself:  I'm married to my highschool sweetheart, Aaron and we have 2 boys Coe & Chase & our little girly Ella. We live on a farm and enjoy spending lots of time outdoors. I am currently also designing for The Story Matters, GCD Studios, & Shabby Chic Crafts.

How long have you been scrapping:  I started scrapbooking 9 years ago when I went to a Stampin' Up! party. After selling for SU for 5 years, I began my photography business. In the meantime, I discovered my love for patterned paper & Thickers!

What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  Sassafras, Studio Calico, American Crafts, October Afternoon, etc....

How would you describe your style:  I guess I would say eclectic. I love to use "white space", lots of color, and often outline letters & embellishments with my journaling pen.

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Monica
Tell us about yourself:  I am a single mom with two babies, Cadyn and Bella. They are the focal point of almost every layout i have ever done in my life! I work as a nurse at an urgent care clinic and I am a wedding photographer. I enjoy taking photos, and love the post processing after. I find scrapbooking to be like a sinful therapy. When I get going, I don't want to stop and look forward to the next time I get to "play". I stay up very late creating, often until 3 am.  My close friends call me Mo. I love my TiVo, and I enjoy reading dark, thought provoking, psycological, autobiographical, and historical novels with a fictional twists.

How long have you been scrapping:  Since about 2003.. needed a lil sumthin' to cure the post pardum depression, so i decided to spend lots of money.... on scrappy-fun.

What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  I am not loyal. nope. I'll try just about anyone. As for products, Cut and Dry foam by Ranger and 3 in 1 glue by Beacon. I like sparkly, gem thingies... a lot.

How would you describe your style:  Hmm.. dirty, maybe? I tell everyone I am a garbage scrapper, if I can put it on a page, I will. Oh and I love journaling.
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Rachelle P.
Tell us about yourself:  I have been married to my wonderful hubby, Cory, for 8 years and we have an 8 year old fur-baby, named Kodak. They are usually the focus of my layouts along with my family and friends. Like others in the store, this is my 'fun' job. I too, sit at a computer all day at my 'real' job as an IT Project Manager for John Deere. I also like to experiment in jewelry making and other crafts.

How long have you been scrapping:  I have been scrapbooking for 10+ years. I got 'hooked' after attending a scrapbooking party at a friend's house and then the addiction set in.

What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  I don't really have 'favorites'. I will usually try just about anything.

How would you describe your style:  My scrapbooking style is very simple, usually straight lined. I am what I like to call a 2-pager. I don't create single layouts very often. But again, I like to venture 'outside the page'.

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Alicia is our primary card Design Diva, creating wonderful cards every month for our monthly card class. Visit her blog to see what she is up to!

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Rita
Tell us about yourself:  I live in Bettendorf with my husband and our two beautiful girls, one dog, and one cat. Other than working at the store, I am a "stay at home mom" who never seems to stay at home! I recently got a stamp that fits me perfectly - "With enough caffeine, I could rule the world" - so don't be surprised to see me with a soda or coffee! :)

How long have you been scrapping:  Scrapping? That's a hard one - I did my starter (enormous 9 album) project about 2 years ago. Collecting supplies? About 7+ years!...Hmmm, does that explain why I have so many more supplies than finished projects??

What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  I love October Afternoon and Jillibean Soup!

How would you describe your style:  Simple, clean, and story-driven.

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Rachelle G.
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Katie
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Denise
Tell us about yourself:  I have been married to my husband, Mark, for 29 years. We have 3 children: Adam (26, New York City), Lauren (23, Huntington Beach, CA) and Julie (22, Homer, AK). I teach preschool and call my craft room my Bat Cave.

How long have you been scrapping:  I have been scrapping for about 15 years. Back then, I used to go to the Ben Franklin store that was across from Kinko's for my paper and supplies. We basically only used decorative scissors and paper. There wasn't much else!

What are your favorite scrapbook companies or product:  I love Basic Grey, K and Company, Tim Holtz (double love) and 7 Gypsies.

How would you describe your style:  I would describe my style as eclectic. Sometimes I go very arty and sometimes very fancy and full of flourishes and extras. I get inspiration from my pictures and papers, so it depends on the subject.

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