Anneliese Grassi
My name is Anneliese, but most of you know me as just plain ole Liese. I live in Reading, PA with the love of my life, whom I’ve been married for almost 10 years. I have 2 beautiful little girls, ages 3 & 5, who keep me very busy! I am a SAHM, but do independent contractor work for large call centers, from home, around my husbands extensive travel/work schedule. My main contract is with Travelocity, which is great since I have been in the travel industry my entire adult life. I have been scrapbooking for about 5 years now, since my first daughter was born. I started out doing it every now & again on my dining room table, with construction paper, scissors & Elmer’s glue! My good friend took me to a crop with her, & let’s just say, she created a monster. Who knew this whole other world of pretty papers, & tape runners, & embellishments existed! Not to mention the crops & shops & contests & challenges! I have been hooked & been an avid scrapper/paper crafter ever since! I mostly scrap 12×12 pages, both single & double page layouts, but have recently been on a big card making kick. I love flowers, inks, STICKLES!!, & Thickers. My favorite paper line is Basic Grey. I don’t think I have a scrappy style, per se, I just scrap what I like, no matter what the style. What I scrap most, of course, is my girls, & just every day life. Scrapping has become more than just a hobby to me, it is a way to be creative & preserve memories while doing what I love!
Besides scrapbooking, I love to read, watch movies, be outside, crossword puzzles, & day trips with the girls. I love wildlife! I love the deer, turtles, ducks, hawks, birds, etc. in our backyard, & could watch them for hours! We recently got a Wii & that is so much fun to play as a family, or with my husband. I cannot live without my coffee everyday, & Starbucks is a fabulous treat! Chocolate ranks high on my list too! But my all time fave thing to do, besides scrapping of course, is spend time with my family. There is nothing like hearing the laughter of my girls when we are all having fun together, whether it is at the lake, or the zoo, playing outside, or just laying in bed cuddling & giggling!
Karen Patterson
Hi, my name is Karen Patterson aka as nanakaren, I am a Christian and am a retired mother of 4, grand mother of 9 and great grandmother of 7, these are often the subject of my layouts.
I live in Clear Lake (Houston), Texas close to the Johnson Space Center and get to enjoy cool to hot, hot weather year round.
I have been scrapbooking and cardmaking for 4 plus years and am hopelessly addicted. I also have recently found digital stamps and find them to be lots of fun to color using my favorite coloring medium of prismacolor pencils and OMS blending solution, I love to make cards from these images....
I am an avid crafter of 40+ years and have tried and enjoy lots of crafts other than scrapbooking I also enjoy crocheting and make crochet flowers for use in my papercrafts and also sell these little gems. I also love counted cross stitch and the needlearts, in my spare time I also enjoy reading.
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