Hello everyone, thanks for calling by.
Today we would like to officially introduce you to our
NEW Design Team & tell you a little about them.
The NEW team starts on 1st October
so make sure you pop back in to see
all their beautiful creations using our
fabulous Green Tara products.
First we have eight fabulously talented
NEW Design Team Members &
also four of our previous team returning.
Heather Jacob Australia
Hi
there, my name is HEATHER JACOB.
Firstly
I am so honoured, excited and thrilled to be chosen as one of the design team
members with GREEN TARA. Heartfelt Thanks. Nature and gardening are a huge part
of my life so it seems perfect for me to be able to play with these enchanting
BLOOMS .
Now
a little about me, I am blissfully married to my wonderful, supportive “soul
mate” BADEN. My Family feature throughout my
work and there is nothing more important to me than my family. Creating art is
one of my many passions in life .. To me this craft is the perfect combination
of art, photography, beautiful paper, and glorious words.
I
especially love to choose some elements, cast a spell and see what happens, to
create a dream and follow it through. Subtle shadows, light and color are all
ingredients for casting the spell. I am in harmony with my garden and its
inhabitants, connecting with the beauty that surrounds me. For me it is
all-consuming, inspiring and a natural expression of my inner self, which I love
to weave into my works.
I am inspired by colour and texture … I love to
include stitching, chipboard, journaling, muslin, fabrics, metal elements,
inking, masking and texture paste.
Off
the page projects and altered art are a fave of mine. I see my style as “CLASSIC”
with attention to detail…I tend to lean toward monochromatic themes with a
little shabby chic/grunge thrown in..
Warm
hugz from Heather x
My
blogs
www.heatherartandlife.blogspot.com ( my main blog)
I am lucky enough to
be on a few design teams
Imaginarium designs
CSI (color/stories/inspiration)
Meg’s garden
The Color Room
ASI magazine.
Kelly Foster USA
Hello!! I am so excited to be here at Green Tara!!! My name is Kelly
Foster, and I am from the beautiful state of Minnesota (USA). I am mother to two
beautiful little girls, Lilah and Paisley, and engaged to the most wonderful man
on earth, Jeremy. My time is best spent taking care of my children and being
creative as often as possible with scrapbooking, and sewing, too, when I have
time!! I am head over heels with this amazing hobby, and am honored to be here
working with Green Tara's amazing products!! My style is a little bit shabby
chic, a little bit artsy grunge, depending on my mood. I love working with
flowers, I love mixed media, and I just plain love to make beautiful things!!!
Thanks for having me! You can see more work from me on my blog: http://scrappin-sisters.blogspot.com
Kim Price Australia
My name is Kim Price and I live on the Central
Coast, NSW Australia with my husband of 20 years and 2 teenaged daughters who
are the object of my inspiration. I have been scrapbooking and papercrafting for
10 years and my love of this pursuit just keeps growing. I am very excited to
have been included in the new Design Team line-up for Green Tara and I look
forward to creating, sharing and getting to know my fellow DT as well as
everyone who has a passion for these amazingly beautiful products. My personal
creative style can vary greatly between modern, artistic and whimsical to
classically shabby and vintage. I am a HUGE fan of colour and layers and you
will see these two things most often in my designs.
Rachael Funnell Australia
Rachael Funnell Australia
Hi My name is Rachael
Funnell,
I Am a happily married lady to a
wonderful man named Jason.
We have 2 Beautiful children our
boy Ethan who will be hitting double digits (10) in November
& our girl Chloee who has just
turned 8, We live in the Central
Tablelands of NSW Australia..
I have been scrapbooking for 6
years & have been fully addicted for the last 2 & a bit
years...
My Style is still evolving but!
I’m finding cluster’s, layers
& something always going
on in my background’s are regular things with my Creations...
I am SUPER thrilled to be joining
the Green Tara Team & hope to inspire you all in some way!!!
Be
sure to stop on by my blog & say hi http://awindowtoomyworld.blogspot.com/
Natasha Naranjo USA
My name is Natasha & I’m
the mother of two wonderful children & the wife of an amazing, supportive
man. I am a floral designer by day and a scrapbook designer by night. I first
discovered my love for scrapbooking in 2004 but was unable to scrap because I
was a single mother at the time. For years I was unable to craft, but my passion
for it never faded. I married my soulmate in 2010 and my husband inspired and
encouraged me to start creating. If it weren’t for him, I would have never been
able to begin doing what I love. As for my scrapping style... well, I don’t know
how to categorize my style LOL. I just create using products I love. I love to
incorporate different techniques in my work and use a variety of elements. Every
day I am inspired by the work and talent of others, and I hope to be able to
inspire others with my work as well!
Vicky Varvadouka Greece
My
name is Vicky Varvadouka, I am a happily married mum of two little girls (Nefeli 5 &
Ioli 3) and I work in a big company in Greece . Scrapbooking is my passion and a
way to express my self! I started making layouts in September 2010 and have been
obsessed ever since. My kids are the main source of inspiration for my work and
are the primary subjects of my layouts. I can't say I have a certain style
because I don't limit myself to one style, I choose a photograph or paper line
and adapt accordingly! I love to experiment and challenge myself with new
techniques and textures! My work has been published in scrapbooking magazines
and I have been a designer for several challenge blogs and on line shops! I like
to share my work with others and hopefully inspire and encourage some people to
try something new! I LOVE scrapbooking and I can't imagine
myself without it! It has a piece of my
heart!!!!
Thank you
Green Tara for this amazing opportunity!!!
My blog:
Shona Keehn Canada
My name is Shona Keehn and I am from British Columbia,
Canada. I have 3 children and a wonderful husband of 26 years. He is very
supportive with my scrapping addiction.
I have been scrapping for many years but have just found
my scrappy style in the last couple of years. It is definitely something that I
change up lots. I love to try new techniques and therefore one day I will be
shabby and the next day more on the grungy side. One of my favourites is to work
with a sketch. I love how so many artists can be so different from one sketch.
I am thrilled to be part of this amazing Design Team and
I can not wait to start. I get so much inspiration from everyone in the
scrapping world and I hope that you can get some from me.
Marie-Josee Hamel (MJ) Canada
Hello all! My
name is Marie-Josée Hamel. I am 37 years old and I live in Gatineau, Quebec,
Canada, with my significant other, Michael, and our daughter, Emily, who just turned 8. We
share our house with a cat, a rabbit, a snail and two goldfish!
:)
I discovered
scrapbooking in April 2006 during a trip I took
to Louisiana, USA, to visit friends
of mine. Even if I have always been a crafty person, I had never heard of
scrapbooking before then. When I saw my friend's scrap space, I was instantly in
awe. I started asking tons of questions, and within 10 minutes, asked THE
question: "But where do you buy all this stuff?" Less than two hours
later, I was already shopping
at Michael's (an American arts and crafts
store) with my friend, and that is where I bought my first scrapbooking
supplies. It has never stopped since then! :) Moreover, about a year ago, I started working nights, which means
that I am home alone all day and now have lots of time to devote to creative
projects, something I enjoy tremendously. Mostly, I create layouts, but I also
design cards and altered projects. I am also interested in mixed media and have started
including mixed media techniques in my projects a few months
ago.
Color is
always what sparks my creative process. I chose the colors I want to work with,
then find a picture to match, which I
know is very unusual! Most of my layouts have lots of white space and
a shabby chic/vintage touch. I love to tear papers and layer them to give
dimension to my projects. Flowers are and have
always been my favorite embellishment, so you will see a lot of those on
my layouts! :)
I am currently part of a few other design teams
(magazine, store, inspiration blog and sketch blog) and have my own blog, Les
créations de mariemily (http://lescreationsdemariemily.blogspot.com),
which is a bilingual blog (French and English). Feel free to drop by and say
hello!
We have four of our original team returning
& they are:
Mistra Hoolahan Australia
Hi everyone!
I'm Mistra and I live in Perth, am married and we have
a teenage son and luckily I have a niece I can borrow
for those girlie scrap fixes! I have been scrapping
for over 10 years, and have seen so many changes...
I am loving where the industry is now, no rules
and lots of wonderful things to play with!
I work full time but I find time to create every weekend,
for me it's my relax time, I love it and my husband loves
that I have this for myself {then I can't complain when he's
absorbed in some computer game LOL}.
I am really lucky to be on a few fabulously fun Australian
and International Design Teams - I adore it, it keeps me
motivated, challenged and keeps me growing.
I'm thrilled that I get to play with Green Tara for another term,
I love the quality and designs of all the flowers,
laces and ribbons...
they always make embellishing my projects so easy!
Mis xx
Jan Rankine Australia
Hello everyone - my
name is Jan Rankine.
I live on the Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia
with my daughter and grandson and a Chihuahua who thinks
she is a Great Dane.
I also have two sons and another two grandchildren.
I love scrapbooking and I teach classes as well as being one half
of the Design Team at Di's Scrapbook Shop at The Entrance.
I've dabbled in lots of craft over the years - but I really love
scrapbooking & card making.
Off The Page projects fascinate me as well.
I absolutely love Green Tara products and I’m so happy
to be back as part of the fabulous new Design Team.
If you would like to see more of my work,
pop over to my blog Janscreativespace.blogspot.com
I live on the Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia
with my daughter and grandson and a Chihuahua who thinks
she is a Great Dane.
I also have two sons and another two grandchildren.
I love scrapbooking and I teach classes as well as being one half
of the Design Team at Di's Scrapbook Shop at The Entrance.
I've dabbled in lots of craft over the years - but I really love
scrapbooking & card making.
Off The Page projects fascinate me as well.
I absolutely love Green Tara products and I’m so happy
to be back as part of the fabulous new Design Team.
If you would like to see more of my work,
pop over to my blog Janscreativespace.blogspot.com
Jan xx
Linda Thompson Australia
My name is Linda and I'm 39, I'm married to my soul
mate Mark and we have 8 children, and our first grandchild due at the end of the
month.
I live in Campbelltown area of NSW and am a stay at
home mum.
I have been scrapping for almost 8 years now, I was
introduced into it by a friend as a means to take my mind of a very premie baby
who spent 9 weeks in hospital. In those 8yrs I
have had my own store for 4yrs www.scrappersgarden.com.au and been
on a couple of Design Teams.
My blog is http://6diamonds1sapphire.blogspot.com.au/ I have been a little bit
slack of late updating it but there are a few albums at the bottom you can see
more of my past work. I have been re-doing my scrap room these past few months
so a lot of things have been packed away limiting my current extra scrapping,
but I'm all unpacked now finally.
My style, well I'm not really sure what it is right
now, I am currently trying a lot of new mixed media products on my pages as well
as exploring more OTP items. With 7 girls I love all flowers and glimmer mist
has to be my fav product. I like to use papers as my embellishments as mush as I
can, this not only creates the perfect matching embellishment but can also be a
money saver when budget is tight. I don't scrap albums from start to finish I
just scrap what ever photo catches my eye.
Di Garling Australia
DT Co Ordinator
Hi there, my name is
Di Garling & I live on the
sunny Central Coast
of NSW in Australia.
I absolutely love
Scrapbooking & Card Making
so much that I
started my own
Scrapbook Shop going
on for seven years ago.
It is called “Di’s
Scrapbook Shop”.
Not very original!!
http://just-fabulicious.blogspot.com.au/
I am married with two
grown up sons
& a very
spoilt little fat dog called Poppy.
I joined Green Tara about
18 months ago
as their Design Team
Co Ordinator &
have been with them
ever since.
I am very fortunate to
have been able
to work with such
beautiful products.
I am so happy to be
back for yet
another term with
this amazing Company
& with these
hugely talented ladies.
I can’t wait to get started.
As for my style, I
love colour & texture.
I would say I lean
towards Shabby Chic
but with a little
Grunge thrown in
& I don’t
subscribe to the theory
that less is best.
Well that is my
story.
Until next time
Cheers Di xo
My Blog is Dis Creative Space
Well that is our NEW Design Team.
Make sure you pop back in next week to see what beautiful
things these ladies will be producing.
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