Beth: Design Team

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I am Beth, aka bethp. I am from the Indianapolis area and live with my husband of 11 years, our three girls and our two fur-ball cats. I love all kinds of crafts & it runs in my family. My mom scraps and sews, her mother knitted and her grandmother quilted. My great-great grandmother was a seamstress…I guess it’s in the genes! I started scrapping when expecting our first daughter; I went to a Creative Memories party and was hooked forever. I love girly things but like to change up my style and try new techniques and products whenever I can.

One of the biggest influences I’ve had in scrapbooking is helping with my mother’s genealogy research. We get together and scrap the photos and pictures of my ancestors and I am fascinated by how different their lives are from ours today. I love seeing how they lived and learning the stories and hardships they dealt with. I try to incorporate a lot of everyday living into my scrapbook pages after realizing that it may be completely different in 50 years. My kids are pretty active and I am always looking for new photo opportunities. They are patient with me as long as I give them some time to be paparazzi-free afterwards. I am very excited to be a part of the Scrap Attack Scrapbooking team and look forward to designing here!

JJ: Design Team

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My name is JJ, and I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For those who didn't do any better in geography than I did in school, I'm about one hour north of Plattsburgh, New York. My husband and I were married in 2001, in a costumed, Renaissance wedding (there’s my weird fact for the day). We have a four year old boy, and a one year old baby girl. My kids are the reason that I started scrapbooking. I resisted the hobby for many years, because I knew it would be addicting. No surprise - now I'm firmly hooked!

I've been crafting in one form or another since I was big enough to hold a crayon. Sewing was my biggest obsession, and I go back and forth to that still, as the muses strike, but it's kind of taken a backseat to the scrapbooking. And I'm OK with that. I mostly scrap 12x12, but I dabble in other formats. My style would best be described as ‘eclectic’ – some days I like clean and simple, other days – not so much. Lately my style has been trending towards more distressed and grungy.

As you may have already realized, besides Scrapbooking – some of my other addictions are Starbucks, Sushi and Styx (classic rock). But not all at the same time - Peppermint Mocha and Spicy Scallops just don't mix. (Styx is, of course, perfect with either.)

Nadine: Design Team & {SAS}sy Administrator

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My name is Nadine, aka nls10271. I live in Reno, NV with my husband and our 2 wonderful kids. I'm a busy Mom who owns my own hair salon and I use scrapping as a way to relax and distress at the end of a long day. I've always been creative but I didn't actually start scrapbooking until my oldest child was born almost 15 yrs ago now. To be honest, I just bought scrapbooking supplies for the first few years until I finally decided I needed to actually use them. When I finally cut that first piece of paper and glued it down the rest became history. A few years ago I was fortunate enough to be able to help a friend by working and teaching at a local scrapbook store. That’s when I learned that I truly enjoy teaching and sharing with others what I love about scrapbooking. I am excited to be a part of the Scrap Attack Scrapbooking Administrative team and to be able to share and teach my passion with everyone.

Lauri: Owner

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My name is Lauri and welcome to our site; I hope you find as much inspiration here as I have! When I was younger, my mother taught me all the crafty things that she did like sewing, painting, knitting and crocheting. Sewing was by far my favorite and I still enjoy sewing from time to time. I think arts and crafts will always be a part of my life in one way or another. I was first introduced to scrapbooking in 2000 at a Creative Memories party. I've always been crafty but I had never scrapbooked before so it was all new to me. I had such a blast scrapbooking that all I wanted to do was scrapbook! So as the months changed to years, I eventually decided to open a scrapbook store. I wanted an outlet to pour my passion for this hobby and create a place for people to meet and have fun! A little while later, Scrap Attack Scrapbooking was born! Our goal was to create an atmosphere where people can stop by and shop, hang out on the message boards, play and just have fun with this great hobby! We hope that you enjoy all the additions we have been making and look forward to many more in the future. I am very blessed to have such great clients and an awesome design team staff - they truly are what keep my going from day to day!