Being a stay-at-home mom when my children were little gave me plenty of time to follow my love for design. After studying Interior Decorating my interest in all different kinds of designs grew. Through the years, I took classes in everything… sewing, stained glass, cake decorating, chocolate making and quilting. After I retired, I decided it was time to do fun things that I had always wanted to do. After taking several classes and a lot of reading, I started designing cards for birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. The response was amazing that I stared selling cards at boutiques. This was four years ago, I now enjoy teaching people how to make greeting cards, party favors, invitations and some of the little things that make parties and holidays special at an affordable price as well as being able to have fun and say “I made it”.

For 22 years, Franke Santos has explored a wide range of arts and crafts including painting, quilting, cookie decorating, shoe design and origami. She took a strong interest in beadwork three years ago, when she saw that she could create both flat and sculptural pieces. She enjoys the whimsical and seeks to make her artwork fun. 

My scrapbooking adventure began in 1998 when I was pregnant with my first child. Time and life had gotten in the way of my parents filling out my baby book …next thing they knew, I was 18 and leaving home for the Army! I wanted to make sure my daughter had a completed baby book so I started scrapbooking with a mail order kit of pre-printed pages with journaling prompts, cutesy stickers, and instructions on where to place the pictures. Looking back, I’m amazed and excited about how far this hobby has come!

My style is ever-changing because I enjoy trying new techniques and products whenever I discover them. I find inspiration from many places; craft fairs are one of my favorite places to get layout and color ideas. I try to push the envelope with myself creatively and love a challenge!

In 2003, I branched out from just scrapping with my friends and started teaching classes at crops, local scrapbook stores, and expos. I’ve been involved in all things scrappy ever since!
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Jessica has been an avid scrapbooker for about seven years and is a self-proclaimed Scrap Addict.  She has turned her passion for scrapbooking her own family's memories into helping others do the same, from selling pre-made layouts and creating custom layouts, to teaching a wide variety of classes at events and stores throughout Southern California.  She resides in the City of Riverside and is happily married to Matt, her husband of 14 years, with whom she has three wonderful children, Matthew (13), Madison (9), and Abby (3).

Karen Bremer learned calligraphy in junior high as a bonus activity.  When told she could try and follow along because she was left handed, she responded by mastering the art and going on to teach it.  Karen can comfortably teach both left and right handers the lost art of great penmanship.  When she is not doing calligraphy, Karen is a busy bee. :)

Hi I am Suzie Q. I moved to California from England in 2001 and I have been teaching in South Orange County for the last six years but have a life long background in Art.

Those who know me know I design and teach hand made card making using the dry embossing technique, and rubber stamping.  I have traveled to many stores over the  years meeting and teaching many students who love my style!  Come and join me for a FUN class!

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I have been a scrapbooker since elementary school, when I spent hours creating scrapbooks that contained pictures from magazines, cards and my own drawings about all the things I loved best in the world: unicorns, teddy bears and rainbows.  Those old, informal scrapbooks became a stepping-stone to the first "real" scrapbooks that I began creating in 1996 when I fell in love with all the paper, stickers and decorative scissors I found at my local scrapbook store.  Currently, my scrapbooks revolve mainly around my family, which includes my husband and three boys, ages seven, five and two.  Along the way on my scrapbooking journey, I became interested in learning more about photography.  I wanted to know how to take photos that could tell the important stories I wanted to tell about my family.  I was lucky enough to receive digital photography training from Canon and since then I have enjoyed sharing what I have learned about photography at scrapbook stores throughout Orange County.