Well, I am so happy to say I have finally assembled my permanent Creative Team! These ladies are all so talented – I am so happy and lucky to have them working for me! Since you’ll be seeing lots of layouts from them, I thought I’d take a second to introduce each of them and let my readers and customers get to know each of them a little!

First up is the talented Barbara:

I am a blissfully married mom with one extremely energetic, adorable boy named Gabe. I grew up in Pennsylvania, but presently live in Kentucky and will soon be moving back to Connecticut. I work full time from my home as a Helpdesk Analyst for an insurance company which is great because it allows me to be at home with Gabe. In my free time I enjoy reading, photography and digital scrapping. I started scrapbooking in June 2008 and have been addicted since. I have never done traditional paper scrapbooking; partly because you need the space to work but mostly because I feel more at home in front of a computer where I can erase, undo, and edit what I do not like and not to mention I’m a safety hazard with scissors! My scrapping style is uncluttered and organized. Most of my favorite layouts include the color red! I love scrapbooking because it allows me to scrap “moments in time”. I hope to one day look back at what I have scrapped and be taken back in time to those exact moments.

Next is the sweet and energetic Bree:

I’m a 29 year old mom to 2 kids, 4yo girl and a 1yo boy. I am happily married and we live in a house of sugar in a city of salt. :} lol Its actually a suburb called Sugarhouse in the Salt Lake valley in Utah. :} I love to scrap and make tags with scraps. My sister is a photographer and supplies me with great outdoor scenery shots. I love old cars and retro stuff.

Then, we have Jen… I know Jen as one of Ellie Lash’s customers – I had long admired her scrapping style, and then the Angels brought her on board and I was thrilled! It was a no-brainer that she had to be part of my team, too:

Hi, I’m Jen. I am so excited to be a part of Tracy’s Creative Team. I started digi-scrapping in November 2007, and got to know Tracy as a fellow “Ellie’s Angel.” I am a stay-at-home mom and absolutely love to scrapbook pictures of my 2 kids.

Next, my friend Melanie, who is also an Ellie’s Angel! Melanie is also a designer in her own right, designing under the name “Pixie Keepsakes.” We just finished the NieNie collab kit together:

Hi, this is Melanie coming to you from sunny (and hot) Arizona! I have been married for 8 years to my wonderful husband. We have 4 children, Hunter 13, Hayden 7, Hensley 4 and my baby Landon is 1!!! I am lucky enough to have a salon business out of my home so that I can work and stay home with my children. I have been digital scrapbooking since 2005 and love everything about it! I love the creative outlet, the fabulous scrapbooking community and the friends that I have made through this industry.

Then, we have the lovely Nicole:

Hi there! I’m a twenty-something English teacher originally from the great state of New Hampshire. I just celebrated my one-year anniversary with my husband, a fighter pilot in the USAF. I have lived in four countries in the last two years: the US, England, Germany, and South Korea. It’s a good thing I love to travel! My favorite vacation spots include Venice, Rome, London, Chamonix, the French and Mayan Rivieras, and any tropical island. Besides digi-scrapping and traveling, some of my hobbies include reading (currently Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth), knitting, cooking, and shopping. I’m honored and excited to be chosen as one of Tracy’s CT members, and I can’t wait to get started!

And last, but certainly not least, my #1 fan, Sarah! Sarah has been following my blog since I started designing and my team would not be complete without her!

First, thank you Tracy, for picking me to be a part of your Creative Team. I feel so privelaged and amazed to have been chosen. Second, a little about me (if you really want to know). I am ME, 33 years of age, living in San Diego, CA. I am married to a great guy (8 years and running) who still takes the time to make my coffee in the morning. I am MOM to two boys, ages 7 and 3. I have two super cute doggies who are always in my layouts. I started paper scrapping about 6 years ago. I have quite the collection of stuff to show for it and not that many LO’s. How I found digi is not how most of us found it – I started looking around for cool fonts and designs while creating my own website to sell my crafts. I wanted my site to reflect the scrap style that my product had. I stumbled upon the Shabby Princess site and downloaded one kit… but after reading the TOU, determined I couldn’t use it. So I signed up with HP and Sony and started taking their FREE online classes on digi scrapping because I wanted to learn to make my own paper. And here I am… never finished the website, fell in love with digi and don’t like to design – but love to scrap!

So, there you have it! The whole team 🙂 I have a few other ladies still in mind that I will be offering guest spots to, so if you applied and weren’t chosen, please know I’ve saved your application for the current and/or future guest calls. I want to thank everyone that applied – I was overwhelmed with all the talent! I feel very lucky to have had such a great pool of scrappers to choose from 🙂

I will be adding links to the CT members blogs to my sidebar shortly – please take a sec to leave these ladies a welcome comment here, or stop by their blogs and leave a congrats! And to Melanie, Jen, Sarah, Nicole, Barbara and Bree… I’m so happy to have you all and uber excited to be working with you all! WELCOME to the team!