Meet The Design Team

Jane Songhurst

 Hello,  I am Jane,  but often referred to as Mama Admin in The Craft Cupboard groups, I have been paper crafting since 2004, when I became ill & needed something to occupy my time & take my mind off of things to come. I am now unable to work outside of the home, due to a couple of medical conditions which sadly dominate my life.
However, I am generally a happy & upbeat person that loves nothing better than a good laugh with friends & loved ones!

I live in a pretty National Trust village discreetly nestled in the countryside of Wiltshire, I live with my ever patient partner Alex & a sometimes smelly, very scruffy Bichon Frise called 'Ozzie'

I'm Mum to 4 grown sons, part time stepmum to 3 great children & adoring grandmum to 10  beautiful grandchild.

My first love is Scrapbooking, but also make cards & enjoy the odd dabble in altered art. My heart also lies in inspiring & encouraging other crafters. For me, crafting is not all about talent, it's about enjoying what you do, most people are the first to critise thier own work, not realising that other people see something different. I like to look at the composition of the project, it doesn't matter to me that lines may not be crisply cut or handwriting isn't perfect, because it is all part of the project itself.

I hope that you will enjoy taking part in The Cupboard Trilogy challenges, as much as myself & the team have enjoyed putting them together.
~ Jane ~
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 Stella Owen Hibbert

 Hi, my name is Stella, I have been married for 23 years, I have 3 lovely children & 2 [soon to be 3] grandchildren.
I have been making cards for about 4yrs now & always enjoy taking on a challenge!
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Vanessa Mackenzie 
 Hello. I am Vanessa a mum to three wonderful children. I started crafting about 8 years ago when I was on maternity leave with my first child. My first love is card making and quickly found that I was addicted to everything crafty. I have recently taken up jewellery making and crochet too, but I always go back to my papercrafting. I love to get my crafty stash out on the table in front of me and just play and hope that something good comes of it! Sometimes its good sometimes it ends up in the bin - but that's the whole fun of it.
My style tends to be clean and simple but on the odd accassion you might see a bit more. I hope you find my work inspirational. xx
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Leigh Collins
Hi, my name is Lesley, but most of my friends call me Leigh . I'm married to my soul mate and am mum to a wonderful son who is 9yrs! I have been scrapbooking since 2003 when on a holiday to the USA, where I was introduced to Creative Memories!
I am also a jewellery maker with a website that I hope to make my fortune from LOL
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Lesley Farrell

Hello, I'm Lesley, I'm married with 3 children and 2 grandchildren, and have crafted all my life one way or another! Prior to papercrafting I mainly did knitting and sewing, but got into cardmaking and scrapbooking about 8 years ago and then branched out into tags, ATCs, fat book pages, inchies and all sorts of things like that! Nowadays scrapbooking is my favourite, closely followed by art journaling and rubber stamping and I've just started a Smash* Book too!
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Julia Mills
Hi, I'm Julia, I live in Worcester, I am married & have grown up children & grandchildren. I have always crafted one way or another from childhood..my mum taught me to knit/crochet/sew etc & she loved to paint in oils too, but I was never very good at that! I got into papercrafting about 10 years ago after giving up work because of ill health. Much better now but totally hooked!
My style is a bit eclectic but leans towards vintage/grunge. Love cardmaking, scrapbooking, mixed media & encaustic art...I also have an ever- growing collection of unmounted rubber stamps!
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Jane Bryan
 Hi, My name is Jane, I am married with 2 gorgeous children. I have been scrapbooking for a few years now, and have recently started to dabble in cards, but still feel I have a lot to learn in both.
My style is plain and simple, usually with the use of minimal supplies. I am hoping to inspire and be inspired, learning some new things along the way.
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Liz Lowe
 Hi, my name is Liz and I have been married for 21 years and have 2 gorgeous daughters.
I live on the beautiful island of Jersey, which is great for photo opportunities for my layouts, but not so good for finding supplies!
I started card making about 8 years ago and then moved on to scrapbooking. Now I enjoy both and I now also dabbled in digital scrapbooking and ATC’s.
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Tracy Brown-Scott 

Hi! I'm Tracy and I live in West Lothian in central Scotland. I'm married with one wee girl - I've been married for nearly 9 years, and my wee girl is 7yrs. 
We share our home with three lazy/curious/sleepy/pesky cats!  
I've always had a love of all things crafty but really got into cardmaking when I was on maternity leave.  Crafting gives me a great sense of enjoyment and relaxation.  I get to meet lovely like-minded people, and shop for new must-have crafty goodies! 
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Joan Doherty   
 Hi I’m Joan, or as my family call me Nutty Mom lol. I have been married for 42 years to the same mad Irishman, which is a miracle because we are both Scorpio’s. This lovely man is fighting hard, in his second battle with cancer. He is the reason I started making cards, to take my mind off things 8 years ago. It helps get me through the bad times. I have two gorgeous children (well my daughter is 40 and my son is 37,) but they are still my babies. My Son in Law is also Scorpio which makes for a very interesting relationship. My Son married a lovely girl, back in March this year. I made all the wedding stationery, which I really enjoyed doing. I have only recently come to Scrapbooking, and I love it, but I prefer to do digital. It keeps card making totally separate that way. I also dabble in Jewellery making, again I love it, plus I knit and crochet as well.
You know what they say, Jack of all Trades, Master of None. xxxx

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Joy Trestrail
Hi everyone, I'm Joy and have been dabbling in cardmaking, scrapbooking and art journaling for about 8 years. I have recently gone back to my first love, patchwork and quilting. I've since discovered didgi scrapbooking which fits in very nicely as it leaves no mess lol! I'm married to Glen, we are both retired and live in Cornwall. I've a son and daughter and 2 stepsons, between us we have 8 Grandchildren, ages ranging from 12 - 23!!!

Lovely to meet you all
Joy xx
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Erin Fairclough
My name is Erin and I've been crafting for 6 years. my love for paper craft grows more and more each year and i cant help but fall in love every day with paper or a new stamp.... I have a passion for digi's and stamps, I get lost in coloring in and playing around with color combo's...
I'm 31 and been married to my wonderful husband for 11 years .. I have a wonderful son Luke 9 and a beautiful daughter Ellie 8 who is also mad on crafting...
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Jackie Giering
I'm Jackie or Jak to my friends & I live in sunny Worcestershire with my hubby of 30yrs.
We have 4 wonderful grown up children & 3 adorable grandbabies ... Oh & a lil old cat called Pixie
I love all things crafty, but my 1st love is scrapbooking which I have been doing since 2003.
I have been lucky enough to have had my pages published several times & previously been guest designer for PageMaps, Sketches by Tamara, Bee Crafty LSS & A Million Little Things.
My style tends to be clean & simple, with most layouts featuring my lovely family. I love capturing that special moment & recording funny things the little ones say.
Jak x