Showing posts with label Meet the Design Team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meet the Design Team. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Dynamic Duos #77 & Welcome to the New Team!

Welcome to the Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog. Each week we will have two colours for you to use to create a card, scrapbook page, craft or digital project.  Only the two colours, otherwise known as "The Dynamic Duo", may be used for your project.  Neutrals such as black, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome. Any product is welcome but please try to match the colours as closely as you can!
This week, we are excited to welcome our new team...before we do, we want to thank our last group of designers who were with us these last 6 months...the time just FLEW by!!! We loved working with each one of you and we look forward to you joining us as participants in the next 6 months!


Welcome to our next team of Dynamos!!! 

To learn more about the team, please CLICK HERE.



(Challenge Manager)






(Challenge Creator)

Our challenge ends on Thursdays at Noon (PDT).  We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!
  1. Any project is welcome...paper crafts, scrapbooking, digital, or crafts...
  2. Please ONLY use the two colours listed for your project. Neutrals are welcome.
  3. Combine us with as many other challenges as you would like, except other colour challenges.
  4. Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.
  5. Any offensive or inappropriate posts will be deleted respectively. Thank you.

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Dynamic Duos Reminder and Meet the New Dynamos!



We want to remind you that our current colour challenge is up and we would love for you to join us! It is the last challenge for our current team, and we just adored working with all of these gals! Thank you ladies!


We would like to introduce you to our new Design Team at Dynamic Duos! These lovely ladies will be joining us starting Saturday, May 4th! Welcome to the team ladies! Click on their names to visit their blogs.



Hi I'm Tracey McNeely and I am super excited to be one of the new Dynamic Dynamos along with a group of amazingly talented ladies.  I live in Oshawa, Ontario which is not far from Toronto and have been married to my very supportive high school sweetheart for almost 23 years. I am Mom to Ben, 18 and Brooklyn, 15.  I taught high school for nearly 17 years when I had to leave my job because I was no longer able to manage my MS along with working. I love travelling, cooking, reading and all things crafty.  With a passion for paper and stamps I have been making cards since my teens and scrapbooking now for about 12 years. I find that I am happiest in my studio creating projects that are clean and simple.  Playing with paper is definitely my favourite creative outlet and find it very therapeutic.  I hope that I am able to share my love of paper crafting with you.


Hi Everyone! What an honor to be able to design for Dynamic Duos and work with a wonderful team of girls! I am from Hodgdon Maine and am approaching my 5th year as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and love every minute of it!  I have been married to Dave since July 2008 and have two grown children Jessica 28, Greg 26 and one granddaughter Kaitlynn who just turned 5 and is a joy to have around! We own two kitty cats named Abigail and Katie whom were both acquired through our local animal shelter.  Dave and I are self-employed business owners so we are on the road a lot. I have always been crafty, even attending college to earn an art degree but decided to get married and start a family a year after I attended college. Stamping is something I’ve always stuck with as it never gets old. I haven’t purchased a store bought card in over 15 years! I hope you will enjoy my submissions and I look forward to sharing with all of you!


Hello!  I'm Susie Wittwer, and I'm so excited to join the new team at Dynamic Duos.  I'm thrilled to get the chance to work with this super talented group of crafters!  My husband and I live near a small farming community in northern Illinois.  I work full time, but you can probably guess where I spend my free time.  Yes, at my craft table.  This hobby began when I attended a Stampin' Up party many years (and $$$'s) ago.  I was hooked immediately.  I enjoy stamping so much and I enjoy sharing those cards and projects with family and friends.  I've been blogging since 2010, and love playing along in challenges. One of my cards has been published in Paper Crafts Magazine and another will be published in the July/August 2013 issue.
I cherish the friendships I've made in this crafting and blogging community and hope to make many more!


Hi everyone! I am so excited to be a part of the new team here at Dynamic Duos! I have been married to Quintin since 1994 and we live on a farm in central Alberta, CANADA with our 2 children, Calvin and Kim, dog Cocoa and 2 cats :) We run our own business for the summer months here on the farm, and then Quint works away for the winter months - so, my craft room is my so-called "sanctuary!" My crafty journey started wayyyy back (12+ years) when I hosted a Stampin' Up! demonstration. That was all it took. I was a demonstrator up until about 2 years ago then retired from SU! and broadened my horizons with other companies and products. I love the world of paper, ink, Copics and stamps and love to play along with challenges. I am so happy to share my excitement and love of paper crafting with you and look forward to making new friendships along the way!



Hi everyone.  I am so thrilled to be a part of the Dynamic Duos design team and look forward to the fun we're going to have together.  I am a mother of three wonderful children, 2 boys (26 and 13) and one daughter (25) and have been happily married to Jim for 29 years.  After the birth of our youngest, I started scrapbooking as a side hobby amongst being mommy and wife, but four years ago, I realized that I had a knack for card making/stamping and haven’t looked back since. It has been a blessing and a fabulous hobby that I hope to be able to continue and become even better at. I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and am the oldest of 5 children, but now make my home in Gilbert, South Carolina, which is near Columbia. I hope you enjoy my creations and look forward to making many new friends during the coming months.


Hi! My name is Alison (aka Gothdove Designs) and I live in Brisbane, Australia. I have been a card maker for about 10 years and fell in love with stamping about 3 years ago when I realised just how wonderful and creative stamping is! My style is generally "clean and simple" and I like lots of white space! My other creative world is music...my husband is a drummer and drumming teacher and I work in as an arts administrator for our state orchestra. I'm also a loving (and exhausted) mum to my beautiful two little men who are 4 & 2 years old. I am SO excited to be part of the Dynamic Duos Design Team....Dynamic Duos is dynamite! :)



Hello! My name is Tara and I live in Ontario, Canada. I’ve been crafting for as long as I can remember, but only recently discovered Stampin’ Up! (about 3 years ago). I love anything to do with colour and design, and love sharing with and learning from all the talented people I come across on this journey. I have two young boys (1 and 4) and a wonderfully supportive husband. When I’m not crafting, I’m working my “day job” as a Client Service Analyst, or spending time with my fabulous family.

I’m absolutely thrilled to be a part of the Dynamic Duos team and looking forward to meeting many new friends!



Hello! My name is Hayley and I live in Ontario, Canada. Let me start by saying I could not be more thrilled to be a part of the Dynamic Duos Team, really looking forward to joining in the fun with all of these lovely ladies! I have been paper crafting for about 10 years now and 3 years ago I became a Stampin' UP! demonstrator. I have made some fabulous friends over the past 3 years sharing what I love with people through my classes and blogging. I am the very proud mother of a 4 year old boy and a 6 month old girl and have a beyond amazing husband who helps me to do the things in life which make me happy! When I am not spending time with my beautiful family or tucked away in my craft room,I have the privilege of being a birth and postpartum doula.

So looking forward to seeing the creations you have to share with us!   



Hello everyone! My name is Janet Zeppa and I live in St.Catharines Ontario Canada. That is close to Niagara Falls. My husband and I are proud parents of 3 grown children, 1 girl and 2 boys. We are now empty nesters and life is good! I love paper crafting and have been scrapbooking for about 10 years. When my daughter became engaged I just knew that I wanted to do something special with all the wedding photos and that's how it all began.  I am super excited to be a part of the Dynamic Duos team and I look forward to meeting all of you fellow crafters out there. I'm sure that we will inspire each other.



Hello! I am Michelle and I live in Brisbane, Australia with my husband and my two gorgeous girls (10 and 5).  We also have a dog Coco, budgie Sunny, and fish Bubbles. When my eldest daughter started school five years ago, I attended a Stampin' Up! workshop and promptly fell in love with making cards. By the time I started blogging at the end of 2010, I was totally hooked. The amazing people I have met in blogland have enriched my life. I have made so many friends, learned so much, and I am inspired daily! I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join the Dynamic Duos Team and I'm looking forward to my time here!

Friday, 2 November 2012

Welcome to our next Design Team at Dynamic Duos!

We are excited to announce our next design team at Dynamic Duos. These ladies are all so talented and they are looking forward to sharing their design team creations with you. They will be with us for the next six months, and I tell you, that time just flies by! So let's introduce them to you! Anne Marie and I are thrilled to be working with them!


Hi! My name is Allyson Andersen. I am a mid-life girl who lives in a quiet little Utah suburb, surrounded by farmland. My husband and I married in 2001, and we are homeschooling parents of 3 young children. I began basic card making in 2003 when introduced to it during a local church women’s group meeting. I’ve taken up the hobby more seriously (i.e. spending a ridiculous amount of money on supplies!) only in the last 5 years. I’ve been blogging about my creative pursuits since January 2011, and I am very happy to be a part of the Dynamic Duos Design Team!



Hi everyone, my name is Chris and I live in Adelaide, Australia, with my 6 year old son, Jamie, who is homeschooled, and my two beautiful cats, Millie and Catey, who love to help me stamp. I have been "crafty" all of my life, I remember my Mum teaching me to knit when I was 5 years old, and I have been into all sorts of crafts ever since.  A friend took me a Stampin' Up! party for my birthday in 2008 and I haven't stopped stamping since!  I joined Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator not long after even though I was still very new to stamping, and I still love it.  I also love scrapbooking, but don't do enough of it, there are just not enough hours in the day! I also run a business from home as an NLP Master Practitioner and Hypnotherapist, something that I love to do. I am so happy and excited to be part of this team with so many talented ladies, and I really look forward to getting to know you all.


Hi my name is Vicki Burdick and I live in Webb City, Missouri. I am a wife and mother, I  have been a crafter all my life, I  was introduced to paper crafting several years ago when I attended a Stampin Up workshop with a friend. I became quite addicted. I am thrilled to be apart of the Dynamic Duos team! 


Hi, my name is Karen Day and I live in Richmond Hill, Ontario...just north of Toronto.  I'm a retired clothing designer, now a stay at home Mom, and part-time home stager with a 17yr old son and a 15yr old daughter.  I've enjoyed crafts all my life, and bought my first rubber stamp as a teenager - so I pretty much have stamped ever since.  I scrapbook when I can, and love to knit, but you'll usually find me off in my craft room making a card or two...  I'm thrilled to be a part of the Dynamic Duos design team!

Hi, my name is Deanna Dean. I was born and raised in a small town in Southern Oregon and still call it home. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 22 years. We have one daughter and soon we will be adding a son-in-law to the family. I've been crafting as long as I can remember. My mom and I were always making something. I starting scrapbooking several years ago and that led to card making and I've never looked back. I'm so excited to be part of the Dynamic Duos Design Team.


Hey there!  My name is Jenny Engelke and I enjoy life in a small, tight-knit community in Northeastern Montana.  I am married to a wonderful man who is very tolerant to my love of card-making (and the money I spend on it!) and we have three handsome boys ages 16, 14, and 7.  I am a stay-at-home mom, but with that comes all kinds of side jobs and volunteering, so I stay very, very busy.  I started making cards when I was pregnant with my oldest son.  I also scrapbooked for several years, but that has taken somewhat of a backseat to card-making.  I've always been crafty, but this is a medium I really, really enjoy.  I can't tell you how excited I am to be a part of  the Dynamic Duos Design Team! 

Hi everyone!  My name is Bobbie Trost and I live an hour north of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  My husband and I just celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary, and we have two girls ages 8 and 6 who are the subjects of my creativity.  While I'll make a card when I need one, my go-to project is a scrapbook page.  After years of collecting pretty paper and embellishments, I'm finally getting to filling up books.  I'm very excited to be joining Dynamic Duos and I look forward to the challenge of creating great layouts using the challenge colors.



Hi! I'm Erna Logtenberg, from the Netherlands. I'm married and we have a daughter who is almost 13 years old. About ten years ago I started making cards. After a few years I got my first stamps and since then I'm addicted to stamping and love to make cards even more. I like to play with sketch challenges and color challenges at different challenge blogs. I'm very honored to be a team member of the Dynamic Duos design team!



Hiya! My name is Amy White and I live in Bristol, England. I come from a creative family and grew up loving pencils and paper and all things arty. I was introduced to card making through a class I attended around 8 years ago and was instantly hooked. A couple of years later I was introduced to Stampin Up - I went along to a taster session and ended up becoming a demonstrator. I've met so many great people through this hobby and one of my favourite things to do is teaching classes in my home, where I have a great group of ladies come to chat, make cards and have lots of fun. I trained as a teacher and currently work in an education position in our city's Cathedral. I have a long-suffering husband who puts up with paper and stamps all over the place as well as five kitties who enjoy sitting right in the middle of my craft table and playing with scrap bits of paper! I love playing along with challenges and am so excited to be joining the Dynamic Duos design team!

Welcome to the team ladies! We will be back here tomorrow with a festive colour combo that will be sure to get you in the spirit!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lesley