BackPorchMemories Monthly Kit Club

Design Team

{Alissa} Trowbridge
Design Team Coordinator

My name is Alissa Trowbridge and I currently live in the Memphis, Tennessee area. I'm married to my college sweetheart and super supportive husband who knows he can usually find me creating in my scrap room.

I've been paper crafting and scrapbooking for about six years. I design for and teach at my ?local? scrapbook store, Scrapbook Mania, (four hours away where I used to live) near Birmingham, Alabama and am honored to serve on the Polar Bear Press design team.

Fellow scrapbookers often ask me to describe my scrapping style. I'd say it's clean and simple with a twist. I often use one or two trendy techniques and/or products and keep the rest of my page fairly simple. My favorite scrapbooking product is patterned paper, I love alphabet stickers and I can never have too much ribbon!

Although my first love was scrapbooking, I'm quite taken with card making and altering. I've been fortunate to have some of my cards and projects published in Paper Crafts and CardMaker Magazine recently.

I'm thrilled Paula invited me to design for Back Porch Memories. I'm excited to share my designs and work with the incredible kits she creates!

{Jana} Eubank
Passionate? . . . yeah. Possessed? . . . Okay, I admit it. Guilty as charged . . . I am possessed with scrapbooking! I'm a kit-freak, paper-addict, stampaholic, internet-surfing, chipboard-crazed, stay-at-home mom to four of the funnest kids you'll ever meet! My amazing husband is 100% supportive of me and is always willing to pretend to listen to my latest scrapbook-related ramblings about new products, techniques and designers that I am excited about. LOL!

I love scrapbooking whenever I can and admittedly neglect my homemaking responsibilities more often than I should for the sake of my current project. My scrapping process is a little messy, but my designs tend to have clean lines and an eclectic style. My cute family is usually the subject of my pages. Lately I am trying to include more pages about myself as well. I primarily create 12 X 12 layouts but I also enjoy making cards and mini-books.

I love several things about scrapbooking. I love that it celebrates family and life. My family is the most important thing to me, so naturally I love doing something that pays tribute to them. I love that scrapbooking satisfies me creatively. I love envisioning something, pondering the possibilities, and then seeing a project through to completion. I also love that scrapbooking satisfies me socially as well. I love that as scrapbookers we can talk, share ideas, share things about our families and just enjoy life. I can't imagine not having scrapbooking as a part of my daily life. I LOVE IT!

{Tami} Floyd

I am 37 and a stay-at-home-mom to my two greatest joys in life -- my wonderful daughter Marisa and my sweet rambunctious son Collin. I'm also a step-mom to Travis who is an incredible young man. I have been married seven years to my awesome husband David. He is my greatest source of love and strength. He supports this passion of mine 100% and sometimes even more than he knows!

I started scrapbooking when I was pregnant with my daughter in May of 1999. I took an introductory class at a small scrapbook store and it was all over-- my obsession began! I love the fact that I am able to artistically preserve moments and events in time for my family to look back on and cherish. Hopefully they will come to know and appreciate that each page I create, I do it with love for them.

I don't have a specific definition to describe my style. I love color and texture and incorporate that in almost every layout all the while trying to keep it pleasing to the eye.

{Michelle} St Clair

I love to scrap, General Hospital, Survivor, American Idol, and all HGTV shows.

I also love my husband of 13 years - Mike.

We have 2 sons. Nathan is my sweet innocent autistic 9 year old. He loves Webkins, controlling the van a/c, clocks, archery, and memorizing dates. Andrew is my darling 5 and a half year old...please do not forget the 1/2. He is trying but very smart for his age. And he tries hard to stay on green at school.

I am so honored to be published in Scrapbook Trends, Memory Makers Magazine, Paper Crafts and Simple Scrapbooks. I am also a part of the Tinkering Ink design team.

And I am most excited to be a design team member here at Back Porch Memories.

{Michelle} Swartzinski

I live in Michigan with my husband of almost 14 years, our two wonderful boys and our crazy dog Charlie. I am currently a stay at home mom and part time student. After having kids I decided I needed a new career once I went back to work that was part time and could be flexible with the hours. Nursing! I am now done with my pre-requisites and just waiting to get into the actual program. I am very excited about this second career and can’t wait to be a Nurse helping people.

I started scrapping nine years ago when I hosted a scrapbook party for a friend of a friend. I had no interest in scrapping and said I would host it to help out. I quickly became addicted! My wonderful husband turned our extra bedroom into the perfect scrap studio for me – love spending time in there – makes me so happy. I am inspired by pictures of my family, music, new scrappy supplies, art….everything inspires me!

I love everything about scrapbooking. I love taking the pictures, buying the supplies, creating the pages, meeting new friends through this hobby. Seeing my kid’s faces when they look at their albums. Leaving behind books for my family that were created with love. LOVE it all!

I am very excited that Paula invited me to join the design team for Back Porch Memories and look forward to working with the AWESOME kits

{Audrey} Tan

Hiya, I’m Audrey and I’m from the United Kingdom. I’ve been scrapping for over two years now. However, I probably did it longer with non-archival materials 10 years ago as I used to record my vacations and journaled about them in an album. These days my two young boys (Oliver 6 and Zac 4) provide the main inspiration. I love taking photos and always have done so even before the days of scrapbooking. I’ve a fondness for papers too and as a young girl, I used to collect unusual papers from India, Nepal, Thailand etc. Hence, I’m so glad to have found a creative outlet that allows me combine my two loves into an artistic manner.

I would describe my style as constantly evolving as I enjoy experimenting and learning new skills and trying out new ideas. However, one thing remains constant and that is my love for stamping.
I incorporate this technique into my layouts as often as I can. Apart from scrapbooking, I’m also into altered arts and enjoy doing Artist Trading Cards (ATC) and trading them with friends. I love altering items and am always on the lookout for items that can be altered.

I’m blessed that this hobby has expanded my horizon and I currently serve on the Design Team for several UK companies. I’ve also been published in several magazines, both in the UK and US. I like to thank Paula for giving me the opportunity to design with BackPorch Memories kits and hope to inspire you with my creations.

{Lisa} Turley

Hi. I’m Lisa Turley & live in Virginia with my husband, Jerry, and daughter, Danielle. We also have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 12 chickens & 6 guineas. I am a registered nurse by profession but currently staying at home with my daughter & homeschooling. I have been scrapping for about 11 years.

My favorite scrapping supplies are patterned paper, chipboard & clear stamps. I am on the Zsiage design team & have been fortunate to have
had my layouts featured in numerous scrapbook publications. I’ve also taught classes at local scrapbook stores, scrapbook retreats &
conventions. In addition to scrapbooking, I devote my time to Jesus & growing my faith, spending time with family, photography, enjoying nature & the outdoors, being around animals, and going camping & hiking. My favorite food - Mexican, favorite drink - Diet Dr. Pepper, favorite book – anything by Max Lucado, favorite colors – green.
I’m thrilled to a designer for Back Porch Memories & I hope my
designs will provide inspiration for others.

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