I have been scrapbooking for 7 years. I have completed twenty-three albums for my family and at least 10 gift albums. I scrapbook whenever I can. I have a home office dedicated to scrapbooking. My sisters and I get together about once a week to scrapbook our memories and enjoy each other's company. I enjoy making homemade cards and have a great selection of rubber stamps.

I have been a nurse for 23 years. I love nurses..they are the best people. I worked in several areas my favorite was labor and delivery...I never got tired of witnessing the miracle of birth... I have been published in the field of Nursing: Belland and Wells, Clinical Nursing Procedures. 1984 by Wadsworth Publishing Company. Contributing author: I wrote a book with eight other nurses.

Nursing, like scrapbooking takes a great deal of creativity, dedication and dicipline. I take my job at Scrapfriends very seriously. It will be my priority to constantly challenge myself to improve.

I also delight in designing and making formal wear, especially for my two daughters, their friends and my nieces. I have in the past done floral arrangements for a f ew weddings and handmade many Christmas ornaments. I also have made a few handmade quilts for gifts. I am currently a member of Midwest Scrapbookers and Wisconsin Scrapbookers. I am married, over 40 with 3 children...my husband generously gave up his home office so I could have a scrapbook room.

My children Matt 17..just started driving..Lizzy 15 first year of high school and made the varsity tennis team..do I sound like a typical mom?? My youngest is Becky, 12, (we call her the Bexter)...is my creative child...she dances and has completed 3 scrapbooks herself. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters and we have 18 grandchildren on my side alone. There are twins, quadruplets and multiracial kids in our family. Lots of great pictures! Right now I am a stay at home mom who has a serious scrapbook obsession. I feel like the luckiest woman in the world.

Design Team Experience:

Loersch Slide Mounts Sept 2004 to present
ScrapFriends Review Team August 2004 to present
I am the store designer for Scrapbook Memories and More. My job is to make layouts for display using the store products, design make-and-takes and demonstrate new techniques to the staff and the customers. I also am working with the owner to evaluate new products for purchase by the store. It is so exciting that I could sing with happiness.

Published

SCRAPBOOKING.COM, May 2005, "A Little Girl's Dream."
MEMORY MAKER'S MAGAZINE: "Ohma's Soda Bread" a two page layout for a special issue out: August 2005
PAPERKUTS MAGAZINE:Layout- "Prairie Hawks Tennis" Spring 2005
PAPERKUTS MAGAZINE. February 2005, Layout: "That’s My Boy". Paperkuts: All Boy. (Special Issue, p. 63)
RUBBERSTAMPING.COM. Fall Card, November or December Issue of the online Magazine
PAPERKUTS MAGAZINE "Prairie Hawks Tennis" contract pending...Spring 2005
SCRAPBOOKING.COM., "Are The Fish Biting?" Layout published: October 4th, 2004 in the Reader’s Section: Submissions see here
RUBBERSTAMPINGIDEAS.COM., Fall (Friendship Tag Card), I am listed as a designer in the archives.

Contests and Awards:

MIDWEST SCRAPBOOK ASSOCIATION: Grand Prize Layout Winner. September 2004. Creative Imaginations Contest at the Big Milwaukee Crop.
KI MEMORIES: contest at ALLY SCRAPS.com: 1st place winner. October 2004
Contest Winner: ScrapbyDesign.com, Creekbank Creations Contest. December 2004. Julie Creek has requested my layout for display at the trade shows.

Teaching Experience:

I taught scrapbooking to my girlscouts offering 3 workshops to groups of 20 girls each. I also taught them how to sew, knit, and do other crafts.
I taught Nursing Education Classes for the staff at the hospital and at the local college and technical college.
I was a certified teacher for Neonatal Resucitation and CPR which I taught to hospital staff and to the public.