Design Team
 Sarah Hodgkinson
My name is Sarah Hodgkinson and I live in Woodstock, ON, Canada with my husband and two children. I have been scrapping since 2003. I am a part-time kindergarten teacher and work part-time at All About Scrapbooks and More, my local scrapbooking store, in both retail and teaching classes. I currently serve on several design teams including Core’dinations (DT Core’dinator), Jillibean Soup, It Takes All Kinds and Sketch This. I have been published in several magazines including Canadian Scrapbooker, Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbooks & Cards Today, Scrapbooks Etc., and Simple Scrapbooks. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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Hi! My name is Cari Locken and I live in beautiful British Columbia. I am blessed to have three wonderful children and a fabulous husband. I started scrapbooking in 1997 and I just love this creative outlet. This hobby provides a way for me to tell my stories, use amazing products and fabulous colors, and provides a way for me to improve my photography skills. I’m a designer for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine and Scrap Shotz and I love teaching various classes at my local scrapbook store and at other retreats and conventions. I’ve had the privilege of being published in BH&G (Scrapbooks etc.), Memory Makers, Creating Keepsakes, CARDS, Paper Crafts, Simple Scrapbooks, and Scrapbook Trends. I am so excited & honored to be a part of Core’dinations Design Team! To visit my gallery, click here. |
 Ellen Sosnoski
Hi Everyone! I am Ellen Sosnsoki. I live in a small town in Northeast Pennsylvania called Paxinos with my family. I have two boys, a husband and two dogs that I share my days with. Even though I am a city girl at heart, the country has been a good change of pace for me. I have been blessed with the opportunity to slow down a bit and spend more time with my family, friends and scrapping, of course! I started stamping shortly after my son was born almost 6 years ago and it naturally evolved into scrapbooking a few years later. Besides scrapping and hanging out with my family & friends, I am utilizing my Master’s Degree and working PT as a mobile therapist for children with behavioral issues. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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My name is Debbie Standard and I have been scrapping for about 10 years now. I have been a Critical Care Nurse for 14 years. I am now employed as head of the Trauma Case Managers at a Level 1 Trauma Center. I work full time and still put in about 5 hours a week charging in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. I am also a mother to four, three daughters and a son. Between my husband and myself we have a total of six children, eleven grandchildren and one great-greatchild (by his oldest granddaughter), one dog and two cats. I love scrapping - it’s my therapy. Once I started submitting for publishing I’ve been addicted. So much fun to see what I have created in a magazine - I never get over the thrill! I have met some wonderful people through design teams and boards. I am so excited to be a part of Core’dinations Design Team. This cardstock is such an exciting product and I am so looking forward with working with this impressive group of Design Team members! To visit my gallery, click here. |
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I love being a stay-at-home mom and full time scrapbooker. I have been scrapbooking and stamping since high school and have since been published in many magazines, including CARDS, Paper Crafts, Paper Trends, Memory Makers, and Scrapbook Trends. When I’m not stamping, I enjoys cooking, photography, and camping. I am from Idaho, where I live with my husband Brandon and sons Logan and Landen. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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Hi! I am Kimber McGray, a Stay-At-Home Mom and crazy crafter. I live in Carmel, Indiana (a suburb of Indianapolis) with my husband Bill and 2 kiddos, Andrew and Laura. It’s never a dull day between an overly active 6 year old, a princess in training 4 year old, taking care of every day household stuff and finding time for my ‘hobby’ of scrapbooking and card making. I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with most magazines in the industry, I am currently on the Design Team for Scrapbook and Cards Magazine and have written the book, “Scrapbook Secrets” for F+W Publications and was named to the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame in 2007. Over the years, I have worked with a few fun manufacturers including We R Memory Keepers and the new Manufacturer, Jillibean Soup. What I love the most about this hobby is that I am ALWAYS learning something new. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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Hi my name is Kim Moreno and I am a SAHM to five great kids! With them being only 6.5 years apart life in the Moreno household tends to get a bit nuts, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have been married to Jesse for 16 years now, he is in the Air Force. So our ‘home’ for many years has been where they tell us to go. I am finally settled in small town Texas and loving it, Jesse will join us in another year when he finally retires. I have been fortunate to have had my work featured in many of the top scrapbooking magazine including BHG, Creating Keepsakes, Memory Makers, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Crafts, Cards, SCT and more. I was honored to be a Memory Makers Masters runner up in 2008. Scrapbooking for me is an outlet, it’s a way to unwind and be creative. I enjoy the whole process of it: from picking out photos to playing with the papers to finding the ‘just right’ embellishment to complete my page. I love knowing that I am capturing the everyday moments for my kids to look back on and enjoy. I am THRILLED to be apart of the Core’dinations design team for another term and look forward to hopefully inspiring paper crafters out there to reach for their Core and experiment! To visit my gallery, click here. |
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I am a SAHM to two boys, Brendan, who is 7 and has Asperger’s Syndrome, and Alexander, who is 5. We also have a daughter, Caitlynn, who is two. I am also a Navy wife, to an amazing husband, Paul, who is very supportive of my work at home career, scrapbooking. I have been scrapbooking for 8 years and have loved every single minute of it…even those first minutes when I was cutting my photos up with those oh so lovely deckle scissors. Since then, though, I have taught at scrapbook stores, been published numerous times in many different magazines, and have been lucky enough to be able to serve on other design teams, as well. Besides my love affair with paper crafting, I love to read, watch movies, cuddle with Paul, play with the kids, take long walks, photography, and being able to move around as much as I do. One would think that it gets old, but I think I may be a gypsy at heart, and I love that we do move so often. We are hoping that our last station will take us to Europe…fingers crossed! I can’t wait to start to work with everyone, here, at Core’dinations. I am still pinching myself to make sure it’s real! I can only hope that I can inspire all of you! To visit my gallery, click here. |
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I’m a native Cape Cod’er married to my best friend Bob and mom to my 12 year old son Griffin (and a 2 year old puggle named Belle). I am fortunate enough to be a full time employee at the best LSS around, Colorful Creations, where I also teach classes. My scrapbooking began shortly after my son was born, and has developed into an intense love for all things paper realted. My camera is always at my side, ready to capture the every day moments that become the subjects of my scrapbook pages. Documenting my love for grande-two-splenda-shaken-iced-passion-teas from Starbucks is just as likely to show up on my pages as are holidays or major events. In addition to paper crafting, I’m addicted to my sewing machine and crochet hook, as well as my ipod, flip flops, and Burts Bees lip balm To visit my gallery, click here. |
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My name is Linda Beeson, I live in Ventura, CA with my husband of over 40 years. We both are actually from Washington state but have loved our years in California. We have raised four kids and now enjoy six wonderful and adorable grandchildren. I work at home for my husband and I have an office, so it was completely normal that it would also be a craft room. Honestly if I could do crafts all day long, I would be happy. I started rubber stamping something like 20 years ago, that evolved into scrapbooking and now you will find me doing just about any kind of papercrafting, mostly cards. One of my absolute favorite things in creating is to experiment and I feel that Core’dinations papers just want you to play with them to see what you can do next, so I know I am going to really enjoy sharing that with the crafting world. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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I fell in love with my Swiss husband almost 13 years ago under the Eifel Tower! We now have 2 sons, aged 6 and 10. I am from New Zealand originally but have lived in Germany and Switzerland for the last 14 years. Before children I was an accountant but my creative-side emerged almost four years ago and after my family, scrapbooking rules my life - from what we wear to where we go to how we pose!! Inspiration arrives in many forms for me – from the mouths and hearts of my children, the grocery packaging, crossing the border to one of the 5 countries that surround us or just by relaxing with my morning cappuccino whilst drooling over the latest home and garden magazine. I have had several creations published in magazines in the United States, England, Australia and New Zealand but best of all, is seeing my two sons browsing the albums all about our life. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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My name is Heather. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for almost 19 years. We have 10 children. Aged from 5 months to 16. They are my willing scrapbook subjects. My husband and I share a love for photography which makes for lots of pictures to scrap. I have been scrapbooking for 11 years and still have so much fun. After living in Northern California for 36 of our years, we have relocated to the deep south of Mississippi. I am so excited to be a part of this company! To visit my gallery, click here. |
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My name is Lydia Jackson and I live on the beautiful west coast of Canada, I am a SAHM, with two little boys who are my whole world. I am married to an adoring husband, who loves me, keeps me grounded and supports my addiction to paper. I love life and all it’s imperfections, and I live by and struggle with my motto, believe and anything is possible. I have been formally scrapbooking for 11 years, but I have been a crafter my whole life. I am incredibly excited to be a part of the Core-dinations design team, for me, it is a dream come true. To visit my gallery, click here. |
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Hi! I’m Paula Gilarde and I have been scrapbooking for over 6 years - what started as a simple wedding album has turned into a full-blown obsession. I started with paper and discovered digital scrapbooking about three years ago. I still switch back and forth between the two depending on my mood! I usually scrap 12×12 and my style tends towards clean and simple. I’m happily married and have two children Molly, 6 and Tommy, 4 who provide me with endless inspiration for my pages. I’ve been published in Simple Scrapbooks, Creating Keepsakes, BHG Scrapbooks Etc, Memory Makers, Scrapbook Trends and various other scrapbooking idea books. I’m thrilled to have been named a winner of the 2007 Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame. To visit my gallery, click here. |
