Windy Robinson

DT coordinator

My name is Windy Robinson and I'm the mom of a wildly creative 5 year old and rambunctious 3 year old, and the wife of wonderful Brian. We reside in Loveland, Ohio-- a suburb on the east side of Cincinnati. I've been scrapbooking for about 12 years, and started making cards about two years ago. Since then I have fallen head over heels in love with card making. In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my family and volunteering in my community. If I can do something helpful and creative everyday, I'm a happy girl!  I am thrilled to be serving on the Zva Creative design team, thanks to Zva Creative for this wonderful opportunity.

Andrea Ewen

My name is Andrea Ewen and I've been married to my high school sweet heart for 16 years. We have two children together, ages 13 and 11. I live in New Jersey near the beautiful shore and work full time in a small pharmacy that is 2 blocks from the ocean. Crafting has always been a passion of mine whether it was pine cone wreaths, fabric hair ties or Christmas ornaments, but it wasn't until 2002 that I found the art of paper crafting. I started off scrapbooking but soon discovered the art of card making. I didn't really get seriously into it until I started my blog, EwenStyle, in 2010 and since then I have really concentrated on learning as much as I can and experimenting as much as possible. I really enjoy "paper manipulating" whether it be in the form of die cuts, border punches or flower making. I love to use lots of vintage and feminine items, especially pearls and flowers. I'm so excited to be joining the Zva Creative team to share with you my love of all things crafty!

Sarah Gough

Hi there, I'm Sarah Gough. I live in windy Wellington - the capital city of beautiful New Zealand. I live with my wonderful husband and high school sweetheart Shanan and our two very spoiled but delightful cats. Luna is a Chinchilla Persian and Gabriel is Balinese. I've been stamping for about four years. I've been crafty my whole life, usually dabbling in various crafts, but when the stamping bug hit, it hit hard! I started my stamping life as a SU! demonstrator and I've been blessed to work with many wonderful companies and design teams. I'm currently loving being a My Favorite Things girl, and also work for a scrapbooking store here in New Zealand. I also love to sew, crochet and create handmade jewellery.

Lisa Gregory

Hi, my name is Lisa Gregory and I live on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I am a Registered nurse by profession. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 grown children. Our son is married, lives nearby, and our daughter is away attending Le Cordon Bleu Academy studying to be a Chef and working at Disney World! I have been crafting my whole life, and found scrapbooking in 2005 when I was helping my son and girlfriend (now daughter in law) do their senior projects. A scrapbook of their lives. I took one walk down the scrapbook isle at Michaels, and was hooked!  My style is ever changing as I play with new techniques. I can go from soft shabby chic to down and dirty grunge depending on my mood. I am lucky to be able to lock myself away in my studio to create. Scrapbooking is therapy for me. Give me a little bit of sparkly bling and a handful of flowers, and I am a happy girl! I am honored, proud, lucky and thrilled to be designing for ZVA. Thank You for the opportunity to showcase your wonderful products!!

Christin Grönnslett

 I am Christin Grønnslett, a Norwegian living in Northern Sweden with husband and two kids (4 and 2). After almost 10 years in Sweden we will be heading home to Norway next year, so we have to start house hunting soon….  The only thing I will not miss is having my family more than a thousand kilometers away.
I discovered scrapbooking in 2002 after a few months in the US, but for years I was more a shopper and  ”inspiration collector” than a scrapper. I still look for inspiration all over and I can’t scrap without my computer or Iphone around, but now I actually use all that inspiration and try to sit down at my scrap table every day when the kids are asleep, and I try to attend as many crops as possible.  I mostly make layouts and I’m somewhat of a challenge junkie. You won’t find any layouts in my house that are not the result of either a challenge or an assignment.

Lisa Johnson

Hi there! My name is Lisa Johnson. I currently live in Anacortes, WA. (On Fidalgo Island, part of the San Juan Islands.) I was born in California but consider myself to be an Alaskan since that is where I grew up. I’ve lived in several other states including an 18 month stretch in upstate New York where I served a mission for my church. I’m blessed to be the mom of four amazing daughters -Alex, Hannah, Pepper and Ella… as well as wife to a loving hubby, Chris.  We also have two boy felines, Mozart and Haydn, whom we all adore!
I’ve been crafting, in some way or another, for as long as I can remember. (Yes, I do still have that scroll saw from the 90’s.) I dove, head first, into professional concept designing/ publishing in 2005. I feel honored by the many opportunities that have come to me because of my love of paper crafting… and hard work!  I love being able to create from my in-home studio and now that all my girls are in school, I spend most of my day there. I often feel that blessing of loving what I do… such a thrill!
I’m currently designing for Zva Creative, Marvy Uchida and Papertrey Ink. My main focus in the industry is Stamping… I LOVE stamps! A few years ago I was fortunate to be able to illustrate and have my own stamp line, POPPYprints, through Papertrey Ink. 

Susan Lui

Hello! My name is Susan Lui and I’m from Singapore. I enjoy travelling, photography and scrapping which all complement each other really well. I started scrapping a few years ago and do mostly 12x12 layouts, but I do enjoy experimenting with altered projects and cards too. I have a fondness for shabby-chic designs and love layering my layouts and sprinkling them with little details. My favourite embellishments are flowers, lace and crystal flourishes. Often times my layouts end up very three-dimensional because of all the layering and embellishments I use. My layouts aren’t all shabby-chic. I also enjoy a good challenge and experimenting with different media like paints, inks and mists and getting my fingers messy.

Nicole Martel

Hi my name is Nicole Martel and I love to keep my work clean and simple but that doesn't mean my work is boring. I believe that by using the right photos and designs, simple projects can be so attractive. I began scrapping in January 2002 at a Creative Memories Crop. Scrapbooking is my passion; I honestly enjoy creating when I'm not spending time with my family or working. I am truly honored to be a part of this wonderful team and look forward to challenging myself as well as inspiring you.

Carole Maurin

My name is Carole Maurin and i live in south of France, just near Spain and Mediterranean Sea. I'm married with Jeff and we have two sweet boys: Lucien, 6 years old and Charly, 2 years old.  I began to scrap 7 years ago and there is no day without scrap: i am completely addicted! I love colors, flowers, bling, die cuts but i have no particular style and I like to try new stuffs and new techniques. I am also a lucky designer for Jillibean Soup, for the most-sold French paper magazine called "histoires de pages", for a French manufacturer called toga, for Laurapack, another French manufacturer specialized in plastic products, for In'Mi créations, a French stamps manufacturer and for  one of the best French shop called "la Boitascrap".  I am also a teacher of physics and chemistry to young children between 12 and 16 years old.

Jolanda Meurs

I am Jolanda Meurs or just Loan for the insiders!  I am so excited to be on the Zva Creative design team.  I cannot wait to start because I love all that bling.  I live in the Netherlands with my husband and two sons of 9 and 16 years old.  You will see them on my layouts.  I also like to use pictures of my horses and of my dogs.  So, be prepared.  Lol!!!!
You can find my work in Dutch magazines and I work in a Dutch scrapbook store.  I am a card maker and a scrapbooker, but I love the most to make little presents for others.  I started paper crafting many many years ago (but I am not that old!)  I love to use lots of embellishments like bling, flowers, buttons, charms and I do not have a favorite technique.

Yukiko Ochi

Hi, my name is Yukiko Ochi. I live in Kanagawa, JAPAN with my husband and two girls (2 and 4 years old). I started my scrapbook life just before my second baby was born.

Fabi Oremerod

My name is Fabiane but I prefer and everyone calls me Fabi. I live in Brazil with my boys (aka: husband, a almost 6 yo son and a cat). Due to my work I travel internationally a lot...I have even lived a couple of months in USA due to that. My business trips showed me scrapbooking at the first place...when I entered a Michael's for the 1st time hahahaha.
But the scrapbooking bug just bited me a couple of years ago, in 2008 when due to a health problem I needed to stay at home and find something else to do than just getting bored in bed. Since then I never stopped. I love to play with different materials and try new techniques. Im not sure that I have a single style! The funky/whimsical is closer to what I do most...but I also love some vintage and shabby chic. I'm inspired by daily small things I read, see or that happens to me.

Tara Orr

I live in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada with my gorgeous husband of 11 years and our three amazing kids. My eldest son just turned 7, my youngest son is 5 1/2  and my daughter is 3 1/2. They are the heart and soul of my projects. I am now a SAHM to my precious little kiddos but before that, I worked as a Webmaster in the Technology industry for many years and loved it. I think I will return to the ‘work’ force one day but for now, my job is at home, raising my kids (and squeezing in a little scrapping on the side).
Random Facts about Me: I have a degree in Psychology, a green belt in karate, love horseback riding (although its been way too long since I last rode), I order a grande dark from Starbucks almost every day, prefer chocolate to any other sweet – although I’ll eat any other sweet over chips/salty stuff any day, I’m the oldest of 3 siblings, gave up hope of maintaining my ‘Monica from Friends’ (as my husband would describe) cleaning habit once I had kids of my own, have earned more grey hairs and wrinkes in the past 7 years than I could have imagined and love my family more than anything else on the face of this earth!
I started scrapbooking in November 2008. Instant addiction. I love papercrafting – LOVE it. I create because it challenges me, it relaxes me and it lets me escape into a world of creativity that I adore. I love to explore different techniques and styles but I feel most natural working with a shabby chic genre with lots of distressing.

Karen Shady

Hi, my name is Karen. I live with my husband Chris and 5 children, in Victoria, Australia, where we own and run a large cropping farm. In a former life, I was a nurse, but I am very fortunate now to be a stay at home Mum. I am completely obsessed with scrapbooking, and spend any spare time I have in my little scrap room.
I started scrapbooking about 10 years ago. My Grandmother had recently passed away, and had left us with a huge box of old photos, we didn’t know who half the people were in the photos, and I found it very sad that these people were my family, and I would never know them, or their stories. I didn’t want that to happen to my family photos and stories after I was gone. Not long after that, I stumbled on a scrapbook magazine in a news agency, and the rest is history. My only regret is I didn’t start scrapping earlier, when my eldest child was a baby, it certainly would have changed the way I took photos.
My scrapping style has evolved and changed a lot, and is still changing. I suppose if I had to give it a name, I would say “shabby chic vintage” I love flowers and bling, and am especially fond of creating my own embellishments.  I love the world of online scrapbook galleries, blogs and forums, and have met some amazing women online, who I now consider to be very dear friends.
I am very fortunate to be on 2 magazine design teams, “Scrapbook magazine UK” and “Australian Scrapbook Ideas ‘here in Australia. I am a member of the Pencillines design team, also my local scrapbook store ‘The Imagination Factory’. My work is published regularly in all the Aussie magazines, as well as Creating Keepsakes.

Robin Shakoor

Hello everyone!  My name is Robin Shakoor and I love all things crafting.  I discovered scrapbooking and cardmaking in February, 2008 and it has been a true love affair ever sine.  I live in the beautiful state of Virginia with my loving and hugely supportive family.  I am a Human Resources Manager by day and a crafter by night!  I love creating detailed projects which features flowers, crystals and other beautiful embellishments. I love working with all crafts forms, but my passion lies in scrapbooking, because I am leaving a legacy, and card making, because it allows me to give a little part of myself to someone special.  I am truly honored to have been chosen to join the Zva Creative family and I look forward to sharing my creations with you.

Lisa Somerville

I’m Lisa Somerville; I live in Illinois with my husband Jim and two boys (Jim 18 and Joe 16).  I’m thrilled to be part of the Design Team for Zva Creative.  My style is pretty classic with a bit of shabby chic.  I love to create with all different types of products and like to keep up with the latest techniques and incorporate them into my designs on a regular basis.  You can find my work in published in numerous major paper crafting publications.  I’m also currently designing for several other paper crafting companies.

Teri Anderson

Honorary Zva Designer

Hi, I'm Teri! I'm a lover of all things paper crafting-related. I am a card maker and a scrapbooker. I've been making stuff since I was a kid, but it was when I moved to a small town where I knew nobody that I really got into it. Besides contributing to the design team here at Zva Creative, I'm a Go-to-Gal for Paper Crafts magazine. Outside of making stuff, I like to go to the beach, take pictures, pamper my two fluffy dogs and attend concerts.

Debbie Olson

Honorary Zva Designer

Debbie Olson lives in the pristine Upper Peninsula of Michigan with her husband, who is incredibly tolerant of her many creative pursuits, and their fabulous ten-year-old son. Her paper and ink obsession blossomed when she began her paper crafting blog Thinking Inking in September 2006, and she has been blessed since then to work for several paper crafting companies, never lacking in an abundance of raw materials for creativity. She enjoys card making, primarily, but has fun with mini albums and altered art on occasion as well. When she is not creating, blogging, or working on publication assignments, Debbie is home schooling; it makes for a full and interesting life!