Design Team

Debbie (DebbieM)

I’m 28, married to Paul and have two boys aged three years and 10 months. I’ve been a Christian most of my life! I’ve been making cards since I was young, and for ages resisted getting into scrapping as I just didn’t get it! However, I went to Wimbledonin July 2004 and collected loads of memorabilia so decided I’d have to scrap the experience to make use of it all. Then it all just snowballed from there & I frantically tried to get my first son’s baby album up to date before my second son was born!

More recently I’ve tried to not get so bogged down with keeping up with baby albums, and just scrap some fun stuff which is how I’ve started trying to scrap about my faith among other things. I love using this creative outlet about God as I’ve never got on that well with more traditional ways being a visual person.

My other main love is football – something Paul & I both enjoy as we follow our teams, although sadly we don’t get to do it quite so much since we had the boys.

Jeannette (jeannette)

My name is Jeannette. I live in Colchester in Essex and I am married to my best friend; Kevin we have 6 wonderful children. We home educate the youngest two, who are 9 and 11 years old. We also have four grandchildren. Although, I am a SAHM, I also jointly head up Colchester Nightstop with my adopted son, David, providing temporary accommodation for homeless youngsters. I also teach paper crafts and run a small group one night a week. We are active in our church, where I am a youth leader, part of the prayer ministry team and also go out regularly with Soup Run. I am a PCC member and produce the weekly newsletter.

I came to SB through the card-making route and have run workshops and demonstrated at Craft Fairs. For me, SB is a way to creatively remember events in our family that would otherwise be forgotten. An unhappy childhood, led me to be determined that my children would never feel the same way and that each precious memory should be recorded. Faith booking gives me the chance to share God’s goodness and record answers to prayer. It also gives me an opportunity to leave a legacy to future generations telling them how much God is a part of my life. I pray that each page will be a testimony and lead someone, at sometime, to want to know Him more.

My favourite SB saying has to be: There is no such thing as a mistake, just an opportunity to be even more creative.

Kate (kate2962)

I am 44 years old married with 3 teenage sons. I am a member and an elder of a URC church and have been going there since I was 5 (It's where I met my hubby!!). I am involved in working with the youth within the church and also planning and running the more contemporary services we now have. I have been scrapbooking for 7 years my Mum's 60th birthday being my starting point. I have always done some form of craft or another as have to be making something all the time. I work part time as a lab technician in a high school.

Babs (MagicLady)

I'm a thirty-something wife and Mum to two boys, and have been a Christian since 1st January 2006! I started scrapping in 2003 while pregnant with my youngest, and what started as a hobby has taken over my life - and dining room! I now own Craft Magic UK Ltd - the company which owns and runs FaithScrappers UK.

As well as Scrapping & Cardmaking, I help out with the 5s-7s Jesus' Kids club and the Alpha course at our church, am Publicity Officer and Website Manager for the Meet A Mum Association, and enjoy photography, cross-stitch and reading.

Guest DT Members:-

Sue (Sue Bradley)

I am 46 years old, married for the second time and have 3 gorgeous children aged 5, 11 and 16 years. I am a trained Nurse, Midwife and Health Visitor, currently at home helping my husband with his transport business. I am also a qualified Complimentary practitioner, qualified in Reflexology, Indian Head massage and Vertical Therapy (an intense form of Reflexology.)

I have been a Christian for two and a half years and it has been the single most exciting thing that as ever happened to me-I give thanks on a daily basis that His timing is so perfect!

I have been paper crafting for around 11 years off and on- I gave up when my second child Matthew was born, as he was 8 weeks prem and I had postnatal depression for a couple of months afterwards. I then began card making 3 years ago, and drifted into the realm of scrap booking when planning to make my own wedding album. I then started in earnest only last October when joining the Scrap witches team on UKS-and now I am totally hooked!

I also attend a ‘Tiny Team’ locally which is a group of crafters who meet every fortnight to share ideas and skills-we get to make something different every time which really increases your skill base and is great fun-Crafters seem to be universally such nice people-and I am thrilled to find a group of Christian scrappers now as well!

Tina (tinasue)

Hi I'm Tina, I'm a 48 year old Mother of three beautiful Daughters and I've been married to Dave for 20 years. I work full time in school as a teaching assistant with 7 to 8 year olds and spend much of my day supporting children with special needs or providing release cover for teachers. I love my job but find I need to unwind when I get home and since starting scrapbooking, two years ago, I've found the perfect way to do it. Scrapbooking has allowed me to regain some me time and to find my own identity at a time in my life when my Daughters are getting more independant. I have been a Christian since my teens and am actively involved in my local Church. I love to explore the ways that the Lord can use the gifts that He has given me and how |I can use them to serve Him. I am so pleased to be a Guest Designer for the Design Team on FaithScrappers and look forward to sharing some of my work with you.

Tina (peechy)

Hiya I'm Tina, and I live in London with my husband and three kids.

I love papercrafting I started out cardmaking, scrapping soon grabbed me, I enjoy making minibooks and accordian cards as I get to use both skills/ influences in one project.

I love the Lord and am so pleased to have discovered faith/praisebooking so I can combine crafting and my Faith.