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2014 Creative Retreat Teachers:
Rebecca Cross
Rebecca Cross is the Owner & Creative Director for Pink Paislee, a scrapbook design and manufacturing company that focuses on developing products for the craft enthusiast.
Rebecca’s creative projects have been published throughout several industry magazines including Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbooking Memories and more!
Born and raised in Kansas City, MO. Rebecca enjoys spending time with her “2 boys” {big and small} and loves the thrill of searching for shabby furniture and vintage trinkets in thrift stores and flea markets all over town. When she isn’t shopping for treasures or taking photos she also loves to discover new technology, phone apps, and software that will make her work-life a little more efficient! She will be the first person to admit that she is both a little bit glam and a little bit geek rolled into one!
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Heidi Swapp
Hello! My name is Heidi… people ask me all the time how I ‘got into’ scrapbooking… and I can tell you, that I am not sure if there was ever a ‘beginning’ – I think it was always there. As a young girl, I used to look through some of the scrapbook albums that my mom had around our house; I remember that we had a 4 foot space between the wall in the Living Room and the back of the couch and it was there that the tall (and heavy) scrapbook albums were kept on the bottom shelf of the wicker table. I can remember that I spent hours and hours laying on my belly, propped up on my elbows looking through the pages of those albums over and over again.
I loved all of the photos and memorabilia from my mom’s ‘semester abroad’ to Austria. I used the photos and ephemera to take a “virtual trip” to all the places inside the book where my mom had been with her friends, looking so happy and sophisticated. I was sure of one thing: I wanted to travel…to collect maps, train tickets, send myself postcards, and hold foreign money in my coin purse. This was not just a scrapbook to me; it was a window to the world and I was seeing it through the eyes of my young, hip mother and I loved it!
And travel I have done! I have been to many of the places captured in her photos… I have gathered the maps, the money, the photos and the memories from my own travels – so naturally, I wanted the scrapbooks to put them in! I didn’t worry much about the materials or the style of my scrapbooking – I just did what I liked! I remember when I first realized there was a magazine for this hobby and how quickly I began devouring everything I could learn about the craft. When we moved to Arizona, I was delighted because there was a really amazing scrapbook store! A real scrapbook store! (Memory Lane). I started planning a ‘monthly’ visit to the store, and allowing myself an hour with NO KIDS! On one of these visits, I accidentally left the album I was working on, and trying to pick papers to ‘go’ with photos, there at the store. I remember being SO mad I left it cause when I got home, all inspired… I had nothing to work on! I called the store, and told them it was mine, and when Debbie Crouse answered, I told her not to let ANYONE look in it. Imagine my surprise the next morning when the owner of the store called my house, and asked me if I would teach classes at her store. –teaching at Memory Lane for the next 4 years filled me, pushed me and inspired me so much!
the rest is history!
I love to design new products, plan classes, compile ideas into books and articles… but above all, even in the beginning, I have loved to be able to share! I hope this website will motivate and inspire you to document your life, no matter how you choose to do just that!
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Lisa Pace
I live in Frisco, Texas with my husband and two daughters. I started scrapbooking in 2006. My first book “Delight In The Details,” was published in January of 2010 by North Light Books/F+W Media Inc. In November of 2011, I collaborated with Pink Persimmon and released my vintage inspired stamp line “Antiquated Collection by Lisa M. Pace”. In January of 2012 my second book “Delight In The Seasons” was published by North Light Books/F+W Media Inc..
I recently finished working on my third technique based book “Delight In The Art of Collage” with North Light Books/F+W Media Inc., which is scheduled for publication in January 2014.
In April of 2012, I attended Ranger University and became a Ranger Certified Educator.
In May of 2007, I was picked as one of 5 master scrapbookers in Martha Stewart’s scrapbooking contest and August of 2007, was chosen as a 2008 Memory Makers Master.
My work has been published in magazines such as Memory Makers, Scrapbooks etc., Better Homes and Gardens and Scrapbooking & Cards Today as well as numerous idea books like Holiday Home, Scrapbook Trends, Paper Trends, Paper Creations and Scrapbooking & Beyond.
I enjoy teaching a variety of mixed media classes and workshops in the US and abroad and teach exclusively in my surrounding area at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, Texas. There I also teach a wide variety of mixed media classes and workshops. If you are ever in the area I hope to see you in one of my classes.
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Laura McCollough
Hello, my name is Laura McCollough and I live in Southern California with my wonderful husband, three very busy daughters, and our little dog Piccolina. I have fallen in love with Italy and host Creative Retreats on Lake Como once a year. I have been scrapbooking since I was a little girl with scissors, glue and photos and truly have a PASSION for this art form. I love to create, design and teach others and have been working in the scrapbook industry for almost 10 years. I have worked with Teresa Collins, Webster's Pages and am currently on the team at Scrap 365 Magazine from the UK. I am so thrilled to have just joined the Maya Road design team as well and I'm excited to play and experiment with all the wonderful products they design.
I went to college for Interior Design and also spent some time planning weddings and I love to blend those skills together with scrapbooking for the perfect "marriage" of mixed media art. Making projects for the home is really where I love to play and experiment. When I'm not in my scrapbook room, I love to travel, sing, cook, play tennis and spend time with family and friends. I feel SO blessed to be doing what I LOVE for a living and enjoy every moment the Lord has blessed me with! I am continually inspired by so much that life has to offer and can't WAIT to see where the journey will lead next!
