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Wendy Hall - Illustrator

Hi there, my name is Wendy (otherwise known as Louby Loo in the creative world). I have been trained in Graphic Design and for a few years now have enjoyed making my own cards and different creations. I have spent most of my life creating all aspects of designs, professionally they were mostly technical. I am now enjoying being able to share with you my illustrations and hope you will all have fun with them. The most enjoyable part for me about illustrating is seeing my creations come to life through your fabulous works. So please don’t ever stop sending me them!! If there is any designs you would like to see please leave a comment with your ideas!!

You can see more of my creations at Creations by Louby Loo

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Lisa - Senior Designer and DT Coordinator
Hi, my name is Lisa. I live in Marlette, Michigan but I am originally from Houston, Texas. I have been stamping and scrapbooking for over 10 years. I’m married to Ed, who is a wonderful & supportive hubby. We have 2 grown children, Kurt and Katie who are both in the US Army, and one grandaughter, Holly, who is 21 months old. In addition to crafting, I enjoy motorcycling and snowmobiling.Check out Lisas awesome blog Stampin for Sanity for more of her awesome creations!!

Katie - Senior Designer
I'm English but have lived in the US for the last 12 years. I currently live in North Texas. I've been married for 15 years and have 3 children, Nathan 12, Georgia 10 and Carter 3.

I've been scrapbooking for 11 years and card making for 1 year.
When I'm not paper crafting I like to decorate, cook and I also love flower arranging. I used to read a lot especially soppy romances but now I only read on vacation! I love the internet and blogging and I love the fact I can have friends for years that I've never met!
Visit Katie at Both Sides of the Paper and see her marvelous work!!

Audrey - Senior Groups Coordinator

I am Audrey Ernst, SAHM of 4 children ages 6-11 and 2 furry dogs. I have been crafting for well over 20 years. I started doing scrapbooks before there were the vast amount of resources available today. I used to use construction paper, rubber cement and fun-tak! I later discovered Creative Memories, which I sold for 6 years and also made jewelry and sold batik clothing. 6 years ago, when my 4th child was born, I realized that I no longer had time for my business, so I closed up shop and found the joys of card making and everything that goes with it. I am now addicted to Digi Stamps and love every minute of working on the DTs of which I am a part. I'm so excited to work with Digital Delights and Wendy's amazing images:)
Audrey's blog - Peace, Love and Crafting

Dianne - Designer
My name is Dianne. I have a partner Mark and two children,17yr Daniel and15yr Lauren.I live in Doncaster in England,and i work part time at a care Home,

I have been making card for about two years but before that enjoyed other crafts such as cross stitching ,knitting etc.But card making has taken over now and I am addicted to stamps and digital stamps. I love to use my promarkers ,copics and occasionally my water colours.

To see more of Dianne wonderful work visit her blog at her "Crazy Craft Shed"

Frances - Designer
Actually living in Kissimmee, Florida "The land of Mickey" , but lived and worked in the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico.....I have been crafting all my life, but cardmaking has become my passion a few years ago. Have a circle of friends that share my hobby, and we like to get together for scrapbooking and copic coloring of digital or rubber stamps. Most of all I love coloring with Copic Markers, and using a lot of elements on my cards, to give dimension and texture. Started bloging last year, when my BFF helped me get started, and have been passionate about that since then. This has ggiven me the opportunity to meet wonderful people. My blog is: Be Creative Be You. I love reading all the comments I receive, and it is amazing to see how many people come and visit me from all parts of the world.

Jackie - Designer

Hi, I am Jackie, I live in Northern Kentucky with my husband and a 11 year old grandson we are blessed to be raising. I am a mother and friend to my four grown children and a busy grandma with my six grandsons. About four years ago, I put my scrap booking on the back burner and turned my focus to card making and altered crafts, then about two years ago I discovered digital images and became addicted immediately . I simply love the ease and versatility digital images provides.I loved being inspired by so many artists, I am in awe of all the talent out in blog land and I love to go blog hopping for inspiration. I am excited to be joining Digital Delights by Louby loo design team and look forward to creating with all the fabulous digital images you can find in the store.
Visit Jackie at her blog Paper Moments

Jan H - Designer
I'm married to a wonderful man who supports and enables my paper craft addiction. We have two grade school age kids living at home and three adult children. We live in a small town in western Arizona along the Colorado River, both my husband and I have lived in the area most of our lives. I love all kinds of craft/home decor/renovation projects. I've been a card maker since 2004 and have discovered digital images and Copic markers in the last couple of years, I'm in paper crafters heaven!

For "work" I'm a volunteer for Operation Write Home who's mission is:
Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.
I also volunteer as a design team coordinator for a paper crafting challenge blog and I'm a team member for a couple of other design teams. I'm very excited to be part of the Digital Delights by Louby Loo design team and can't wait to create fun projects with Wendy's fun digital images for you!
Visit Jan at her blog She's Gone Digital

Joey - Designer
Hi Everyone, My name is Jo, better known as Joey in the crafting world, since when I begun I got confused with others posting on a forum with the same name, so I changed it,lol .

I have always enjoyed all things art and history and I have been crafting since 2005 and havent looked back since. I find colouring up images very theraputic. Since finding Digital Images my wooden stamps rarely see light now, I love the fact you can do pretty much what you like with a digi.
I live in London UK with my hubby and 3 kiddies, ages 10 soon to be 11, 7 and 1.I am a SAHM, My Son Niall is Autistic so that keeps me on my toes much of the time!!!
I am so excited to be part of such a talented team :)
Visit Joey at her blog Joey's Stuff

Karen - Designer
Hi, my name is Karen and I live in Kent in the UK. I have a wonderful hubby and 2 gorgeous kids, well I say kids our son is coming up for 18 and our daughter is 15, nearly gown ups! I have been card making for just a couple of years, my sister introduced me to it and after that there was no turning back. I am a very girly crafter, I love flowers, ribbon and lace and lots of layers. My favourite colouring medium is copics. My craft room is a cupboard under the stairs hence my blog title, it is an old 'walk in style' larder but it is very small and I have to stand, it would be lovely to have a craft room one day! I work full time in admin which uses up way too much crafty time but I fit in as much as I can at the weekends. I am so excited to be joining Digital Delights, I feel very proud to be working with such an amazing team and I hope you will enjoy my projects.

Visit Karen at her blog My Crafty Cupboard

Nancy - Designer

Hello everyone, my name is Nancy Dawes and I am very excited to be joining the design team here at Delightful Challenges.

I love crafting of all kinds, especially working with the incredible variety and textures of paper products available today. I started collecting stamps and making cards over 20 years ago when there were only a few companies offering stamps, and digital images were not even a possibility. What I like best about digital images is that I can download them right away and get started making a new creation. I don’t have to wait!

I am passionate about many things; my family, my relationship to God, and my many crafting pursuits. I am a wife of 34 years to a great guy who supports all that I do. I have four grown children and five wonderful grandchildren.

While I live on Vancouver Island British Columbia, I am a born and bred American from California. Don’t be surprised if you see a little of my patriotic nature come through on my design team submissions.

Visit Nancy at her blog Crafting Passions

Renkata - Designer
I am Reni Pacheva ( Renkata from Scrap and Stamp with Friends - http://scrapandstampwithfriends-renkata.blogspot.com/)

I live in The Netherlands in a small town.
I love painting, colouring, making cards all crafty things I do love to try.
That's how I start colouring with Copics looking around in the amazing blogland and found one blog which have given me the inspiration to start my blog , buy few Copics and start colouring.I am sure you know what I am talking about, lol.
Ohh I was so happy. I love deep rich colours and simple layouts.
My moto is "Just Be Yourself", colour with your heart and enjoy yourself.
Visit Renkata at her blog Scrap and stamp with friends

Sarah - Designer
A big Hello from Iowa! I'm so excited to be back creating for Digital Delights by Louby Loo! I have been crafting for a long time and love that outlet. I am an upholster during the day and crafter at night so I create all day long. I consider my style junkie. The more stuff I can get on a card the happier I am with the card. =) Glad to be with the team and looking forward to it!

Visit Sarah at her blog Aunt Bee's pickles

Stephanie - Designer
I am Stephanie Hester and live in Huntsville, Mo. Originally from Southern California but have lived in Mo for 20+ years so this is home now. I am a very proud mom of six and an even prouder grandma of 17. I have been scrapbooking for about 15 years cataloging my children and grandchildren. I found the joy of cardmaking several years ago and have never turned back.
Visit Stephanie at her blog My Card Shack

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Lisa Vaughan - Delightful Challenges Design Team Coordinator
I am Lisa, mother of two sweet children (boy and girl) and I live in Ontario, Canada. I started scrapbooking 7 years ago after my first child was born and to use up some of the supplies I started card making. I started my blog in March 2009 to showcase my cards and this opened the door to a new world of digital stamps and I am so happy that it did as it led me here a DT member for Delightful Challenges.
Lisa's blog Lisa's Paper Fun is full of wonderful creations

Leslie - Senior Designer

Hi, my name is Leslie-Rahye. I live in Stephenville, Texas. I have been married 18 years to my soul mate. We have two amazing free-willed beings ages 10 and 4. I've been crafting and creating since I can remember, dabbling in everything from sewing, to oil painting, to scrapbooking, to photography to beadwork to crafty crafts--and many things in between. I create because it's in my soul; it's my passion.
I am thrilled to be named to Delightful Challenges Design Team and can't wait to create for you fun cards and paper crafts using Louby Loo's great digital images!
See more of Leslie's work at her blog Leslierahye

Chriss - Designer

Chriss has been married to her high school sweetheart for 34 years, she has two grown children, Kelly is 31 and Brian is 29. She has a spoiled rotten dog named Louie (where the name of her blog Scrappin' With Chriss and Lou came from). She is an avid scrapbooker but her new passion is cardmaking and digital stamps. " I love Copic Coloring I am embarrassed to admit how many Copic Markers I now own." she says. Chriss is very excited about being a new member of our design team.
Visit Chriss at her blog Scrapping with Chriss and Lou

Larelyn - Designer

Happy Crafting, everyone. I'm Larelyn, the senior citizen of this wonderful design team. I began papercrafting after I retired. I was a teacher, curriculum and instruction coach, and literacy consultant for 37 years. I loved every minute of it, but now I'm loving this new direction my interests have taken me. I purchased a Cricut in 2008 so that I could make albums to commemorate my daughters' collegiate sport and academic careers. I loved doing those albums, but after spending time on the messageboards, I discovered the amazing world of cardmaking. The guest bedroom quickly became a craft room and the true journey began. When I began blogging last year, I was introduced to so many wonderful designers and began exploring new techniques to add to my repertoire. I'm the type of person who wants all the tools, all the supplies, all the papers! I really just want it all. My poor, yet supportive husband thinks I'm having an affair with the UPS driver! In wanting it all, I found Copic markers and, then, digital images. I guess it all goes back to being a kindergarten teacher, I love to color.

When I first began papercrafting I joined the Cricut Card Fairies. We've sent cards to hundreds of people over the last 2 years, trying to bring joy, comfort, and encouragement into the lives of others. It's a wonderful group of crafters and I'm still very involved. I believe it gives added purpose to the joy I feel as a papercrafter.

I am so excited to be a part of Delightful Challenges. I truly believe that entering challenges and striving to become a design team member pushes you to become a more skilled crafter and helps you find your personal style. My style, although I experiment with different ideas and techniques, is quite straightforward. I love clean llines and finding the perfect papers to accentuate my design. I love adding dimension - more through layering papers than adding embellishments - but I do love ribbon and a little bling here and there.

Visit Larelyn at her blog Handmade from my heart

Lisa W - Designer
Hi everyone, my name is Lisa Walsh.
I originally come from the UK but I live in beautiful Australia on the Central Coast of Sydney & have been for 26 yrs. I have 3 children. Michael 23, Cory 19 & Zoe who will be 12 yrs on New Years Day 2012.
I have been scrapbooking since the year 2000. Although I enjoy scrapbooking, my true love is stamping which I only started about 12 months ago. I am totally addicted & design with love & passion. I thoroughly enjoy creating my designs & have a fantastic time putting them together. I try to challenge myself with adopting different techniques & I look forward to working with Delightful Challenges & Wendy's wonderful digital images.
I hope you will find some inspiration in my designs along the way & I hope you enjoy this journey alongside with me. I look forward to seeing your designs & leaving a note or two on your blogs, as I know myself I love to hear from all others from around the world, so feel free to come & say hi on my blog :)
Visit Lisa at her blog Dreamtime Designs

Melissa - Designer

My name is Melissa Craig, I am a single mom of 3 amazing children. I have been a papercrafter for 13 years and I love every minute of it. I also "own" challenge blog called Tuesday Morning Sketches. In my spare time, I also enjoy reading, walking or whatever else strikes me at the moment! I am thrilled to be a part of Digital Delights Challenge team and look forward to playing along with you every week.

Visit Melissa at her blog Stamp it, Scrap it, Share it

Rachael - Designer
Hi everyone I'm Rachael, I live In Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK. I'm married to Keith we have been together for 16 years, We have a beautiful 14 year old daughter named Bethany. My family is very supportive to me, I spend many hours crafting and they don't ever complain to which I really appreciate. I work full time as a community warden and deal with a variety of issue's no two days are ever the same. I'm fairly new to crafting and got into the field of crafts by booking me and Bethany onto a card making class, well that was it I was completely hooked I absolutely love it. Its opened a whole new world up for me, I have met many lovely people since crafting through social networking. I particularly like making cards and using stamps, digi stamps, promarkers, ribbons and embellishments. I'm so excited about joining the delightful challenges design team this is a totally new experience for me, I'm really looking forward to the new year.
Visit Rachel at her blog Angel-23s Crafty Hideout

Rosalien - Designer

I’m Rosalien Zwackhalen and I live in the Netherlands. I’ve been married for almost 25 years and we have two grown up children who live on their own now. My hobby’s are scrapbooking and card making. I scrap for about 5 years and I make cards for 3 years now and I love it. At first I was only stamping with rubber and acrylic stamps but a couple of months ago I found out about digital stamps. The nice thing about digital stamps is that you can print them in any size that you want. Then while I was blog hopping I came to the side of Digital Delights and I fall in love with the images. When I saw they were looking for DT members I decided to give it a try. I’m so glad to be chosen to be on the DT and I hope to give you some inspiration with my cards.

Rosalien's blog is filled with stunning creations, visit her at Card Fun

Shell - Designer

I am a 37 yr old sahm to two gorgeous teenage girls Danni 14 & Katie 13!

I have been happily married to Nige for 13 yrs! We have a 6yr old greyhound called Charlie who is my baby & Nige got me a leopard gecko for Valentines day this year!! Which I called Freddie after Freddie Flintoff!!!

I am totally addicted to crafting especially digi stamps, I just love using my Promarkers!! The other bad addiction I have is for DP I have soooooooo many but still insist I need the next ones that come out!!!

I am very lucky to have a fab family that support my obsession with all things crafty!!

Visit Shell at her blog The Camels Hump

Samara - Designer
God first. Mommy-ing second. For me, the rest of my life flows beautifully when I praise the world as a LOVING place. I'm 55 and officially a 'Crone" and Senior (doesn't sound as good eh.) When I told my youngest (14) Crone meant Wise Woman, he gleefully chuckled and said: "What's Up Crone-Dog." In my other life I was a Psychiatric and Detox Institutional Chaplain. I suppose I am still a Minister, but a Minister through my ART, which has been a passion since I was a child. GOD, art and 3 miracles - my children are my true love. We have 2 puppies and 2 kittens. I 'opted out' of Toronto City Life at 39, and have lived a minimalistic life in the woods for years. In between praying, playing and creating, currently I am doing a Ph.D in Metaphysical Science. I feel grateful and blessed to know that God's Divine Light is without end, as proven to me daily through my 3 cubs! I am thrilled and grateful to be a DT for companies. It is quite an honor. Spirited Love, Samara

Visit Samara at her blog If these cards could talk

Susan - Designer

Hi my name is Susan Flynn I have recently retired and live in Blackpool England with my husband. I have two children and one gorgeous grandson. Now that I have retired I am able to indulge my love of crafts and start to use some of the stash that I have collected whilst I was working. Actually that was my intention but it is really difficult to use stash, much easier to buy more stash!! I love card making and particular stamping and have just discovered the freedom that digital stamps can give plus you don’t have to wait for the postman to deliver them!!
Visit Susan at her blog Craftin Suzie

Tracey - Designer

Hi, My name is Tracey Manderson, and I live on a small property in a small town in Sth East Queensland, Australia. I am wife to Robert, and mum to 4 and Nana to three little angels. I have been papercrafting for years, I started with cardmaking, progressed to scrapping, but have once again, found my way back to cardmaking. I love to colour and love to embellish! Bling, Flowers and ribbon/lace are my favourite embellies. I am thrilled to be part of the Design Team, it is just so Exciting!!!

Visit Tracey at her blog Tracey's Faerie Land

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Christine - Tutorial Tuesday Designer
Hi my name is Christine Garner, and I live in Hickory, North Carolina. I have been married to a wonderful man Eric for 20 years. He has never said anything about the dining room becoming a craft room. I have two children which are both in the 8th grade. I am very proud of Josh and Kayla they are great kids. I started doing cards back in June 2011. I colored my first digital stamp and entered a challenge. Ever since then I have been hooked on digital stamps. I love how you can make them any size and combine them with other stamps to make a great card or other paper project. I mostly use colored pencils on my stamps. I got an art degree way back in 1987. That is where I learned how do color with them. I am showing my age aren't I. I hope you with love using the tutorials that will be posted here at Digital Delights By Louby Loo

Visit Christine at her blog Sweet Pea Cards

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