Sue Baracchini has been a Creative Memories Advisor since 2003. She is passionate about helping you organize your pictures, complete all your photo projects, including making Keepsake Gifts from your pictures, converting your film and tapes with online storage, and enjoying your pictures every day. Please stop by her storefront to learn more, and earn tickets
Cheiron Brandon is an avid card maker and has been teaching monthly card making classes in NYC for almost 10 years. She loves to create cards that incorporate mixed media supplies and frequently uses her favorite color (rainbow) on her projects. She has done design work for many companies including Hero Arts, Mama Elephant, Neat and Tangled, Simon Says Stamp, Tim Holtz and Dina Wakley. She currently contributes a monthly feature to the Ranger Ink blog and is part of the Neat and Tangled design team. Cheiron lives in New Jersey with her husband and their two adorable rescue pups Big Boy and Oreo. You can see her work on her blog at www.cheironbrandon.typepad.com and posting more frequently on Instagram @cheiron.
Lynn Como: I’m excited to be a Vendor @ Crop on the Cape for the past 5 years. I’m also celebrating 23 years with Close To My Heart and it certainly has been a wonderful journey of sharing creations with you! I enjoy teaching you all CTMH has to offer. From tips and techniques – to layout and card workshops – to Monthly Rewards Clubs. There is always something NEW to teach with CTMH’s product line and our beautifully coordinated Workshop Kits, Paper Packs & Accessories. If you have any questions or would like to preorder any product, please email me @ [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the Crop. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you! Website • Blog
Michelle Gajda has been actively involved in the crafting industry for close to 30 years. In addition to watercolor painting, scrapbooking and card making, she has also designed and taught classes in wool applique and fiber arts. She has been published in magazines such as Primitive Quilts and Woolworks Magazine. She loves to combine color and texture into her designs and loves the challenge of learning new techniques.
Hello! My name is Nancy Hawes and I’ve always loved anything crafty and creative. When I was a child, I painted shells and rocks and decoupaged anything that didn’t move. As a teenager, I would sell my creations in local boutiques and I even added homemade jewelry to my sales. After getting married and raising four boys, I had the opportunity to further pursue my love for creating and made all sorts of crafts to be sold at local craft shows. Later on, I landed the display designer position for A.C. Moore where I was fortunate enough to create all sorts of fun projects. Customers were able to learn all about my projects through the classes I taught by the store. Most recently, I had the opportunity to be apart of the design team for Imagine Crafts where I had the challenge of coming up with fun techniques and projects for their customers. My real passion is working with paper, paints, mixed media, stamps and ink so I start- ed teaching in local scrapbooking stores where I taught anything from card making to layouts to canvas or anything that needs a fresh touch. The best part about teaching, for me, I love is inspiring my students to try new techniques and to think outside of the box. Recently I joined the Perfect Paint Design Team and I couldn’t be more excited about it. I just love working with their rich, creamy, shimmery paints and plasters. The variety of colors just inspire me to create !! I can’t seem to use enough of the bright gold. It is beautiful on everything! I need gallons of it! I hope to inspire you with creative projects that you will be able to recreate yet add your own spin to your masterpieces. I am currently on the Perfect Paint Design team. My blog is NancyHawesDesignsblogspot.com.
Hello Everyone! I’m Linda Lang and I have been a Kiwi Lane Instructor for over 2 years. I have been attending Crop on the Cape for many years, just like all of you, and this year I get to join our wonderful vendors and help all of you have a successful weekend. Kiwi Lane is a relatively new company but the Play-to-Create system is getting a lot of buzz. It is a low tech, hands-on approach to scrapbooking and cardmaking that is perfect for longtime scrapbookers and card makers, as well as those who may just be getting started! This year they have added the Kiwi Club, a monthly club that offers members exclusive items including paper kits and designer templates. Stop by my booth and I will be happy to show you how easy it is to make your pages stand out and explain the new Kiwi Club. If you would like to pre-order, please contact me at [email protected] or 203-258-5830
Cheryl Mezzetti, the founder of Perfect Paints, is an accomplished designer and mixed media artist who has worked in the art industry for several years. Formerly, Cheryl functioned as a meticulous Education Director and Design Team coordinator for Creative Imaginations as well as Splash of Color.
Cheryl’s love of art was evident at a very young age, with strong influences and encouragement from her mother, aunt and grandmother. At the age of just five years old, Cheryl shared her “artistic” abilities by painting her kitchen walls with calamine lotion as if they were a blank canvas! Her love of design, color and texture only grew from there.
As an instructor, she has taught at a myriad of conventions and specialty stores throughout the United States, South Africa, Canada and Europe. Her love of education and passion for Art is mirrored in her unique style of teaching operating as an encouraging, entertaining and inspiring professional who focuses on attention to detail and perfection. Enrolling within a class led by Cheryl is undoubtedly a priceless exposure to unique styles of work, as well as personal development for each student within the subject of expertise.
Jenn Shurkus has been papercrafting for over 15 years and has held multiple positions in the papercraft industry including, independent store manager, designer, and teacher. She has been teaching Lawn Fawn classes since 2012 and in 2014 began teaching classes for Lawn Fawn. When she isn’t traveling and teaching, you can find Jenn with her toes in the sand at her favorite Cape Cod beach or snuggling her kitties, Mister Harley and Gus. She currently teaches in person and online classes as well as hosts Art Retreats. You can read more about her, her handsome kitties and wicked cute boyfriend Chris on her site {creative chick} http://www.shurkus.com/
Kathy has been involved in the crafting industry for 15 years. She’s designed and taught for a number of stores, both brick and mortar and online as well as a few different manufacturers. Her work has been featured in Scrapbook & Cards Today, Creating Keepsakes and PaperHaus. She is currently designing for Doodlebug Design and works and designs for Lori Whitlock. Her style is clean and playful, with lots of bright colors! She also creates a lot of 3D projects, and cannot live without her Silhouette! Kathy lives in Massachusetts with her husband Ed, her daughter Caroline and her two fuzzy kitties, Rosie and Jax.