All about me! 

Since an early age, I've had a passion for creativity.  Things I've done have ranged from singing performances live on radio, to appearing in a musical gala at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, and many other amateur dramatic shows, including pantomime with which I'm still involved.

I first became interested in card-making seventeen years ago.  From small beginnings of making cards for myself, then teaching family and friends, my business – Crab Apple Crafts, based in Cheshire – has boomed into an exciting and thriving business.

I first became interested in Scrapbooking over 14 years ago when I realised that creative skills used in card-making were very similar to those used in Scrapbooking.  The difference was that whereas handmade cards are designed largely to bring pleasure to other people, Scrapbooking was important as a way of preserving family heritage, and memories of holidays, pets, special occasions and even hobbies.

I've been very fortunate to have worked in partnership with the major manufacturers and suppliers to the paper-crafting industry in the UK, Europe, and USA, for whom I've demonstrated at trade fairs, run workshops to train their own sales representatives and retailers, and represented them on the QVC Shopping Channel.

I've been working in partnership with QVC for around eight years and have thoroughly enjoyed my role as their resident ‘Scrapbooking Expert’.  The growth I’ve seen in the interest in Scrapbooking over the past 18 months, as a retailer and through my work on QVC, gives me reason to believe that there is a great deal of momentum behind it and Scrapbooking is here to stay.  I believe that five years down the road it will be on a par with card-making, and that QVC will be playing a huge part in bringing a wide range of exciting and competitively priced products sourced from all over the world into the homes of people across the UK.  That really excites me.