Senior Design Team
Our Design Team is one of the best in the business! Our designers each have their own unique style that showcases the Gina K. Designs line of rubber stamps so well!



Gina Krupsky
Gina K. Designs
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I love to draw and love to create images that work well together. But nothing excites me more than to hand over my stamps to these fabulous designers and watch the magic come to life. These talented concept designers are not only creative but they are all wonderful people to work with and I am blessed to have them on my team.


Our Senior Design Team- (In alphabetical order by first name)

 


Asela Hopkins
Florida
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Born in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to New York, USA, Asela has been an artist all of her life. Since becoming a SAHM (which she says is a the best job she has ever had,) she spends her days finding snipets of time to create. She discovered stamping in September of 2004 when she went to a stamping party. She signed up as a Hobby demo shortly after. She has enjoyed learning this craft and hopes to continue to grow as a paper craft artist.



Carolyn King
Texas
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When my husband became active in the army in 2001, my little comfortable world began to change.  I gave up my job as a public relations director and got the family ready to move across the country.  I decided that my children needed me more than ever because we were so far from our families, so I stayed at home and took up scrapbooking.  I always loved doing artistic things and this was a great way to chronicle my three children as they grew (too fast!) 

Last year, I went to a Stampin' Up! party that was (coincidentally) held at my house.   I was hooked..  Since then, I have been creating and designing and loving every minute of it!  I have such a great hobby/business that fulfills my desire to create something and gives me plenty of time to spend with my family.  How lucky am I?




Emily Giovanni

Texas
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I started stamping in the fall of 2003. It was my first endeavor into anything crafty or artistic. I have discovered I love paper crafting! I have moved on from cards to altered items and am now trying my hand at digital as well. I host the weekly Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers
and spend a lot of time keeping my website up to date with ideas and tutorials.




Erika Martin
Vermont
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In 2001, I was introduced to the world of Stampin' Up! I became a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in June of that year. 5 1/2 years later, I'm still here and still stamping away. For years I said that I would never stamp. All it took was the right company to come along and change my outlook on it. Stamping opened up a whole new perspective for my creative outlet. Stamping seemed to meld really well with my scrapbooking and a whole new obsession was born.

One of my newest passions is creating commissioned work for people that enjoy what I do. And, of course, I continue to work on my own personal scrapbooks, altered art, stamping and papercrafts. After all, it's more than a passion. It's an obsession. :)


 
Jessica Fick
Wisconsin
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I began scrapbooking with the birth of my son 11 years ago.  As a former elementary education teacher, I viewed scrapbook pages as mini bulletin boards with photos and journaling.  I discovered rubberstamping a few years later and was excited to see how easily rubber stamps fit into my scrapbooks and cards. 

I did in-home daycare for over 9 years so that I could be a SAHM while my  children were young.  My youngest is 7 now, and I began to wonder if there was something else for me to do since they’re in school all day.   And then I met GinaK.

When Gina opened her store in McFarland, I began working for her a few nights a week and found what I was looking for.  I will begin working full-time for her this fall.  When I’m teaching rubberstamp techniques and paper crafting projects, I often think how my life has come full circle right back to what I’ve always wanted to be since I was a child:  a teacher.




Kurtis Amundson
Minnesota 
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I started stamping with my Momma when I was around twelve years old; I didn't start enjoying it until about age fourteen. I started making simple cards then trying a few techniques. In 2005 my Momma found an exciting website - www.splitcoaststampers.com! After browsing through the gallery and stamping forums I found a way that I could improve my stamping. I studied the other artists' styles, decided what made their style unique, and began creating my own style.

I have been published several times in Stampington's magazines, and am now a design artist for Gina K. Designs! My other interests are landscaping, architecture, web design, photography, Christian film making, and hunting.




Melanie Muenchinger
Texas
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I am a stamp designer and SAHM, blessed with an amazing husband and two beautiful boys. I just released my first stamp set with Gina K Designs. I was one of the Orignal Dirty Dozen members for Splitcoaststampers, (melmel.) My passions include rubberstamping, cardmaking, drawing, reading, film and travel.


Guest Design Team

"This wonderful team of designers will be with us for a three month commitment and then they will retire and a new team will join us. These designers are some of the most talented in the business and I am both elated and humbled by what they can do with rubber, paper and ink!" ~Gina K.




Barb Schram
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My husband of 28 years and I reside in Michigan and are parents to two beautiful young women.  We are now official “empty nesters” which enables me to spend more time in my art studio!

Art has served as a creative outlet all my life, with a passion for paper crafting in particular.  What’s new and exciting for me is sharing my work in the public arena which I began recently, approximately six months ago.

I am blessed and thrilled beyond words to serve on GinaK’s design team.  This is my very first design team assignment and I am eager to get to know all of you while working with all the fantastic GinaK stamp designs!   I am so appreciative and truly grateful for this amazing opportunity.  Thank you, Gina! 






Faith Hofrichter
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Faith has been stamping for over 20 years. She started as a stamper, graduated into scrapbooking/book making, and then took a turn to quilting/designing.

An accident, that paralized Faith, closed the door on quilting and opened a window onto scrapbooking, again. Soon, she was published, teaching classes and was a "Scrapbooking Star" for Creating Keepsakes' Scrapbook Conventions. (Faith was paralized for under 2 years, and now enjoys full mobility!)

Three years later, she became a SU! demo and joined Splitcoast Stampers in 2006.
She was the Featured Stamper in July 2007 on SCS, and on several different blogs over the past few years.

Currently, Faith is a Creative Architect for Innovative Stamp Creations and a design team member for H & M Stamps.
  




Julie Buhler
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Hi everyone, I was extremely excited to see an email in my inbox from Gina asking me to be a part of her team.  I was blown away that she considered me at all, so I am pumped to stamp with some of her images.  I have a few already, but I am willing to play with more *wink, wink*.  I am a domestic engineer (stay-at-home-mom) to 2 small boys and wife to a wonderful husband.  I began stamping in June 2005, and have been addicted every since.  It is something I feel is a blessing in my life, especially when I make a little something for others.  I love to stamp and create, so I *play* almost daily.  I have also started blogging, and I do enjoy sharing what I have learned with others.  Thanks again Gina, I am grateful for the chance to work with you!!!




Julie Koerber
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I’m a gal that grew up in the Motor City, who somehow ended up in the wilds of Montana!  I married my best friend, Ken, who doesn’t mind my inky fingers and we have two great kids, Cal and Ellie.  By day, I work from home as editor of a regional women’s magazine, Yellowstone Valley Woman.  By night, you’ll find me blogging or stamping the night away in my “mom cave.”  I feel lucky to have found this awesome hobby 8 years ago and truly cherish all the fun and friendships I’ve had along the way.  I’m so honored and excited to be working with Gina K. alongside this amazingly creative team! 
 




Linsey Rickett
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My name is Linsey and I am absolutely overjoyed to be a guest designer for Gina K. Designs!  I am so passionate about stamping and exploring new and inspiring ways to create.  I have learned so very much from the stamping community since I began this hobby less than a year ago and am excited to share my joy for stamping as I continue to grow artistically.  I feel very blessed and honored to be in the company of such stellar talent!  I look forward to what I know will be a most excellent adventure with the Gina K. team!




Michelle Giraud
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I started stamping about 3 years ago when a good friend of mine signed up as a SU! demo and I joined her monthly stamp club.  I quickly realized that this was the craft for me and have been an obsessive stamper ever since.

 
I've been married to my fantastic husband Wil for 17 years - he's so great that he donated a kidney for my kidney transplant in 1999.... we really are a perfect match!  I also Mom to 2 beautiful, teenage daughters.

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